FACT Magazine Jonwayne begins weekly rap song series, Cassette compiled on vinyl @ Musique Non Stop |  |
- Jonwayne begins weekly rap song series, Cassette compiled on vinyl
- The Week’s Best Vinyl Releases
- DOOM and Bishop Nehru share new track from joint album, the meditation-inspired ‘Om’
- Paul’s Boutique turns 25 with a commemorative wall in NYC, visual companion and new book
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Posted: 26 Jul 2014 07:50 AM PDT
 A new rap song every monday. Stones Throw‘s resident salty cracker is back with some more rap for you, a week on from his Special Herbs medley. Jonwayne took to Twitter on Monday this week to announce a new weekly series: “I’m going to be dropping a rap song every Monday until I don’t feel like it anymore.” Up first is the mellow vibe of ‘No’ with the rapper’s laid-back rapping style applied to an old Jay Dee beat – hear it below. In related news, Stones Throw have released Jonwayne’s Cassette series on vinyl. Compiled by the rapper, the 12″ includes nine cuts from the tape and digital only series that led to his debut on the label. Check back in on Monday for another rap. Or not.         |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:40 AM PDT
 Few people are onto great records as quickly as a great record store. After years spent discovering gems in Phonica's end of year lists, it made sense to give them a regular space on FACT. Every Saturday, Phonica staff will pick out the five vinyl records you should grab this week.  MIDLAND ‘Before We Leave’ (Gerd Janson Remix) |
(Phonica White)
An epic return for Midland, who floats down on a flying carpet laden with midnight grooves and lush strings à la Andrés. Gerd Janson’s light touch remix is just the ticket, coaxing out a foxy bassline while leaving the smoky strings intact, and the ‘Bare Bones’ mix is a fine rhythm track for your crates.
Audio / Buy here
SEVERED HEADS
Dead Eyes Opened
(Dark Entries)
Chances are there’s not enough mutant analogue gore-pop in your life, right? Reliably sound reissue label Dark Entries have got a three-track solution via Aussie industrial oddballs Severed Heads, whose 1983 single ‘Dead Eyes Opened’ is the sort of freaky electro that’d fit right into a Powell set.
Audio / Buy here
TAMBIEN
‘Der Elf’
(ESP Institute)
Billing yourself as a “beacon of hope in a dark warehouse” is a bold gambit indeed, but Bavarian trio Tambien pull off that melancholic, goosebumps-raising mood on ‘Der Elf’ and seal the deal with the erotic after-hours pulse of ‘Are You In Touch’.
Audio / Buy here
LOWTEC
Workshop 20
(Workshop)
Jens Kuhn brings three tracks of raw, minimal deepness which gently unspool and falter to an almost molasses-slow pace. Modest, yet disarmingly addictive.
Audio / Buy here
PX$H6XD (POSH GOD)
Hot 003
(Trax Couture)
Unknown entity POSHGOD unleashes some dirty filth for the school holidays over five tracks of gnarly, venereal house, peaking on the liquid gold euphoria of ‘Nubian 124′ and the ultra-jackin’ ‘Dancin’ ‘N’ Shit’.
Audio / Buy here
Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:13 AM PDT
Cross-generational rap duo unveil new cut from collaborative album.
DOOM is no stranger to collaborative albums, his last solo opus was 2009′s Born Like This, and his latest such effort for Lex Records sees the masked villain team up with young NYC upstart Bishop Nehru.
Entitled NehruvianDOOM, the album is produced by the veteran and vocalled by the young MC, acting as his de-facto debut album. The first track from the album, ‘Darkness’, was released by Lex earlier this month with a video directed by Nehru himself.
Last night the label made a second track from the album available. ‘Om’ once again features DOOM on the boards – with no rehashing of previous Special Herbs thankfully – and both MCs on the mic. You can hear it below.
NehruvianDOOM is set for release on September 22, a day later in the UK, and is available to pre-order from iTunes.
The artwork by Ghostshrimp can be seen above and full tracklist is below. Earlier this year FACT TV spoke to Bishop Nehru at SXSW about working with DOOM.
Intro
Om
Means The Most
So Alone
Coming for You
Darkness
Caskets
Great Things
Disastrous
Bonus Track
Posted: 26 Jul 2014 04:44 AM PDT
Beastie Boys‘ classic second album celebrated across a range of media by fans.
Of all the albums from the back catalogue of New York trio The Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique remains one of the most loved. With 2014 marking the 25th anniversary of the album’s release, a string of fans from around the world are celebrating the album in different ways.
Starting today, July 26, the corner of Rivington and Ludlow in New York City that was immortalised in the album’s cover (see above) will sport a mural paying tribute to the Beastie’s classic. The painting will be undertaken by artist Danielle Mastrion starting at 11 A.M. Eastern time on the outside of Wolfnights, the sandwich shop that currently occupies the space of Lee’s Sportswear, one of two shops displayed in the iconic cover.
The mural was spearheaded by LeRoy McCarthy, a fan of the group who previously petitioned the local community board to co-name the intersection Beastie Boys Square. His petition was rejected nearly unanimously by the board, with chairman Gigi Li claiming that no one could demonstrate that the Beastie Boys had contributed at least 15 years of service to the community, according to Rolling Stone.
Those unable to visit the site in New York can still celebrate the anniversary thanks to two additional fan-led projects being released on the anniversary of the album.
According to its creator, Paolo, the project is “our idea of what the record should look like. We did the best we could, with what we had, putting heart and soul into it, but with the inevitable awareness that we could never make it right for everybody. Paul's Boutique – A Visual Companion is our sincere tribute and homage to the Beastie Boys and everything that went into making that legendary record.”
The film cannot be embedded elsewhere but is free to watch on the Paul’s Boutique – A Visual Companion website.
The second project comes from Dan LeRoy, author of the 33 1/3 book on the album. According to DJ Food’s blog, LeRoy has just released For Whom The Cowbell Tolls, a book that acts as a follow-up with previously lost treasures and information gleaned from a stash of memorabilia he came across.
For Whom The Cowbell Tolls is currently available digitally via Amazon, and should be in physical format soon.
And if you’re still looking for more Paul’s Boutique fun, DJ Food‘s own live mix tribute to the album, created and performed with Cheeba and Moneyshot, continues to tour this year.
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