Backburner, as a teeming mass of individuals, has been poking Bandcamp.com with a stick lately, to see how it may suit our various needs. After maybe slurping down some free music from the likes of Del the Funky Homosapien, D-Sisive and that new group Blueprint & Illogic started, a few of us put have some jams up on there, experimentally. Perhaps you’d like to check them out!
For one thing, the new single “Lost Souls” by The Extremities has been premiered on that site… stream it below or download it for free thanks to our good friends at 5 1/4 Records.
Then also? You know that Jesse Dangerously song from 2006, “Heart Of A Girl?” It never came out on an album, except for being featured as part of a downloadable compilation called Rhyme Torrents V, but it’s great and it’s produced by Toronto’s Savilion and maybe you would like to always have it to listen to? Well, here it is, to stream or download (or both!):
Oh yeah, also – the title has been altered to a backronym, in the manner of Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.” Can you guess what a “G.I.R.L.” is? Hint: maybe Jesse D is a Gangster In Real Life?
The other thing we’ve put up on Bandcamp so far is both sides from The Imaginary Friends 2004 7″ single, “The ImF Ride” b/w “Even Exist (As In, ‘We Don’t…’)” As a bonus, the download includes the instrumental for each song! This one’s set up a little differently – you can, of course, stream it for free to your heart’s content, but if you wish to download the tracks individually or as a package, you have the opportunity to set your own price and purchase them through PayPal!
It just seemed like kind of a shame that so many heads without turntables weren’t able to experience these classic avant garde raps by Jesse Dangerously, Thesis Sahib and MC Frank Deluxe, so now let’s toast the sorry demise of the Technics SL-1200 (can it really be true?) by making these exclusive, vinyl only tracks just a little bit less special.
So, dear Backburner.ca regulars, how do you like these apples? Is there anything else you’d like to see or hear from us? What do you think of the Backburner Bandcamp experience?
Duplex is back. Boxing day and rap music is an institution in Halifax.
This year we get some other great genres thrown in the mix, flavors for everyone! Christmas = Gifts = Treats = Ghettosocks, who is the main force behind this event every year. Big props for the homie, glad to see the tradition continue. Here’s what Socks has to say about the Jam.
This is the sixth year that we’ve done the Duplex Party. It originally started at the Khyber in 2004 until 2006- when it moved to the Marquee from 2007-2008. Now we’re bringing it back to the Khyber with an amazing line-up of performers and visual artists.
Capacity is limited so be sure to arrive early!
The Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts
1558 Barrington St.
19+ID is required. (licensed event)
$10 Admission
Limited advance tickets are available for $10.
Email > theduplexparty@gmail.com < for details
Yes, it’s true, Backburner will be the Buckyiest winning rap crew in the world very soon. Here’s what Les had to say about his nomination.
“CBC Radio 3 fans have voted ME onto the short list for the 2009 Bucky Awards, Radio 3′s year-end celebration of Canadian independent music voted on by their listeners!
I’ve been nominated for “Best Off-Stage Performance” for my freestyling antics at 2009′s SXSW music fest in Austin, Texas.
(get on their website and scroll allllllll the way down)
Winners will be announced in a special live broadcast of Grant Lawrence Live on Wednesday, December 9th, on cbcradio3.com and Sirius 86.
Voting is now on with polls to remain open until MY BIRTHDAY – Sunday, November 29th @ 12AM. You can vote once per day until they close, so vote, vote often and vote HERE”
http://radio3.cbc.ca/buckyawards/vote
GO VOTE. Help out Les, not cause he’s nice but cause he deserves it! Check the video above for the freestyle that got him nominated. Kils on the MPC, Fes holdin down the Amp, lol.
Chokeules (of the Toolshed) is just about to release his new solo effort “Hypergraphia” and he has blessed us with his single “Stand Out”
If you’re a Toolshed fan, get ready cause this album from beginning to end is a heat rock, beats, rhymes, cuts et all. Check the poster above for the release show info in Toronto, click the player below for the stream of “Stand Out”
First leak from the Uncle Fester and Ambition Mixtape entitled K.R.E.A.M. This is the Bonus track on the Mixtape…
So you know if this is the bonus, the rest of the mixtape is fire….They boys have been hard at work and plan on releasing this in the next week or two.
Also, Ambition’s first full length solo album is being finished as we speak by Dexter Doolittle and you know that Ambition + Dex = Hip-Hop fun for everyone.
Hit the link below for the download, we got you covered with the full .wav quality….also, streaming below with a download for MP3
The following commentary is written by Jesse Dangerously and should not be taken to represent the views of any other individuals associated with Backburner.
Conflict has been tearing up the lives of non-combatants everywhere forever. It didn’t stop on Armistice Day, or when the troops came home in 1945, or when everyone realized Viet Nam was a big fiasco, or when headlines from Afghanistan and Iraq stopped being bigger than headlines from Hollywood bedrooms again.
And it didn’t start with those conflicts, either, and what you should never forget – if you are going to be never forgetting something – is that the world is always at war with itself. Massacres don’t stop. The thing that determines whether you feel like there’s a war going on or not is how much it affects white people near where you live. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
The song I’m posting today can only show you a sliver of the global condition, but what ginzu did was focus on the inevitable bystanders, the collateral damage, the human cost of violent conflict. Wherever people are killing, some contingent of the killed never asked to play.
The song is called “Civilian,” and in my humble opinion, it’s the best political song to ever come out of the Halifax hip-hop scene. For years it’s been kicking around in my headphones, haunting me. I’m privileged to be able to let you hear it now.
Did this when I woke up yesterday morning, except the accapella blends and tv samples its all one take. No planning in advance, all off the cuff. Available for stream and download. This is basically what I had for breakfast yesterday.
Be on the lookout for The Ambition and Uncle Fester Mixtape K.R.E.A.M (Kicks Rule Everything Around Me) soon. Also, The first single from the new Extremities album is dropping soon off 5 and 1/4 records.
This Episode is hosted by Creepy Mac Voice Guy….Here’s the tracklist
Intro – Large Pro
Sound The Alarm – Blackmilk feat Guilty Simpson
2 Dope Booyz – Camp Lo
Crowd Pleasea – El Da Sensei
What I’m After – Lords of the Underground (FesPrimoBlend)
How We Rock – Termanology feat Bun B
Life As A Shorty – Fashawn
BoutitBoutit – Johnson and Jonson
Fall Of The Light Brigade – Lushlife
Party Enemy No1 – People Under The Stairs
Hazy Shade of Criminal – Public Enemy
U Aint This – Ghettosocks feat D-Sisive, Rich Kidd, Munshine
