Mndsgn an electronic/hip hop producer from New Jersey has been residing in Los Angeles and other west coast locations for the past several months doing live shows and working on new material. Some of that new material being this latest 5 track EP release entitled Daypass. Mndsgn also recently collaborated with several other east coast producers on a project entitled Blasphemous Jazz: The Bitches Brew Sessions.
The first compilation from FreeForm features some of the freshest and most innovative talent in the worldwide beats scene including Mndsgn, Infinite Potentials, Sir Froderick, Prof Logik etc. From the jazz infused production of Jesse Futerman, to the post-Dilla swagger of Fitz Ambro$e: Waveform documents the diversity and ever evolving sound of instrumental beats. Pre-order now, releases 30 September 2011.
Here’s a few of our favorite discoveries from the past week…
A mysterious soundcloud producer named YAYAY drops one beat on his account that blows a lot of beats out of the water and has everyone buzzin, have a listen for yourself…
A Mr Muthafuckin eXquire video for “The Song That Never Ends Pt.2” feat Heron. The beat is produced by Company Flow off of the instrumental album Little Johnny from the Hospital. Download his free mixtape “Lost in Translation” here.
Low Leaf a Los Angeles singer and producer, who plays harp and piano drops a new video. A live performance of “June Gloom”. Low Leaf is set to release a new project this coming week.
Thank you to AL_PD, Rusty Robot and Mark II …
10th Letter an experimental/electronic/beat producer from South Carolina drops 14 new tracks via Soundcloud in preparation for an upcoming release due out by the end of the year. The new tracks are totally separate from the upcoming album, “its all a bunch of stuff that happened while working on the album and some older stuff too.”
Ichiro an electronic beat producer from Tokyo, Japan drops a lovely 36 track instrumental album (with hidden tracks included) entitled LoopShu. It is for sale but there are two free tracks for download on the bandcamp page. Ichiro has a very impressive mastered sound to his works. The sound is full and sophisticated; lush and floaty melodies with crisp drums and electronic beeps and blips.
video for “Tuna” by Ichiro
On Thursday June 2, 2011 at The Little Bar in South Philadelphia; Mndsgn, Swarvy, Sir Froderick, Knxwledge, Josh Hey and Stainless Steele came together to play a live show that they called “Blasphemous Jazz”. The concept for the show was that each artist would produce the re-workings of Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’ album. Each producer played a live set which included their Bitches Brew session. The show was hosted/Emceed by Stainless Steele. This release is the studio version of what was performed live that night. /// Free Download…
The tags on the bandcamp page read “african, electronic, art, channeled, universal, energy, multi-dimensional, sounds, otherworldly, rhythms, spiritual, vibrations, Philadelphia”. We could write up a more detailed summary about this release but the adjectives used in the tags are sufficiently poetic and leaves room for imagination, just like the music.
From the artist – “Special thanks to COLD SELTZERS, Sir Froderick, Josh Hey, Mndsgn, Knxwledge, Darryl Deleon Lopez, Markus Swarvy, and all the other Philly Cats surviving the auditory struggle… Hold it down.”
“I’ve been making beats for the better part of 4 years, but I’ve been musically involved since I was 9, so about 13 years now….There are a lot of influences in my life, but the biggest ones were my father’s music collection, my classical music background, The Roots (my favorite hip hop band, period), Dilla and Madlib, and jazz music in general. These days, though, cats like Dibia$e, Freddie Joachim and FlyLo are my biggest inspirations…Sankofa means “to return from whence you came”, but to me it also means to re-complete the cycle, the same cycle you’ve been completing since your soul has inhabited this existance; to basically go back to your roots again, renewed and evolved from the last time you progressed, to reflect and be one with yourself again, as you always have been…”
–AbJo
Chits is an electronic/hip hop beat producer originally from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania who recently moved to LA last year. He’s released two projects since residing in LA, this is his most recent entitled “Young Battle”. Here’s what Young Chits had to say about it, “Yo, I’m dumb clueless. This is my music about young life. Thanks for your support.”
B-Ju an electronic beat producer from Germany releases “Minor Works, a random selection of (minor) works made between 2006 and 2010 for free download.
Ackryte & Culprit release one for the FutureScience beattape series. Limited press on cassette. Original Artwork by _lip. Includes immediate download of 11-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Bueller a French-Canadian electronic/hip hop beat producer out of Montreal drops a lovely Gil Scott-Heron tribute in the form of a 10minute beat session for free download. Bueller is also down with fellow Canadian producers KenLo Craqnuques and Vlooper.
It seems like barely any time has passed since Knxwledge dropped Hexual Sealings, but he’s back again with a new edition of lovely beats. Old Klouds is a collection of beats from the archives of Knxwledge, curated by the one and only House Shoes.
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