Onra “A New Dynasty” (Chinoiseries #2 Free Preview Track)
Chinoiseries Pt.2 – November 15th 2011 A New Dynasty by Onra Our good homie ONRA has released the final teaser of his upcoming second volume of the Chinoiseries project. The concept is still the same: Onra goes on a trip to Vietnam and China, digs obscure traditional folklore music and …
Future Classic: Thundercat “200$ TB” (Japan Bonus Track)
via our good friends at Moovmnt.com : WTF!?!!…where the heck has this beauty of a song been hiding all this time? Flying Lotus produced (and streamed on his Soundcloud) this extremely sexy bonus track of the Japanese version of Thundercat‘s “The Golden Age of Apocalypse”. It features Austin Peralta and …
Future Classic: Gonjasufi & Blu “Eatfish”
Wow, this literally made my day. Actually, I screamed out when I saw this. Gonjasufi is realesing a new EP titled The Ninth Inning on October 24th (in a few days !) and its gonna be a free EP! I have my little story with Gonjasufi: yesterday I released the teaser of …
Future Classic: Evenings “Lately EP”
With Broasddus Nathan aka Evenings, it was love at first sight. I think that at this time of the year in Montreal, music is even more necessary than usual because, as I often say in my articles, the fall does not suit me well. I’m like a wilted flower that …
Future Classic: Ta-Ku “September”
Well .. I know we are in October, but I found this very nice project by Ta-Ku. He said “I will be making a beat a day in September 2011 and uploading here. Take a listen.” He didn’t make it all the way but we can only image what could …
Future Classic: Godlee Barnes (Blu) “The Norman Rockwell Beat Tape”
Ever since he hit the scene in the mid 2000’s, west coast MC Blu always been a really prolific artist. Bouncing from solo projects, to collaborations like Johnson & Jonson, Blu & Sene and C.R.A.C Knuckles. In 2011, he’s already put out 4 projects! That’s pretty much unheard of. It’s …
Shlohmo “Places” Video
A sweet and simple video of the song “Places” off the Bad Vibes LP by Shlohmo.
Future Classic: Flote “Disenchanted Forest”
“Disenchanted Forest” is a really strong beat excursion from Flote, a producer from Philly who I didn’t know about until just now. Major big up to home girl Sandy Tea for sending me this. Jokes aside, it took me about 20 seconds into the first track to notice that this …
Onra “Chinoiseries part 2” Preview (November 15th)
Our good homie ONRA has released the final teaser of his upcoming second volume of the Chinoiseries project. The concept is still the same: Onra goes on a trip to Vietnam and China, digs obscure traditional folklore music and pumps it into the MPC for some boom bap goodness. It’s …
James Pants “Beat Archive / Failed Rap Beats (’04-’08)
In 2011, is giving away free music still an a worthy incentive? Well, quite simply when the music behind it then yes. In this case, it’s coming from a very reliable source: Stones Throw‘s James Pants. Download JP Beats(Right-Click Save as:) via James Pants: “I bring forth the first installment …
Future Classic: Oddisee “Rock Creek Park” LP
Not sure if it’s a coincidence but a lot of my favorite hip-hop projects this year have come out of the Mello Music Group. From the Hasaan Mackey & Apollo Brown project, the Georgia Ann Muldrow LP and Has-Lo they’ve become of the most trusted names for the discerning hip-hop …
Future Classic: Kidkanevil “Tokyorkshire Research Inc”
Not so well written by: Max Robin – Do you know about Tokyorkshire? It seems to be some place in the UK that is home of the peculiar beatmaker Kidkanevil. In his beatmaking research, he stumbled on the work of Raymond Scott. Mr Scott’s music has been used in classic …