Benjamin One hit us with a new MPD routine today. It’s recorded live, one take, one shot and is straight dynamite. The resulting track drifts between raw electronic drumming and a more mellow flow, starting off at a head-nodding 92bpm the routine then switches up to double that. We want to know when the album is coming out..
Make sure to check out benjaminone.com and his soundcloud here.
Twitter: @mrbenone
Our good friend Blazin swung by today and dropped off this Keep it 100 mixtape. He and Tuskegee Cadet have been working hard and have produced something worth taking up some of your listening time.. start with the video above or just jump straight in and download the whole mixtape here. Credit for the video goes to Tuskegee Cadet, and Blazin put the tape together.
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Brandon Hobush took home the 6th annual Downtown Throwdown win and that excellent $5000 cardboard cheque. For our money – we were feeling Scott Stevens’ style. He took fifth.. There’s some real steez in the video so check it, look out for a 50-50 to front flip 50-50, some ill transfers and even a little Moonwalker action. The video and images courtesy of YoBeat.
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Produced by Edinburgh based Sci Fi Stu, Venomous2000 The Most Efficient features CyMarshall Law, John Robinson, El Da Sensei. Big line-up right? The track hits you with enough boom bap to make your head nod like it’s a 90′s joint but the production’s smoother. The Most Efficient is track number 3 off the album “A Moment To Reflect II” now available for download at http://www.venomous2000.bandcamp.com/
Make sure to check Sci Fi Stu’s other production work on his soundcloud and website, he’s put in his work and if you ask us – it’s time he got some well deserved wider recognition. There are a couple more of his tracks below, One Dimensional has been on rotation since we heard it about a month ago.
One Dimensional (Ft MindsOne, J Sands & Chinch 33) by SciFi Stu
No Set Flow Feat Remarkable Mayor by SciFi Stu
Featuring Randy Yum, Tyler Petersen, and Kris Miller.
Remixed by Paranoize, Scatabrainz and our man S-Type, this crazy seventeen-minute MPC free-jam by River of Slime is well worth putting your ear to. We featured S-Type’s Medusa EP on iller.cc here and his remix on this Phuturelabs release is crazy nice.
Play the S-Type remix below, download it here and listen to all the tracks here.
They will all be released for download on Phuturlabs website on June 27th.
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Twitter: @s_typebeats @phuturelabs
Lead photo credit: Claire Thomson
More homegrown beats, this time from Ghost Feet based in Olympia, WA. Hobbes and Qloq assemble tracks using guitars, drum pads, synthesizers and field recordings, and can pull it all those Wires and Chords into an ill live performance. They just dropped a 4 track EP called Wires and Chords on Dropping Gems ( check the Holodecker EP while you’re there ) ..
We’re really stoked to see a continuation of the new music tradition from our home-from home Oly, and Ghost Feet twist it producing shimmering layered electronic beats. Did someone say Boards of Canada?
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You can order a limited cassette tape of the EP featuring some exclusive remixes or pick up the free download of Ghost Feet – Wires and Chords here.
Alright it’s about time we highlighted some homegrown talent. Let us introduce one of the freshest new producers in Seattle, nice nate. His progressive sample based music has no doubt been influenced by the pioneering sounds of NW hip hop like Blue Scholars and Common Market but there’s a real raw side to the way nate is approaching his chops.
He’s really going to be one to watch in the coming months, so look out – and if you’re lucky enough to be able to reach to one of his live shows, get down to it. Download beat: therapy here, and check a sample track in the player below.
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nice nate – beat: therapy tracklist:
1. moments 02:41
2. wishful thinking 02:54
3. ho plus rome and tick 02:32
4. make me smile 03:02
5. appa’s flight 02:05
6. cedars’ curry 02:13
7. lullabye 03:03
8. nothing (have who i) 03:26
9. hairpuller 02:23
10. a sad day 02:27
11. crack cobain 02:42
12. makes ya wonder 02:40
13. rawberry milkshake 02:24
14. holy rollers 02:40
15. airmattressswang 02:51
16. museOmuse 03:00
17. moon eyed love 02:10
18. dreams of you 03:40
Considering it’s his first official release, Wedidit collective member D33J’s EP entitled “Tide Songs” is well accomplished and full of flavour. Threads of influence from Teebs and Flying Lotus tie together this simple five track release. You can listen to our favourite track ‘Sleeping Out’ in the player below and it’s free for download at d33j.bandcamp.com. Also well worth checking is this 17 minute mix by D33J & Mark Aubert, StarBase # 1.
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One of our good friends DJ Effin just brought out this impressive mixtape called Level Up! to promote his style and “hit beatheads and the unconverted with a bass-laden audio kaleidoscope of the familiar and shit they never knew they’d like.” We’re talking about hip hop and experimental beats.. so check it out.
Effin is resident at Mandrake Bar in Los Angeles (2692 South La Cienega Boulevard) for the Cinesounds monthly. From 9 PM ’til 1, they add their own soundtracks to muted movies and their next night is Thursday, April 21st.
Big ups to the super creative Z-Trip forum famlay!
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Our friend Esta just dropped his new beat tape. We’ve featured him before as half of EPonym & Esta – Autumn in Sound .. this one is a solo release. Real.Live.Sh*t is very much worth a listen, and then a re-listen. It includes the Rugrats flip ‘Pickles’ ( see the video below ) and …
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We really like this new DJ Nu-Mark ( of J5 ) video. He tells us a little about what he does and his collection of music toys, and take his newest toy over to Burce Forat who customizes MPCs and mixers. Bruce does a real nice job on the car toy and Numark throws down a fun live track.
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Always worth checking out the Stones Throw Message Board Beat Battles. The last weeks winner gets to pick the sample, one week to flip it and it’s open to anyone. When Stones Throw do any kind of promo the number of entrants goes from about twenty up to over a hundred. Competition is always tough, and this one’s a big one – battle #200 – but we think our man Ben One‘s entry …
Released today, the highly anticipated Straight Out The MPC beat tape by Jaisu. This Scottish producer’s beat tape videos accumulated 270,000 + views and now this 30 track beat tape has actually dropped – it’s all that it promised to be. Inspired flips of stuff you can identify, some rarities, snappy beats and bags of that effortless swagger and impact that Jaisu’s production exudes. …
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An excellent live set recorded at this years London Jazz festival by BBC radio 3, the Robert Glasper Trio take us through a tightly executed and expertly …
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Some smooth new hip hop from EPonym & Esta, who are a San Diego x LA emcee/producer duo. They’re bringing in the seasons – having previously released ‘Summertime Cool’ they’re back with Autumn In Sound and this one’s well worth checking out.. The promo album has a real laid back and relaxing vibe with on-beat and off-beat play coming from …
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