shaolin jazz

you take wu-tang accapellas, finest jazz samples and mix it with a few ice cubes. the result is a cool project from Gerald Watson and DJ 2-Tone Jones.
13 tracks with instrumentals from miles davis to herbie hancock till john coltrane and vocals from songs like c.r.e.a.m., got your money, how high and so on.. unsheathe your sword - tssssiiiiingg

welcome to the show

Three young musicians have recently joined together for this exciting acoustic techno project. On the one hand Daniel Brandt and Jan Brauer, who as a duo named „Scott“ produce club music with a jazz attitude.

On the other hand Paul Frick, who has studied composition with Friedrich Goldmann at Berlin University of Arts (UdK). Besides pieces for orchestral instruments he also releases house music.

With prepared piano, vibraphone, drums, various percussions, brass and string instruments, rhodes, bass guitar and analogue synthesizers the trio creates textures that may bring to mind Steve Reich as well as the oldschool loop techno. Experiment meets deepness, complexity meets minimalism. The generation of the sound is mostly acoustic – even the bassdrum. Only few electronic instruments complete the sound.

Brandt Brauer Frick succeed in a thrilling synthesis of club and concert hall. On both platforms they will present themselves, getting percussive and energetic sounds out of apparently harmless classical instruments.

http://www.brandtbrauerfrick.de/

Video directed by Daniel Brandt & Julian Schleef

Round Table Knights - Say What?!

Everyone is unique in his or her own way, sure, and everyone can be an artist in this era of unlimited possibilities – at least virtually. Yet there is that certain something that nobody can acquire, with neither money nor effort, that natural charisma or a certain aura.

Whatever it may be, the Round Table Knights have it and with the wind at their backs it's taken them on a 10 year journey from the Swiss province to the high plateaus of contemporary dance music where they have recently pitched their tents in the camps of Mowgli's 'Deadfish' label and Jesse Rose's 'Made To Play' label in preparation for the next climb.

Check out their brand new album "Say What?!"

roundtableknights.ch/
twitter.com/roundtizzy

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Funky Homework

Homework - Hudson Square (Exploited) from exploited records on Vimeo.

Following their head turning "Fissa Tune EP" on Exploited and another storming EP ("Trumpet Express") on Made to Play, here is the new release by Homework: "Hudson Square EP": 4 infectiously catchy tracks! Homework's debut "Fissa Tune" has been getting plays from a who is who in dancemusic. With a full schedule of international gigs (including Berlin's Panoramabar), top remixes in the pipeline (Round Table Knights ect.) and an upcoming guestrelease on Snatch! (Riva Starr's label), Homework provide a unique and diverse sound and guarantee serious business.
Homework (comprised of Zip & Tom) succeed in something many other people haven’t lately: making dance music that’s equally satisfying for your feet and brain.

Homework's new EP "HUDSON SQUARE" on EXPLOITED is pure revisionist nostalgia. The "HUDSON SQUARE"-EP goes beyond what they had laid out with their previous productions, exploring the soulful&discofied sides of house music and proving once again that Homework will never cling too long to one style or genre. Homework remain commited to pushing all genres of dance music forward and that's why they fit perfect on EXPLOITED. Homework are there to set musical trends, rather than to follow them. Or to put it in Dr. Cornel West's words: "You have to be able to cut against the grain, get the distance from your peer group."

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Do You Believe?

The australian label Future Classic comes up with an other strong release. The hot summer tune "Do You Believe?" is the debut from LA production duo Poolside.

Big piano keys, whispered vocals, a light drizzling of 303 acid served at 105 bpm over a thick summer disco groove, with remixes by Jacques Renault feat. Tiffany Roth from Midnight Magic, James Curd and Cosmic Kids.

There's buzz on this tune! It was debuted by Aeroplane in their January 2011 mix for BBC Radio 1 and amassed over 10,000 YouTube plays for the video clip in just a week!
An end of summer hit for the Southern Hemisphere, while a welcome sign of Spring for the Northern Hemisphere.

Vinyl - Out 21 March 2011

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stones throw 2011

a 50min mix of current and upcoming stones throw releases. mixed is the podcast from the one and only peanut butter wolf. thank you very muchacho. track list you can see here.
for more news of stones throw records check the homepage. click click

What If J Dilla Produced Jay-Z’s The Blueprint

ok. jay z's blueprint is definitly one of the best rap records. now listen how it sounds, if j dilla gives his magic beats! dj jimmy green has attempted to find out the answer to this burning question by creating the long but aptly titled ‘What If J Dilla Produced Jay-Z’s The Blueprint’?
its a jay dilla masterpiece. let's start the friendly takeover.

dub kweli

released in august 2010, dub kweli is the sequel to mos dub. It features hip-hop artist talib kweli rapping against a backdrop of dubbed out reggae beats. the best medicine against the cold winter. big ug to max tannone for the cool - äh - hot remixes. hit it after the jump. ya man!

the remix project

illroots & okayplayer share a 22 livetracks instrumental album with songs from atcq, ol dirty, snoop dogg, jay z, outkast and many more. it was released on august 2009, but still a treat for the ears. appleJuiceKid on the drums, matt brandau/bass, braven hampden/percussion, mark wells/keyboard and dana chell on the guitar. hopp de bäse!

LABEL LOVE VOL.2

the new 'label love compilation' from the labels Ninja Tune, Tru Thoughts, Plug Research, Ubiquity, Melting Pot Music and Handed Music. stupidly who does not publish it

Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by label heads from Melting Pot, Ninja Tune, One-Handed , Plug Research, Tru Thoughts and Ubiquity.

Each label evokes its own signature swagger giving this collection a diversified and interesting flow of genres. Label Love consists of nostalgic classics, fresh unreleased gems and other dope, exclusive selections with the goal of expanding minds to new styles, vibrations and colors.

love ya!

dj nicko mixes atcq's best

dear friends - almost weekend..and what you need for chillin with your friends, playstations, beers and bongs? well - at least a friend, playstation, beer or bong! the fit and proper soundtrack you can hit after the jump. dj nicko presents the hall of fame classics from a tribe called quest.. can i kick it?

Hexsagon Presents: Charlie Parker Beat Tape

hexsagon give us a very cool sampled beat tape inspired by the late jazz/bebop musician charlie parker. (all beats contain charlie parker original cuts).
its a free download, but you can support the artist and buy the tape for a few bucks.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band "15 to 20"

from one of the best albums of 2009...

...and some memories of an amazing adriatic boatparty...clap your hands.. you guys rock!!

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The Invisible - London Girl

nothing new... but defnetly needs to show up in this blog once! so here we go...




Though they're being touted as the British TV On the Radio-- along with the, per usual, ad nauseam Radiohead comparisons-- the immediate contemporary touchstones for the Invisible's debut single "London Girl", a track of disco lineage and techy undercurrents, are more akin to groups like LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. The TVOTR comparisons are readily apparent: lead singer Dave Okumu's swooning vocals' often uncanny similarity to that of Tunde Adebimpe, indie-prog atmospherics, and genre-blurring experimentation.

Hip Hop History

die jungs von the rub - dj ayres, cosmo baker und eleven - haben für jedes jahr von 1979 bis 2009 eine hip hop history gemixt und auf ihrer seite zur verfügung gestellt! kein witz - für jedes jahr entstand ein tape mit über 40 der wichtigsten tracks des jeweiligen jahres.
da der platz fehlt, oder ich einfach zu faul bin jeden einzelnen link hier zu posten, gehts gleich weiter zu den original beiträgen. fangen wir an mit 2009-2000, weiter gehts dann unten mit 'older entries'. wahnsinn!

The Old Skool Vol. 1

Brand Nubian, Stezo, BDP, Big Daddy Kane, NWA, Eric B and Rakim - wem sich jetzt die Stirn runzelt und die Nase rümpft, sollte wohl besser zugreifen, denn es gibt etwas nachzuholen. Ein Sprung zurück zu den tiefen Wurzeln des Hip Hop. Darum hier ein cooler Old School Mix von DJ Spair. Hit it at the jump and enjoy. Hier lang!

(Re​)​visiting Jazz Classics

Das Blue Apple Quartet aus Frankreich nahm einige ältere Songs, unter anderem von Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday und Fred Astaire, nahmen alles neu auf und machten daraus wunderbare Jazz Coversongs. Nous pouvons dire merci für das tolle Surprise! Et voilà

Mos Dub

Die Temperaturen steigen und die Grillsaison ist eröffnet. Wie bringt man jetzt die saftigen Steaks auf dem Grill zum Bouncen?
Man nimmt einen köstlichen Spritzer Mighty Mos Def, mixt diesen mit einer Prise legendärer Dub Virtuosen und würzt damit seine Klanggeber. Was rauskommt ist ein exzellenter Mos Dub, der auch roh verspeist werden kann. Damit es auch ganz sicher gelingt, gibts die Würzmischung gratis zum Downloaden. Freude herrscht!

Dilla Joints

The Roots covern auf diesem Tape verschiedene Dilla Beats. Sehr schön anzuhören, auch wenn Roots-MC Black Thought nicht mit von der Partie ist. Die Beats wurden neu interpretiert, jedoch verlieren sie nie die Handschrift der Originale.
Eine gelungene Hommage an den verstorbenen J Dilla. Zum Geniessen!

Tracklist:
01. Donuts Outro
02. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
03. World Full Of Sadness
04. Upper Egypt
05. Stereolab
06. The Stars
07. Antiquity (feat. The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08. She Said
09. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways

The Big Band Blueprint

Der Kanadische Produzent Ritchcraft mixte den Jay-Z Klassiker Blueprint mit Jazz Samples verschiedenster Big Bands und nennt es 'The Big Band Blueprint'. Da heissts dann wohl - let's Swing