TA-KU presents “My Favorite DILLA Tracks”
Australia’s TA-KU, one of our favorite beats producers out there, is a pretty huge fan of the late J Dilla‘s work but where most of us spot at posting Jay Dee videos on Facebook and twitter… the Australian producer backs up his talk and goes on to do crazy projects …
An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)
Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbeat/MIMS/BootyBakery showcase (link) A true son of the D and …
Future Classic: Dandy Teru “Adventures” (Ubiquity Records)
Remember that whole wave of records classified as “Downtempo” or even “Chill Out”? In the last 90’s / early 2000 every label out there was jumping on the train with those shitty compilations themed with famous hotels, lounges and so on… Frankly 95% of the records from that period aged …
Future Classic: Jai Paul “Jai Paul”
A couple weeks ago we were very surprised and excited to hear about a brand new mixtape from the enigmatic Jai Paul called “Everlasting“. Well, it turns out that the unofficial mixtape featured some demo versions of unreleased tracks. Following a request by Jai Paul’s label (XL) we took the …
Future Classic: Berry Weight “Music For Imaginary Movies”
Berry Weight is a duo of musicians from Canada and Switzerland: Nico (Apewok) and Maël (Stab). Actually, I thought BW was the name of a solo beatmaker but in my defense, most of this kind of instrumental hip-hop (à la Kid Koala) is usally produced by a solo sampling-based artist. I wasn’t …
Future Classic: Istolethesoul “Around Sounds”
Koray Ozel, Toronto-based DJ and lover of all music, is pleased to announce the launch of his new label, Istolethesoul Records, and the release of its inaugural compilation simply titled, Around Sounds. A self-described “music enthusiast who loves to share new discoveries with like-minded people”, Koray aspires to curate beautiful …
Kaytranada “Juniper”
via HW&W: Got to hear a lot of new music from Kaytranada while he was in LA this past week.. Here’s an unreleased banger from the man himself. #HWW #SQUAD
Mix of the Day: Soulection “Show #125 w/ Ta-ku, Kaytranada, & Bahwee”
via Soulection: What a week-end it’s been! It all started when Ta-ku and I hung out in Highland Park (LA) and chilled with Eric Coleman (Mochilla). We had a chance to visit Stones Throw! Very inspiring. Shouts to Coleman for that one. Ta-ku is definitely one of the realest individuals …
Future Classic: Letherette “Letherette” (Ninja Tune)
Ever since we discovered them on a pair of EP’s on Ho_Tep Records (affiliated with Eglo) we’ve been madly in love with Letherette‘s work. The duo’s productions sounds like bits and pieces of a ton of different influences (Onra, Luke Vibert, Todd Edwards, Thomas Banghalter, Modeselektor) but the sum of …
Future Classic: L’Orange “Speakeasy”
Perhaps it’s the crackles and hiss, the sway and the swagger, or the lunge and the lean, that make this track stand out. Perhaps it’s the loving use of film noir dialogue that brings the imagination into a familiar but distant environment. Perhaps it’s the moody atmosphere and its abrupt …
Future Classic: Submerse “Algorithms and Ghosts”
First things first. I must apologize because I misled you dear readers in a previous post about Submerse‘s Tears EP. After some inquiring, I found out that Submerse is English but lives in Japan. That make some sense since the sound on this EP makes me think of another sweet record …
Free Download: Unlog “A Tribute to Ravi Shankar”
I don’t talk often about the music I make as a beatmaker but I’m part of a wonderful project to pay hommage to a great musician who passed away last December. Unlog – A tribute to Ravi Shankar consists of 12 original beats by 12 producers sampling the work of …