Music, Culture & Syrup
July 29, 2011 Leave a comment
Yes, they are indeed. Compiled and mixed by our boy, DJ Ezasscul, this mix features some of my personal favorites. This is the perfect way to start the weekend.
Juicy (Pete Rock Remix – instrumental)
Nujabes – Blessing it Remix
More on that Ez tip, our interview with him will be up very soon. So excited to hear what he has to say.
July 29, 2011 Leave a comment
From electronic hip-hop and lo-fi producer Guillermo Scott Herren, better known as Prefuse 73, comes his side project Savath & Savalas. Downtempo, atmospheric and ambient. It sounds like waking up next to a beautiful woman on a Sunday morning, in Spain and then having her sing to you for a week. This is some of the most relaxing, soothing headphone music I own, and since most of the lyrics are in Spanish you can really zone out. Herren makes use of natural samples like waves, and people walking around the kitchen to create soundscapes and some tight tracks.
July 28, 2011 Leave a comment
Here are some banging house remixes of Moby’s “Lie Down in Darkness.”
July 28, 2011 Leave a comment
Seriously. No one knows who made it. A record buyer was recently moving out of his apartment and found a tape lying around from the 90′s. After he listened to it and realized it was dope as fuck, he wanted to contact the producers. The tape was labeled ‘Midnight Eez’ and had a beeper number. Dude calls the number but it’s out of service. True story.
If the members of Midnight Eez are out there reading this, let me holler at you for a second. This beat tape is on some classic hip-hop shit. It’s a time machine, taking me back to the BK, chilling on a corner in my G.U.E.S.S. Jeans and Oshkosh, puffin’ on some live. Even the sound quality puts a smile on my face, that faint static buzz in the background that reminds you this was originally recorded on cassette. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee.
Hip-hop heads – download this hot shit
July 27, 2011 Leave a comment
Tyler the Creator and Odd Future are doing big thangs, really digging these dudes. Check out this track with Pusha T from Clipse. For more on Odd Future check here.
July 27, 2011 Leave a comment
Hiding in the UK is the new age James Brown. Not really, but if he formed a rock band in the 21st century he might play in The Heavy. With gritty guitar fulled rock, dope horns and a huge vocal range they bring some much needed funk to the scene. At times they are soulful, others bluesy and on Cause for Alarm it is a straight reggae track, they got all the bases covered. Bands like this really give me hope for rock music. In 2009 they released this CD on Ninja Tune.
Download – The House That Dirt Built
July 26, 2011 Leave a comment
I’m not going to come at you like some smug jazz aficionado. Since writing more than a few sentences on this CD would make me sound like just that, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Out of my very limited collection of Jazz albums, this is my favorite. SHIT IS MAD CRAZY, YO!
July 25, 2011 Leave a comment
For the past few years Melting Pot Music has teamed up with photographer Robert Winter to bring you the freshest installment of European hip-hop producers. Each LP release in the Hi-Hat Club series includes a book of photos and an accompanying showcase usually in Berlin, Germany. The Hi-Hat Club is made up of beat makers from around western Europe, showing their take on downtempo hip-hop. A great compilation by some very talented producers.
Vol. 1 Testiculo Y Uno – Download
This first volume of the Hi-Hat series features producers Hulk Hodn and Twit One, two of the biggest names in the burgeoning Cologne, Germany hip-hop scene.
Vol. 2 Suff Daddy – Suff Draft Download
With samples from B.I.G. to the Isley brothers, you can tell Suff daddy has his American music down. Nice drum driven beats over some melodic synths. Suff means “drinking heavy” in German, now based in Berlin, he grew up listening to 90s American rap and his music shows the influence.
Vol. 3 Dexter – The Jazz Files Download
With volume 3 German producer Dexter shows his love for jazzstrumentals. Using old jazz records and samples from the NBC program “The subject is jazz” with new drums, he creates a timeless beattape.
Vol. 4 Brenk & Fid Mella – Chop Shop Download
Starting off with a Trey the Truth sample Brenk and Fid Mella bring a new style of production to the series. The Chop Shop is soulful and banging with elements of glitch and electronica that the other LPs lack. Fid Mella is originally from Meran, Italy but now lives in Vienna with Brenk. They are doing work with a ton of MCs look for more to come.
July 22, 2011 Leave a comment
Peach Meluba – Can’t Let Go
Deniz Kurtel – The L Word Edit
July 22, 2011 Leave a comment
Straight out of some surf shack on the island where they filmed The Beach, the Beat Connection dropped some L and made some chilled out electro/pop that sounds more tropical than Jimmy Buffett. This shit is different. Check it.
Beat Connection – Theme From Yours Truly
miles kennefick
Rusty Shackleford
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