
2000black are still dropping some broken beat badness in 2011! They have a brand new 12″ coming out that’s about to drop. Listen to “Dis Yah One I Love” by Shokazulu, produced by Dego me thinks, and have a peak at their website for more info.
Shokazulu – Dis Yah One I Love [128kbps]
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Damn…my man Ta-Ku is dropping beats like he’s at war or something. Together with Kit Pop he’ll be releasing the track “Bounce” as a 12-inch on Paperchain Records real soon. Also containing remixes from my man Dizz1 and The Blessings so be on the lookout.
Ta-Ku & Kit Pop – Bounce
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Ta-Ku & Kit Pop – Bounce (Dizz1 Remix)
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Monsieur Onra just dropped his 2nd 12-inch from his epic “Long Distance” LP. This one comes with not one, but two special Detroit workouts courtesy of Waajeed. You also get a bonus beat from Onra and the original instrumental. Limited to 300 copies on vinyl only. So hurry up and head on over to Rush Hour and buy the vinyl HERE!
Onra Ft. T3 - The One (Another Waajeed Remix)
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Last year the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble recorded five re-reworkings during one of their many stays in Dublin with Choice Cuts. Hypno-tizing hip-hop, indie, dancepop and afrobeat are the main ingredients for their latest “heritage” EP. They cover Jay Z, Fela, Art Of Noise, Outkast and Madlib & MF Doom. I think the HBE has really outdone themselves this time. My two favs are “Water” and “Spottie”. Grab the latter of the two which was a gift from mark from Choice Cuts. Hurry up and Pre-order this EP over at Rush Hour, cuz this is a limited 12″ release. The artwork kinda reminds me of the that Hidden Strength album, but that’s because of the colours and the pyramid.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Spottie
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Funkineven is on some straight up Future Funk with his latest 12″ entitled “She’s Acid”. Really great music coming out of the Eglo camp lately and with this being their 8th release I think congratz are in order. Also congratz to Steve for getting signed to Hyperdub recently. The flipside has “Must Move” on it which is more of a psyched out electronic eighties tune if you ask me. Head over to Rush Hour to purchase the vinyl, because the A-side alone is well worth the money!
FunkinEven – She’s Acid (Promo Version)
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We told ya’ll not to sleep on Nubian queen Esperanzah from Rotterdam before, when she dropped her “Birthday” EP. Together with musical partner Sense she forms the formation Numaads. Their six-track EP called “Now” will be released early June via Project Mooncircle on 12″ vinyl and as a digital iTunes release as well. Our top pick is “Wanting” for the simple fact this was one of the very first songs we ever heard from Esperanzah. FYI…J Rawls and Robot Koch both contributed to this release by each remixing one song of the EP. Enjoy this low quality stream and visit their Myspace to listen to some more joints of the EP!
Numaads – Wanting
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The second taster from Paul White‘s new album “Paul White & The Purple Brain” is a here and features Detroit’s heavy-hitting MC Guilty Simpson. On “Ancient Treasure” he rips the shit out of this joint and Paul instantly responded with two killer remixes to turn what was supposed to be a bonus 45 cut into a fully-fledged single. Free download of the original version of “Ancient Treasure” at hi-res via Bandcamp or just spend a couple of bucks to get them all. This 12″ will be available as a bonus 3rd disc with the first 500 copies of the “Paul White & The Purple Brain” 2LP. Big ups One-Handed & Stones Throw..
Paul White – Ancient Treasure Ft Guilty Simpson (Paul White’s Assumin’ Remix)
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Wonderful Noise…for some a steady supplier of good music and for others a distant record label somewhere in Japan. Since I stumbled onto some upcoming goodies to be released in the near future, I decided to share some of this wonderful noise with you guys. The first being a 12″ by Opensouls featuring Ladi 6 called “Sweetlove” containing a bad ass Mabanua remix (one of Japans sickest upcoming producers). The original was produced by Julien Dyne and what a coincidence…he’s on the next wonderful project as well.
Erik L and Stray team up to form the duo Favorite Flava and it is this group that I was talking about. “LOVE” is the a-side of this upcoming 12″ and Julien Dyne delivers one heck of a remix. Watch for this to drop June 1st and this summer we can expect their “Different Phase” album.
Opensouls Feat. Ladi 6 – Sweetlove (Mabanua Remix)
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Favorite Flava – LOVE (Julien Dyne Remix)
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