Mochipet and Friends
In cooperation with Daly City, Chrome Kids drops their second online single: Th’ Mole’s “How 2 B Cool” – featuring an instrumental, remixes by Robot Koch and Ladyscraper, as well as a brand new track, “Dear Europe”. Cop that baby for free at Chrome Kids.
Meanwhile, Th’ Mole continues his European adventures (with DJ 0.000001 on select dates)…
Complete info for May-July US/Euro dates at myspace.com/themole.
tomorrow night kidz
bawss
A lot is happening at once for Th’ little Mole man this week. As he embarks on the first leg of his tour across the globe (beginning with California/Oregon/Washington), he’s also got a nice interview on UrbNet.com, as well as a featured track on XLR8R. Meanwhile Chrome Kids prepares to release the “How 2 B Cool” maxi-single on May 4.
See Th’ Mole’s US/CAN/EU tour schedule, currently taking shape, on his MySpace page. Joined by DJ 0.000001 on select dates, Th’ Mole promises to blow your mind with his power-packed live show, featuring laptop beat juggling/scratching (what?!), confetti cannon, gorilla hype-man, costumes, dancing and magic!
Week 1:
April 9 – Williams, OR (w/ S.O.S.)
April 10 – Portland, OR (w/ Vankmen/Reactionary)
April 11 – Seattle, WA (w/ Filastine)
April 12 – Portland, OR (w/ Demune/Drew Slum/486Kid)
April 13 – San Francisco, CA (w/ TBA – secret location – call 808 344 0719 day of show)
April 14 – Los Angeles, CA (w/ Baseck/Wet Mango/Bizzart)
April 15 – Los Angeles, CA (w/ Featherbeard/Bobb Bruno)
DJ 0.000001, AKA Th’ Mole, drops a new jammy. Featuring Pharoahe Monch and some singing kids battling it out over Too $hort, K-The-I???, Benga, etc.. This song is freakin’ good. So good that Chrome Kids decided to make it their first official release. Already made its mark on BBC Radio. Blah, blah – just download it. (Includes instrumental and acapella as well.)
More info at Chrome Kids – always up to date with the freshest of the fresh, so you don’t have to be!
time to unleash the beast fellas
This is the very first official NastyNasty set and i hope y’all can make it out because it’s going to fucking slay….
speaking of chrome kids (see previous post here on ye olde daly city blog):
earlier this week, chrome kids posted an electro remix of “sharp drest” by new york producer a-ux. i hadn’t heard before and it’s off-the-wall good.
the original version of the track – by eriksolo of meanest man contest, mochipet, and oonceoonce, is available on mochi’s album microphonepet and can be downloaded for free at rcrd lbl (and other places too – see previous posts). you can also hear it in the soundtrack to nba 2k9 and catch a bunch of other great remixes of it at the remix microphonepet page.
Charlie Cooper, one-half of Telefon Tel Aviv, has passed away at the age 31, it’s been reported.
The cause of his death is still unknown, but bandmate and friend Joshua Eustis left the following message on the band’s MySpace page.
“It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away on January 22.
We have been friends since high school, and began making records together a decade ago. We have been so fortunate to tour the world together, while at the same time having a massive amount of laughs at one another’s expense.
Aside from Charlie’s singular genius and musical gifts, I can tell you that he was a total sweetheart of a guy, and a loving friend and confidant to people everywhere. His musicianship was surpassed only by his greater gift to the world—his warmth, his generosity, his unquenchable humor, and his undying loyalty to those he loved. In the spirit of honorable mention, however, I should mention that he had a shoe collection that was marvelous, knowledge of hip-hop that was profound, and knowledge of wine that was subtle.
He is survived by a sister, a neice, a nephew, his mother, his stepfather, me, and more adoring friends than the Universe has dark matter. As such, his family and I ask for your discretion and consideration of our privacy during these extremely turbulent waters.”
More details as to the cause of his death will follow in the coming days.
Update: According to a CBS Chicago article, Cooper went missing last Wednesday night, after an argument with his girlfriend, and was found Monday in the Near Northwest Side neighborhood in Chicago. An autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the cause of his death.
Cooper (left) and Eustis.
Quitter (NastyNasty & Ben Sandoval) has been getting a lotta love lately for our own little brand of fucked up hyphy nonsense
Check the little blurb and free download over @ the manybrain blog (contributors include members of the Turbo Crunk fam, Lazer Sword and the Lucky Me fam)
