For over a decade the Red Bull Music Academy has given young, upcoming artists a place to develop themselves. Not only do they learn, but a very important part of the RBMA is creating and exposing! What better way to do this than to record a compilation album together with fellow participants as well as more established musicians and sometimes even legends.
Under the name ‘Various Assets’ this has been done several times. These CD’s were never released to the general public and contain unreleased material as well as music that has been released like Flying Lotus his “Tea Leaf Dancers” featuring Andreya Triana. These compilation CD’s were recorded all over the world from Melbourne to Seattle and from Toronto to Barcelona.
We from Moovmnt had never actually heard all of this material and thought it would be a good idea to select our favourites and release it as a mix. Some music you might have heard on our website already, but I can assure you that some of this material has been waiting, hidden in the dust, to come out of your speakers and give you a taste of the wonderful things that are going on at the Red Bull Music Academy.
We tried to keep the mix close to our personal taste and yet it contains a divers array of different kinds of music. Enjoy some tasteful hip hop, nu-soul, future funk, soulful house, electronic music with a dash of dubstep to go out with a bang. Now we’re off to London to soak up some of that RBMA energy, so enjoy this one. We’ll be keeping you updated about what goes on behind the scenes at the Academy, so tune in for some exclusive footage, music, etc.
The second instalment of the L.A series is a fact. For your listening pleasure we have the new Take (Alpha Pup/Eat Concrete/Poobah) “Soul Particles” and matthewdavid (Dublab/Brainfeeder) “Know You’re Not Alone”. “LA Series #2″ will drop on All City Records Mar 1st on 10″ vinyl and digitally. Again more banging beats coming from LA. Hold tight for Mike Slott & Martyn, Ras G & Samiyam, Knxwledge, Onra and Devonwho. Hop on over to our friends at Rushhour to pick up the 10inch. To keep your hunger fed here’s a FREE mix Take did called “You Are I Am We Be Mix”. DOWNLOAD HERE!
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matthewdavid – Know You’re Not Alone
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All City just dropped a load on us and it’s huge! Check out this action-packed 30 minute mix containing various previous and future releases on the label, mixed by Om Unit. Consider this a preview of music still to come. Every month they will release a 45″, the L.A 10 inch series continues, a series of collaborative 12″, plus LPs from Onra, Knxwledge & more! Check out the Om Units – “Lightgrids” 45″ on sale from January.
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What a way to start off your saturday. This new joint from Byron the Aquarius called “Freaky Fantasys” was just brought to our attention by Kozidoesit. This is a teaser for “Luxury Life” and to find out what else Byron is going to be dropping later this year just check out his blog. This right here really caters to my need of sum funkyness, I have every once in a while.
Byron the Aquarius – Freaky Fantasys
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Gent’s very own DJ Azer was so nice to bless us with a dope mix he recorded recently. Naturally we loved the Moovmnt mix and so we decided to host it for ya’ll. The mix will also be played on the Laid Back show on FM Brussel so peep that. Big shout out to all our Belgian buddies who are holdin’ it down..oh and click continue reading for the tracklist!
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This is the first of a series of EP’s that will gladly see the light of day from artists from Italy to Philly, San Diego to Sweden. We’ve already seen a year that has embraced with open arms the likes of Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Onra, Dorian Concept to name but a few various organizations tapping into this newly seething mass of technological machine crunchers. Jay Scarlett teamed up with Onur Engin to bring you Maverick sessions Vol. 1 and to get you in the mood here’s the newest joint by Reggie B.
Tracklisting:
1. Busy – Bethink
2. Reggie B – Belief
3. Morpheground – Ectoplasm
4. Harrison Blakoldman – Full Step
5. Erik L – Soul Symphony
6. Ekofield – Electric Soul
7. Knowledge – Kreate
Reggie B – Belief
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Blu Jemz and Jay Scarlett put their heads together to bring us the Beat Machine compilation. You can think of this as a quasi Beat Dimensions, but just not quite as good. The fact that this is a freebie makes up for a lot. You get this 14 track compilation for free if you purchase something at Turntablelab. Big names on this one…check out the tracklisting.
1. O Spindles – Intro (Dark Room)
2. Dorian Concept – Sandwich Terror
3. Bullion – Keep It Tidy
4. Exile – Extra FUNK
5. Flying Lotus – Heat Wave 2
6. Mike Slott – Boxed In (Inst. Mix)
7. Waajeed – Tetris
8. Jay Scarlett – The Jawn
9. Dr. Who Dat? – Viberian Twilight Part 2
10. Samiyam – Rough Copy
11. Karriem Riggins – “12’s in 8″
12. Ge-ology – Diurnal Insomnia
13. Blu Jemz – Almost There
14. Onra – Broken Language
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Onra clears out the beat shelf, as his 1.0.8 LP finally gets an official release on Favourite. In some serious bonus beat business, here’s more proof that when it comes samples, this Parisian one-man powerhouse can chop like Zorro and flip like Daley Thomson: Are You Satisfied, also starring Pursuit Grooves and Fatima…
Recorded at the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Onra flips a few organ chords on this one, pitching the ground sheet for Fatima and Pursuit Grooves to build a tent big enough for us all to take shelter under. Round it off with some operatic harmonies and you’ve got a glittering basement gem that half of post-Dilla Detroit would be fricking proud of…
And Onra is currently collecting together more of his esoteric beatrumental grinds, so watch out for projects to come later this year…picture by mr mass..RBMA
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Shook Mag issue 4 is out now! once again a great issue….it features Houseshoes, Onra, Kidkanevil, Dam-Funk, Sound System and more. Pick up your copy from www.shook.fm or subscribe now for 4 issues and get a free CD courtesy of BBE.
View the mag online here and thank Andres for the Houseshoes instrumentals…
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Onra – #7 of 7 from French beatmaker Onra is a double sided dose of French bruk hip hop soul with a nod to the East. The young Parisian is already 2 LP’s deep – his incredible 2007 Chinoiseries LP is paid homage to Far Eastern pop music with beats plucked from Vietnamese records picked up on holidays. Alongside Quetzal he has released two “Tribute” EPs which layered soul samples with a hip hop backbone. As if that’s not enough he has just released his second solo LP – “1.0.8” which again looks across the globe for its inspiration, made up of Indian samples. So start diggin for Onra’s All City Beatstrumental series with the lush “My Comet” and flip side “Shhhhhhh”.
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