VIDEO PREMIERE: stromae - carmen

stromae - carmen
with 2.2 million copies sold worldwide, stromae is easily one of the biggest belgian rapper/singers that most of you have never heard of. for the rest of us, he crafted one of the best albums of last year which continues to crank out hits. the latest single works with the classic opera 'carmen' and is accompanied with visuals by the oscar nominated animation director sylvain chomet !

5 SONGS YOU SHOULD KNOW NOW: melanie de biasio - i'm gonna leave you (live @ ancienne belgique)

melanie de biasio - i'm gonna leave you
belgian jazz chanteuse melanie de biasio isn't usually the kind of act that i'd place on my music blog, but this 8 mins performance (of the nina simone classic) is one that initially seems repetitive, but slowly turns into a focused hypnotic emotional work of art. the woman is buzzing in music loving circles and her album 'no deal' is being called one of the albums of the year. wise up to this talent if you haven't already.

VIDEO PREMIERE: stromae - ta fete

stromae - ta fete
after campaigning for the past year, stromae FINALLY got his anthemic track to be the official song for belgium at the 2014 world cup! the talented singer/rapper also got himself a high concept video reminiscent of the hunger games. it's all culminating to a north american tour that launches in a few days! all wonderful things!

want more? check out stromae's US tv debut on late night with seth meyers (might be watchable only in the US)

stromae - papaoutai (live @ late night with seth meyers)

DAILY MIX: editors - sugar

editors - shuffle
nothing like messing with your mind by playing with the spatial and audio spaces in the confines of the video. directed by belgian extraodinaire joe vonhoutteghem, the band shot this cool vid over 3 days and well... it's pretty darn awesome!