Hecuba: Modern

Nigeria's Temi Dollface, Larry Gus' Madlib tribute, Hecuba's MoCA-approved video and more in our week of music

LA-based duo Hecuba have released a music video for their single “Modern” that echoes a contemporary performance art piece. Isabelle Albuquerque sings a haunting duet with a synth line over a sparse arrangement of instruments while she and Jon Beasley record each other using only the iPhone 5 with no special effects, as an “exercise in reductive filmmaking.” The duo look especially vulnerable as they …

Temi Dollface: Pata Pata

Nigeria's Temi Dollface, Larry Gus' Madlib tribute, Hecuba's MoCA-approved video and more in our week of music

Long known for its prolific film industry, Nigera is also home to a budding pop and hip-hop community. Temi Dollface, who splits her time between Lagos and London, is shaking things up in the Naija scene with her vintage-sampling beats and strong female vocals. Our friends at Okayafrica provided some useful commentary on her detail-laden video for her single “Pata Pata.” Talks of a relationship …

Larry Gus: The Blue Flowers (Between Blue and Blue) – 54 Madlib Beats

Nigeria's Temi Dollface, Larry Gus' Madlib tribute, Hecuba's MoCA-approved video and more in our week of music

DFA Records-signed producer Larry Gus grew up in a small town in northern Greece listening mostly to mainstream rock. His world changed though when he first heard the work of loop master and hip-hop producer extraordinaire, Madlib. Now Gus gives us his mixtape love letter to the LA-based producer. Combing through Madlib’s vast catalog, Gus chose 54 of his favorite cuts, focusing on instrumentals. The …