Musical Jawnz

Oldie but Goodie

Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms from rovote on Vimeo.

Karriem Riggins - Music Kaleidoscope

Currently listening to a new Beat Tape/CD from prolific producer Karriem Riggins. Including original music, remixes and beat collage from the Man himself - Beautiful

Karriem Riggins Myspace

Karriem Riggins Wikipedia

R.I.P. - Malcom Mclaren

Currently Listening to.........................

Currently Listening to.........................

Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement

I absolutely love the Mayer Hawthorne album. I think this video for the track "The Ills" is kind of fresh. It was curated and edited by a fan. A captivating aesthetic and collage of images which resonate.

Mayer Hawthorne

Jazz Icon Graphics

Unkle "Heaven" Feat Gavin Clark

Video by Spike Jonze, one of my Favs.

The Graphic Design of Peter Saville

Kanye West- Street Lights

Props to Mr West for this melange of Audio and Visual diction .Created by Javier Longobardo.

Buggin Out ! -Top Ten Album covers (in no order)

Number 1

A Tribe Called Quest

  

 The Low end Theory*

     The Low End Theory  (Jive 1991)

Ohio Players - Angel (Mercury 1977)

Personally  I think "The Low End Of Theory" is undoubtedly one of the best Hip Hop albums that came out of the golden era  of Hip Hop.  Amazing lyricism laced with bass heavy jazzy loops. Extremely novel and progressive at the time, this added to the groups growing legacy as untouchable pioneers in Hip hop. 

The cover art also has one of my favorite albums cover art selves across the multi faceted genres of music I listen to and own. Apparently the inspiration for this cover was based on 1970's Funk band Ohio Players whose albums covers were always were somewhat risky and controversial. They customised their silhouetted lady by painting the model red, black and green.

Inspiration* - Beastie Boys

Photo credit - Glen E. Friedman

Kitsune Tabloid By Phoenix

Ultra trendy Music Label/Clothing brand Kitsune(which is Japanese for Fox)are releasing a number of Artist Compilations.Second of which is sexy french band Phoenix who have compiled sentimental,melodic melange of tunes to soothe your lovely ears.I very much recommend this CD/Record/Mp3 -you get the idea. 

Oh yeah the cover(above)is great as well !

New Grizzly Bear - Diversity at its Best*

#10.4 - Grizzly bear - The Knife
by lablogotheque

Grizzly Bear are a Brooklyn indie band who have a truly distinctive sound. Its a mixture of electronica, acoustic guitars and beautiful vocal harmonies. The closet analogy that springs to mind is contemporary Doo wop. They are resoundingly hypnotic,a super indie band.

There current discography/collaborations to date include the very atmospheric TV on the Radio, Feist and Beirut. I am in complete anticipation of there third release in May 09 called Veckatimest on Warp records. You must check :)