"... make sure you listen to this!" i discovered a producer called "Xperiment" some months ago and as he - without a doubt - IS one of those producers that i can not wait to hear more from - and i'm sure we will do so - i had to blog this. I'm goin to make my description "short", so you know what to expect and can continue downloading immediately. 
Very nice boom bapish "but" SYNTHdriven hip hop bringing my so beloved blips and blops in connection with powerful drums and provoking melodies in the most balanced way you could ever imagine! Samiyam, Devonwho, Flying Lotus - but different. i would not skip a single track ... pure dopenessssss ... and ...



... there is a FREE download via humblebeast - make sure you check this out and the website too - nice releases and some more free downloads for your pleasure ("Othello - live at the assembly" for example - classic). This time you would be really missing something. And as far as i know from a very reliable source :) an album (not the soundcloud collection) and a limited vinyl run will come too ...

Plus I'll soon be back to introduce you to another soon to be released instrumental 2Lp diamond from France inna Ini, Grap Luva, Godfather Don tradition ... but more on that one next time. enjoy
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This time I would like to introduce you to Eric Lau. A commonly rather unknown beatmaker from London even though he has already produced for Dudley Perkins, J Dilla and Guilty Simpson. So if you didn't know about him before: now you do!
His new LP "Makin' Sound" is what i would call a laid-back (but still funky) instrumental classic with very well selected samples, chords and layers. Here is one track of the album ("cruise control") for your daily tram-ride listening pleasure (FREE download). This 12inch is very limited, so grab it as long as you can! And don't forget about the Dday One/Glen Porter Split!

bandcamp site (order LP or download digital)

Lovin the first album as well as the 7inches out on MrBongoRecords, i am well excited that the brand new, much-anticipated, second album "Supersize" from dub master Prince Fatty is about to drop. Guestvocals include Winston Francis, Little Roy, Alcapone, Horseman, Hollie Cook & Natty...

"Renowned sound engineer and record producer Mike ‘Prince Fatty’ Pelanconi has been a prominent member of the reggae and dub scene in the UK since the mid 90s. Finding himself frustrated by the tempos and mixes of certain records he loved - typified by DJing onetime after Don Letts who had already played half his selection - he set about recording his own versions with a supergroup of London’s finest reggae musicians." (Text taken from MrBongo.com)

Listen to snippets over at MrBongo.com, check princefatty.com for more, as well as his bandcamp site for a free download...

yep yep, our chicago connection, "Vertual Vertigo" comes around with this superdope free download mixtape that goes by the name of "From up there".

A mixtape from Vert's own DJ Japandrew..... over 20 tracks from the last decade of the crews history! some unreleased stuff.... some remixes..... freestyles and sketches!!! over a good solid hour of that classic Vert/hip hop sound you been missin in your boombox!!

Download for free at their bandcamp-site

"The Misappropriation Of Hip-Hop" is a book by legendary UK Hip-Hop DJ & Producer Karl Gibson AKA DJ Fingers of the Sindecut.

This book is intended to find answers to a question that has persistently recurred in the conversations of Hip-Hop aficionados. That is, whether Hip-Hop has been misappropriated.

"Karl Gibson has captured the very essence of the meaning of Hip-Hop in this long awaited but extremely refreshing book...." However, the book is finally (5/2010) avaliable from Amazon & available to order from all good bookshops.

Also check dj kompact's post about the project from late 2009.
The Misappropriation of Hip-Hop by Karl Gibson A.K.A Dj Fingers
ISBN:978-0956311801

just lately I stumbled over a very talented young producer from tokyo named "Bugseed". And after listening to his album "bohemian beatnick" several times - or let's better say in heavy rotation - I would take the liberty to say: laid back instrumental dopeness in here. A mixture of mellow jazzy boom-bapish instrumental beats that can not deny coming from japan, reminding me a little bit of the samurai champloo soundtrack (produced by nujabes, fat jon, tsuchi and force of nature). if there would ever be a new episode of it I warmly recommended them to let him produce some tracks. I will feature two on my upcoming "rhythm-incursions" 30min guest mix and make sure, I wouldn't do that, if I would not really digg it!!

What else is to be said, but: SUPPORT artists and buy their releases, so that they can keep doin what they do!! Supply us with the music we love! I'm really wondering what's "Bugseed's next" ... enjoy! bandcamp // myspace