James Blake puts together a two hour mix for Radio 1′s Essential Mix. The mix hops between R&B, soul and bass and includes tons of new and unreleased James Blake tracks, plus what Blake reports as “everything I’ve listend to in the last year.” Stream and download the whole set below and click through to see the tracklist and his whole set from ACL. Be sure to keep a watch for Julio Bashmore on the Essential decks next week.

James Blake – Essential Mix 9.17.11 [Download]

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David “Dave 1″ Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel (better known as Chromeo) have just released their newest video for When The Night Falls featuring Solange Knowles. The video is filled of your typical 80′s music references as well as a synth line that almost identically matches Madonna’s Lucky Star. The mildly disturbing video seems to suggest Dave 1 can immediately impregnate women with just a look- oh baby baby. Overall, this track should give a fun upbeat kick to your mundane Wednesday.

Simian Mobile Disco have released a video for their newest single Gizzard out now on their own label Delicasies. The single is available both digitally and on 12″ vinyl. This three minute and forty second track tells a concise story similar to Sleep Deprivation while maintaining the Eurodance feel of all the tracks released on their second full album, Delicacies. The duo announced that every track released on their new label will “take the name of an exotic, and often bizarre, delicacy from around the world.” No word as of yet on their third full-length release, but SMD will be spinning two DJ sets here in New York City on August 6th. This Saturday afternoon you can find them at MoMA’s PS1 Warm Up event and Fixed is presenting them at Public Assembly in the evening. Click here to purchase tickets.

There’s no denying that DJ Craze has talent; we’ve seen him perform on multiple occasions and he’s wowed us each and every time. If you’ve never had the pleasure – and even if you have – click through check out a video of him demoing the new Traktor Scratch Pro 2. The guy’s got skills for days…

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Last month, we tagged along with the Trouble & Bass crew on the music video shoot for “Bloodrave”, the lead single off Deathface’s new EP, Fall of Man, released today. On set, we caught up with Johnny Love (aka Deathface) and director Patrick Rood (aka The Captain), who gave us the scoop on the EP and on the music video concept, which is based on the opening scene of the movie Blade. The music video features appearances from members of the Trouble & Bass extended family… check out our behind the scenes video after the jump and see for yourself, and CLICK HERE to check out photos from the video shoot.

Fall of Man is available today on iTunes, Beatport, and a variety of other online outlets. CLICK HERE for a full list of outlets and to stream the EP via Soundcloud.

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While the horrifically disgusting weather that took over our fair city deterred many an otherwise adventurous soul from venturing outside of their apartments, I personally don’t see any better way to beat the winter blues than some good tunes and cheerful company. So, we braved the puddles of semi-frozen black slush and made our way to Tammany Hall, formerly The Annex, where East Village Radio was throwing an anniversary party in honor of their show Worldwide Smash.

DJ Still Life who hosts Worldwide Smash started the night out, followed by Jojo Mayer + Nerve who performed using live instruments, with the central focus being centered on the drums. Their performance was fascinating, as they essentially deconstructed electronic music and then proceeded to piece the beats back together using live instruments. Rather than music that has traditionally been created using instruments being constructed using computers, which is common these days, this presented the opposite – computer music on instruments. After this Shigeto took the stage, playing a subdued set of his sophisticated and temperamental sound, combining classic elements of UK funky and house with more jazzy and ambient tendancies. Matt Shadetek was up next, followed by a second performance from Jojo Mayer + Nerve, whose second set was so powerful it spurned one guy into dancing his clothes off to the tune of resounding cheers from the crowd. Jubilee closed out the night with a typically awesome variety of bass music, with an attendee even referring to her as “this bad-ass pint size bottle rocket”. Not bad for a typical Tuesday in January. Next week? Keep the street slush away and the good tunes coming.

CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS plus have a peak at Nerve recoding in the studio after the jump.
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Lauryn Hill closes out her third show at Blue Note Jazz Club.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL ALBUM BY OLIVER CORREA

Check out a video below of her performing “Killing Me Softly”.

Into The Woods is a collective of filmmakers from the pacific northwest who shoot bands and DJs in unusual places. I recently had the experience of watching this crew at my home to shoot a piece for San Francisco based band Young Prisms, and I even took some time to film with the collective behind the camera. The amount of equipment used to record the sounds and video was staggering, and I have to admire their expertise in capturing moments that I can only describe as magic off the stage. With the same likeliness, when I came across the footage of their encounters with Daedelus, 12th Planet and Gaslamp Killer, I was not surprised by the sheer quality and sentiments of these videos. Even more magical is how these moments are captured. The videos and performances exude raw and unique qualities that encapsulate the artists’ character and charisma - no crowds, just the artist and their nuance off the beaten path. Check out the refreshing videos after the jump, along with snippets of what Into The Woods had to say about the happenstance of  their encounters.

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This week, Duck Sauce (A-Trak x Armand Van Helden) released the music video for “Barbra Streisand”, their highly anticipated second single that has been heating up dance floors all summer. Director So Me (Ed Banger Records) does a great job of organically capturing New York City’s essence and joie de vivre, with cameo after cameo by pretty much everyone… we’d list them, but we think it’s more fun for you to find them yourselves.

“Barbra Streisand” will be released on October 12… in the meantime, click through to watch the video.

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After a summer of anticipation (and an iPad commercial, to boot), we finally got our hands on Chilly Gonzales’ Ivory Tower. Produced by electro heavyweight Boys Noize, Ivory Tower is hands-down one of the most unique and original albums I’ve ever heard. A classically-trained Pianist, Gonzales is no stranger to the world of collaboration, having worked with Peaches, Jamie Lidell, and Feist. Though the two artists come from opposite ends of the musical spectrum, the convergence of their distinct styles has resulted in a truly epic album.

And it doesn’t stop there. Ivory Tower is also the title of the accompanying film directed by Adam Traynor and starring Gonzales, Tiga and Peaches. For a preview of the film, watch the music video for “I Am Europe” below, and be sure to check out the sneak preview (and only scheduled NYC showing) of Ivory Tower at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn on September 21, during which Gonzales will perform a 30-minute solo show [tickets].

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