The end of my year has been consumed by reading best EP/LP lists of ’09, and I’m honestly surprised that Realpeople, Beirut‘s side project, hasn’t been on any of those lists. Beirut‘s Balkan-meets-Brooklyn sound is clearly an acquired taste, but I believe he should at least have been commended for embarking in an electronic direction. This has been one of the few albums of the year that I can enjoy from start to finish. Hopefully Holland isn’t his last foray with Electronica.
I’ve recently been introduced to a plethora of serious dubstep artists, and Joker is still standing out. Hailing from Bristol, Joker’s sparse, pseudo-psychedelic beats have made him a staple in Britain’s dubstep scene. All this at only twenty years old. Purple City has to be one of my favorite songs of the year. I never thought I’d ever be into anything by Little Boots, but she sure knows who to do her remixes.
It’s no secret that here at Dipped in Dollars, we love us some Theophilus London, so I was pleased to hear about this nice little documentary on his blog. His mixtape is phenomenal, and if you haven’t heard it already, what are you waiting for?
B-Ju sounds a lot like Hamburg’s answer to Obey City, combining instrumental hip hop with footwork rhythms and lush 80s synth lines. Prozac People is his second release on the German/Italian imprint Error Broadcast, and they’ve recruited some well respected producers – including Donky Pitch‘s 813 and Monkeytown‘s eLan – to throw their own spin on his work. I love how eLan turned “Mia Got A New Haircut” into a [...]
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