Squarepusher - 'Dark Steering'

From forthcoming album 'Ufabulum' out 14th/15th May!

Clark - Black Stone

Official video for the track Black Stone from Clark's Iradelphic album out now on Warp Records:

Director's Cut: Jamie Lidell performing with iMaschine

"Jamie Lidell performs an iMaschine exclusive version of "A Little Bit More" from the album Multiply (2005, Warp) while relaxing in bed. The entire performance was done live in one take, with nothing pre-recorded, and no post-production edits made to the song." -Native Instruments

Africa Hitech - Out In The Streets

"Out In The Streets taken from Africa Hitech's '93 Million Miles' album - out now. Directed, filmed and produced by Sixty40"
-Warp Records

Brian Eno - Glitch

Brian Eno has a new album scheduled for release on July 5th on Warp Records entitled "Drums Between The Bells". The album is a collaboration with poet Rick Holland who Eno met in the late 90s during his Map-Making project (a series of collaborative works between students of the Royal College, the Guildhall School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the National Youth Orchestra and the English National Ballet, among others.) Below is the track "Glitch":

Brian Eno - glitch (taken from Drums Between The Bells) by Warp Records

Prefuse 73 + Zola Jesus Mix Pt 1.The Misanthrope Meditation

Prefuse 73 has collaborated with Zola Jesus, who also features on his forthcoming album, for this psychedelic mixtape - the first part of an ongoing mixtape series (including more collaborative mixes with Zola.)

Yet more exciting collaboration news was unveiled this week when Prefuse 73 confirmed via twitter that he is working with The Flaming Lips on new material...

"Currently working with: (the)"Flaming Lips" on 2 songs and I think it's the first time I've ever been "scared" by a collaboration. These songs are already AMAZING!"

However, back to the now - this mix below should help pass the next couple of weeks until the new Prefuse 73 album 'The Only She Chapters' is released (25/26 April). The new LP features the voice of Nika aka Zola Jesus, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Trish Keenan and others wrapped up into a textured 54 minute Prefuse adventure.

Prefuse 73 + Zola Jesus Mix Pt 1.The Misanthrope Meditation by Warp Records

Africa Hitech - Out in the Streets

Following the dancehall swordplay of first single Blen and the genre-straddling Hitecherous EP, Africa Hitech release their debut album, 93 Million Miles, on May 9th/10th 2011.

Listen to 'Out In The Streets' below - buy it digitally from Bleep, iTunes and other stores now.

Africa Hitech - Out In The Streets by Warp Records

Africa Hitech are Mark Pritchard (of Harmonic 313/Global Communications/countless more psuedonyms fame) and Steve Spacek (of Spacek fame and notable Dilla collaborator). They began bonding over their shared passion for the seemingly disparate spheres of bubbling Detroit techno, soul and fierce Jamaican digital dancehall. It was when they both, by pure coincidence, found themselves living in Australia that the connection was cemented. Africa Hitech is the moniker which represents both Steve and Mark’s love for all things progressive within music, whilst acknowledging that the roots of much of today’s popular music can be traced directly back to Africa.

-Warp Records

Bibio - 'K is for Kelson'

K is for Kelson is taken from Bibio's new album Mind Bokeh, out now.
Get a free track from the album here: http://snd.sc/e5gOTz

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http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mind-bokeh/id426292535

-Warp Records

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Prefuse 73 - The Only Hand to Hold

From the forthcoming album The Only She Chapters, out
April 26th on Warp Records!

Prefuse 73 - "The Only She Chapters" album sampler!

“This record is a weird one for me. The process features all women vocalists and voices and the music was recorded very differently from how I normally work. This can be seen as a departure from other albums but it's not a departure intended to leave people feeling alienated or baffled. It's just a different way to interpret my music and it's an open invitation for anyone that wants to listen.” - Guillermo Scott Herren (Prefuse 73)

"The Only She Chapters" comes out April 25th on Warp Records!

Prefuse 73 'The Only She Chapters' Album Sampler by Warp Records

Bibio - Excuses

'Mind Bokeh', Bibio's forthcoming album, is out on April 4th (March
29th in US). The original version of 'Excuses' is taken from the album.

Visit warp.net/bibio to sign up for further info and receive a free MP3.

∞ Flying Lotus presents INFINITY

∞ Flying Lotus presents INFINITY "Infinitum" Gilles Peterson BBC Sessions

Flying Lotus
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Thundercat
Ravi Coltrane
Rebekah Raff
Andres Renteria
Gerry Gibbs
Andreya Triana

Filmed by Theo Jemison

Editing by Strangeloop

BBC Maida Vale Studio London August 19th, 2010

flying-lotus.com
www.theojemison.com

This shit be frantic.>>>


FLying Lotus Pattern + Grid

Flying Lotus - Pattern + Grid World

Flying Lotus has a new 7 song ep coming out September 21st on Warp Records entitled "Pattern + Grid World".

From Warp.net:

"While Cosmogramma is a monolithic convergence of 20th and 21st century musical forms, high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern+Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking (and possibly looking as well, judging by the EP's cover) from the go, as "Clay" introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of "Kill Your Co-Workers". Drenched in alternating melodies, it's a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth's subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.

When Flying Lotus records hit their stride, all buttons labeled "pause" and "stop" disappear, and this one is no different. "Pie Face" is led by icy keys that could almost be mistaken for classic grime, before the stoned plastic marching band steps in. "Time Vampires" amazingly lands somewhere between vintage DJ Premier and Lee Hazelwood, while the stripped back bass and drum explorations of "Jurassic Notion/M Theory" are as shamanic and ceremonial as anything you're likely to hear come out of California. If "Camera Day" brings to mind a certain crew of dungeon-dwelling ATLiens, it won't come as much of a surprise that Killer Mike found its syrupy bounce recently inspiring.

Much of the messages surrounding Cosmogramma's release as well as reportage on the world's ever-emerging beat scenes has painted a picture of Flying Lotus as a patriarchal figure blazing the trail for scores of young artists with new conceptual notions of what can be done with a drum machine and a dream. While this notion is certainly not inaccurate, it sometimes overshadows the fact that FlyLo is also an incredibly singular entity. However, as "Physics For Everyone!" stutters to a close, if you listen closely you might just make out the sound of another kid in his room somewhere in the world, anxiously tapping out his first beat."

Flying Lotus - Camera Day (taken from Pattern+Grid World) by Warp Records

Flying Lotus - MmmHmm music video (taken from Cosmogramma)

Flying Lotus in MmmHmm, featuring Thundercat.
Directed by Special Problems. Commissioned by Warp Films.
Track taken from the album 'Cosmogramma', out now.

Flying Lotus - Heave(n)

building a better pyramid..
Flying Lotus

Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer

Gonjasufi has delivered his inimitable and enigmatic debut album "A Sufi & A Killer" which will be available 8th/9th March 2010.

Produced by Los Angeles heavyweights Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer and Mainframe, this deep and compelling collection embraces aged Eastern influences, reanimated hip-hop and vintage psychedelia - laced with Gonjasufi's cryptic lyrics and captivating vocal delivery.

"Timeless, incredible filth" - Flying Lotus.
"Contender for album of the year" - Guardian Guide.

"In order to get the conviction behind the words, it took 30 years of a lot of frustration and despair…continual tests of faith. Day to day struggling. Bottled-up energy, then all of a sudden, the way it came out seemed perfect…it kept flowing. Continually flowing out of me." - Gonjasufi

"I just hope this record reaches people at the point when they're one foot out the window and looking down and that song comes on through the speakers and they pull their foot back through the windows and say "wait a minute - let me re-evaluate the situation..". If anything I would pray that people find the ability to find themselves in the music." - Gonjasufi

Preorder now on CD or Limited Edition VINYL at BLEEP

Bibio Interview

Bibio interview from Lou Liddiard-Smith on Vimeo.

I met up with Bibio at Hamstad Heath to chat about his new album, Ambivalence Avenue.

Music used with permission of Warp Records.