The production crew South Rakkas Crew are finally out with their long awaited album and they have everyone from Pitchfork.com to The Washington Post singing their praises. The album is called “The Stimulus package” and features vocals from Capleton, Killa Queenz, Deerhoof among others. The progressive and respected production duo incorporates as usual: dancehall, reggae, hip hop, classic samples, drum n’ bass and even pop and rock in this great release. As a new years gift to all their fans they’re giving away the album for FREEE!!! How about that?!
As a bonus we are throwing in a South Rakkas bonus track which is not on the album. It is featuring Bounty Killer and is called “Love Warlord”! Enjoooy folks!
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Just discovered this amazing video to an EP I have been feeling a lot lately. It is the latest EP from Douster entitled Triassic. In this EP – released on ZZK records – Douster goes back to prehistoric times, imagines the soundtrack of a life during the Triassic era. Raw rhythms, primitive melodies and cavemen chants that sound from a world when the land masses were connected, shedding borders and grooving primitively to his strain of electronic music
Two of the world’s best DJs team up for a special Essential Mix showcasing their new dancehall & reggae inspired project Major Lazer. Major lazer is according to Diplo and Switch:
“ – a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984. The US military rescued him and repurposed experimental lazers as prosthetic limbs. Since then Major Lazer has been a hired renegade soldier for a rogue government operating in secrecy underneath the watch of M5 and the CIA. His cover is that of a dancehall night club owner from Trinidad and he enlisted the help of long-time allies and uber-producers, Diplo and Switch, to produce his first LP. His true mission is to protect the world from the dark forces of evil that live just under the surface of a civilized society. He fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard, and has a rocket powered skateboard.”
Bonus: Mishka just released the 10th installment of the Mishka Keep Watch Mix Series, also featuring Major Lazer, and it’s a bit similar, but still a good one! So check it out!
