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SANE BEATS - FALL INTO THE TRAP
Pretty much everyone who heard Jakwob’s Fade and the subsequent remixes; fell in love. The vibe, the lyrics, the sentiment - it all gelled together so perfectly. Just when you think all the remixes had been released up pops another one. Normally the latter remixes of any tune rarely throw up anything new but this time I was pleasantly surprised.
This remix was by Sane Beats, an 18 year old producer from London who had completely stripped away the majority of the track leaving the raw bones jangling in the breeze like wind chimes. It’s the kind of track that even if you don’t like trap (or even know what it is) you can adopt it into your music collection quicker than Madonna on safari.
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.
Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs. With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month. On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day. Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network. The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.
In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love. In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences. The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.
As I’ve said before, companies are all about people. Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing. I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.
Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.
IYES - THE GAME HAS JUST BEGUN
Photo: Tara K
I originally came across IYES after hearing Foamo drop the Hannah Wants remix of their first demo ‘Lighthouse’ in one of his mixes and instantly thought to myself “WHAT IS THAT TRACK?! I WANT IT”. After copious listens to Foamo’s mildly muffled namecheck I tracked down the Soundcloud of this fresh faced band from Brighton. Given the quality of the demo I was astounded (firstly that it was a demo at all) but that they had only a handful of followers on their Facebook page.
I had stumbled onto something rather good. Not just good but at the moment before the wave even forms; when it’s just a small ripple out in the middle of the ocean. Instantly I was on the blower - “I’ve found the next XX, you have to listen to this!”. Now, that sounds quasi-ridiculous but it was the only way I could describe what I was hearing with ‘Lighthouse’ and where I am certain they are going to go - at least with regards to popularity.
WOAH!
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters over darker people in the world. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.”
(Source: roarslionfiles)
ON REPEAT: CHVRCHES REMIX MS MR
Photo by Heiko
Glasgow. 2013. Given the latest crop of CHVRCHES remixes popping up you would have no idea the utterly joyous sound came from a place more commonly associated with poverty, alcholism & religious sectarianism. Oh, and a host of Frankie Boyle jokes. I guess the darker it is the brighter the light seems to shine. In fact it’s blinding.
CHVRCHES, better known as a 3 piece have started busting out a series of remixes. A few months ago they dropped this remix of St. Lucia which had us gasping for more. Unlike Yodel (if you’ve ever ordered anything from Argos you’ll know this name), they delivered….
