So I just discovered a dope blog by the name of IndustrySoul and have them to thank for info on the forthcoming Platinum Pied Pipers album Abundance which is scheduled to drop on Ubiquity on October 7th. You can currently check out the first single “On A Cloud” (featuring LA-by-way-of-Texas Karma Stewart), and it’s B-side, “Angel” (featuring STL’s soulful poet,  Coultrain), on their MySpace page.

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Stacy Epps announced this week the details on her forthcoming album release The Awakening due on August 5th. All the official deets are below.

Check the ethereally soulful single “Floatin”:

…the album is an 11-track composition of enchanting soulful sounds and deep-rooted boom-bap flavor. The album parallels her ideals of unity and grass-roots movements and is a completely independent effort, released on New Directions in Sound/Japanubia Musik. The album features production from Apex, Amdex, S1, Everett James, Slugabed, and others, along with guest-artist features such as Muhsinah, Finale, and Bilal Salaam. “Floatin’” is the first single, which demonstrates Stacy’s archetypical blend of soft, heartfelt vocals and strong yet sensual lyrics. The single has already garnered praise from influential DJs such as Gilles Peterson (Radio 1, BBC), who’s featuring the song on his Brownswood Bubblers Volume 3 release. Numerous bloggers have taken notice, including an Artist Spotlight on the mammoth ConcreteLoop.com and feature on the main page of Mp3.com.

“Love that shit! Best tune I’ve been sent as a download this year” – Gilles Peterson (Radio 1, BBC)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Indie-Hop Artist Domer Announces ‘Open Source’ Music Project “My Favorite EP”

Brooklyn-based indie-hop innovator Domer is back with a brand new kind of musical project. Only a few months after the April release of his critically acclaimed genre-bender “Work With Me” on Skipping Beats Records, Domer has decided to push the limits even further by inventing a whole new kind of interactive album.

The vocals for the five songs on My Favorite EP were recorded with no beat underneath, just rapped to a metronome and have been posted online for producers all over the world to run with. By keeping a carefully ambiguous tone in lyrical content and delivery, Domer allows producers to take the EP in any musical direction they choose. Once Domer collects the various versions of the EP (which already range from party tracks to introspective electro to minimal electro-dub), they will all be posted online for free download and listening.

But that’s not the best part.

The twist is that the actual choice of the My Favorite EP lineup and song order will be left in the hands of every journalist, blogger and fan who participates. Everyone is invited to choose their favorite version of each song and create a custom-made version of My Favorite EP according to their own tastes. And of course, everyone is encouraged to post their favorite EP for free download on their own site.

“I wanted to blur the line between artist and listener,” Domer said. “The direction of the album is in everyone’s hands but mine and will continue to be till the project is over. It’s cool because it really gets people involved in the process and kind brings the open-source philosophy to music in a new way.”

The vocal tracks can currently be found in Domer’s blog at iamDOMER.com and he expects to post the finished versions by mid-November, following his return from an October ‘07 national US tour.
MP3s of the vocal tracks can be downloaded at:
http://www.reverbnation.com/MyFavoriteEP

To download the vocal tracks as .wav files, click here:
http://www.zshare.net/download/3076740492b203/

www.iamdomer.com
www.myspace.com/domer

Email track submissions to:
MyFavoriteEP@gmail.com

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