Pharrell recently asked his Twitter audience what they would like to hear as N.E.R.D‘s new single release, but I guess they already made their minds up quite some time ago.
This is the official music video for the Daft Punk produced track Hypnotize U, which I thought would follow a cosmic theme, but I guess not!
Like a lark on a crisp winter’s morning, King Laconic’s first EP is a subtle séance with loss and loneliness. Gentle yet prevailing, one can’t help but associate Laconic with the elements. He’s a pause of alpine air. The careful storm that is created by the 6 tracks (7, if you discover the hidden number) is a poetic dally with transition and coming-of-age. Brendan Bennett, the man behind King Laconic, is a wonder with words, offering lyrics brimming with emotional intensity. The falsetto nature of Laconic’s voice, alike Bon Iver in its lucidity and caress, creates a sound intimately engaged in meaning.
You can’t deny that the whole EP is spun together with a wistful undertone of lost love and the seasons. Musically, Muddy Snow is chillingly simply and concise. There is no pretence here; this really is an EP that was recorded in a cupboard in someone’s house. And with that in mind, Muddy Snow is a powerful achievement. King Laconic, who only started writing music in 2008, has captured melancholy and put it on ice.
King Laconic will be gigging around Norwich in the coming months and is a marvel live, go melt with him. Listen and download here.
Enrique Iglesias is another artist who is fully embracing the current electropop trend, and he has asked Ludacris to help him out on his new single Tonight.
Tonight sounds like something I would expect to hear from a group like Hyper Crush, but as usual Enrique manages to pull it off with style.
Enrique Iglesias – Tonight feat. Ludacris
DJ Semtex threw Asher Roth an absolute curveball when he appeared on his radio show by asking him to freestyle over the instrumental for Next Hype by Tempa T.
The Darky Freaker produced instrumental would be incredibly difficult to handle for the majority of American rappers, so Asher definitely has to get some respect for handling the situation pretty well.
I did have to laugh at “Wigamama’s” though.
