Luvstep Teaser from flufftronix on Vimeo.

I know I’m a couple days late on this, but really, is it ever too late for love?

This is Luvstep mix is destroying my sleep schedule!

MP3:

Direct Download (via Mad Decent)

Luvstep.com

Psymbionic – The Fozzie Bear Crunkadelic Mixtape by Psymbionic
Tracklist:
Reso – Hemisphere
Eskmo – Sister, You Have Got To Listen
PantyRaid – Enter The Machine
Mimosa – Dead Like Me
Siren – What a Life
Sub Swara – Hi Fidelity (ill.gates Remix) vs. Kraddy – Forget About Dre Instrumental
Klone – A Lot Kooler
FreddyTodd – Can’t Fathom This (NastyNasty Remix)
Product 1 – Ready2Rage (Bassnectar and Jantsen Remix)
Mochipet – Godzilla New Year (Vibesquad Remix)
The Widdler – Slow Dance Chubby vs. Seventh Swami – Escape Artists
Opiuo – Nun Cha Ka
Heyoka – Borscht
Bassnectar – Boombox (Bassnectar Remix) vs. Eprom – 64 Bytes (Eprom Remix)
Bird of Prey and Chillax’n – Pipe Dream

MP3:

Zomby vs. Actress – Nothing

From the offices of Tim Holland, aka Sole:

Today, with a heavy heart I end 11+ years of working with anticon. In the early days of the label, anticon was a pet project of mine, a life-long dream. We fulfilled the dream of a collectively run record label and put out many great records and stood as an image of defiance against the music industry. Those memories, I will always have and be proud of. Sadly, those times are gone, and I need to live in the present as I prepare for the future.

Leaving the company was not an easy decision, but it was made necessary by a number of factors. Upon returning to the states from a 2-year exile in Spain, I found myself increasingly at odds with the business end of anticon and began doing more DIY work via soleone.org. Running my own website and taking a more hands on approach with my art has always brought me great satisfaction and it is what I am choosing to return to. There are no ill feelings between myself and members of anticon. I will continue to work with many of the artists and will always love them as brothers and consider them allies. This is a decision to change the way my music will be exploited and adapt to shifting paradigms.

We created anticon as a response to what was going on at the time in the music industry – the indy boom of the late 90’s. There were still a viable music industry then and people bought records. That’s how we built up our empire. The music industry isn’t just dying, but what it means to be a recording artist is changing. Technology is making everything cheap, and cheapening everything it touches. Soon the old ways of selling records will be a distant memory, along with magazines, working musicians and employed blue-collar dads. It’s not a time to cry about the recession, or urge people to go to their local mom and pops and pick up the new sole & skyrider LP. Technology is working its magic, and instead of being a passenger on its ship, I have decided to plot a new course for myself.

The very fact that I have thrived in this environment still sometimes is a surprise to me. I’m 32 today. I put out my first vinyl when I was 16. For me its always been about ethics & passion, doing what felt right in my core and acting on that, whether or not it was the popular or conventionally wise thing to do.

From now on now all my releases will be made available @ soleone.org via my new label Black Canyon Records and exclusively distributed worldwide via Revolver USA. There is an email newsletter list ton soleone.org, if you wish to be kept in the loop on my releases/updates that will be the best place.

Peace
Tim “sole” Holland

new contact info:
tim @ soleone dot org (press, booking, inquries etc.)
twitter.com/mcsole
facebook.com/timhollandsole
myspace.com/timholland
www.soleone.org

Don’t look so misty-eyed kids; this is a good thing.

MP3:

Sole & the Skyrider Band – Longshots

I finally stumbled onto the “Spacious Thoughts” video, thanks to Inept Architect, at the Soleone Board. This was easily my favorite song off N.A.S.A.’s 2009 record, “The Spirit of Apollo.” I’m not sure how I missed this video, the first time around, but I had to point out how incredible Florescent Hill is!

Extra:

Digital Arts Feature on Florescent Hill, and the making of this video.

The planet lost one of its greatest thinkers today. I take comfort in the knowledge that Howard Zinn lives on, through his prolific body of work and the countless people, affected by his bold and compassionate teaching –a people, among which I proudly count myself.

“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people,
can transform the world.”

–Howard Zinn 1922-2010

They grow up so fast.

MP3:
Sebutones -To Mock A Killingbird

Odd Nosdam wants you to have this:

Odd Nosdom’s vol. 9 (2004-2007)

Boyo, this is a happy surprise! If you recognize some of this stuff, be sure to rub it in the faces of your ignorant friends.

Handmade CDRs will be available soon from the (more fluid) anticon store.

tracklist:

01 swirlie heads
02 ol fly mode
03 cheap beat
04 manifesto bit
05 sin carne bit
06 no meat beat
07 advanced loner
08 circus seas
09 country vile
10 phoner 2
11 phoner 3
12 collins beat
13 heather hopes
14 thank you
15 minmae days
16 beat for moms
17 manifesto beat
18 banks beat
19 dummies beat
20 f s attack version
21 upsetter dont play

You better act like you know.

At some point, the devastation and loss in the wake of the Haitian quake really becomes incalculable. The physical damage has been so pervasive, that we have yet to fully consider the massive cultural decimation, faced by a people with such a unique and compelling history. Nothing remains of the The Musee/Galerie D’Art Nader in Port-au-Prince, which housed the planet’s largest selection of Haitian Art. 12,000 artworks were lost, at and estimated financial value of $30 million to $100 million, but the cultural loss really is impossible to assess.

Full Story from WSJ.

"Wharf - Side 1990s" - Andre Normil