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Mark De Clive-Lowe Contest
Want to get your hands on a copy of Mark De Clive-Lowe’s excellent broken beat / nu soul album “Tide’s Arising”? Click HERE to enter to win a copy of the cd. DOWNLOAD “Slide feat. Bembe Segue”PRAISE FOR MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE“…the man behind a million great tunes” – Gilles Peterson/Radio 1 Worldwide [UK]“Firmly at the…
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Telepopmusik – "Into Everything" Video
Telepopmusik’s excellent “Angel Milk” album drops June 21st on Capitol Records. The first video from the album is for the track “Into Everything” – see below. Hopefully we’ll get a full album review up shortly, but this will give you a pretty accurate taste of the album which is dreamy, melodious, and accessibly electronicy.View in…
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RIZE Soundtrack Release Party – June 18th, SF
RIZE Soundtrack Release Party – June 18th, SFSaturday, June 18, 2005 @ Dolce7:30 – 10:30 pm440 Broadway Street, SF, CAPeforming will be Flii StylzDJ E-Rock holding down the ace’s and deuce’s…$15 @ the Doorview the trailor to Rize here For more info, and guest list requests, please visit THE PACIFIC STANDARD BLOGClick HERE for more…
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The Rurals "A Rural Life" (Peng Records)
The husband and wife couple of vocalist Marie and producer/DJ Andy Compton have been making music together for 10 years now. Based in the English countryside the two have for the most part stayed true to their distinctive, organic deep house sound that melds live instrumentation with electronic elements. A Rural Life is their eighth…
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For Philly Heads: Excursions
From the RecordBreakin.com and Eavesdrop crew comes Excursions – a lounge party at the Latest Dish. They will be playing all of that great future soul, nu-jazz, type stuff you hear on their show each week. This will also be a listening session/album release for some of the most exclusive must-have-albums on the scene. On…
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Platinum Pied Pipers "Triple P"
Get a behind the scenes look at the making of Platinum Pied Pipers “Triple P” album. Beginning in the Bling 47 studio in downtown Detroit and following the band as they touch down in Los Angeles and New York. This short film features an all-Waajeed soundtrack, including snippets of the album, and in-studio appearances from…
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Deep Thinkers "Necks Move" (Datura Records)
Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, about as unlikely a North American hip-hop landmark as there is, Deep Thinkers have the element of surprise on their side, and the freedom perhaps that comes with few expectations. But let’s make it clear, that while these factors provide an additional punch to their album, Necks Move would hold…
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Casamena Remixes Common, John Legend
Check out these dope remixes of Common’s “The Corner” and John Legend’s “Ordinary People” by Carlos Mena. If you don’t already know about Carlos Mena, you need to check for his brilliant and refreshing album Hip Hop Meditations that came out last year. Word is that he is also starting up a label with none…
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Hezekiah "Hurry Up & Wait" (Soulspazm Records)
Soulspazm Records is displaying all the traits of an upstart label to watch. Previous releases from their roster include Grand Agent’s Fish Outta Water Remixes, Fel Sweetenberg’s Lost Dreams, Wasted Talent, Supastition’s The Deadline and now Hurry Up & Wait from Hezekiah.Delaware-raised and now Philly-based, Hezekiah is a hip-hop renaissance man. He sings, writes, produces,…
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Ian Pooley "Souvenirs" (Ministry of Sound/Studio Distribution)
As a longtime fan of Ian Pooley I was excited by the prospect of a new artist album – after all it’s been 5 years since the excellent Since Then. During those 5 years, downtempo and soulful house with Latin flavours have exploded in popularity with more and more recognition being given to proponents of…