Jimmy Edgar’s forthcoming Perfexxxion US Tour starts this coming Thursday, 9/2/10, in Vancouver at Shine.  Jimmy has played and toured with acts such as Boys Noize, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Jamie Lidell, and more.

Two tickets are available for giveaway to the New York show at Le Poisson Rouge, on 9/8/10, from 10pm – 4am. Give us a shout if you’re interested. They won’t be around for long. gone.

Freaking out about the latest from Buff1, entitled Ghosting.

Ghosting is broken down by Buff1′s label / marketing group as follows,

a project that gives listeners insight on the types of artists and music that inspires Buff1. Giving himself one week to write original material, Buff1 created this free project to be released into the blogosphere. Choosing songs that coincidentally had space for Buff1 to spit, none of the original songs have been edited.

Buff felt there were obvious similarities between the music on this project and one of his favorite Ghostface songs “Holla”; on which Ghost raps over the entire Delfonic’s song “La-La Means I Love You”. Ghosting also happens to be a game where one person follows behind another, mimicking their movements as closely as possible, without being detected.

The Ghostface homage, combined with Buff1 trying his best to follow in the footsteps of the artists who inspired him to write this project, made the title obvious. Lastly, don’t sleep on the exclusive bonus track “Better” produced by Slot-A.

Okay so we’re feeling all of the tracks on the release, but the bonus track is what inspired us to get on this. Buff1 has this habit of releasing songs every few months that get us all amped-up and excited. Get that spine-tingling sensation popping because you just discovered a track you like. We’re going to host the entire free release, both for streaming and downloading, but we strongly urge you to peep the track “Better.” Such a dope idea to take lyrics from Phoenix’s “Fences” and put it in some super cute digitally processed female sounding vocals.

Buff1 – “Better:”

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Prolific Athletic Mic League emcee Buff1 and World Famous Beat Junkie DJ Rhettmatic head overseas for the first time together to tour as Crown Royale, in promotion of their upcoming album release and in support of the debut single “We Gotcha,” due out in May via Fat Beats.

The album, also titled Crown Royale (release date TBA), is fully produced by Rhettmatic himself with Buff1 handling vocals and a slew of worthy guest appearances highlighted by a hand-selected posse cut featuring Bishop Lamont, Guilty Simpson, Ras Kass, Chino XL, One Be Lo, MED, Marv Won, Fashawn and Tre Styles of AML.

Starting May 14 in Linz, Austria, the tour stops in six countries over a two-week span, and includes fellow Athletic Mic League member 14KT showcasing his “illustrious” beats with a live solo set. The second half of the tour includes dates with veteran hip-hop stars Evidence (Dilated Peoples), LMNO (Visionaries), Kev Brown and People Under The Stairs.

May 14: Linz, Austria @ Kapu
May 15: Vienna, Austria @ Roxy
May 16: Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar
May 20: Cologne, Germany @ Subway
May 21: London, UK @ Plan B
May 22: Zurich, Switzerland @ Stall 6 w/ People Under The Stairs
May 23: Leipzig, Germany @ Conne Island w/ People Under The Stairs
May 24: Paris, France @ La Bellevoise w/ Kev Brown & LMNO
May 26: Duisburg, Germany @ Hundertmeister w/ Evidence

“Crown Royale is a genius combination of Michigan and California influences in one DJ/emcee act” – AOL/Spinner
“14KT is the best producer to come out of Detroit since Black Milk and Dilla” – Kevin Nottingham

Buff1 “It’s A 1derful Life” free download
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14KT “Nowalataz” free download
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Buff1 – “Dream Streets:”

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