Japanese producer (and one of my personal favorite artists), Cornelius is producing the soundtrack to the new Ghost in the Shell: Arise anime OVA-movie. The four-part series is a re-imaging / prequel of the original Ghost in the Shell manga. Production I.G returns as the animation studio and production house, continuing their brilliant work on all things GITS. As much…
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Miscellaneous things Yameen finds and posts up.
End of the Mayan Calendar: BBR – 2013
Here’s a track I produced and recorded with Philadelphia’s BBR (Big Brother Resistance) back in 1999. The track is all about what layes beyond the fabled end of the Mayan Calendar: December 21st, 2012 (which happens to be today’s date, as I post this). The song was the very first release on Arrakis Records, printed on vinyl 12″ in 2000.…
Sutpen’s Jungle Video – Dieselboy, J Messinian, MC Foxy – Philadelphia, July 2000
As I continue the spelunking of my vast DV tape archive I came upon some footage of classic Philly jungle / drum and bass party, Sutpen’s Jungle from back in 2000. The party was thrown by Goodie Goodie Productions, and this particular joint features Diselboy, MC Foxy, Bryan Gee, DJ Kane, MC Dub2, J.Messinian and MC Fats. Check the two…
Black Dynamite Anime – Jamie Vickers Collabo
Ya’ll know Jamie Vickers, right!? He’s the animator and director of the Yameen, “Light of Love” video (embedded below). He’s just wrapped up work on the animated Black Dynamite television series, broadcasting now on [adult swim] / Cartoon Network. Jamie storyboarded the last episode of the series. So be sure to check out the trailer linked below, and catch the…
A Better Tomorrow – Live Action / Anime Short by Mitsuo Miyazaki
Props to Mitsuo Miyazaki on this fantastic live action / anime short. And to the cast involved as well: Animation section directed by Koji Morimoto & the homie Jamie vickers, along with animators: Yasuhiro Aoki, Atsuko Fukushima, Bahi JD, Toru Yoshida, Nakazawa Yuuichi, and Satoru Utsunomiya.
Twisted Metal 1 featuring Digs Darklighter
Here’s a track I did with Philly’s own Digs Darklighter from 2002. It was featured on the Arrakis Records, The Spice compilation. Embed and download link below: » Download the MP3 by clicking here (320kbps, 89bpm, 9.8M)
Yameen – Duble Dible (April 2012 Mix)
New mix, slowed this one down for ya’ll this month. Direct MP3 download after the embed below in 320kbps. Cover illustration by Jamie Vickers. Enjoy: » Download MP3 here (320kbps, 95M)
Yameen – “Housin’ the Party” – New House Mix!
Just posted a new house music mix, “Housin’ the Party”. Stream or download. Enjoy: Or direct download, 320kbps: » Yameen – “Housin the Party” (Mix) (Direct Download, MP3 320kbps)
Raphael Saadiq has a Video Game Company, Game on Xbox Live: Nexuiz
Wow. I found this out while listening to the Giant Bomb podcast this morning: Oakland’s own Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Toné!, Lucy Pearl) has a video game company called Illfonic! This kind of blows my mind. And they have a game coming out shortly as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Live “Arcade House Party” promotion. The game is called Nexuiz and…
The Dangers of SOPA & PIPA: A Firsthand Account from a Music Producer
In 1999 I asked my friend, a fellow up-and-coming music producer from the UK, to remix a song of mine. Since we were both fresh faces in the producing game, everything was done innocently enough “on the strenf”…”for the love of the game”. That is, no contracts, no money exchanged. Just homies making music together. The remix was dance music,…