Future Classic: Kidkanevil “Tokyorkshire Research Inc”
Not so well written by: Max Robin – Do you know about Tokyorkshire? It seems to be some place in the UK that is home of the peculiar beatmaker Kidkanevil. In his beatmaking research, he stumbled on the work of Raymond Scott. Mr Scott’s music has been used in classic …
Future Classic: Empyrean “Solstice EP”
Written by: Aie Chat I’m known to love ambient and/or soulful music. I really appreciate it because, when you listen to it you get a special feeling, like you can get inside the little universe of the beatmaker who made it. Empyrean, is one who captivates me because he’s kind …
Future Classic: Amenta “Sacred Places EP”
Its been a while since I’ve fallen in love so much with the voice of a electronica/soul/jazz singer. For those who don’t know, I’m not the kind of listener who likes singers or rappers first, what I usually love about a song is always the instrumental. But in this case, when …
Future Classic: Shash’U “Princess”
After his performance after the Blu & Exile show I had to share at least one joint from the homie Shash’U. I booked him this summer as the opener for Dibia$e and let’s just say he gave him a run for his money! Hahah… No seriously I love when hometown …
Brownswood Bubblers Volume 7
Brownswood Bubblers is back with their 7th edition, providing a platform for unsung heroes and emerging talent from the Worldwide underground. The series distills the stream of exciting new artists that have become semi-permanent fixtures in Gilles Peterson‘s playlists and DJ sets of late to create a suite of perfect …
Free Download: Adult Swim “Unclassified”
Seems like the whole branded content is getting quite popular these days. The Red Bull Music Academy, the Stussy Beats Contest, Reebok Classics interviews, etc, etc… (special Burger King Flying Lotus value meal anyone?) Anyyyways, this compilation of “rare and unreleased tracks” is a project from Adult Swim, everyones’ favorite …
Future Classic: Koen “Outputs 2”
Browsing around on some of my favorite sites and I stumbled upon this nugget on the always reliable site called Moovmnt.com from Amsterdam. I love instrumental hiphop and abstract beats but in the last 2-3 years there have been sooo many releases and new artists that it brings the overall …
Kenlo Craqnuques “Jeudi / Picots Cheapos”
It’s the return one of the 2 kings of the “piu piu” wave (the other being VLooper). Kenlo Craqnuques is one of our best and most original beatmakers in Quebec and Canada. He gets love from heads from Japan to LA. In fact, whenever I bring artists over for Montreal …
Future Classic: Thundercat “The Golden Age of Apocalypse” LP
Stephen Burner aka Thundercat is such an impressive musician and also to my surprise, he was in the live band of Erykah Badu at Rock The Bells which I had the chance to catch last week. I’m so small I couldn’t see anything during their soundcheck. I had to jump …
Future Classic: Hazel & Slakah the Beatchild “This”
During a short visit to Paris, Canadian producer Slakah the Beatchild (signed to BBE Records) who has worked with Drake, Nelly Furtado, Dj Jazzy Jeff hooked up with French producer Häzel who is also one of our favorites here. They collaborated on this 6 track EP full of jazzy boom …
Alexander Nut “FACT Mix #44”
The 44th FACT podcast comes courtesy of the man behind Rinse FM’s Mixed Nuts show, the curator of the station’s latest CD release and the boss of Eglo records, Wolverhampton’s Alexander Nut. If you’ve listened to Nut’s recent shows or checked him playing out you’ll know what to expect – …
Future Classic: Ghostpoet “Liiiines” (Lando Kal & XXXY Remixes)
Digital drop next Monday (5th September) on Brownswood Recordings featuring two of our favourite producers who have persistently expanded the boundaries of bass music in recent times. xxxy’s releases on Orca, Fabric and Ten Thousand Yen pushed all the right buttons for us – rooted in UK Funky but always …