Ta-Ku x Well Dressed Vandals for New Era Producer Series

With an intimidating body of work amassing, spearheaded by the current Bandcamp charting release Re-Twerk, Perth’s Ta-ku is showing no signs of slowing down with co-signs from Gas Lamp Killer, Salva, Baauer, Shigeto, Flosstradamus, Nina Las Vegas, JJJ Next Crop, Nosaj Thing to name a few.

From an early output of dusty beat samples, this disciple of The Ummah can cut and chop Hip-Hop beats in his sleep, yet it is his current material which shows a dancefloor edge not yet heard from the producer.

In this third video installment for the New Era Producers series, we gain an insight into the creative workings of one of Australia’s most promising music-makers whilst also discovering the thought process that went into the design of Ta-Ku’s 5 panel cap, created in collaboration with Well Dressed Vandals..

Cam Diamond – One of my favourite Artists, designers, Instagramers & just an all round legend. A self proclaimed drinker of “The Finest Gin.” & Owner / creative director of DUO D UO…

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Pete

We are excited to finally welcome Valley to the shop and be the exclusive Brisbane stockist at this stage.
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We are excited to finally welcome Valley to the shop and be the exclusive Brisbane stockist at this stage.
Pete

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Los Angeles streetwear brand Born x Raised have launched their new website recently and present their On The Turf lookbook 12/13. The brand drops a series of t-shirts of small chest prints with complimenting large back prints. The lookbook also showcases a series of artist photographs which showcases the lifestyle behind the roots of the label. Iggy’s on an icey pole aint to bad either aha

Pete

Picking up where 2010’s Will Rap For Tuka left off, Feedback Loop is Tuka’s 2nd solo long player and is in Stores Oct 26th through Big Village / Creative Vibes. The first two singles to be lifted from Feedback Loop – Just To Feel Wanted and Die A Happy Man(featuring the classiest lady in Australian hip hop, Jane Tyrrell) – have both already been placed on full triple j rotation as well as cutting up airwaves across all key community radio nationally.

Feedback Loop, admits Tuka, had him working at unprecedented levels. “It’s left me spiritually, emotionally, physically and financially exhausted and is easily the biggest project I’ve ever had to be solely responsible for. It’s the biggest gamble of my life, creatively; I feel like I’ve really pushed myself.”

On Feedback Loop Tuka teamed up with Inner West Sydney’s Sleepers Awake to create a consistent sonic landscape. “We have been able to really fine tune a specific ‘sound’ that has been applied not only to the beats and songs that we’ve created but also to the guest producers I worked with.”

Ruminating on the album title and content, Tuka muses: “Feedback Loop is an album that is completely up for interpretation. I know that seems like a cop out, but the theme is actually about my interpretation of the world, and our society; [how my] interpretation can feedback into where it came from. I will no doubt take the feedback I get from this release, and thus the cycle repeats itself.”

Seven days after the album was completed, Tuka hit the road as headliner on Sydney hip hop collective Big Village’s national label tour to launch their second label compilation album Big Things Vol 2.  Official launches for  Feedback Loop will go down in late November..

WELCOME STRANGER – The film.

Written & Directed by Riley Blakeway

The short film is set in THRILLS’ hometown, Byron Bay, starring Vinnie Woolston, Emily Jean Bester & locals Tahnee Pinches & Mike Pringle.

Produced by Wrangler
Original score by Ali Helnwein
Styled by Jessica Roberts
Hair & Make Up – Jody Oliver
Props by Thrills Co
Assistant – Matthew O’Brien
Special Thanks – Jason Lee Parry

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