Hip Hop Coffee
Off to a slow start? Then these two fan favorites should do the trick and have you running laps in no time: Enter two cups of coffee and of course the right beat to ease the daily grind. Back in 2013 UK tagteam supreme, the Jazz Spastiks decided to take things one step further and...
WORKINONIT
Earlier this year, German splash! Festival-affiliated splash! Mag teamed up with the BeatGeeks collective, inviting some of the nation’s finest beat producers to a beatmaking bootcamp. The ten attendees were presented with the cult-worthy “Back To The Future” soundtrack to sample from and produce a beat. Among the selected few for round one of the...
Enter the Wu
Taiwan/South London product Henry Wu is straight trailblazing at the moment, pushing forth a pair of brilliantly soulful and skillfully tightknit releases on Alexander Nut’s Eglo Records related Ho Tep imprint as well as on Berlin-based Odd Socks Records respectively. Both releases feature a fine selection of keys-driven, melodic house gems and beats with a...
Island of Murko
Slovenian producer Žiga Murko first popped onto my radar with a brilliant pair of Hiphop releases, alias the Green Room and most recently the Purple Room. So I dug a little deeper and let’s just say, there’s more where that came from: A musician first and formemost, Murko is enviably adept at composition and arrangement,...
The Juice Bar
Straight from the juicy green hills of Heidelberg comes this fruitful imprint, peddling the freshest produce from Germany’s burgeoning underground Hiphop scene. Officially clouding the airwaves since 2012 Radio Juicy was initially launched as a weekly radio show, but with the support of like-minded Urban Waves Records, quickly evolved into a top-notch record label, releasing...
Breakfast with Ringgo
Sunny Sunday mornings call for a breakfast show full of laid-back vintage grooves brought to you by Ringgo alias MNDSGN, his compadres and an apple. Watch them get together in their Los Angeles-based crib to play some easy vibes, hazy jams and explorative grooves in leisurely manner, sure to kick your day off with the...
Weltuntergäng Crew
“We’re just another bunch of apes, locked ourselves in a cage, settled in and let it flow.” Munich & Mainz-based Weltuntergäng-Crew deliver this basement-styled, boombap-flavored rhyme session on Tieftonkultur, to show that German rap is very much alive. Grasime + Kram aus der Ecke push this two-track EP (plus instrumentals) that could be mistaken for...
Rebels On Tape
“Tapes, tapes we love dem tapes! I remember, before the downloading days, we used to go get the CD, dub it on cassette, return it, do it again and again and again and it don’t stop. Tapes, tapes we love dem tapes! Listenin’ to undergroud tapes, whether they be four-track the 16 or the 8.”...
From China With Love
If you are into the deep jazzy realm of high-spirited beats you should listen up or look Far East. Time to clear some headspace with this soothing blend of Chinese produce compiled by Mimm member Mos Isley. Remniscent of an opium den these rhythms go subaquatic. Welcome to the People's Republic of
Brussels Hustles
If Belgium had a coast, this would likely be its score. Wait a minute, Belgium does have a coast, though I’m not sure those dolphins belong there. Whatever the story behind this flavor-laden 4-track stew, GOULASH sure puts the hustle in Brussels. In a light-hearted endeavor Belgian beatmakers NOZA and Barok, DJ Kwistax and MC...
Marble Marvel
As I was busy sifting through all things audible and suitable last week, I received a digital promo pack from Berlin-based record label SKYAPNEA, featuring the young imprint’s sophomore release Marble Planet by Prism Pavillion, aka label head Giovanni Civitenga’s latest side project. Some of you may already be familiar with Gio’s eclectic and inquisitive...
Uncharted Territory
This, my friends, is a whole new monster. Lo and behold, Magdeburg product, DJ, producer and beatsmith Q-Cut literally unleashes the kaiju on his most recent KEATS offering. Curiously entitled “Kaiju Dugu”, Q serves up an abstract arsenal of free-spirited, eerily melodic instrumentals set to your wreak havoc on your inner eye.