Neon Installation by Photographer Lee Jung
Night & Day by Hot Chip
Directed By Peter Serafinowicz
What you smokin, bro?
Closer (our favorite)
Devotion
Leave
Strangers
Friction
Leave a comment with your favorite track!
Life is too short to remove USB safely.
American Dream (Part II) by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (T.E.E.D.)
Lando, the guy who makes it fashionable to frown, wear sexy headpieces and just be a regular bad-ass. You could watch all of his videos and be massively entertained for the entire duration of the video. Eye-rollingly hipster to the point where’s it’s not. And not one fuck was given during the shoot of this video.
Garden by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ft. Luisa
Neil Gaiman’s address to the University of the Arts Class of 2012
For the freelancers, the artists and any people that are looking for some encouraging words.
Some photos from the A L.A.S. album launch with the Deep Crates Cartel this Thursda, at Casa Latina! It was an epic night! Congratuulations Desmo Records!
More pictures to follow!
Photo credit: Alistair Jameson (Spiky Penguin)
http://www.ajameson.com/
RIP Donna Summer - no one grooves like you.
The new Overseers logo designed by John Ganta a.ka. Mr Raizuli.
Print credit: Max Andrew Dubinksy (MAD/Genius)
Nick Wooster is The Raizuil’s doppelganger! Mein Gott!
Young MC/beat maker Obi Von, once based in Dubai and now ever so existential in London, placed these scrap beats out for public ears and I died a thousand deaths. Good deaths. I’m going to start by describing these scrap beats as syrupy. Yes syrupy. Theres a complete richness that comes with these scraps, a richness that comes with maple syrup.
There’s a layering of thought and emotion which are a series of things that the universe has bestowed upon us to be human. In return, people like Obi Von (Timothy Vaughn) flings back at the universe’s general direction. He comes baring enchanted gifts of sound that seem to be a profound collaboration between the mind and the heart. I’m sorry for sounding like stinky cheese here (if ever stinky cheese were to make a sound), but this hip hop MC/beat maker encompasses the very action of “feeling” as opposed to other contemporary drone-like beat makers i’ve been listening to lately.
I was in my car blasting this whole playlist and I was taken into a whole other world of goodness. It became my goodness. Summer’s heat is in town, I didn’t even give the heat the time of day because of the fuck I didn’t give when his music was playing. My windows were wide open and it felt as if Obi Von’s composed pieces fabricated a breeze in my car. “Scrap 3” definitely takes the cake for me. He has a very unorthodox method of beat creation in this track which made me feel like he might have been inspired by Delia Derbyshire, one of the founding mothers of electronic music back in the 50’s.
I don’t know, I would describe it as quirky, unearthly hip hop. It’s not very grounded at all which is so refreshing because a lot of the other hip hop I listen to is very much about being grounded. Von’s scraps just made their way into my room and sat themselves into my life that day and today and tomorrow and still reverberate in low resonance from yesterday. They are melancholic, romantic, non-sensical and down right beautiful.
-Aya Atoui-
Aya Atoui is a fantastic photographer - we featured her a while back and if you haven’t already, you must take a second to check out some of her stuff.
This weeks playlist includes Franz Ferdinand, Q-Tip, Coeur de Pirate, Spank Rock, Santigold, Andre Crom and our new favorites DLRN and Ultraista
Raizuli hopes you enjoy.
It’s the right amount of electronic darkness - that riff is plain nawty, shawty.
Raizuli says “Slow Jam like it’s yo biznass”
The up and coming Desmo Records will be launching their first album with Deep Crates and ABSOLUT, a modern infused variation of traditional Argentinean and Uruguayan folk music with remixes by some of the finest producers around the world including Mark Farina, Up Bustle and Out, Mo’Horizons, Jon Kennedy, The Orb, etc.
This is something new and exciting for Dubai no doubt. You probably won’t, actually, you WILL NOT, find anything like the tight music you’re going to hear from the new A L.A.S. album launch this Thursday.
It’s absolutely mind blowing because on one hand you have those really traditional sounds and real instruments but the next layer are these subtle house/ electronic beats that just give the tracks this really modern and fresh feel. It makes you feel like you’re gonna have a new partying experience: not that same old heavy stuff.
In addition, there will be sick art inspired by the songs in A L.A.S. on display around Casa Latina throughout the night.We also have an exclusive interview with Adriano Konialidis, founder of Desmo Records and producer of A L.A.S.
As a producer, what kind of projects are you drawn to?
When I was based in London, I produced a lot of folksy singer/songwriters. I tend to gravitate towards projects with an organic and raw sound. But at the same time, I sometimes integrate the organic sound with touches of house, chillwave and ambiance. The truth is, my passion lies with recording bands and musicians. I love recording live music and being able to connect with it on that organic level.
Who would be the ultimate producers to work with?
Actually, all the producers that worked on this album would make that list! Mark Farina, Up Bustle and Out, Mo’Horizons, Jon Kennedy, The Orb, Stimming and others!
How did you get A L.A.S. together?
I came across this south american folk and tango band playing in a restaurant last year and what started out as just sampling became a demo recording and then just grew into the bigger project that it is today!
Where will A L.A.S. be available?
It will be available in Virgin Megastores in Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain and in the United States, in Chicago with Groove Distribution and soon in the U.K.
How are you feeling about the launch?
I’m very excited - Dubai has the space for projects like these. Infact there should be so many more projects like this coming to light.
Thanks, Adriano! See you at the launch.
You really should schedule this in for Thursday night - Casa Latina at 10 pm - you’re not gonna get fresher than this album launch. There’s also wine on the house for the ladies till midnight. :O Vamanos! RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/238424469590375/
Wicked Games (cover) by Coeur de Pirate
Our much loved song Wicked Games transformed into pure distilled air by the lovely Béatrice Martin of Montreal a.k.a. Coeur de Pirate
Ok, covers are usually slowed down acoustic version of these songs in their original glory. But we’ll give it a pass for Martin because she makes the Raizuli feel loved.
Isn’t that fantastic? The highest resolution satellite perspective of the Earth: thanks Elektro-L No.1
Her beautiful, ethereal, nymph like sensibilities draw you in and just psych you out with their vibrancy and child-like freedom - don’t we need more of that? As an illustrator, she is extremely talented and we are so excited to be working with her. More to come from this lady of skill. Click on them for a fullscreen view.
Check out her portfolio here: http://ssligh.daportfolio.com/
The definition of Egotism - unmatched by the likes of the Raizuli
Taigan by Bam Spacey
It’s smooth, velvet, lonliness.
Don’t enjoy, just let it alllll out.