Future Classic: Kaytradamus “Kaytra LaBoom”
I spent the entire weekend working on this mixtape focused on the Montreal Beats scene in preparation of the much hyped ArtBeat Montreal #4 event featuring guests Mike Slott, Elaquent and Sunclef. As you’re gonna see on the mixtape there are tons of amazing up and coming producers from our …
Sa-Ra Creative Partners “Episode III: Exodus to Earth”
Enter Episode III: Exodus to Earth, the final act in the Sa-Ra Creative Partners podcast trilogy. Exhibiting the various styles employed by the trio of Om’Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn and Taz Arnold, the music found in this third installment ranges from soothing soul to funkdadelic jams then back again. Expanding their sonic empire, …
Nifkin “Caught Me Red-Bearded EP”
When I clicked on the the first track of the Me Caught Red-Bearded EP called Twos n Five, I was destabilized a little. This EP is cooked with love with a fine balance of synths and drums. The kicks are very progressive and a melody of what we call in …
Future Classic: Halves “Stavrogin”
I love Halloween in Montreal but what comes after really sucks. We adjust time for that daylight savings thing and all of a sudden it’s dark at 4:30. Recently, I’ve attacked by those weird producers with that garage, post-dubstep sound. Starvrogin, is a producer from London who got signed by …
Future Classic: Teebs “Collections 01”
An absolutely outstanding new record from Teebs just in time for the beginning of what we like to call the winter blues in Montreal. The hours of sunlight in the day are getting ridiculously short, it’s dark at 4:30pm. Real depressing. On days like this, we stay inside drink warm …
Future Classic: B.Lewis & Xperiment “See-Saw Kids”
I’ve always loved B.Lewis and his synth driven beats. So I was happy to listen to this new beat tape called the “See-Saw Kids” with Xperiment. I don’t really know who does what on this between the two producers, but it’s in the same vein as previous B.Lewis production. The …
Floating Points “Sais” (Video)
Floating Points – Sais from Will Hurt on Vimeo. Taken from the forthcoming Shadows EP. Visuals created live in realtime by Will Hurt as part of their ongoing live A/V collaboration.
Shlohmo Interview
A very nice interview with talented young producer Shlohmo from the West Coast. It was shot this week when he was in Montreal for his show with Star Slinger and Shigeto. This is the first part, in the second video you can watch the interview with Star Slinger. Interview w/ …
Future Classic: Himuro Yoshiteru “Thread incoming”
My good friend Sevdee put me on to this one right here. Like me he’s deeply rooted in traditional hip-hop but as the co-founder of ARTBEAT MONNTREAL, he knows how to spot really interesting more experimental stuff. We were talking about our next event (Artbeat #4 on November 17th – …
Future Classic: Onra “No Matter What” – Free Download (Chinoiseries #2)
The release date of the second instalment of Chinoiseries is almost upon us but Onra and the good people at All City are kind enough to lace us with a second free download from the upcoming record. “No Matter What” is actually one of my favorite jams on the record! …
Dego “Freeness #3” (2000Black Free Download)
Brand new and FREE heat from Dennis McFarlane aka DEGO of 4hero fame. Along with Marc Mac, Dego formed one of the most influencial groups in the UK of the 90’s and early 2000’s. I only started listening to 4hero stuff around ’98 but have been backtracking to their early …
Future Classic: Cliché. “3 quarters for a dollar, Vol.3”
I already talked about Cliché this summer but a new volume of his 3 quarters for a dollar series came out not too long ago. It’s an interesting step up from previous work. The swing of the beats (groove or shuffle or what you like to call it) setting is …