On the new Lapalux EP, there’s a lot of creativity to go around. Despite a lack of focus, the beats here are loaded with a bounty of different sounds and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Al Tourettes is a Bristol-based music producer whose music sounds a little like a science experiment. Yeah, the visuals in the video above give off that feeling, too, but the sounds are really where it comes from. Check out the fat, synthetic bass notes that glitch out a little. Or
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A new instrumental from the beatmusic project Tortilla Pass. This time, we’re getting a bit of Indian flavors coming through on some sitars and vocal samples. The end result is pretty chilled. Diggin’ it.
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A new instrumental from the beatmusic project Tortilla Pass. This time, we’re getting a bit of Indian flavors coming through on some sitars and vocal samples. The end result is pretty chilled. Diggin’ it.
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Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper take on the Mongo Santamaría classic “Afro Blue” in this cover. This modern arrangement is absolutely gorgeous. The beat is real punchy, keyboard is really warm and calming, and the flutes are a really classy touch. Of course the classiest thing on the track is
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MP3 Doug is a Florida-born MC whose eccentric personality makes for a pretty good listen. The dude finds lyrical inspiration in everything from traffic to the speed of life on the track streaming above, “No Rush.” The jazzy beat is manipulated for maximum atmosphere, and it brings a spacey feel
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The Burial of the Dead by Axel Thesleff On his debut album, Axel Thesleff is doing a lot with a little. The music’s self-produced sound didn’t exactly stun my ears, but the creativity and ambition shown in tracks like the one above did. The 12-minute “the Burial of
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Sequence Consequence by Nouveaunoise It’s colorful, synthetic beats are your treasure, then your hunt is over. The new Nouveaunoise EP is loaded with different hues, and packs them into an upbeat set of five tracks on this new EP, Sequence Consequence. Buy it for whatever price you’d like
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Skipping Rocks by Oddisee DC hip hop producer Oddisee has a new album of instrumentals out that tributes his favorite spot in the capital city: Rock Creek Park. With both samples and live instrumentation, Oddisee tries–and succeeds, really–at recreating what the place means to him through song. Stream
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Uploaded yesterday to YouTube, here’s a new track from Canadian jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD. It’s a cover of J Dilla’s “Fall In Love.” Download the BBNG cover for free here, and enjoy.
