Filed under: Beats | Tags: beats, Flying Lotus, french, future beat, Hip Hop, sample based, Trip-Hop
The underground trip-hop community may seem like a never-ending sea of sampled beats and bedroom producers. And for the most part, it is! Albeit a glorious one full of unique rhythmic gems. Every now and then, in this new-age of internet distribution, a funny thing happens…
I had just purchased Zerolex‘s 2.z EP (off of bandcamp for only €1!) when no more than an hour later I got an email from Zerolex himself pointing me towards his music. I clicked the links he provided, stared at the album art for awhile thinking “Wow, this looks very familiar” until I realised he was currently playing in my iTunes.
All Over Again is the first of two tracks off of his more recent release on Combien Millie Records, which is available for free download. There’s some great future beat style trip-hop elements present throughout his tracks, and some really diverse and interesting sounds being used as well- check it out!
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If you are an artist/label/promoter/enthusiastic fan feel free to drop me a line any time at fucktheradio@dubcage.com I’d love to hear from you!
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Filed under: Beats, Hip-Hop | Tags: beats, Hip Hop, independant, instrumental hip hop, sample based, Trip-Hop
Mattron‘s personal tape is the best dollar I’ve spent all year.
Wonderfully crafted trip-hop in its abundance, Pants Morgan Money Tape is set to make my iTunes’ ‘top played’ list any-time now… Warm and relaxing, the 14 tracks all sit perfectly in the middle section of the imaginary ‘musically stimulating’ and ‘easy listening’ Venn diagram.
Fans of hip-hop will appreciate the meticulous effort put into crafting these beats out of various samples, ranging from odd-ball synth sounds to contemporary jazz snippets- Mattron makes creating great instrumental hip-hop seem Ea$y.
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Filed under: Acid, Electronica, Jazz, Psychadelic | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Jazz, Psychedelic, sample based
Ogdah‘s groovy acid-jazz price Mood Swinging is so cool!
The drums are glitched to perfection- it can be very easy for over-zealous producers to overdo the effects but Ogdah utilizes his stutters and gates with rhythmic musicality. The samples are awesome (especially the one that opens the track), and the acid-jazz feel really grounds the track into something that is pleasing to listen to.
Also, it’s more music from the Netherlands!? WHAT IS UP WITH THAT PLACE?
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Filed under: Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Akai MPC2000, beats, dj shadow, Hip Hop, mellow, sample based, Trip-Hop
French Trip-Hopper Somepling released his free EP Properly Packed for free on Wednesday and I’ve finally gotten the chance to give it a proper listen through.
Fans of DJ Shadow and other alternative hip-hop beats producers will appreciate the overall soul of Somepling‘s work; the magic that can be created on an Akai MPC2000 is unreal when put into the correct music junkie’s hands. It is no wonder Somepling has garnered support from so many artists and labels.
Properly Packed is a collection of tracks that have been given away for free on his Soundcloud here and there, packed into one neat package. You can give the full album a download off of his Bandcamp page, where the option is to donate a measly $5 or just grab it for free off the provided mediafire link.
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http://soundcloud.com/somepling
Filed under: Chilled, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Jazz, Los Angeles, sample based, Soothing, Trip-Hop
Amai is yet another trip-hot beatmaker from Los Angeles. I don’t know what it is about that city, but it sure has an amazing knack of producing great experimental electronica artists. Fans of Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing etc. will recognise the familiar LA tinge that Amai has in his rhythms and odd-ball sample re-triggering.
Counting Raindrops is a jazzy trip-hop piece that is cemented nicely together by smooth tenor saxophone, LA trip-hop style drum rhythms and neatly chopped up female vocals that fit ever-so nicely into place together. Download it here, or find the entire EP for fee at his bandcamp page.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, album, cascade records, indie labels, Jazz, sample based, Trip-Hop
Repeat Pattern (previously posted here) has released a new digital album with one of my favourite indie labels, Cascade Records. The album is available for a name-your-price download on http://cascaderecords.bandcamp.com/album/08-09
It’s a neat acid-jazz cross trip-hop record, I highly recommend you go grab it… and while your at it, why not support the artist with a few bucks?
PS: I’ll be posting another mixtape for new years, so stay tuned for Jan 1st
Filed under: Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, cascade records, downtempo, Jazz, sample based
I’ve had this album for quite awhile, sitting on my iTunes accumulating plays.
I think it’s time I posted about it.
40s With Ghost is a short track (under 1 minute). I highly recommend you check out the FREE ALBUM which is a collaboration between artists Ackryte, Broke and Repeat Pattern out on Cascade Records’ bandcamp page.
This track by Broke is a jazzy downtempo piece with neat sampled flourishes throughout it. I chose to post this particular track simply because it’s a good teaser for the rest of the amazing album. Seriously. Check it out.
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http://cascaderecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-exposure
Filed under: Electronica | Tags: beats, Happy, sample based, Upbeat, vocals
Handbook‘s music is no stranger to people’s ears, at 10,000+ Soundcloud fans, he could easily sit back on his throne of musical accomplishment and feed bullshit to the masses.
But there’s a nostalgic sincerity present throughout Handbook‘s music that brings groups like The Avalanches and perhaps, Bibio to mind. I think ‘sweet’ would be the right way of describing it… not candy sweet or pleased frat boy “sweeeet”; but bringing flowers home to your wife ‘sweet’.
No, despite having followers in the 5 digits, Handbook crafts his music with love. And the wonderful 23 is a good example 🙂
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http://soundcloud.com/handbook
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: chile, Hip Hop, hip hop instrumentals, independant, Jazz, music, sample based, Trip-Hop
Ok, after countless hours of Skyrim (I play for the music, I swear) I’m back to posting.
Oudies is from Chile, he produces some groovy hip-hop instrumentals with lots of interesting samples- from recordings of the ocean to old jazz records. I’m really digging his stuff at the moment.
This track Jijopers has one of those cool slap-rattle things which name escapes me at the moment punctuating the broken-beat that jangles along with some simplistically pretty synths. It’s a short one too, so if you are left wanting more- check out his soundcloud or his free album on bandcamp.
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http://oudiesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Filed under: Chilled, Upbeat | Tags: Chilled, Happy, independant, sample based, Soothing, Trip-Hop, Upbeat
Repeat Pattern has put out a real trip-hop gem with Bruce Lee Poster.
The beat moves along in a jittery, head-bob inducing way comparable with Bibio‘s Fire Ant. The flute sample and heavy sidechain compression work together with the warm lo-fi bass and vocal stabs to make Bruce Lee Poster a trip-hop track you’ll find yourself coming back to time and time again. It’s a pity it’s only 1:50 long 😦
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Repeat Pattern – Bruce Lee Poster
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/likeandrot
Filed under: Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Chilled, Electronica, Hip Hop, Jazz, sample based, Trip-Hop
Signed to Pretty Lights’ own record label, it’s not really a surprise that if you are a fan of the former, Grammatik will suit your tastes perfectly. Chilled trip-hop beats with funky jazz vocal samples spicing things up in Is It Over is something reminiscent of Pretty Lights’ tracks such as Finally Moving or the previously posted Something’s Wrong.
Definatley worth a listen if you love Pretty Lights or are completely new to the style- either way, Grammatik is still great, and you can support him by downloading his album (FOR FREE) off of the Pretty Lights Music Record Label site.
Ofcourse you can try him out first with a download from here 😀
Filed under: Dance, Electronica, Rock, Upbeat, Vocals | Tags: bass, Brilliant, Dance, Electronic, Guitar, Rock, sample based, Upbeat, vocals
Pretty Lights is easily one of my favourite artists of recent times, even though he’s been around for quite awhile, I discovered his music later than I would have liked to.
Another artist who I wish I could simply post the entire discography of, Pretty Light‘s production quality and sound is something even the creme de la creme of electronic artists could be envious of. I’m very excited to see him live in December. Not only is his music brilliant, but he is generous to give it away for free. I insist you visit the website:
http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/#/home
And of-course, a FTR download:
Pretty Lights – Something’s Wrong
Firstly, I’m sorry to take a week off from blogging, I’ll make it up to you, a post every day this week!
Kicking it off we have Distuition with an interesting style of trip-hop beats, endless re-triggering of samples over a chilled rhythm takes advantage of your brains ‘funk’ cortex, making tracks like Oneder an interesting listen. To me, it’s just begging for some rapping over the top to transform it into the full alternative hip-hop package.
Visit the bandcamp page, there are pick-your-price downloads of all of Distuition‘s works.
http://distuition.bandcamp.com/
And as usual I offer you a download to add to your Fuck the Radio collection.
