10 videos to watch while you quarantine. Like many teenagers growing up in the ’90s/early ’00s, Shlohmo got his early kicks from punk music and skating. The Wedidit boss, real name Henry Laufer, grew up in LA and gained much of his musical education through skate videos – the grainy, DIY aesthetic and raw sounds coming to make an indelible imprint on his own work. The VHS skate tapes he collected for repeat viewing got him hooked on rap music and beat-led stuff, becoming his entry point into artists like Amon Tobin, DJ Shadow and Flying Lotus. On the brink of dropping his first album in four years, ‘The End’, via Friends of Friends/Wedidit, Shlohmo explains that the LP is “vaguely about the end of the world, but from the viewpoint of smoking on the couch during the extinction event. Reading a nice book while the meteor hits. The fake peace of insularity during chaos.” On the apocalypse-themed album, which arrives next month, he’s used toy drum machines, a Korg Mono...
“ Akira ” fans will have a lot to celebrate in the coming years. Completely unrelated, although possibly timed to coincide with Taika Waititi’s forthcoming remake, the 1988 cyberpunk classic will receive an ultra-HD remastering. It will be the first time the animated film will be seen in 4K. In addition, director Katsuhiro Otomo will revisit his crowning work in a new anime project based on the original manga. The updated version is set to release on blu-ray in Japan on April 24, 2020
Hello, I hope you are finding something productive and positive to do while we sit inside in hopes of preventing this outbreak to spread. According to some of the posts I've seen on social media, some of you aren't doing that well when it comes to being 'trapped' inside! Before all of this went down, I would spend my time watching interviews on youtube just to get some insight from some of my favorite artists. Here are 5 videos that may help spark something inside of you. 1. Kevin Abstract & Rick Rubin 2. Kendrick Lamar & Rick Rubin 3. Pharrell & Rick Rubin 4. Andre 3000 & Rick Rubin 5. Mac Miller & Rick Rubin Thanks for Watching! Stay Tuned for more!
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