Machinedrum – 'SXLND'
You’ve likely already heard Machinedrum’s ‘SXLND’, as the backing for new Universal signing Azealia Banks’ ‘NEEDSUMLUV’. LuckyMe released the instrumental yesterday (check the immaculate cut-out packaging above), and it loses none of its potency as an instrumental, with silver staccato synths tucked in behind rapturous vocals chopped down to individual breaths; think a more hip-hop [...]
Ango – Another City Now EP
As part of Jacques Greene’s live show (not to mention a collaborator with Lunice and girl-of-the-moment Azealia Banks), Montreal’s Ango already had a strong connection to LuckyMe. So it comes as little surprises that the Glasgow label’s last release of the year comes from Ango: a six track EP, written on tour with Jacques Greene, [...]
Rustie, Machinedrum, Damu and tons more play LuckyMe's Edinburgh showcase
Rustie and Machinedrum headline a multitude of performers at LuckyMe’s annual Edinburgh festival showcase for 2011. Elsewhere on the bill you’ll find the best of the ever-impressive Scottish label, with established acts Nick Hook (of Cubic Zirconia), The Blessings, Eclair Fifi and Claude Speed (of American Men) playing alongside lesser-known members of the LuckyMe family [...]
Eclair Fifi mixes it up for Urb
Hands up, now The Feed’s gone we probably don’t link to other site’s mixes as much as we should. This beaut of a session for Urb magazine, by LuckyMe’s Eclair Fifi, is worth making an exception for. From a technical point of view it’s competent, but it’s the selection where Fifi really excels, with Underground [...]