Jesse Ruins’ new album A Film drops tomorrow, but is up for stream now on The Fader! Order your copy of A Film from the Lefse Store.

Jesse Ruins new track, “Talk To Alicia” premiered on Earmilk! The cut appears on their new album, A Film out May 21st. Stream the track now on Earmilk.

Teen Daze will be playing Seattle’s Decibel Festival this September! Purchase tickets now from the Decibel Festival site.

After releasing his adventurous debut, Mowgli, Mister Lies, is hitting the road again! The Chicago native will be joined by fellow electronic talent, Giraffage. Full dates below.

MISTER LIES

06/18 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s *
06/19 – Boston, MA – Great Scott *
06/21 – New York, NY – 285 Kent *
06/22 – Philadelphia, PA – Rd Sky *
06/25 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club *
06/26 – Seattle, WA – Barboza *
06/27 – Portland, OR – Rotture *
06/28 – Sacramento, CA – Bows & Arrows *
06/29 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Globos *
06/30 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar *
07/04 -San Francisco, CA – Popscene at Rickshaw Stop *

* = w/ Giraffage

The new video for Teen Daze’s, “New Life” premiered on Pretty Much Amazing. Head over there to watch it now!

We are excited to add Jesse Ruins to the Lefse roster! On May 21st we will be releasing their debut LP, A Film. Head over to The Fader to listen to the first single, “Laura Is Fading” and stream it via Soundcloud.

We are happy to release the MITSUDA compilation today! Grab your free copy now via Bandcamp.

PRIZE ALERT:
The active listeners who can successfully identify the most Mitsuda samples on this album can win cool prizes such as 12x12inch vinyl sizes prints of the cover and back cover art. Email your entries to mitsudacontest@gmail.com

We are excited to announce that we will be releaseing MITSUDA on Tuesday April 2nd. Check out the two lead tracks now: Ryan Hemsworth’s “Proto” via Pitchfork and KeyBoardKid206′s “Secret Forest…(Tree Music)” via XLR8R!

MITSUDA is a hip-hop tribute to the work of innovative and beloved video game composer Yasunori Mitsuda, whose music has soundtracked some of the greatest role playing games of all time: Xenogears, Shadow Hearts, and the near-perfect Chrono Trigger and its sequel Chrono Cross. The album is the brainchild of composer/producer Julian Wass, who, after sampling Mitsuda’s Xenogears soundtrack for the Main Attrakionz/Danny Brown classic “Cloud Skatin”, approached his friends to contribute original beats flipped off of Mitsuda’s soundtracks.

And many luminaries of the current hip hop and electronic music scene stepped up to the challenge, with genius DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth contributing the grandiose banger “Proto”, and wavy duo Friendzone melding JRPG orchestral majesty with 808 swagger on “Dreams of the Shore”. #Legendary #Based producer KeyboardKid206, who has a long history of sampling video games, pitched in 3 epic tracks, each one a journey worth it’s weight in SNES cartridges. In addition to curating the album, Wass contributed 4 beats, highlighted by “Omoide”, his synthed-out meditation on bygone days spent gaming, and the previously unavailable “Cloud Skatin” instrumental.

The tracklist is rounded out by 4 beats from Wass’ production partner .L.W.H., including a rare unreleased instrumental from his debut album The Tape Hiss Hooligan.  Internet rap veteran and Rad Reef mastermind ZachG makes an appearance next to motivated newcomers like Japanese boom-bap enthusiast ギラ BLADES and lo-fi dance trio Paladins, who contributed the emotional album closer, “L.T.I.”  The sludgy drones of 20xx envelop vocalist C.I.S.C.O.’s Japanese language pieces on “Prologue” and Credits”, narrating the legend of Yasunori Mitsuda, and introducing the diverse lineup of remixers, respectively.

The 16-bit cover art, a Chrono Trigger style portrait of Mitsuda, was created by renowned pixel artist and independent game designer Derek Yu of Aquaria and Spelunky fame.  While it’s more than possible to enjoy the album at face-value, active listening is highly encouraged; to add to the fun, and in a reverent nod to video game tropes such as side-quests and collectable items, Wass has very special prizes for the careful listeners who can successfully identify the most samples from MITSUDA. 

Watch the new video for Mister Lies, “Hounded” above and via Pitchfork!  Pick up his debut LP, Mowgli from our store now.

Field Mouse is going to hit the road this Spring in support of Laura Stevenson! All dates are listed in the poster above. Check out their newest single, “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” via Soundloud.