Skalpel – 1958 Breaks
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2005, Downtempo, Nu Jazz
Skalpel are nu jazz DJs and musicians, Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudło, from Wrocław in Poland. Their musical style is a distinctive blend of hip hop beats, laced with samples lifted from the rich seam of Polish jazz records of the 1960s and 1970s. This CD is practically a compilation of two previously released singles: Break Out (ZEN12 158) and 1958 (ZEN12 151) from their debut album, plus one unreleased track, enjoy!
little preview:
Tracklist
01. Break In (Backini Remix)
02. 1958 (Quantic Remix)
03. Break In (Dr. Rubberfunk ‘Live @No. 10A’ Remix)
04. 1958 (Skalpel Remix)
05. Break In (JS Remix)
06. Break Out (Skalpel Remix)
07. Low
08. Low (Reconstruction By The Amalgamation Of Soundz)
09. Brek In (Pradowski Remix)
10. 1958 (Extended Version)
11. Laboratorium
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Diferenz – Jazz Workshop
Posted by dOk | Filed under 1994, Acid Jazz, Downtempo, Hip Hop
A mostly uptempo fusion of jazz and hip-hop, lots of funky basslines and ample use of various instruments such as the saxophone, flute, trumpet, and electric piano. enjoy!
little preview:
Tracklist
01. Mind Movement
02. Fly Away
03. Jazz Workshop
04. Deep Thoughts
05. Shadowrun
06. The Workshop at 7 P.M.
07. Mother Earth
08. Cold Blood
09. Acid Funk
10. Morning In The Sub Basement
11. Night Watch
12. Jazz Workshop (Remix)
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Mwëslee – Eurocarne EP
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic
Nod Navigators welcomes back Spain’s Mweslee, the Spanish production wizard is responsible for the label’s second release. As one of his country’s foremost representati ve of the new beat generation he mashes together wide ranging influences and production techniques into a heady blend from his home-base of Vigo. One of the founding members of Spain’s Arkestra Collective, he was a participant at the RBMA in ‘05 and a performer at the Sonar festival in both ’06 and ’09. His output has been rather slow since his debut, with key releases on Beat Dimensions and All City records, setting him up perfectly for a return to the fore with ‘Eurocarne’, an EP born of his desire to reflect a wider range of musical preferences that have helped shape both his sound but also his production approach, from disco to pop, R’n’B to experimental.
for more info and buy: myspace.com/mweslee
Tracklist
01. Eurocarne
02. Nova Olimpia
03. Variations Pour CX Pallas
04. Far Loop Era
05. Pacifico
07. Manana Calor
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Paul White – Paul White & The Purple Brain
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic, Hip Hop
This album is based entirely around the music of ST Mikael, an incredible Swedish psych-rock artist who has been recording weird and wonderful records since the 1990s. Mikael’s music is heavy on Eastern influences and otherworldly concerns, and ranges from searing electric guitar-led dirges to dreamlike ballads to ghostly atmospheric experiments. Sometimes all within the same song. Paul White has reimagined and remoulded and Mikael’s sounds, and added his own, to make an intriguing and mesmerising album that sounds unlike anyone else but him. It’s recognisably hip hop (just check ‘Marshen Signals’) but it’s psychedelic, spontaneous and free in a way that seems far from most definitions of the genre today. A fascinating album from a fascinating producer.
for more info and buy: nowagainrecords.com/paul-white-paul-white-and-the-purple-brain
Tracklist
01. Crazy Science Intro
02. Gentle Freak
03. Pride
04. Fire Soul
05. Ancient Treasure
06. Marshen Signals
07. Bom Bom
08. Come Back
09. Dance Scene
10. Music Trip Interlude
11. Fly With Me
12. Body Spirals Pt. II
13. Alone Again
14. Promises
15. Mushroom Forest
16. My Guitar Whales
17. Organ Therapy
18. Comedy Hour
19. Mind The World
20. Purple Brain Interlude
21. Let It Out
22. Bingo
23. Ride With Me
24. Every Breath
25. Professional Criminals
Link removed in request of One-Handed Music / Now-Again Records
Daisuke Tanabe – Before I Forget
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic
Patience is a virtue, and few know that better than understated electronic beat-maker Daisuke Tanabe. After carefully honing his craft from the age of 16, it was his first EP release in 2006 that really brought him to the attention of Gilles Peterson and Pete Adarkwah. Since then he has remixed artists such as Elan Mehler and Aaron Jerome, and released music on labels like Ninja Tune, BBE, and Brownswood Recordings. Taking inspiration from jazz, folk, and reggae as well as the whole canon of electronic music, this member of Tony Nwachukwu’s CD-R community knows that notes and melodies are just the guidelines for the feelings that lie beneath. Dig a bit deeper and you’re guaranteed to strike gold.
for more info check: myspace.com/shakutorimusi
preview:
Tracklist
01. In
02. Deer Drop Forest
03. Vestige
04. Sigh
05. Myslee
06. My Fish
07. Brown Station
08. Danceman
09. Little Funny Fat
10. Wonder Lander
11. Kof
12. Artificial Sweetener
13. Kanon
14. No Answer (feat. Monday Michiru)
15. Out
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Funkineven – She’s Acid / Must Move
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic
After the success of the Kleer EP, West London’s Funkineven returns for his second release, the double sided, riotous dancefloor work out that is She’s Acid/Must Move. Resurrecting the spirits of Moroder, Art Of Noise and Marshall Jefferson through a modem powered Ouija board, whilst simultaneously hand writing a love letter to the inventors of lazer technology, Roland drum machines and sex toys. It’s deep and beautiful dance music: digital, analogue, delicate and physical.
for more info check: myspace.com/funkineven
Tracklist
01. She’s Acid
02. Must Move
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Dalt Wisney – Lifetime Psychedelic Dance Lessons
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2007, Acid Jazz, Downtempo, Electronic
After returning from what he described to be the “best lucid dream experience ever”, the Red Bull Music Academy badge toting bag of tricks that is Mr. Wisney decided to get off his lazy bum and launch this netlabel, kicking it off with this ep that contains tracks that have circled across the globe and back, been deleted, recovered, played in dodgy place for dodgy people, all before being compiled in a nice little zip file for you to download and enjoy, for free ofcourse.
for more info check: myspace.com/daltwisney
Tracklist
01. Dingbat the Singing Cat
02. Smokey Daze Forever
03. We’re Spending the Day
04. Sci-fi Dot Fiends
05. Under the Radar
Bei Bei and Shawn Lee – Into the Wind
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic, Nu Jazz
Into the Wind marries a unique blend of ancient tradition with studio trickery. Eschewing all notions of superficial “Asian-fusion,” this uplifting, genre-bending sound clash, recalls the afro centric harping of Dorothy Ashby and hypnotic spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane. With Lee adding equal doses of hip hop, electric jazz, and soul sensibility to the backing tracks, the captivating sound of Bei Bei’s Guzheng (a 2000 year old Chinese string instrument) comes alive on peaceful mellow joints as much as it does on Kung-Fu flavored funk tunes.
little preview:
Tracklist
01. Into The Wind
02. Hot Thursday
03. East
04. Make Me Stronger feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow
05. Little Sunrise
06. Bei’s Bossa
07. Whiskey Waltz
08. Willingness feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow
09. The Tiger
10. The Master Room
11. The Ambush
12. The Blue Grotto
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
Bonobo – Black Sands
Posted by dOk | Filed under 2010, Downtempo, Electronic, Instrumental
Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth, most eagerly-anticipated and most accomplished album to date, the magnificent Black Sands. Green proves once and for all with Black Sands that he is an artist and producer with his sights set on much higher prizes than to rule any dusty subgenre of dance music. This is a record of epic reach and massive emotional pull, all held together by Green’s understanding of composition and arrangement of live instruments (most of them also played by him) as well as his complete mastery of the tricks and techniques of the digital age. Black Sands is the most contemporary record he has ever made.
for more info check: myspace.com/sibonobo – www.bonobomusic.com
Tracklist
01. Prelude
02. Kiara
03. Kong
04. Eyesdown feat. Andreya Triana
05. El Toro
06. We Could Forever
07. 1009
08. All in Forms
09. The Keeper feat. Andreya Triana
10. Stay the Same
11. Animals
12. Black Sands
DOWNLOAD! MULTIMIRROR
