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Dam Funk and Master Blazter, "The Roll Out"

Watch the very last J-1 performance captured on film as Master Blazter and Dam Funk build a song from scratch.
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Guards, "I See It Coming"

You can thank Guards for the best time you’ll ever have in a mortuary…they brought The Magik Magik Orchestra and Yours Truly to party down with the dead and record these stunning versions of standouts from their debut EP.
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Araabmuzik, "In My Room"

When Araabmuzik stepped “in my room,” the walls shook like a house party with the parents on vacation.
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Dam Funk + Master Blazter, "Songs from Scratch"

On the 7th day, Sunday ...
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B. Bravo and The Starship Connection, "The Roll Out"

B. Bravo and The Starship ...
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Gardens & Villa, "Orange Blossom"

Watch pianos and xylophones get tickled like foreplay as Gardens & Villa perform sexual standout “Orange Blossom,” live at the Sub in San Francisco.
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Grimes, "Vanessa + Oblivion"

Grimes performs a couple of cuts in my room from one of YT’s most anticipated LP’s of 2012.
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Washed Out, "Far Away"

Lay back as the hushed phrases and subtle sentiments of Washed Out’s “Far Away” string themselves to the clouds like the ends of a woven hammock, and sink in.
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Caveman, "Great Life"

Sometimes it’s not easy, but if we just take a moment to collect ourselves, we realize it’s a great life to live. With the help of a 9-piece drum ensemble, Caveman guide us through the somber, yet hopeful “Great Life.”
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Shabazz Palaces, "The King's New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands"

Witness the mortal side of alien rap iconoclasts Shabazz Palaces coax life from dead circuits and drum skins in this version of “The King’s New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands.”
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B. Bravo

The Roll Out

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Wild Nothing

Our Composition Book

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Master Blazter

Songs from Scratch

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Lower Dens

Batman

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Perfume Genius

Dreeem

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Tennis

Pigeon

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Araabmuzik

In My Room

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Grimes

Genesis

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Stevie Wonder – Visions (Nite Jewel Séance)

Yourstru.ly’s good friend Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel recorded a somber but uplifiting version of Stevie Wonder’s classic “Visions” for YT’s beloved sister, Lauren.

Mixtape: Lindstrøm (OPP)

Future-Disco Don, Lindstrøm, made a mix of unicorn-skin smooth balearic funk for his brother’s daily work on the clouds, and Yourstru.ly’s “Other People’s Poetry” series.

Note 2 self: Charlie XCX

The landing is far from safe but UK songstress Charlie XCX understands that sometimes a broken heart is worth the jump.

Synesthesia: Tom Edwards x Panda Bear

YT’s new Synesthesia series (where visual artists pay homage to the musicians who help them hear colors and sing shapes) features illustrator Tom Edwards’ appreciation for Panda Bear’s use of borrowed music.

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