FACT Magazine We got hold of Flo Rida’s hilarious list of demands for prospective lyric writers @ Musique Non Stop

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1. We got hold of Flo Rida’s hilarious list of demands for prospective lyric writers
2. Regis’ early Sandra Electronics recordings to see release
3. Miami official compiles worst of Ultra video, calls profits “blood money”
4. See what sound looks like with this photographic trick
5. Melé teams with Nu Brand Flexx crewmembers Boya Dee and Peigh for ‘I Like It’
6. Watch sets by Four Tet, Daphni and Pearson Sound on Just Jam
7. Hear a track from Ninos Du Brasil’s flamboyant Hospital Productions album Novos Mistérios
8. The Torturers: what happened when FACT introduced The Body and The Haxan Cloak
9. Stream Bass Clef’s acidic new cut ‘Self-Perpetuating Fun Loop’
10. Blu readies double LP Good To Be Home featuring Prodigy, Alchemist, Evidence and Casey Veggies
11. Stream Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer’s remix of jazz luminary Wolfgang Haffner’s ‘Bing’
12. Win four season passes to London’s recently reopened Studio 338
13. Vectors
14. Win a bundle of Livity Sound vinyl, secretsundaze merch and tickets
15. i:D and Diesel document the world’s cult dance styles on A-Z of Dance
16. Harry Smith’s seminal Anthology of American Folk Music reissued in mammoth vinyl box set
17. Hear Untold’s savage remix of Perc’s ‘Bleeding Colours’
18. Eastern Electrics Festival adds Daniel Avery, Boddika and Mano Le Tough
19. And this one time…Bandcamp April 2014
20. The Breeders working on first album in six years
21. Hear unreleased material from Bikini Kill circa 1993
22. Billy Corgan to release “meditative and alien” album AEGEA
23. The Mars Volta and Flea form new supergroup, Antemasque

We got hold of Flo Rida’s hilarious list of demands for prospective lyric writers Posted: 09 Apr 2014 02:29 PM PDT Be it the man or the phenomenon, Flo Rida poses many questions – but few answers. How does someone who recycles one, single joyless backing-track measure his YouTube hits in the hundreds of millions and become "the biggest selling digital hip hop artist in the world"? Who are these hundreds of millions watching videos for ‘Sweet Spot‘ (a cleavage cam attached to a woman's chin rolling for 4 minutes) and ‘Club Can’t Handle Me‘ (Flo enters said club from Lamborghini butterfly-doors and throws cash into the air)? But the biggest question – and the question we can help answer today – is just where is it from that Mr Rida get lyrics like "Whistle baby / Whistle baby / Let me know" or "You and me / Just me and you / Emotions I feel /Emotions are real"? We’ve come into possession of a genuine email from Flo Rida's "team" at Atlantic Records to prospective songwriters which sheds some light on just how the magic works. Here it is in full: Hey everyone! I've attached a Zip file (Idea & Instrumental) for a Flo Rida idea that the whole team love the melody.. Just needs new lyrics.. Lyric brief is below..Would be great if you had any songwriters who could nail it! Overall key with Flo Rida is to be masculine, macho, and iconic. Meaning we stay away from soft topics (like “your beautiful” or anything with love in it, unless something nonromantic like “I Love This Shit”). We try to use concepts that have been #1s before but not interpolate (example “Jump” has been a #1 for Van Halen, Pointer Sisters, Kriss Kross, House Of Pain, and others). We love catch phrases, edgy/sexual double entendres, commands, and HUGGGEEEE melodies + lots of energy. Please feel free to offer your own masculine, macho, and iconic lyrics for Flo's consideration by posting in the comments below.

XLR8R News and Features: Check Out New Mixes from Bicep, Krystal Klear, and Cromie

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1. Check Out New Mixes from Bicep, Krystal Klear, and Cromie
2. Robert Hood, Pearson Sound, Julio Bashmore, SOPHIE, and More Announced for Together 2014
3. DJ Earl & Heavee "Sex a Pill"
4. Jerome LOL Gives Away New "Pop" Track
5. Download a New Mix from Luke Vibert
6. Karenn, Martyn, Midland, Shackleton, Hessle Audio, Voices from the Lake, and More to Play Freerotation 2014
7. Download a New Mix from Untold
8. Octo Octa Announces New 12"; Preview It Now
9. Barrio Lindo "Yaguareté Abá"
10. Listen to Todd Terje's New Collaborative Single with Bryan Ferry
11. Mosca to Inaugurate New Label with 12"; Preview It Now
12. Crystal Cult 2080
13. Hi-Five - DJ Q Reminisces About His Five Favorite UK Garage Bootlegs
14. Chevel "Viewpoint"
15. Stream Newcomer Erosion Flow's Debut EP for ManMakeMusic

Check Out New Mixes from Bicep, Krystal Klear, and Cromie Posted: 24 Mar 2014 12:31 PM PDT   With new DJ sessions from Untold and Luke Vibert already making their way around the web already (more info on those here and here, respectively), it appears to be a mix-heavy Monday, as new sets from Bicep, Krystal Klear, and LA upstart Cromie have also been made available for download today. read more

XLR8R News and Features: Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP

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1. Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP
2. Bitwig Production Software Gets Official Release Date
3. Check Out a New Track from Cosmin TRG
4. Forest Swords to Tour with How to Dress Well and Mogwai
5. IYDES "Call To Reason (feat. Danglo)"
6. Nord Reveals New Analog-Modelling Synth Lead A1
7. Video Premiere: Sano "Contonéate"
8. DJ Harvey, Ben Frost, Machinedrum, Laurel Halo, and More Announced for Sónar 2014
9. Jon Phonics "Mind Games (Pedestrian Remix)"
10. Download a New Mix of Original Productions from Helix's DJ Vague Project
11. Untold Announces New Live A/V Show
12. Adhesive
13. Trainwreck: David Rodigan Recounts the Shock of His First DJ Gig and the Time He Made a Bad Costume Choice
14. Rainbow Chan "Milk (Cassius Select Remix)"
15. Baths Announces Extended Tour Dates
16. Pulshar "Jungle Fever"

Stream a New Track from Actress' 'Ghettoville' LP Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:15 PM PST Though we here at XLR8R HQ were elated to have Werkdiscs label boss and resident Ninja Tune experimentalist Actress helm this week's exclusive podcast, the mix was noticeably devoid of the DJ/producer born Darren Cunningham's own productions. The London artist didn't tease a single clip from his upcoming Ghettoville album throughout the tracklist, but he's since made up for that lack of new material, allowing one of the record's dense and mesmerizing cuts to be streamed in full. read more

Musique Non Stop - SPIN Mix

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1. Katy B Achieves Strange Alchemy in Classy One Direction Cover
2. James Murphy, Brian Eno Talk Shop for Red Bull Music Academy Documentary
3. Stream Angel Olsen's Feedback-Powered Torch Song 'Hi-Five'
4. Hear Untold's Earth-Rattling 'Drop It on the One'
5. Mac DeMarco, in Deadpan 'Title Track' Video, Craves 'A Little Bit of Pussy'
6. Watch Mozes and the Firstborn Go Sightseeing for 'Skinny Girl' Video
7. See Secret Colours Revive Outdated Listening Technology in 'It Can't Be Simple' Video
8. Birdy Nam Nam's DJ Pone Drops Surging Electro Stunner 'MFE'
9. Wild Beasts DGAF in Angst-Addled 'Wanderlust' Video
10. Stream Sd Laika's Deranged 'Idiot Thug' Beat Mix

Katy B Achieves Strange Alchemy in Classy One Direction Cover Posted: 09 Jan 2014 10:40 AM PST Katy B doing 1D might be a moment to reflect on just how far the music landscape has come the past few years. The boy band is the one doing folk-flecked stompers based around acoustic guitar. The indie-credible artist swooping in to cover them happens to be a conventionally great pop vocalist known for singing over electronic dance music...