Big news folks! Apsci's new album Best Crisis Ever is coming July 21st!

Here's what World's Fair had to say about it:

Apsci could’ve simply followed the same path on Best Crisis Ever that they did on their 2005 Quannum debut, Thanks for Asking, a dark, collabo-heavy hip-hop electro album that UR Chicago named “the freshest hip-hop album that’s come out so far [that] year,” SPIN.com described as a mixture of “Eminem and Bjork,” and XLR8R called “the real deal.”

Instead, on Best Crisis Ever, the multi-national duo’s second full-length for Quannum, they change up their formula, filling up the guest spots with their own back-and-forth vocals, transporting their own gear and lives from Brooklyn to Sydney, and moving away from hip-hop towards genre-bending pop music.

Read the full article here.

Check out the new video for "Under Control" off the new album.



Says Raphael about (this video's) making, which the duo did themselves:

“The main story on it is that it was shot using an iPhone, a portable printer and a webcam. The printouts are from us performing to webcam on a mac. The webcam video was converted to black & white, and printed out at 5 frames per second (4 up on a page, cut by hand). We then walked around different cities we were touring and shot the photos in sequence. Every frame in the clip is a picture, no video was shot. No special effects in post-production. About 4,000 pictures were edited into the clip (whew). It starts in Brooklyn, goes to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Honolulu and ends in Sydney.”

It has been a long time coming and now we're very proud and excited to announce the release of Joyo Velarde's self-titled digital EP coming May 26th.

The digital EP features 5 tracks from Joyo's forthcoming full length debut, 'LOVE & UNDERSTANDING':

1. BUILD THIS WORLD

2. THE WAY WE ARE

3. FEELS RIGHT

4. TAKE YOU HOME

5. I NEED YOU BOY

Directed by Jon Santos and brought to you by Myx Music Label, here is the video for the track, "Take You Home". Keep your eyes peeled for some special appearances by some very recognizable faces in the vid.



Make sure you click over to www.JOYOVELARDE.com to keep up-to-date on the latest from the Quannum Soulstress.

Presenting the Funky Hit Records Remix Contest!

We're giving you, the fans, the chance to remix and mash-up the new Lyrics Born track, "Funky Hit Records".

Here's the 411:

* Submit your remix or mash-up to enter the contest and be eligible to win
* Only one entry per person
* All submissions must be emailed in mp3 format to lbmusic@lyricsborn.com
* The deadline for submissions is April 17th, 2009
* The winning remix or mash-up will be chosen by Lyrics Born himself, and announced on April 20th
* The winner will receive the following:
- Their remix or mash-up immortalized on the upcoming Lyrics Born Variety Show Season 4 Mixtape
- 2 FREE TICKETS to any Lyrics Born show as well as a VIP pass to meet LB!
- The entire Lyrics Born Variety Show catalog (seasons 1-4) autographed by LB

Click on LB to download the Funky Hit Records instrumental and acapella:




The track is 88 bpm.

Get mixing! Good luck!

QP

Quannum's super-limited edition Reebok Ventilators are available for sale now on The Giant Peach!

http://www.thegiantpeach.com/reebok.aspx

Click on your favorite edition below to go to its page and order your size!

Blackalicious:



Latyrx:


Quannum Projects:



You can also cop DJ Shadow's sneaker on shopdjshadow.com, but you'll have to hurry, they're running thin already.

Cop 'em and rock 'em. Much love.

QP

Look for Quannum artists at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival March 12-15th in Austin, TX:

Wednesday March 12th:

See Curumin in the

IODA Opening Day Bash

@ Emo's Annex
2:00 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public; no rsvp or badge required.




Thursday March 13th:

Tommy Guerrero (ft. Bing Ji Ling), Curumin, and Pigeon John will be @

Buffalo Billiards

Our guys start at 10 pm.



Friday & Saturday March 14th & 15th:

Lyrics Born



Friday (March 14th) - SXSW Bug Music Showcase
1:00 AM
Cedar Street Courtyard

512.495.9669

Saturday (March 15th) -

LB will appear with TALIB KWELI and ICE CUBE

4:00PM
Lady Bird Lake Stage

lyricsborn.com