Trains, Automobiles & Flights push officially begins.

Trillidad.

Via Linez and Lyve drop their 1st Single “Hazard Lights” from their collaborative LP, Trains Automobiles & Flights, dropping 3rd Qtr of 2014.

Trinidad Carnival inspired, Via goes in showing his true Trinidadian colours and wastes no bars in doing so. Lyve on the assist with an absolute trillmatic-soca fused beat compliments the witty emcee and shows why this duo is in a lane on their own.

Hazard Lights.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: VLXL (VIA LINEZ X LYVE) – ONE & TWO ZEROS FEAT. NISH RAAWKS

@MOKA_ONLY

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Moka Only “Knowing That You Would”

Dope look for Sway Clarke II! Now is probably the best time for you to jump on the bandwagon.

Who on earth would blend a “Bennie and the Jets” groove, trilling harpsichords evoking the Beatles’ “In My Life” and a dance-floor-quaking bass into an exuberant paean to infidelity? Answer: Sway Clarke II. The song, “Secret Garden, ” is one of several by the Berlin-by-way-of-Toronto singer-songwriter that have taken off on the Internet (another is a moody cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools”) and propelled the singer (who plays his first American show this evening at Bardot’s School Night in Los Angeles) to next-big-thing status. His combination of storytelling and hooks has earned comparisons to the hitmaking likes of Lorde and Frank Ocean, but a streak of naughty humor, often at the singer’s own expense, is uniquely his own. “That comes out of being Canadian,” he laughs. “There’s a reason why great comedians like Jim Carrey and Mike Myers came from Canada. It’s in our DNA to be self-deprecating and funny.”

That tendency was evident in the first song that got Clarke attention, “I Don’t Need Much.” In it, he says that all he needs is “Some cigarettes and alcohol/iPhone for a few calls/A crew, and a main broad” via a wistful melody that’s as indebted to Coldplay as to new-school R&B. The approach reflects Clarke’s own personal evolution. Ten years ago, he had grown disenchanted with hip-hop’s worldview and began to focus more, he says, on music that valued “songwriting, musicianship and telling a story. OutKast’s ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ was my saving grace: it was so adventurous, it became a reference point proving I could do something different. And then I started digging into the renaissance of Brit rock. Radiohead, Pulp and Blur changed my life, and made me need to learn guitar. During that period, I wanted to be Liam Gallagher: I was attracted to him because he was gangster, like a rapper.”

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Previous: NEW MUSIC: SWAY CLARKE II – SECRET GARDEN (PROD. NIKOLAI POTTHOFF)

So was at a wedding for two friends a couple weeks back and bumped into the legendary Doc McKinney (Esthero, The Weeknd, Drake) and he mentions he’s working with this kid Spooky Black. Sure enough the Minneapolis newcomer dropped his latest single a few days ago produced by the man himself, and The Standard. Take it in.

Good to see these two connecting! Visuals drop next week!

Nitai and I have always had good conversations since we first met in his hometown of Montreal in 2012. In June 2014 I traveled to Montreal to attend a theatre festival, I was also looking for opportunities to record. After traveling throughout Africa the previous years my mind was on collaborations with artists from some of my favorite places; Montreal is a favorite of mine. Nitai and I organized a time, spent an evening at his home in NDG around the dinner table with his wife and daughter and by the end of the evening we had recorded a simple song. “You, I” is a song about the insecurity of modern relationships, a song about “ifs” and “maybes” produced by Jai Nitai (artist/producer from Montreal / @JaiNitaiLotus) and written and performed by myself (writer/artist/producer from Toronto/ @IanKamau).
lyrics
(written by @iankamau)

Produced & Recorded by Jai Nitai Lotus (@jainitailotus)

Mastered by Shash’U (@iamSHASHU)

Recorded, mixed and mastered in Montreal, Canada

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Ian Kamau “Yesterdays” (Shot by Nabil Shash)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: JAI NITAI LOTUS “HONEST” (SHOT BY PACESIX AND JAI NITAI LOTUS)

Directed by Adam Azimov.

Muneshine drops visuals for his Exile-produced “Venus & Mars” off “In Transit”.

Available now @ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fall-back-spring-forward/id893749533?i=893749875

http://www.soundcloud.com/Muneshine
http://www.facebook.com/Muneshine
http://www.twitter.com/Muneshine
http://www.instagram.com/Muneshine

Previously: NEW MUSIC: The Herbaliser “What You Asked For” (Muneshine Remix)

Another taste of new Redway/WondaGurl sonics off his upcoming “Years Ahead” EP, out August 19th.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Redway – Right Now (Directed by Dukey Dukez)

royceBIRTH returns to the mic and the beats with “Master Class” off his upcoming “Caesar Is Home” EP.

royceBIRTH – Masterclass
Produced by: royceBIRTH for Box Project Records
Recorded by: royceBIRTH & Noel Matta
Mixed and Mastered by: Relic at Reservoir Studios
SOCAN/ASCAP (2014)

Previously: NEW MUSIC: The Names Are Known “CLOSE2U” (Prod. royceBIRTH)

Newness from Louie and G Milla, who’ll be sharing the stage together with Sean Leon, Jimmy B, Derek Wise and Redway, for another instalment of “Northern Lights”, with HustleGRL and DJ P-Nut on the decks.

August 13th @ The Drake.

Song produced by Daniel Worthy.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: G MILLA “VIRGIN MARY” (SHOT BY R!CH OBENG)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: LUU BREEZE “GIVING UP” (DIRECTED BY NV)

Latest from D paying homage to one of the 90-era’s great writers, singers and entertainers.

“Missy Elliott” is the latest single from D.O.  Produced by Amsterdams’ Statikmusic, the track will be featured on D.O.’s forthcoming mixtape “Home For The Summer” hosted by DJ IV.

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Previously: NEW VIDEO: D.O. “I LIVE FOR THIS (PART I)” (DIRECTED BY PREETAM SENGUPTA)