Stones Throw has partnered with SanDisk for a J Rocc mixtape featuring Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk, Koushik and others, many of which are new and exclusive. Continue
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(Audio) Stones Throw X SanDisk – Mixed By J Rocc
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(Video) Chinese Man Records – Jumpin’ In Havana
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Who are they? Where are they? And more particularly what are they? If you really wonder, these few lines won’t be that useful… Continue
One‐quarter Cantonese, two‐thirds Manchou, the Chinese man appears to be from the Wu Tang Mountain, not far from Marseilles, France. In 2004, the Chinese man (as we affectionately call him) decided to send his disciples around the world to spread the Zen spirit with old music samples and supersonic bass !
(Audio) A Break from the Norm (Fatboy Slim Samples)
Posted by Chris in Audio
A Break from the Norm is a compilation album arranged and released by Fatboy Slim, under his name of Norman Cook. It was released in 2001.
The album was released to illustrate where Cook obtained a number of his samples for famous Fatboy Slim songs, and as such most of the artists (and tracks) are relatively obscure. Continue
(Video) 3 Titans “The Life of a Scholar” (ft. Menahan Street Band)
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I was listening to BBC 6 Music today and heard what I thought was some Old Skool Hip Hop. I did a quick search and found out that this was a brand new track out on Daptone Records. I was even more shocked when I found out 3 Titans were 5th graders! Check them out. Continue
(Audio) Lee Fields & The Expressions – Live De La Semaine
Posted by Manonwire in Audio
“Lee was born and raised in the small town of Wilson, North Carolina,one of 4 children. He spent his adolescence years singing in church and listening to R&B Artists such as James Brown, The Temptations, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding and the classic sound of 60′s Memphis. He joined a few racial balance groups in the South and began playing college circuits that included East Carolina University, Duke University and Georgia Tech. By the late sixties, Lee began his singing career, working with bands which would lay the foundation for funk music including Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, and Little Royal.
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(Video) Adrian Younge & The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra – Shot Me In the Heart
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The man behind the music of Black Dynamite, Adrian Younge, releases some visuals for “Shot Me In the Heart”. Continue
(Video) Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra – Various Videos
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“Dammers arrangements brilliantly join the dots between Sun Ra and funk, making the innaccesible accessible” Alexis Petridis The Guardian ( five stars) Continue
“One of the best things I have seen and heard” Mr Scruff
“Go and see them!” Mojo “Puts the joy back into live jazz” Jazzwise
“Triumphant, glorious, exhilarating” Uncut “Now this is really special” The Observer
(Audio) Pretty Lights – Filling Up The City Skies (FREE ALBUM)
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“Filling Up The City Skies” is a collection of songs arranged in two sections, each about the maximum length of one blank cd(80 minutes). Continue
The first disc contains 14 organic downtempo songs.. not that they’re all slow, but they do have a common style throughout them. Also, every song on the first disc contains a vocal sample which I chose and arranged in an attempt to tell a story about myself, my life, and the world in which I live. The vocal samples are typed out below in case you find them difficult to understand in the music.
(Video) DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – Product Placement
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Here’s your chance to travel the world, from San Francisco to London to Tokyo and back, all the while reliving a DJ experience since unmatched. DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist perform the all-45 set in six cities.
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(Audio) Rhythm22.com – Classic Beats,Breaks & Samples Vol.5
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FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD Rhythm22.com Classic Beats,Breaks & Samples Vol.5 Continue
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