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Wolfey | The Bootleg Tapes (Vol. XX)

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The latest episode of my mixtape diary– The Bootleg Tapes– is ready for your listening enjoyment. I decided not to include a voiceover on this one because I want you to become absorbed into the music and not get distracted by my voice.

You’ll hear unreleased music from Jamie Jones forthcoming on Hot Creations, from Lee Curtis forthcoming on Visionquest, from Celsius and Nacho Marco forthcoming on Madtech, and much more.

Track List

The Pressure (Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix) – Sounds Of Blackness [Perspective]
Get Me Down – Parkcity [Svoque Muziq]
Drink Tickets – Lee Curtis [Visionquest]
Never Without You ft. Stella – NTEIBINT [Eskimo]
Forget – Patrick Topping [Hot Creations]
Lacerta – Paji [Kittball]
Psychodelizia – T Raum [J.hruza]
Time – Nacho Marco [Mad Tech]
Knight (Electric Jones remix) – Igor Vicente [Hot Creations]
Scream ft. Danique – Distorted Beauty [Perception]
Flume – Traumer [Herzblut]
Ecstatic Truth – Helmut Ebritsch [Lucidflow]
Devotion – Celsius [Madtech]
In And Out – Atapy [Subjekt]


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XIX

Instead of working on my final papers, I put together a new episode of The Bootleg Tapes for your listening enjoyment.

Please enjoy the fruits of my procrastination… volume nineteen.

tracks

Sky Fall (Cinematic Mix) – Klartraum [Lucidflow]
Blue Shadows – Chaim [Rumors]
Samson – Solomun [Diynamic]
Emotions – The Poets [Out]
Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix) – Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
Floating Boy – DJ Tennis [Life & Death]
Afterglow – Kesper [Slipstone]
Ride In The City – Funky Fat [Outcross]
Window To Vertigo – My Favorite Robot [My Favorite Robot]
Come To My Galaxy (ft. Johanna) – Did Virgo [La Dame Noir]
Open Up – Proper Heat [Nang]
Do You Believe (ft. Maria Marcial) – Tony Lionni [Madhouse]
Ask You – Rework [Visionquest]
The Fuck Off Track – Dungeon Meat [Dungeon Meat]
Motorway (Get A Room! remix) – Javi Redondo [Meant]
Elements – Carl Craig [Planet E]
Pushing On – Oliver $, Jimi Jules [Defected]

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Wolfey


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XVIII

Join me for an hour of deep soulful dance music.

I meant to have this ready for you on March 12th, which is my birthday. I wanted it to be my birthday gift to you. However, on the 11th, I was stricken with food poisoning by some lamb curry from my former favourite local Indian joint and puked my guts out all night. I’ve had better birthdays. It took my a day or so to recover and to get this mix uploaded etc…

Some of the selections are unreleased–some just hit the street–and a few were released a while back.

1. turn the lights down 2. press play 3. relax

<3

WOLFEY

track list
Desire - Moodymann [Mahogani]
 Illusion Of Time - Sau Poler [Atomnation]
 Going There - Phil Kieran [Hot Flush]
 Kattflickan - La Fleur [Power Plant]
 I Feel So Good - Omer Grinker [Parallel]
 Do Anything You Wanna - Illyus & Barrientos [Glasgow Underground]
 Losing My Soul (David Keno remix) - Demir & Seymen ft. CCCAT [Pentagonik]
 Borrowed Places - Luis Leon [Subjekt]
 Composit - NTFO & Karmon [Diynamic]
 Shake Up - Howson’s Groove [Chasing Unicorns]
 Love Jones (CTEPEO ’57 remix) - Glenn Astro [Tartelet]
 Second Guess - Jade [No.19 Music]
 Rain Away - Voyeur [Madhouse]
 Falling From - Turbokitchen [Trick Track]
 New Day - Dave Pad [Highway]
 Your Smile - Benedetto & Farina ft. Jaw [Leftroom]
 Be Brave, Clench Fists - Leon Vynehall [3024]
 Avalon - Mind Against [Life & Death]
 Azure - Traumer [Herzblut]
 Lost From Me - Hackman [Future Boogie]
 You Want My Love - Phil Weeks [Robsoul]
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Kenny Larkin | Interview

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Last week, amidst the smells of cigarettes, roasting marshmallows, and spilt Jägermeister – a couple low-lives had the opportunity to sit down with Detroit’s Kenny Larkin backstage at Montreal’s infamous Igloofest . Tucked into one of the few warm nooks at the entire sub-zero (outdoor) rave – Kenny gave off a humble, human glow, that went hand in hand with the cabin’y warmth provided by the artist lounge.

Low-Life: First off, how was your set ?

Kenny Larkin: It was cool.  I like to play a little longer [normally], because usually it takes me a few – probably 30 minutes to settle down and get into it, but yeah I had fun.

LL: We’ll start it off with a question we’ve gotten into a habit of asking artists as of late.  Is there anybody who you have, or still go to for an honest evaluation of your tracks, whether its for old time sake or, or for input?

KL:  No.. [pause]

LL:  Was there anybody at any point?  A collaborator?

KL:  No, no.. that’s weird that I’ve never thought about that… I’ve never done it.  I’m one of those guys that kind of worked by themselves in the studio.  But my thing is like, that’s a fine line for me.. because if you go to someone and say “hey what do you think of the track?” and they go “Oh yea that’s cool, but take that part out.”  So now its basically their track through you. So for me I wouldn’t even want to go up to somebody else and ask.. know what I mean?  Because then you have your own.. whatever weird shit they might tell you to take out — that would be your own signature.

LL:  Haha damn… I feel you.

KL:  That’s how you kind of establish your own individuality.  I mean, I can count on three fingers how many times I’ve collaborated with people, and I’ve been doing this for like… 20 years, know what I mean?  So yeah it’s been rare.

“…I’m not Jay-Z.  I’m the arty dude.. I wanna be left in the corner with a little keyboard as opposed to coming up with strategies, and marketing plans.”

LL:  A common theme within many of your interviews, is a focus on the progression / digression of music over time.  A perspective that historically holds true to many genres – rap, rock, and so on.. is the essential truth – that with time, it gets worse, not better.

Not to make you feel responsible for these themes unfolding over your various sit downs, but it seems that your interviewers see you as a prime source for insight into the fate that electronic music has in store for itself.

To me your responses seem very honest, but to the less informed – could be interpreted in a negative way. It seems that you’ve almost become the voice for that.

KL:  The voice of negativity [laughs] ?

LL:  Well no.. it’s the interviewers angle, but more so – the nature of the role that you play being from the generation you’re from, as one of the pioneers of a genre..

KL:  What they usually ask me, is “so what do you think of music today?”
And I’m just being honest, like.. for me, it’s a lot of horrible shit!  I mean… and I’m not just talking about the electronic music genre.. you could go across to hip-hop, rap, it’s a lot of wack-ass shit out there.  And it’s like, you know, your mom or your dad or your uncle would say “That’s not music !” you know.. “this is real music”.  It’s subjective, but at the same time, it’s so hard to find good music today.  I mean there’s less and less music in the music.  So that’s what you’re picking up on.. and if someone were to ask me again, I would still say the same.  I mean, until people do more cool funky shit, I’ll probably be just as negative [laughs].

And I’m going to try to do the stuff that I keep complaining about, like I’m gonna try to do something that has some kind of substance to it, instead of just bangin’ people out with a drumtrack, which is easy.. you can just make it hard, and heavy, and people go wild.. but where’s the art in that?  So for me, like I’ve been working on a lot of remixes right now, and it takes me forever to do them because I put a lot of shit into ‘em..

LL:  Your drama remix was my ringtone for too long [laughs]

KL:  Thanks! It took me a while to do that!  I can’t go into the studio and just pump something out.  It’s gotta be a feeling, and there’s got to be a vibe. There’s still got to be something that I feel.  I’m not going to put something out just because it’s got a nice drum kick or what.

LL:  I love that man.  I just wanted to say that after reading your interviews, I wanted to kind of give you a hug… I’m 21 years old, and as one of us, as much as we can being born when we were, there is a contingent developing – that is showing homage, and is learning a lot from you motherfuckers.. and yeah, I just sort of wanted to show you our drivers licenses and be like “look we..

KL:  Care about the music.  It’s not a lot of people that do.

LL:  Yeah.  Maybe I’ll hug you afterwards then…

[laughter]

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LL:  You’ve refered to the cyclic nature of your faction of dance music, and really of electronic music in general.  Can you perhaps explain this?

KL:  Yeah.. that’s why I think me and the guys from Detroit.. we might be in the background sometimes, because the stuff that we do isn’t considered “trendy”.. and I mean you’re right; everything goes in cycles.. fashion, music, everything.  So usually when those trends die away, it goes back to the more melodic music, and so that’s where guys like us come in to play because we’re kind of more rooted in that, and people go “okay cool, that’s what is music sounds like.”   I just don’t understand how kids can wanna dance for two, three hours to non-melodic music… just beats beats beats beats beats [laughs].  And they’re not taken on a journey or nothing, it’s just.. it blows my mind.  It just happens.. like minimal, I mean that was the shit for a while, and then it died away, and yeah.. cycles.  It’s the nature of the beast.  We got to stay relevant somehow.. these old guys like me.. and you know, I don’t change or flip my style or anything for that.

LL:  Do you or have you had any interest in the business aspect of your career?

KL:  MMmm.. that’s.. you’re either good at that stuff or you’re not.  I prefer the more creative stuff.  I can handle it, but for me it’s more satisfying to focus on the creative stuff.  I’m not a mogul [laughs].  I’m not Jay-Z.  I’m the arty dude.. I wanna be left in the corner with a little keyboard as opposed to like coming up with strategies, and marketing plans.

“Location right now doesn’t have anything to do with music.  You could be from anywhere in other words.”

LL:  Bit of a lengthy quote I read of yours from an interview in ‘06.

“We hit a glass ceiling in Detroit a long time ago. I mean, there’s nothing else we can do here in Detroit. Nothing and I am talking about everybody. Carl , Derrick , Kevin , anybody… What else can you do with techno? There’s nothing. So you have to challenge yourself in some other way. You either got to go to that next level, whatever that may be. But whatever that level may be, you can’t do that in Detroit because there’s nothing that supports the arts there. Nothing. That city is a car town. And that’s all they do and that’s all they give a shit about and sports. They’re doing a lot of rebuilding in Detroit right now, especially downtown, but it’s all around sports. They’re building new coliseums. Nothing creative. They don’t want nothing to do with it and I’m saying to those guys, Derrick, “Why are you chillin’? Why are you accepting that? I thought you all were trying to fucking push the envelope? Be at the forefront of doing something different or whatever.” But the flipside of that coin is that they have families. They have kids and so I understand.”

I wanted to ask you – at that point, it was a very different state in Detroit.  I don’t have insight into what it was actually like there, but I think what I’m trying to ask is what’s the importance of Detroit artists being back there, and bringing it back?

KL:  Nothing now.. I moved away from Detroit to LA in like 2001.  Location right now doesn’t have anything to do with music.  You could be from anywhere in other words.  So I could say “I’m from Detroit”, but I’m not going to get any less gigs or business just because I’m not living in the city anymore.  And actually, I especially don’t want to be in Detroit right now, because the city is bankrupt now.. it’s so bad there right now..

LL:  Besides your career in / love for stand-up comedy, do you have any other creative outlets?

KL:  No.. not really [laughs]  I’m a pretty boring, creative guy.

LL:  You’re specifically creative.

KL:  Yeah I’m not a weird eccentric kind of guy.. a Howard Hughes creative kind of  guy, just a recluse.. sitting in the bedroom.

[more laughter]

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LL:  In an old interview with asia-city.com, which was a series of one-liners, you had some interesting answers.

Fashion is…

“Anything you have the balls to get away with.”

I was hoping you could elaborate on this, and or perhaps give some insight into some individuals in your field that you think represent that.

KL:   I mean, that goes back to that other question.  Why ask somebody, “does this look cool?”  If you got the balls, if your personality is such where you can walk with the confidence, then people will go “look at this guy, he’s wearin’ that shit!”  So yeah that doesn’t just limit itself to fashion, it can be music, sports, me being a comic..

LL:  Is there a best-dressed, somebody that you’ve spun alongside, or at a certain point in their career even?

KL:  Naaah [laughs].  Man I’m too old for that shit !

LL:  Its you, I know it, you just didn’t want to say it !

[more laughter]

LL:  A few years back you did an interview where you said that no one was inspiring you at all, musically – has that changed at all since then?

KL:  No, naww.  I’ve been having to draw my own inspiration.  Like, there’s a few.. I can’t even name them off the top of my head.  I get a hundred promos and I can listen to maybe two?  It’s really fucked up..  and see?  Being negative again!  But I’m just bein’ real.

LL:  Haha I can feel that you’re far from negative.  Lastly, I’d like to give you the opportunity for a little Oscar speech.

KL:  Oscar speech!  Thanks everybody for coming, I wanna thank my mom and pops, and my brother, and my fiancé – I love you baby.  Muaahh

LL:  Thank you for being here, for your amazing set, and of course – the interview.

KL:  Thank you brother.  MERCI BEAUCOUP.

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Connect with Kenny Larkin:

Facebook: facebook.com/KennyLarkinOfficial

Twitter: twitter.com/kennylark

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kennylarkin


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XIII

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“I know you don’t get a chance to take a break this often–
I know your life is speeding and it isn’t stoppin”

The summer is drawing to a close… Here is a hand-picked selection of tracks that have kept us grooving over the past few sun-soaked months–mixed by yours truly.

TRACK LIST
And I'll Show U Heaven If U Let Me – Dean Blunt [self-released]
Sullen Ground – Mount Kimbie [Warp]
Rokcr Broth – Adapt [AvantRoots]
Strandbar (disko version) – Todd Terje [Olsen]
Eyesdontlie – Machinedrum [Ninja Tune]
Could Heaven Ever Be Like This – Idris Muhammad [Kudu]
Raw Cuts #5 – Motor City Drum Ensemble [MCDE]
Gotham – Ten Walls [Innervisions]
Burning Bright (ft. Kim Ann Foxman) – Maya Jane Coles [I/AM/ME]
Majestic Mountains – Franskild [Sweat It Out!]
Mr. Man – Dusky [Arjunadeep]
Get Back To My Baby (TBD extension) – Try To Find Me [self-released]
A1 – 8prn [self-released]
Anaphora – John Tejada [Kompakt]
Got Me So – XXXY [Rinse]
Turn The Music Up – The Players Association [Vanguard]
Wires (Theo Parrish remix) – Owiny Sigoma Band [Brownswood]
Can You Party – Royal House [Idlers]
Silberpfeil – Kolsch [Kompakt]
The Grass Is Always Greener – Jichael Mackson [Risquée]
Move Your Body Back – Dense & Pika [Hot Flush]
Just Want Another Chance – Reese [KMS]
Lady C'mon (Kissey remix) – Sinkane [DFA]
Faithful – Jacques Greene [LuckyMe]
Survive – Kidnap Kid [Black Butter]
Pyramid (Atoms For Peace remix) – Four Tet [TEXT]
Waterfalls (3 A.M. Mix) – After Hours [Strictly Rhythm]
Patticakes – Ben Pearce [Annie Mac Presents]
Brotherman – Detroit Swindle [Freerange]
Wit(z) – Valentin Stip [Clown & Sunset]
To Be In Love (ft. India) – Masters At Work [Defected]
Confess To Me (ft. Jesse Ware) – Disclosure [PMR, Island]
Never Knew Love (Made In Detroit mix) – Chez Damier [KMS]
Hi-Tech Jazz – Underground Resistance [self-released]
Mainline (ft. Syron) – Tensnake [Defected]
Beyond (Darkside remix) – Daft Punk [self-released]
CAS – Walkin' [self-released]

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with love,

Wolfey


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XII

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I’m gonna keep the words to a minimum and let the music speak for itself…

TRACK LIST

Sick Times - Boards of Canada [Warp]
Green Garden - Laura Mvula [RCA, Sony]
Recover (CID RIM remix) - CHVRCHES [Glassnote]
Sun - Koreless [Young Turks]
Static - Justin Jay [Dirtybird]
Painted Faces - Jacques Greene + Tinasche [Yours Truly + Adidas]
Retrograde (Finn Pilly edit) - James Blake [self-released]
Open Eye Signal - Jon Hopkins [Warp]
The Game - Lars Vegas [Large Music]
The More I Get, The More I Want (Dimitri from Paris edit) - Teddy Pendergrass [Barely Breaking Even]
Donell - Joy Orbison [self-released]
When A Fire Starts To Burn - Disclosure [PMR, Universal Island]
Give Me a Dubf*ck - Lovebirds ft. Stee Downes [Winding Road]
Houston We Have A Problem - Genius Of Time [Royal Oak]
Sister - Leon Vynhall [Aus Records]
The Wheel (Employee Of The Year remix) - S O H N [self-released]
Somewhere - John Tejada [Kompakt]
Marilyn Whirlwind - DJ Koze [Pampa]
Beyond - Daft Punk [Daft Life, Columbia]
Strandbar (Samba version) - Todd Terje [Olsen]
Jambo - Dizzy Gillespie [Limelight]
New Slaves - Kanye West [Def Jam]

With love,

Wolfey


Lianne La Havas | Elusive (Flako Remix)

“Unintentionally off-the-grid and committed to his personal sound evolution, Flako is more of a Soul-documentarian than a typical beat maker. With roots in Chile, raised in Germany, and currently living in London via Berlin – the man himself is a melange of flavor. His particular sonic palette is a mercurial blend of warm analogue colors and cutting-edge design. His writing is marked by manifest emotion.” (via Kwatro )

Flako remixes our beloved Lianne La Havas in a moving rendition of the already timeless, ‘Elusive’. Masterfully arranging a dynamic frame for Lianne’s powerful vocals to bleed through, Flako, all the while complements the ebb and flow of the vocal track with choral synth interludes, dashing percussion, and the cascading analogue tones of a jazz ensemble.

Enjoy,



The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. X

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Why is this mix series titled “The Bootleg Tapes”?  I have been pondering this question… Wikipedia describes a “bootleg recording” as “an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.” The article goes on to explain that “the process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging.” To be honest, I did not pay for any of these tracks, and some of them have not yet been released by their respective labels. I did not receive permission from the “copyright holders” to re-distribute this content, (as SoundCloud’s copyright infringement detection software pointed out to me when I tried unsuccessfully to upload the mix the first couple times.) In short, these mixes are conceived and distributed in contravention of music copyright law. For this reason, it would seem that the title of the series is fitting.

For this tenth episode, I put together a special two-hour mix comprised of an eclectic selection of house, techno, UK garage, and soul. Most of the tracks are contemporary, but you will hear a handful of classics from the likes of Fingers Inc., Rhythim Is Rhythim, Inner City, and Carl Craig.

Special thanks to the other Low-Life staff-writers who helped me find a great deal of this music–as well as to our followers.

TRACKS

Cirrus - Bonobo [Ninja Tune]
Harm In Change - Toro Y Moi [Carpark]
You Give Me Fever - Romare [Universal]
Whatnot - Machinedrum [Innovative Leisure]
Everything - Justin Jay [Southern Fried]
Turns Turns Turns (Blue Hawaii Flüchtig Mix) - Majical Cloudz [Arbutus]
Elegante - Squarehead [5AND7]
So Submissive - Citizen [MadTech]
Reykjavik - Brolin [Double Denim]
Guuurl - Lapalux [Brainfeeder]
Local Traffic - Wolfey [White]
The Variable - Wolfey [White]
Can You Feel It? (instrumental) - Fingers Inc. [Trax]
Something We All Adore - Solomun [Supernature]
Desire - 69 [R&S]
Brazil (slow version) - Luke Abott [Border Community]
Sandstorms - Carl Craig [Planet E]
The Fallout - Dark Sky and Breach [Naked Naked]
Tenderly - Disclosure [Make Mine]
Good Life - Inner City [Virgin]
Soul What (Boddika Remix) - Boddika [Swamp 81]
Sunshine (Uto Karem Remix) - Tomaz & Filterheadz [1605 Music Therapy]
Sad - Jerome LOL [Self-Released]
Phosphor (Norman Nodge Remix) - Onmutu Mechanicks [Echocord Colour]
Tomorrow Belongs To Us - Booka Shade [Defected In The House]
Beam Me Up (George Fitzgerald Remix) - Close [Aus Music]
Energy Flash - Joey Beltram [R&S]
Positive Education - Slam [Soma Quality]
Defiant Order - Birdy Nam Nam [OWSLA]
Loose Your - Günther Lause [Laut & Luise]
Mask - Pedestrian & Maribou State [Catz N' Dogz]
Closer - Lulu James [Sony / RCA]
Distant Shores - Petar Dundov [Music Man]
Ford Trax - Baby Ford [Virgin France]
Strings Of Life - Rhythim is Rhythim [Transmat]
Retrograde - James Blake [Republic]

Love,

Wolfey


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. IX

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For this latest installment of the Bootleg Tapes, I put together a mix-tape comprised of primarily melodic soulful jacking house music with a sprinkling of UKG, and techno–a handful of gems that I have been rinsing over the past little while.

You might put it on in order to set the tone for a night out (or in) with good company–but it’s perfectly suitable for grooving alone in your bedroom or bumping on your car stereo.

With love,

Wolfey

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Tracks

Nova – Burial + Four Tet [Text]

New For You – Andres [La Vida]

Say My Name (Cyril Hahn Remix) – Destiny’s Child [Self-Released]

Boiling (ft. Sinead Harnett) – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]

Ellipsis – Joy Orbison [Hinge Finger]

Pacific (0101 mix) – Pacific State [Tommy Boy Music]

Forgotten Notes – Hackman [Cymbidium]

The Perfect Blues (ft. Jesse Boykins III) (Jacques Greene Remix) – Jesse Boykins III + MeLo-X [Ninja Tune]

Away Away (Axel Boman Remix) – Dave Aju [Circus Company]

What I Might Do (Club Mix) – Ben Pearce [MTA]

Child – George Fitzgerald [Aus]

Flo Jam – Dusky [Dogmatik]

My Head Is A Jungle (Kasper Bjorke’s Liquid Lips Remix) – Wankelmut & Emma Louise [Get Physical]

Brandy & Coke (VIP) – dj Q [Local Action]

Paris Stabbing – Diva [Phonica]

Femme Fatale – Justin Jay [Dirtybird]

Pelican – Julio Bashmore [Broadwalk]

$tripper – Bicep [Love Fever]

Lost and Found (Maya Jane Coles Remix) – Liane La Havas [Self-Released]

Masks – Martyn [Brainfeeder]

Paris Dub 1 (ft. Paris Brightledge) – Paranoid London [Paranoid London Records]

So Will Be Now (ft. Pional) – John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]

Flutes – Hot Chip [Domino]

Night Light (Joe Goddard Remix) – Jessie Ware [PMR]

Say That – Toro Y Moi [Carpark]

What You Need – Flume [Future Classic]

Confidence Boost (Harmonimix Remix) – Trimbal [R&S]


Giveaway | Salva x Brenmar – January 13th, Shine Nightclub, Vancouver B.C.

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We here at Low-Life are giving away a pair of tickets to Salva and Brenmar’s show in Vancouver tomorrow, put on by our friends down at Blueprint events .

Details for the show can be found here .

Rules:

1. “Like” Low-Life.ca’s Facebook page, here .

2. Like” the specific post promoting the giveaway.

3. “Share” the specific post promoting the giveaway.

Alternatively…

1. Follow” Low-Life.ca’s Twitter, here .

2. “Retweet” the specific tweet promoting the giveaway.

3. “Favorite” the specific tweet promoting the giveaway.

*The winner will be chosen randomly from the group of rule satisfying individuals and announced at 2pm January 13th, pacific time.

We hope to see you there-

See previously: Salva | Interview

L O W – L I F E


T.E.E.D. | Your Love (Pearson Sound & Fake Blood Remixes)

At the end of last month, T.E.E.D released an EP consisting of four intelligently juxtaposed adaptations of their impactful single, “ Your Love “. We at low-life were immediately attracted to these two.

Pearson Sound ‘s stripped naked edit showcases his signature drum finesse which in turn guides you through this active listening experience. Apologies for the snippet.

Similarly, Fake Blood retains their iconic sound with this turbulent dance floor edit.

Bless,

Rader


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol VIII

It’s been a while since we last dropped a tape. Here is a selection of vitalizing numbers that have been cropping up in the rotation again and again for me and the rest of us here at L.L. lately.

You’ll also hear the title-track from Atem. ‘s latest EP project forthcoming on Blenheim & Celtic , as well as an unreleased cut from yours truly–entitled “Local Traffic”.

Download || The Bootleg Tapes – Vol. VIII

Mixed by Wolfey

Tracks
Jupiters - Four Tet [TEXT]
Default - Atoms For Peace [XL]
Au Seve - Julio Bashmore [Broadwalk]
Revolution - Mala [Brownswood]
A Species Out Of Control - Simian Mobile Disco [Wichita]
Prism - Jacques Greene [3024]
Crystal Caverns 1991 - Lone [R&S]
Ye Ye - Daphni [TEXT]
Winterval - Sam Willis [Half Machine]
Thrown - Kiasmos [Erased Tapes]
Jagged Edge - Eats Everything [Pets]
Jasmine - Jai Paul [XL]
Missing You - John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]
Held - Holy Other [Tri Angle]
Control (Joe Goddard Remix) - Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Blue Skies Red Soil - NeferTT [Hot Flush]
Joy - Atem. [forthcoming on Blenheim & Celtic]
Local Traffic - Wolfey [*unreleased*]
Small Talk (Four Tet Remix) - Ultraista [Temporary Residence Ltd.]

           

Yours,

Wolfey


           

Eric Sneo | Shut Up & Dance ft. Chris the Voice (Pleasurekraft Remix)

Yesterday low-life friendlies, Pleasurekraft dropped their impossibly groovy “retro” house reduction of Eric Sneo ‘s Shut Up & Dance.  “The Voice” and his commands during the intro steal your attention allowing you to follow his voice until the initial melodies drop out from beneath you and you’ve plummeted into the next bars of Kaveh & Kalle’s sophisticated refinement of a hard-hitting house number.

Buy it here .

Bless,

Rader


LOW-LIFE | COACHELLA TICKET GIVE AWAY

To our public,

We’ve decided to send one of you to Coachella (April 20th – 22nd). We understand that the festival is right around the corner, so we want to get this ticket into your hands quick.

To put your name in the draw, all we ask that you “like” our Facebook page , share the giveaway status, and post your name and email address on L O W – L I F E – just click on the “leave a comment”  button at the bottom right of this post.

Looking forward to making your day,

Lux

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Minnesota | Astral Projection Mix

This week Minnesota and Paper Diamond embark on their Tiger Style Tour 2012 ( Elm&Oak ), and to whet our appetites,  Christian Bauhofer has sewn together a slew of original tracks off his forthcoming record – anticipated through MalLabel .

The synth work on these forthcoming tracks seem to be where Minnesota has crafted his niche. These shine with an illuminated lustre – inspiring and full of vitality. A common practice of the artist includes integrating samples of metaphysical discussion, which induce feelings of the numinous.

Minnesota – Relax (Forthcoming Release)
Notorious B.I.G. – Gimme The Loot (Minnesota Remix)
Minnesota – Purple Daze
Minnesota – To The Floor (Forthcoming Release)
Minnesota – Stay Strong (Forthcoming Release)
Modeseleketor- Let Your Love Grow (Minnesota Remix)
Minnesota – Astral Projection (Forthcoming Release)

See Previously: Minnesota

Astral Projection Mix – Minnesota

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