Future Classic: Photay “Sadie EP”
via Astro Nautico: Photay returns in force with Sadie EP, his sophomore release on Astro Nautico. Though inspired by club sound systems, Sadie is more than a quadrilogy of club tracks, instead mixing tropes, with all of Photay’s signature playfulness and expansive imagination applied to driving, functional templates of body …
Exclusive Premiere: Quiet Dawn “The First Day Remixed”
Quiet Dawn follows up last year’s debut album ‘The First Day’ with an EP of remixes. The Parisian producer has grown from his hip hop roots (including an EP on Feelin’ Music as part of Beat Consortium) adding broken beat and house to his soulful musical palate. Released back in …
Future Classic: Fatima Al Qadiri “Brute” (Hyperdub Records)
It has been almost two years since the Fatima Al Qadiri‘s debut LP dropped on Hyperdub, and we’re as excited now for her follow-up as when we’d heard the first one. This is because Qadiri provides us with everything to satisfy our need states; through an awry and granular sound, …
Exclusive Premiere: Maylight “Beat Of The Heart” (Menik Remix)
‘Digits’ (b/w ‘Beat of the Heart’) is the debut single from BBC New Music Award winning jazz / soul / electronica ensemble Maylight. The eight strong collective takes in the vocal talents of ex-Tru Thoughts vocalist Lizzy Parks, pianist Rob Barron whose resume includes session work for the likes of …
The Classical Side of Dilla
Producer James Yancey aka J Dilla introduced many new perspectives into the beat scene. Much like Stravinsky, he studied the old esthetic, came with the new, and was ultimately recognized as a pantheonic figure. Although countless articles have beend ruff drafted about Dilla’s musical journey, I was intrigued by the …
LEXIS “90’s Rap Forgotten Treasures Vol.1”
Just a nice simple session with some of my favorite overlooked, slept-on 90’s rap gems! The early and mid-90’s Hip-Hop is an era loaded with anthems we’ve all heard a million times but there are also loads of forgotten albums, remixes, vinyl-only, CD-only and of course cassette-only versions… So here …
Exclusive Premiere: Baron Rétif & Concepción Perez “Gazoduc”
Navettes’ is the debut LP from Baron Rétif & Concepción Perez (BR&CP). After releasing three records with Musique Large (home to Debruit, Laurent Garnier and Fulgeance) as well as with parisian label Heavenly Sweetness and assorted remixes and rap beats, they are back with Musique Large for their first full-length album. …
Future Classic: Melodiesinfonie “Be Thankful”
via MPM: “Be Thankful” is the second album by the Swiss producer and musician, who first stepped onto the scene via his EPs on Soulection. A son of a dedicated jazz fan, Melodiessinfonie grows up surrounded by his dad’s audiophile record collection. He becomes a drummer and plays in a …
Future Classic: Ivan Ave “Helping Hands” (Produced by MNDSGN)
It must be the contrarian in me but while everyone was losing their mind over the new Kanye release and 90% of my damn newsfeed was Kardashian and Yeezy-related, all I wanted is to listen to the new album from Norway’s Ivan Ave which I ordered on cassette. Titled “Helping Hands”, the …
Exclusive Premiere: BOHA “Drift EP” (Fur Trade Recordings)
via Fur Trade Recordings: “Almost three years since the texture driven and downtempo tendencies of his debut ep ‘Boil’, Thom Speakman (Boha) offers his sophomore release ‘Drift‘ on Montréal/Berlin based gem Fur Trade Recordings. A marked deviation in aesthetic from ‘Boil’, ‘Drift’ nonetheless retains Speakman’s fascination with experimentation amongst an …
Future Classic: Mono/Poly “Cryptic” (Hit+Run Records)
via Hit+Run: Charles E. Dickerson, better known by his stage name MONO/POLY, is an electronic music producer from Bakersfield, California, and now residing in Los Angeles. MONO/POLY joined Flying Lotus’ record label Brainfeeder in 2011 and released his debut EP “Manifestations”, plus the glorious “Golden Skies” LP in Summer 2014. …
Future Classic: Anderson .Paak “Malibu”
Many of the most discerning music heads have been calling the Anderson .Paak (who also goes by Breezy Lovejoy) the next big thing. It seems the time has arrived for him to truly cross over and get that much deserved mainstream recognition. 2014 saw the release of his first studio …