$300 gets $30 million

Wow, this stems from a popular story on Digg this week. This Mexican short film was made for $300 and Hollywood is investing $30million, including bringing on the creative folks behind the short film, to make a full-length film. Frankly - I'm more amazed that this was made for just $300. And just to make this music related- notice the intense, brooding soundtrack and how it builds over the 4 minutes. Great use of music to set tone and mood. (granted this was the theme from 28 Days Later - but it worked there too!)

Suburban Dream does it again...

I first wrote about Suburban Dream Recordings more than a year ago when I had a listen of the Dublin, Ireland-based crew's tracks "Music" and "They Start Out Using." I really enjoyed their vibe, bringing a deep, yet laid back lounge style that borders on ambient, but grabs you at all the right times with a lot of spoken word riffs over catchy synth hooks, anchored by solid downtempo beats throughout.

So Ciaran - head dude over at Sub Dream - sent me their new single "We Still Do It", just released a few weeks ago, I had a hunch I was about to listen to something special. "We Still Do It"...well...it still does it. The track is super smooth with a hint of grimy dub, and Sub Dream's signature spoken word, to add the edge it needs to make it interesting throughout. Check it out at the Soundcloud player here, and click the link above to hear more tunes directly at their web site www.subdream.net.

Suburban Dream - We still do it by Suburban Dream

Miike Snow

Ok, I can't get enough of Miike Snow. The band has this amazing minimal, raw quality to it even though much of it is synth and electronic based, even the lyrics are primal - many songs have to do with deconstructing ourselves to our raw form - at the end of the day we're in survival and animal mode. Its borderline downtempo house, with a folksy vibe. Every time one song comes through my iPod, I end up listening to the whole album.

Hype Machine syncing with my LastFM Widget@@!!

I signed in today to write...something. I looked to the right of my blog and noticed my LastFM widget was syncing with what I was listening to at Hype Machine . I don't know - sometimes I'm a simpleton - but this blew my mind for some reason! I think it was the surprise factor that LastFM and Hype Machine were syncing and I didn't even have to do anything. Two of my fav music sites just made me even more happy. I think it also had to do with me listening to this dope remix of MGMT - Electric Feel by Justice. Mmm mmm good

Squeegie Sounds

I recently added Squeegie Sounds to my blogroll after downloading some great dub tracks from the blog - from Bukez Finezt and James Blake. Really great dub tunes and videos and write ups. Check it out if you're into dub, ambient soul, downtempo and just overall great tunes.

Cloudy with a Chance of Music at your Fingertips - MixCloud and SoundCloud

I've been seriously preoccupied with some music aggregators that just blow my mind. I'm not even sure how long MixCloud or SoundCloud have been around, but they've provided me with so much great music since I discovered them through Twitter several weeks ago.

Sharing music online is not new, and these sites aren't new either, but for our downtempo crowd, these two sites offer radio, mixes and original music with a great selection that meet our listening preferences. MixCloud offers mixes, streams and downloads from radio stations and artists you can follow, and SoundCloud is more focused on individual artists, but both are very similar.

Go to each site and type in your favorite artists, DJs or radio stations and start following them. Great sites for the music we love.

Negghead mixtape...preppin for new release on Wax On Records

Hey, click the link to go to a free download of a chilled mixtape from Negghead, one of Wax On Records' featured artists these days. They drop a new album on Tuesday, November 3 and I'm def pickin it up. Here's a video promo of a sample off the album, and the mixtape is a good mix of dub and downtempo jazz and funk, with the chilled undertones that are signature Wax On influence. Good stuff coming from Negghead...

It's random, i know, but I can't not post one of my favorite Mos Def tracks

Random night chillin w/ some YouTube favorites...