Remix time, after a special request we get the real deal.

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Thanks for taking your time to read this and I’m sorry I’ve been so lax these last couple weeks!

OK, I don’t know much about this dude myself but I like his whole vibe. So check his music out below and some information regarding Black Atlass.

The Black Atlass EP:

The Black Atlass EP

Tracklisting
01 Castles
02 Ways
03 The Black Dog
04 HIlls
05 Paris (Interlude)
06 Paris

First single:

Whilst most of us celebrated the passing of Old Year’s by sharing kisses, and the clinking of champagne glasses, Black Atlass, stage name of 17 year old singer, songwriter and experimental producer Alex Fleming, was already beginning to churn the musical tides of 2012, when he released the visuals for his original composition, “Hills“.
Native to the eclectically romantic city of Montreal, and now temporary resident in London, Ontario, Atlass brings the Old World charm of his home and infuses it with stark synth landscapes and enormously empty drums not only creating a name for himself, but also eradicating any notions of a specific genre. Coupled with his dreamy, intensely reverbed vocals and inventive melodies, this young maverick has fashioned quite a unique project few will be prepared for. It’s something you have to hear to understand.

His recently released project, entitled “The Black Atlass EP” is a six song teaser of things to come. Even in the relatively brief foray, lasting only 18 minutes, Altlass manages to create a plethora of different productions styles varying from the sample heavy banger “Ways“, to the ethereal keys found cascading amidst the synthesizer wails of the Paris Interlude.
One of the most captivating aspects of this young artist can only be appreciated once you have witnessed him performing his special brand of crooning in person. Armed only with awkward personability and his MPD/computer combo, this troubadour sings while re-producing his beats live, to slay any notions of disbelief in regards to his talent. He even takes the process one step further when he records his music and plays each song’s instrumental in real time drectly from his MPD. This means when you listen to his music, the instrumental backing you hear accompanying his vocals are not the result of quantized drum patterns and sequencing, but fined tuned precision and enviable musical ability.

Fusing his polarizingly different sound-scape with an undeniable musicality, Black Atlass is definitely an act to look out for in 2012. You should expect to see a couple interesting collaborations with some well-known Toronto area performers before the end of this year.

Something great this way comes.

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Gizzle does his thing again, but I prefer this version in all honesty.

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MJ sample>>>

The Weeknd’s resident producer drops of his second full length release. (updated with 4 new tracks)

01 – MadexMen
02 – BexForever
03 – Furthur
04 – NuerxOld
05 – OldxRain
06 – TripxEnt
07 – 1stxFlr
08 – RedxBloor
09 – StillxShots
10 – PairxDis

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So JMSN dropped a near classic abum and now here we are with the screwed version of †Priscilla† making this an even more atmospheric experience.

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Courtesy of my dude pj04.

My favourite song from JMSN’s seriously dope debut †Priscilla† gets the visual treatment.

This video is kinda fucked up but hit the jump for the video explanation from JMSN himself:

Something Video Explanation

This Song is about that something thats inside of us all the time that we try to fill with these superficial things. Physical pleasure, monetary pleasure and whatever else we want and think we need. It never fills that space in us. But we continue to do it over and over again hoping the next time we’ll get a different result.

“There’s something there inside me and it wont go away”

“From what I’ve lost, I’ve somehow found, things are only what you make them.”

Its up to us to find peace within ourselves which is as always easier said than done.

This video was a story of the battle inside of ourselves we face everyday.

The Boy represents the sinister side of me that wants to indulge in all of my juvenile desires.

The Girls, represent the Leads sinister side. I used two girls because women; I feel like, have to hold back twice as much. They’re expected to be responsible sex.

They have double the expectations and pressure in the war of ones self, and what everyone’s perception of you is. Which matters to everyone. Even if they say it doesn’t.

The octopus represents ‘that something inside me’ that wont go away. Keeps pullin’ me in. Making me think I need what it has to offer. So I indulge.

The fish in the tub represents the girl soaking in her selfish desires. Theres a point where you do something so much it gets cloudy and you don’t realize you’re doing it as much. It becomes watered down and not that bad anymore. You get numb to the destructive behavior of yourself. Which is why the water turns white and cloudy and you cannot see the fish anymore.

The blood dripping out of the kids mouth is when we realize how much of a parasite these indulgences really are to our souls. These things that we try to fill our lives with. The dead ends that we want in our lives, that never ever seem to satisfy us. End up sucking our blood and control us.

When I’m pushing the girl under the water this represents the Baptism. The redness that flows out of her represents the thing inside of her. It’s a struggle but we can be cleaned of it. At least I hope so. I’m still working on it. The boy is laughing because he enjoys the struggle of hers. He loves pain. He feeds off seeing other people struggle. The dark side.

At the end of the baptism she returns to me. Freed of the demons that once haunted her.

But in the end we see that the girls are still there after all that. They’re just dormant and in the shadows waiting to strike again.

“Theres something there inside me and it wont go away”

Album Title : †Priscilla† 
Release Date : 1.11.12

1. Choices

2. Jameson

3. Alone

4. Do U Remember The Time

5. Somewhere

6. Hotel

7. Something

8. Fallin

9. Love & Pain

10. Fire

11. Jameson Pt. II

12. Runaway

13. Girl (I Used To Know) (Feat. Boldy James)

14. Let You Go

15. Lights

16. Nunca Se Sabra

So, JMSN’s new album is just days from release and I have managed to get my hands on the album thanks to his manager Brandon. Check out my first thoughts on the album after the jump:

This will be more of a preview rather than a review per se, but I can’t seem to find myself able to write a little account of the album without expressing my opinions. I wanted to be impartial and just write generally about the album but after my first listen I just can’t seem to hold myself back – this album is genuinely fantastic.

I was honestly expecting to hear an album that followed along the lines production-wise of his first two singles; “Hotel” and “Alone“, so you can understand that I was preparing to listen to an album that would probably get me all sad and depressed. But lo and behold, how wrong was I, the production is rich and layered and diverse throughout – it is masterfully produced by JMSN himself, for example Love & Pain infuses a saxophone amongst the the moody backdrop and JMSN’s hopeful lyrics. It’s a brilliant mixture, something that is so left-field yet follows along the lines of older ballads such as Wham’s “Careless Whisper“, albeit less flamboyantly (and rightly so) but the track then takes a modern approach and just explodes in the last half of the song. The point I’m trying to make is that the backdrop of which this album is set out in is incredible, this is a brilliantly produced album, a lot of people were making comparisons to The Weeknd’s work given the tone and nature of JMSN’s first two singles yet its so different to Abel’s work. Make no mistake, this is one of the best produced R&B projects I’ve heard in a while.

Lyrically JMSN is wordy and that’s a good thing, rather than being engulfed in a sea of melody like the other millions of generic R&B singers there are, you can actually understand what JMSN is saying. Some girl definitely hurt my dude and man is he waxing lyrical about it. The writing is top notch throughout and the singing is as good as it can be. JMSN can definitely hold a note and he does this throughout the whole album, he soars vocally in the highlight track “Do You Remember The Time” and man is the track “Something” amazing, he utilises his falsetto throughout the track and laments about something deep inside him that he just can’t seem to identify. “Something” to me is the highlight of the album, this is JMSN at his deepest and most personal, it feels almost intrusive to be listening to him. Something, that in this day and age where David Guetta is the go-to producer for R&B artists, is missing and JMSN is here to fill that void.

Finally, this album is certainly something. JMSN is a super talented artist and this album is just a stepping stone for him as bigger things will almost certainly come, almost every track here is strong and consistent throughout. The transitioning between tracks is great, it flows as if it is one long soliloquy and boy is it soulful. This is an artist who has genuinely put everything in this album – his heart and his soul, this is a musically rich and diverse listen that anyone who has suffered heartache can relate to. I urge you to get the album when it releases in just a few days, you will not be disappointed.

MellowHype (Hodgy Beats + Left Brain) x Domo Genesis = MellowHigh.

I guess we’ll hear more about this project after “Numbers” is released.

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