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Staff Picks: Malkovich
In this edition of Staff Picks: Great Expectations, a new mixtape that might just live up to its name. Irangeles (Iran X Los Angeles) lyricist Malkovich’s album was written around the world. And it sounds that way. Unlike a lot of hip hop, it’s defiantly anti-regional: not East Coast or West Coast; a sound that’s…
Friday Download: Stonedgiant
Friday Download is dedicated to curating the best download-able objects on the web, courtesy of BitTorrent Bundle Publishers. In this edition of FDL: style is the king (kong), (obviously). The new BitTorrent Bundle from STONEDGIANT (Batsauce and MC Qwazaar) is a hip hop throwback to the tight songcraft of sixties pop, with eight original tracks…
The New De La Soul Vinyl is Out. But You’ll Have to Dig for It.
BitTorrent fans are the first invited to dig for secret Smell The Da.I.S.Y. Dilla instrumentals. De La Soul’s Smell The Da.I.S.Y. Bundle, released on March 26th, is an audiovisual tribute to the world of influential producer J Dilla. Jay Dee was De La Soul’s producer. He was also their muse: “the springboard; the sound that…
SF Hacker News @ BitTorrent HQ
We had a great time meeting and supporting the local developer community and hosting SF Hacker News (@SFHackerNews) for their mixer and lightning demos last Thursday.
Staff Picks: The Road Home
In this edition of Staff Picks: an inside look at the Oscar-shortlisted film The Road Home, Rahul Gandotra’s exploration of identity and otherness in the Himalayas. A young boy of Indian descent escapes from a remote boarding school, plane ticket to London in hand. In running away, he learns he can’t run from everything; especially…
Friday Download: Illectrix
In this edition of FDL: Digital Evolution. 23 year-old London native Illectrix has a style based on synthesis: part funk, part electro, part glitch; all soul. From synthesis, to a step change. The artist’s new album, Digital Evolution, reflects a lot of work in the lab: sounds, ideas, and genres transformed into tactile, visceral electronic…
First Listen: Mad Decent Block Party 2014 BitTorrent Bundle
MDBP 2014 tickets are on sale now. Grab the interactive mixtape, including the world premiere of new remixes of Diplo’s hit “Biggie Bounce” and “Boy Oh Boy” right here. The idea of the music festival is semi-mythic to us: Woodstock is a high school history lesson, and a hand-me-down, and an entire genre of clothing…
Can a Graphic Novel Change Attitudes On IP?
Ricky Rouse Has a Gun (SelfMadeHero), a new graphic novel from Jörg Tittel, illustrates all the weirdness of contemporary copyright culture — and our need for new sources of inspiration. These are strange days for intellectual property. We live in quotes and click-able links. We accept retweets as a measure of meaning. Curation is, like,…
Staff Picks: Radical Friends
In this edition of Staff Picks: punk and rock and friendship; all, maybe, in equal measure. Download Radical Friends, February’s forty-track mixtape Bundle, courtesy of the fine people over at Tangled Talk Records. Consider it your crash course in UK hardcore, which feels about right for an end-of-Monday. Listen up: new music from Gnarwolves, The…
Friday Download: Scrapper
Friday Download is dedicated to curating the best download-able objects on the web, courtesy of BitTorrent Bundle for Publishers. In this edition of FDL: collection and redemption. Scrapper is the story of Hollis Wallace (Michael Beach, The Wire); a man who seeks out survival in scrap metal; selling what he finds to support his sick…