Channel your Pretty Young Thug on this new collection of Lil B-themed garb. 

The Fader have snouted out fashion student Isabel Simpson-Kirsch, currently studying at NY design school Parsons. As part of her thesis, Simpson-Kirsch has used Lil B as the main design motif in a new fashion line. The title? ‘Based’, of course.

The portfolio includes everything from boxer shorts to platform shows to full-length dresses. According to Simpson-Kirsch, Lil B has been a crucial point of inspiration throughout her scholarly endeavours:

“Junior year at Parsons is so hard– that’s when everybody drops out. Lil B helped me through it. Being Based and positive got me through it. And this summer, I was like, the only way I can come back and do this thesis is if it really comes from my heart.”

This being a uni project, there doesn’t appear to be any plan for a commercial release as yet (although we’re sure Ms. Simpson-Kirsch has probably had more than a few offers). Selected highlights from the range are below.

“I’d write ['Get Lucky'] in a f***ing hour. I don’t know what the fuss is about, you know what I mean? It’s like f**k off, give me a f**king break.

“I am not going to have people wear disguises. Take your f**king helmet off. Let’s see what you look like sans helmet, whatever you’re called.”

Liam by Gallagher, via The Sun.

Shame it came too late for the Random Access Memories comment dump, but you can’t win them all.

May began with the sad news that Slayer guitarist had left this earth, and it’s come to a close with a suitably hedonistic celebration of his life and work.

Slayer announced that they would be organising a memorial event to pay tribute to Hanneman, who passed away from alcohol-related liver failure aged 48. As Metal Hammer report, yesterday’s service at the Hollywood Palladium was a rammed and rowdy affair, with long queues beginning hours before the service began and fans being highly vocal throughout the service. The stage was decked out with a painting of Hanneman, an American flag, a floral arrangement and an assorted collection of Hanneman’s guitars.

Among those giving addresses were Slayer’s Kerry King, who led a Jagermaster toast to the singer, saying “Jeff Hanneman hated Jagermeister, but I had to come up here with something to cheer my friend.” Reading off an iPhone, King paid extensive tribute to his departed friend:

“Jeff was my doorway to punk and it really helped Slayer to become the doorway between the metal kids and the punk kids…Jeff hated being famous, but he loved being onstage”

Other notable speakers included System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian (“without Jeff Hanneman, there would be no System Of A Down”), Metallica’s Rob Trujillo, American Recordings’ Dino Paredes and Brian Slagel of Metalblade Records. Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, who left the band in ignominious fashion earlier this year, was also in attendance, as were Dave Navarro, Rob Zombie’s John 5 and Metalhead’s Robb Flyn.

Not for the first time, winsome Italo disco revivalist Sally Shapiro has handed her most recent album over to a host of remixers. 

Where Robyn pitched for the charts and Lykke Li went for the quirky pop constituency, Swedish singer Shapiro has long planted her flag in nu-disco territory. Between her charming 2006 debut Disco Romance and her somewhat cryptic public persona, she’s built a formidable cult following, and her case has been helped by some interesting remix discs: Remix Romance Vol. 1 featured edits from Tensnake and Holy Fuck, and 2010′s My Guilty Pleasure remix set tapped up Junior Boys and CFCF.

Elsewhere will collect a stash of Shapiro remixes inspired by material from recent LP Somewhere Else. The chief name on the collection is fellow Swede The Field, who applies his loop-the-loop strategies to ‘Lives Together’. Chillwaver-turned-pop star proper Nite Jewel takes on Sundown, and pint-sized electro-pop singer Little Boots is also on board. Young Galaxy, Lost Years and Dan Lissvick are also signed up to appear, as are lesser-known names like Mauvais Cliché, Henning Fürst (of The Tough Alliance) and Mitch Murder.

Elsewhere is due on May 28 through Paper Bag. The Field’s slo-mo remix is available to stream below, and shows the producer on unusually dozy form.

Elsewhere:

1. I Dream With An Angel Tonight (Lovelock Remix)
2. If It Doesn’t Rain (Dan Lissvik Remix)
3. All My Life (Mitch Murder Remix)
4. Architectured Love (Mauvais Cliché Remix)
5. Sundown (Nite Jewel Remix)
6. This City’s Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me (Little Boots Discotheque Remix)
7. Don’t Be Afraid (Lost Years Remix)
8. Starman (Henning Fürst Remix)
9. What Can I Do (Young Galaxy Remix)
10. Lives Together (The Field Remix)

The flip to Kowton and Julio Bashmore’s sweet’n'sour cut ‘Mirror Song’ has hit the web, and it’s a rowdy little thing. 

‘Mirror Song’ was a proper good-cop-bad-cop collaboration, with a very Bashmore hook competing for attention with Kowton’s savage drum programming. ‘And What’ is credited to Kowton alone, and it shows; without Bashmore’s moderating influence, the Bristol producer is free to indulge the rough, raw impulses that made ‘Des Bisous’ and ‘More Games’ so invigorating. ‘And What’ is Terekke-style house viewed through grime-tinted glasses – it’s gruff, gully and, if you ask us, trumps the title track.

Kowton’s been a prolific collaborator of late, working with Pev on the killer Hessle Audio single ‘Raw Code’ , and clubbing up with Hyetal to form Systems Of Desire. The Mirror Song EP drops soon on Broadwalk.

Basic Channel icon and Hard Wax boss Mark Ernestus will compile his Afrocentric Jeri-Jeri project on two new full-lengths. 

Ernestus has long been smitten with the sounds of the plateau continent: he helped curate Honest Jon’s vital 2011 Shangaan Electro compilation, and contributed to last year’s rewarding Shangaan remix series. His recent Jeri-Jeri project saw Ernestus working with Senegalse Sabar and Mbalax musicians (the former is a polyrhythmic drum music played on the sabar drum; the latter is a sabar-infused, rhythmically frantic brand of West African dance music.)

The Jeri-Jeri recordings were laid down in 2011 in Dakar, and have been dripfed to the public over five 12″s on Ernestus’ bespoke Ndagga label from 2012-13. Notable collaborators on the project include Baaba Maal, Youssou N’Dour and Bakane Seck. As Resident Advisor report, Ernestus will collect all of his Jeri-Jeri material on two new compilations. 800% Ndagga will assemble all of the vocal tracks, whereas Ndagga Version will bring together the instrumental tracks. The 800% Ndagga material in particular feels like a rootsier counterpart to Shangaan’s frenetic percussive play, augmented by Ernestus’ dubby touches and studio jiggery-pokery.

800% Ndagga and Ndagga Versions will both see release on June 3. Ernestus, naturally, features on our  rundown of Moritz Von Oswald and Juan Atkins’ essential collaborations.

Tracklist:
800% Ndagga
1. Gawlo feat. Baaba Maal
2. Xale feat. Mbene Diatta Seck
3. Ndeye Gueye feat. Doudou Ndiaye Rose
4. Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh feat. Mbene Diatta Seck
5. Casamance feat. Ale & Khadim Mboup
6. Sama Yaye feat. Mbene Diatta Seck
7. Bamba feat. Mbene Diatta Seck, Ale & Khadim Mboup
8. Daguagne

Ndagga Versions
1. Lignou Mome
2. Casamance Version
3. Leumbeul
4. Sama Yaye Version
5. Xale Rhythm
6. Gawlo Version
7. Dub Dafa Nekh
8. Walo
9. Bamba Version

Every year or so, some arrant nonsense about an impending Smiths reunion briefly does the rounds. It’s easy to forget, then, that a Smiths reunion of sorts has actually already happened – albeit back in 1988. 

Salford’s finest called it a day back in 1987 following Johnny Marr’s departure from the group. Morrissey swiftly began work on a solo career, working with Vini Reilly and Stephen Street on his first solo effort Viva Hate. A year to the day after their split, Morrissey’s manager contacted his former band members to invite them to join the singer at a forthcoming gig at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Although Marr demurred, drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke took up the offer – a remarkable call, given that Joyce and Rourke were suing Morrissey at the time (something Joyce says “wasn’t mentioned.”)

As NME report, rare footage of the December 22, 1988 gig has now emerged online. The video shows the band rattling through a string of Smiths tracks which had never been played live before, plus material Joyce and Rourke had previously recorded with Morrissey, including ‘Last Of The Famous International Playboys’. Smiths tracks include ‘Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before’ and ‘Sweet And Tender Hooligan’, with a clutch of Morrissey originals sprinkled into the 40-minute set too. As is to be expected, the audience response is borderline maniacal – something no doubt exacerbated by the fact that fans wearing Smiths or Morrissey T-shirt were given free admittance.

Earlier this week, Morrissey went on the rampage about foie gras.

The brothers Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison ‘Reach for the Dead’ on this melancholy new single.

With the kind of long-winded ‘mysterious’ advertising campaign that found two FACT writers at loggerheads, there’s been plenty of time recently devoted to speculation on exactly what Boards of Canada’s long-awaited new album Tomorrow’s Harvest will actually end up sounding like. Save a small clip of low-key ambience that rewarded the tens of thousands of us who cracked the website’s code and a track that emerged on an illuminated screen in urban Tokyo yesterday we’ve heard precious little evidence that the album isn’t just some kind of elaborate April Fool. That is, until now and the first single from Tomorrow’s Harvest was revealed today by BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe.

‘Reach for the Dead’ is almost predictably blissful, and carries the unmistakable traits of the Scottish duo. Thick, noisy drones and dust-laden kicks appear instantly before giving way to the kind of dreamy VHS-warped harmonies that made Boards of Canada so darned crucial back in the 1990s. From the sounds of it ‘Reach for the Dead’ is the track that was previewed in Tokyo yesterday, but hearing it at full quality certainly allows us to get a proper idea of how it’s supposed to sound.

Update: The band have uploaded an arid new video for the single, take a look below.

Update #2: Warp have just linked to a YouTube upload of the video played in reverse, which still works pretty damn well (though it’s not quite as good as that amazing reversed Bjork track from the Tri Angle FACT mix). You can watch that below too.

Tomorrow’s Harvest is due out on June 10 via Warp Records.

The Lawrence brothers premiere the fifth single off Settle.

‘When A Fire Starts To Burn’ is the first proper track on Settle, the duo’s highly-anticipated debut album. As the title suggests, it’s a fiery, funky house track with a great vocal sample.

Settle is due out June 3 via PMR in the UK and Cherrytree / Interscope in the States. Disclosure recently spoke with FACT as part of our On The Record series.