Georgia & Declaime – “SomeOthaShip Connect Game” featuring Kazi, and produced by Black Milk

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When asked about the main concept behind the video Jack Davey explained, “I kept seeing a processional march down a hallway… and wanted to convey the main characters following their light to a meeting place.” This concept was adopted to convey the main message behind the song; transcendence – breaking free of the confines of the everyday to experience a life without boundaries. “People need to step out of their individual bubbles and start connecting with other people” says Jack Davey. “Step outside of your comfort zone and feel something new, try something new, speak to someone new, transcend.”

We’ve featured Moneypenny before. Here’s more info on them from a press release (and a free song below):

Moneypenny is an alluring female electro pop duo born from Chicago’s burgeoning nu indie scene and poised to pop in 2010. Though the group has yet to officially release any music, they’ve licensed three songs to ABC, played Lollapalooza and performed at key tastemakers events in LA, SF, New York and Chicago. They’ve opened for acts like Robyn, La Roux, and Chromeo and have their own established Chicago club night – SPANDEXXX – which has welcomed acts like Mike Snow, Dragonette, The Golden Filter, and more to the Windy City. Tastemakers in their own rite, Moneypenny have partnered with the Chicago-based ColorJar Venture Accelerator (of which Priceline founding member Jeff Hoffman is a Partner) to form Loose Change Recordings a new-model record label/media company celebrating the music, lifestyle, and culture of Chicago’s Nu-Indie scene. Look for Moneypenny’s debut EP this spring/summer via Loose Change, with a number of subsequent releases from great Chicago-based talent to follow.

Moneypenny – Say No (Hey Champ Remix)

“The Day The Turf Stood Still is the soundtrack for gentrification and urban renewal,” says DaVinci. “I want to capture the mental state of generations of minorities struggling to preserve and revitalize the last breath of culture we have.”

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Related:
DaVinci – “What You Finna Do”

New music is on the way from Atjazz and it features a collaboration with Mark de Clive-Lowe. Here’s the official description:

This is sweaty rainforest tech-jazz-house for the heads, & deeper than Lake Baikal. “Sweat No Sleep”, a collaboration between ‘Atjazz’ and New Zealand’s best export ‘Mark de Clive-Lowe’.
This track has already created more than a stir on the dance scene with many trend setting DJ’s worldwide spinning it every set!. Atjazz’s warming textures and dripping afro tinged beats together with Mark’s amazing keyboard skills and flare sweeps you away into true deep house music.
The “Broken Soul Dub” on the other hand drops this track into another pocket perfect for the more broken DJ sets. Mark de Clive-Lowe drops new Beats over his ‘Jazz Rub’ which once again takes the song in a totally different direction and delivers an overall live and open sound.
Atjazz also pops out 2 new versions, the Deeper drop for all the head nodders and chin strokers & an all new broken spaced out dub for those who just wanna dance and get carried away. An amazing selection of remixes on an already delicious peice of work.

More info here.

Related:
DaVinci – “Trickle Down”
DaVinci – “Guys Wanna”

Bop’s Remix Your Mind EP is coming soon from Med School. More info on it here.

Also, check out the Med School Duplates site.

Georgia & Declaime – “fOnk w/ an O” featuring LMNO

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“The guys are going to go out and play sometimes,” DaVinci says. “This song is a dedication to all the ladies who try to keep their man at home too much.”

DaVinci – “Guys Wanna” produced by Al Jieh

DJ RTC:

I really dug into Skyzoo’s material while making the first Brainiac Mixtape with Naledge. He put two Skyzoo tracks on the mix and I was more than impressed. I went back into Sky’s catalog and eagerly awaited the release of his debut LP, The Salvation. Shortly before the album’s release, I had the chance to interview Skyzoo and he told me that he heard about Closed Sessions, and our Dimes and Dozens party in which we bring out of town artists into Chicago and have them perform at our monthly event. He expressed interest in doing the same and I was definitely with it. We organized a show for Skyzoo at The Darkroom, and setup a Closed Session for him the following day. Virgil and Ruben took Sky all around the city before his show, and when he hit SoundScape we could all tell that Chicago had made an impression on him. Rhymefest ended up just being at the studio during Skyzoo’s session, the two hit it off very quickly with help from this K-Salaam and Beatnik track and the concept for “Crack The Code” was born. Skyzoo’s verse centers on the intricacies of Chicago, while Rhymefest raps about the nature of New York City. It’s an homage to two great homes for Hip Hop, and a pairing of two great emcees.

Rhymefest and Skyzoo – “Crack The Code”