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Ohwww shit… It’s most definitely on now… B...

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:13:35 +0100

Ohwww shit… It’s most definitely on now… B Dolan and Sage on some EPIC BEARD MEN SHIT. Watch this and share it with your crew or entourage and watch em bug out. It’s been totally optimised for your Panasonic VHS player too so you know it’s game tight. Reanimator did the beat, and I made the lil’ intro with the cuts. Aupheus filmed my mini-cameo! Fun stuff. ASSEMBLE YOUR CREW!!! And if you’re not on board, listen to the chorus. 2 Bad.

!!! ORDER HOUSE OF BEES Volume 2 HERE YO !!!

I didn’t have access to beats in 1989, so for this...

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:45:48 +0100

I didn’t have access to beats in 1989, so for this “Mother’s Day Rap” I used two tape decks to loop the open section of a De La Soul song. A segment of this old recording appears on my “Personal Journals” album and now that we’re celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of its release it’s as good time as any to release this old recording in its entirety. It’s not the best rap in the world but it was better than just signing my name on a Hallmark card.
I dedicate this to all the moms who let their kids play in the mud as well as the moms who make their kids clean up their act. My mom stayed supportive and let me explore my creativity, but she also pushed me to do good in school, work hard, and she didn’t put up with any BS.
Enjoy the free download and have a Happy Mother’s Day!
-Sage Francis

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www.tinyurl.com/PersonalJournals
www.SageFrancis.net

PHYSICAL PRE-ORDERS AND PACKAGE DEALS AVAILABLE AT: ...

Wed, 09 May 2012 21:45:02 +0100

PHYSICAL PRE-ORDERS AND PACKAGE DEALS AVAILABLE AT:
http://tinyurl.com/HouseOfBeesVol2

DIGITAL PRE-ORDER NOW ON SALE AT:
http://tinyurl.com/HOB2Digital

“KING BEE”, the swag-heavy song featured on the HOUSE OF BEES Vol. 2 video trailer, was the intended first single for the album. However, the recent passing of rap legend Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys) stopped us all in our tracks and set a different tone among the hip-hop community. As a result, we’ve decided to put bravado aside for a minute and leak a song that’s fit to honor his passing and the moment.

“STILL HERE” is HOBV2’s album opener and acts as a mission statement of sorts. Here is what B. Dolan has to say about it :

“In 2010 my father was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of lung cancer and died within the span of 8 months. All of this happened at the same time SFR released ‘FALLEN HOUSE, SUNKEN CITY’, and I embarked on the most ambitious touring schedule of my career.

Needless to say, that year was devastating in every way. For the first time since age 12, I found myself questioning what I do and considered walking away from it. I’ve always taken pride in the ‘dues paid’ for my art, but in the face of a loss that great, everything can suddenly seem too awful, too futile, and too difficult to continue doing.

The beat used for “Still Here” was literally one of the most important parts of finally pulling myself out of that tailspin… Something about those bagpipes or whatever that sound is that Buddy sampled. I remember listening to it for the first time and feeling the hair on the back of my neck stand up. ‘They haven’t killed me yet.’ is the thought I immediately had when the beat dropped, and everything followed from there.”

Rest in Peace to MCA and all of our dearly departed. Through the impact they’ve had on our lives and the legacy they’ve given to the world, they’re Still Here.

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Kelpe EP launch- come watch us play...

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:40:12 +0100

HEY YO! I’m playing at this on Tuesday 8th May. I turly can’t wait. MPCs and bloody hands. Sound good? Let’s get bloody.

XXX

therealbdolan: HOUSE OF BEES VOL. II is finally here. Please...

Wed, 02 May 2012 22:32:24 +0100

therealbdolan:

HOUSE OF BEES VOL. II is finally here. Please Repost.

OH SHIT.

More to come…

Be afraid and excited.

A wonderful mini-doc from Record Store Day 2012, on location at...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:37:55 +0100

A wonderful mini-doc from Record Store Day 2012, on location at Banquet Records in Kingston! So amazing to see the power moves being made there each and every day, with some truly great people handling business full time. I was fortunate enough to spend a little over 5 years in their employ, and you can take it from me that they are TRULY deep in it and worth supporting. There are a lot of reasons that it’s continued to grow and flourish in a time where people would have you believe record shops are dying, and some of these are prominently displayed in this video.

Add the shop link to your favourites and peep game when you have the chance.

Much, much love to Banquet, always!

bpXXX

My 'A.D.D.' 5min mix series

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:27:43 +0100

Here is my mini series of mini-mixes, up now for download/stream/all that good stuff, with info on what’s up when you head to the Soundcloud page. Each one is themed (a little loosely but themed nonetheless!), and there is a lot of edity production action happening in each. You’ll hear what’s up, there’s a lot going on…

Hope you like em- thanks for peeping, as always y’all.

bpX

paulftompkins: Two minutes, fifty-eight seconds and well worth...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:27:41 +0100

paulftompkins:

Two minutes, fifty-eight seconds and well worth the time.

“I dissected all of Hitchcock’s Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions. The order of events stays true to the movie’s plot.”

- Jeff Desom

Good goddamn… I’m so happy there are people out there doing stuff like this. Bless ya!

FREE DOWNLOAD! If you care to support the Plum, his album is on...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:36:21 +0100

FREE DOWNLOAD! If you care to support the Plum, his album is on CD & MP3 at http://tinyurl.com/CurtisPlumSFR
On Bandcamp at http://strangefamousrecords.bandcamp.com/album/call-my-cellphone
On iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-my-cellphone/id349773209

This is an extended version of Curtis Plum’s “Vin Diesel” song. Additional verse by B. Dolan. Produced by Curtis Plum. STRANGE FAMOUS RECORDS!
www.StrangeFamous.com

Here’s a little something from the past I thought...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:56:58 +0100

Here’s a little something from the past I thought I’d share with you, which is a pretty cool thing from a good while back!

I was fortunate enough to visit New York City in February of 2005, with some close friends of mine in our ‘Wheels Instead Of Hooves’ collective. My friends James and Rich used to put nights on around London, and I was usually a resident in some capacity (straight up turntable sets really). There were some really sick guests at a lot of the shows too- it was a mad time, and definitely very different to the way things are now (technologically, stylistically, all that stuff). Just very different! It’s great though, I’m not on some living in the past nostalgia thing or anything like that- I don’t go for that. It was amazing, it happened then and led to what’s happening now, and that’s awesome. We have some amazing memories, and that’s the real bonus treasure from it all.

We hit up New York for some shows, taking our traveling circus out with us (a circus of about 6/7 people, so a kind of traveling carload I guess). We met up with Shadetek and some of the Warp Records folk, and had some incredible times out there with some truly great people. I did my bumbling Hugh Grant Englishman bit and managed to find my way around (the day I spent on a solo digging mission was the best- hanging out for 3 hours with a grizzled old record store clerk with like 7 Starbucks cups stacked up changed my life for REAL…), and New York residents were really friendly and approachable.

We managed to hook up a radio show visit too, with Tim Sweeney who is a very busy head from NYC and pals with the LCD Soundsystem lot. He ran this show called ‘Beats In Space’ which had some really dope guests on in the past, and I performed on one evening. It was pretty mental, in this little apartment block with a stand and a mixing desk, and your boy Tim runnning things from within. I set up, did a little set (which I had to edit cursewords out of on the fly, as there was a sign stating exactly what swears would get you kicked out- and I realised I had some pretty blue and salty records in there). It’s pretty loose, nothing too flashy like but it was great fun and I’m still proud of it! I just didn’t want it to disappear into digital obscurity, that’s all!

The journey there was hefty as well- lugging around a huge record crate through the subway… I’ll never forget that. I was envisioning some Warriors shit going down but it was actually incredibly tame. Thankfully.

He interviewed me at the end, so you can hear a fidgety and nervy younger me talking about all sorts too. Tim’s a nice guy, it was a funny little chat.

Thanks for peeping, eh- like I say, it’s loose and imperfect, but something cool from the past all the same.

Your pal,
Buddy

I produced the track for this one, with a bunch of additional...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:27:52 +0100

I produced the track for this one, with a bunch of additional edits and tweaks and such. It was really cool being a part of this one, Les Twins are ridiculous and it’s genuinely awesome seeing them perform a specific routine for the music. Really sick. Thanks for peeping, enjoy!

/// bpX

Here’s a remix I made back in 2008 of ‘Artist Goes...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:44:06 +0000

Here’s a remix I made back in 2008 of ‘Artist Goes Pop’, by the god Prolyphic (originally produced by the god Reanimator). This was part of a remix contest held over on the Strange Famous forum (http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/forum), and I won! Well, co-won with Cubbiebear (who is dope by the way).

http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/news/remix-contest-winners/

This was the start of a long term super rapping combo of Prolyphic and I, the results of which will be up soon! Some bits and pieces are around already- peep the Strange Famous Soundloud and elsewhere (you know the search routine yo).

Thanks loads, enjoy!

One of the freshest record sleeves i’ve seen in a long,...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:01:23 +0000

One of the freshest record sleeves i’ve seen in a long, long time. Beautiful.

I drew an Ice Cube inspired graph this morning on a brief coffee...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:56:52 +0000

I drew an Ice Cube inspired graph this morning on a brief coffee break. Use judiciously. bpX

This is a little excerpt from a mix I made back in 2005 or so,...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:27:00 +0000

This is a little excerpt from a mix I made back in 2005 or so, which is a straight up blend of an MHE track with two different acapellas. One was a random white label thing I had (you’ll have to forgive my forgetfulness on that one, the name escapes me) but the other is a Saafir jammie. It’s a mix I’d play live (just switch the acapellas on the middle bit), and this is how it sounds.

The MHE track is available on the Sound In Color ‘Mu.Sic’ compilation:
http://www.soundincolor.com/index2.htm

Again, this is a blend of three tracks- MHE and two acapellas. Just so you know I’m not claiming production credits! Nice.

You can hear the whole of my ‘Smalltown Broadcast’ mix here:
http://www.mixcloud.com/BuddyPeace/buddy-peace-smalltown-broadcast-2005/

/// bp

Here is a remix I made of a self titled track from producer...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:34:00 +0000

Here is a remix I made of a self titled track from producer Sil-X. The original is very much an electronic piece, and for the remix I took apart a lot of the original elements and made something completely new out of them. I added a bunch of samples, recordings and elements to it, and this is what I came through with.

The artwork is by the incredible Remi Rough:
http://remirough.com/blog

Enjoy! /// bpX

I made this beat as a little something for Vanessa Ragland and...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:39:00 +0000

I made this beat as a little something for Vanessa Ragland and Cole Stratton’s ‘Pop My Culture’ podcast, which I’ve been a fan/listener (same thing!) of for a very long time. I love em. I made them this sometime early this year (which at time of typing is 2012), and they included it on their live show featuring Drew Carey (LA Sketchfest):

http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/2012/pmc-67-drew-carey-live-at-sf-sketchfest/

It wasn’t on the podcast but there’s a really sweet shoutout which made me melt and the episode is ace, so it’s worth peeping for certain.

Vanessa is fighting some amazing fights right now too, which you can read more on here:

https://los.dojiggy.com/pledge/index.cfm?585F22081263777279020A75127037562F437902057271000074

Cheers y’all! Word to PMC- lovely folks. X

2econd class Citizen: The Small Minority Album Update 1:

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:55:02 +0000

2econd class Citizen: The Small Minority Album Update 1::

2econdclasscitizen:

Well we’re getting closer now to my second album and I have some news to share with you. Firstly, I’d just like to congratulate anyone who managed to get there hands on one of the postcard packages, they’re a thing of beauty I must say so big ups again to Toobz and Sci for collaborating with me…

A pleasure to be a part of this- the album’s gonna be insane… Good work 2CC!

yoyesyesyo: Wu Killed Russell Jones? This is me but I...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:24:21 +0000

yoyesyesyo:

Wu Killed Russell Jones?

This is me but I can’t remember how… Ah well. Bigups to the god B. Dolan, and the shirt designer Andy Baker!

A cute and wonderful video from Hugo Lopez (@Blutus_Maximus) for...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:29:00 +0000

A cute and wonderful video from Hugo Lopez (@Blutus_Maximus) for a remix of the god B. Dolan’s ‘Earthmovers’ track, which I put together not so long ago. Today is the day we celebrate B. Dolan’s day of birth, and we offer this by way of gift to the Strange Famous beekeeper.

Freakishly large amounts of love to Strange Famous Records, as always. Them’s my peoples. Enjoy the music, and share if you feel it!

You’re the best.

Your pal,

bpX