Woodkid took some time off directing videos for Lana Del Rey and Drake and shot the video for his highly anticipated follow-up single Run Boy Run. After stunning the world last year with the jaw-dropping video for the powerful Iron, Yoann Lemoine strikes again with Run Boy Run. A full-length The Golden Age is on its way - until then you can just watch this piece of art over and over again.
Beyond proud to present you “The Amanaemonesia” – an internet-wide dance contest to re-make or re-interpret the cryptic and crazy dance of Chairlift’s Amanemonesia. Click on the .gif to read more about it, find out out how you can join the contest and have a chance at winning an exclusive Chairlift package.
Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) teamed up with Dev Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, for a special version of the former’s Never Let Me Go. In essence it’s the same song, but this version has a bit of a lo-fi R&B glam-pop vibe - and that works surprisingly well.
“Rhythms from West Africa are integrated with voices from Harlem, conversations about race and identity between writers and ethnomusicologists are constructed, speeches from activists are conjoined with the voices of prisoners.”
Romare uses samples from songs, speeches, interviews, field recordings and combines this with twostep, all to explore the connection between African and African-American music. The result is a very forward-thinking, unique four-track EP Meditations on Afrocentrism (which is out now on Black Acre) that takes the best out of both worlds. Just like the artwork, it is a collage - an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. This is how Jai Paul would sound like if he’d spend a Summer recording in Africa. Highly recommended.
Elite Gymnastics keep a very appealing rhythm in this new track Life/Trap, which is taken from RUIN 4 and was produced & mixed by CFCF. Head over to the Acéphale shop to get your package.
Yours Truly shot Willis Earl Beal singing Disintegrating through the phone for a fan (“Hi is this Willis?”), whilst drawing something for a fan. Shot in his room at his grandma’s house in the south side of Chicago, easily one of Yours Truly’s most cinematic and best videos so far. Imagine calling that number and hearing that voice - I’d call back instantly.