We celebrate our second anniversary on April 26 2012! ‘Just’ or ‘already’ two years of blood, sweat, no tears, ear- & eyecandy. And being in motion, on a rampage, in a roller coaster, discovering, uncovering, pondering, rustling, just being there and most of all: having fun.
Of course, we want to celebrate this joyous event with you and we are giving away 4 prizes.
How to become lucky?
- We would like to hear from you which artist you want to see working with Fremdtunes (for example: an outstanding musician, the best graphic designer in the world, Pulitzer price winning photographer, exceptional writer etc.). And explain: why him or her?
- Place your answer in the comment section beneath this post. Don’t forget to state your name and e-mail adress.
- Let us know what price you’re interested in (only one bundle per person).
- Respond BEFORE April 25 (GMT +1 timezone).
We will pick 4 persons who come up with the most original, relevant, beautiful, striking answer and announce their names on this website on April 26.
On January 27nd we celebrated the opening of our exposition of the project SEE-A-SOUND we did with collaborative art project Mashville at bkkc, Tilburg. After two-and-a-half month the expo is coming to end this Friday. April 20 (between 13.00 en 17.00) will be the last possibility to visit the expo at bkkc, Tilburg (NL)!
Yesterday we received, in the traditional mailbox, a beautiful gift by our good friends at Thefindmag HQ: a nicely designed 7-inch called ‘PaleBlueDot‘ with music by Mr. J. Medeiros, an L.A.-based rapper, producer, singer and songwriter. The original version, produced by Stro Elliot and a hook sung by Giannina Ashe, switches smoothly from a ‘Easy like Sunday morning’-vibe to powerful, lyrical eruptions that sound like Urban Dance Squad‘s Rudeboy’s. The remix, done by 20Syl with extra vocals by Canadian MC Shad, adds more electronic Funk synth-lines and heavy drums. Gogetit a.s.a.p., because this one will be sold out quickly!
Sometimes surfing the net for new tunes can be a disappointing. Sometimes you’ll surf into surprises that make your day: like this one, found via 20jazzfunkgreats: A track called Union, by a guy named Saitam, bringing drums, gamelan and an ocean of sound to your ears. Getit.
More music for you to stream: Lee Spacey (The Netherlands) took it upon himself to make a mix/selection of promising young Dutch beatmakers and other artists (including Soosh!) for the FinestEgo platform. Topnotch material for all beatheads!
Promoter/musician/producer Hal McGee just uploaded ‘Tape Heads Cassette Compilation Volume One – by various international home-taper audio artists’ (released on cassette in 1998): a collection of strange, nice, terrifying, weird, alienated, what-not, lo-fi tunes. We were invited to contribute with a song for a new, upcoming compilation, but for now download and enjoy yourself with the 1998 tape on bandcamp…
Just to let you know what type of tunes can be heard at the office today, we share the Fremdtunes HQ trackoftheday. And we salute you with this: we will celebrate our 2 year anniversary on April 26 (and a party will probably follow a few weeks later). The next two weeks we will update you on this matter (with prizes, free DL’s etc.), so staytuned!
It really isn’t the type of weather to spend time outside the office, so it’s time for another Weather Fremdcast! No guest-mix this time, but we do have the new monthly mix by DJ Mace (Serato broke down, so it’s more of a cut-and-paste-collection). All nocturnal tunes by artists like Soosh, Electric Barbarian, Mr. Brown, Lee Spacey, Max Roach and two exclusive demo-tracks by Coco Bryce and Julian Edwardes. Ecoute!
Recently, the Fremdtunes mailbox flooded with interesting, less-interesting and mind-blowing music. Here’s a few that stood out: Read the rest of this entry »
On a regular bases we’re inviting talented, befriended DJ’s and/or radio-hosts to do a mix for our ‘Weather Fremdcast’ on mixcloud. After last weeks all Hip Hop mix by CocoBryce, here comes the sixth one: a fresh Neo-disco mix by DJ Pathless (yes, him again). This one is for all chorus girls, tap-dancers and other prima-ballerina’s: catch the Disco fever! With music from Soft Rocks, Toby Tobias, Pacific Horizons, Max Essa and others…
We also have another DJ Mace mix online: Musical Blur B. An oldy (blended in 2006) but goody filled with sunny, Jazzy Hip Hop and Funky Instrumentals.
On January 27nd 2012 we openend the exposition ‘SEE-A-SOUND’ at bkkc, Tilburg. SEE-A-SOUND is an interdisciplinary project in which ten acclaimed autonomous designers and an equal number of talented producers/DJ’s teamed up to produce an exhibition and accompanying vinyl record. The ten serigraphs and musical compositions are on display in the exhibition hall at the bkkc, until April 20, 2012.
DJ’s Mace and Optimus will perform one last time for this project at Paradox (Tilburg, NL) on March 30 2012. They team up with keyplayer WiboudBurkens and saxophone player JorisPosthumus to do an adventurous impro-show. Designers Boris ‘Delta’ Tellegen and Loulou&Tummie will be showing audio-visual work and MisterAdam will premiere his Flip-over-art-act.
CocoBryce wraps up this evening with a DJ-set filled with Cumbiahop, Skweee, Future Funk and rare and undefinable tunes.
On a regular bases we’re inviting talented, befriended DJ’s and/or radio-hosts to do a mix for our ‘Weather Fremdcast’. The fifth one is a ‘all Hip Hop‘ one by Coco Bryce, who released his ‘Boesoek LP‘ last year on Fremdtunes and is currently working on tracks for a new release (!). Coco did not only take the time to record a mix (with tracks by Tyler, Das Racist, New Slang etc.): he also took the time to shed some light on his love-hate relation with Hip Hop.
“Hip hop, hip hop, hip hop, oh sweet hip hop. I think hip hop must’ve been my first true musical love yeah. De La Soul’s “Me, Myself and I” was probably what got me into it. I was totally blown away by it the very first time I heard it, with the quirky video accompanying the tune and all. I immediately went and bought it on vinyl from my allowance. And then I got some Public Enemy tapes from one of the older guys in my town, soon to be followed by all of the other Golden Era stuff (i.e. Tribe, Black Sheep, Wu Tang, Dr. Dre, Hieroglyphics, The Pharcyde and more De La Soul)…”
After last Monday’s release of Soosh’s SoFar EP, we have another ear-catching EP out there today: Planar Rift by Emufucka!
Takafumi Sakurai (Tokyo, Japan) aka Emufucka makes his premiere performance on Fremdtunes with his 4-track EP ‘Planar Rift’ and introduces you to his Wonderland of spaced out, extraterrestrial, adventurous, de-tuned songs. Pendulating between bumpy electronic beats and warm, soulful melodies ‘Planar Rift’ has two special guests: St. Andrew (LA, USA) and DZA (Moscow, Russia) who both deliver outstanding remixes that are a mind-blowing additive to this release.
On a regular bases we’re inviting talented, befriended DJ’s and/or radio-hosts to do a guestmix for our ‘Weather Fremdcast’. So far we had mixes by Pathless, Emufucka and Frybread. Our fourth edition is a guestmix by Nifkin of Pom Peri Posse (Sweden): visit the Posse’s outrageously nice blog and make sure you listen to this guestmix from beginning to end: besides killer-tracks by Papoose, Christoph El’ Truento, Young Montana? and others, there’s fresh, new, truly authentic material by the Pom Peri Posse people themselves in it…
CONTEST EXPIRED!
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