Flute Funk
Ever since hearing St Germain’s “So Flute” track off his groundbreaking Tourist LP released in early 2000 I always loved me some flute in my tunes. That being said, while browsing the Wax Poetics magazine‘s latest picks I stumbled upon this 1-hour mix of funky flute-driven tracks by New York producer, beatmaker, hiphop-connoisseur and avid...
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...
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...
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...
Top Cellar Jazz
Rooted heavily in jazz and bathed in a hip hop hue, I’ve literally spent hours immersed in the sounds of Richmond, Virginian multinstumentalist DJ Harrison‘s mindstretching ColorJazzMixtape, including this brilliant tip of the hat to Georgia Anne Muldrow. Niftily arranged and versatilely performed by Harrison’s trio, alias himself on drums, bass and keys, his music...
Kaleidoscope This
Talk about clearing some headspace. Step aside, sip on this and let Haitian-born producer, DJ and beatmaker extraordinaire Kaytranada‘s latest elixir work its magic. This one’s different. Breaking with his claim to fame, futuristic r&b patterns, K goes the extra mile on young Toronto trio BADBADNOTGOOD‘s “Kaleidoscope“, taking an already great tune, sampling its ever...