Kotchy – Falling in Love Last week, I met up with Jakub in Brooklyn and ended up DJ’ing with him at Brooklyn Bowl. While we were there, I met Kotchy, an experimental hip-hop/pop producer who mentioned an upcoming DJ night with him, Mike Slott and Machine Drum…details to come, I’m excited to find out more […]
I will be doing a post later this week on the weekend’s festivities in Ann Arbor at Forth From Its Hinges, but for today, I came across this mesmerizing composite image by UK-based photographer Martin Wilson. He has a really cool concept going here, and in other images on his site. Maybe one of these […]
Photography Alex on Jul 28 2009
Ulver – Eos Ever since my exposure to their 2007 masterpiece Shadows of the Sun, Ulver has become something of an obsession for me. Rising from their roots as a pioneering force of the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 90s, the band has since shapeshifted almost completely, taking cues along the way from […]
I’m pleased to announce I have finally convinced someone to make a cameo appearance on the blog. You may know him as ambient musician A Setting Sun, or dubstep DJ/producer Guardian, I know him as my buddy Jay (who goes by the nom de plume Laotze), and I am happy to have him on-board! He […]
I have been into hip hop since the age of 7 or 8, I can remember watching rap videos on MTV (without permission, of course), or when my Dad gave me a single from the Roots (Proceed/Distortion to Static), I remember watching the news of 2Pac’s murder in my inner city classroom where I spent […]
Later this week and weekend, I will be heading out to Ann Arbor, MI with Jakub, and my friends Bryan and Jonathan, who plays in a band called Corbu, for a huge music and art festival called Forth From Its Hinges. The brainchild of A2 natives Steve Hall and brothers Zachary and Ben Saginaw (who […]
Gonna really mix things up with today’s post, and we’ve got a couple freebies to enjoy! I have been bumping these releases while working on a bunch of projects, hopefully these tunes will add a little variety and spice to your workday! First up is Palm Skin Productions, with a sick track called Big Bear […]
Just a quick update to anyone interested, H/34: Creative Work, by Alex Koplin is online in it’s first iteration! After getting a few comments asking about my full portfolio, along with a couple of external influencing factors, I kicked a new effort into gear, aimed at finding a face for my main site, h34dup.com. Thanks […]
Time for some selections that are drenched in soul, two tunes that are contemporary manifestations of soul music, unique in their own right, along with two tunes that are the original definitions of soul. First up, a track off the new Mos Def, The Ecstatic. Now if you’re like me, you may have been a […]
Man oh man, I just can’t get enough of the Sea and Cake. I discovered them entirely too late…entirely. I had just found out about them last year, but they have been around since the early 90’s, releasing their debut self-titled album in 1994. A unique blend of light-hearted indie rock steeped in refined jazz […]
