Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost crafted this beautiful video for Blackbird Blackbird’s jam ‘Tear’ off his upcoming Boracay Planet EP. Full of blended layers and sprinkled with splattering bokeh, these images match the tune perfectly. •

Blackbird Blackbird - Tear

San Fransisco-based electronic artist Blackbird Blackbird (aka Mikey Sanders) just sent over his latest tune, a single off his upcoming release Passions. Check out the cut, also called Passions, below or at Mikey’s bandcamp. Also he’s running an album artwork contest for the new album— the deets are right over here. Mikey premiered some new tracks off the upcoming album via turntable.fm last week and it must be noted that they are of the most baller variety— can’t wait for this one to drop. 

Blackbird Blackbird - Passions

Canadian producer and emcee Emay dropped his new eight-track EP Mind Altering Dynamics earlier today. His creative approach to hip hop and immense lyrical ability are definitely on show with this one as he pushes beyond his previous releases. His remix of Blackbird Blackbird’s ‘Ups & Downs’ (off BB’s Summer Heart) really sticks out of the bunch. Not only does Emay build off of Mikey’s summery jam, but he also got LA’s Steffaloo (Steph Thompson) to record some beautiful backing vocals for the track. Download Mind Altering Dynamics for free from Emay’s website.

Emay - Ups & Downs [Blackbird Blackbird Remix] (feat. Steffaloo)

Blackbird Blackbird just finished up an awesome remix of Beach House’s wintry single ‘I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun.’ It’s a beautiful song to start off with, but Mikey really took the tune in a completely different direction, tossing some summery fervor in with the winter melancholy.

Beach House - I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)

Beach House - I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun

Other happenings in the BB world: He’s releasing his album Summer Heart physically on March second on Art Union/Plancha. Also, Teenage Reverb has released his second remix of ‘Hawaii,’ and this one will feature on the upcoming remix album.

Blackbird Blackbird - Hawaii (Teenage Reverb Remix)

A few days ago Mikey from Blackbird Blackbird was still looking for a few more remixes of his song Hawaii off Summer Heart for an upcoming remix album, so I wasn’t really that surprised to hear a new, awesome retouching of the tune from Ann Arbor’s Macklin Underdown this morning. I can’t wait to hear all the remixes.

Blackbird Blackbird - Hawaii (Macklin Underdown Remix)

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