Throwback Thursdays: Exclusive Download: /ˈjedˌīak/ - “1000 Komradz” (2Pac vs. Vanessa Carlton)

Happy Thursday y’all! It’s been over a year since I did something for our Throwback Thursdays so I figured why not share some exclusive content with a new retro themed remix/mashup. Featuring the late, great, 2Pac Shakur’s “Komradz” and Vanessa Carlton’s mega hit from 2002 “A Thousand Miles” I give you “1000 Komradz.”  As always you can give it a spin, download, and share with others from the player below…

/ˈjedˌīak/ - 1000 Komradz (2Pac vs. Vanessa Carlton)
2Pac - "Komradz" vs. Vanessa Carlton - "A Thousand Miles"
Recorded July 2014 in LIC, NY
98.13 BPM Key G#m
Design By Jediak

Throwback Thursday's: Spike Jonze's "How They Get There"

I don't really think I need to recap the career or filmography of Spike Jonze as most people are pretty familiar with it.  Along with some of his early music video work (Daft Punk - Da Funk, Ween - Freedom of 76' ) one of my favorites he did was a short film entitled "How They Get There" filmed in 1997, starring ex-skater Mark Gonzales & Lauren Curry.  It is short and sweet and encapsulates a lot of the style and humor that Jonze has become known for.

Throwback Thursdays: 1983 Basquiat Interview

This week’s Throwback Thursday comes in the form of an interview with legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The interview was conducted in early 1983 in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio on Crosby Street in SOHO, taped at about 3pm shortly after Jean-Michel woke up for the day, it begins slowly and picks up as the artists begins to wake. Conducted by Dr. Mark H. Miller, Curator and Adjunct Professor of Art History at New York University the 34 min. interview is pretty odd but a rare gem worth checking out with some great insights from the artist including calling hip hop a fashion movement that has already passed!

Throwback Thursdays: The Avalanches - "Record Club Mixes +"

Until The Avalanches drop some new material I’m going to keep revisiting the old so I might as well make it part of this week’s Throwback Thursday right?  If you’re a super fan of the group like me then you might already be part of their record club, a source for all non commercial releases from the Australian collective including rare mix’s, remix’s, DJ set's and B-sides reaching back as far as 1997 and if you aren’t then this is going to be quite a treat! Here are 14 downloads worth of material to dominate your holiday season and beyond or at least until the rumored 2012 release of the groups sophomore lp drops, enjoy…

Thank You Caroline - b side of debut 7" - 1997

Gimix - A Mixtape by Robbie - 2000

A Different Feeling - Carl Craig Paperclip People Remix - 2001

The Avalanches 'Cornerstone' Mix  - A Mix by Robbie (w/Dexter's DMC set 15:20 thru 17:15) - 2001

The Avalanches Minimix live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic  - 2001

The Avalanches on Tim Sweeney's 'Beats in Space' Radio Show  - Robbie & Dexter – 2001

The Avalanches on BBC Radio 1 'Breezeblock' Show - 2001

The Avalanches on XFM 'One Night Stand' Radio Show - Robbie & James de la Cruz – 2001

Since I left You - the Recipe - n/a

Some People - A Mixtape by Robbie - 2005

Brains Mixtape Teazer - Teazer for Unreleased 'Brains' Mixtape - 2005

Soca! Sirens! Brains! - Full Length Brains Mixtape (Robbie Tony & Darren @ Brains) - 2005

Ray of Zdarlight - Wham vs Digitalism Bootleg by Robbie - 2006

The Avalanches Yoga Mind Meld Zombie Relaxation Tape - Mixtape by Darren - 2006

Throwback Thursdays: Unkle - "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape"

I thought for this Throwback Thursday I would bring back a classic piece of wax from 1997, Unkle - "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape" (Toys Factory Records) featuring Nigo & the Scratch Perverts.  As you might be able to pull from its name, this track is chalk full of samples from the Planet of the Apes film series.

Nigo (Tomoaki Nagao) eventually re-released this song on his debut album "Ape Sounds" (MoWax Records) 3 years later and called it "March of the General".  He technically only really produced this album (leaving musical duties to people like James Lavelle, Ben Lee, Money Mark, etc) and acted as art director but has continued to use the ape motif eventually creating his own music label (Ape Sounds) and through out his clothing line, BAPE which is singlehandedly responsible for making hip-hop kids look like fluorescent Anime characters.

BONUS: Nigo - "Kung Fu Fightin"