I did the tourist thing and took a vacation to Curacao, a sister island in the Caribbean which is like a 15 minute flight from where i’m based. I ate a lot of coconuts, climbed palm trees and jumped from a 75+ feet cliff into the water pirata style. If you didn’t have such a dope time these last few days get ready to rave with some wicked tunes. Grab all the madness below and shake dat ting like a mad islander would.
The Very Best are working on a follow up to their album Warm Heart of Africa and this year’s excellent Super Mom mixtape, and as a treat they’re releasing an album of reworkings of that first album. The Very Best Remixes of the Very Best features some familiar remixes and new unheard ones. It’s out now on iTunes so grab it here, and listen to the Douster edit of “Yalira” below.
1 Chalo (Gonzales remix)
2 Warm Heart Of Africa (So Shifty remix)
3 Julia (Lake of Stars remix) [feat. Sway, Tay Grin, Lucious Banda & Mo Laudi]
4 Angonde (Johan Hugo remix) [feat. Mo Laudi]
5 Kada Manja (Uproot Andy remix)
6 Kamphopo (Lazy Flow remix)
7 Yalira (Douster remix)
8 Warm Heart Of Africa (Architecture In Helsiniki remix)
9 Julia (Javelin remix)
10 Warm Heart Of Africa (Metronomy remix)
11 Ntende Uli (Wildlife remix)
12 Julia (L-Vis 1990 remix)
13 Kada Manja (Tim Green remix)
14 Julia (B-Complex remix)
15 Nsokoto (Sabo’s Deep Edit)
Teachers is a new project from Ben Bronfman, formerly of The Exit and last heard from laying down that amazing vocal on "Dinosaur On The Ark", the highlight of the debut mixtape from The Very Best that dropped a few years back. He's also married to M.I.A. so yeah, chances are you've heard of him one way or another. But none of that matters when you lend an ear to his latest outpouring with Teachers (formerly Bermuda), which arrives in the form of debut single "GOLD", a tribal, booming epic that's as huge and ambitious as anything you'll hear from a new band all year. Brewer's got a pretty flawless track record with his past projects so it the immense quality of his new output should really come as no surprise, but this is truly massive - call it shock-and-awe pop, and consider us fully on board.MP3:"GOLD" - TEACHERS
Teachers is a new project from Ben Bronfman, formerly of The Exit and last heard from laying down that amazing vocal on "Dinosaur On The Ark", the highlight of the debut mixtape from The Very Best that dropped a few years back. He's also married to M.I.A. so yeah, chances are you've heard of him one way or another. But none of that matters when you lend an ear to his latest outpouring with Teachers (formerly Bermuda), which arrives in the form of debut single "GOLD", a tribal, booming epic that's as huge and ambitious as anything you'll hear from a new band all year. Brewer's got a pretty flawless track record with his past projects so it the immense quality of his new output should really come as no surprise, but this is truly massive - call it shock-and-awe pop, and consider us fully on board.
Over the weekend The Very Best unleashed a new mixtape which has some original tunes and “covers” of songs by groups like Knaye West, LCD Soundsystem, Billy Idol, and Kate Bush among others. It’s a really amazing mixtape, and it’s all free at their website for the price of an e-mail.
In honor of mothers everywhere, The Very Best have released a free mixtape, SUPER MOM. The mixtape, distributed through TVB’s website, marks the first substantial release from the trio (Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and British production duo Radioclit) since their much-loved 2009 debut LP, Warm Heart of Africa. Below, you can check out “What Part of Forever” featuring Cee-Lo Green, before downloading the entire thing:
Hoy es el día de las madres en Estados Unidos, y por eso The Very Best decidió regalar un mixtape especial llamado Super Mom. Acá dejo unos tracks del mixtape que pueden bajar aqui.
“From the people who brought you The Lion King, Graceland, The World Cup, Humanity and Bono and also that random one... what was it called? Warm Arm Of South Africa? Warm Heart Of Africa?. ANYWAYS! This year Mothers Day becomes SUPER MOM day!” Prepare for the epic FREE download... THE VERY BEST- SUPER MOM MIXTAPE!
Pay with your email address here to have it sent straight away to you on Sunday.
I still can’t even get “Fuck You” out of my head and Cee-Lo Green is already dropping another bomb, albeit a quieter, sweeter bomb called “I Want You”. While only a decent radio rip of the track exist (as far as I know), we are still getting a generally great idea of what Cee-Lo’s Lady Killer album is going to sound like. (Continue Reading)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “Julia” just might be the best track on The Very Best‘s essential Warm Heart of Africa LP, besting even the irresistible Ezra Koenig collaboration. The Very Best have recently released a new clip for the song, watch it above.
When I first heard that Jay-Z signed Will Smith’s 9-year-old daughter to his Roc Nation label after hearing her new single, I audible scoffed and decided not to legitimize this Willow Smith. Well that was last week. (Continue Reading)
“I Am Not A Human Being” is the title track to Lil Wayne‘s upcoming EP, which is scheduled to hit stores on Lil Wayne’s birthday, September 27. Watch the video/listen to the song below. Oh and Free Weezy. (Continue Reading)
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I did the tourist thing and took a vacation to Curacao, a sister island in the Caribbean which is like a 15 minute flight from where i’m based. I ate a lot of coconuts, climbed palm trees and jumped from a 75+ feet cliff into the water pirata style. If you didn’t have such a dope time these last few days get ready to rave with some wicked tunes. Grab all the madness below and shake dat ting like a mad islander would.
