Hey, you... Keep Scheming!

October 23, 2011
Another hit from the homeboys, "Keep Scheming" really epitomizes the collaborative efforts put forth by Dozilla.  Having released their debut EP, The Perfect Strangers, in September; the duo, consisting of Norfolk sound artists Cordova and Skratch Zilla, did not hesitate to get back in the booth for some more track work (which is great for us listeners).  Over the past year or so that I've known these guys, I have seen nothing but growth and undying chemistry... and this song annunciates just that.



 

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To put it blunt, it's noise... and visuals

September 13, 2011
Grad bound musical journeymen doing what we do best, translating NYC stimuli into expression... love for the city, and love for life... be straightforward and always yearn for inspiration!  Big ups to Bill Horace for being the man behind the camera... #WMIY

To Put it Blunt... from Blasé & Keswick on Vimeo.

Twitter: @ilooklikehim @KesWerd

Soundcloud: /keswickproductions /blase-1

Directed by: Bill Horace (BHorace8@aol.com)

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Ye, N(O) yoR(K)!

August 30, 2011
Blu is about to release his first major album (if issues with Warner Bros. are resolved), No York!, in a couple of days... so, while we're waiting, he decided to [hand out free copies at Rock the Bells and] stream the entire album so that we can all indulge for free.  The Find Magazine and I had a brief FB comment exchange about our thoughts on the album...



Oh yeah, the question I was asked was in response to my statement, "fuck expectations".

Anyhow, if you like what you hear from what is post...

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Suffering Succotash, what "Shenanigans Pt. 1"!

August 19, 2011
With help from the indelible Mr. Flying Lotus, Thundercat sheds some pretty illuminative colors on this soundscape.  If you are a jazz fusion head, like my self, you will undoubtably enjoy this bit.  Oh yeah, don't forget to snag their collaborative album titled, 'The Golden Age of Apocalypse'.


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Always punctual when it comes to class with Prof.Logik

July 23, 2011
Fluent, as defined by the Oxford Dictionaries, means that whom/whatever you are speaking of can easily and articulately express his/it/herself... or is smoothly graceful with little to no effort.... or can flow freely as if he/she/it were a fluid.   Most achieve fluency via repetition and experience, while others can achieve this same trait with more ease due to genetic inheritance or conditioning from a young age, maybe.  Regardless of how this fluency is attained, it is (in part) what prope...
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Groove to The Homewood Sessions Vol. 1

July 16, 2011
This is one of my favorite mixes of the year... I, and you may, feel a smooth stream flowing through the volatile plains of a high powered brain... it's quite enduring in that it sets a tone so well captured by J-Hilla that it would be hard not to say that he has crafted a sound.  The spontaneous, gritty, glitchy but constant and melodic essence of his style of dubstep is delightful enough to have it accompany you on a lucid day dream... put some L in it.  Mad love, one of it.
  The Ho...
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Once up on a Mic (Cover)

July 9, 2011
I'm currently saving up for a new microphone (not quite sure which one either) because my SM-57 just isn't providing me with the sound I am looking for.  Meanwhile, I've been writing more than I've ever written because I simply haven't been recording... with the exemption of tracks like this one, which I have been meaning to write to/record since last November.  This one is a cover of a classic J. Live/Oddisee collaboration called "Once Upon a Mic" which was recorded circa 2007.  J. Live rele...
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First Post

July 3, 2011
I've always liked this short track... it epitomizes the way in which my brain tends to associate stimuli with schema.  From my cover of Flying Lotus' July Heat called November Chill...  download it here if you like what you hear ;)
  Next Phase is Short (Flying Lotus made the beat) by Bl∂sé
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