the Cornel West Theory - "An Angel for You"

I'm getting really excited each time I hear something new from the Cornel West Theory camp. The latest track they sent over is absolutely beautiful. "An Angel for You" is taken from the band's new album Second Rome coming out this Fall on Sockets Records. Download it here:

"An Angel for You" by the Cornel West Theory (featuring Dr. Cornel West, N'digo Rose & Deborah Bond)
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Oslo

I've been in Oslo, Norway all week, but that didn't prevent me from receiving a great new Cornel West Theory song in my inbox yesterday. I will post it tomorrow, so stay tuned. In the meantime:


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Fringe Era Mix: Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn is a sharp, talented filmmaker. And true to form, he delivered a mix full of amazing soundtrack music and other interesting fodder. After a few listens I'm sure this mix is destined for endless repeating. Be sure to check out Chris' latest release On My Way to the Cinema currently available from Earth Monkey Productions.

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1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat - Pink Floyd (taken from the film Zabriski Point)
2. Ninna Nanni Per Adulti - Ennio Morriconi (taken from the film Vergogna Schifosi)
3. This Way Mary - John Barry (taken from the film Mary Queen of Scots)
4. Fiori Gialli - Allesandro Allesandroni
5. Before the War - Ryuichi Sakamoto (taken from the film Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence)
6. Champions - The Tindersticks (taken from the film Nenette et Boni)
7. Doo Wop Property - The High Llamas
8. Busy Doing Nothin - The Beach Boys.
9. Utsukushisa to Kanashima - Toru Takemitsu
10. Caresse - Eric Satie
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New ZS - Music Of The Modern White

ZS are set to release their Music of the Modern White EP on the Social Registry on July 7th. In the meantime, allow your minds to be blown by this:


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Layne Garrett - June Artomatic

Layne Garrett - Artomatic DC June 2009 from Sean Peoples on Vimeo.

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Summer Times Tonight!

Go to this Future Times and Peoples Potential Unlimited event tonight, Friday June 19th. They will be holding it down at Comet Ping Pong in Washington, DC tonight:


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"Savior" by FFFFs

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Extra Life Cover R. Kelly

Apologies for posting a lot of videos lately, but I'm getting ready to travel to Europe for two weeks, so time is dwindling. That being said, if anyone is in Berlin from June 26 through July 2, let me know!

In the meantime, here is Charlie Looker, aka EXTRA LIFE, performing a cover of R. Kelly's "Your Body's Callin'":


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Beautiful Swimmers

If you have not seen the latest Beautiful Swimmer's video, check it out:

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Fringe Era Mix: Chris Grier

Chris Grier is a Golden Shepard wrapped in an Easy Rider, wrapped in a Mad Genius, wrapped in bacon. No lie. Chris sent over this mix of 12 tracks for the third installment of the Sockets Fringe Era Mix series. This one is a doosey. Let the love flow and make sure to heed the advice from Mr. Bill Cosby and company half-way through the mix.

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1. Magnify - Love of Diagrams
2. Sacred Trixster - Sonic Youth
3. The Devil May Be Your Santa Claus - Toy Killers
4. Neg-La-Rive, Que A Kende - May Fortune
5. Punk It Up - Malcolm McLaren
6. Bill Cosby Talks About Hard Drugs - Bill Cosby
7. L.S.D. - Wylde Ratttz
8. Beach Blanket Bongout - JFA
9. Not Another - Jah Wobble
10. One Draw - Love Joys
11. Relief Is Just A Swallow Away - George Jones
12. Roll, Roll, Roll and Go - Irene McQueen

30 minutes and 37 seconds
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Funk Dreams

Great new video by Luke Wyatt for Wavelength's "Funk Dreams" out on Peoples Potential Unlimited:


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Pictures from Sonic Circuits Showcase @ Artomatic

I just stumbled on this great photo set from the Sonic Circuits Showcase at Artomatic that took place a couple of weeks ago. Thanks goes out to Jeff Surak for putting this together and all of the good folks over at DC's Sonic Circuits. Make sure you check out the next show Monday, June 15th at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring:

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New In Fields Post

"I Fall Asleep in Brooklyn" by James Magnum is the newest addition to the In Fields field recording blog. James describes the recording by saying:

This extraordinary bird kept singing all night long, so i set up my h4 portable recorder and fell asleep. I woke up and discovered I had recorded two whole hours of this bird before the batteries died.



Go check out James' short excerpt of the 2 hour recording and stay tuned for a new sound piece from Chris Lynn in the next few days!
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Layne Garret - Growing Through Improvised Music

Last weekend Layne Garrett performed a solo set of improvised music at this year's Artomatic. It had been a long time since I had seen Layne perform and was excited to see that Layne was selling a new cd of improvised music. Entitled "Growing Through Improvised Music," the disc is beautifully packaged with art by Erin Bernard.



You can find out how to purchase a hand-made copy of the cd at Layne's Myspace page. You can order it directly from Layne through PAYPAL for $10.
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Sockets Summer Mix 2009

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1. Loveloop - Maxmillion Dunbar
2. Prophetic Suicide - the Cornel West Theory
3. Wise Light Born - Hume
4. Sleep In - Big Gold Belt
5. Tired - The Fly Girlz
6. Olds Achieva Care Bear - Framed Mistake
7. Come on the Deathbed - Chris Grier

27 minutes and 16 seconds

Here it is, the Sockets Summer Mix for 2009. Freshly cut for car stereos, pool parties, or humid DC summer days. Although it's only 27 minutes, we didn't need to cut any fat. Maxmillion Dunbar, aka Andrew Field Pickering from Food For Animals, sent over a special edit of "Loveloop" and it felt right to start things off with this cosmic, laid back jam. After heading into the studio with the one and only Cornel West, the Cornel West Theory immediately emailed one of their newly mixed tracks from the band's forthcoming album Second Rome and it's an amazing harbinger of things to come. Hume's Brit Powell just arrived in DC and is ready to unleash some more of his talented take on experimental pop music. "Wise Light Born" was featured on an amazing All Our Noise live session, and this is the studio recording from a new EP, which is available over at Ruffian Records for download. Big Gold Belt is one of our favorite new bands and "Sleep In" is a track from early recordings the band put out themselves. Sockets and DC's Mud Memory will be releasing a new Big Gold Belt 12" by the end of this summer or early Fall, which we're really excited about. The Fly Girlz are blowing up and "Tired" is one of standout tracks from their debut on Sockets entitled Da'Brats from Da'Ville released earlier this year. Framed Mistake is Luke Wyatt's (Team Filo, Big Gold Belt, Slim Castle) new project and is further proof of his diverse tastes informing a wholly unique sound. Ending things is a beautiful acoustic piece from the inscrutable Chris Grier who will be releasing a vinyl LP on Sockets in the very near future.

I hope you enjoy this collection of songs and sounds. If you like what you hear, please check out the artists' websites and support their music.
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Fly Girlz on FaderTV

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Poking Pillows "A New Beginning"

Poking Pillows is the experimental music-making alias of James Magnum, whose first album is out and available for download on Headphonica.com. James also runs the great DisClosed MP3 blog that offers up live recordings of local and not-so local talent. Poking Pillows offers up some lo-fi synth-refried beat pop experimentation. Here's a new piece that, in the words of James, "I put together one night after watching The Holy Mountain.I used a long sample from the movie and tried to incorporate similar textures as the 5min sample was playing. It was like collaborating with the movie itself."

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