As you know we have been champion this band out of my hometown of Atlanta by the name of The Constellations for over a year now.  We first introduced you to their song “We’re here to Save the Day” which featured at the time an unknown rapper by the name of Asher Roth. The group was founded by Elijah Jones and Ben H. Allen who is a producer and worked with artists like Cee-Lo,  and Gnarls Barkely. Their album Southern Gothic is amazing and is filled with some creatively crafted songs.  One of those songs is Felicia, which has been getting some remix treatment as of late including by Klever and recently by Death Metal Disco.  The band also released their first video for the same song. I’m not going to tell you what the song is about. I let you figure it out and if you can’t, maybe you shouldn’t be listening.  The Constellations will be going on tour, and will be in the Midwest in Chicago and here in Milwaukee later this month.

The Constellations – “Felicia” from Raygun on Vimeo.

The Constellations – “Felicia (Klever Remix)”
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The Constellations – “Felicia (Death Metal Disco Remix)” (Right click and save as to download)
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We mention sometime ago that Amplive from Zion I was working on a Radiohead ‘In Rainbows’ remix album entitled ‘Rainydayz Remixes’. He was planning to give it away to anyone who downloaded the In Rainbows album from Radiohead’s website (when it was still available for download). Apparently, Radiohead’s management issue a cease & desist. So the project was put on hold indefinitely until now….

You are one of MANY eager fans to order Amplive’s Radiohead remix album, by proving purchase of In Rainbows. But, as you probably know, a cease & desist put the breaks on the project last month, and its future has remained unclear. Until today. While Amp acknowledges that he probably should have contacted Radiohead (who were not involved in the project) to seek approval prior to making his interpretations publicly available, an agreement has been reached between all involved parties and Amplive has been granted permission to release Rainydayz Remixes for free to the general public… -from an email

I just downloaded and listen to it, and I have to say damn. I can see why Radiohead gave their approval. Listen and download for yourself. This is the future of music. Although Amplive will not make any money from the music, but most likely he will be in demand as a producer  to produce tracks for other artists, and also people will probably starting booking him for shows. Kind of like a drug dealer policy (we do not support the use of illegal drugs), give a sample of your product away for free then get them hooked. Then you can start charging them.

Let me know what you think…

Amplive – Video Tapez feat. Del the Funky Homosapien
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Amplive – All I Need
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You can grab the whole album here.

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