Music blog Jus’ Like Music has launched a record label and the first release is from this London bloke named Bug. The digital single, which is free to download, is Cosmic Lab b/w 20 Winks and both tracks display a nice line in galactic soul beats. Check out the choons below and download away! Definitely looking forward to more from Bug.
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24 year-old Londoner, BUG, is a keyboard player, songwriter and producer. Under the moniker, BUG, he creates an experimental, instrumentally grounded style of music with a compositional approach. The BUG sound encompasses the finer elements of hip-hop and neo-soul, yet the real beauty is in the delivery. Think the smooth richness of the Dam-Funk vibe, the solid construction of a Dilla beat, the electronic wizardry of Flying Lotus and the soulful melodies of Lonnie Liston Smith’s jazz.

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New Flying Lotus tracks are always welcome and this one is no exception (spotted at Urb). Preceding his upcoming Warp release Cosmogramma scheduled for May, “Quakes” brings you some classic Flying Lotus flavor. This particular track will not be on the album, but can be found on the Warp compilation 2010. You can take a listen to, and even download some more tracks from that compilation over yonder.

Listen to Quakes:

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DJ Myxzlplix has laced us with the latest Strictly Social DJ mix. Urban Renaissance sports some lovely progressive soul and hip-hop vibes. Tracklist and download link below. DJ Myxzlplix is lovely with the pixels too. He designs all the Strictly Social flyers, as well as those of many other events and is a truly creative dude, whether mixing sounds or visuals.

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1. Sugarhill-JimiJames
2. Be Kind To Your Mind(Red Astaire Rmx)-Kendra Lou
3. Don’t Underestimate My Love-Sister Sadie
4. Stop Talking-Stac & Polarbear
5. Game Changer-DJ Mitsu f. Wildchild & Georgia Anne Mudrow
6. Everytime-Singkid f. Annika Hedlund & Andreas Cavaco
7. Let it Out-Eric Lau
8. Floater-Sugoisounds
9. Money in the Rhymebook-Coates/Twice
10. Dig Deeper (DJ Vadim Rmx)-Beatspoke
11. Colline-Swingkid f. Andreas Cavaco
12. Magnetic-Yoshi f. Darien Brockington & Buff 1
13. Old Moon-iisijii f. Amalia

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Sonnymoon are a quirky duo – part indie-kid, part electro-hop. They released a free album not so long ago, Golden Age which is a mixed bag (according to me) – it’s definitely interesting and different, I just can’t figure out if I like it or not. But, I will say that their cover of Drake’s Housatlantavegas is pretty darned brilliant. They manage to hit that melancholy mood just right, highlighting the surprisingly touching melody and effectively conveying the message – “We know strippers say they like their job, but we all know it just ain’t right, so stop frontin’ and put your clothes on before I’m forced to give you a dollar because you’re working your ass off after all and I feel bad even though I don’t want to encourage this type of behavior.” Or am I just reading waaay too much into it?! Well, I guess y’all know how I feel about strippers now.
Check it out for yourself, then download.

Listen:

Download Sonnymoon – “Houstatlantavegas” (the track)

Download Sonnymoon – Golden Age (the album)

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Hot damn. This track is like, whoa. Seriously though, 1-O.A.K. did a ridiculous job of turning Little Dragon’s “Blinking Pigs” into a beautiful, hip-hop n’ jazz inflected head-nodder. 1-O.A.K, is Oakland’s Brandon McFarland – a vocalist, musician and producer who is part of the Bay Area Collective the Honor Roll. He entered this remix, titled  the “God Made Me Funky Remix” in the FILTER remix contest  and it’s no surprise that he emerged the winner.

Listen:

Download Little Dragon – Blinking Pigs – 1-O.A.K.’s God Made Me Funky Remix

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This video provides a fascinating look into the creative process of a Sade – a true musical genius. We learn about what goes into making a Sade album and get some great behind-the-scenes insights into how Soldier of Love came to be.

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Jose James’ new album Black Magic is out today, but while I impatiently wait for Emusic to get their ‘ish together and make that available here’s a lil something from Friends We Love. “Code” is produced by Flying Lotus and here we get a lil sneak peek at Mr. James laying down those silky vocals.

José James :: CODE – Music Video from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.

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So this video is hella (in internet time) old, ie. more than a week, I know this, but I’ma post it anyway ‘cos I’m clearly not hung up on being the first on everything. The Root’s next album How I Got Over was supposed to come out late last year but has been pushed back to this year. I’m not sure if there’s a solid date yet. In any case, here’s a little taste of what’s to come and it’s sounding lovely to me.

The Roots “How I Got Over” from Okayplayer on Vimeo.

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Here’s the new single from the always-creative cool weirdo Peter Hadar. “Full Time Lover” is taken from a new forthcoming album Take Off Victoria. Peter has steadily been building his profile and following over the past several years so hopefully major successes are on their way to him! This track is super-funky with killer production from Mike Genato.
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The folks over at Dutch soul site Quality Time have put together this free EP tribute to Nicolay, in honor of The Foreign Exchange’s Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category for the song “Daykeeper.” We’ve got our fingers crossed that they scoop up the award tonight!

Tracklist:
01. The Foreign Exchange ft. Muhsinah – Daykeeper (*Grammy genomineerd)
02. United Soul ft. Phonte & Yahzarah – Soul Clap remix
03. The Foreign Exchange – Nic’s Groove (Live @ Sirius/XM Radio)
04. Nicolay ft. Carlitta Durand – Lose Your Way
05. The Foreign Exchange/?uestlove – Purple Flip
06. Vikter Duplaix – Electric love (Nicolay Vocal Mix)

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