B. Bravo – Midnite
Sometimes you just hear a track and love it practically from note 1. This is one such track. B. Bravo is my new obsession. He makes some soulful, bumpin’ future soulistic type beats – as if J. Dilla and Prefuse 73 had a musical lovechild. His label, Fritenite describe his sounds as “popping analog synth...
New Album From Tosca – No Hassle
When I was first getting into electronic music, and downtempo in particular, Tosca was definitely one of my ‘gateway drugs’. The production duo of Richard Dorfmeister (1/2 of legendary electronic duo Kruder & Dorfmeister) and Rupert Huber have released some of the best downtempo there is – eclectic, accomplished and just generally wonderful. Five albums...
Circulations and Jay Scarlett Present New Worlds
Gotta give Jay Scarlett a big THANK YOU for this one. New Worlds is a brilliant compilation of progressive, electro nu-soul. It’s being released in Japan as of right now via HMV, presumably with a worldwide release to follow. Do what you have to in order to get your hands on this one, you will...
Download New Paul Pre Mix
Well, it’s not that new any more, but I’ve been listening to the latest mix from December by German DJ Paul Pre, and it’s sooooo good. I first heard of this fella via Moovmnt.com and after checking out this mix, I’ll definitely be raiding his online archives. He seems to specialize in beats rooted in...
The Angel’s Top 10 Tracks of 2008
Producer/composer The Angel gives us her perspective on the best of 2008. Keep up with her at www.theangelsoundclash.com & www.myspace.com/theangelsoundclash The Angel – Top Ten Tracks of ’08 Roll Deep – Fat Mac 90 Bashy – Kidulthood to Adulthood Ghetto – What It Takes Ruste Juxx – Machine Gun Skunk (feat. Jahdan) Torae – Get...
Nu-Soul Mag’s Top 10 of 2008
Nu-Soul Magazine‘s eclectic picks for 2008: 1. Eric Lau – New Territories 2. The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind 3. Kissey Asplund -Plethora 4. Afta-1 – Aftathoughts Vol. 1 5. Santogold -Santogold 6. Replife -The Unclosed Mind 7. Solange – Sol-Angel & the Hadley St. Dreams 8. Wayna – Higher Ground 9. Robyn...
Beatlife Top 8 of 2008
I don’t usually do year-end lists, but this year I decided to go full force and not only do my own, but gather a few from some esteemed musical colleagues which will be posted separately. Beatlife Top 8 of 2008 (in no particular order) Little Dragon – Little Dragon I said no particular order, but...
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