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Big big BIG ups go out to our very own Anthony Khan aka The Twilite Tone for his two Grammy nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for his production work on the 2 Chainz hit "Mercy" (yes, this is the same The Twilite Tone who makes you dance your ass off while trying, and failing, to Shazam or trainspot the dirty chicago house and jazz shit he's cranking at I Love Vinyl). Come by tomorrow and shake his hand!

check out this great video from Dubspot featuring our own super-producer The Twilite Tone getting a lesson in warping. what's warping? watch the video. more info on dubspot.com .

 I Love Vinyl Dream Team dj and host extraordinaire The Twilite Tone, a long time collaborator of hip-hop artist Common, and fellow Chicago native, is now the Music Director for Common's current tour, which begins with a show tonight, 12/20/11 at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. Watch the stream here:

We were very pleasantly surprised and honored to win the first ever Bodega Award for Best Event Series from Brooklyn Bodega, and the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival! Southpaw also won for Best Brooklyn Venue!

Our man Master Khan (you have to do some creative pronouncing to make that one rhyme) aka The Twilite Tone is back in the spotlight with his Great Weekend project (see previous post ). This time, UK creme de la creme tastemaker Gilles Peterson has picked Great Weekend's "Let's Do It Again (Over and Over)" as the lead track for Volume Six of his Brownswood Bubblers compilation series. Check it out here . For more insight into Great Weekend, check out the artist profile on Gille's site . I Love Vinyl would also like to take this time to congratulate all the other talented artists featured on Bubblers Six, and especially our extended family, Taylor McFerrin , Quadron , MdCL and Kissey Asplund .

In addition to the usual I Love Vinyl superfun party type stuff, we will have the distinct honor of viewing the world premiere of "Return To Center", an original video by Danish artist Helene Nymann , with support from Danish VJ artist Kristian Kragelund and Danish painter Tobias Ginsborg , created especially for I Love Vinyl, while we dance. And if that wasn't enough, design duo Dilys+Asante have created AURICLE, a miracle of modern technology meets one-of-those-things-you-stick-your-face-through-and-take-a-picture. This extraterrestrial auto-illuminating logo-booth lands at the Atrium at Lincoln Center tomorrow night. Come prepared with your camera-phones fully charged...

Great Weekend's debut release on Wurst Records is now available on vinyl and digital . TimeOut gives it four stars . Release party this Saturday, June 19, at the subMercer. 

We are honored and excited to be spinning at Celebrate Brooklyn's Opening Night Gala, featuring Norah Jones, at the Prospect Park Bandshell on June 9. Tickets and more information here .

Four times a year Gilles Peterson does a radio show with his favorite tunes from the past three months. Check out the tracklist and listen here .

Common confirms rumors that he's working with our very own The Twilite Tone once again (along with No I.D. and Kanye) on his next album.

Big thanks to Layla Macoran at Examiner.com for the interview .

plus visual playlist (bigger/individual photos here )

make sure you make it to the end to hear tone's comedy stylings. let's go!