Greetings readership. E@5E-95 here with an easy and affordable way for all you blue-faced bloggers to decorate that dungeon of yours. Papercraft is a  hobby that was originally popular in places like Japan and Europe in the 40’s. It is a spawn of  Kirigami and Origami and the European style of paper craft which was used mainly in the scaling of actual things like buildings, planes etc. It’s an inexpensive art form that is being reinvented with iconic characters, street art styles and graphic design. With today’s sloping economy, it’s the perfect way to add eye candy to your home or workspace. Harlan Core, the creator of The Box Punx Series is a great place to start your paper craft experience. And with several unique designs to chose from, you’ll be well on your way to assembling your own well-dressed army of paper minions.

A surviror's Last tale

Hello again readership, Ea5e-95 reporting from North Seattle for OKIZOONEWS with this tragic story of hiphop’s demise. For years now, several “new school” rap artists have continued to confirm the death of the vivacious 31 year old sub-culture, named Hiphop. My colleagues and I at OKIZOONEWS are proud to relay that hiphop is not dead, but undead actually. In the late nineties, she was infected with a corporate-developed super virus which was being tested in record companies nationwide. Many successful rap acts were infected and tons fell to the clutches of the evil virus and haven’t been heard from since. Until now. A local Scientist at North Seattle Community College has discovered a mutation of the virus he calls Hipsteria. Several outbreaks of the mutated virus have been reported by military personnel. In fact, we have an exclusive clip of the survivor’s last audio log entry before he was eaten alive by the infected. Warning, the contents of this audio clip is extremely graphic, and may not be suitable for kids or young adults.

Download: Ea5e 95 – You got Red on you

We been listening to you hip hop fans that want to hear more of our music. The Exhibition Files is our chance to give you some of the music we been working on. First up is OkiZoo’s Chi town transplant PreCise.  This song is about a young lady named Colors and what the wrong choices can lead to. Produced by Big Lo.

Download: PreCise – Colors (prod. by Big Lo)

REWIND: Download – PreCise – Eisa meets Afro

Happy Zoo Year Readership, hope everyone’s New Year has started off well. I took a brief hiatus from the internet to focus on some New Years resolutions I’m making. However just like today’s Cinema Saturday series I have returned. You know how this goes down every Saturday we post up some dope videos as a part of OkiZoo TV. Hope you all have enjoyed some of our favorite Anime series, documentary’s, and other videos. Sit back and relax and enjoy yourself, and check us out on Monday for The Boomin’ System.

Sidenote: Check out the song at the end of the episode. Many of you who know our music might here the sample for one of OkiZoo’s first songs.

Today’s Cinema Saturday features the epic Anime Series: Lupin the 3rd

Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc’s series of novels. Lupin and his gang travel throughout the world to steal treasures and escape from the law.

Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of the fictional gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, is considered the world’s greatest thief, known for announcing his intentions to steal valuable objects by sending a calling card to the owners of his desired items. His right-hand man and closest ally is Daisuke Jigen, an expert marksman who can accurately shoot a target in 0.3 seconds. Although Lupin and Jigen frequently work as a two-man team, they are often joined by Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman whose sword can cut anything, or Fujiko Mine, a femme fatale and Lupin’s love interest. Although Fujiko usually works together with the others, she occasionally exploits Lupin’s interest in her to steal a treasure for herself. Lupin and his gang are constantly chased by Inspector Koichi Zenigata of the ICPO, who has made it his life’s work to arrest them, chasing Lupin across the globe. On the rare occasions he catches Lupin, Zenigata secretly hopes Lupin will escape so he can continue to chase him. Regardless of whether Lupin and his followers succeed or fail, they are always looking for the next heist.

Nixons

EL3G

Happy Zoo year to everyone. We are back after a small hiatus on the Arcade Archives. The holidays have been fun for all of us. Expect big things from this blog in 2010, as we begin to separate ourselves from the pack with content that will be uniquely OkiZoo. With that being said, here are 10 hot selections from Tek Steez that are dance floor ready and head nod approved!

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James Pants – Thin Moon

The retro funk machine that is sure to stay in the disco light for a while.  This particular track is a refection of  his Psychedelic side, layed down with some deep synths and light guitar. James Pants is a Stones Throw Records affiliate, based out of Spoken, WA.

Mr. Oizo – Half an Edit

Bringing you the glitchy sounds that only a daft robot could break dance to.  Mr. Oizo, meaning Monsieur Bird in French , is a recent addition to the French Electro Label Ed Bangers. Mr. Bird is also a director with the likes of  Justice working on the soundtrack for his current production titled “Rubber”.

My My – Secret Life Of Pants

Back in 2005, My My started out as one of my favorite minimal techno producing teams coming out of Berlin . As their production was all electronic it seemed easy to them to bring the much needed soul or heart others were lacking in minimal techno music at the time. Lee Jones, from England, and Nicolas Höppner, from Germany, have expanded their sound and now incorporate many other influences into their music. Secret Life of Pants is packed with quirky samples that complement the funky baseline and choppy drums.

Jimpster – Dangly Panther

Jamie Odell aka Jimpster and Audiomontage is a old school house head thats been co-running his label Freerange Records for the last 13 years. I have always respected Jimpster for his attention to detail in deep house projects, always adding that subtle  jazz feel in all the right pockets of his tracks. If you are feeling Dangly Panther then chances are you are going to love anything else he touches, check him out at www.freerangerecords.co.uk.

Daedelus – Sambe Legrand

This epic, Brazilian dance flavored track is one of the true definitions of Daedelus’s production sound.  Based out of LA, California Daedelus is know for his deep crate digging skills, mixing 30’s and 40’s jams with heavy synths and computer sex. Do yourself a favor and check him out on youtube, he is the first to use the Monome in conjunction with Max/MSP for live performances.  Daedelus Preforming on youtube

Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie

Yet another new comer based out of London, Floating Points AKA Samual Shepherd is exactly what we need in 2010. Floating from genre to genre his style rest somewhere between IDM, Deep house and soul. Peep his jam session on youtube…..the dude truly is an amazing artist. FLOATING POINTS JAM SESSION YOUTUBE I would also found a live show with Points, Olivier Day Soul, Shuanise and Fatima on the vocals. Floating Points @ Roundhouse

Pantha Du Prince – The Splendour

Hendrick Weber, better known as Pantha du Prince, Panthel and Glühen 4 is a German electronic music producer and DJ affiliated with Hamburg’s Dial music label. Pantha production seems to always incorporate a  heavy Detoit Techno feel, the splendour being no different as its a little more chilled the fundamental detriot industrial sound still shines through.

San Serac – Music Never Ends (Morgan Geist M’s Music Mix)

Morgan Geist, from New Jersey, is another Detriot music pioneer, cruising the sounds on that big body Cadillac, fantastic voyage your mom and dad remember riding on…..let the music take control. Just a little something to bounce to in the new year….. hope the music never ends.

Basement Jaxx – U Dont Know Me (Solid Groove)

Part Producer, part remixing beast, David Taylor aka Switch or Solid Groove is no doubt one of my favorite house producers of all time…..let that be known. Switch coined the genre fidget house, fusing quirky tech house and hip hop samples with wonky baselines. Solid Groove seems to be more of the jazzier sides of Dave, but trust me , he has been very busy in the game since the early 90’s with 200 plus tracks and productions with the likes of  M.I.A and Diplo …. all of his sides are dope. Dave Taylor is also one half of the Major Lazer a experimental Dancehall group signed to Mad Decent.

The Littlemen – Deep Squeek

The Littlemen are a duo from Nottingham, England. Both have been DJing on the UK free party scene, clubs and festivals since 1993, Steve as a part of the legendary Smokescreen SoundSystem and Gav as a member of the Giddy Fruit Collective. What the two really stand out for is the beautiful breakdowns in all their projects, melodies that really grab your thoughts and direct them to some sort of dance move….. do what you do, DANCE.

On my box I had Paul C productions / Or was it Prince Paul bomb squad function… I know Rap my man, I mean Hip Hop

What’s good readership, hope everyone had a great Christmas, now it’s time to get ready for New Year’s. I’m not going to bore you w/ any of those end of year lists tho, so don’t worry. I figure with half the bloggerverse doing their “Best of the Decade” & “Best of 2009″ lists… who really wants to read all of that? In the words of Mr. Ed Lover, “C’mon Son”. You know what it is you listened to and liked this past year, and I’m sure just like everyone else you have your own personal favorites. There were quite a few good records, and I can honestly say 2009 was a good year for music. However, lets stay in the present and focus on the future. Check out the “Best of The Week”.

OkiZoo Presents: The Boomin’ System

1. MF DOOM – Air (Astronote Remix)
The beat is sicker than the blood in your stool (c) MF Doom. Some of you may remember the original version to this track from MF DOOM & Dabrye. However Astronote recently released a remix project entitled, The Remixes Volume: One. This beat really compliments DOOM’s style of rap, and I believe this new version is better than the original. From the spacey theme to when the beat drops, Astronote takes you on a journey. Check it out for yourself, enjoy the ride.

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2. Thurzday of U-N-I – Not Quite A Christmas Story
Thurzday, a member of the crew that brought you A Love Supreme ventures out on his own w/ this solo effort. This track is reminiscent of Slick Rick in its vivid storytelling, which makes you laugh and actually visualize the tale unfolding. U-N-I is also anticipating the release of their latest project, A Love Supreme 2.0, although I’m looking forward to checking out the remix project. I don’t like the idea of remixing an entire album, why not just pump out some new work? We’ll see what the future holds for U-N-I, in the meantime enjoy this song from Thurz.

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3. Reflection Eternal w/ Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def
Finally the CDQ for this phenomenal track from one of my favorite groups, Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek) is out. I’m glad to see Kweli back working on some good music. No diss to his work w/ Idol Warship, but I’m a fan of this version of Talib. Jay Elec comes thorough as usual and is on his way to best new artist of the year in my book. I slept on J. Cole but I have to say his verse matched w/ these emcees was adequate. He didn’t ruin the track, but didn’t impress me either. Mighty Mos Def ends the track off nicely, it’s been a great year for Black Dante. Hopefully we’ll see a new Black Star album soon.

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4. Zo! & Asylum 7 Feat. Asheru – Gotta Live
Zo, who you might remember from his work w/ Phonte of Little Brother has constantly been releasing some good music. He teams up w/ Asylum 7 and the one of my favorite emcees Asheru. For those of you familiar w/ The Boondocks, you know Asheru is the emcee on the opening scene of that show. This song really delivers a strong message and has a positive theme.

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5. Black Milk – Keep Going
Black is back and better than ever, or so he claims. This is the first promo leak for his upcoming album entitled, Album of The Year. Quite a bold statement naming your record that, but Black Milk claims that it holds a different reference from the one suggested. Basically the record talks about the road that he’s taken in the last year, the good, the bad & the ugly. I can’t wait to buy this album, Black Milk always provides excellent beats, the challenge will be to see if his lyricism is on the same level, judge for yourself.

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6. Burn Rubber x Acapulco – Detroit Riots (Prod by Black Milk)
Burn Rubber and Acapulco Gold teamed up for the Detroit Riots project. Check out their website Detroit Riots for more information and enjoy this posse cut featuring Fat Ray, Ro Spit, T3, Phatboy Chef, Marv Won, One Be Lo, Buff 1 & Fatt Father. To top it off this joint was produced by none other than Black Milk… enjoy!

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7. Carlitta Durand – Official
This song from the lovely Carlitta Durand’s Christmas present to us all entitled, The Doug & Pattie EP is produced by Vaughn Garcia of M1 Platoon. This is one of the best tracks on a pretty good concept album from the duo. Some might not be familiar with the name but if you’re a fan of the Justus League, Little Brother, Skyzoo and Tanya Morgan, it’s safe to say you know the voice

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8. Dave Notti – Destroy
I featured Dave Notti in the last Let Me Put You On! post, here he is again w/ a snippet of an earth shattering track from DJ K.O.’s latest release Living Out A State of Mind Pt. 2 set for a digital release. The title of the track definitely suits the sound of the song, and Notti is relentless rhyming over the beat. Most of you may know Dave Notti for his production but be on the lookout for his next project that will feature more of his rapping.

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9. Dwele – Eve (I Need You)
While outside everything is covered in snow, I thought it’d be nice to shine some light on a warm soulful joint. I’m positive that Dwele needs no introduction, nor does the track he covered here: Dilla’s classic remix of Spacek’s “Eve”. Dwele singing over Dilla’s production, you can’t go wrong w/ that. Little is known about what project this song will be on, it may just be one of the many Dwele tracks that have never officially been released. So just sit back with some hot tea and enjoy!

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10. DJ Center Feat Oddisee – Leave the City Outside (Prod by Oddisee)
This will be the first single off DJ Center ’s upcoming album, “Everything In Time” , dropping February 9th. The track features Diamond District’s own Oddisee . Gotta love the horns that Oddisee uses in the track, and I thought this was most appropriate w/ the weather most people are dealing with this winter season. It’s cold out there and the block be hot, leave the city outside and unwind to this soothing track.

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Everyone have a safe and happy New Year, and as always thanks for supporting OkiZoo. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think of the songs above, Happy Holidays.

NIXONS

EL3G

*sidenote from Dunn-D*

For all the people that come to our blog and for all other blogs out there, WE ARE NOT, I REPEAT, NOT a “new” music blog. We are a “good” music and an overall lifestyle blog. These are all songs that are in rotation within OkiZoo that WE like. It could be new, it could be a couple years old. We are not them, we do what we want. Nobody sponsors us. We do take new music submissions, but we don’t have those obligations other blogs that are in the “industry” have. So please don’t tell us that some other blog beat us to a song. We are not running that race.

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What’s good readership, thanks for joining us for the second installment of Cinema Saturday. If you caught last week’s post you already know how this goes down. We here at OkiZoo thought it would be a great idea to show some of our favorite movies, anime, and documentaries on Saturday mornings as a throwback to when everyone was a kid waking up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Hey we’re just big kids over here who love to have fun

Today’s Cinema Saturday features an awesome anime series entitled: Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan’s Sunday GX since 2002. The animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April to June of 2006, totaling twelve episodes. The English language version of the manga is distributed by Viz Media, and the first volume was released on August 12, 2008.

The story follows a team of pirates/mercenaries known as Lagoon Company. Lagoon Company members include Rock (A Japanese businessman, and the lead character who was kidnapped by the Lagoon Company, yet overcomes all to become an integral part of the team), Revy (a.k.a. Two-Hands. She provides the muscle for Lagoon Company, and is exceptionally skilled with using firearms in battle), Dutch (The African-American leader of the Lagoon “Trading Company”. A deadly adversary who captains the PT boat Black Lagoon, and coordinates the crew), and Benny (A former graduate student of the University of Central Florida, he serves as the Lagoon’s technical expert).

Hope you all like these episodes as much as we here at OkiZoo do… but if you’re visiting our blog you already know what’s up, so enjoy!