A friend of mine introduced me to Gotan Project several years ago and needless to say I've been a fan since. In November Gotan Project released a live album known as Gotan Object. It is an amazing live double disc album. It's the live stuff from their Lunatico tour, and La Revancha del Tango tour. Gotan Object sums up their work with a photobook and live video footage of their tours. Get the Limited Edition Boxed Set here which comes with a bonus 7" vinyl which features Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) and Diferente (Versión Orquestral) 'old school style'...you gotta hear'em. Check out some of those tracks below and be sure to get that album set. I got mine and it's completely dope.

Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
Solal (Live edit)

Labels: Electronica, tango

I'm proud to tell y'all about yet another amazing effort by a group of talented musicians known as Heroes of the Dancefloor! These guys mix some jazz, dub, hip hop, electronica, under and over soulful vocals from Mamazu. Their new album Torch mixes all those elements on different tracks so you literally can get different flavors track to track. The most amazing part about this release is 100% of the proceeds will go to fight homelessness in NY through Picture The Homeless and Coalition For The Homeless.

Their previous album, Momentum, took a similar jab at homelessness with proceeds going to SF based Coatlition On Homelessness. On Both album, HotDF have made it clear that NO money will go to the musicians including any mechanicals, royalties or publishing. Excellent. Bottom line: You get awesome music and it helps provide for the needs of those less fortunate. Ready to give thanks?! It really takes the effort of people and their talents to make differences happen EVERYDAY.

The Knack

Get the album here and here.

According to the annual report by the Coalition on Homelessness "New York has reached a new record for the number of homeless families living in our shelters. In this year alone the number of people living in homeless shelters has increased by 11% and the number of children has increased by 18% to over 14,000.

Picture The Homeless is an award winning grass roots organization in New York City that was founded and is led by homeless New Yorkers in 1999. They are the only organization in NYC, and one of the few nationally, that is led by homeless people. Their organizing campaigns focus on changing the structural causes of homelessness as well as making improvements in the delivery of life sustaining services to homeless individuals and families. As a complement to the soup kitchens, shelters and advocacy organizations, it is critical that homeless people themselves have a seat at the table where public policy decisions are made that impact our lives and communities. Picture The Homeless is proud to have been selected for a Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award. Their motto is Don't Talk About Us, Talk With Us!

The Coalition For The Homeless is the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children. They believe that affordable housing, sufficient food, and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since 1981, they've fought successfully for lasting solutions to homelessness through our renowned advocacy. They provide housing, food, job training, crisis services and children's programs to over 3,500 New Yorkers each day.

Labels: causes, dub, Electronica

Hope y'all are havin' a great weekend. I wanted to share some rad tracks with you from Homesic. Mark is from Oregon, Joe is from the UK. They've appreciated eachother's solo work and one day decided to collaborate on a track. They both dug it so why not be a duo?! They are layering dope electronic beats and playful glow-fi but the crazy part is that they haven't even met eachother in person! As of March of this year, they are known as Homesic, which is a product of their yearnings for creating nostalgic atmospheres through your ears. Last minute get away through IDM for sure.

Oh Day Dreamer
We Are Plankton

Labels: Electronica, IDM