KID FROM DOWN UNDER.

22 y.o. wunderkind, and current reigning champion of (mostly) "chill-trap", Flume, has released his first full length album, to much anticipation. The self-titled, 14 track album was released earlier this year on Future Classic records, and is available for purchase in their online shop. A great album. Sidenote : we highly reccommend you check the "Get Free" remix down below...

Since he started to create music using a production CD he found in a cereal box, the guy has done a lot. Winning awards in his native Australia, going platinum, touring the world, and whatever the fuck else.

Peep some new jams :

A stellar remix :



 And and a classic Flume fave :



Also, to accompany the album, Flume put together a hip-hop inspired mixtape (the "Flume Deluxe Edition Mixtape"... it is included with the deluxe retail package of Flume) while on tour.

Get lightly crunk.



Tracklist :

Flume: Deluxe Edition Mixtape

1. Flume - Intro feat. Stalley
2. Flume - Space Cadet feat. Ghostface Killah & Autre Ne Veut
3. Flume - Insane feat. Killer Mike & Moon Holiday
4. Flume - Stay Close feat. Boldy James, Alexander Spit & Aaron Cohen
5. Flume - Holdin On feat. Freddie Gibbs
6. Flume - Change feat. How To Dress Well
7. Flume - Warm Thoughts feat. Grande Marshall & Goldie Glo
8. Flume - Sleepless feat. Twin Shadow & Jezzabell Doran
9. Hermitude - HyperParadise feat. M.O.P. (Flume Mixtape Version)

While we love the chill solo Flume works, over here at the Hero, we really like to turn up. Bigger. So in that vein, here are a few more from Flume's second musical project. Along with Emoh Instead, he is 1/2 of the duo What So Not. A remix of Major Lazer's, "Get Free", was their real intro to the globe, and has been getting us open over here for a little while now... peep game...track is killing shit all over the place. Can't get tired of it. Even after we've heard the original, and a number of other remixes many, many times since forever ago. Always completely on purpose. The other couple are equally pure blissful crunk inspirers.





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WATCH THIS : UNSEEN BIGGIE SMALLS MINI DOC.

Really, hit play on this video..

This is a rarely-seen mini-profile on Christopher Wallace from the UK show, Diary On Passengers, in which The Black Frank White chops it up about supporting Junior M.A.F.I.A., with then-wife Faith Evans, and allows the world some insight into his relationship with his Mother. Some realness.

Seriously, just chill out for 14 minutes and 10 seconds. Then peep some tracks after that...

FLUX EP. NOW AVAILABLE. TOUR FOOTIE.

New from true "electronic" music pioneer Flux Pavillion comes the five track Freeway EP. It is now available, and its killing. This track "Gold Love", featuring Rosie Oddie is murder. Great shit right here.

Flux achieved international recognition with the track "I Can't Stop", which was eventually sampled by Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph for the song "Who Gon Stop Me" from Watch The Throne. He is also (along with Doctor P) the co-founder of Circus Records. and has been inspiring producers of sample and "beat" based music for years! We're certainly psyched on this new material. Ak like you know.

The EP also features tracks with Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki, and Turin Breaks.

Get the FREEWAY EP here... Now if you'd like. AND STREAM IT ALL BELOW...



Also available for free download is the track "Standing On A Hill", from the Flux..



Also...additionally from the crew comes this Doc P & Adam F, Method Man featured track which comes with a pretty slick little video...



Finally... peep some tour footie...good times...(a bit more interesting than the current Baauer & R.L. Grime tour videos...) AND features a little hometown PORTLAND, MAINE cameo here in EP #2...HOLLER.




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THIS VIDEO THO. TD$.

Don't know a lot about Ty Dolla $ign yet, we been OG Bobby Ray fans, and together this video is kind of our shit right now...

Track goes hard too, obviously. And lyric and concept are more clever than the other TD$ tracks I've heard so far..

Apparently he is on it with the production game as well...nice and simple, but kinda feeling this one on the slow jam, old school vibe (whatchyall know about some old school Rn'B slow jams?)... and a nicely old school ghetto-music-video-production video to go along with it :

NEW : LEXO THE GREAT & THE UNDER.

UPDATE : Video for Lexo The Great & THEUNDER - "Renegade" is now up...get it here.



 New track from our homie & dope AF client Lexo The Great, produced by
THEUNDER...available for free download at Lexo's Soundcloud...as posted below.

Peep back tomorrow as well for the official release of the video for "Renegade" from Lexo & THEUNDER!!

Stay tuned...official video for "Renegade" posted here tomorrow!



And don't miss "Bad Boy" featuring the "Anigmatic" Gilbere Forte with vocal production by Jams Frrever...
 

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NEW LABEL. OLD FAVES.

The prolific and greatly innovative force that is Guillermo S. Herren (a.k.a. Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas, Piano Overlord, and Delarosa & Asora) has announced Yellow Year, a new record label co-founded with photographer Angel Ceballos. Their initial offering is an EP from Sons of the Morning (Prefuse 73 & the always amazing producer/artist, Teebs...available now on Yellow Year) as a part of a twelve volume Speak Soon series, each installment paring Prefuse with a fellow production luminary for all new collaborative work. Upcoming EPs will feature collaborations with Nosaj Thing, Lapalux, Synkro, Nathan Fake, Dimlite and more TBA. We're looking forward to giving this one a full length listen...



There has been some low-key hype for this label launch, as well as this first release, including this amazing ten-minute "preview" video:



Also accompanying this first release, Pre & Teebs have cut a mix including a number of the duo's influence for the self-titled EP :

“Over the past couple of years of working on many ‘Sons of the Morning songs’, we’ve probably spent an equal amount of time glued to YouTube and listening to other people’s music between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and noon. Although, it would be impossible to fit every single thing we became intrigued with on a 40-minute mix, these are some standouts during our journeys. A retrospect of sounds, so to speak.”

That mix is titled, Needle Exchange 133, and is available here :


Needle Exchange 133 – Sons of the Morning:
1. Bus Driver intro – (excerpt)
2. SonsOfTheMorning – Arrival
3. Oneohtrix Point Never – He She
4. Jeremiah Jae – Spaceman
5. Lukid – The Life of the Mind
6. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
7. Nathan Fake – Bauxite Dream
8. Forest Swords – Anneka’s Battle
9. The Exposures – Ein Lied Fur Frau Thyssen – Home
10. Radian. – Git Cut Derivat11. Cannibal Ox – Pigeon
12. Tim Hecker – They Call Me Jimmy
13. Visitor – Burn Out
14. Actress – Voodoo Posse Chronic Illusion
15. Ras G – Sign Me Up (excerpt)
16. The Caretaker – All you’re going to do is get back there.

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