Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Mellow | Tags: album, beats, chillout, Electronica, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, mellow, sample based, Trip-Hop
Duke Westlake’s Re. Turn is an impressive 30 tracks large. Ranging from chillout to electronica to straight up hip-hop, this album contains an impressive variety of different sounds and samples, worth hitting play and kicking back to.
Released by the soulful hip-hop centred Mello Music Group (Oddisee, Apollo Brown), the whole thing only costs an easy $7.50 to be yours to keep, or just stream it on Bandcamp above.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: beats, german, germany, Hip Hop, music, sample based
German producer Je$u$ keeps it fresh. Schleifen is a name-your price download of 6 beats presented by DIY net-based label Gergaz.
Bandcamp:
http://heysuz.bandcamp.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/heysuz.kannibalismus
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/jesusmpd
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Psychadelic | Tags: beat, beats, brilliance, Brilliant, Chilled, Electronic, Electronica, music
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Fuck the Radio Collective‘s Sub Dapper has an EP on the way. About a week ago he dropped this to tide us over while we wait.
Girls soothes on the surface, but intrigues with intricate glitching and constant progressive evolution. Not one part of this track is boring. It gets my BRILLIANT tag (the first track of the year to do so!)
For more brilliance, check out last year’s tape.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: instrumental hip hop, Jazz, sample based, Trip-Hop
Terracotta Blue, producer from Washington DC, transmits his enthusiasm for chill wave and trip hop by creating his own unique fusion of heavenly samples and delicate drums. His latest album Shine Again is a collection of radiant beats that fill my soul with love.
Other Eden, the last and certainly not least track of Shine Again, harmoniously completes this blissful album through its modulating dynamics. The heart-warming track takes you on a luminous and joyful voyage through layers of satisfying sounds. Constantly developing, this beat evolves from minimal to decorative, and then to the pleasant repetition of a woodwind descending perfect fourth (oh so satisfying). The tension is re-heightened through a rousing crescendo of percussion until the snare sneaks in and truly hits the spot. This kind of drop had me gasping and laughing in awe of its pure perfection all the way to the smooth fade out.
The whole 10-track album is available for a pick-your-price download on Bandcamp.
Filed under: Beats, Dance, Hip-Hop, Upbeat, Vocals | Tags: beat, Dance, Happy, Hip Hop, sample based, Upbeat
Style plus ease seems to be the perfect formula for hip-hop production, and Lord Leonator has successfully achieved this in his latest album Dirtport. The Düsseldorf based producer is no stranger to this blog, but he just keeps on giving.
The first track of the album, Can You…? is an animated opener oozing with buoyancy and life, you can feel Leo‘s enthusiasm for music through his cuts and glitches. An energetic launch, this gets you right into the diverse set of raw head-bopping beats of the rest of the album.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: beat, beats, Chilled, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, music, sample based, Soothing, Trip-Hop
San Francisco producer/MC Old Dirty Socks (or LO his rap alias) is an imminent artist from the US who is gaining popularity globally, having worked with Aussie legend Ta-Ku on a compilation project Night Swimmers as well as names like Prof. Logik, Fonetik Simbol and Venezuela’s Doktor Rheal to name a few. Releasing both instrumental beats as well as a few vocal tracks, ODS is a versatile musician with a clear passion for hip hop that manifests in his composition, both production and flow.
Dirty Socks Volume Three is the perfect combination of raw hip-hop percussion under and evocative jazzy melodies. The irresistible vinyl crackle and nostalgic vibes of each beat hold the album together to create a natural and effortless story through a warm selection of classic 70s soul samples. Similar to Apollo Brown and Mattron who have that same filtered soul style. The seemingly seamless flow of each track as well as that chopped vinyl/trip hop sound we all dig make this an accessible album over which to spit rhymes and jam, two-step with your lover, or just to bop your head to and max out. Not your typical neck snapping beats; the album is a delightful mixture of subtle beat drops and boom bap drums.
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Hip-Hop, video, Vocals | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Brilliant, Hypnotic, melbourne, melbourne australia, music, Trip-Hop, Video, vocals
ALTA are no strangers to Fuck the Radio but if for some reason you ignored our urgings to GO GRAB THEIR BRILLIANT FREE EP last time, perhaps this reminder will sway you. Check out the dope new video above while you are at it.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: album, beat, beats, Chilled, future beat, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, music, sample based, Trip-Hop
To celebrate his 20th birthday, Shag promised (and delivered) a new beat tape. If you dig tight sample-based trip-hop do not hesitate- Shag consistently releases fantastic stuff, with a variety of moods and noises to keep you entertained from start to finish.
Grab it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?vtt25g7f1eslhom
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Vocals | Tags: beats, blues ballads, Brilliant, Chilled, Hip Hop, Hypnotic, Jazz, melbourne australia, music, sample based, Trip-Hop, vocals
Shaping up to be the release of the year, you better believe I’m tagging Alta‘s Stay Awhile debut BRILLIANT (the lucky 7th tag earned this year).
From the seductive slowness of the eponymous opener Stay Awhile to the cheeky musac samples in Elevator, the overall progression of the record effortlessly moves from dreamy sample-heavy blues-ballads to solid trip-hop sounds in Next and Bees.
The most impressive element of Alta‘s sound is the way beatmaker Julius’ sample-heavy beats marry with vocalist Hannah’s organic soulful voice to create a fresh-yet-familiar vibe within the tracks. The only thing I dislike about this album is that when I listen to it on my iTunes, Alta Mira by Björk always comes on once it’s over and that song drives me fucking nuts; but, assuming you won’t have the same problem, I highly recommend you take the time to give this release a download.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beat, Hip Hop, hip hop instrumentals, instrumental hip hop, music, sample based
Aside from having the best Soundcloud bio description ever “I can’t wait ’til this set is over, ‘cuz I’ve got a roll of Lifesavers in my pocket, and pineapple is next..” Perth’s Kid Deep produces some pretty fresh sample-heavy beats.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: beat, beats, Hip Hop, hip hop instrumentals, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, sample based, Trip-Hop
Ta-Ku has been kicking-ass after ass with his consistent high-quality beat-releases, and the 50 Days of Dilla project is possibly his most ambitious and successful yet. 50 Days for Dilla vol. 1 was released digitally under HW&W in March with the vinyl following two months later in May as HW&W‘s first official vinyl release. The vinyl sold out within 6 hours of its online release and I managed to bag the second-to-last copy.
Vol. 2 was released online on July 24th and for $10, the remaining 25 tracks of the project can be yours… Or you can hang-out for the vinyl (they’d be crazy not to release one after the last response).
The remaining 25 beats are brief (none break the 3 minute mark, as with the previous volume), however I wouldn’t want to attempt a feat like producing a beat every day for 50 days, so the length is easily forgivable. The quality is of a standard which can be expected from an established producer like Ta-Ku, the drums swing just right, the samples stutter and glitch to neat effect… and the overall feel of the record is something I could have constantly on in the background without a worry. The Dilla inspiration is clear and present- somewhat overpowering in-fact. I would have liked to see a little more deviation and stylistic twist from Ta-Ku considering his past proven skills with glitchy electronics, however this is not the aim of the record- as a tribute album, it works quite fantastically.
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beat, beats, Happy, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, melbourne, melbourne australia, music, sample based, Upbeat
It’s wet in Melbourne at the moment, and I mean that in the ‘rainy and miserable’ sense… not the “haha- you said ‘wet'” way.
Luckily there’s some summery tunes out there that can always brighten up the cloudy grey weather until it changes radically the next minute.
An artist who seems to specialise in such tunes is Kaligraph E, who’s Done Good EP was released on UK-based cassette-tape label 100 Akres last month. Funnily enough, Kaligrah E resides in Melbourne himself, so I’m not sure where the inspiration for these sunny tunes is coming from- but I’d sure love a taste!
The whole EP is available for a choose your price (with no minimum) off of Bandcamp direct download, so you can grab it there for free if you like! It’s got some neat remixes from Fuck the Radio faves Handbook and Vanilla
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Jazz, Vocals | Tags: Hip Hop, hip hop artist, Jazz, sample based, vocals
The mysterious Doppelgangaz duo produce some killer hip-hop and are on their way up the ladder- their music has been featured on the front-page of bandcamp, and I can foresee some favourable reviews coming their way.
I know normally on this blog I feature largely instrumental tracks, today I’m posting Here We Go which has some pretty dope flow and lyricism as well as tight, jazz-sample-based production. If you are into rap, I recommend checking the rest of their tracks. As whole, the record flows quite smoothly from start to end.
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, bass, beats, Chilled, Deep, downtempo, Funky, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, jazz bass, music, Trip-Hop
Desmond Cheese‘s beats are dope. Saw the Signs Pt. 2 is an instrumental cut off of a release he did with Mr Bill about a year ago, and it’s got all of the best ingredients: jazz, bass and essence of sex.
You could do just about anything with this music playing and it’d instantly give it a totally new groovy vibe. Seriously, you could be eating a taco or something, and some hottie could walk past you and think nothing of it. But if you were eating a taco with this music on the hottie would be dtf.
Enjoy 🙂
Desmond Cheese – Saw The Signs Pt 2
Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beat, beats, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, sample based
Today’s sounds come from J.S. 315, a producer out of Los Angeles with an extensive back catalogue. Tip Off Pt. 1 is a nice 6-track downloadable set off of his Soundcloud- stylistically clear and concise- If you are into the whole L.A beat scene; especially sounds more on the hip-hop side of things, check him out.
