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Green Owl and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - NinjaSonik

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GREEN OWL SHOWCASE: NINJASONIK Ninjasonik make infamous New York music. From ""Art School Girls"" to ""Tight Pant Wearing Nigga"", their tunes have become synonymous with a fuck-it-all approach to new music. Uncategorizable, perhaps avant-garde, this dance and MC unit is the voice Brooklyn.. They bring an adventurous, drug-addled I mean drug-aided clarity to any party. Ninjasonik aren't bogged down by cliches, they're too busy rocking the party with stupid-smart rhymes and re-purposed Lion King samples. babelgum.com/cmj

04:06

Green Owl and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Theophilus...
GREEN OWL SHOWCASE: THEOPHILUS LONDON Theophilus London is from Brooklyn, but his new-wave rap poems have quickly become the hottest shit in both New York and the UK. A wordsmith that's James-Dean cool, young London is the voice of a post hiphop generation. His rhymes cut through traditional rap braggadocio to explore new horizons and emotional landscapes. Below him, the beats are idiosyncratic and filled with synthesizers and talking drums. London's debut mixtape, This Charming Mixtape, came out 2009 to rave reviews. Expect a full-length in 2010. babelgum.com/cmj

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Green Owl and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Intro
GREEN OWL, NYC’s own sustainable and environmentally active record label put our forward-thinking-freestyling caps on for our CMJ ’09. When Essau of The Very Best had some visa issues it was a last minute scramble to fill their spot in a show case- the line up included Nijasonics, Grand Children and Theophilus London. Check out the rest of the clips from this CMJ showcase. And look our for more from The Very Best to come on this channel. babelgum.com/cmj

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Terrible Records and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Little...
Little Girls: If there’s been a ‘trend’ worth following in music this year, it could well be the gravitation towards under-produced, highly-conceptual lo-fi fuzz pop, a Pitchfork-endorsed sound re-popularized by the likes of Wavves, Crystal Stilts, Times New Viking and No Age, to name but a few. In Toronto one entry of note is Little Girls, an unlikely outfit grown from the basement studio stylings of 20-year-old Josh McIntyre, former Pirate/Rock member whose surprise post-punk minimalism created a buzz on both sides of the border before he had a chance to even explain himself. McIntyre, who cites as his biggest influences hip hop producers including the late great J Dilla, recorded and posted some songs under the moniker early this year with zero expectations. Their debut album Concepts, out on Paper Bag Records, is murky, moody and varied – just a few of the reasons they were picked to play the first Terrible Records Showcase for CMJ 09.

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Terrible Records and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Blood...
Devonte' Hynes is Blood Orange. In terms of side projects and unofficial material Dev Hynes must be amongst the most prolific in the game right now. His accumulative discography would dwarf acts who have been around twice as long and he's launched yet another project. Blood Orange is a lo-fi lounge pop outfit, not a million miles from Lightspeed Champion but one that reigns in that latters alt.country tendencies. Regardless of his stage name, Dev is a multi-talented songwriter, composer and musician from the UK whose new moniker, Blood Orange, is a fresh sound of pop and surf. Dev says he sings differently on this record, much more calculated and it has its own life to it. Equipped with his guitar and black Macbook, Dev seamlessly guided through a storybook of songs for his show at Pianos, as part of the Terrible Records showcase, most of which would cause one to dance; he did take the time to ask for the lights to be turned down for a more tender song but overall it was an energetic display of melodramatic lyrics and bouncy beats. Song “ Forget It”

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Ninjasonik at Beauty Bar
Ninjasonik performs at the Karmaloop party

05:58

Efterklang - Dig For Fire's SXSW '09
All the way from Copenhagen, Efterklang blows the audience away with a debut performance at Dig For Fire and Other Music's SXSW Lawn Party 2009. song: Mirador

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Green Owl and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Grandchildren
GREEN OWL SHOWCASE: GRANDCHILDREN There’s the unstoppable beats that drive trippy melodies, the surreal choirs of ominous voices and dizzying half familiar moments of rock and electonica augmented by unexpected instrumental stings. It’s ambitious and sonically dexterous and we think its about to take over the world. Not really, but the zeitgeist that these guys are wielding is special. In the odd new tradition of Animal Collective and Panda Bear, Grandchildren are the charming new beasts in town. Look out for a debut album on Green Owl in 2010. babelgum.com/cmj

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Terrible Records and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Class...
Class Actress, a recent Pitchfork "Rising" artist, also featured in New York Magazine's recent Brooklyn's Sonic Boom issue as one of "The 40 Songs That Define the Sound”, began in Elizabeth Harper's bedroom along with producer/psychoanalyst Mark Richardson and some choice vintage synths. The three piece dabbling in terrific noir-pop melodrama debut on Terrible Records with their EP entitled Journal of Ardency; also features songs produced by Scott Rosenthal and Jorge Elbrecht of Violens/Lansing-Drieden fame. Song “Someone Real”

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Hype Machine and Babelgum CMJ Showcase - Theophilus...
Thoephilus London Already blowing up in the UK, Brooklyn-based rapper and hip-hop artist Theophilus London started out gigging at poetry slams around NYC before dropping “This Charming Mixtape"" as a free download online. The superb mixtape showcased a love of electronic music and a sharp ear for beats. Big things are in store (check out his collaboration with Mark Ronson and Sam Sparro on the November episode of Hype Machine Radio!) but right now it’s his energetic live sets and catchy tunes that are making him the talk of the town. We filmed this performance of “Humdrum Town” at the Hype Machine/ Babelgum CMJ showcase so you can see what we’re talking about! babelgum.com/cmj

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KVRX Kids with Flip - Dig For Fire's SXSW '09
KVRX Austin college radio kids take Dig For Fire around to tell us about their crazy SXSW week. Ending in a killer performance of "Wake Up" by fresh mc Flip - Vincent Moon captures it all in his Take-Away style. Song: Wake Up.

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