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jon kennedy – take my drum to england
•June 25, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2003
Label: Grand Central Records
Country: UK
genre: electronic, funk/soul
style: instrumental, downtempo, trip-hop
“Jon is a one man outfit born in the hills of Dukinfield (Stockport) who has a heavy passion for beats basslines and luscious melody’s.
He used to work from his mini-studio in an old Tudor style cottage (where the Scruffy one used to
reside) just outside of Stockport town centre, cutting, pasting and manipulating samples to fit his own style of drumming. Now he resides in Bristol, UK.
With 16 years worth of drumming under his belt, he has now moved on from various bands to writing his own organic works. Incorporating live acoustic guitar, bass and of course live drums with the odd scratch or sample. All styles apply with this young multi-instrumentalist.
Jon has amassed a sizeable store of tunes “just waiting” to be tapped into further. The future bodes well for the original 32 year old musician. ( written in 2001 )” source
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low in the sky – we are all counting on you, william
•June 23, 2009 • 3 Comments
Released: 2007
Label: Abandon Building Records
genre: electronic, rock, hip-hop
style: instrumental, post-rock, downtempo, ambient
“‘Akron, Ohio’s Low in the Sky succeed in the electronic/instrumental hip-hop realm because they aren’t trying to be groundbreaking, and they have no inclination to do so. Dear Birds boasts no thematic threads, maverick home studio fuckery, big name guests or cinematic intros, outros or segues. There’s not a gimmick to be found here — it’s just a collection of twelve four minute songs that exist as ends unto themselves, and though its premise is none too exhilarating, its results are — and then some.
Low in the Sky cover a remarkable amount of ground, both stylistic and emotional, over the album’s course. Despite the fact that pretty much any of these beats would work well behind an MC, the group frequently accompanies them with rock trappings. “Are You Right Here?” lives by a whirling slack rock guitar lead that summons an entire decade worth of alterna-giants, from Smashing Pumpkins to Mogwai, and the title track also stomps on the distortion pedal, climaxing with a gorgeous melody that could out-emote and overpower Explosions in the Sky any day. Cleaner, folkier guitars form closer “At the Source of the Longest River“‘s meditative core. “Cool Sanson“‘s jazzy interludes, “The Cowboy Natural“‘s downtown funk and “Go Federal“‘s spacious crackling vinyl drum track contrast the other songs’ rock sensibilities and prove that this isn’t just another case of guitars doing battle with samples.” source
tenshun – nihilism
•June 20, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2007
Label: Skrapez
genre: hip-hop
style: instrumental hip-hop, industrial
“Skrapez is founded by Jonathan Calzo aka 10shun and are based in San Diego, CA. They do all kinds of fucked up beats mixed up with turntablism. The Skrapez crew give us skillful scratching with distorted sound picture which are usally bad, but still gives us a real feel of underground sence. You need to listen openminded or you probably will be offended by their style.”
Tenshun’s (real name Jon Calzo) is an eclectic turntable/electronic music artist and beatmaker from San Diego CA, head of Skrapez label and part of the Creatures and Killowatz crews.
urbs & cutex – breaks of dawn
•June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2001
Label: Hong Kong Recordings
Country: Germany
genre: electronic, hip-hop
style: instrumental, downtempo, breaks, jazz-hop
Full of jazz samples, fresh voice samples and a well cutting made by dj Urbs, an austrian dj.
buddy wakefield – run on anything
•June 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2006
Label: Strange Famous Records
genre: hip-hop
style: spoken word, poetry, rap
“This 15-track labor of love, nearly 3 years in the making, is a surprising angle shifter/lip splitter/hunger puncher, pooling an eclectic mix of good music, weighty words, raw live performance audio, and potent guest appearances by Sage Francis, Jamie DeWolf of The Suicide Kings, Morris Stegosaurus, Mack Dennis, Nadine Zahr, Oval League, the list goes on.”
“BUDDY WAKEFIELD is the two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion featured on NPR, the BBC, and HBOs Def Poetry Jam. In 2004 he won the Individual World Poetry Slam Finals thanks to the support of anthropologist and producer Norman Lear then successfully defended that title at the International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands against the national champions of seven European countries with works translated into Dutch.
In 2005 he won the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship title again and has gone on to share the stage with nearly every notable performance poet in the world including Saul Williams, Sage Francis, Utah Phillips, Derrick Brown and Marc Bamuthi Joseph in hundreds of venues internationally from Comedy Centrals Hudson Theater and Scotlands Oran Moore to San Quentin State Penitentiary and CBGBs.”
dr. who dat – beyond 2morrow
•June 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2009
Label: Lex Records
genre: electronic, hip-hop
style: instrumental hip-hop
kid loco – the graffiti artist
•June 4, 2009 • 3 Comments
Released: 2005
Label: Mettray Reformatory Pictures
Credits: Clarinet, Trumpet – Jerome Bensoussan
Guitar – Tim Keegan
Piano (Electric) – Erik Jansson
genre: electronic, soundtrack
style: leftfield, downtempo, ambient
A great movie directed by James Bolton with a great soundtrack made by Kid Loco. You can watch the entire movie on youtube. Start with this link. Just tell me if you want to upload the album.
erik sumo – my rocky mountain
•June 4, 2009 • Leave a Comment
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Released: 2005
Label: Pulver Records
Country: Germany
genre: electronic, funk/soul, jazz
style: gypsy jazz, abstract, downtempo, broken beat
“This Budapest-based producer, otherwise known as Ambrus Tövisházi, has numerous aliases, Erik Sumo being the one he is best known for internationally. On ”My Rocky Mountain“ he brings Eastern European flavours together with Western musical trends with remarkable ease. You’ll want to turn this up loud, revel in the new sounds, and do some sort of strange bellydance round your living room. A sophisticated mixture of blues, jazz and breaks is created by Sumo‘s accomplished seven-piece band – best tracks are the eerie ”Friday I’ll Be Dead“ with Juli Fábián on lead vocals while ”Sirens of the Dead Sea“ is perfect for that aforementioned belly dancing.” source
implosion quintet – i don’t hear a single
•May 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Released: 2009
Label: Commodity Records
Country: Norway
genre: electronic, classical, jazz
style: downtempo, neo-classical, acoustic
Low-tech anglo/norwegian purveyors of an avant-garde, cinematic blend of electronica, tango, heavy rock and wonky jazz. Guided by the central premise of ‘never outstay your welcome’, IQ’s rough-edged compositions move rapidly from one thing to another.
