Just in case you wanted clarifications on how to pronounce the name of multi-talented Theophilus London offers his video ‘Last Name London‘ to help.
The Brooklyn raised rapper/producer has dropped the mixtapes ‘This Charming Mixtape’ and ‘I Want You’ to garner online success before the release of ‘Lovers Holiday‘ EP earlier this year. With collaborations with Gorillaz as and Mark Ronson under his belt already the 22 year old’s star looks set to keep rising.
Theophilus’ debut album ‘Timez Are Weird These Days’ later this year and boasts work from a bunch of A-listers producers such John Hill (Santogold), Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio), Jokke (Swedish House Mafia) and Ariel Rechstshaid (Murs)
I woke up this morning to messages from friends back in London and a busy twitter stream referencing the passing of AmyWinehouse from a suspected drug overdose. Whilst I can not say I’m entirely surprised by the news it is saddening to lose such a talented vocalist at such a young age.
Love her or hate her Amy came to symbolize a fresh new British sound that exploded all over the world a few years back and was adored by both music aficionados and fairweather fans alike. Paradoxically it was also this meteoric rise to fame that brought a bunch of hangers on and guaranteed she was constantly in the limelight (courtesy of the nice people at News International amongst others).
Winehouse joins “The 27 Club“, or in the words of Cobain‘s mother ‘The Stupid Club“, with the likes of Joplin, Hendrix, Cobain and Morrison. Her musical legacy will be the often played tracks from ‘Back To Black‘ as well as a bunch of stellar guest performances for the likes of MarkRonson.
The sad thing being that if you cancelled out external influences we had every right to expect her to be ever present in our lives offering fresh cuts and collaborations over the years with that gorgeous voice.
We chose to remember her looking young and fresh eyed like in the video above, fresh and somewhat naive, before the fame tornado hit her life.
Rest in Peace Miss Amy Winehouse, hope the after party is great.
Mailer Daemon first came to my attention when I featured Australian band Lions At Your Door and posted his awesomeremix of their track ‘L.A.Y.D.’ . I have played it at Hands Up Who Cares regularly and it never fails to get bodies moving on the dancefloor.
The Malaysian raised Sydney based DJ and producer is gearing up for his own release with a series of mixtapes, energetic DJ performances and an album remixing some of Australia’s brightest talent.
Mark Ronson meets Timbaland? Watch him take his East vs West hip-hop and electro beats to the next level
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