my friends i'm back from the cap with tons of photos, thoughts and influences. i have recommendations to make: two lately released and must have treasures. the "jazz liberatorz - clin d'oeil" and "dday one - heavy migration" album

"JAZZ LIBERATORZ"
is a paris based trio founded in 1999 (dj damage, dusty and madhi), releasing on kif records, which is well know for artists like birdy nam nam, pepe bradock, ... jazz liberatorz are producing mad funky, jazzy hip hop featuring the dopes mcs (apani b, sadat x, j-live, raashan ahmad of cown city rockers, buckshot, tableek, fatlip, ...) their premier full length album "clin d'oeil" just hit the recordstores worldwide and
is available as a 6x12" box with the album as cd and a shirt (limited to 500 pieces). you love hip hop, you gonna love this! and there is another guy i wanted to tell you about:

"DDAY ONE"
who was definitely one of my most favourite producers since heard his first album "loop extensions" he released on a limited vinyl edition in 2006. after someappearences on several compilations (especially on project mooncircle), the new double LP "heavy migration" is out, comin up with deep bass, kickin drums and very beautiful melancholic guidelines.
in general - and beside of the fact, that his music is a "stand alone" because it has something in it i didn't hear before and that i cant explain but feel - it reminds me of the golden years of trip hop with dj krush's album "meiso" or dj shadow's "entroducing" a little bit. the name of his official website and the statement on its first page say it all: www.samplist.com i love it. my current album favourite: "at the village gate".

check both artists other releases if you like what you hear. they're all dope!
dday one - heavy mirgration (available on 2LP, content label)
jazz liberatorz - clin d'oeil (available on CD or in limited box with 6x12", kif records)

On the search for a place to spend some lazy days in the sun enjoying good music i came across the Wilsonic Festival. The line-up seems promising for all ya bass-lovin people out there & its just across the border.

live: Skream, Deadbeat, Beardyman, Dublicate, DJ Kentaro, Bonobo, Flying Lotus, ...

Complete Line UP
Festival Site
Tickets (english site)

this weeks selection...
1) Tha Silent Partner - Platters Act.1-Lounge Music And Exotica - hiphop instr. - download link
2) Damu the Fudgemonk - Spare Time - hiphop - get it here
3) Dafluke  - mix No.8 - minimal, electro - download link
4) Martyn - fabric mix - minimal, dub - download link
5) DDay One -  Monday Sermon  on good old days, hiphop -  download link

enjoy!

Another free download banger. Courtesy of one of our favourite mc´s, RAPTOAR
(wortschatz crew / dnk-movement.com), comes this dl that includes the mixtape/album "WORTSCHATZ - SCHMIAZETTLWIATSCHOFT" plus some bonus live-recordings and exclusives. deep as the abyss...

download that classic austrian rap sh...

... is a freeform project that merges music, art, new media, social involvement, and community values; dedicated to a constantly-evolving ethos of collaborative creation, self-reinvention, and boundary-pushing experimentation. (text taken from site)

gr8 sound, heavy bass & what a performance
can´t wait 2 see this live sometime.

checkit @
http://bassnectar.net/

bomb the blocks video

since the new site is up & running its time to keep some old traditions going. so without any further delays... here´s the latest free music drop:
[1] dj surgeon / neck face mix / stomping beatz, grime, core / link (goto media section)
[2] jambassa / the roots and the flowers ep / dub, downtempoo / link
[3] dubmood / atari-ska l'atakk ep / 8bit ska, dub / link
[4] electronic explorations / various mixes / dubstep, minimal, idm / link
*as usual - enjoy*

"I mostly make music to chill to, which is mainly sample based, but i do love my old synths too, so expect a fair amount of analogue sounds along with bits n bobs stolen from charity shop gems. Trying to concentrate on making a whole instrumental album, although I do have a fair few beats that just need some rhymes, so anyone who's up for that should message me."

that's the text written on 4teenth myspace website. the EP is a very nice 10track "album" that you can listen through from the beginning to the end without thinking  "lets forward that track" once. this shall be a recommendation for all you out there that do like smooth hip hop instrumentals with classical piano samples, "david axelrod" strings or/and little dubstep or funky breakbeat influence. the style of some tracks reminds me of the first vinyl i ever bought: "the 45 king -  grooves for a quiet storm" ...

[and if you like "this and that", also check the web for szenario beats again. i already wrote a post on him and his strictly instrumental debut release "sidestreets" two years ago and he just released his new album "schlichtes gold" with manuva from total chaos.]

... anyway: 4teenth's CD comes with a nice handnumbered and signed small slice of paper that says "there might never be an album" in the back. hopefully not! i loved to have more of that and especially on vinyl. support poverty records!

"4teenth - there might never be an album"
published by poverty records late 2007