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Monday, January 5, 2009 AT 11:55 AM - Category: Features
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Osbournizm
Todd Osborn’s favourite albums in 2008
Master of the deadpan: Todd listens close
If you've ever heard one of Todd Osborn's DJ sets, you might know that he's not exactly what one would call a suitable candidate for the chairmanship of the Genre Barrier Preservation Foundation. He doesn't even need his countless aliases to switch from Croydon wobble to Syrian folk music. Here are his favourite albums in 2008.
Sunday, January 4, 2009 AT 10:45 PM - Category: Features
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Across 2008th Street
Jeff Mao’s year-end charts + Homeboy Sandman download
Mao gives 'em what they want at the Sifó in Barcelona
Not exactly charts, but the tracklist for the latest instalment of his Across 135th Street show on Red Bull Music Academy Radio during which the Chairman unwraps all of his faves in oh-eight – from deep-fried Premo to deep funk heaven.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 AT 01:58 PM - Category: Features
Written by Emma Jean Denee
Playground Music
Shift Z named Lebanese Musician of the Year
Class Of '06 Zeid Hamdan
There’s a dreamy quality to the music videos, which Zeid Hamdan aka Shift Z makes for himself and other members of the underground music scene in Beirut. In one, Heba el Mansouri sings in a lilting, Arabic style, eyes half-closed as her husband swings her in circles next to a broken shoreline. Another home made video, for Shift Z’s New Government project, swings between electro and electric guitars. It starts off with snippets taken while cruising down a highway, under wide-open skies. Footage of band practise erupts into wartime scenes of flaming vehicles and smoky streets.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 AT 05:47 PM - Category: Features
Written by Red Bull Music Academy
Long Time Coming
Election Reflections from Jeff Mao & Aloe Blacc
Young Mao repping for change
It's only been a week since the USA’s president elect Barack Obama held his acceptance speech in Chicago, but it already feels like history. When Obama referred to the song A Change is Gonna Come, he invoked the spirit of the civil rights movement that was still struggling forward when Sam Cooke wrote the song in 1964.
Thursday, November 6, 2008 AT 05:24 PM - Category: Features
Written by Emma Jean Denee
Knocking At Your Door
Buraka Som Sistema invade EMAs
Where are you Yeezy? Lil' John and Conductor at the Barcelona Academy
Never thought we’d hear ourselves saying it, but tonight we’re totally going to watch the MTV Europe Music Awards. Or at least, like, a little bit. Lisbon’s kuduro/batida talents Buraka Som Sistema will accept their award for Best Portuguese Act this evening, so we talked to João Barbosa aka Lil’ John, on the line from his hotel room in sunny Liverpool.