Let's Dance the Dance of Fresh Uncharted Lands

Here's the new video from Awesome In Outer Space (Quelle, this time featuring Mars Dynamo). It's directed by Nic Notion and is not what you would expect from the Chicago-based emcee, known well for his vintage vibes in the hip-hop duo Crown Nation with Denmark Vessey. (Click the highlighted words, Quelle has some free music up online for you.)

MONKEY IN A JUMPSUIT: AWESOME IN OUTERSPACE (DIRECTED BY NIC NOTION) from NICNOTION on Vimeo.

Pared down as it may be, it's a polished piece of work. I love music that challenges the norm, throws off your expectations.
And speaking of experimental video and music, keep pressin. Someone was gripin' to me the other day that "hip-hop can't really go anywhere else" and I think that's hogwash. Anyway posting up Quelle's new vid reminded me of one Dial81 + fam made back in 2007, directed by John Schweitzer. Notice Modes, ID, Mobil at the front.

Quelle on Minced Meat 3-15-2010

Thanks to Quelle for calling in to share his secrets and insights. He is a truly dynamic producer and emcee working among many top rank Detroit artists.

Because Sunday morning we travelled through time an hour into the future, CJAMs archives got a little mixed up.
The result for now is two .mp3s of Minced Meat inside CJAM's Sunday evening lineup. The first hour of Minced Meat is shared with Angela of Sunday Night Vision. Download or play the first half here.

The second half of Minced Meat with Quelle is available here, followed by an hour of KERO-FM.

Sorry about that. However they are very sweet shows!!

On Minced Meat Quelle brought new tracks from Awesome In Outer Space, Pus (w. Levi Beach), Team Social (w. Frankie Bank$), Danny Brown and Crown Nation (w. Denmark Vessey, who plays lots of different instruments), all joints that Quelle rocks.

"Music should buy into people's hearts, not their pockets!" - Quelle

Illingsworth -- Lofty Goals
DIAL81 -- Dirt Byke
Guy Lafleur & Pathe Jessi -- Renaissance Dub
The Hundred In The Hands -- Dressed In Dresden (Kyle Hall Remix)
Danny Brown -- On My Sh!t
Crown Nation -- Deal Wit It
Awesome In Outer Space -- Enjoy The Now
Pus -- Hookah
Big Tone -- Get Up Get Down
Danny Brown -- Re-Up
Danny Brown -- Guitar Solo
Awesome In Outer Space -- Free
Team Social -- Team Social
Awesome In Outer Space -- Wake Up Song
Crown Nation -- Now I Understand It All
Fake Gold Chain -- Raspberries ft. Monica Blaire
Octavio Santos -- I Must Confess

Keep an ear out for Denmark Vessey's new album "I Hate This Job" (Check out his two tracks on Culture King) and Awesome In Outer Space - Little Sun - as well as new albums from Team Social and Crown Nation!