Saturday Morning Cartoon

Here's a new Saturday Morning Cartoon, shown to me by my peoples.

Enjoy.

A Craft of Pleasure

This duo has really been great in my opinion, they've been somewhat new to me as "Tarantula" was huge for me this summer and then now I've just been getting into some of their other stuff - specifically "Carny".

They call themselves "A simultaneously visceral and cerebral experience induced only by the seductive, deep, groove heavy, underground techno inspired music that you hear the kids listening to." See what you think:

Tarantula - Pleasurekraft

(This song is insane, the voice starting at 3:10 leading into the drop at 3:56, really good stuff)

Carny - Pleasurekraft

(This is them taking that sound of theirs and putting it into a more carnival type funk mood, with a  mild arabian nights influence, or that's what it sounds like to me, starting with that beat at 1:03 it gets fun and impossible not to at least head nod with, the final element that really ties the song together is the usage of well-effected vocals at 3:22)

Hear the Light

Here's a song that I've been into recently, the beat that it drops into at about 0:45 is fantastic, really danceable and happy. 

See the Light (Calvin Harris Remix) - The Hours

The Suspense is Over

After a very long time, and after Tay Today fossilized into blog under-management resulting in lack of new posts, I have awakened from hibernation and will be giving this blog the proper send off it deserves.

To begin, here's the mix which I promised to give to whoever had the 10,000th view on Tay Today. 

The lucky lad was my son/friend Louis and he was patient enough to let me take my sweet sweet time in making it.

His birthday was September 17th and he turned 17 and the mix is 17 minutes long, with 56 seconds of good luck at the end.

I can post the tracklist if people want me to so if you comment asking for it then it shall be done.

  Seventeen Kna' Mean by TayToday

I'll be doing maybe a couple more mixes and a recap post of Electric Zoo 2011, which was fucking nuts.

Sunday Evening Cartoon

It may not be Saturday, but when you have swag, you choose the day of the week. And I'm gonna go ahead and give you the Saturday Morning Cartoon on a Sunday, because I couldn't finish posting it yesterday morning (or evening) as initially planned. So now this might be the best part of your Sunday routine since it won't solely involve preparing for a brutal monday (sorry I just reminded you).

And look at that! Two posts in less than eight weeks? Has something happened to me? Laziness to do my other work? Possibly. An invigorated determination to make people more aware musically and brighten their audio-lives and visual desires? Perhaps.

No matter the reason, this should do the trick in satisfying whatever thirst you had when coming upon this page.

Shabam - Shinichi Osawa for the masses!

Love Will Guide You (Ft. Tommie Sunshine) - Shinichi Osawa

(In my opinion, just a beautiful track with a fittingly beautiful accompanying video. A wide variety and range of sounds and tones in a decidedly cluttered but calculated way make this song a surrounding paradise of noise for you to enjoy your day with. At 2:23 when the bass kicks in I think my heart gets a little stronger due to its intense appreciation of life at that sound. Maybe exaggerating, or maybe it's just that good. Only one way to find out!)

Keystone State of Mind

You guys have full reason to hate me since I haven't been posting at all recently, but mah people, I had midterms, and then I was on spring break in Cuba without internet! So it's not my fault if the swag hasn't been on point.

Also I've been working on a lot of shit on the side, but I'm still gonna start posting more often now, cause I gotchu like that. At least until my dropbox finally runs out of space. 

But, here's a song by Tayyib Ali (don't sleep on the kid) that I just heard, and is by far my favorite song of his and I think it's really dope. Peep the vid and then download the video rip below (and then of course the mixtape when it drops)!

Keystone State of Mind - Tayyib Ali

(The beat is fantastic, the samples just sound great with the drums providing such a steady rhythm for him to flow upon, and flow he does, along with some great lyrics that really provide a look into what his path has been like so far. I appreciate his realness on this track 'cause most of the stuff he says is actually believable and not just macho head honcho blabber unlike what we usually hear in rap. And for that realness, the steady flow and great instrumental this track is great, end of story.)

Sour Life

Work is getting pretty intense so that's why there's a lack of posts recently, but here's a dope track you guys should enjoy. I've been unsure of the new upshot rapper Vado since everyone started saying 'sliiiime', especially since slime flu just sounds lame. But a couple of his tracks have been good.

So today I'm posting two of the ones I've liked most; one of them which you've probably heard ("Large on the Streets") and one you probably have not ("Sour Life"), so this way you can hear some of what I consider his good shit, and see if you like him or not. Oh and Cam'ron is on one of the tracks so that's just like an eargasm for any of you dipset fiends.

(Miniplayer is here since the snapshot doesn't let you play the song for this link, but downloading is still the same)

Large on the Streets - Vado

(This beat is simply on point, the hook works, and the verses all flow well. In my opinion, this is easily the best Vado track and the best argument for why he's good, but I'm open to persuasion. I swear this shit will get stuck in your head though)

Sour Life - Cam'ron & Vado

(One of my friends pointed out how similar this track's beat and vocal samples are to "Hard Knock Life", and it's quite an accurate observation. I think that means this track has to be good, cause who doesn't like "Hard Knock Life"... I know Dr. Evil likes it. This is no "Hard Knock Life" but it's still good)