Obi Best

New EP + “Tropical Fish” Music Video!

obibest — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:41:56 +0000

We just released a new EP “Sentimental Education” which can be purchased here.
Watch the new music video for Tropical Fish!

Playing SXSW!

obibest — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:13:35 +0000

Obi Best to play 2 SXSW shows on:

Friday March 20th, 2010

SONICBIDS Showcase at Maggie Mae’s

Obi will play a 30 minute set from 1pm-1:30pm

And then a bit later the same day:

Official SXSW Performance

7:30pm in the Victorian room at the Driskill Hotel

LONELY HEARTS CLUB: SATURDAY FEB 13 2010

obibest — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:22:50 +0000

Come join the Lonely Hearts Club Valentines eve at the Social Science loft in downtown LA!

Enjoy love or spite it with our favorite love songs covered by great talent. Spontaneous sing alongs may occur without warning.

A Plethora of libations will be available at our cash only bar to ease your aching heart. Sorry no ATM.

Admission is FREE with RSVP! RSVP with full name + guests at info@socialsciencerecs.com

* Patrick Park just added!

Check out the performers here:

Obi Best , Sunny War , SoKo , Correatown , Yeah Brother , Eagle and Talon , Boris Smile ,Vincent Minor , Fascinoma , Patrick Park

Bootleg Theatre with Larry Goldings

obibest — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:24:37 +0000

Obi Best will be playing a show with Larry Goldings

When: Saturday February 6th, 2010

Where: Bootleg Theatre

2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90057

$5 at door

RE-RE-REMIX CONTEST WINNERS!

obibest — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:32:46 +0000

Congrats to VOSOTROS, DJ hEADaCHE, AHARON HERBERT, and DJ CHILNESS.

Congratulations to our Re-re-remix winners! It was a toughy but the following beat makers made the grade with their remixes of Obi Best’s ‘Origami’ and Vincent Minor’s ‘Late Night Show’:

Vosotros, DJ hEADaCHE, Aharon Herbert, and DJ Chillness!

Check it out on ITUNES

THIS THURS! PABLOVE BENEFIT SHOW/ FOR PABLO+ OTHERS

obibest — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:41:23 +0000

Bring your heart of gold! Obi Best, Xu Xu Fang and Great Northern will be playing the Pablove Foundation’s Benefit Show at The Bootleg Theatre on August 13. Hosted by FMLY with dj sets by Division Day.

100% of profits will go to the Pablove Foundation, started by Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz and his wife Jo Ann Thrailkill whose five-year-old son Pablo passed away froma rare form of children’s cancer this past June. The Foundation directly supports the research and cure of pediatric cancer. For more info, visit: Pablove.org + Facebook

IT’S ORIGAMI SEASON

obibest — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:44:28 +0000

and we’re sponsoring an open call for remixes of Obi Best’s ‘Origami’ off the albumCapades. Favorite remixes will be released by Social Science Recordings as a digital compilation.

Deadline: October 31, 2009
Additional contest details and assorted nitty gritty here.

OBI BEST DOES “TROPICAL FISH” ON KXLU

obibest — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:48:36 +0000

This is from a session from March. The guy with the awesome falsetto? Bram. The guy doing hands-free on the keyboards? Aaron Arntz. Enjoy!

VOTE FOR OBI BEST on MTVU

obibest — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:50:42 +0000

If you love Obi, please vote for their video on MTV U, and help get it into rotation at all the universities.

http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-051109/

You can vote as many times as you like, so feel free to block out full days of your life this week to to sit at your computer and help put Obi on the map. Actually, go out and live life to the fullest, but if your roommate’s hogging the bathroom and you need to kill some time, please pop in and throw a few votes Obi’s way. Voting closes this Friday May 15th, 5 pm (PST). Thanks friends!

OBI BEST on PITCHFORK

obibest — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:55:32 +0000

The cultural juggernaut has spoken! Of course we think our newborn deserves a sweeter score, but 6.4 isn’t so bitter in Pitchfork terms. Read and decide for yourself whether Obi has been mis-understanded/mis-underestimated or this just tastes like dark chocolate.