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Cities of Foam "A Great Day For The Race" (Dorado Records)
Cities of Foam is the duo of Bristol-dwelling Todd Wills and Sam Menter. They’ve known each other since a young age and no doubt this chemistry helps explain the wondrous results of their musical pairing. Musically A Great Day… is situated somewhere in the realm of downtempo, but somehow that tag doesn’t do justice to…
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Dubtribe Soundsystem "Baggage" (Imperial Dub)
Given that the backdrop to the creation of this album involves disappointment and disillusionment with the music and party scene, [read more about the making of the album here] it’s amazing that the overall feeling of Baggage is hopeful and inspiring. Sunshine and Moonbeam of Dubtribe Soundsystem are veterans of the house music scene and…
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New Zion I Joints
Bay Area crew Zion I are getting ready to drop their 3rd and, (in my opinion) best album yet, True & Livin’ on April 19th. The album features both live instrumentation as well as sample-driven beats, and guest spots come from Talib Kweli, Gift of Gab, Del The Funky Homosapien, Aesop Rock and social activist…
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Zero Distortion Podcast
Playing “the best underground hip-hop you’ve never heard”, Zero Distortion is a new podcast that combines lively banter on current events, with dope tracks. Their most recent podcast features a new collaboration with mobileunderground.com whereby we provide them with authorized music from our artists, and they big us up. This week they play tracks from…
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Rapper Big Pooh "Sleepers" (6 Hole Records)
Little Brother are proving themselves to be one of the underground’s great success stories. I’m not talking necessarily about record sales or the fact that they leveraged the overwhelmingly strong reception for The Listening into a major label deal with Atlantic (we’ll see how that actually turns out in reality – the transition from underground…
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Record Breakin’
so i just got turned on to a new radio show that you can check out online. It’s called Eavesdrop with my boy DJ Junior manning the decks and dropping a mixture of funk, breaks, hip-hop and other musical goodness. The show is broadcast from WKDU 91.7FM in Philadelphia every Friday 6-9pm EST. You can…
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Mark Farina "Mushroom Jazz 5" (Om Records)
Oh hell yeah, funky white boy Mark Farina is back in the mix and he’s feeling mellow once again. Its been over 2 years since the last installment of the cultishly followed Mushroom Jazz series, and let’s face it, heads have waited long enough.Mushroom Jazz began back in Chicago when Farina was still playing in…
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Datura Records – doin’ big thangs
Time to shine the light on Datura Records – a small, but progressive label based out of Kansas City of all places. First coming to attention with the release of Approach’s funk-fuelled hip-hop outing “Ultra Proteus”, they are now gaining attention with other quality releases such as Deep Thinkers’ “Necks Move” (beatlife review coming soon),…
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Eliot Lipp Bio
It rains for about half the year in Eliot’s hometown, Tacoma, Washington. Los Angeles is lucky if it gets a tenth of that. With friends and family on his mind, Eliot recorded during the blazing Los Angeles summer. Laying down a bedrock of notorious breakbeats under his signature Sequential Circuits and Korg MS-20 leads, Eliot…
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WMC Updates
URB Village: check out the video trailer HEREBe at the URB Village @ Remix Hotel 7- 11 pm nightly for VIP parties sponsored by Sauza. URB will also be filming their Next 100 documentary each night.event lineup and info at URB Village site Fusicology Events @ WMC 4 nights and 4 great events from Fusicology…
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Imogen Heap Bio
Part cool ‘n’ collected statuesque beauty, part thrilled eight year old, Imogen Heap is struggling to contain her excitement. “For the last year, I’ve had a mission to accomplish,” says the former Frou Frou lass, kicking her pink stiletto-ed heels with joy. From the pride glowing from the songwriter’s grin, it’s clear “Operation Imogen” has…
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URB presents URB Village @ Winter Music Conference 2005
URB Magazine presents: URB Village, Miami, WMC 2005 Fresh for 2005, URB announces a groundbreaking partnership with Remix Magazine. URB and Remix join forces at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami. From March 22-26, 2005, the URB Village adds a comprehensive lifestyle experience. With an outdoor stage and poolside cabanas, the URB VILLAGE will allow…