J*DaVeY‘s long awaited album, New Designer Drug, is finally here. Due for release on 22 November through their own ILLAV8R imprint (and not Warner), the album will actually come as a free download bundled with purchases of NDD: The Liner Notes.
Within the music industry all artists have their own area of expertise, from James Brown’s soul and funk to A Tribe Called Quest’s jazz infused hip-hop. Some artists, like the darlings of the LA new-wave scene J*DaVeY, have … [read more]
Here’s some newness from the man Eric Lau! The track is called The Mission and it features the unmistakable sound of Guilty Simpson on the vocal duties. The single comes out on 18 November via Kilawatt Music, and rumour has it there will even be a remix from Georgia Anne Muldrow!
Give it a stream here:
Any new sounds by Eric Lau are always well received on Jus Like Music, and with this new track he definitely doesn’t disappoint. He delivers his … [read more]
Following on from the preview we posted the other week, we’re pleased to share with you Hip Beats Vol. 01 by Jimmy Flamante, which is out today as a FREE download via Bandcamp.
Juan Medina, aka Jimmy Flamante, is a laptop musician and music producer from Caracas, Venezuela and Hip Beats Vol. 01 is his new EP on Jus Like Music Records. It’s a body of work that reunites various styles within the same genre. Hip-hop beats that go from post-dubstep to much … [read more]
This is a bit of a strange one, but there’s a new Massive Attack demo suddenly doing the rounds on the internet. Supposedly sprung up yesterday on the Massive Attack Facebook page, it’s already causing quite a furore. It’s the first new Massive Attack material since 2009′s Heligoland – that’s of course if you don’t count the split 12-inch release with Burial.
Anyway, here’s the demo as posted on a mysterious Soundcloud page…
Look out for heavy … [read more]
In the first episode in Red Bull Studios‘ new documentary series, The Producers, we get a look at Benga in action at the studio working with singer Youngman. Each week, Red Bull Studios will focus on a different producer and give a unique glimpse into their production styles and other such musical quirks!
Youngman is signed to Shy FX‘s label, Digital Soundboy, and came together at the studio with Benga to work on a track called Choose One for Benga’s new … [read more]
So, this one was a bit of a bolt out of the blue. Plug, aka Wagon Christ, aka Luke Vibert, has a load of unreleased d’n’b stuff from 1996 that Ninja Tune are going to drop in January. This material was meant to be post-release of Drum ‘n’ Bass for Papa, which long-time fans of Mr Vibert will no doubt be familiar with.
Anyway, it’s now getting a proper release via Ninja Tune. The album is called Back On Time and … [read more]
I’ll keep this brief, because we’re not really about the hard-sell or anything, but basically the good guys at Dragontape have created a Jus Like Music app for the iPhone and iPad. It gives you access to exclusive video mixtapes curated by us here at Jus Like Music. The app is like 69p/99c and it will probably enrich your life or something. You can get it on the app store right now.
We will regularly update the app with new mixtapes and will endeavour … [read more]
Following on from the other week’s Portico Quartet remix by YULT, we now have a new video for the track Ruins, which is lifted from the forthcoming self-titled Portico Quartet album. You can also download the track for FREE by going to the website of Real World Records, their record label.
The new album is their third full release and will drop in January 2012. It’s the first release to feature new band member, Keir Vine, and the guys have now embarked … [read more]
The masked man of independent hip-hop, MF DOOM, was at Red Bull Music Academy last week in Madrid to give a lecture. We covered Red Bull Music Academy when it was in London last year and, as always, it featured a plethora of vastly interesting topics and characters; Moodymann was a particular highlight! Anyway, as part of the first semester at this year’s Academy, MF DOOM came to talk to the participants. He raises some particularly intruiging points regards the use of personas … [read more]