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I Can’t Breathe: Khris Royal On His Striking Collab With Nigel Hall, Kid Chocolate, Big Sam [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 B.Getz big sam williams, dark matter, i can't breathe, khris royal, New Orleans, Nigel hall, NOLA

During the hot, dark, angry Covid-summer of 2020, Royal was hard at work on the stirring new single “I Can’t Breathe”, a collaboration that is rooted in the realities of the Black American experience.

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Upful LIFE’s 19 Favorite Records of 2019

December 19, 2019December 26, 2019 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch quartet, anderson .paak, best albums, best albums of 2019, best records of 2019, black pumas, blood incantation, detox unit, dr. dre, earthgang, eric krasno, favorite albums of 2019, flying lotus, gang starr, GoldLink, handmade moments, jidenna, jumpsuit records, kaytranada, khris royal, kraz, lettuce, melas leukos, OAKK, okayplayer, rising appalachia, russ elevado, shafiq husayn, solange, solange knowles, tool

Reviews/reflections of 19 records that resonated most in 2019, plus 19 more Honorable Mentions. Stream links & playlist. Curated/composed by B.Getz / Upful LIFE

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"After many moons spent prioritizing other projects, in late 2020 Kruder & Dorfmeister leapt back into the global electronic music zeitgeist with glorious return to the golden days, a full length LP '1995', sourced entirely from various dusty DAT tapes and smoked-out samples thought lost to the cutting room floor.The duo planned a US tour behind this comeback release - before the pandemic hit the whole world for a long, forgettable stretch and lucid dreams of debauched dancefloors were put on ice for a few years.To close out a confounding summer 2023 here in the States, Austria’s classiest export Kruder & Dorfmeister would finally come back to the shores and cities of America; better yet, they’d kick things off with three throwdowns in the desert, no less. As such, the stage was set for a monumental return to a country where K&D remain beloved kings – by those seasoned (old?) enough to remember.What had happened was…"Upful Life ... See MoreSee Less

Dispatches From KRUDER & DORFMEISTER's 30th Anniversary U.S. Tour - Black Rock City To The Bay

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A quarter-century of extreme fandom comes full circle as Kruder & Dorfmeister's 30th Anniversary US Tour finally delivers them to the Black Rock desert, then back to the city by the Bay. B.Getz's diar...

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