Retrospective | 2012
We are a day late on delivering this, but we had to wait up until the 31st to pull this thing together – just in case we needed to make any last minute additions (and also because we are habitually disorganized and tardy).
After a haphazard electronic congress amongst the various selectas’ in our slightly dysfunctional family, we put together a collage of the music that moved us in MMXII.
We didn’t attempt to rank these releases–nor to affix to each of them a rating–because it is our view that this sort of enterprise is not meaningful. We assure you that we have vetted all of it. Finding high-grade jams below should be straight-forward–like shooting fish in a barrel. We invite you to trust us and to peruse with an open mind and curiosity.
With love–
Selected Releases
LPs
Pink – Four Tet [Text]
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean [Def Jam]
Devotion – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Mala In Cuba [Brownswood]
Unpatterns – Simian Mobile Disco [Wichita]
Fin – John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]
R.I.P. – Actress [Honest Jon's Records]
The Keychain Collection – Gang Colours [Brownswood]
Until the Quiet Comes – Flying Lotus [Warp]
In Our Heads – Hot Chip [Domino]
Breakthrough – The Gaslamp Killer [Ninja Tune]
good kid, m.A.A.d City – Kendrick Lamar [Top Dawg]
Ghettos & Gardens – Justin Martin [Dirtybird]
Luxury Problems – Andy Stott [Modern Love]
Visions – Grimes [4AD]
Held – Holy Other [Tri Angle]
Don’t Break My Love – Clown & Sunset [Clown & Sunset]
Beams – Matthew Dear [Ghostly International]
Instrumentals Mixtape 2 – Clams Casino [Self-Released]
Total Loss – How To Dress Well [Weird World]
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EPs
Kingdoms – Fort Romeau [100% Silk]
Black Rainbows – Dark Sky [Black Acre]
Kindred – Burial [Hyperdub]
Burial – Truant/Rough Sleeper [Hyperdub]
Go To The Mo – Kill Frenzy [Dirtybird]
Last Words – Ryan Hemsworth [Wedidit]
(Self-Titled) – Jets [Leisure System]
Ready – Jacques Green [3024]
Changes – LOL Boys [Friends of Friends]
Calling Me – Dusky [School]
(Self-Titled) – TNGHT [Warp]
Disclosure – The Face [Greco-Roman]
Ghettos & Gardens (Remixes Vol. 1) – Justin Martin (Dirtybird)
Vision of Love – Bicep [Feel My Bicep]
Froth/Mercy – Boddika & Joy Orbison [SunkLo]
His He She & She – Blawan [Hinge]
Pyramid Lake/Black Ink – Airhead [R&S]
Acquiescence – Anenon [Non Projects]
Grey – Atem [Blenheim & Celtic]
Vacation – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
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Tracks on Heavy Rotation
Held – Holy Other [Triangle]
Au Seve – Julio Bashmore [Broadwalk]
Jasmine – Jai Paul [XL]
Prism – Jacques Green [3024]
Look Out – Homeboy Sandman [Stones Throw]
[Jacques Greene]
Control (feat. Ria Ritchie) (Joe Goddard Remix) – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Nova – Burial + Four Tet [Text]
Revolution – Mala [Brownswood]
Flutes – Hot Chip [Domino]
Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe – Kendrick Lamar [Top Dawg]
[Joe Goddard]
Crystal Caverns 1991 – Lone [R&S]
Higher Ground – TNGHT [Warp]
Species Out Of Control – Simian Mobile Disco [Wichita]
The Hope – Scuba [Hotflush]
So Will Be Now (feat. Pional) – John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]
[John Talabot]
Ye Ye – Daphni [Merge]
Bad Religion – Frank Ocean [Def Jam]
Dream To Me – Flying Lotus [Warp]
Always – Maths Time Joy [Live For The Funk]
Elegante – Squarehead [5ANDSEVEN]
[Flying Lotus]
Whatnot – Machinedrum [Innovative Leisure]
Please Forgive My Heart – Bobby Womack [XL]
Inspector Norse – Todd Terje [Olsen/Smalltown Supersound]
Lion (Jamie xx Remix) – Four Tet [Text]
Yoro Diallo (Lone Remix) – Egyptian Hip Hop [R&S]
[Four Tet]
The Perfect Blues (Jacques Greene Remix) – Jesse Boykins III, Melo-X [Ninja Tune]
$tripper – Bicep [Chemical]
Nissim (feat. Amir Yaghmai) – The Gaslamp Killer [Ninja Tune]
Shades – Dark Sky [50 Weapons]
Forgotton Notes – Hackman [Ramp]
[The Gaslamp Killer]
November Skies (feat. Nina Kinert) – Tomas Barfod [Friends of Friends]
The Narcississt (feat. Inga Copeland) – Dean Blunt [Hippos In Tanks]
Thrown – Kiasmos [Erased Tapes]
wen uuu – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
Truant – Burial [Hyperdub]
[Tomas Barfod]
Her Fantasy – Matthew Dear [Ghostly International]
Grey – Atem [Blenheim & Celtic]
What’s In Your Head – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Running (Disclosure Remix) – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Confidence Boost (Harmonimix Remix) – Trim [R&S]
[Matthew Dear]
All Inside – Bondax [Super]
Fuck You All The Time – Jeremih [Def Jam]
Small Talk (Four Tet Remix) – Ultraista [I Am Fortified]
Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix) – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
The Ego – Nicolas Jaar [Clown & Sunset]
[Nicolas Jaar]
Sleepless – Andy Stott [Modern Love]
For Sake – Aeroc [Ghostly International]
Make It Good – The White Lamp [Brownswood]
Boiling (feat. Sinead Harnett) – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Nothing So Great – Evy Jane [Self-Released]
[Disclosure]
Default – Atoms For Peace [XL]
Blue Skies Red Soil – NeferTT [Hotflush]
Gold Soul Theory – The Underachievers [Brainfeeder]
New For You – Andrés [La Vida]
Chum – Earl Sweatshirt [Self-Released]
[The Underachievers]
Compuphonic – Maddslinky [Broadwalk]
23 (feat. Tymer) – Shadowchild [Food]
Get Free (feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors) – Major Lazer [Mad Decent]
Child – George Fitzgerald [Aus Music]
What I Might Do (Club Edit) – Ben Pearce [MTA]
[George Fitzgerald]
Kindred – Burial [Hyperdub]
Chained – The xx [Young Turks]
Leaf (A$AP Rocky feat. Main Attrakionz) – Clams Casino [Self-Released]
Timeaway – Darkstar [Warp]
Night Light (Joe Goddard Remix) – Jessie Ware [Universal]
[Darkstar]
So Many Details – Toro Y Moi [Carpark]
Born To Die (Gucci Vump Remix) – Lana Del Rey [Interscope]
Goin In (Boy 8-Bit Remix) – Zinc [Rinse]
Signal Loss – Pariah [R&S]
Jupiters – Four Tet [Text]
[Toro Y Moi]
Tissues & Fivers – Gang Colours [Brownswood]
Swims – Boddika & Joy Orbison [Swamp 81]
Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? – Blawan [Hinge Finger]
Lost In Tokyo – Koreless [Vase]
Argonaut – Floating Points [Eglo]
[Blawan]
Video Games (Joy Orbison Remix) – Lana Del Rey [Interscope]
Blessed (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Schoolboy Q [Top Dawg]
Sleepless (feat. Jezzabell Doran) (Shlohmo Remix) – Flume [Future Classic]
Jagged Edge – Eats Everything [Pets]
Crispy Duck – Dense and Pika [Hotflush]
[Eats Everything]
Forget (Shlohmo Remix) – Lianne La Havas [Self-Released]
Huron River Drive (Evenings Remix) – Shigeto [Ghostly International]
Terrorist Threats (feat. Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko) – Ab-Soul [TDE]
Lotus Bootleg – Jonwayne [Self-Released]
Avalanche – Just Friends [Clown & Sunset]
[Shlohmo]
& It Was U – How To Dress Well [Weird World]
Why Don’t You – Synkro [Apollo]
Ellipsis – Joy Orbison [Hinge Finger]
Flo Jam – Dusky [Dogmatik]
Meu – Jets [Leisure System]
[Joy Orbison]
Oblivion – Grimes [4AD]
The Black God – SpaceGhostPurp [4AD]
Femme Fatale – Justin Jay [Dirtybird]
Fools Good – Troy Junner [Mindset]
It’s True – Wih’lo [Self-Released]
[Grimes]
No To Love (George Fitzgerald Remix) – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Move Love – Robert Glasper [Blue Note]
Gotham Mix 1 – A.CHAL [Self-Released]
Mirror Maru – Cashmere Cat [Pelican Fly]
What You Need – Flume [Future Classic]
[Robert Glasper]
L O W – L I F E
Video: LOL Boys | Changes (Shlohmo Remix)
Just a moment after it’s release, Shlohmo‘s cut-up woozy and emotive take on LOL Boys‘ “Changes” receives a visual accompaniment, courtesy of Video Marsh. Henry must be pleased-
See previously: LOL Boys | Changes (Shlohmo Remix)
alh
Video: LOL Boys | Changes
Jerome (pictured above) of LOL Boys put together this visual accompaniment to the title track of their debut EP, Changes. The video features a slew of friends and friends of friends grooving to their summery, soulful single. It’s worth a moment of your time.
alh
Fiona Apple | Every Single Night (LOL Boys Remix)
LOL Boys show no sign of slowing down following the release of their sun-drenched debut EP. The boys recently unveiled an “appealingly reclined” mix for Fader (check that out here) and, just yesterday, dropped yet another edit.
With a mélange of soft percussion, a 4/4 beat and Fiona Apple‘s tender yet forceful vocals, the L.A./Montreal based duo craft a simple, charming rendition of Apple’s “Every Single Night.”
[Fiona Apple]
alh
Friends of Friends | 2012 Remixes Collected
Friends of Friends is one of the most generous imprints out there. As those over at XLR8R have already pointed out, it’s rare that the label releases a record without at least one or two accompanying remixes and most of the time these edits are offered out free-of-charge.
In celebration of the warm weather (or whatever else you feel like revelling in), FoF have compiled a selection of reworked tracks from the first half of the year.
Summer’s here, and we wanted to bring you a collection of the FoF crew’s hottest remixes from the first half of 2012. You may remember a few of these from earlier this year, but we’ve got some new heat for you, and of course, RL Grime & Salva’s massive “Mercy” remix. So sit back, watch the fireworks, and download them all below.
(via Friends of Friends)
Download the collection here.
Tracklist:
Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix) x Number One (Hemsworth Blend) – Shlohmo
Nightmares of the Bottom (LOL Boys Edit) - Lil’ Wayne
Lost & Found (Ernest Gonzales Remix) – Lianne La Havas
Super Bass (Groundislava Remix) -Nicki Minaj
Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix) – Kanye West
Rack City (Tomas Barfod 909 Edit) – Tyga
Blame It (Groundislava Cool Mix) – Jamie Foxx
Crew Love ft. The Weeknd (Shlohmo Remix) – Drake
alh
LOL Boys | Get Close To Me
Jerome Potter and Markus Garcia (a.k.a. LOL Boys) will soon be joining the roster of talent over at Friends of Friends Music. The LA/Montreal duo are currently readying their EP, Changes- a breezy yet expansive four-track record set to be released in the heat of summer on July 17th.
When the pair began making tunes under their current moniker, often they were 2000 miles apart sending beats back and forth over the Interwebs. Evidently, it’s turned out pretty well for them. They define success as the following:
“A 12 year old girl on a farm in Kentucky and a 43 year old man drinking beer in Mexico City equally enjoying our music, that’s success. And maybe getting to do a full length. But in the immediate sense just hopefully people can listen to our music and relate to it …cliche response, I know… but I think that is mostly any artist’s goal.
(via Mixpak Records)
“Get Close To Me,” featuring the sensuous vocals of Angelina Lucero, is the lead single from Changes. Preorder the 12″ here.
[LOL Boys]
alh
RL Grime | Grapes EP
At the stroke of midnight, the Wedidit Collective, fronted this time by MPC-party starter, RL Grime, imparts upon it’s audience the long awaited Grapes EP. Get your cell phone out of your pocket and take down their number – that’s (911)-420-6969 – because you might just have the urge to thank them personally after you indulge in this L-pape cone of a release.
20 year old crunk-wunderkind, Henry ‘RL’ Steinway, indulges the considerable expectation that has been mounting around this product since “Grapes a la Vodka,” became every wily DJ’s 2:20am climax jam back in September of last year, with tracks like the thick, yet silky “Treadstone,” and the cheekily triumphant, “Amphibian.” This, his honed talent, along with his impressive posse of like-minded beat-smiths providing everything from the genretic diversity of the LOL Boys‘ elongated tweak, to the lively nostalgia evoked by Salva’s number, packs Grapes up into one dense and, dare I say it, “dank” package. Shlohmo and 2KWTVR‘s contribution, the coincidentally appropriate cherry of this joint, closes the 8-track extended play with a bang so satisfying that I was compelled to relive the moment again…and again…and then a few more times, until i began to question the harmless nature of my audio-habit. In other words, if it were physically possible to smoke this EP, I would. Happy 420.
sam.i.am
