NEWS
December 23, 2005
Another XMAS Bonus ! - Here's a very good mix of DJ Shadow tracks by Skew - if the people at the solesides boards and other boards have to choose their favorite mix of 2005, it's most likely that this one will end up in their top 3. So, once again, for everyone who missed out on this, Dowload and be impressed ! Check out skewmusic.com for more nice music and mixes.
And while you're downloading all this niceness, be sure to check out the new funkierthanthou.net website. It's a very good place to read articles, discover new music and more. Why is this mentioned here? Well, some people from the old in/flux mailinglist are behind this funky project, (read about it in the SOLESIDES WEBLOG )
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December 19, 2005
Pictures from the Blackalicious gig in Sydney are now online. Click here
Xmas bonus MP3: Blackalicious / Powers
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December 14, 2005
There's a Latyrx (Lateef and Lyrics Born) live cd coming your way. Click here to go to the Lyrics Born Store to learn more about this wonderful piece of hiphop-history. Order soon before it's too late!
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December 9, 2005
>>MP3: IMAGINE PEACE W/ GEORGE BUSH<<
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December 6, 2005
Due to the fact that David Banner does a shout out to DJ Shadow on Shadow's Funky Skunk mix, rumors were flying around that Banner is going to be on the 2006 DJ Shadow album. Well.... it's confirmed !! CLICK HERE to read all about it.
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November 22, 2005
For all of you who are still hunting down original songs that DJ Shadow used for his music, check out the latest post at soul-sides.com and get the song 'Human Abstract' by David Axelrod. Shadow used this for 'Midnight In A Perfect World'
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November 19, 2005
Above you see a picture of Dana and La Ramotta from APSCI rockin' it at the SF show, last september. New Pictures of the QUANNUM show at Vegooze are added to the pictures section of solesides.com -
In other news: Always wanted to get your hands on an original copy of the Latyrx / Muzappers EP? It looks like QUANNUM is planning a re-release early 2006, so keep checking this space for more info soon! Can't wait for 2006? Check out the store at Lyricsborn.com and order the muzappers EP casette
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November 6, 2005
Have y'all been wondering what the Lifesavas are up to at the moment? They are on tour right now and everything they do and experience will be written in their own LIFESAVAS BLOG! Check it out. A request from the Lifesavas-camp: If you have visited a show and took some pictures, don't hesitate to send them in. They might end up on the all new Lifesavas website, coming your way soon.
More Quannum blogs are by APSCI, where they are blogging everything related to their tour and SOLESIDES, where the webmaster of this fancy little site speaks his mind.
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November 3, 2005
After the two insane Lyrics Born live gigs in Melbourne and the DNA Lounge/San Francisco, SoleSides.com is proud to present a THIRD live gig ready for download. This time it's LB's recent live gig from the Knitting Factory, October 2005. It's no longer available here, but it will be backed up on the solesides yahoo account asap
Much props to Quannum / Lydia for helping out on making this available here at SoleSides.
Note that the Lyrics Born show from the DNA lounge is still available as well. Check the October 28 news for that.
Did you miss out on the Melbourne-download? No worries, it is already backed up on the already legendary SoleSides Yahoo-acount
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October 25, 2005
New DJ Shadow article in Digizine. Shadow talks about the gear he uses right now as well as his upcoming album. This is what is being said about two tracks, that are going to be on the 2006 DJ Shadow LP:
'You Made it'
Based on a long guitar sample that was meticulously cut up and pitch-shifted into a
completely different chord progression. the songe makes use of live percussion and a Korg Triton bass line, pitched and chopped to match the guitar sample, for its backbone groove. Shadow the wrote basic string arrangement for what may prove to be one of his most orchestrally involved pieces yet. It also has real strings live, which is a 17
piece ensemble with just an amazing sound.
'Erase You'
For people who like the beat work that shadow does, that's the track that they're gonna get off on
>> Click here for the complete article
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October 19, 2005
Alright, y'all... Usually, SoleSides.com doesn't provide y'all with unconfirmed news and information, but it's been decided that the best way to control rumors that are going around at the moment, is by mentioning it here...So let's go:
A track called '3 Freaks' by bay area hiphop artist 'Keak Da Sneak' is popping up on several related websites, audioblogs and messageboards. Rumours are that DJ Shadow produced this track. Some people on the solesides boards are sure this is by Shadow, some aren't. Click here to read the discussion on this track. and click here to read an article where Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides mentiones about Keak Da Sneak.
To listen to the track, check out the latest blog entry @ earfuzz.com - some people even say this track will be on Shadow's next album.
Please keep your minds together, y'all... Rumors that this is a DJ Shadow produced track are far from confirmed...let's not start about talking if this is going to be on the next album...
You have been warned.
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October 12, 2005
Lyrics Born and Blackalicious were artist of the day at Maniatv.com this week!
Check out the videos were the artists talk about their careers, new releases and more. Also, you can check out the video for LB's "I Changed My Mind" and Blackalicious / "Your Move"
Check:
Blackalicious / Lyrics Born
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October 12, 2005
Thanks for all the kind words on the anniversary of solesides.com, the boards and the new addition to the site the blog
new: TOMMYGUERRERO.COM !!! New website by and about Tommy Guerrero. Check it out because it's pretty interesting and you can get some nice video's and songs there.
And here's a nice present for y'all:
Lyrics Born was in Australia in July and whooped up audiences all over the country. triple j radio captured Mr Born's performance at the Prince Of Wales in Melbourne. He had a full band in tow, so the sound is massive. He played a great set with tracks like 'I Changed My Mind', 'Calling Out' and plenty more.
Download 45 minutes of his set here (now gone)
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October 10, 2005
In celebration of ten years of Endtroducing, eight years of solesides.com and three years of SoleSides Boards, we give you a new addition to solesides.com: blog.solesides.com - check that out and read the first post to the blog that gives you some nice insight on what solesides.com is and how it's become what it is right now.
Also pretty interesting: respected audioblog website Aurgasm.us has an item on new QUANNUM artist Curumin, who just recently released the wicked "Achados e Perdidos"album.
Finally: Keep checking the website of Aussie radiostation "Triple J" because they broadcastedLyrics Born's performance at the Prince Of Wales in Melbourne. He had a full band in tow, so the sound is massive. He played a great set with tracks like 'I Changed My Mind', 'Calling Out' and plenty more. The audiostream will be available later on. Keep checking this space for an mp3 download coming your way.
NEW: SOLESIDES.COM RSS FEED
Learn more about RSS here and here or at the solesides boards
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October 5, 2005
New additions to the site: Some pretty damn nice pictures of Lyrics Born / Joyo Velarde + band, live in Detroit. Pictures taken by Christopher Chouinard - To watch the pictures, click here
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October 2, 2005
Short update today y'all:
The video for "The Get Down" by DJ Ztrip featuring Lyrics Born is here
New Lyrics Born track
Lyrics Born / Big Money Talk - real /windowsmedia
Keep checking this space as you might be able to get an mp3 of this one soon. This also counts for the Blackalicious track "Excellent"
More info on both tracks is here
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September 28, 2005
Blackalicious live video !
This past monday was the record release party for the new Blackalicious album "The Craft" - Rez1 from rezolutionpollution.blogspot.com got a phonecall from QUANNUM's own Lydia, telling him that he was on the guestlist for the show. He shot a video of the night, which is pretty interesting. Click here to see Herve and X battling and Gab freestyling at the sold out show in San Fransisco. (you need Quicktime for this)
More Blackalicious goodies: Loads of articles on The Craft and interviews with Blackalicious are added to the articles section of this site. Check it out now! - Thanks to everyone @ the boards for the input. Also, if you bump into more, please mention that here!
new:
>> SoleSides Page @ myspace.com
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September 26, 2005
The album is out people.... Blackalicious - The Craft. Stop what you're doing right now and run to your local record store and cop your copy of this golden moment in hiphop.
There's one reason not to do this and that's because you want to watch the video for "Your Move" Check it >> DSL / >> 56K
Warning: you WILL be amazed.
The people from the ANTI / Epitaph recordlabel gave you a free download of "Your Move" early this month. They decided to make the track "My Pen And Pad" available as well. Get it
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September 25, 2005
BLACKALICIOUS KEXP PODCAST
Gift Of Gab and Chief XCel were guest at KEXP radio and not only they gave an interview, they also performed a couple of tracks off the brand new Blackalicious album 'The Craft' - Who else but SoleSides.com makes this available for y'all. Click here to check it all out!
Big props to GWRADIO.COM / the "Any Given Moment" show for playing two full hours of Quannum music. Latyrx, APSCI, Blackalicious, General Electrics, Lyrics Born...every Quannum act got airplay! Thanks to presenter "E Literate" for the shout out to the SoleSides boards. Wanna hear that? Clip 1 / Clip 2
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September 20, 2005
SoleSides.com wants to express the deepest respect to DJ Shadow, DJSHADOW.COM and SOULSTRUT.COM for having done the the Katrina Benefit Auction earlier this week. Read more about it in the latest news entry @DJSHADOW.COM
- The DJ Shadow 1997 tour vinyl went for USD 765 >> Click here for auction
- The OBEYDJSHADOW packages went for USD 175 and 120 >> Click here for auction
- The Dick Cheney Picture disc went for USD 250 >> Click here for auction
Also, David Banner, who gives a shout out to DJ Shadow on Shadow's latest mixtape 'Funky Skunk' was "Rapping for a Hometown in Hurricane Crisis" - read it here
And: Y'all already might know that Jeff Chang (co-founder of SoleSides, later QUANNUM) received the American Book Award for the awesome book on hiphop, Can't Stop Won't Stop - Check out some pictures of the award night at thegiantpeach
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September 8, 2005
September 27, the releasedate for the new BLACKALICIOUS album 'The Craft' is coming real close now. And what's a new release without a new website nowadays? Click here to check the pretty awesome new Blackalicious website
Y'all may have heard about the DJ Shadow percussion project by Brian Udelhofen, who teaches percussion at Minnetonka High School. More info can me mentioned here, but just check out the website, watch the videos and be amazed. DJ Shadow himself was amazed and so were the people at the solesides boards. Brian even mentiones the SoleSides boards at the end of the video. How dope. Click here to witness it all!
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September 2, 2005
Many thanks to the guys from Nostalgic Progression for arranging the download of their awesome album 'Phonograph Timepod' the last three days. Feedback has been hot! Be sure to check out more Nospro at the following sites:
www.nospro.com / myspace.com/ildante /
myspace.com/nospro / nospro interview
Can't get enough of Nospro? Here's a special bonus track; It's a remix of the SoleSides/Quannum track track '8 Point Agenda' by Latyrx. Click here to download that.
Earfuzz.com has the track "stoned is" available by The Listening. This is the track as used by DJ Shadow for Diminishing Returns pt2. Check it out
More QUANNUM goodness:
Lyrics Born did a track for The Tracks, the soundtrack for the NBA 2K6 Basketball video game due out October 4. Click here to listen to a soundclip. To learn more about this soundtrack, check out the site at Accesshiphop.com - Many thanks to 'Mupsjones' from the solesides boards for this one
Note that on that soundtrack, there's a new Blackalicious track as well. Talkin' about Blackalicious - their new album "The Craft" will be released this month. The 27th of september to be exact. The people from ANTI records made one track available for free. It's 'Your Move' - featuring the Lifesavas - Click here to download the track.
And... Who else but solesides.com can give y'all a soundclip to the first track on the album, called 'World Of Vibrations' - Download a low quality mp3 of the opening minute to the awesome album 'the Craft' here Many thanks to 'Freedomstyle' from the solesides boards for this one
Quannum Contest! First one to submit a completed, no mistakes puzzle wins some goodies from the Quannum grab bag. About the puzzle: it's a wordsearch! Download it, read the instructions and that's it! Also, check this thread at the solesides boards for more info. Quannum's own Lydia will be announced the winners there...
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August 26, 2005
Pictures of the LA - In store signings of the OBEYDJSHADOW packages are now available in the pictures section. It seems it was a busy night for Obey and DJ Shadow! Thanks to kidrobot.com as well as Kris Bugbee for the pictures. To check out the pictures right now click the links below
It seems that some weird people are already offering this packages on ebay and they're asking ridiculous prices for it. Please y'all...DON'T fall for this. Ignore this offers.
Also, The book on DJ Shadow's 1996 LP "Endtroducing..." as written by Eliot Wilder, is now available. Check your local record store or online... Click here to buy it @ amazon.com.
More DJ Shadow niceness: Earlier this week, it was mentioned that Earfuzz.com had an article on DJ Shadow's latest funk compilation, 'Schoolhouse Funk II' More can be found at O-Dub's music blog Soul-Sides. You can also download an mp3 of the track 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'
And: Pictures of one of the first Blackalicous shows from the 2005 / The Craft tour are added to the pictures - Check them out right now
Finally: check out the special SoleSides Page @ myspace.com - people are already adding Solesides to their friends and y'all should do that as well. That should be a nice way to meet fellow Solesides/Quannum fans.
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August 24, 2005
Alright, it's time for some news, not 100% SoleSides/Quannum, but very DJ Shadow related;
In the August 16 news here at SoleSides, it was mentioned that DJ Shadow is very charmed by the music of Stateless. Chris, the singer in Stateless, has collaborated on some tracks for Shadows new album. It's not confirmed if all tracks will end up on Shadow's 2006 album because this is all what Stateless were allowed to say. And they said it on the SoleSides boards! click here to check the entire thread
More niceness coming from other artists: Yoshi, from Nefisa.co.uk, who brought y'all the very interesting "No more Bush Fires" remix of DJ Shadow's "Blood on the Motorway" has a new album out, called "Flowers and Trees" - The writing press has compared Yoshi's music to the music by DJ Shadow. Click here from reviews from "Wire" and "Hiphop connection" magazine.
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August 18, 2005
Winners of the April competition around the amazing, prize winning book on hiphop, Can't Stop Won't Stop, written by Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides are;
Jack Craig, Kent UK / Michael Boedeker, Paderborn Germany / Jake Green, Lancashire UK / Matthew Butcher, Nottingham UK / Chewey Vishal, Surrey UK / Jen Kettering, Cambridge UK / Dean Fernando, Hollywood CA USA / Kurtis Lobas, Tulsa OK USA /
Sean McFarlane, Vancouver Canada / Jordan Taylor, Fairlight Australia
Congratulations to everyone! Learn more about the book at cantstopwontstop.com !
Be on the look out for another competition here at SoleSides.com soon!
More niceness:
There's a very clever Lyrics Born mashup made for radio 105. It's LB's I'm Just Raw vs Audioslave. Download this hotness here ! (thanks to Sizza at the solesides boards for this one)
Also, the much talked-about and already legendary DIPLO vs DJ Shadow / Megatoid mix is now available for download free at Archive.org- To download straight away, click here
Alright, it's getting too hot now... time to cool down. Oh no, wait, it's....it's...Contest time!
QUANNUM.COM needs a new banner for the top of the website - visit the QUANNUM site and check out what it's on there now. The banner should be 744 x 158 pixels - you should design something for Curumin, APSCI or General Elektriks. Best banner wins someting from the QUANNUM grab bag and the banner will be placed up on the site for a week. For an example of a banner, made by "Freedomstyle" from the SoleSides boards, click here
Please have your banners emailed as jpegs to Lydia / Quannum - QuammieLove@gmail.com- by 8/22
>> New: projects.solesides.com
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August 16, 2005
The holidays are over and the updates are already coming in rapidly. Here's some niceness for everyone:
Download a mix of DJ Shadow's track "Six Days" here. The mix is called "Confidence" and it's done by Rolo. Tracks in this mix are:
DJ Shadow - 6 days
Bonobo -d song
Amon Tobin - Saboture
Kid koala - Drunk Trumpet
a song by glenn miller (unknown name)
a self help tape by ross jeffres.
Also new to the site: pictures of the August 6 Lateef / Mike Relm show @ Galaxy. Check thepictures page or just click here to check them all out right now.
At earfuzz.com, There's an article on DJ Shadow's recently released funk compilation "Schoolhouse Funk 2" and you can download an alternative version of the track "Celebrate" by the El Cerrito High School Jazz Pop Ensemble. This is pretty interesting, so check it.
More DJ Shadow news; Most likely, the leadsinger from the awesome UK band Stateless will feature on Shadow's new album. Check out
statelessonline.co.uk for more info on Stateless. Their EP and upcoming album are produced by Jim Abbiss. This man also worked with DJ Shadow on Endtroducing, The Private Press and UNKLE/Psyence Fiction
Wefunkradio.com did an interview with the father of hiphop, DJ Kool Herc. Herc wrote the introduction to the award-winning book on hiphop "Can't Stop Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides, so be sure to check out both the interview as well as Jeff Chang's book.
Finally; there are some new downloads available on this page. It are two tracks by Tommy Guerrero, who is on QUANNUM now. Also, for everyone who still hasn't heard APSCI, there are two tracks ready for download.
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August 14, 2005
Well well well, here we are. After a two week break, solesides.com is back in action...It's good to be back! Here's an update on what happened in the SoleSides/QUANNUM world lately;
- Check out this nice SPIN.COM article on APSCI, who where band of the day last week. There's some talk about it on the SoleSides boards. To read that or join the discussion, click here. And y'all better vote to make APSCI band of the month! Also on the boards, Guy, APSCI's drummer wrote a nice thank-you to all the fans who have been so supportive up to now. Here's the exact quote;
"Just want to throw out a quick thanks to everyone who's suported us thus far, things are really starting to heat up for us out here in BK. The discussion going on here is one we hear often, and one that def gets talked about on the van rides from gig to gig. Just to give you an idea where I come from, though I grew up with Hip Hop in my blood, I'm really more of a Junglist(those of you that have seen us live can prolly see that). I run a small DNB label, and outside of Apsci, and some stuff with Bill Laswell, that's what I'm doin most of the time. So as you can imagine to be asked to reproduce these beats on a kit was an honor as well as a challenge. Key word being challenge, this is a record that most people would have expected someone like Warp to put out. But what's going on with the Apsci sound, whether you feel it or not, is not easily lumped into any genre, or label. I want to thank Quannum and everyone there Lydia, Isaac, Gab, X, Shadow (and those I'm forgetting) for seeing the vision, and believing in it.
Hope to see more of y'all on the road"
How cool was that?? Come closer to the Quannum artists and join the boards!
- Only a few weeks after the QUANNUM release of the awesome "Thanks for Asking" album by APSCI, a new wicked album is waiting to be released. It's the album "Cliquety Klicq" by General Elektriks and you can already buy the pre-release or listen to soundclips on ITUNES.Click here to do so.
- Check out obeydjshadow.com for info on a soon to be released limited edition clothing and music box set entitled PUBLIC WORKS.
- The Lyrics Born online store is now open. Check it out at lyricsborn.com and get some nice music, tshirts and other goodies not available elswhere. And if this isn't enough, it seems that LB is thinking of doing a live DVD soon! hmm, jummy!
- Last night, The Poets of Rhythm did an gig in The Netherlands. Check out the pictures page or just click here to see some nice images of the night.
Hopefully, this was enough news for you all today! Be sure to keep checking this place for new updates and nice downloads in the coming week!
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July 28, 2005
The last two years, it was mentioned here when the summer holiday for solesides.com begins. Well, this year is no different. The holiday starts....NOW!! No new updates the coming two weeks. Expect your first SoleSides news date after August 13. So please don't think we're forgetting to update things here. If you find news related to SoleSides, QUANNUM, DJ Shadow and all new acts that are signed to QUANNUM, help your fellow solesides.com visitors out and post it on the boards!
In the meantime, check out the amazingly fresh new QUANNUM site, but not before you came back from your local record store to buy the awesome new album "Thanks for Asking" by APSCI
Finally: Congrats to Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides and writer of the awesome book on hiphop, "Can't Stop Won't Stop" for receiving the 2005 American Book award. For some background info on the Award and previous winners, click here
Thanks for the good year so far... it's only getting better after the holidays. Read all about it here.
>> New: projects.solesides.com
Special summer holiday present: Lyrics Born vs AC/DC (mash up by "bangers&mash" from the Lyrics Born.com boards)
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July 20, 2005
New artwork for new albums by APSCI and Blackalicious is added to the site. Check the releases section or click:
APSCI - Thanks for asking (out now !!)
Blackalicious - The Craft (September !!)
Also added to the site: The two final tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef show @ DNA Lounge. Check the special downloads section to get the tracks.
Thanks again for DJ ERB for helping out in making this available for y'all.
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July 18, 2005
Blackalicious Interview: Not only the APSCI album drops on QUANNUM this month, another album y'all should be looking forward to, is "The Craft" by Blackalicious. Dutch hiphop show Lijn5.com did an interview with Chief Xcel and Gift of Gab. They talk about where and when the Blackalicious story began, the current situation about Quannum and more. click here to download the interview. And to get y'all a bit more excited for the new album; Click here to listen to a low quality version of the track "Rhythm Sticks" which is the first single of the new album.
>> thanks to www.lijn5.com
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July 13, 2005
It's July 2005, people. This is the month that the new APSCI album "Thanks for Asking" drops on QUANNUM - be sure to cop it when it's out later this month. Stay tuned for loads of APSCI coming your way through this site soon. In the meantime, check out the dope interview with APSCI at Innariddim.com
More QUANNUM article goodness: There's an excellent article on Lyrics Born at eastbayexpress.com. It's An all-encompassing and very comprehensive take on what LB was.., is.., and will be.. - click here to check it out right now.
Finally; Check out the two new tracks from the GAB / Lateef show @ DNA Lounge in the special downloads section.
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July 10, 2005
There's a new DJ Shadow mix by DJ Starsign @parakitachi.com - it's pretty interesting because for this mix, Starsign used some original samples as used by Shadow himself.
Direct Stream: Part One - Part Two
Download: Part One - Part Two
many thanks to "cswides" for mentioning this in the mixes area @ the solesides boards
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June 15, 2005
Big love to those of you who were able to make it out to BFD at Shoreline last Friday. As usual the folks at Live 105 threw one heck of a party!
Here's a reminder for you all that we still need your support to help get "I'm Just Raw" to the top of the charts on Live 105. Please tune in and give them a call to request "Im Just Raw" -1.800.696.1053
It's toll free so ring em up and let them know you want to hear "I'm Just Raw" by Lyrics Born.
Finally: Two new tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef show @ DNA are available at the special download page. Click here to check it out!
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June 13, 2005
Lydia posted new QUANNUM tourdates on the boards. Lots of new shows including an upcoming one from miss Joyo Velarde! Click here to cruise on over to the tourdates
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June 9, 2005
Winners of the Triple J Aussie hiphop show / Lyrics Born remix competition are announced.Click here to check out all remixes and read comments. Note that Lyrics Born was guest at the hiphop show some time ago. Click here to listen to his appearance
Pictures from the May 29 London QUANNUM gig with DJ Mike Relm, Joyo Velarde, Lateef and Lyrics Born w/ full live band are added to the pictures page. Y'all better Click here to check them out right now because they're HOT!
New tracks from Gift of Gab and Lateef live at the DNA lounge are added to the special downloads page. Check them out right now.
Also: The DJ Shadow samples pages, as run by John-Book (check out his new website and musicblog soon) will be continued under the solesides.com domain. The url for the pages change each week and the exact address will be posted to the solesides mailinglist - so y'all better sign up! Note that the samples pages are a guide to DJ Shadow's music. Pure for the love of it and learning more about his awesome creations. No sample snitches.
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June 3, 2005
Last week, APSCI were guest at the hiphop show fo Aussie's Triple J radiostation. They did an interview as well as two track from the upcoming QUANNUM album. Downloads are now ready for y'all:
Interview: part 1 - part 2
Live: track 1 - track 2
Also, some unconfirmed news regarding the new Blackalicious album "the craft" has reached solesides.com - the tracklist for the album, as well as tracklists for upcoming releases from APSCI, Curumin and General Elektriks, has been added to the releases section. It seems that no one less than George Clinton worked with Gab and Xcel on one track! Click here to read more rumors.
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May 30, 2005
Pictures from the May 28 London QUANNUM gig with DJ Mike Relm, Joyo Velarde, Lateef and Lyrics Born w/ full live band are added to the pictures page. Y'all better Click here to check them out right now because they're HOT!
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May 26, 2005
QUANNUM is working overtime, people. The track 'Reanimation' by Blackalicious is used for a commercial by Sunkist - check out that site to witness it. Also, Pigeon John is in the Nestlé Crunch commercial performing "Deception" from "Dating Your Sister." If that's not enough getting the music by QUANNUM to be heard by as many people as possible, Live 105 radio added Lyrics Born's track "I'm Just Raw" to their playlist. Lyrics Born himself is pretty happy with this. He even wrote a message on the solesides boards! Check it out
Ra Lamotta, member of APSCI, has joined the solesides boards as well and mentioned about two articles on APSCI. One - Two
Note that APSCI are guest at Aussie radioshow Triple J hiphop this friday. Click here to check out the webpage and info for that show. The show will be archived and most likely, solesides.com will give y'all the mp3. Keep Checking!
More QUANNUM:
Be on the lookout for new releases by APSCI, Curumin and General Elektriks. More info on this new albums will follow shortly. In the meantime, check out the APSCI site - it has some nice soundclips as well as videoclips from their upcoming album "Thanks for asking"
and:
Tourdates / SoleSides vs Soulseek / SoleSides mailinglist
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May 22, 2005
Pigeon John, who is recently signed to QUANNUM dropped by on the solesides board to say that if youre interested in checking out some pigeon john music, nows the time. go to pigeonjohn.com and get cds and shirts for cheap...as low as $7.99 for cds and $15.99 for shirts. Also, check out his gig at Temple Bar (Santa Monica), May 28. Templebarlive.com
Two new tracks from the show that Gift of Gab and Lateef did @ the DNA are now online. Get them at the special downloads page
Also, click here to listen to an item on Lyrics Born, broadcasted by National Public Radio.
Click here for more QUANNUM tourdates
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May 19, 2005
O-Dub's site on music, soul-sides.com again has something nice online. It's the track "I cry in the morning" by Dennis Olivieri. This is the original sample as used by DJ Shadow for his song "6 days" - Click here to check it out.
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May 17, 2005
Two new tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef gig @ DNA are now online. Check the special downloads page to get Lester Hayes and Mashin' On The Motorway.
Note that soul-sides.com has Cut Chemist's version of Lesson 4 available for download. Click here for all info on that track as well as the full download
Winners of the Can't stop won't stop competition will be announced very soon! Keep checking this space.
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May 11, 2005
Lyrics Born live pictures from last night's show have been added to the site. They're pretty damn cool, so check them out right now!
Also, new Pictures of The Lifesavas have been added to the site. Pictures are from the gig @ Wulapalooza / Oregon, April 30, 2005. Check them out!
For all those that have cable out there and have the channel techtv, LB will be doing an in studio performance on a show called "Attack of the Show".. Its a hipster/geek internet computer show that is surprisingly entertaining. The show is on 4 pm pacific time. Here is a link to the show and showtimes.
Big Thanks to Scott Fralish, 3ceerok and Dinobullet from the solesides boards for the input this time
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May 07, 2005
Lateef and Gift of Gab did a gig at the DNA LOUNGE may 5. The audio of the complete night (5 hours!!) is now online. Click here to download the huge file. The coming weeks, the complete gig will be available in smaller downloads here at solesides.com - go to the special downloads page to check that all out
If you haven't signed up to the solesides.com mailinglist you should do that right now, because there's some good music for you to get. Over the last week, rare (live) DJ Shadow tracks have been made available. Check it out now.
Finally; New tourdates have been added to the Tour Dates section. Click here
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April 27, 2005
The last days of your chance to win the QUANNUM / Can't Stop Won't Stop mixcd are here. Check above to learn more about this mixtape and enter the competition.
Another way to get the mixtape, is to order your copy of Lyrics Born's "Same Shit Different Day" album at hiphopsite.com - they're giving it away for free!
A few weeks ago, Solesides.com mentioned about the DJ Shadow bootleg "Live in Bangkok" -Click here to listen to that release Note that only the first 18 minutes of this release are mixed by DJ Shadow.
Once again we need to tell you not to buy it. This is what Shadow himself says about this bootleg;
"It's basically a mix I did for the BBC in late '99 or early '00 along with someone else's jazz music (?) Now people are putting anything on a CD and saying it's me. This is exactly what they did to Hendrix after he died throughout the '70s. It sucked then and it sucks now.
-Shadow"
Finally; Note That AUSSIE Radiostation Triple J is running a comp that gets you to remix LB's Callin' Out. The best entry gets to meet LB on his next aussie tour plus theres other prizes. It closes on the 23rd of May and LB is judging himself. More info here and here
Thanks to MrJonez and Sizza from the solesides boards for the input this time
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April 22, 2005
Prefixmag.com has an interview with Lyrics Born.... it's awesome so read it now ! Also, There's an article on LB at Publicbroadcasting.net - click here to read that.
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April 20, 2005
Same Shit, Different Day - the remix album by Lyrics Born is out this week! Be sure to cop a copy!
Dutch VPRO (internet) Radio has the full SSDD album online. Click here to listen to the complete thing (right now, not all tracks match with the sound you hear, but they'll fix it soon)
Here's a mission for y'all: Get Live105 radio to play Lyrics Born as often as possible... click here to learn how!!
Click here for more recent street team action. Y'all should join!
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April 16, 2005
QUANNUM news is coming in fast this week. Hope y'all can keep up with all the dopeness coming from the Bay!
Pictures from Lateef, Gift of Gab with DJ Mike Relm are added to the site. Check them out.
Speaking of Gab; He did a verse on the track "Stranger in My Home" which is on the new and awesome Zion I album. Click here to listen to that verse.
Also, note that music.for-robots.com had a feature on APSCI last week. Click here to check that out and get the track "Bike Messenger Diaries" which is a nice taste of the upcoming album on QUANNUM
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April 12, 2005
New live pictures of Lyrics Born are added to the pictures section. It are pictures from the show in Nola and featured Heirospecs. Check it all out here (many thanks to Dean Emory Bonner for sending in this pictures)
There's an interview with Lyrics Born at Tastelikeschicken.com
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April 10, 2005
This August, a book by Eliot Wilder on DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing," will be released from Continuum Books. Around the same time, Universal will release a remastered anniversary edition of the album, for which Eliot Wilder wrote the liner notes. Click here for an excerpt from the book. (thanks to Orange from the solesides boards for mentioning this)
Lyrics Born did a remix of the track "Stay Loose" from the legendary Jimmy Smith. The song is on the "Verve Remixed 3" compilation. The album also features production by Rjd2, Danger Mouse, Album Leaf, Postal Service. Listen to a soundclip of LB's remix here
In QUANNUM related news:
Bay Area crew Zion I are getting ready to drop their 3rd album, True & Livin' on April 19th. The album features both live instrumentation as well as sample-driven beats, and QUANNUM's own Gift of Gab features on the track "Stranger in My Home"
Beatlife.net scored some mp3s from the new album. Check them out here
zionicrew.com
New Special Download:
Nostalgic Progression, the hiphop crew from the bay area with the same background as SoleSides/Quannum (KDVS radio, etc). They opened a show for Blackalicious last year. Check the Special Download page!
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April 8, 2005
The SOLESIDES logo on the top of this page is designed by Jack Craig @ jackcraig.co.uk -Jack now designed some very limited SOLESIDES tshirts as well. To get a shirt, click here be quick, it's limited time offer.
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April 3, 2005
Can't Stop Won't Stop competition - Click here!!
Lyrics Born / Same Shit Different Day artwork:
Full tracklist + audio in the releases section
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March 22, 2005
Boom Bap Project's new album "Reprogram" is coming out late '05 on
Rhymesayers and it features. Dilated Peoples, Lifesavas, Grayskul and Gift of Gab. Click here for artwork and here for full tracklist and some soundclips. Gab's part sounds like a hot leftover from his 4th Dimention sessions with production by Vitamin D. Listen here
Jeff Chang, writer of the awesome book on hiphop "can't stop won't stop" rules. Click here to learn why (thanks Jeff)
Out soon, but already added to the releasessection of solesides.com a release on DJ Shadow's own QUANNUM / Cali - Tex label: Schoolhouse Funk 2. The sequel to the praised "Schoolhouse Funk Compilation" which collects the finest moments of school band recordings. Keep checking this space for more info. >>Artwork
Also added to the releases section: Lyrics Born Variety Show Vol 1. This CD was exclusively sold at Lyrics Born live shows, just to give people a taster of what to expect on the soon to be released Lyrics Born Remix album "Same shit different Day" (April 26) >> Artwork
Y'all should be aware of a new bootleg of DJ Shadow's set he did for the ninjatune / solidsteel radioshow. DO NOT BUY IT! It's not an official DJ Shadow release and everyone who buys it, supports people who are trying to make money in a very wrong way. Please keep checking this site to get the actual mix FOR FREE in stead. Click here to check out the release in question (the last soundclips are not even DJ Shadow, so beware).
Finally: Do you want to be informed on new updates and news entries to the site, join the new SoleSides mailinglist!
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March 17, 2005
Carbon copy of the news from QUANNUM.COM for you all. This had to be mentioned here as well, because it's some essential stuff. Here we go:
There is a big ol' article on Quannum in the SF Weekly. It is a real nice look at the history and story of SoleSides / QUANNUM. Jeff Chang also wrote a little bit about the piece on his blog. Check them both out!
Click: SFWEEKLY - Jeff Chang
Just to be sure we will never loose this dope articles, they're added to the solesides.com articles section.
QUANNUM street team: read the message regarding the new challenge at the boards. Y'all better join!
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March 14, 2005
New to the site:
- Last track from Lyrics Born @ Ropeadope 2004. It's Love Me So Bad
- More pictures from Lyrics Born at the Good Vibes festival
And: Y'all should know that the Lyrics Born remix album "Same Shit Different Day" is HOT! The Shadow produced track is more than awesome and received with open arms by solesides and quannum.com frequenters. Get the album as soon as you can! Don't sleep.
More info soon!
In related news: Check out the new 12" by Nostalgia Progression, the hiphop crew from the bay area with the same background as SoleSides/Quannum (KDVS radio, etc). They opened a show for Blackalicious last year.
The 12" is called "Blue Sphere" and the b-side has a dope instrumental on it, called "Arcane Music" which is very related to DJ Shadow's production on UNKLE / Psyence Fiction.www.nospro.com
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March 3, 2005
Click here to check out a new single from Courage of Eastern Sunz featuring Vursatyl of Lifesavas. To learn more about the album "The Art Of Spiritual Warfare" check the official website easternsunz.com
New to solesides.com: Fourth Lyrics Born Live track from the Ropeadope 2004 tour. Check it
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February 27, 2005
New to solesides.com:
Lyrics Born pictures Live at Good Vibrations 2005 and Live at Gaelic, nov 2004 (both australia)
also, a new remix of LB's "Callin Out" Check it
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February 21, 2005
Later That Day - the remix album. We're getting closer and closer to the release date (04/26)..... A soundclip of the Halou remix for "Last Trumpet" would be nice, wouldn't it? - Well... get it here !
(thanks to zenvision from the boards)
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February 17, 2005
The news & vibes around Jeff Chang's awesome Can't Stop Won't Stop book & mixtape are supercool. Just recently, Jeff was guest at KPFA Hard Knock Radio. They played snippets of the mixtape and there was an interview with Jeff Chang. Click here to listen what Jeff says about the mixtape and click here to listen what the presenter of the Hard Knock Radio show has to say about the book
- It's a Labour of Love, man... -
To download full interview and soundclips of the mixtape, click here
- login: metredash100
- passw: disavowed
(sorry, this is the only way to make it available now, please share this, y'all !!)
download the full show part 1 / part 2
KPFA.ORG / CANTSTOPWONTSTOP.COM
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February 11, 2005
New tourdates have been posted in the tourdate section at the boards. For all details, always check official site QUANNUM.COM
Now available; 3rd live Lyrics Born track from the Ropeadope 2004 tour. Click
Can't Stop Won't Stop book signings / pictures -click here
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February 10, 2005
Jeff Chang, writer of the awesome cantstopwontstop book, wrote a new entry in his own blog and mentiones about the QUANNUM mixtape. Check it
The mixtape & the book can be purchased online from turntablelab.com as well as thegiantpeach.com
Check out a contest regarding the book and cd at QUANNUM.COM soon.
MORE:
There is a good interview with Lyrics Born at innariddim.com
also, here is an interesting article about discovering DJ Shadow at tinymixtapes.com - click here for comments on this article.
Finally, y'all should check out the updated djztrip site. Z's new 12" is out now and his first studio album will be out April 26, which is the same day as LB's "Same Shit, Different Day" remix album.
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February 5, 2005
In the February 1 news, solesides.com mentioned about the Lyrics Born track "I'm Just Raw" which is on LB's remix album, due out April 26. Also of note are the respective DJ Shadow and Xcel produced tracks "Over You" and "I Can't Wait For Your Love."
In other QUANNUM news: The Gift Of Gab did a track for the upcoming Zion I album "True&Livin." The 2002 album "Deep Water Slang" was a banger, so expect nothing less from Zion I this time. Just recently, Lyrics Born was guest on the Zion I mixtape "Family Business" - he featured on the remix for "Silly Puddy" Download it
At Superhappywax.com, there are some pictures of Lateef, The Perceptionists. Sirens Echo @ Doug Fir - Click here
Also, you all should know that Joyo Velarde appears on the 2004 Head Automatica album "Decadence" click here for some soundclips. Her is a review of that album.
(thanks to "cantescapebreaks" and "ondjiva" for mentioning this on THE BOARDS)
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February 1, 2005
Oliver Wang from o-dub.com wrote a small review on the upcoming Lyrics Born / Later That Day Remix album. Click here to read it. Y'all better listen to the mp3-snippet of the new-and-ultra-cool Lyrics Born track "I'm just Raw" as well.
Note that Oliver labeled the upcoming "Can't Stop Won't Stop Book" "best hiphop book ever written." The book is out now, so be sure to buy it.
New here at solesides.com:
- Some pretty dope pictures from a 2003 Blackalicious gig in Edinburgh, UK. Click here
- 2nd track of Lyrics Born @ Ropeadope Click
- 2nd home made remix of Lyrics Born / Callin' out Click
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January 29, 2005
Just recently, btsradio.net featured a funk mix by Dante Carfagna, crate digging friend of DJ Shadow. Click here to listen. Brian Cross (B+) from the Keepintime project was guest at the show a few weeks back. To listen to that show, click here
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January 25, 2005
QUANNUM performed on ZeD TV on CBC Television in Canada yesterday. The performance of the track 'Quannum World' is now archived.Click here to watch it.
It doesn't stop here. The video for 'Rat Race', as taken from the Gift of Gab / Fourth Dimensional Rocketships Going up album is online. Click here to watch
New tour dates have been posted in the tour dates section at the boards, y'all better check that out. More tour info is @ QUANNUM.COM
Please make special note of the gig at the DNA in SF at February 24, which is a special performance by the Quannum MCs Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truth Speaker and Lyrics Born.
Most likely, this set will be available on dnalounge.com later on. Keep checking this space for info on that.
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January 19, 2005
There's more news on the upcoming book "Cant Stop Wont Stop" by Jeff Chang and it goes a little something like this:
The tracklisting for the limited mixtape featuring QUANNUM MC's, mixed by D-Sharp, is done. For a preview of the tracklist, click here to check it out. Remember to buy the book!! Official release date is February 1.
Click here to buy
In related news: Kool Herc, who wrote the introduction for the book, gave an interview on Aussie hiphop show "Triple J":
Download: Part 1 - Part 2
also at the Triple J site, there are a couple of audioclips from interviews with QUANNUM artists -
- APSCI
- Blackalicious 1 - 2
- Lyrics Born
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January 14, 2005
Lifesavas have just recently released their new 12" single "Fa Show" - this track is taken from the awesome Spirit In Stone Album and has A Capella and instrumental versions of the original as well as from the remix
Click here to listen to the remix, click here to buy
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January 12, 2005
Welcome to the new SOLESIDES.COM ! Hope y'all like it. All feedback on the new site is welcome. Please email or use the boards to say anything! Have fun.
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January 07, 2005
LATEEF news @ thegiantpeach.com click
DJ DSHARP news @ thegiantpeach.com click
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January 06, 2005
Quannum-wise, it's gonna be all good - There's some super good stuff coming our way, like the Lyrics Born remix and Blackalicious albums as well as the Maroons full length. Joyo Velarde on tour with her live band. Also releases from Pigeon John, APSCI and more... yeah !
This february, the book "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang (founder of solesides) will be released. The December 6 news here at solesides.com already mentioned about the book, but as the release date is getting closer and the fact that it's one of the best books on hiphop ever, it deserves another mention.
The official Can't Stop, Won't Stop site is launched as well. Y'all better check that out
Note that this book is fully supported by Quannum. At February 8, there's a San Francisco Release Party in conjunction with QUANNUM.
Jeff Chang and QUANNUM are all hard at work on a CSWS mixtape. The whole crew is involved--D-Sharp is doing the mixing, LB, Lateef, Gab, X and Joyo are reading parts of the book, and our homie DJ Icewater (westcoastmixtapes.com) is engineering and dubbing it up. The concept is to recount the history of the hip-hop generation in words and sound. There will also be exclusive previews of 05 Quannum releases! It's gonna be a very limited edition deal.
For buzz on the book, excerpts, and a Q+A, go to the Book section at cantstopwonstop.com.
December 23, 2005
Another XMAS Bonus ! - Here's a very good mix of DJ Shadow tracks by Skew - if the people at the solesides boards and other boards have to choose their favorite mix of 2005, it's most likely that this one will end up in their top 3. So, once again, for everyone who missed out on this, Dowload and be impressed ! Check out skewmusic.com for more nice music and mixes.
And while you're downloading all this niceness, be sure to check out the new funkierthanthou.net website. It's a very good place to read articles, discover new music and more. Why is this mentioned here? Well, some people from the old in/flux mailinglist are behind this funky project, (read about it in the SOLESIDES WEBLOG )
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December 19, 2005
Pictures from the Blackalicious gig in Sydney are now online. Click here
Xmas bonus MP3: Blackalicious / Powers
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December 14, 2005
There's a Latyrx (Lateef and Lyrics Born) live cd coming your way. Click here to go to the Lyrics Born Store to learn more about this wonderful piece of hiphop-history. Order soon before it's too late!
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December 9, 2005
>>MP3: IMAGINE PEACE W/ GEORGE BUSH<<
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December 6, 2005
Due to the fact that David Banner does a shout out to DJ Shadow on Shadow's Funky Skunk mix, rumors were flying around that Banner is going to be on the 2006 DJ Shadow album. Well.... it's confirmed !! CLICK HERE to read all about it.
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November 22, 2005
For all of you who are still hunting down original songs that DJ Shadow used for his music, check out the latest post at soul-sides.com and get the song 'Human Abstract' by David Axelrod. Shadow used this for 'Midnight In A Perfect World'
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November 19, 2005
Above you see a picture of Dana and La Ramotta from APSCI rockin' it at the SF show, last september. New Pictures of the QUANNUM show at Vegooze are added to the pictures section of solesides.com -
In other news: Always wanted to get your hands on an original copy of the Latyrx / Muzappers EP? It looks like QUANNUM is planning a re-release early 2006, so keep checking this space for more info soon! Can't wait for 2006? Check out the store at Lyricsborn.com and order the muzappers EP casette
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November 6, 2005
Have y'all been wondering what the Lifesavas are up to at the moment? They are on tour right now and everything they do and experience will be written in their own LIFESAVAS BLOG! Check it out. A request from the Lifesavas-camp: If you have visited a show and took some pictures, don't hesitate to send them in. They might end up on the all new Lifesavas website, coming your way soon.
More Quannum blogs are by APSCI, where they are blogging everything related to their tour and SOLESIDES, where the webmaster of this fancy little site speaks his mind.
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November 3, 2005
After the two insane Lyrics Born live gigs in Melbourne and the DNA Lounge/San Francisco, SoleSides.com is proud to present a THIRD live gig ready for download. This time it's LB's recent live gig from the Knitting Factory, October 2005. It's no longer available here, but it will be backed up on the solesides yahoo account asap
Much props to Quannum / Lydia for helping out on making this available here at SoleSides.
Note that the Lyrics Born show from the DNA lounge is still available as well. Check the October 28 news for that.
Did you miss out on the Melbourne-download? No worries, it is already backed up on the already legendary SoleSides Yahoo-acount
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October 25, 2005
New DJ Shadow article in Digizine. Shadow talks about the gear he uses right now as well as his upcoming album. This is what is being said about two tracks, that are going to be on the 2006 DJ Shadow LP:
'You Made it'
Based on a long guitar sample that was meticulously cut up and pitch-shifted into a
completely different chord progression. the songe makes use of live percussion and a Korg Triton bass line, pitched and chopped to match the guitar sample, for its backbone groove. Shadow the wrote basic string arrangement for what may prove to be one of his most orchestrally involved pieces yet. It also has real strings live, which is a 17
piece ensemble with just an amazing sound.
'Erase You'
For people who like the beat work that shadow does, that's the track that they're gonna get off on
>> Click here for the complete article
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October 19, 2005
Alright, y'all... Usually, SoleSides.com doesn't provide y'all with unconfirmed news and information, but it's been decided that the best way to control rumors that are going around at the moment, is by mentioning it here...So let's go:
A track called '3 Freaks' by bay area hiphop artist 'Keak Da Sneak' is popping up on several related websites, audioblogs and messageboards. Rumours are that DJ Shadow produced this track. Some people on the solesides boards are sure this is by Shadow, some aren't. Click here to read the discussion on this track. and click here to read an article where Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides mentiones about Keak Da Sneak.
To listen to the track, check out the latest blog entry @ earfuzz.com - some people even say this track will be on Shadow's next album.
Please keep your minds together, y'all... Rumors that this is a DJ Shadow produced track are far from confirmed...let's not start about talking if this is going to be on the next album...
You have been warned.
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October 12, 2005
Lyrics Born and Blackalicious were artist of the day at Maniatv.com this week!
Check out the videos were the artists talk about their careers, new releases and more. Also, you can check out the video for LB's "I Changed My Mind" and Blackalicious / "Your Move"
Check:
Blackalicious / Lyrics Born
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October 12, 2005
Thanks for all the kind words on the anniversary of solesides.com, the boards and the new addition to the site the blog
new: TOMMYGUERRERO.COM !!! New website by and about Tommy Guerrero. Check it out because it's pretty interesting and you can get some nice video's and songs there.
And here's a nice present for y'all:
Lyrics Born was in Australia in July and whooped up audiences all over the country. triple j radio captured Mr Born's performance at the Prince Of Wales in Melbourne. He had a full band in tow, so the sound is massive. He played a great set with tracks like 'I Changed My Mind', 'Calling Out' and plenty more.
Download 45 minutes of his set here (now gone)
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October 10, 2005
In celebration of ten years of Endtroducing, eight years of solesides.com and three years of SoleSides Boards, we give you a new addition to solesides.com: blog.solesides.com - check that out and read the first post to the blog that gives you some nice insight on what solesides.com is and how it's become what it is right now.
Also pretty interesting: respected audioblog website Aurgasm.us has an item on new QUANNUM artist Curumin, who just recently released the wicked "Achados e Perdidos"album.
Finally: Keep checking the website of Aussie radiostation "Triple J" because they broadcastedLyrics Born's performance at the Prince Of Wales in Melbourne. He had a full band in tow, so the sound is massive. He played a great set with tracks like 'I Changed My Mind', 'Calling Out' and plenty more. The audiostream will be available later on. Keep checking this space for an mp3 download coming your way.
NEW: SOLESIDES.COM RSS FEED
Learn more about RSS here and here or at the solesides boards
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October 5, 2005
New additions to the site: Some pretty damn nice pictures of Lyrics Born / Joyo Velarde + band, live in Detroit. Pictures taken by Christopher Chouinard - To watch the pictures, click here
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October 2, 2005
Short update today y'all:
The video for "The Get Down" by DJ Ztrip featuring Lyrics Born is here
New Lyrics Born track
Lyrics Born / Big Money Talk - real /windowsmedia
Keep checking this space as you might be able to get an mp3 of this one soon. This also counts for the Blackalicious track "Excellent"
More info on both tracks is here
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September 28, 2005
Blackalicious live video !
This past monday was the record release party for the new Blackalicious album "The Craft" - Rez1 from rezolutionpollution.blogspot.com got a phonecall from QUANNUM's own Lydia, telling him that he was on the guestlist for the show. He shot a video of the night, which is pretty interesting. Click here to see Herve and X battling and Gab freestyling at the sold out show in San Fransisco. (you need Quicktime for this)
More Blackalicious goodies: Loads of articles on The Craft and interviews with Blackalicious are added to the articles section of this site. Check it out now! - Thanks to everyone @ the boards for the input. Also, if you bump into more, please mention that here!
new:
>> SoleSides Page @ myspace.com
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September 26, 2005
The album is out people.... Blackalicious - The Craft. Stop what you're doing right now and run to your local record store and cop your copy of this golden moment in hiphop.
There's one reason not to do this and that's because you want to watch the video for "Your Move" Check it >> DSL / >> 56K
Warning: you WILL be amazed.
The people from the ANTI / Epitaph recordlabel gave you a free download of "Your Move" early this month. They decided to make the track "My Pen And Pad" available as well. Get it
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September 25, 2005
BLACKALICIOUS KEXP PODCAST
Gift Of Gab and Chief XCel were guest at KEXP radio and not only they gave an interview, they also performed a couple of tracks off the brand new Blackalicious album 'The Craft' - Who else but SoleSides.com makes this available for y'all. Click here to check it all out!
Big props to GWRADIO.COM / the "Any Given Moment" show for playing two full hours of Quannum music. Latyrx, APSCI, Blackalicious, General Electrics, Lyrics Born...every Quannum act got airplay! Thanks to presenter "E Literate" for the shout out to the SoleSides boards. Wanna hear that? Clip 1 / Clip 2
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September 20, 2005
SoleSides.com wants to express the deepest respect to DJ Shadow, DJSHADOW.COM and SOULSTRUT.COM for having done the the Katrina Benefit Auction earlier this week. Read more about it in the latest news entry @DJSHADOW.COM
- The DJ Shadow 1997 tour vinyl went for USD 765 >> Click here for auction
- The OBEYDJSHADOW packages went for USD 175 and 120 >> Click here for auction
- The Dick Cheney Picture disc went for USD 250 >> Click here for auction
Also, David Banner, who gives a shout out to DJ Shadow on Shadow's latest mixtape 'Funky Skunk' was "Rapping for a Hometown in Hurricane Crisis" - read it here
And: Y'all already might know that Jeff Chang (co-founder of SoleSides, later QUANNUM) received the American Book Award for the awesome book on hiphop, Can't Stop Won't Stop - Check out some pictures of the award night at thegiantpeach
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September 8, 2005
September 27, the releasedate for the new BLACKALICIOUS album 'The Craft' is coming real close now. And what's a new release without a new website nowadays? Click here to check the pretty awesome new Blackalicious website
Y'all may have heard about the DJ Shadow percussion project by Brian Udelhofen, who teaches percussion at Minnetonka High School. More info can me mentioned here, but just check out the website, watch the videos and be amazed. DJ Shadow himself was amazed and so were the people at the solesides boards. Brian even mentiones the SoleSides boards at the end of the video. How dope. Click here to witness it all!
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September 2, 2005
Many thanks to the guys from Nostalgic Progression for arranging the download of their awesome album 'Phonograph Timepod' the last three days. Feedback has been hot! Be sure to check out more Nospro at the following sites:
www.nospro.com / myspace.com/ildante /
myspace.com/nospro / nospro interview
Can't get enough of Nospro? Here's a special bonus track; It's a remix of the SoleSides/Quannum track track '8 Point Agenda' by Latyrx. Click here to download that.
Earfuzz.com has the track "stoned is" available by The Listening. This is the track as used by DJ Shadow for Diminishing Returns pt2. Check it out
More QUANNUM goodness:
Lyrics Born did a track for The Tracks, the soundtrack for the NBA 2K6 Basketball video game due out October 4. Click here to listen to a soundclip. To learn more about this soundtrack, check out the site at Accesshiphop.com - Many thanks to 'Mupsjones' from the solesides boards for this one
Note that on that soundtrack, there's a new Blackalicious track as well. Talkin' about Blackalicious - their new album "The Craft" will be released this month. The 27th of september to be exact. The people from ANTI records made one track available for free. It's 'Your Move' - featuring the Lifesavas - Click here to download the track.
And... Who else but solesides.com can give y'all a soundclip to the first track on the album, called 'World Of Vibrations' - Download a low quality mp3 of the opening minute to the awesome album 'the Craft' here Many thanks to 'Freedomstyle' from the solesides boards for this one
Quannum Contest! First one to submit a completed, no mistakes puzzle wins some goodies from the Quannum grab bag. About the puzzle: it's a wordsearch! Download it, read the instructions and that's it! Also, check this thread at the solesides boards for more info. Quannum's own Lydia will be announced the winners there...
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August 26, 2005
Pictures of the LA - In store signings of the OBEYDJSHADOW packages are now available in the pictures section. It seems it was a busy night for Obey and DJ Shadow! Thanks to kidrobot.com as well as Kris Bugbee for the pictures. To check out the pictures right now click the links below
It seems that some weird people are already offering this packages on ebay and they're asking ridiculous prices for it. Please y'all...DON'T fall for this. Ignore this offers.
Also, The book on DJ Shadow's 1996 LP "Endtroducing..." as written by Eliot Wilder, is now available. Check your local record store or online... Click here to buy it @ amazon.com.
More DJ Shadow niceness: Earlier this week, it was mentioned that Earfuzz.com had an article on DJ Shadow's latest funk compilation, 'Schoolhouse Funk II' More can be found at O-Dub's music blog Soul-Sides. You can also download an mp3 of the track 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'
And: Pictures of one of the first Blackalicous shows from the 2005 / The Craft tour are added to the pictures - Check them out right now
Finally: check out the special SoleSides Page @ myspace.com - people are already adding Solesides to their friends and y'all should do that as well. That should be a nice way to meet fellow Solesides/Quannum fans.
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August 24, 2005
Alright, it's time for some news, not 100% SoleSides/Quannum, but very DJ Shadow related;
In the August 16 news here at SoleSides, it was mentioned that DJ Shadow is very charmed by the music of Stateless. Chris, the singer in Stateless, has collaborated on some tracks for Shadows new album. It's not confirmed if all tracks will end up on Shadow's 2006 album because this is all what Stateless were allowed to say. And they said it on the SoleSides boards! click here to check the entire thread
More niceness coming from other artists: Yoshi, from Nefisa.co.uk, who brought y'all the very interesting "No more Bush Fires" remix of DJ Shadow's "Blood on the Motorway" has a new album out, called "Flowers and Trees" - The writing press has compared Yoshi's music to the music by DJ Shadow. Click here from reviews from "Wire" and "Hiphop connection" magazine.
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August 18, 2005
Winners of the April competition around the amazing, prize winning book on hiphop, Can't Stop Won't Stop, written by Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides are;
Jack Craig, Kent UK / Michael Boedeker, Paderborn Germany / Jake Green, Lancashire UK / Matthew Butcher, Nottingham UK / Chewey Vishal, Surrey UK / Jen Kettering, Cambridge UK / Dean Fernando, Hollywood CA USA / Kurtis Lobas, Tulsa OK USA /
Sean McFarlane, Vancouver Canada / Jordan Taylor, Fairlight Australia
Congratulations to everyone! Learn more about the book at cantstopwontstop.com !
Be on the look out for another competition here at SoleSides.com soon!
More niceness:
There's a very clever Lyrics Born mashup made for radio 105. It's LB's I'm Just Raw vs Audioslave. Download this hotness here ! (thanks to Sizza at the solesides boards for this one)
Also, the much talked-about and already legendary DIPLO vs DJ Shadow / Megatoid mix is now available for download free at Archive.org- To download straight away, click here
Alright, it's getting too hot now... time to cool down. Oh no, wait, it's....it's...Contest time!
QUANNUM.COM needs a new banner for the top of the website - visit the QUANNUM site and check out what it's on there now. The banner should be 744 x 158 pixels - you should design something for Curumin, APSCI or General Elektriks. Best banner wins someting from the QUANNUM grab bag and the banner will be placed up on the site for a week. For an example of a banner, made by "Freedomstyle" from the SoleSides boards, click here
Please have your banners emailed as jpegs to Lydia / Quannum - QuammieLove@gmail.com- by 8/22
>> New: projects.solesides.com
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August 16, 2005
The holidays are over and the updates are already coming in rapidly. Here's some niceness for everyone:
Download a mix of DJ Shadow's track "Six Days" here. The mix is called "Confidence" and it's done by Rolo. Tracks in this mix are:
DJ Shadow - 6 days
Bonobo -d song
Amon Tobin - Saboture
Kid koala - Drunk Trumpet
a song by glenn miller (unknown name)
a self help tape by ross jeffres.
Also new to the site: pictures of the August 6 Lateef / Mike Relm show @ Galaxy. Check thepictures page or just click here to check them all out right now.
At earfuzz.com, There's an article on DJ Shadow's recently released funk compilation "Schoolhouse Funk 2" and you can download an alternative version of the track "Celebrate" by the El Cerrito High School Jazz Pop Ensemble. This is pretty interesting, so check it.
More DJ Shadow news; Most likely, the leadsinger from the awesome UK band Stateless will feature on Shadow's new album. Check out
statelessonline.co.uk for more info on Stateless. Their EP and upcoming album are produced by Jim Abbiss. This man also worked with DJ Shadow on Endtroducing, The Private Press and UNKLE/Psyence Fiction
Wefunkradio.com did an interview with the father of hiphop, DJ Kool Herc. Herc wrote the introduction to the award-winning book on hiphop "Can't Stop Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides, so be sure to check out both the interview as well as Jeff Chang's book.
Finally; there are some new downloads available on this page. It are two tracks by Tommy Guerrero, who is on QUANNUM now. Also, for everyone who still hasn't heard APSCI, there are two tracks ready for download.
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August 14, 2005
Well well well, here we are. After a two week break, solesides.com is back in action...It's good to be back! Here's an update on what happened in the SoleSides/QUANNUM world lately;
- Check out this nice SPIN.COM article on APSCI, who where band of the day last week. There's some talk about it on the SoleSides boards. To read that or join the discussion, click here. And y'all better vote to make APSCI band of the month! Also on the boards, Guy, APSCI's drummer wrote a nice thank-you to all the fans who have been so supportive up to now. Here's the exact quote;
"Just want to throw out a quick thanks to everyone who's suported us thus far, things are really starting to heat up for us out here in BK. The discussion going on here is one we hear often, and one that def gets talked about on the van rides from gig to gig. Just to give you an idea where I come from, though I grew up with Hip Hop in my blood, I'm really more of a Junglist(those of you that have seen us live can prolly see that). I run a small DNB label, and outside of Apsci, and some stuff with Bill Laswell, that's what I'm doin most of the time. So as you can imagine to be asked to reproduce these beats on a kit was an honor as well as a challenge. Key word being challenge, this is a record that most people would have expected someone like Warp to put out. But what's going on with the Apsci sound, whether you feel it or not, is not easily lumped into any genre, or label. I want to thank Quannum and everyone there Lydia, Isaac, Gab, X, Shadow (and those I'm forgetting) for seeing the vision, and believing in it.
Hope to see more of y'all on the road"
How cool was that?? Come closer to the Quannum artists and join the boards!
- Only a few weeks after the QUANNUM release of the awesome "Thanks for Asking" album by APSCI, a new wicked album is waiting to be released. It's the album "Cliquety Klicq" by General Elektriks and you can already buy the pre-release or listen to soundclips on ITUNES.Click here to do so.
- Check out obeydjshadow.com for info on a soon to be released limited edition clothing and music box set entitled PUBLIC WORKS.
- The Lyrics Born online store is now open. Check it out at lyricsborn.com and get some nice music, tshirts and other goodies not available elswhere. And if this isn't enough, it seems that LB is thinking of doing a live DVD soon! hmm, jummy!
- Last night, The Poets of Rhythm did an gig in The Netherlands. Check out the pictures page or just click here to see some nice images of the night.
Hopefully, this was enough news for you all today! Be sure to keep checking this place for new updates and nice downloads in the coming week!
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July 28, 2005
The last two years, it was mentioned here when the summer holiday for solesides.com begins. Well, this year is no different. The holiday starts....NOW!! No new updates the coming two weeks. Expect your first SoleSides news date after August 13. So please don't think we're forgetting to update things here. If you find news related to SoleSides, QUANNUM, DJ Shadow and all new acts that are signed to QUANNUM, help your fellow solesides.com visitors out and post it on the boards!
In the meantime, check out the amazingly fresh new QUANNUM site, but not before you came back from your local record store to buy the awesome new album "Thanks for Asking" by APSCI
Finally: Congrats to Jeff Chang, co-founder of SoleSides and writer of the awesome book on hiphop, "Can't Stop Won't Stop" for receiving the 2005 American Book award. For some background info on the Award and previous winners, click here
Thanks for the good year so far... it's only getting better after the holidays. Read all about it here.
>> New: projects.solesides.com
Special summer holiday present: Lyrics Born vs AC/DC (mash up by "bangers&mash" from the Lyrics Born.com boards)
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July 20, 2005
New artwork for new albums by APSCI and Blackalicious is added to the site. Check the releases section or click:
APSCI - Thanks for asking (out now !!)
Blackalicious - The Craft (September !!)
Also added to the site: The two final tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef show @ DNA Lounge. Check the special downloads section to get the tracks.
Thanks again for DJ ERB for helping out in making this available for y'all.
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July 18, 2005
Blackalicious Interview: Not only the APSCI album drops on QUANNUM this month, another album y'all should be looking forward to, is "The Craft" by Blackalicious. Dutch hiphop show Lijn5.com did an interview with Chief Xcel and Gift of Gab. They talk about where and when the Blackalicious story began, the current situation about Quannum and more. click here to download the interview. And to get y'all a bit more excited for the new album; Click here to listen to a low quality version of the track "Rhythm Sticks" which is the first single of the new album.
>> thanks to www.lijn5.com
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July 13, 2005
It's July 2005, people. This is the month that the new APSCI album "Thanks for Asking" drops on QUANNUM - be sure to cop it when it's out later this month. Stay tuned for loads of APSCI coming your way through this site soon. In the meantime, check out the dope interview with APSCI at Innariddim.com
More QUANNUM article goodness: There's an excellent article on Lyrics Born at eastbayexpress.com. It's An all-encompassing and very comprehensive take on what LB was.., is.., and will be.. - click here to check it out right now.
Finally; Check out the two new tracks from the GAB / Lateef show @ DNA Lounge in the special downloads section.
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July 10, 2005
There's a new DJ Shadow mix by DJ Starsign @parakitachi.com - it's pretty interesting because for this mix, Starsign used some original samples as used by Shadow himself.
Direct Stream: Part One - Part Two
Download: Part One - Part Two
many thanks to "cswides" for mentioning this in the mixes area @ the solesides boards
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June 15, 2005
Big love to those of you who were able to make it out to BFD at Shoreline last Friday. As usual the folks at Live 105 threw one heck of a party!
Here's a reminder for you all that we still need your support to help get "I'm Just Raw" to the top of the charts on Live 105. Please tune in and give them a call to request "Im Just Raw" -1.800.696.1053
It's toll free so ring em up and let them know you want to hear "I'm Just Raw" by Lyrics Born.
Finally: Two new tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef show @ DNA are available at the special download page. Click here to check it out!
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June 13, 2005
Lydia posted new QUANNUM tourdates on the boards. Lots of new shows including an upcoming one from miss Joyo Velarde! Click here to cruise on over to the tourdates
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June 9, 2005
Winners of the Triple J Aussie hiphop show / Lyrics Born remix competition are announced.Click here to check out all remixes and read comments. Note that Lyrics Born was guest at the hiphop show some time ago. Click here to listen to his appearance
Pictures from the May 29 London QUANNUM gig with DJ Mike Relm, Joyo Velarde, Lateef and Lyrics Born w/ full live band are added to the pictures page. Y'all better Click here to check them out right now because they're HOT!
New tracks from Gift of Gab and Lateef live at the DNA lounge are added to the special downloads page. Check them out right now.
Also: The DJ Shadow samples pages, as run by John-Book (check out his new website and musicblog soon) will be continued under the solesides.com domain. The url for the pages change each week and the exact address will be posted to the solesides mailinglist - so y'all better sign up! Note that the samples pages are a guide to DJ Shadow's music. Pure for the love of it and learning more about his awesome creations. No sample snitches.
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June 3, 2005
Last week, APSCI were guest at the hiphop show fo Aussie's Triple J radiostation. They did an interview as well as two track from the upcoming QUANNUM album. Downloads are now ready for y'all:
Interview: part 1 - part 2
Live: track 1 - track 2
Also, some unconfirmed news regarding the new Blackalicious album "the craft" has reached solesides.com - the tracklist for the album, as well as tracklists for upcoming releases from APSCI, Curumin and General Elektriks, has been added to the releases section. It seems that no one less than George Clinton worked with Gab and Xcel on one track! Click here to read more rumors.
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May 30, 2005
Pictures from the May 28 London QUANNUM gig with DJ Mike Relm, Joyo Velarde, Lateef and Lyrics Born w/ full live band are added to the pictures page. Y'all better Click here to check them out right now because they're HOT!
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May 26, 2005
QUANNUM is working overtime, people. The track 'Reanimation' by Blackalicious is used for a commercial by Sunkist - check out that site to witness it. Also, Pigeon John is in the Nestlé Crunch commercial performing "Deception" from "Dating Your Sister." If that's not enough getting the music by QUANNUM to be heard by as many people as possible, Live 105 radio added Lyrics Born's track "I'm Just Raw" to their playlist. Lyrics Born himself is pretty happy with this. He even wrote a message on the solesides boards! Check it out
Ra Lamotta, member of APSCI, has joined the solesides boards as well and mentioned about two articles on APSCI. One - Two
Note that APSCI are guest at Aussie radioshow Triple J hiphop this friday. Click here to check out the webpage and info for that show. The show will be archived and most likely, solesides.com will give y'all the mp3. Keep Checking!
More QUANNUM:
Be on the lookout for new releases by APSCI, Curumin and General Elektriks. More info on this new albums will follow shortly. In the meantime, check out the APSCI site - it has some nice soundclips as well as videoclips from their upcoming album "Thanks for asking"
and:
Tourdates / SoleSides vs Soulseek / SoleSides mailinglist
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May 22, 2005
Pigeon John, who is recently signed to QUANNUM dropped by on the solesides board to say that if youre interested in checking out some pigeon john music, nows the time. go to pigeonjohn.com and get cds and shirts for cheap...as low as $7.99 for cds and $15.99 for shirts. Also, check out his gig at Temple Bar (Santa Monica), May 28. Templebarlive.com
Two new tracks from the show that Gift of Gab and Lateef did @ the DNA are now online. Get them at the special downloads page
Also, click here to listen to an item on Lyrics Born, broadcasted by National Public Radio.
Click here for more QUANNUM tourdates
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May 19, 2005
O-Dub's site on music, soul-sides.com again has something nice online. It's the track "I cry in the morning" by Dennis Olivieri. This is the original sample as used by DJ Shadow for his song "6 days" - Click here to check it out.
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May 17, 2005
Two new tracks from the Gift of Gab / Lateef gig @ DNA are now online. Check the special downloads page to get Lester Hayes and Mashin' On The Motorway.
Note that soul-sides.com has Cut Chemist's version of Lesson 4 available for download. Click here for all info on that track as well as the full download
Winners of the Can't stop won't stop competition will be announced very soon! Keep checking this space.
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May 11, 2005
Lyrics Born live pictures from last night's show have been added to the site. They're pretty damn cool, so check them out right now!
Also, new Pictures of The Lifesavas have been added to the site. Pictures are from the gig @ Wulapalooza / Oregon, April 30, 2005. Check them out!
For all those that have cable out there and have the channel techtv, LB will be doing an in studio performance on a show called "Attack of the Show".. Its a hipster/geek internet computer show that is surprisingly entertaining. The show is on 4 pm pacific time. Here is a link to the show and showtimes.
Big Thanks to Scott Fralish, 3ceerok and Dinobullet from the solesides boards for the input this time
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May 07, 2005
Lateef and Gift of Gab did a gig at the DNA LOUNGE may 5. The audio of the complete night (5 hours!!) is now online. Click here to download the huge file. The coming weeks, the complete gig will be available in smaller downloads here at solesides.com - go to the special downloads page to check that all out
If you haven't signed up to the solesides.com mailinglist you should do that right now, because there's some good music for you to get. Over the last week, rare (live) DJ Shadow tracks have been made available. Check it out now.
Finally; New tourdates have been added to the Tour Dates section. Click here
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April 27, 2005
The last days of your chance to win the QUANNUM / Can't Stop Won't Stop mixcd are here. Check above to learn more about this mixtape and enter the competition.
Another way to get the mixtape, is to order your copy of Lyrics Born's "Same Shit Different Day" album at hiphopsite.com - they're giving it away for free!
A few weeks ago, Solesides.com mentioned about the DJ Shadow bootleg "Live in Bangkok" -Click here to listen to that release Note that only the first 18 minutes of this release are mixed by DJ Shadow.
Once again we need to tell you not to buy it. This is what Shadow himself says about this bootleg;
"It's basically a mix I did for the BBC in late '99 or early '00 along with someone else's jazz music (?) Now people are putting anything on a CD and saying it's me. This is exactly what they did to Hendrix after he died throughout the '70s. It sucked then and it sucks now.
-Shadow"
Finally; Note That AUSSIE Radiostation Triple J is running a comp that gets you to remix LB's Callin' Out. The best entry gets to meet LB on his next aussie tour plus theres other prizes. It closes on the 23rd of May and LB is judging himself. More info here and here
Thanks to MrJonez and Sizza from the solesides boards for the input this time
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April 22, 2005
Prefixmag.com has an interview with Lyrics Born.... it's awesome so read it now ! Also, There's an article on LB at Publicbroadcasting.net - click here to read that.
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April 20, 2005
Same Shit, Different Day - the remix album by Lyrics Born is out this week! Be sure to cop a copy!
Dutch VPRO (internet) Radio has the full SSDD album online. Click here to listen to the complete thing (right now, not all tracks match with the sound you hear, but they'll fix it soon)
Here's a mission for y'all: Get Live105 radio to play Lyrics Born as often as possible... click here to learn how!!
Click here for more recent street team action. Y'all should join!
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April 16, 2005
QUANNUM news is coming in fast this week. Hope y'all can keep up with all the dopeness coming from the Bay!
Pictures from Lateef, Gift of Gab with DJ Mike Relm are added to the site. Check them out.
Speaking of Gab; He did a verse on the track "Stranger in My Home" which is on the new and awesome Zion I album. Click here to listen to that verse.
Also, note that music.for-robots.com had a feature on APSCI last week. Click here to check that out and get the track "Bike Messenger Diaries" which is a nice taste of the upcoming album on QUANNUM
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April 12, 2005
New live pictures of Lyrics Born are added to the pictures section. It are pictures from the show in Nola and featured Heirospecs. Check it all out here (many thanks to Dean Emory Bonner for sending in this pictures)
There's an interview with Lyrics Born at Tastelikeschicken.com
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April 10, 2005
This August, a book by Eliot Wilder on DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing," will be released from Continuum Books. Around the same time, Universal will release a remastered anniversary edition of the album, for which Eliot Wilder wrote the liner notes. Click here for an excerpt from the book. (thanks to Orange from the solesides boards for mentioning this)
Lyrics Born did a remix of the track "Stay Loose" from the legendary Jimmy Smith. The song is on the "Verve Remixed 3" compilation. The album also features production by Rjd2, Danger Mouse, Album Leaf, Postal Service. Listen to a soundclip of LB's remix here
In QUANNUM related news:
Bay Area crew Zion I are getting ready to drop their 3rd album, True & Livin' on April 19th. The album features both live instrumentation as well as sample-driven beats, and QUANNUM's own Gift of Gab features on the track "Stranger in My Home"
Beatlife.net scored some mp3s from the new album. Check them out here
zionicrew.com
New Special Download:
Nostalgic Progression, the hiphop crew from the bay area with the same background as SoleSides/Quannum (KDVS radio, etc). They opened a show for Blackalicious last year. Check the Special Download page!
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April 8, 2005
The SOLESIDES logo on the top of this page is designed by Jack Craig @ jackcraig.co.uk -Jack now designed some very limited SOLESIDES tshirts as well. To get a shirt, click here be quick, it's limited time offer.
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April 3, 2005
Can't Stop Won't Stop competition - Click here!!
Lyrics Born / Same Shit Different Day artwork:
Full tracklist + audio in the releases section
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March 22, 2005
Boom Bap Project's new album "Reprogram" is coming out late '05 on
Rhymesayers and it features. Dilated Peoples, Lifesavas, Grayskul and Gift of Gab. Click here for artwork and here for full tracklist and some soundclips. Gab's part sounds like a hot leftover from his 4th Dimention sessions with production by Vitamin D. Listen here
Jeff Chang, writer of the awesome book on hiphop "can't stop won't stop" rules. Click here to learn why (thanks Jeff)
Out soon, but already added to the releasessection of solesides.com a release on DJ Shadow's own QUANNUM / Cali - Tex label: Schoolhouse Funk 2. The sequel to the praised "Schoolhouse Funk Compilation" which collects the finest moments of school band recordings. Keep checking this space for more info. >>Artwork
Also added to the releases section: Lyrics Born Variety Show Vol 1. This CD was exclusively sold at Lyrics Born live shows, just to give people a taster of what to expect on the soon to be released Lyrics Born Remix album "Same shit different Day" (April 26) >> Artwork
Y'all should be aware of a new bootleg of DJ Shadow's set he did for the ninjatune / solidsteel radioshow. DO NOT BUY IT! It's not an official DJ Shadow release and everyone who buys it, supports people who are trying to make money in a very wrong way. Please keep checking this site to get the actual mix FOR FREE in stead. Click here to check out the release in question (the last soundclips are not even DJ Shadow, so beware).
Finally: Do you want to be informed on new updates and news entries to the site, join the new SoleSides mailinglist!
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March 17, 2005
Carbon copy of the news from QUANNUM.COM for you all. This had to be mentioned here as well, because it's some essential stuff. Here we go:
There is a big ol' article on Quannum in the SF Weekly. It is a real nice look at the history and story of SoleSides / QUANNUM. Jeff Chang also wrote a little bit about the piece on his blog. Check them both out!
Click: SFWEEKLY - Jeff Chang
Just to be sure we will never loose this dope articles, they're added to the solesides.com articles section.
QUANNUM street team: read the message regarding the new challenge at the boards. Y'all better join!
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March 14, 2005
New to the site:
- Last track from Lyrics Born @ Ropeadope 2004. It's Love Me So Bad
- More pictures from Lyrics Born at the Good Vibes festival
And: Y'all should know that the Lyrics Born remix album "Same Shit Different Day" is HOT! The Shadow produced track is more than awesome and received with open arms by solesides and quannum.com frequenters. Get the album as soon as you can! Don't sleep.
More info soon!
In related news: Check out the new 12" by Nostalgia Progression, the hiphop crew from the bay area with the same background as SoleSides/Quannum (KDVS radio, etc). They opened a show for Blackalicious last year.
The 12" is called "Blue Sphere" and the b-side has a dope instrumental on it, called "Arcane Music" which is very related to DJ Shadow's production on UNKLE / Psyence Fiction.www.nospro.com
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March 3, 2005
Click here to check out a new single from Courage of Eastern Sunz featuring Vursatyl of Lifesavas. To learn more about the album "The Art Of Spiritual Warfare" check the official website easternsunz.com
New to solesides.com: Fourth Lyrics Born Live track from the Ropeadope 2004 tour. Check it
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February 27, 2005
New to solesides.com:
Lyrics Born pictures Live at Good Vibrations 2005 and Live at Gaelic, nov 2004 (both australia)
also, a new remix of LB's "Callin Out" Check it
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February 21, 2005
Later That Day - the remix album. We're getting closer and closer to the release date (04/26)..... A soundclip of the Halou remix for "Last Trumpet" would be nice, wouldn't it? - Well... get it here !
(thanks to zenvision from the boards)
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February 17, 2005
The news & vibes around Jeff Chang's awesome Can't Stop Won't Stop book & mixtape are supercool. Just recently, Jeff was guest at KPFA Hard Knock Radio. They played snippets of the mixtape and there was an interview with Jeff Chang. Click here to listen what Jeff says about the mixtape and click here to listen what the presenter of the Hard Knock Radio show has to say about the book
- It's a Labour of Love, man... -
To download full interview and soundclips of the mixtape, click here
- login: metredash100
- passw: disavowed
(sorry, this is the only way to make it available now, please share this, y'all !!)
download the full show part 1 / part 2
KPFA.ORG / CANTSTOPWONTSTOP.COM
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February 11, 2005
New tourdates have been posted in the tourdate section at the boards. For all details, always check official site QUANNUM.COM
Now available; 3rd live Lyrics Born track from the Ropeadope 2004 tour. Click
Can't Stop Won't Stop book signings / pictures -click here
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February 10, 2005
Jeff Chang, writer of the awesome cantstopwontstop book, wrote a new entry in his own blog and mentiones about the QUANNUM mixtape. Check it
The mixtape & the book can be purchased online from turntablelab.com as well as thegiantpeach.com
Check out a contest regarding the book and cd at QUANNUM.COM soon.
MORE:
There is a good interview with Lyrics Born at innariddim.com
also, here is an interesting article about discovering DJ Shadow at tinymixtapes.com - click here for comments on this article.
Finally, y'all should check out the updated djztrip site. Z's new 12" is out now and his first studio album will be out April 26, which is the same day as LB's "Same Shit, Different Day" remix album.
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February 5, 2005
In the February 1 news, solesides.com mentioned about the Lyrics Born track "I'm Just Raw" which is on LB's remix album, due out April 26. Also of note are the respective DJ Shadow and Xcel produced tracks "Over You" and "I Can't Wait For Your Love."
In other QUANNUM news: The Gift Of Gab did a track for the upcoming Zion I album "True&Livin." The 2002 album "Deep Water Slang" was a banger, so expect nothing less from Zion I this time. Just recently, Lyrics Born was guest on the Zion I mixtape "Family Business" - he featured on the remix for "Silly Puddy" Download it
At Superhappywax.com, there are some pictures of Lateef, The Perceptionists. Sirens Echo @ Doug Fir - Click here
Also, you all should know that Joyo Velarde appears on the 2004 Head Automatica album "Decadence" click here for some soundclips. Her is a review of that album.
(thanks to "cantescapebreaks" and "ondjiva" for mentioning this on THE BOARDS)
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February 1, 2005
Oliver Wang from o-dub.com wrote a small review on the upcoming Lyrics Born / Later That Day Remix album. Click here to read it. Y'all better listen to the mp3-snippet of the new-and-ultra-cool Lyrics Born track "I'm just Raw" as well.
Note that Oliver labeled the upcoming "Can't Stop Won't Stop Book" "best hiphop book ever written." The book is out now, so be sure to buy it.
New here at solesides.com:
- Some pretty dope pictures from a 2003 Blackalicious gig in Edinburgh, UK. Click here
- 2nd track of Lyrics Born @ Ropeadope Click
- 2nd home made remix of Lyrics Born / Callin' out Click
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January 29, 2005
Just recently, btsradio.net featured a funk mix by Dante Carfagna, crate digging friend of DJ Shadow. Click here to listen. Brian Cross (B+) from the Keepintime project was guest at the show a few weeks back. To listen to that show, click here
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January 25, 2005
QUANNUM performed on ZeD TV on CBC Television in Canada yesterday. The performance of the track 'Quannum World' is now archived.Click here to watch it.
It doesn't stop here. The video for 'Rat Race', as taken from the Gift of Gab / Fourth Dimensional Rocketships Going up album is online. Click here to watch
New tour dates have been posted in the tour dates section at the boards, y'all better check that out. More tour info is @ QUANNUM.COM
Please make special note of the gig at the DNA in SF at February 24, which is a special performance by the Quannum MCs Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truth Speaker and Lyrics Born.
Most likely, this set will be available on dnalounge.com later on. Keep checking this space for info on that.
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January 19, 2005
There's more news on the upcoming book "Cant Stop Wont Stop" by Jeff Chang and it goes a little something like this:
The tracklisting for the limited mixtape featuring QUANNUM MC's, mixed by D-Sharp, is done. For a preview of the tracklist, click here to check it out. Remember to buy the book!! Official release date is February 1.
Click here to buy
In related news: Kool Herc, who wrote the introduction for the book, gave an interview on Aussie hiphop show "Triple J":
Download: Part 1 - Part 2
also at the Triple J site, there are a couple of audioclips from interviews with QUANNUM artists -
- APSCI
- Blackalicious 1 - 2
- Lyrics Born
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January 14, 2005
Lifesavas have just recently released their new 12" single "Fa Show" - this track is taken from the awesome Spirit In Stone Album and has A Capella and instrumental versions of the original as well as from the remix
Click here to listen to the remix, click here to buy
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January 12, 2005
Welcome to the new SOLESIDES.COM ! Hope y'all like it. All feedback on the new site is welcome. Please email or use the boards to say anything! Have fun.
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January 07, 2005
LATEEF news @ thegiantpeach.com click
DJ DSHARP news @ thegiantpeach.com click
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January 06, 2005
Quannum-wise, it's gonna be all good - There's some super good stuff coming our way, like the Lyrics Born remix and Blackalicious albums as well as the Maroons full length. Joyo Velarde on tour with her live band. Also releases from Pigeon John, APSCI and more... yeah !
This february, the book "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" by Jeff Chang (founder of solesides) will be released. The December 6 news here at solesides.com already mentioned about the book, but as the release date is getting closer and the fact that it's one of the best books on hiphop ever, it deserves another mention.
The official Can't Stop, Won't Stop site is launched as well. Y'all better check that out
Note that this book is fully supported by Quannum. At February 8, there's a San Francisco Release Party in conjunction with QUANNUM.
Jeff Chang and QUANNUM are all hard at work on a CSWS mixtape. The whole crew is involved--D-Sharp is doing the mixing, LB, Lateef, Gab, X and Joyo are reading parts of the book, and our homie DJ Icewater (westcoastmixtapes.com) is engineering and dubbing it up. The concept is to recount the history of the hip-hop generation in words and sound. There will also be exclusive previews of 05 Quannum releases! It's gonna be a very limited edition deal.
For buzz on the book, excerpts, and a Q+A, go to the Book section at cantstopwonstop.com.