New Music: The Wild

I’m not sure how long this New Zealand rap outfit has been going for but it’s pretty special stuff. Check out here.

Free Download: Kris Menace ‘Cold Spring 2012 Mixtape’

Click on the little down-arrow on the side of the Soundcloud to download this brilliant mixtape by Kris Menace.

01 good guy mikesh & filburt – place of love
02 phunktastike – back to love
03 kris menace – falling star
04 maceo plex – hard to find (danny daze love dub)
05 todd terje – swing star (part 2)
06 kris menace & kowesix – efeel
07 kris menace pres stars on 33 – a song for you (eskimo)
08 kris menace – fly me to the moon
09 acos coolkas – stellar way
10 tiger & woods – love in camodgia
11 good guy mikesh & filburt – ours (marius vareid remix)
12 solomon – love recycled (re- edit)

The new album, ‘Electric Horizon’, will be released 23rd April 2012 on Compuphonic.

Win tickets to see Dry The River!

You can catch Dry The River at the next Energy Session (sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink) which is taking place at the Garage, Islington on the 15th of April and hosted by the guys at Time Out Live.

The Anglo/Norwegian four piece are on the cusp of great things, with an up-coming Shepherds Bush Empire gig in the offing and their debut album, Shallow Bed, set to drop in early March with their blend of emotion and musicality.

We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader. All you need to do is email alfitudecomps@gmail.com with ‘Dry The River’ on the subject line, and we’ll pick a winner on Thursday 12th April 2012 and contact you.

Otherwise, tickets are available at £5 from the Garage’s website.

Best video concept of the month!

I see a ton of videos every week, but sometimes a newbie comes along and does something so fun and clever it takes you by surprise. How do you get people to listen to your song without realising? Chop up the music video and get people to work their way around it. Elsie’s video needs to go viral! The track is released on May 13th on Big Print/Warners.

The video plays out the familiar story of a girl dealing with unwanted male attention in a night club and gives the viewer the option to chose how the video unfolds. The fate of the male protagonist lies with the viewer as they are given two options to choose how THEY would like to next scene of the video to play out.

Check out Lana Del Rey’s artwork for ‘Blue Jeans’

So Lana Del Rey’s ‘Born To Die’ has gone platinum in the UK, France, Germany and Ireland and sold over 1.4million albums globally in under a month, along with 2 million single sales.

Sunday April 8th sees the release of “Blue Jeans” the third single from the album. The track will come with a bumper remix package including D/R/U/G/S, Blood Orange, Kris Menace and RAC and will be out on Polydor Records. Available on digital download and 7” picture disc, and digital remix EP.