NEW MUSIC!!! “GUESS WHO’S BACK?” (PSA FREESTYLE) [BUMP]

Hey y’all,

I’m back.  Literally.  I’m back from a week in Tulum and it was fantastic.  Feeling brand new and recharged… More on that later, but in the meantime I’ve been making some changes and improvements around here, and what with all the newness I thought it was high time to hit y’all off with some new music.

So here you go.  A new song, “Guess Who’s Back?” I wrote it over Jay Z’s “Public Service Announcement” (originally produced by Just Blaze).  Enjoy.  Let me know what you think.  Play it for your friends. “Like” it on Facebook.  Whatever is that you do. 

More soon…

LOVELOVELOVE,

M

I’M PERFORMING WITH BENI @ SCION AV TONIGHT (JANUARY 24th) IN NYC

Tonight I’m going to be making an appearance in the House of Beni, performing our song “Someone Just Like You” live.  It’s a Scion AV party and it’s at White Rabbit (145 E Houston).  I think it’s free?  I don’t know if you gotta RSVP or not, I’ll try and find out more and update this…

By the way, for those of y’all who never heard it, here’s the track we did.  Hope you enjoy!

MERRY XMAS… ‘O HOLY NIGHT’

Merry Xmas Y’all!

I’ve been super busy with the live show all December and for that and a couple other reasons didn’t make a new Christmas song this year.  But I think enough people didn’t hear the one I did last year that I thought I’d put it up again for you here (both versions). 

So have a listen, open some presents, drink some mulled wine, watch the Knicks beat the Celtics, whatever raises your Christmas spirit.  Enjoy the holiday!

XOXO,

M

BENI-SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU (FEATURING MATTIE SAFER)

I’m a bit behind on this one too.

8 days ago Modular put up a stream of the track that I did with Beni “Someone Just Like You” so now here it is for you.  Seems like it will be released as a single…

Beni featuring Mattie Safer - Someone Just Like You by modularpeople

It was a fun record to make.  It was in the middle of a huge snow storm in NYC.  My old studio was on the 16th floor with great views of the Hudson.  Don’t get me wrong, it was a dump but it did have lots of windows, a reasonably unique feature for most New York spots. 

There’s all kinds of crazy remixes and stuff…  (I thought there was news on it here: http://www.modularpeople.com/news/stream-beni-someone-just-like-you/10034.html but there isn’t.  Sorry!)

Don’t know if they’ll be making a video for this or not and if so if they’ll do me dirty like this:

Anyway, hope you enjoy the track!  Let me know what you think…

JAM FACTORY 3 “ONE NIGHT STAND” FEAT. MATTIE SAFER

Some of the more of astute among you might have noticed that I had a record come out yesterday over in the UK.  A collaboration I did with my good old friend Ben Rymer and his production duo Jam Factory.  This is their, 3rd release and the song is called “One Night Stand.”  Listen to some snippets below…

I can’t remember why I was there but for some reason I was staying in London at the Rymer’s flat.  It was shortly after I had left the group.  We were hanging out and a bit bored so we decided to make a track.  The whole thing took about 3 days from writing to final conception.  Over the course of 2 years it was mixed and remixed by many folks (I think the remix EP is on the way) and now it’s available for you to go buy… I’m pretty sure it’s vinyl only though for y’all digital types… Trendy London fucks… :)  Maybe someone will pick up the license on it though and we’ll get a digi-release?

More music on the way soon!  Originals (the long awaited “Future Gospel Sound” mixtape is FINISHED) and another collaboration, this one with everyone’s favorite Antipodean BENI!  Should be a great summer…

SOCIAL CLUB LIVE VIDEO/PARIS PHOTOS… EN BOUILLABAISSE

18. Photo by Vivian Corado

PARIS WAS A BLAST.  We were there for just under a week.  I got to do so much cool sh*t and see so many wonderful things, see friends, play a concert at the beautiful Social Club, do a performance on the radio… It was the best.  Truly a wonderful time and I’m so thankful for the opportunity.  I’ll be back!  Below are some videos from the gig at Social Club…

AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS… around Montmartre, at the Louvre, at Social Club, at the Eiffel Tower… A little bit of everything, all photos as usual taken by my beautiful fiancee, Vivian Corado…

Arrival (Sur Le Metro).  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Patisserie.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Montmartre.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

L’Hotel.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Avec L’André.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Social Club.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Social Club 2.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Melee.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Head.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Food.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Shoulders.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

Melee Part Deux.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

La Nuit.  Photo by Vivian Corado.

LIVE ACOUSTIC SET ON LE MOUV RADIO…

This past Monday I did a live acoustic set on the Laura Leishman Project on Le Mouv Radio (France).  It was a really great time and a wonderful opportunity and I thank them for it.  It was just me and a guitar player (the wonderful Bogue, for those of you who want to know).  We did 3 songs.

If you want to hear the whole thing with interviews and all you can go to this link, and scroll into about the 1 hour mark and that’s where my segment begins:

http://www.lemouv.com/diffusion/laura-leishman-project-playlist-21-mars

Or if you would prefer you can just listen to the tracks alone right here!

Got To Find (Live Acoustic Le Mouv Radio 3-22-11) by Mattie Safer

All We Are (Live Acoustic on Le Mouv Radio 3-22-11) by Mattie Safer

Is That Your Girl? (Live Acoustic on Le Mouv Radio 3-22-11) by Mattie Safer

LEAVING FOR FRANCE/GET MY SHEEN ON (FREE TRACK)/ITYG?

MORNING EVERYONE!!!!

I’m pleased as punch, just excited as a mug because in 12 hours me and Vivian are going to be on a plane on our way to Paris!  This is going to be my first gig overseas, and I can’t think of a better place…  Never been to Social Club but always heard nothing but great things…So if you find yourself in Paris this Friday night come on down!

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We’re going to stay through the weekend and then on Monday night I will be performing an acoustic set on The Laura Leishman Project on Le Mouv radio, which is also extremely exciting because I’ve never DONE an acoustic set anywhere, let alone on the radio (it’s not something The Rapture was ever asked to do) so tune in, or if you cannot tune in I’m sure I’ll find a way to post the audio up here when I get back.

GET MY SHEEN ON

For those who missed it yesterday, I put up a new free track yesterday on the Mad Decent Blog.  The track is called Get My Sheen On, and it is, predictably, about getting one’s Charlie Sheen on… Originally I wrote it to submit it for Three 6 Mafia but when they didn’t pick it up I decided “f*ck it, I’ll just do it myself.”  The track was done by DJ Saucy P, the mastermind behind DJ Frosty’s “Ride That Wave” and many more.  There’s also a remix version featuring everyone’s favorite rowdies, Ninjasonik.  You can go check it out here http://maddecent.com/blog/mattie-safer-get-my-sheen-on or you can listen/download below!  Tell your friends, share it, go nuts.  It’s free music!

IS THAT YOUR GIRL?

Finally, some of y’all have been asking, so here it is, a streaming player for Is That Your Girl? for blogging/listening purposes… You can get the embed code by hitting the “share” button.  Enjoy!