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You didn’t think the Jaxx would release a single without an accompanying crazy video, did you? “Feelings Gone” featuring Sam Sparro is from Basement Jaxx’s 5th full-length album, Scars, which drops in the US on October 6th on Ultra Records.
Aakash Nihalani recounts the path that lead him to the aha! moment where he birthed the technique of his tape-based geometric street art.
Check out his art here: Flickr: Aakash Nihalani
By Seher Sikandar
Giant Step Contributor, Seher Sikandar interviews soul singer Teedra Moses with a special surprise guest at the mid-way point.
Teedra performed at Yoshi’s SF last week and just before the show I got to catch up with her for a bit backstage. Yes, I asked her about where she’s been and about her upcoming project. But these days I’m really into just asking artists about themselves, their thoughts, their interests – so I hit her with some of my randoms.
Teedra talks about her favorite feeling to personify, a dream besides music, what was the first song to personally touch her, and all kindsa fun ish you probably haven’t heard in another interview.
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Photos from Hex Hector DJing at Hudson #11 this Monday. Peruse the pics and get ready for the next Hudson party, Labor Day weekend with technicolor DJ Scott Hardkiss!
The Beach at Governors Island is not messin’ around with their concert line-up this summer! Check out these upcoming events: N.E.R.D & Asher Roth, Lupe Fiasco and Brazillian Girls.
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Dig Deeper and Eli “Paperboy” Reed present Brooklyn Soul Festival at The Bell House; check out the schedule below.
Tickets for Day 1, Day 2 and two-day passes are on sale.
Day 1: Friday, August 28, 2009
8pm – 4am
Barbara Lynn (The Soul Queen of the Gulf Coast)
Roscoe Robinson (The Baron of Birmingham, AL)
Hermon Hitson (The Georgia Grinder himself)
Friday’s artists will be backed by Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves, playing songs from their
forthcoming LP on Capitol Records between sets.
Day 2: Saturday, August 29, 2009
11am – 5pm, vinyl record & vintage clothing fair, vendors from around the world – No cover!
8pm – 4am
Otis Clay (The Crown Prince of Chicago Soul)
Maxine Brown (The Lovely Lady of New York Uptown Soul)
The Sweet Divines (NYC’s Old School Soul Sensation)
Saturday’s artists will be backed by The Sweet Divines and the Divine Soul Rhythm Band.
Universal Motown Records has released Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite I, [Buy on iTunes] featuring exclusive remixes by Stargate, The Neptunes, Dallas Austin, Polow Da Don, and Salaam Remi. Suite I is only the first batch of music to be unveiled from the five-part digital suite of remixes paying homage to the legendary entertainer.
J Period and K’NAAN collaborate to form The Messengers mixtape. The Messengers is a project dedicated to three different music legends: Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s eminent musical activist; Bob Marley, Jamaica’s emissary of struggle and unity; and Bob Dylan, America’s reluctant Civil Rights song leader.
Weaving afro-beat, reggae, ska, folk music and rock into this genre-bending musical experience, The Messengers stretches the boundaries of hip hop—and the mixtape genre itself. Remixing the classic work of Fela, Marley and Dylan, The Messengers captures the timelessness of their sounds and the continued urgency of their messages.
J.Period & K’NAAN will pay tribute to each of “The Messengers” individually with a new release every Tuesday in September:
Fela Kuti (September 1)
Bob Marley (September 8 )
Bob Dylan (September 15)
The Messengers in its entirety (including additional bonus tracks and artwork) on September 22.
Download “The Messenger” (Digi EP), a 3-song sneak preview of The Messengers
For the next Hudson, we have DJ Scott Hardkiss with special guests Lisa Shaw and Bobby Harden. Scott Hardkiss is one of electronic dance music’s most innovative & enigmatic artists. With his productions and DJ sets, he has developed his own brand of fusion which incorporates psychedelic house, break beats, funk, rock, hip-hop, techno, disco, soul, jazz, dub, & more.
Hudson
356 W 58th St.
New York, NY
7PM – 11PM
21+ w/ID.
