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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written by nilez \\ tags: 12", afrobeat, art of noise, choice cuts, dublin, ep, fela, free download, funk, hbe, heritage, hidden strength, hip hop, hypnotic brass ensemble, jay-z, madlib, mf doom, outkast, rush hour, rushhour, spottie, sun ra, vinyl, water

When I first heard Onra‘s Funk-inspired 12″ on Allcity Records I thought whut?! But now that I’ve heard the entire album, I’m like ‘oh that’s what’s up’. It all comes together on the album and once again OlivierDaySoul blows my mind on “My Mind Is Gone”. This guy is the future and we’ll be hearing more in the near future I hope. On “The One” T3 from Slum Village drops some funky rhymes and Walter Mecca (France) does it “To The Beat”. Really nice to hear more producers getting influenced by that eighties boogie funk. Get ready to spend some money, because this is a must BUY!

Onra – My Mind Is Gone Ft. OlivierDaySoul (Snippet)

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written by nilez \\ tags: all city, allcity, boogie, dublin, eighties, funk, long distance, my mind is gone, olivierdaysoul, onra, paris, slum village, t3, the one, to the beat, walter mecca

On the go since 2001 All City is straight out of Boogie Down Dublin.

Spanish beat maker Mweslee of the Arkestra collective drops the fourth beat 45 in the All City Beat series.You may already know him from his Megaplast EP (via Kindred Spirits) or his contribution on the compilation Beat Dimensions and he has his debut LP – Primer – out soon.

Mweslee is known for instrumental hip hop with an added electronic twist and this is his first vinyl release of 2008. 2 slabs of busy, layered, soulful niceness “Chandal 500″ with “Jamas Jame Jamon” on the flip side

Limited pressing of 500 copies so be quick !!! get it on Rushhour.

Next beatstrumental from All City will be the Onra 7×7 out october 08. Onra which you should already know from The Big Payback with Byron. More info on Byron & Onra soon. 

Mweslee – Chandal 500

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: all city records, arkestra, beat dimensions, beatstrumentals, byron onra, byron the aquarius, dublin, mweslee, onra, the big payback

Mike Slott aka Slotkavic is a producer in the Heralds of Change. He has lived in Chicago, New York and Glasgow, but until the lp is finished you can find him in Dublin. Mike is a talented producer in a lineage of music royalty, with his father being the first major jazz signing in Ireland, his brother signed to Sony bmg age 17, his cousin an ex-member of Irelands most successful golden-era hip hop group and uncle a legend in the world of Irish traditional music. Not victim to expectation he wears his immersion in music very easily, moving this niche new music on. Over the weekend you can find him propping up the counter of All City Records in Temple bar. If he’s not there hes probably in the cue of a low-cost airline. real rockstar….”

Mike Slott – Knock Knock

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Mike Slott – My Light Bridge

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: all city records, dublin, heralds of change, hudson mohawke, knock knock, mike slott, my lightbridge