Recently the new stunning remix album “We’re New Here” was released.This album sees Jamie Smith (Jamie xx) from The xx remixing thirteen tracks from the fascinating original “I’m New Here” album sessions by Gil Scott Heron. The above video shows the remix of the ‘NY Is Killing Me’ track.
Read also an earlier posted article about Gil Scott Heron’s ‘NY Is Killing Me’ on the Warmenhoven & Venderbos blog. Sad news is that Gil Scott Heron passed away on May 28, 2011.
The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band’s members (Jamie Smith, Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim) met while studying at Elliott School, notable for alumni including Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. In September 2010 they won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The xx recorded their debut album, with the title xx, in a small garage that was part of the XL studios, often at night, which contributed to the sleek, whispery nature of the album. The above music video shows their beautiful track called Islands.
The below Podcast contains the song called ‘Intro’ by The xx.
Flying Lotus (FlyLo) is an experimental multi-genre music producer and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His music is a fascinating mix which contains experimental hip hop-, jazz and electronic music elements. The third album made by Flying Lotus was Cosmogramma, it was released in 2010.
Flying Lotus about the album: “I’m really into old jazz traditions and I felt Cosmogramma was my jazz record in a sense. In that spirit, for anyone who’s bought the album, we’ve made something they can use to get new tracks and alternate takes from the original Cosmogramma sessions as a gift from us. We’re making a big fuss…”
The above video shows an already older but still inspiring “Jazzy” session for the BBC show of Gilles Peterson and carries the title INFINITY “Infinitum”. Artist performing during the session where: Flying Lotus, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Thundercat, Ravi Coltrane, Rebekah Raff,Andres Renteria, Gerry Gibbs, Andreya Triana. The video was filmed by Theo Jemison and edited by Strangeloop and is shot at the BBC Maida Vale Studio London.
In the above podcast from BrainFeeder you will hear more work by Flying Lotus in the “A Decade of Flying Lotus” mixed by Gaslamp Killer. Flying Lotus on the Podcast mix: “I felt it was time to let go of some things that have been gathering dust. Some old things, and some new things, I tried to pick out tracks that I know yall haven’t heard yet so there should be surprises around every turn.”
The audiovisual remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s “New York Is Killing Me” directed by Chris Cunningham premiered last Sunday (26, September 2010) at the Moma (Museum of Modern Art).
Cult filmmaker, musician, photographer, and producer Chris Cunningham is known for his highly acclaimed music videos for artists including Aphex Twin, Björk, Portishead, and many others. Since 2003 his focus has moved to music. Recently, he has headlined festivals around the world with his new live show, and is presently working on his first audiovisual album.
The three channel version video from Gil Scott-Heron’s New York is Killing Me is also available for viewing on Chris Cunningham’s website.
Earlier this year the Vermin Twins (Micha Volders and Lotte Vanhamel) released their intriguing and innovative debute album “Exoskeleton” which was a cocktail of freestyle experimental pop, dance and electronica with an avantgarde edge. Now they have released a video for the title track of this album.
This is what they said themselves, on their Facebook page, about this new video:
“Vermin Twins made a new video for “exoskeleton” just for fun! No budget, no crew, no hifi equipment but a handheld digital camera and a lot of work!”
We think the video is a fascinating and strong piece of work and it shows that their talent also applies in the visual presentation of their music. Creating this level of work with minimal resources is something you don’t see a lot these days. With virtual no budget, Lotte and Micha manage to create the full package in this video: music, sound, dance and visuals melt into a strong and exciting performance.
Read also more about the vermin twins in an earlier post on the W&V Blog
