Ras G -Sumatime
Ras G live at Fat Beats L.A. Final In-Store Producer Showcase
Ras G live on the SP-404 show’n kids how it’s done at the Fat Beats Los Angeles producer showcase(09/16/2010). This event took place just a few days before the Fat Beats LA retail store unfortunately closed its doors for good.
Teebs ‘Why Like This’, from the forthcoming debut album ‘Ardour’. Get a FREE download of this track at FACT magazine.
Teebs – ‘Arthur’s Birds’
Taken from the forthcoming Teebs album ‘Ardour’, released on Brainfeeder on 11 October. Free download of this track at LA Times.
“Teebs has such a unique and tender magic, as an artist, as a producer and as a human being…He’s a gifted and rare kind…”
- Mary Anne Hobbs
“Everything he does is gold, he does HIS thing, always has and I suspect, always will.”
- Dimlite
As music from the Los Angeles area thrives and swells across the globe, one of it’s most beloved and deeply rooted members steps out with an LP full of infectious melodies, subtle hip-hop and a kaleidoscope of sound. Music for the imagination.
Ardour is the debut album by long time running My Hollow Drum, Dublab, and recent Brainfeeder artist, Teebs. Born in New York to Malawi and Barbados origins, Mtendere (pronounced “ten-
de-ra”) (Chichewa for “Peace”) Mandowa, is a 23 year-old producer who bounced around the East Coast before finally planting his feet in the Southern California suburb of Chino Hills.
A city known for it’s rolling hills and FBI ranking of one of the safest in the United States, Teebs developed his artistry right outside Los Angeles’ county line and just south of the Orange County beach community. Music may have come by accident, literally. A skateboard injury sidelined Teebs, which led to a concentration on art.
Through great focus and vision, Teebs made a name for himself as a skilled painter. His artwork found on canvases of all form, from walls to record covers, become imbued with vibrant color, energy, and shape.
From paint and brush, Teebs slowly found himself in the world of music making.
Early in his musical pursuits, Teebs joined a group of like-minded friends and producers who went by the name ‘My Hollow Drum’. Within this crew, he was able to build new ideas, share works and perfect his production craft. Intrigued with what was going on in Los Angeles’ evolving electronic scene, he never expected to fall directly into it.
He began interning for the acclaimed online radio stream, Dublab. This sparked his self-expression, spirit and growth as an artist. Being around music, art and a creative atmosphere while brushing shoulders with the artists he admired from the area.
Teebs was accepted into the Red Bull Music Academy for their 2008 edition in Barcelona, Spain. Upon arrival back home, Teebs became even more focused on his music and art. A chance meeting with Flying Lotus led to his involvement and joining of the newly founded Brainfeeder collective. Having previously heard from local producers and DJs about this new up and comer, Lotus didn’t hesitate to take Teebs under his wing after hearing some of his earliest beats. Ardour began to bloom.
Ardour was made during two major periods of his life. Having just lost his job and with little to no money, Teebs moved into the same apartment complex as Flying Lotus and shared living quarters with another Brainfeeder affiliate, Samiyam. It was here that the beginning stages and one-half of Ardour were created. Before Teebs was aware his album was showing itself, his father who had been terminally ill, passed away. He moved back home and stopped making music.
Back home, Teebs finished were he left off.
Ardour, two years in the making, is the result of Teebs’ journey thus far. More than the music, it’s the feeling he wants to convey. The idea of hearing something you really love, the moment you know something is really special. Flying Lotus said, “Teebs music sounds like an island vacation…The way Avatar looks.” What’s often said about Teebs’ sound is the warmth it has on the listener. It’s only fitting that a title like Ardour, which is defined as “great intensity and warmth” is used to represent this essential chapter to the ever-growing puzzle of Los Angeles.
Released by: BRAINFEEDER
Release/catalogue number: BFDNL011
Release date: Oct 4, 2010
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This October, Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder imprint will release the first album by Mtendere Mandowa, AKA Teebs.
Mandowa is the latest young artist Flying Lotus has taken under his wing, following Lorn and Ras G, both of whom released debut albums on Brainfeeder over the past two years. Born in New York to Malawi and Barbadian parents, the 23-year-old producer was primarily a visual artist until he moved to LA and fell in with a collective called My Hollow Drum, who turned him onto the city’s electronic music scene. Since his debut a few years ago, he has put out an EP on Svetlana Industries, landed a track on Mary Anne Hobbs’s Wild Angels compilation and attended the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona. Soon he crossed paths with Flying Lotus, who liked the feel of his early tracks and brought him into the Brainfeeder stable.
Musically, Teebs is an easy fit for Brainfeeder: his tracks are loose, hip-hop inspired and described by Flying Lotus as sounding “the way Avatar looks.” Ardour features 18 new productions by Teebs, plus cover art painted by the man himself.
Tracklist
01. You’ve Changed
02. Bound Ball
03. Double Fifths
04. While You Doooo
05. Moments
06. Burner
07. Wind Loop
08. Lakeshore Ave.
09. Arthur’s Birds
10. Gordon
11. Bern Rhythm
12. Felt Tip
13. King Bathtub
14. My Whole Life
15. Long Distance feat. Gaby Hernandez
16. Why Like This
17. Humming Birds
18. Autumn Antique
Brainfeeder will release Teeb’s Ardour on October 18th, 2010.
(RA)
download GLK x LORN -Low End Theory Podcast XV
Episode 14: Nobody and Take
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Episode 13: Daddy Kev and Nocando
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Episode 12: D-Styles and Shlohmo
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Episode 11: Gaslamp Killer and Kutmah
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Episode 10: Nobody and Free the Robots
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Episode 9: Daddy Kev and Dibiase
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Episode 8: D-Styles and The Glitch Mob
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Episode 7: Gaslamp Killer and Mary Anne Hobbs
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Episode 6: Nobody and Mono/Poly
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Episode 5: Daddy Kev and Daedelus
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Episode 4: D-Styles and Nosaj Thing
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Episode 3: Gaslamp Killer and Ras G
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Episode 2: Nobody and Mike Slott
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Episode 1: Daddy Kev and SAMIYAM
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Mary Anne hosts from LA with an exclusive set from Nosaj Thing and interviews with The Gaslamp Killer, Samiyam and Daddy Kev. Plus a Future Sound of LA mix from Matthew David.
Mary Anne Hobbs-Live on Radio 1 06-05-2010
Music played
Teebs — Double Fifths White
ASC — Microsia White
DJ Remttic feat MED — Do It Stonesthrow
Downliners Sekt — Negative Green White
Mathew David – Future Sound of Los Angeles Mix
Oscar McClure — Compost Leaving Records
Rainbow — Live at dublab’s Tonalism White
Henry Miller Library — Big Sur CA (md ragamix) Unreleased
Matthew David — When you need to disappear Unreleased
Matthew David — Trusss Unreleased
Matthew David – Dia y Noche — unreleased
Matthew David — No need to worry Unreleased
Matthew David — Mean too much Unreleased
Ras G — Discipline (md ragamix) Leaving Records
RUN DMT – Baby — Bong Voyage Wigflip Records / Self-Released
Matthew David — all you’ll never know unreleased
Matthew David — Prayers at bedtime (Demo) Unreleased
Veux — Late key Unreleased
Aloe Blacc feat Imogen Heap — Music White
Daddy Kev, GasLamp Killer and Samiyam in Studio
Samiya — Cushion White
Daddy Kev Pick
Dibiase – Untitled — Alpha Pup White
SamiYam Pick
Danny Brown — Guitar Solo White
Daddy Kev Pick
Baths — Untitled White
Gas Lamp Killer Pick
Blu Jemz — Hvrkraft Computer Jay remix Dubplate
Nosaj Thing LA Refugee Radio Mix
[unknown] — Unknown White
[unknown] — Unknown White
Caves — Unknown White
Jogger — Nice Tights (Nosaj Thing Remix) White
[unknown] — Unknown White
[unknown] — Unknown White
[unknown] — Unknown White
To celebrate 4/20 and the forthcoming album release of ‘Cosmogramma’, Flying Lotus and members of his Brainfeeder crew descend on the Dublab studios for several hours to play some records and make some sounds especially for you.
FlyLo will take you through the chosen cuts from his new LP Cosmogramma, out 3rd / 4th May.
Other participants include The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G, Daedelus, Teebs, Matthewdavid, Dr. Strangeloop and mor
These are the direct stream links – if one is busy, try the next one.. and so on.
LISTEN 1
LISTEN 2
(IN iTUNES IT’s ‘MENU > ADVANCED > OPEN AUDIO STREAM’ then PASTE IN THE URL)
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