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Although the Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti album Before Today released in June, I have to say it's shaping up to be perfect Farewell-To-Summer music. Just listen to "Bright Lit Blue Skies" and try not to daydream of beachy summer romance... coming to an end...
Also, here's a cute photo of Ariel Pink courtesy of The Fader ;)
SHAREWhether the runway models were donning short flirty skirts, military cargo pants or flowy romantic maxi dresses, these tracks were played for walking...and that's just what they did. Rory Them Finest developed the soundtrack for our FW '10 Runway show -Play it, download it or share it from our Soundcloud player above.
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Tracklisting:
Best Coast - When I'm With You
Wavves - King Of The Beach
Lissy Trullie - She Said
Lou Reed - Charley's Girl
Ariel Pink - She Don't Know What To Do with
The Drums - Down By The Water
M.I.A. - XXO (Riton Remix)
Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)
The Dream - Yamaha
Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (Aeroplane Remix)
Kelis - 4th of July
Ciara - Ride
Sonic Youth - Reena
The Pretenders - Back On the Chain Gang
Reverie Sound Revue - An Anniversary Away
Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing
Kate Bush - Love & Anger
Showgirls - Foolin' Around
Neon Indian - 669 (I Don't Know If You Know)
CEO - Illuminata
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Trick Pony
Spectral Display - It Takes a Muscle
Vancouver based Neoteric is no stranger to the Canadian DJ scene and we’re excited he’s put together this playful mix, Everybody Wants, to carry us through the rest of summer.
A self professed music junkie, Neoteric is not bound by one genre or style, he just loves making mixtapes.
“There’s something about putting together a timeless collection of songs that never gets old. I've always enjoyed exposing people to new music, and with this mix I wanted to include both familiar, and not so familiar tracks that hopefully become the soundtrack to some part of your life".
For tour dates, and other mixes: www.djneoteric.com
White Light Cosmic Disco Series Mixes www.whitelightmixes.com
Play it, download and share it from our SoundCloud player above!
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Everybody Wants Tracklisting:
Whomadewho - Keep Me In My Plane
Junior Byron - Dance To The Music
Menusha & The Girls - You Boys (Can Boogie)
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (Josh Marris Mix)
Mark E - R+B Drunkie
Pocket Chekers - Not Gonna Happen (Jake Jefferson Remix)
Neighbourhood Romeo - No, You Call Him
Jinder - Youth Blood
Shy Child - Liquid Love
Beni - Maximus
Azari & III - Reckless (With Your Love) b/w
Drake - Find Your Love (Acapella)
P-Money - Everything ft Vince Harder
Bugz In the Attic - Booty La La
Crystal Waters - What I Need
Madonna - Lucky Star
Green Velvet ft Kid Sister - Everybody Wants
Green Velvet - Lalalalala (Nside My Mind)
Daft Punk - Digital Love (Boris Dlugosch Remix)
Kris Menace & The Dream - Walking on Lightning (U-Tern Blend)
Miami Horror - Make You Mind
MGMT - Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters (Holy Ghost Remix)
Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You (The Swiss Remix)
Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix)
Penguin Prison - A Funny Thing (Monarchy Remix)
Uffie ft Pharrell - A.D.D S.U.V (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Michael Jackson - Day And Night (Morsy Mix)
You asked, we answered! Our latest RE-UP 4 Aritzia mix is the first one uploaded to our brand new Sound Cloud account. We'll be saving all our subsequent playlists there so that you can have access to them even when they're gone from the blog.
Rico's legendary RE-UP nights have been packing serious (club) heat in Vancouver, offering hip kids the perfectly grimy alternative to hot yoga. This month Rico brings us RE-UP 4 Aritzia - a mix of hard southern rap gems, seasoned with dancehall and R+B. -ricouno.com
listen or download it from our player OR play it, share it or download from our Sound Cloud player above.
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Tracks:
- Flo & Eddie - Keep It Warm
- Gucci Mane Feat. Nicki Minaj - Lemonade Remix
- Lil' Flip - Platinum Stars
- Roscoe Dash - Show Out
- Lil' Pat - Hannah Montana (Rico Uno Swagg Blend)
- Yung L.A. - We Fly Futuristic
- Tum Tum - T.U.M.
- Rich Kid$ - Money Swag
- Yung L.A. - Taser Gun
- Lil' Wayne - Women Lie Men Lie
- Lloyd Banks, Ludacris, & The-Dream - Beamer Benz Bentley Remix
- Fat Pimp - Hair
- California Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie
- Chalie Boy - Look Like Money (Rico Uno Goodcookie Blend)
- Unfinished Business Riddim Version
- Leftside - Nuh Other Gyal (School Bell Riddim)
- Vybz Kartel Feat. Gaza Kim - Twice My Age (School Bell Riddim)
- Buju Banton - G.A.L. (D.N.A. Riddim)
- Vybz Kartel - Turn & Wine (D.N.A. Riddim)
- Vybz Kartel Feat. Indu - Know Bout Me (DJ Quiva Remix)
- Dirty Money Feat. Nicki Minaj - Hello Good Morning Remix
- Lil Kee, Javon Black & Yung G - Buss It Wide Open
- Tyga & Chris Brown - Holla At Me
- Wash - So Clean
- Big Boi - Shutterbugg
- Waka Flocka Flame - O Let's Do It
- Soulja Boy - Pretty Boy Swag (Rico Uno Oledoit Blend)
- Juney Boomdata - Wassup Wit Da Cookie
- OJ Da Juiceman - Caviar
- Rich Kid$ & Young Dro - Patna Dem
- Rich Kid$ & Young Dro - Patna Dem (Rico Uno Coffee Shop Blend)
- J. Futuristic Feat. Yung L.A. - Futuristic Playhouse
- Lil' Wayne - Steady Mobbin'
- Mavado - Gyal A Mad Ova (Bad People Riddim)
- Bramma - Ghetto Man Story (Bad People Riddim)
- Kibaki - Dem Waah Mi (Bad People Riddim)
- Gappy Ranks - Stinking Rich
- Tifa - If I Could Fly
It's World Cup time and most of us are playing musical chairs picking soccer teams to cheer for during the last stretch. On the music front however, we 've got some of the best home talent to cheer for...
With Thank Me Later officially topping the charts in both Canada and the US last week, let's toast to Toronto's very own Drake shall we?
Drake's Find Your Love video below.
DJ Royale (along with Big Jacks) is half of the Grand Groove DJs. Together they’ve been rocking Toronto Urban parties for years. With In Bloom DJ Royale brings us sexy mix of R&B and Hip Hop Jams for Spring 2010.
check out the mix in our music player here.
In Bloom by DJ Royale Tracklisting:
You - Lucy Pearl (Royale Refix)
Nothin’ on You - B.O.B feat. Bruno Mars
Beautiful - Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell
Sprung - T Pain (Royale Refix)
Missin U - Trey Songz feat. Drake
So Glad - Chris Brown
It’s Great To Be Here - Jacksons
That’s The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson (Official Royale Remix)
Rock with U - Ashanti (Royale Refix)
Set a Drift Of Memory Bliss - P.M Dawn
You (Remix) - Lloyd Feat. Andre 3000
Your Love - Nicki Minaj
Summertime - Beyonce (Royale Refix)
Always On Time - Ja Rule Feat. Ashanti
Back To The Crib - Chris Brown Feat. Juelz Santana
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye (Royale Refix)
Why U Wanna - T.I
Drinks Up - Ne-Yo
Special Girl - Usher
If It’s Lovin That You Want- Rihanna (Royale Refix)
Zodiac - Ryan Leslie
Sometimes - Cassie
I Love You - Cherri Dennis Feat Jim Jones
Down For Me - Loon Feat. Mario Winans
Just a Friend - Mario (Royale Refix)
What u Want - Mase Feat. Total
Love U Better - LL Cool J
Do You Right - Aion Clarke
Real Love - Mary J Blige (Royale Refix)
Gotta Be You - Melanie Rutherford
Erotic - Keyshia Cole
Echo - Ciara Feat. Young Jeezy
Uhh Huh - B2K (Royale Refix)
Carry Out - Timbaland Feat. Justin Timberlake
Independent Women - Destiny’s Child (Royale Refix)
I’m Ill (remix) - Red Cafe feat. Ryan Leslie & LLoyd Banks
By My Side - Jadakiss Feat . Ne-Yo
Strange - Ne- Yo
Straight Up - Chante Moore (Royale Refix)
Skycap- Mary J Blige Feat Timbaland
Doesn’t Mean Anything - Alicia Keys (Royale Refix)
Officially Missing You (remix) - Tamia
Dream Big - Jazmine Sullivan
Live a Lie (Kid Artik Remix)- Jazmine Sullivan
This week in music I'm really looking forward to Kele's new album, (of the Bloc Party), The Boxer. It's set for release in June and I think the album cover is stunning. The video for Tenderoni is below.
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And although I know you've all likely seen it, I can't stop watching Beyonce's Why Don't You Love Me video. One of the best music videos I've seen in a long time!
On a different note Jónsi (of Sigur Ros) has a new album Go, and it's like a beautiful symphony of folky electro pounding its way to the heart. Here is the HD video for Go Do.
Paul Devro from Mad Decent made us "Of Cities and Escapes" - a mixtape of ethereal heart soaring tracks featuring faves like the (new) LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Caribou, Major Lazer, The Dream and plenty of amazing indie disco stuff we've never heard of. Put on your headphones and escape into a bubble of tender electro warmth.
Last month the music world bid farewell to a couple of heavy weights; Hip Hop's MC Guru and Punk Rock's Malcolm McLaren. I've picked out some throwback Ear Candy to honor the cultural legacy these men of music left behind.
Left, Guru. Right Malcolm McLaren with Vivienne Westwood.
GURU
Guru's role in the golden hip hop era won't be forgotten; from his solo Jazz-Hip Hop fusion series "Jazzmatazz", to Gang Starr, his duo with DJ Premier, the MC is nothing short of legendary.
Below, a hip hop classic - Gang Starr's "Mass Appeal" (1994).
Guru died on on April 19, 2010.
MALCOLM MCLAREN
Malcolm McLaren will be remembered as the suit behind the iconic Punk Rock band The Sex Pistols who "managed them through a revolution", a controversial self-publicist and a music visionary whose output of solo music was years ahead of the curve.
Under McLaren's management, The Sex Pistols' second single was "God Save The Queen", a controversial song banned by the BBC in 1977. The video is below.
Malcolm McClaren - "Buffalo Gals"
"Buffalo Gal's was a subversive re-make of an old (racist) American Square Dance. The video introduced hip hop culture to a wider UK audience and would be sampled years later by Eminem at the beginning of "Without Me".
Malcolm McLaren died on April 8, 2010
Rory Them Finest is a regular contributor to the Aritzia mixtapes. This month he brings us Summering Society – a smoking collection of songs destined for road trips and summer love. We're feeling the heat.
http://twitter.com/rorythemfinest
check it out in our music player.
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Track listing:
New Edition - Once In a Lifetime
Groove The Embassy - It Pays to Belong
Korrallreven - The Truest Faith
Toro Y Moi - Imprint After
PM Dawn - Sometimes I Miss You So Much
Kay Stand - Fire
Small Black - Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)
Radio Dept - Heaven's On Fire
Best Coast - When I'm With You
Bibio - All The Flowers
Pure Ecstasy - Easy
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California
jj - And Now
OOFT - This Sound
Super Value - Special Edit 8
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Flight Facilities Feat. Giselle - Crave You (c90s Remix)
Christina Milian Feat. The Dream - Welcome To Vegas
Music Go Music - Light of Love
Jamaica! - I Think I Like U 2
The Pastels - Comin' Through
Best Coast - Something In The Way
Lone – Endlessly
Michel Legrand - Song For a Summer Day
Drake Feat. The Dream - Shut It Down
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