New music by Gu Zheng performer Bei Bei and Ubiquity producer Shawn Lee marries a unique blend of ancient tradition with studio trickery and spiritual jazz. This uplifting, genre-bending, soundclash recalls the afrocentric harping of Dorothy Ashby, the hypnotic style of Alice Coltrane, and the organic electronics of Four Tet and Quantic.

For this introductory, limited edition 10″ EP, ubiquity includes the original and instrumental versions of “Make Me Stronger”, with a vocal by Georgia Anne Muldrow who has recently produced and sang on records by Mos Def and Erykah Badu (she is also working on a solo record for Ubiquity.) Alongside these, is a storming version of the Billy Paul psychedelic soul opus “East”. And a remix by UK producer Floating Points (whose “Love Me Like This”, “Vacuum Boogie”, and “Radiality” releases have been turning heads all year long) takes the track deep into FP vs. Wu-Tang territory. Ubiquity

Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Make Me Stronger feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow (Floating Points Remix)

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written by Nevill \\ tags: bei bei, floating points, shawn lee, ubiquity

My man Full Crate just keeps making noise! When Crate, SirOJ, FS Green, Hayzee & Patrick Ebu-Mordi were in Birmingham UK for the Louis Den Beat Cypher #6, they got bored and so OJ and Crate just started making a beat together. This “Formule One” joint (yes FREE DOWNLOAD) was the result. On the picture you see the actual process and credits go to Partick Ebu-Mordi for the photo and to Johanna from Apple Juice Break for her contribution to the cover…

OJ & Crate – Formule One

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written by nilez \\ tags: apple juice break, formule one, free download, fs green, full crate, hayzee, johanna, louis den beat cypher, patrick ebu-mordi, siroj