As the recent publicity surrounding Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y‘s collaborative-side-group Center Edge Territory reached a feverish pitch in the viral music world, questions arose around the studio where said collaboration and countless other secret musical rendezvous are rumored to have occurred. Alas, Mr. Damon Dash, a very familiar face in the trend-setting music mogul world has been behind it all, providing artists with the DD172 space in Tribeca. DD172 seems to be a new hot-spot for brainstorming sessions, musical vanguard, and almost certainly a long, raucous line of eager artists wanting in to create their own masterpieces. For this is how musicians work. We are historians at heart, purists of our art form, and suckers for atmospheres where our creativity can flow at ease. Dash and DD172 have recently partnered up with rock group The Black Keys and artists like Mos Def, Zoe Kravitz, Raekwon, ODB, RZA, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Om’Mas Keith of Sa-Ra, Tash and more, to create the BlakRoc project, of which we recently posted a video clip on the site. Chicago-bred video mavens Coodie & Chike have spearheaded the coverage of the project as well as Creative Control. Pretty much a creative mash of great proportions! We’ll see what fruitful creations come from this space in the future, but one thing is presently sure: the future is bright for ideas of this magnitude, and I hope it spurs more individuals to create workspaces and projects similar to this one. Great music!

Thom Yorke – Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses
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OMFG. I wasn’t even knowing. I’m like a Catholic schoolgirl over here. This drops September 9th. I don’t even fuck with Rockband like that but I’m gonna have to. Shouts to Harmonix and Passion Pictures for the dope ass trailer, and Breaux over at Ends Wealth for the scoop. Insane!

Being as fascinated with Egyptian culture as I am, and recognizing the impact that Egyptian architecture has had on the current world we live in, this one jumped right off the screen for me. 35-year old Japanese architect Makoto Tanijiri created this Pyramid House for a family in Saljo, Japan, and I swear I’m envious of whoever’s staying here. Although it may LOOK like a thowback to ancient Egypt, it’s actually based on the Tateana Jukyo, or Pit Dwelling, which is the earliest house design in Japanese architecture Not a bad way to bring the past to the present. Hit the jump for more pics.

Spotted at PSFK | Here’s a precursor – Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano are living legends in the architecture & design fields, and I don’t give a F*CK if you’re not interested. Geniuses love company, and boy do I love watching geniuses speak. Get some education kids!

Visually stunning video from Mcbess! via Fubiz.

The Event: The Keystone Design Union X Diesel Presents:

Diesel’s “Only The Brave” New York Launch

Keystone Design Union artists, designers, craftspeople and photographers celebrating the theme of Bravery.

Artists include Bob Partington, Si Scott, Chuck Anderson, Nigel Dennis and Lynnette Astaire

April 30th Private Launch party.

May 1st and 2nd Open to the Public.
201 Mulberry St
NYC

Then the show travels to Miami for a launch on May 7th.

Official Site
www.isbrave.com

Two interesting data points have popped up that are pointing towards a radical change in music acquisition and listening habits.

Crunch Gear has presented the idea that actual music ownership is headed for obsolescence. They argue that with the advent of ubiquitous, always-on fast internet and robust streaming music services, the need for having local copies of songs will become a thing of the past. Why have to pay for and store gigabytes of audio files when for a low monthly fee, you could (theoretically) have streaming access to all the world’s music at your fingertips?

As far-fetched as it sounds, this could easily be a plausible future scenario. Non-local,  cloud based computing is becoming more of an everyday tool for many, and trusting the cloud to handle all your music needs does make sense. This is still probably a few years off though. As seen by ATT&T’s sluggish network congestion at SXSW, the current system is not quite ready to handle everyone streaming music at the same time. Or for that matter, what happens when your stream unexpectedly goes down?

Along these same lines, MusicThinkTank points out that internet searches for “Free Music, Free MP3s and File Sharing” have gone down (as seen in the graph above), and they predict this indicates file sharing is on the way out.

Synchronized lights & sound that give the illusion that the pillars are shapeshifting. Dope. Created by Kit Webster.