April 30, 2020

Kiydrah & Breiss - Simulation (2020)


Co-signed by Dusty (Jazz Liberatorz), with whom he made his debut, and T-Love with whom he has worked with for many years now, Breiss does his work in the shadow of a fairly minimal home studio. Eclectic DJ & Digger, he mixes everything from Disco to House Music, and produces a groovy, Jazz- or Funk-infused Hip-Hop. His close proximity to the world of vinyl and his love for Rap music led him to do the remix of Jazz Liberatorz’s After Party (feat Wildchild), to produce Lemdi & Moax’s Kick Sale (Coffee Break Records) and T-Love’s Summertime People (Picki People Compilation).
Coincidentally, it would be via another track which Breiss produced on the Picki People Compilation, called Martinique, that the Meaux-Town beatmaker would arrive on Kiydrah’s radar. We’re talking some ten years after its first release. The young Killeen Texas artist obviously got excellent musical tastes.

Born in Germany about 20 years ago and part of Austin Texas's young guard, Kiydrah is a singer, songwriter and performer whose rap-tinged soul addresses the themes of coming to adult age and questionings that are unique to her generation. The path of the young lady is interesting and promising, between an excellent EP Muse in 2018 and multiple collaborations and appearances with a very effervescent scene of Austin and its surroundings. From this meeting via the Soundcloud platform, 7 titles quickly emerged. The Parisian label Coffee Break Records joins up with L.A.’s Picki People for the release of this 12-inch in the form of a business card of a new duo: Kiydrah & Breiss - Simulation. 

Pseudo Slang & Pawcut - Wanderverse (2020)






Pseudo Slang and the master-dirty-beat-crafter Pawcut constructed quite the tripped-out, session album here, built specifically for double-LP release playing to the A, B, C, and D sides. The spaces traversed in Wanderverse can be heard and felt throughout this digressive journey, the vibes thick with audible session banter, and the sounds of the world around the music also play within it.

The album features: jazz guitar virtuoso Matt Gold (Makaya McCraven, Sun Speak), Jon Blazini, Dheema, Phillip Dornbusch (Black Bear Basement), Tobias Herzog, Ferdinand Schwarz.

Watch 'n' listen to Official Music Videos for:
Wanderverse (title track): youtu.be/5XdUf5jDiSY
Finesseful: youtu.be/QWeNb4r2TaE


Dexter & DJ Friction - Diggin' Sonoton: Contemporary Beats & Movements Vol. 1 (2020)




Stream/Digital: prodbydexter.bandcamp.com

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of library music. For avid aficionados of the beatmaking and sampling scene, it’s no news that library records have always been a reliable source of obscure sample fodder.

Over the years, there’ve been compilations of library labels such as KPM and Bruton, but no one ever took on the extensive catalogue of German library company, Sonoton. DJ, producer and record collector DJ Friction (Freundeskreis / Four Music) got in touch with Sonoton to discuss a possible collaboration. Once they agreed, he asked Dexter (Jazz Files, The Trip) – one of the most in-demand hip-hop producers and beatmakers working right now – to join him on this journey into sound. The idea was to not only compile a number of standout tracks from the Sonoton catalogue, but to sample these old recordings and transform them into a brand new collection of beats. Luckily, Sonoton was game and allowed Frico & Dexter to dive deep into the basement of the company's HQ in Munich. Out of those 200+ LP releases from the early 80s the two producers picked their favourites and went back to the drawing board. The iconic artwork of Sonoton’s 80s releases also inspired the cover sleeve of their new collabo LP.

Dexter and DJ Friction each produced one half of Diggin’ Sonoton. The result is an eclectic, exciting, and well-rounded instrumental album that clearly displays their respective individual styles, while at the same time transferring the distinctive vibe of the original recordings into 2020. All these tracks are digitally distributed via Sonoton as well, making this ambitious beat album a new addition to the rich history of library music. 

April 28, 2020

graymatter - DANGER ROOM INSTRUMENTALS 2 (2020)





More old instrumentals as used by Big Kahuna OG, Henny L.O., al.divino, Estee Nack, Fly Anakin, Conway, Mirtaw, Koncept Jack$on, Nickelus F, & Monday Night, + a couple unreleased beats.


April 24, 2020

Lone Apostrophe - B​-​Side Era (2020)




Stream/Digital: loneapostrophe.bandcamp.com

A generous handful of rugged, raw beats, with a nod to the 90's boom bap era. Fortified with extra crackle and pop.

Spliff Jacksun - Sanctuary (2020)





Order Cassette: crashsymbols.bandcamp.com

Spliff Jacksun is a Montreal-based producer and illustrator with a flare for hypnagogic beats, crafting hazy excursions for a variety of Canadian and American tape labels. His work is built around weird and soothing reveries, sounds that slouch along in an almost dreamlike stupor. Influences from the visual arts and film are rampant. 

Sanctuary is a longer outing than usual, divided into three sections by a pair of short interludes named for the sun and moon. The impression of a traditional binary dissolves as the album shifts from bursts of introspective morning to more vibrant and sentimental evening. It's playful but reflective, and like most Spliff Jacksun albums, always absorbing.


SPIRAL / KANKICK - Spiral Labyrinth (2020)

Made In M - Madriz (2020)




Stream/Digital: sichtexot.bandcamp.com

Brother Made In M with his brand new SXT Track EP!
The Berlin based beatmaker from Madrid with a dedication to his hometown. Four typically mellow and layed back songs plus a feature by his Guayaba collective hermano Sloth Brite (Craneo). Dope!




Ohbliv - Spirit Medicine B Sides (2020)




Stream/Digital: ohbliv.bandcamp.com


April 23, 2020

Chef Mike - St. Lucy (2020)




Various Artists - Lo​-​Head 2 (2020)




Order Cassette: vinyl-digital.com
Stream/Digital: band.link

Tape Lo-Head 2 together with our friends from all over the world. The producers who participated in this project are: DOPE90 (KOVSH, Boora, Smuff tha Quiz), Made in M, Walterwarm, APO, Jarjarjr, Coryayo, Ntrourage, Mt.fujitive, Dweeb, Cowode, Seenmr, TMCT, Kent Williams, Fortnight, Leo the Kid, Killa Napalm, Franky A.

April 20, 2020

CANS X Paul Nice - Baking Biscuits (2020)




Stream/Digital: paulnice.bandcamp.com

Duane "CANS" Canada cooks it up with the Paul Nice to create a story for the books.


SwuM - Aries (2020)




Stream/Digital: chillhop.bandcamp.com

At the beginning of 2019, producer SwuM collaborated with us on the four song EP ORBIT. The project was short and sweet and took the listener away from Earth, floating cozy with the stars. Now, SwuM is back in the spaceship (with previous illustrator and animator Endless Takeout) for the seven song Aries. This time around, the stars are even brighter, the flight is even longer, and the isolated capsule is even more timely. Press play and unwind.


Jazzbois & VA - Jazzbois Got Flipped (2020)





Limited edition of 300 copies

Tracklist:

Type.Raw - Monsun I 
FloFilz - Narctis 
Cap Kendricks - Jasss
The Drumlord - Midnight Drop
Wun Two - Interloop
ØDYSSEE - Girlfriend 
Kuranes - Smoothies 
Made in M & BluntOne - Moon Rocks
Philanthrope & Mono:Massive - Monsun II
Flughand - Zen Narctis
* Vinly Only Bonus Track *

April 16, 2020

KLIM beats - Snippets of Life (2020)





Order Vinyl: qrates.com
Stream/Digital: klimbeats.bandcamp.com

"KLIM has been one of the most active beat makers in the scene during the years. He's been creating such a great & exciting discography. The new album is titled 'Snippets Of Life' with a vision to embrace all the listeners with warm soft rhythms & classic boom-bap styled beats. There's 14 stunning beats composed by the man himself on the MPC 2000xl & Roland SP404 in Kiev, Ukraine.



Various Artists - Happiness, We're All in This Together (2020)





In uncertain times, hope and unity are important when moving through the unknown, so it feels like our latest release arrives at the perfect time. The title of the project is a handy mantra for these strange days, with the content serving as a reminder of what has come before, as well as a portent for what lies ahead.


April 13, 2020

The Mutha Goose Militia - The Golden Egg EP (1994 / 2020)






The Mutha Goose Militia (Superior Allah, Born Education, Dj Klue, B.P. Superb). Golden era Gem from NY, Buffalo. Right on time for Easter, this Golden Egg EP chronicles their musical adventures from 93 an 94. This EP contains the two tracks from their very hard to find 12'' (1994) + Ain't No Change Instrumental and 4 DOPE mid unreleased tracks to make a 7 track EP . Analog mastering straight off the OG DAT, only 300 vinyl and 300 cds pressed !

Tracklist:

1 Ain't No Change
2 En Garde
3 Duck Goose
4 Price of Fame
5 No More Mercy
6 Better Off Dead featuring Twenty Four Seven
7 Ain't No Change (Instrumental)

Ivan Ave - Hope​/​Nope / Guest List Etiquette (2020)





Both songs features incredible guests and studio musicians: Joyce Wrice, Mndsgn, Devin Morrison & Sasac.

A01 - Hope/Nope feat. Sasac
A02 - Guest List Etiquette feat. Joyce Wrice

B01 - Hope/Nope Instrumental
B02 - Guest List Etiquette Instrumental

April 11, 2020

Mr. Uchimoto - Uchimoto Returns​.​.​. (2020)



Stream/Digital: mruchimoto.bandcamp.com

The cops and the Yakuza thought Mr. Uchimoto was dead. Little did they know... that was exactly what he wanted them to think!

Cat Stevenz - Cat Boop Beatz [Music De Llama Vol. 14] (2020)




Stream/Digital: therealfluent.bandcamp.com

All tracks made on the Zoom Sampletrak ST-224 sampler, except for tracks 13 and 14 (made on a Casio FZ-1 & Roland SP-505, respectively.)

The album also features sounds by a small, plastic Yamaha preset keyboard from the '80s found at a flea market for $5.

All music by Fluent.

Artwork by Bismillah (dani).

No cats were harmed in the making of this album.

April 10, 2020

Aru-2 - bootleg flowers (2020)






Stream/Digital: aru-2.bandcamp.com

this stuff is remix boot album.



Tuff Crew – DJ Too Tuff’s Lost Archives EP (1992 / 2020)





The first 120 copies on Clear Silver Vinyl
The remaining 230 copies on trad Black Wax

And here we have it people – the previously CD-only-released  1992-1993 demos on vinyl for the very first time. Classic unreleased Tuff Crew business from back in the archives of legendary DJ Too Tuff. All these joints were recorded on a Tascam 488 8-track cassette with the beats created on an Akai MPC 60. Some killers on here for fans of the group as well as the golden era heads out there. Here are 6 crazy nice joints from the project, all transferred from original tapes, reels and DATs. If you don’t know, now you know.  BAM!!!!

Tracklist:

A1 Old School Jackin ft. Prime Minister Dope
A2 Northside Posse ft Emcee Mechanism
A3 Fat Ones ft. Ice Dog

B1 Meltdown ft Emcee Mechanism
B2 Mind Over Matter (Two Track Mix)
B3 Mech OG ft Emcee Mechanism


April 04, 2020

NICKELMAN - NICKEL BAG OF BEATS (2020)




Stream/Digital: nickelman.bandcamp.com



Ras G - Raw Fruit Vol. 5 & 6 (2020)







Ras_G, the prolific Los Angeles beat scene producer, had just turned in the newest edition of his “Raw Fruit” series before his untimely and tragic passing in 2019. This beat tape is the finished product delivered in exactly the fashion Ras intended its release and available for the first ever Ras G Day, 4/04/2020, dated in celebration of his production tool of choice, the Roland SP 404.

Raw Fruit 5&6 is packed with more classic Ras_G signature lo fi boom bap instrumentals. “As far as words its pretty difficult to put it into words about the project or my brother. So lets just say We Will Keep The BASS BUMPIN! Like He wanted Us to!”

- The Shorter Family, Ghetto Sci Fi Records & The Afrikan Space Program

April 03, 2020

BigLikeBaz - Next Time Round (2020)




Stream/Digital: biglikebaz.bandcamp.com



friendkerrek - TRUST (2020)




Stream/Digital: friendkerrek.bandcamp.com

quarantine type beats. keep your head up.


Moka Only - It Can Do (2020)





Order Vinyl/CD/Cassette: mokaonly.bandcamp.com


Daniel Denton is an iconic artist in Canadian hip-hop, based out of Vancouver, performing musical feats under any one of his mysterious aliases. Guised as Ron Contour, Flowtorch, ormost notably, as Moka
Only, his delivery is consistent and unmatched. He is an acclaimed underground champion, and a true storyteller with an unfathomable collection of stories to tell.

Moka works as a multi-faceted artist, and has been writing, producing, and creating relentlessly since the late nineties. As Co-founder of the collective rap group Swollen Members, his successes garnered him Three Juno Awards, Seven Platinum Plaques, and Seven MMVAs. He has also collaborated with legends such as MF Doom, J Dilla, and Grand Puba, and has toured internationally with artists such as Tanya Morgan and ILLA J, only to name a few.

In 2017 Moka delivered the self-produced album “Concert for One”, which earned a WCMA 2018 Rap Recording of the Year nomination, and came packed with stand-alone characteristic beats, The LP was later released as an instrumental record.

Following in suit, his 2019 follow up album “Patina”, showcased Moka’s signature smooth, jazzy, hip hop beats, married with lyrical storytelling, and was also later released as an instrumental record.

Moka Only’s much anticipated follow up album titled “It Can Do”, is set for release in the Spring of 2020 via URBNET.

The instrumental aspect of the new release is a clear nod to the future of where the artist is heading to, suggesting that instrumental composition is at the very heart of Moka’s being. “It Can Do” offers musically fragmented repetition that conjures an airy, wide-open, freedom, not often heard in contemporary rap.