
WILDLIFE! sends off 2011 and welcomes 2012 with this mix of old and new tracks for your audio pleasure.
Produced using more than 5,000 toy soldiers, “Made In China” is the re-imaging of the iconic photo by photographer Robert Capa. The original photo, of a Chinese soldier boy was used as the 1938 front cover of LIFE Magazine’s coverage of the Sino Japanese War.
This past year, a slew of natural disasters wreaked havoc on our brothers and sisters around the world, Japan being one of the countries devastated by earthquakes. Some of Japan’s most talented artists teamed up with equally talented musicians from the US, recorded ‘H♡PE” and donated 100% of the proceeds to helping the people hit by the earthquake early this year.
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3LLL aka Philip Prescott is an artist, producer and beat maker from Chicago. His newly released album “Galaxy Zero” features a year’s worth of musical experimentation and “22 fully-flavored tracks of NECK BREAKIN’ / deep / 8bit / Future / Spaced Out / Synths and heavy hitting super beats.” As the first album released under the label JUNKHOUSE available for download, it was released Christmas Day 2011 on bandcamp. Check out the album after the break.

I’m pretty sure some of you have been thirstin’ for some new Rey Res visuals, so here ya go. Music video for “High”, from “Old Rust New Bang 2” (it’s a free download, so grab it).
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Watch the video where producer J57 (of BBAS) sits with Jav Martinez (from Brooklyn Bodega) to discuss his beat-making process and chat it up a bit. And the dog you’ll see struttin’ the floors is Suri57. Check it out, because it’s a cool little visual peek into this dude’s thoughts and creative process. If you aren’t familiar with him by now, you need to hop on that asap (f’real, where have you been?). And based on little email chats, he’s a nice dude behind the music too!
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Koen, Nangdo, and Duke Hugh are producers from Groningen, Holland. They each played a set of their beats for Soulection Radio‘s latest guest mix. It’s 30+ minutes in length, stream it below! Then browse their links to get more acquainted.
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If you weren’t aware, you can now stream the 6th edition of the Hi-Hat Club Series, brought to you by DJ Adlib (via MPM). The “Haus & Garten” release date is still January 20th, so listen to this now and pre-order it. Guests included are Black Spade, The Primeridian, Planet Asia, Frank Nitt, Declaime, Hubert Daviz, and Adi Dick.
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