SBTRKT - "HOLD ON" (SISI BAKBAK REMIX)

Very nice remix this. SBTRKT’s “Hold On” as flipped by SISI BAKBAK, which just happens to be man like Thom Yorke's new electronica-fuelled side project - but I didn't know this on first listen, and was suitably impressed.

I remember back when Radiohead first began to move away from guitar-heavy music, we had a conversation comparing dance producers to the then-burgeoning beats of Kid A. We (perhaps unfairly) played something like Kirk DeGiorgio straight after, and commented on how much better the overall sound was, as opposed to the sometimes 'tinny' beats of Kid A. Since then Radiohead have come a long way as a band, and so has Thom as a producer. The overall production on "Hold On" is fully in the electronic music arena. There's thankfully no Radiohead-isms at all, apart from a general melancholic energy infused throughout, and the sound has more weight to it then say the lo-fi "The Eraser" project. Very nice woozy background vocals. Reminds of me a little of Laurent Garnier, or a more sparse Plaid.



- FBZY

PROMETHEUS INTERNATIONAL TRAILER

Chances are you've heard that Ridley Scott's sort-of-prequel to "Alien", titled "Prometheus", is soon to be unleashed with the fury of a marketing budget from the gods. Here's the international trailer, which if you're a fan of the "Alien" franchise - even the third one - will definitely give you a tingle (as much as a black-penis-monster chasing Sigourney Weaver around a boiler room can do). "Prometheus" stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Stringer Bell. The film is due for release on June 8.


Prometheus - International Teaser Trailer #1... by addictomovie

USHER VS DIPLO - "CLIMAX'

Where did this come from? Shit I might have been wrong about Usher. Just when I wrote him off after R&B got rushed by Bieber, out of nowhere he drops this collabo with producer du jour Diplo. Titled "Climax", as you'd expect it's dripping with sonic cocoa butter, but represents a bold creative leap for both parties. Unlike the most prolific of Diplo's joints - which often sound like 30 tracks looking for a song - the track is very understated and quite beautiful. Sounds like it could be Milosh until the chorus, and then a bit like The Weeknd. Also a very controlled performance from Mr Raymond, who makes it all sound effortless and strangely earnest. Strip club DJs are going to shit when they hear this.

Climax by diplo

2012 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT EDITION

OK. I really struggled to find some sort of artistic or creative justification, for posting what is essentially a photoshoot of really, really hot women in bikinis. I could start on how significant it is that the annual Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition is still an event in the publishing world, some 40 years after it's inception. I could argue that it's not objectification in the same way as magazines like Nuts or Loaded, as these women are not presented for male gratification, but more for aesthetic spectacle, which places it nearer to a fashion show or a fleshy design exhibition. But that's all bullshit. This is just amazing. The shoot took place in Sydney, Australia, and features Kate Upton, Bar Refaeli, Cintia Dicker, Natalie Gulbis and others. See the full shoot over at Hypebeast.

Click on the images for the larger versions. Give your eyes some happy.

SOURCE: Hypebeast

- FBX

HOVERBOARDS MINUS THE HOVER

It still amazes me how much people love the Back To The Future franchise. I love it of course - but dropping 3k on Air Mags? Really? Now back in '85, I would have murked everyone in Class E for a pair - such is our collective obsession with Robert Zemeckis & Robert Gale's whimsical fantasy about a girl desperately trying to screw her future son. Now with rich nerds and soulless trainer enthusiasts properly fleeced with the release of the aforementioned Air Mugged,  Mattel will soon be issuing a full-scale replica of the Hoverboard from Back To The Future 2. Oh yes. Except you can't use it on water. Oh wait - it doesn't actually hover. So... It's just a board? Uh... OK. Man, I hope Kid Cudi doesn't run into a ridiculous mob anytime soon.  

Limited ordering begins March 1st.

SOURCE: Aintitcool

- FBZY

RHYE - OPEN

Err this is a free download courtesy of The Fader. It's a collabo between Milosh & Robin Hannibal. Say NO More. I'm off to sway around the lounge sighing

Yayoi Kusama

Largest exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work comes to the Tate Modern. Its on til June, don't sleep on the dots n lights n infinities of mirrored space n that.