Your Digital Daily for Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Flying Lotus links with Erykah Badu again

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Features by EB Team about Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus

It’s not the first collaboration between the soul singer and the beat wizard: in February Flying Lotus teamed up with Erykah Badu to co-direct the video for ‘Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long’ from Badu’s acclaimed album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh.

Now FlyLo revealed himself as Badu’s partner in what he just calls “our project” – it’s not yet clear whether we’re talking about new Badu-output or an upcoming Flying Lotus cut. But either way this sounds very exciting.

In related news, Flying Lotus announced that Badu will be DJ’ing at the Stones Throw/Brainfeeder Pool Party at Coachella on Sunday, April 17.
Watch a clip below.

Erykah Badu – Gone Baby, Don’t be Long from beeple on Vimeo.

Brainfeeder – free sampler!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Features

Brainfeeder Compilation - Electronic Beats

To celebrate winning “Label of the Year” at Gilles Peterson‘s World Wide Awards in London last week, L.A based Brainfeeder are giving away a free 12 track compilation featuring music from Thundercat, Martyn, Samiyam, Tokimonsta, The Gaslamp Killer, Jeremiah Jae, Taylor McFerrin, Teebs, Austin Peralta and Mono/Poly. Brainfeeer is operated by Flying Lotus who (we – more

First listen to Martyn on Brainfeeder

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in Features

Dutch techno & bass producer and DJ Martyn is going to release his next album on L.A’s Brainfeeder label the imprint run by Flying Lotus. Since he released his debut album Great Lengths in 2009 Martyn has become increasingly associated with the fertile breeding ground between techno, house and the myriad forms of post-dubstep music. – more

Samiyam returns with second album this summer

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Features

Michigan beatsmith Sam Baker aka Samiyam loves the details. If you ever get your hands on one of the rare copies of his first proper full-length release, the insanly dense beat-collection Rap Beats Vol.1, you’ll know what I mean. Every one of the CD-R releases had a different artwork. Since then Baker has put out – more

New Dimlite on Stones Throw off-shoot

Thursday, January 06, 2011 in Features

Back in 2003 Dimlite released his debut EP with Sonar Kollektiv which for some reason went largely unnoticed. He then released some more magnificent records which, although pioneering in their sound, also managed to pass a lot of people by. Fast forward a few years and the likes of Flying Lotus and his Brainfeeder crew – more