Today's Track: Doo Wop (Pedestrian & Maribou State Remix)

Classic Lauryn Hill track re-educated for 2012. Did you see what I just did there?

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Monokle - Birds Swirl EP

Another release in the wave of post-something genres we've been seeing all over the place recently. Russian producer Monokle mixes organic guitar sounds with heavy basslines and beats that fall somewhere along the increasingly blurry boundary between hip-hop and post-dubstep. There's also a distinct atmospheric quality to his tracks that reminds me of post-rock, or perhaps of what Boards of Canada would sound like if they took less drugs. This one's a must-listen.

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Lecture: Clams Casino

Daily Dope: Years

Austrian artist Bartholomäus Traubeck has created a record player that analyzes the rings in a slice of wood, then translates this data into musical notes and plays it. His own description doesn't go into too much detail, but it appears as if the notes are constrained so that they make melodical sense. This makes the whole thing slightly less exciting, but it's still a good watch. Reminds me of the beautifully desolate piano pieces by Arvo Pärt.

Jamie Grind: Free EP

No better way to end the weekend than with some free music. Jamie Grind released a free EP consisting of four tracks. Future RnB/Garage/Bass ish. Go get some.

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Daily Dope: Star Wars Uncut

Star Wars Uncut is an online project to crowd-source an all-out remake of Episode IV. They've cut up the entire movie into 15 second segments, and let people remake and share individual slices. Now, two guys have stitched together some highlights and uploaded an entire full-length remix. A New Hope, Web 2.0 style.

The result is a little unsettling at first because everything changes, all the time, but it is also nothing short of genius. You'll laugh, you'll cry, but mainly you'll be saying 'WTF' a lot.

Running time: 124 minutes

Hands on the Wheel

Today's Track: Fort Romeau - "Jack Rollin"

Just My Type

PIPA and SOPA Blackout

Afromullets stands in solidarity with countless other websites and webizens to raise awareness of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), two bills up for vote in the U.S. Congress that would censor and slow the growth of the Internet. See what Google and Wikipedia have to say about SOPA and PIPA.