Elvin Estella, aka DJ Nobody of LA’s famed Low End Theory DJ collective (and former Dangerous Minds blogger), put out my favorite album of the summer of 2010, the Kanye-esque One for All Without Hesitation on which he played nearly all the instruments (there is nothing better to listen to cruising around LA with the top down on a sunny day than that album). He’s hardly been idle since then, running a weekly club, touring the world with Low End Theory, making beats with fellow LET collaborator Nocando as the “Bomb Zombies,” forming a psychedelic rock group, Blank Blue (that album comes out in 2012) and his current project, Songodsuns with rapper 2Mex.

From the LA Times:

But in 1998, the first record he ever released was with 2Mex, the erstwhile member of the Visionaries who has spent the last decade and a half entrenched as one of Los Angeles’ most celebrated cult rappers. Currently signed to Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records, 2Mex puts Lil Wayne’s prolificacy to shame, dropping 35 records in the last dozen years alone. Along the way, he’s cut a reputation as the right kind of underground rapper: uncompromised, raw and fiercely original.

Though they’ve frequently collaborated, Nobody and 2Mex had never cut a full-length record until now. Slated for release on Nobody’s own Nobody’s Home imprint (distributed by Alpha Pup), “Fallin’ Angels” finds the duo getting weird and turning pro.

First single, “Do That Trick,” finds them channeling the Cure, “getting high in the park in Highland Park,” creating anti-“American Idol” art, meeting South Central sailorettes, and inventing new ways to pay the rent. Nobody creates a scuzzy minimalist banger that allows 2Mex an ideal canvas to “crank call Russell Simmons from Brussels.”

In an email to me this morning Elvin/Nobody writes:

Here is a new video that I did with my latest project, a rap group with my friend Alex (2mex) called Songodsuns.  It’s got some themes I think your readers would like i.e. weed and naked nuns

He’s probably right about that. NSFW unless naked nuns and two guys smoking massive amounts of herb are cool in your office:
 

 
Bonus: DJ Nobody presents his 2011 Winter Mix:
 

Flying Lotus
 
To call any one event in Los Angeles “party of the year” might be stretching it a bit. But what certainly looks to be the party of the month, is coming up soon with Cornerstone Research Collective’s fundraiser for MAPS and psychedelic chemist Sasha Shulgin’s medical bills on December 11th at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

With a formidable line-up including Madlib, J-Rocc, Flying Lotus and (former Dangerous Minds contributor) Elvin Estela AKA DJ Nobody, this bash for a good cause featuring LA’s hottest underground musical talent simply can’t be beat. This party is going to be a monster.

Where: The Historic Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 600 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038

When: Saturday Decemenber 11th, 9p.m. to 3a.m. Free parking on site. $25 in advance, $35 on the door. Get tickets here before they all sell out.
 

Above, Madlib, looking for his spliff.

 
As all really serious dance music aficionados know, Los Angeles—specifically the east side—is becoming the epicenter of truly far-out, multi-layered, psychedelically-tinged new music. The weekly Low End Theory party, held each Wednesday at the Airliner, is the physical manifestation of this scene and features a world-renowned lineup of DJs, including The Gaslamp Killer, DJ Nobody (AKA Elvin Estela), D-Styles, Daddy Kev and Nocando. Another “high-flying” (cough) selector at the club is Flying Lotus, or Steven Ellison if you want to call him by his birth name. Flying Lotus is the scene’s international breakout star and features the likes of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Erykah Badu on his new album, Cosmogramma. (Ellison is profiled by August Brown in the Los Angeles Times).

The Airliner’s sound system boasts of 10,000 watts of amplification moving through 12 18-inch subharmonic drivers. This rib-rattling sound system is how music was meant to be heard. With speakers that powerful moving the air around the club they probably don’t need air conditioning. This Wednesday’s set features the Daly City Records Tour in addition to the resident DJs.

Low End Theory, Wednesdays @ The Airliner, 2419 N. Broadway, Lincoln Heights.

Photo: The Gaslamp Killer (a.k.a. William Benjamin Bensussen), left; Kevin Moo, founder of Alpha Pup records and Low End Theory; and DJ Nobody (Elvin Estela). Credit: Spencer Weiner / For the Los Angeles Times. You can download the Low End Theory podcast here.
 

 
Cross posting this from Brand X.

 

 
Low End Theory is a weekly club night I throw every Wednesday with my cohorts Daddy Kev, D-Styles, Gaslamp Killer and resident MC Nocando.  Instead of trying to explain to you what kind of music we play, I’ll invite you to download our latest podcast which we drop monthly.  Each mix features one of our resident Dj’s paired with a guest selector.  This month we feature myself, Nobody, and Take, who’s album Only Mountains drops on April 20th on Alpha Pup Records.