i need a dollar

latest single from neo-soul artist aloe blacc who stays true to his soulful influences. look out for the new album out this year called 'good things'.



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hi-hat club vol. 3 the jazz files

this album comes from german dj & producer dexter and provides some great jazz samples arranged around a contemporary hip-hop beat. this dusty sounding record retains a modern element and even looks forward to the future of the relationship between jazz & hip-hop. quotes and samples are interspersed from interviews and tv shows adding to the narrative of the album.

dagger paths

this 2010 ep from forest swords (one-man project from wirral) is an atmospheric journey where drone guitar meets dubstep-esque rhythms. soulful yet ghostly vocals rise above minimal psych-guitar loops; this record is certainly haunting.

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forest swords - miarches

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forest swords - dagger paths (ep) [mediafire] or [megaupload]

ohiana sua efir

this track is lifted from one of the spell-binding soundway compilations. a real bluesy feel to this song with the delicate guitar and heart-felt vocals, yet the african rhythms still shine through. asaase ase (meaning 'underground') was a side project of the great highlife guitarist ebo taylor. as a reaction against the success of bands like wulomei and hedzoleh soundz there was a movement focusing on playing more traditional folk music and for ebo this meant moving away from his background as a big-band musician and arranger towards a more guitar-based, rootsy style with soley local boys in the band and no other professional musicians. ebo explains:

"we started to play music of the sailors, hunters and fishermen in the centre of cape coast where i was born. we played old folk songs that i'd grown up with and heard for years, stripped down with no horns, just traditional percussion, vocals and guitar. 'ohiana sua efir' is the lament of the hunter who never seems to catch anything in his trap but snakes, whilst the richer more successful men go out and set traps in the same place and always come home laden with bush-meat. it's a real african blues number."


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asaase ase - ohiana sua efir (mono version) [mediafire]

the album can be bought here.

blunted in the bombshelter

the 'bomb shelter' is the name given to madlib's basement studio in oxnard, california. trojan records sent much of their catalog over to madlib for the purposes of a mix cd and it was eventually created in the space of an afternoon. this is perfect for a laid-back, dub-soaked, hazy smoking session.

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cornell campbell - girl of my dreams

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madlib - blunted in the bombshelter (mix) [mediafire]

dr. no's ethiopium

hip-hop instrumentalist oh no is the younger brother of madlib and is seriously rivaling his sibling's beat-making abilities. as a follow-up to his album 'dr. no's oxperiment', created with turkish and lebanese-psych samples, 'dr. no's ethiopium' is another region-based beat album created using strictly 60's and 70's ethiopium samples.


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oh no - melody mix

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oh no - dr. no's ethiopium [mediafire]

odessa

here's a track from caribou's brilliant new album 'swim' which can be ordered here.


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caribou - odessa [mediafire]

we can rap

carleen & the groovers were a 1970's funk band from south carolina. after only releasing a couple of singles during their time and until recently were largely forgotten, we can thank stonesthrow for this wonderful re-issue.


1. Right On
2. The Thing
3. Can We Rap
4. Hot Pants

carleen & the groovers - we can rap (12") [mediafire]

beat konducta in africa

here are a couple of tracks from madlib's 'medicine show no. 3: beat konducta in africa' which is out this month from stonesthrow. the album features samples from african funk, pych-rock, soul, and afro-beat.


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madlib - warrior's theme


madlib - mtima

today

jefferson airplane were one of the prolific californian psychedelic-rock bands of the 1960's. the acclaimed 'surrealistic pillow' was a defining album to emerge out of the 1960's counterculture movement, fusing folk rock with psychedelia. the 'beat' culture was typified by interest in eastern religion and spirituality, experimentation with drugs, and the rejection of mainstream culture.


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jefferson airplane - today [mediafire]

smoking buddha

onra is a french beat-maker who uses predominantly asian samples. his first album 'chinoiseries', which features this track 'smoking buddha', uses mainly chinese and vietnamese samples which gives it a really unique feel.


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onra - smoking buddha [mediafire]

cold beats

this is a track by producer koushik and underground hip-hop artist percee p that features on stones throw's 'science class: heavy funk & raw disco soul' compilation. the song samples the deep funk classic 'cold heat' by lil' lavair & the fabulous jades which can be heard in its original form here.


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koushik - cold beats (featuring percee p) [mediafire]