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 …
Forgotten Treasure: Dj Mehdi (R.I.P) Hip-Hop Productions
Very sad news today. Mehdi Favéris-Essadi better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi passed away in a tragic accident. Most of the world knew him for his electro productions of the last couple of years with the French label Ed Banger. But many people don’t know about his large …
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 …
Forgotten Treasure: Pharoahe Monch “Queens” (1999)
Pharoahe Monch’s solo debut Internal Affairs was a departure from the music he made as a member of subterranean staple Organized Konfusion. While pretty “hard”, this album had a lot more fun and soul than one might expect from an album coming out on Rawkus in 1999.“Queens” wasn’t exactly one of the …
Madlib “Medicine Show” All 12!
VIA STONESTHROW.com We waited a long time to see all of these together – Madlib Medicine Show #1-12: hip-hop, beat-tapes, remixes, jazz and DJ mixtapes covering the worlds of music from Oxnard to Brazil to Keebler Elf Forest. Here’s a look back at the whole series: Madlib Medicine Show. Now is …
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 …
Exile “Intro to Outro” Mixtape
LRG x Dirty Science Presents: Exile “Intro To The Outro” Mixtape While we’re on the EXILE subject (we just announced the BLU & EXILE show in Montreal) what better way to get prepared for the awesomeness than revisit some of the man’s very impressive catalog. Exile’s production is criminally under …
Shlohmo – Just Us (Official Video)
First official video from Shlohmo‘s “Bad Vibes” LP (Check out our review here). Directed by Arthur Chance.
Guest Mix #06: BETA HECTOR (UK)
Just got a really cool treat in the good ol inbox. An upfront and exclusive mix from Beta Hector (the founding member of funk band Baby Charles) who is signed to Tru Thoughts and about to release his first LP called “Sunbeam Insulin” out on October 18th in the US. …
Future Classic: BUG “Mechanical Soul EP”
24 year-old Londoner, BUG, is a keyboard player, songwriter and producer. He creates an experimental, instrumentally grounded style of music with a compositional approach. The BUG sound encompasses the finer elements of hip-hop and neo-soul, yet the real beauty is in the delivery – “Think the smooth richness of the …