I went to see Martin Rossiter make his return to the world of Live Music In London last night, and holy shit batman, was that one fucking Dante’s Inferno of a show or WHUT?

The former, dear friends. The flipping former. Just a perfectly played piano and a voice with the power of 12 hadukens. That plus an adoring sold out crowd and masterclass in self assured showmanship.

Le Roz releases his debut post-Gene solo LP – The Defenestration of St Martin – this week, and what i heard of it last night was bloody brilliance on a hoverboard. Go cop that thing here. And to celebrate, I am making all three versions of my Olympian-sampling opus from earlier this year available as a free download. Click the little arrows to download.

Give Me Something (11:11) ft. Envy from Unkillable Thunderchrist

11:11 ft. Rik Clay from Zion 2012: The Apocalympics

Give Me Something (11:11) ft. Envy (Instrumental) from Unspeakable Thunderchrist (Instrumentals)

PAX!

@!

— Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Thunderchrist sleeve without colour and without logo. 

Drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom DT5 520.

— Monday, June 18th, 2012

From that UNKILLABLE THUNDERCHRIST, OUT NOW on CD, Digital, and a beautiful 10″ print! 

UNKILLABLE THUNDERCHRIST is the Homerian new mixtape from Akira The Don. 13 brand new songs, featuring special guest stars Envy, Footsie, Big Narstie, Polar Bear, Mr Lacey, Joey2tits, Issue, Time and more!

Get your copy here NOW!

I first noticed that one could sing Justin Bieber’s weirdly chirpy Baby over CBoyardee’s pathos ridden Robocop cover a few months back. As a TV-less human that doesn’t listen to pop radio, I wasn’t massively familiar with the Bieber song, but had recently listened to it as I’d heard the genius Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream wrote the song.

It occurred to me that, minus the over zealous synth pop-rap production and the ludicrously cheery video (replete with a cameo from a joyful Drake eagerly egging on the dancing Bieber) one is left with a truly tragic and perfectly realised ode to that most Shakespearian emotion: teenage love. Sung over CBoyardee’s brilliant, heartbreaking production, one gets an idea of Terius’ true intent when crafting the song.

What you see above is my recording of the main vocal, which I performed in ONE TAKE, in the manner of the head fo a company, before adding a bunch of autotune and backing vocals, giving it that dreamy pathos robot vibe.

Shout out Terius Nash, and CBoyardee, who I just noticed has revived his beloved Youtube channel! Look out for some future original rap recordings from me and CBRD – we’ve been in email contact and he’s sent me some amazing music.

PAX!

ATD
08/06/2012, Nu Olympia

— Friday, June 8th, 2012

I first noticed that one could sing Justin Bieber’s weirdly chirpy Baby over CBoyardee‘s pathos ridden Robocop cover a few months back. As a TV-less human that doesn’t listen to pop radio, I wasn’t massively familiar with the Bieber song, but had recently listened to it as I’d heard the genius Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream wrote the song.

It occurred to me that, minus the over zealous synth pop-rap production and the ludicrously cheery video (replete with a cameo from a joyful Drake eagerly egging on the dancing Bieber) one is left with a truly tragic and perfectly realised ode to that most Shakespearian emotion: teenage love. Sung over CBoyardee’s brilliant, heartbreaking production, one gets an idea of Terius’ true intent when crafting the song.

What you see above is my recording of the main vocal, which I performed in ONE TAKE, in the manner of the head fo a company, before adding a bunch of autotune and backing vocals, giving it that dreamy pathos robot vibe.

Shout out Terius Nash, and CBoyardee, who I just noticed has revived his beloved Youtube channel! Look out for some future original rap recordings from me and CBRD – we’ve been in email contact and he’s sent me some amazing music.

PAX!

ATD
08/06/2012, Nu Olympia

— Friday, June 8th, 2012

Thanks to Vekesh Patel.

Thunderchrist out now!

— By Akira The Don on Monday, June 4th, 2012

For your convince, Unkillable Thunderchrist is now on Youtube! And after a second upload attempt, the audio is now working!

UNKILLABLE THUNDERCHRIST is the Homerian new mixtape from Akira The Don. 13 brand new songs, featuring special guest stars Envy, Footsie, Big Narstie, Polar Bear, Mr Lacey, Joey2tits, Issue, Time and more! OUT NOW on CD, MP3 and a beautiful limited edition PRINT!

ORDER HERE.

— By Akira The Don on Monday, June 4th, 2012