‘and if I Am’ mixtape

April 10, 2009 in Beats
Tags: :By Design, clicks n' cuts, electronic, electronic hip-hop, IDM, Lokua, mixtape, Tstewart

“Get yourself together or fall apart…
Make your mind up or let yourself down”
Those words played through my mind as chorus to encourage decision this week. Then Lukid puts this slinky rhythm on it and it’s just nice. Following that :By Design (formerly known as Autolect) brings the track, “Coping Mechanism”. [...]

Thank you for great music, Charles Wesley Cooper III

January 27, 2009 in talkbeat
Tags: Charles Wesley Cooper III, Chicago, electronic, electronic hip-hop, Hefty Records, IDM, Telefon Tel-Aviv

Charles Wesley Cooper III–one half of Telefon Tel Aviv passed away on January 22. From the My Space page of friend and labelmate, John Hughes, the other half of Telefon Tel Aviv leaves these words:
Hello, Everyone.
It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, [...]

spring forward mixtape

March 9, 2008 in Beats
Tags: coffee, creative+commons, Dallas, dub, house, hunt+club, IDM, mandrake, mixtape, rap

In a cut-up moment of narcissism, Beckett & Taylor begin this thirty-minute diversion with, “World of Me”, inviting you to enjoy even more Mandrake FM shows. After all, nothing needs to rhyme with Mandrake, right?
Courtesy of Magnatune, that “we are not evil” Creative Commons label, Burning Babylon bring the dub track, “Midnight to Six”, [...]