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The Knife’s Deep Cuts album was amazing. José González’s Veneer album was amazing. Any coincidence that the song Heartbeats was featured on both??? OK, kidding aside, this is an incredible song and I recommend getting your hands on both versions (the original is by The Knife, though González’s might be the best cover I have ever heard… ok, that’s a bit of hyperbole, but its really good).
Both DJs Dert and A-Trak have toyed with these tracks recently. Dirt takes the mellow road and mixes Common and Erika Badu over González’s acoustic guitar. A-Track uses The Knife’s version to complement the decidedly non-acoustic synth of Ye’s Get ‘Em High. Both are pretty ridiculous and highly recommended.
Download the A-Trak version here. (Direct Download via CrownDozen.)
Direct d/l of the Dert track here. (Its part of a larger MixTape of Gonzalez/Kanye et. al. mash-ups - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow.)
Check out MOCA’s site for what they are showing at their Emory Douglas exhibition.
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Two ?uestlove posts in one week. That’s OK. We went down to 4th and South at Fluid and got so jiggy. Dig the kicks.
Even after reading this NY Times piece I still have no idea what coudal partners really does. I love the whole swap meat [sic] thing - basically you send in something that you sell (t-shirts, art prints), they decide if they like it. If they do they ask for a small sample to sell on their site, say 100 pieces. You get paid, they take a cut, all is well with the world.
Anyway, they do other stuff too. Verse by Voice is this project where they invite people (famous and non-) to call this answering machine that they have set up and recite their favorite poem. Nice.
My favorie is Zadie Smith reciting Frank O’Hara’s Animals.
And the new Batman trailer.
…welcome.
