GABRIEL GARZÓN-MONTANO Jardín Instrumentals

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• Instrumental versions of Gabriel’s Stones Throw Records debut Jardín • Jardín was his first full-length release following critically acclaimed EP Bishouné • Sampled by Drake (“Jungle”) and G-Eazy (“Running”)

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Gabriel Garzón-Montano Instrumental versions of Gabriel’s Stones Throw Records debut Jardín TITLE: Jardín Instrumentals now available on limited edition wax. CATALOG: l-STH2388 LABEL: Stones Throw Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s formidable skills have come to fruition on GENRE: Soul BARCODE: 659457238810 Jardín in his Stones Throw debut. “This came out of wanting to FORMAT: LP make music that reminds people how beautiful life is and how delicate HOME MARKET: Brooklyn, New York their heart is,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to make music that is healing, RELEASE: 9/22/2017 comforting, and funky. I named the album Jardín hoping for it to create a LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ space for healing when people put it on.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) “A garden is full of life, growth and beauty,” Gabriel said of choosing that

1. Trial (Instrumental) unifying image as the title for his new album. “It makes me think of green 2. Sour Mango (Instrumental) and white and all the colors as they appear in different flowers.” That vivid 3. Fruitflies (Instrumental) spectrum bursts forth on Jardín itself and the album contains references 4. The Game (Instrumental) to fruit of all sorts, sour mango, juicy tangerines and sweet peaches. 5. Long Ears (Instrumental) From the heartache and aching vocals that float over the dusty drums of 6. Crawl (Instrumental) “Crawl” to the stutter-step thump of “Bombo Fabrika” to the high falsetto 7. Bombo Fabrika (Instrumental) he nails on “Octave,” Garzón-Montano proves himself to already be one 8. Cantiga (Instrumental) of 2017’s biggest breakout talents. 9. My Balloon (Instrumental) 10. Lullaby (Instrumental)

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• Featuring Royce Da 5’9, Blu, , , A Minus, and more • Production from Black Milk, 14KT, Chanes, Denmark Vessey, Scud One, and Nolan himself • YEN is a combination of heavy bars and head-splitting beats that accurately reflects Nolan’s perspective and life experiences and exemplifies the type of music that will remain relevant even after the current trends have faded and something new becomes popular

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Nolan The Ninja Hip-hop is an art form and culture that is constantly changing. Musically TITLE: YEN speaking, new technology and the latest trends have a very real influence CATALOG: c-LOC003 on the records released from year to year. It’s easy to get caught up in LABEL: Left Of Center the pop culture hype machine and triplet beats that currently dominate GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: N/A LOC003 rap. Trends come and go, but the proven elements of hip-hop music will FORMAT: Cassette continue to be relevant for years to come. For instance, MC’s that spit HOME MARKET: , ferocious bars over dusty, head-splitting beats will never go out of style. RELEASE: 9/22/2017 Enter Detroit’s Nolan The Ninja and his latest record, YEN. Released on LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH DJ Soko’s imprint, Left Of Center (LOC), YEN picks up where Nolan’s earlier projects left off. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Lex Nolan, who has been gaining momentum in Detroit and beyond, 2. CLDGME II continues to demonstrate his ability to rip a microphone. Underneath 3. Exodus feat. Jaye Prime Nolan’s agile delivery is an element of storytelling that is sometimes 4. Calisthenics feat. Royce Da 5’9 lost in rap. From Nolan’s rhymes to guest appearances by Blu, Add-2, 5. 14K Denmark Vessey, and Quelle Chris, there is no shortage of heavy bars 6. Odium on YEN. “Calisthenics,” which features Royce Da 5’9, is an exceptional 7. Lei$ure feat. Blu track that showcases Royce’s talent and lyrical depth. With stand out 8. Chess feat. ADD-2 production from Black Milk, 14KT, Chanes, Denmark Vessey, Scud One, 9. Capiche feat. A-Minus and Nolan himself, YEN is 17 tracks of non-stop heat that creates the 10. Zip feat. Louie P. Newton perfect backdrop for Nolan’s strong delivery. 11. Corner Pantry 12. Grammi feat. Denmark Vessey While certain trends in hip-hop move one way, it’s clear that Nolan The 13. R.N.G.$. Ninja is content going the other direction. His new album isn’t reliant on 14. Phoenix feat. Ashley Rose catchy hooks, trap beats or the glorification of party culture. Instead, YEN 15. YEN is a combination of heavy bars and head-splitting beats that accurately 16. Schoolcraft reflects Nolan’s perspective and life experiences. YEN exemplifies the 1 7. Modesty feat. Denmark Vessey + Quelle Chris type of music that will remain relevant even after the current trends have faded and something new becomes popular.

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• Rock was half of the legendary Brooklyn hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah with the late Sean Price • Rockness A.P. is his first ever solo album • Features include Buckshot, Tek & Steele (Smif-n-Wessun), Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Kuniva (D12), Ras Kass, M.O.P. and more

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) After the untimely passing of his partner Sean Price in 2015, Rock, of TITLE: Rockness A.P. (After Price) legendary Brooklyn hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah, releases his first ever CATALOG: cd-DDV001 solo album, Rockness A.P. (After Price). LABEL: Digital Deja Vu GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 824833017185 Featuring appearances from fellow Boot Camp Clik alums, Buckshot, Tek FORMAT: CD & Steele (Smif-n-Wessun) Wu-tang Clans’s Raekwon, Method Man and HOME MARKET: Brooklyn, New York Inspectah Deck, Kuniva (D12), Young Noble (The Outlawz), Ras Kass, RELEASE: 9/22/2017 Ron Browz and M.O.P. LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK

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1. Just Rap 2. Wishin ft. Kuniva 3. GW BaG 4. Camp-Wu ft. Inspectah Deck, Tek& Steele, and Method Man 5. Rumble for Me ft. Ron Browz and Kofi Black 6. O.G. 7. FaxMachine ft. M.O.P. 8. The Purge 9. Poof ft. Buckshot 10. Declaration ft. Raekwon, The Last American B-Boy and Ras Kass 11. Rockness A.P. 12. F.A.M. ft. Young Noble 13. Shine Down ft. Kofi Black

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• The long-awaited debut album by Noer the Boy released on DJ Shadow’s imprint Liquid Amber • Across the 10 tracks Noer explores the futuristic realms of bass music, skillfully mining fragments of drum and bass, hip hop, and dubstep • Worldwide press, club and radio campaign is being handled by Tailored Communications

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Noer The Boy The Wisconsin-born, Portland-based artist continues his experimental TITLE: Mechanism excursions with new album ‘Mechanism’, following his critically acclaimed CATALOG: l-LA002 ‘SPILLEDNOISE’ EP in 2016 also released on Shadows’ label, and his LABEL: Liquid Amber previous releases on Noh Life and Courteous Family. GENRE: Electronic BARCODE: 5060519681645 FORMAT: LP ‘Mechanism’ shows the unleashed talent of a musician influenced but HOME MARKET: Portland, Oregon unrestrained by IDM, jazz, and classical compositions. Across the 10 RELEASE: 9/22/2017 tracks Noer explores the futuristic realms of bass music, skillfully mining LIST PRICE: $15.98 / CP fragments of drum and bass, hip hop, and dubstep to weave into his sound excursions. The result is modernistic, high energy, and full of TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) unique character.

1. Mechanism 2. Runnr 3. M Intrusion 4. + OD 5. Salt Point 29 6. Dislocatherapy 7. Pool 8. The Straw 9. Final Warp (feat. Zero Tep) 10. The Birds (Rebirth)

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• Recorded at Cosmic Zoo Studio in Los Angeles and mastered by Daddy Kev • The eight songs that comprise album present a multitude of genre types, blending together soul, rock, and jazz in a completely new form • Single LP inserted in linen matte laminated jacket with printed inner sleeve and download code • CD is inserted into four panel digipack printed on matte stock • Cassette includes 8-panel Jcard and download code

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Breathing Effect The Breathing Effect will release their sophomore album The Fisherman TITLE: The Fisherman Abides Abides, returning with Los Angeles based Alpha Pup Records for its CATALOG: cd-APR100 / c-APR100 release across vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital platforms. Following up LABEL: Alpha Pup Records the success of their debut album Mars Is A Very Bad Place For Love, GENRE: Jazz/Electronic BARCODE: 669158533084 / 669158533237 The Breathing Effect’s songwriting approach has become more vivid FORMAT: CD / Cassette and pronounced with their new effort, offering a wider extension of their HOME MARKET: Los Angeles vision. Powerful harmonies and vocal cadences glide over dynamic drum RELEASE: 9/22/2017 grooves and bass lines, extending their personal lives into the DNA of LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL / $8.98 / AG every sound across the new works.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) The eight songs that comprise The Fisherman Abides present a multitude

1. Water Static (Blinding Phoenix) of genre types, blending together soul, rock, and jazz in a completely new 2. The Morning Swim form. A panoramic lens is offered in tone, emotion, and vibe, where one 3. The Grove can find a sleek and propulsive moment in one instance and a magical 4. Walking Backwards and gentle one in the next. Truly a sound all their own. The Fisherman 5. Driftwood Dialogue Abides continues the legacy of The Breathing Effect. 6. Josephine 7. The Pier (New Eyes) 8. The Ode

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• YOD’s first official project • Named on 10 Best of 2014 list by New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica • Landed at No. 13 on ’s 40 Best Rap Albums of 2014 • YOD released his sophomore album “Packs” in March, 2017

ARTIST: Your Old Droog DESCRIPTION TITLE: Your Old Droog In today’s hip-hop landscape true virtuosity on the mic is rare. CATALOG: l-YOD001 / cd-YOD001 So rare that when even when it’s apparent it can be quite literally LABEL: Your Old Droog unbelievable. Rapper Your Old Droog knows this first hand. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659123043915 / 659123043922 In June 2014 the Brooklyn native released his first official project, the FORMAT: 2XLP / CD Your Old Droog EP, a 10-track project he cooked up in about a month HOME MARKET: Brooklyn, New York with producers El RTNC and DJ Skizz. The project was good—really LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS / $11.98 / AK good. So good it got the attention of bloggers all over the web from New York Magazine’s Vulture to NahRight. The problem however, was that Droog seemingly came out of nowhere. No pictures, no TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) YouTube videos, no Instagram account, no Twitter—no way for the entitled, deep-diving rap fan of 2014 to see what this guy was all 1. Quiet Storm Interlude 16. Senseless Killing about. All they had to go on was the music. Befuddled by Y.O.D.’s high skill level yet low profile, rap fans’ imaginations ran wild. Before 2. Bad To The Bone 1 7. 48th Street long the conspiracy theories started and people began to posit that 3. Nutty Bars 18. Bad To The Bone (Remix) Droog was another older, legendary New York rapper in disguise. 4. Loosey In The Store With People argued about it on Reddit and made YouTube documentaries Pennies about him, while fans of his EP waited for the mysterious MC to 5. Good Times Are Hard To show himself. Come By These Days Profiled in the New Yorker, Droog set the record straight about who 6. Droog’s Anthem he was and followed up with the first video of him rapping at his DJ’s 7. Gunsmoke Cologne makeshift Brooklyn studio, all before making his debut to a sold out 8. U 47 crowd in NYC in September of that year. Given a rave review in the 9. You Know What Time It Is New York Times, the performance proved that though his identity [Extended Version] had been mistaken by some his talent was unmistakable and his impact on hip-hop was undeniable. 10. Bye Outro 11. Free Turkey Droog later extended the EP for a deluxe retail version including eight 12. Loosey In The Store With new songs. The debut has already made New York Times music Pennies [Remix] critic Jon Caramanica’s 10 Best Albums of 2014 list and landed at 13. On The News No. 13 on Rolling Stone’s 40 Best Rap Albums of 2014 list. 14. Boofanickoregs 15. The 70’s

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• Vintage electro, synth pop / Collector’s item, never before published, hard to find / Original master tapes used • Band collaborated with Anja Rupel (Videosex); Jane Stravs (Laibach, Borghesia) • Remix done by Snuffo (from Snuff Crew who released for Gigolo Records, BPitch Control, etc.)

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: NEP After the successful launch of vintage ex yu sci-fi soundtrack TITLE: Decadance Visitors From The Galaxy (aka Gosti iz galaksije) by Tomislav Simovic, CATALOG: e-FOX002 Fox & His Friends label announces the release of NEP’s Decadance 12’’, LABEL: Fox & His Friends another piece from the vaults of now highly sought after Socialist era GENRE: Electronic/Synth BARCODE: 793597119759 Yugoslavian synth-pop. This time, it’s aimed at the dance-floors, with a FORMAT: EP remix by Snuff Crew’s Snuffo. The record is already generating quite a HOME MARKET: Croatia buzz. RELEASE: 9/22/2017 LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ NEP was a loose multimedia collective formed in 1982 Zagreb, ex- Yugoslavia. The founder Dejan Krsic collaborated with various artists in TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) a quest of re-thinking the stale concepts of art history, position of the

A. author and the barriers between pop and elitist high culture. Heavily Decadance (Original 1989 Version) influenced by Walter Benjamin and Andy Warhol in theory and Brian Eno and Kraftwerk in music, Krsic created NEP as an umbrella term (meaning

B. Nova Evropa or New Europe) of diverse rule-breaking activities, covering Decadance (Snuffo’s 2017 Reinvention) graphic design, music, photography, video, news-media and theoretical work. Musically NEP focused on experiments in ambient and tape-music, self-released and hard to find compilation tapes like “The Cassette Played Poptones” (1988). Deeply immersed in pop-culture, politics and art theory Krsic’s search for perfect pop music with cutting critical edge peaked in 1989, the year Decadance track was conceived in studio, but has never been published.

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• Produced by Egyptian Lover and Mophono • Ernie Fresh the MC is featured on DJ Shadow’s newest album on the song “The Side Show” • Mophono fresh of US Tour with DJ Shadow • Recorded in the same studio and same tools as Egyptian Lover’s classic record “Egypt Egypt” • Skip On Beat Tools for DJ’s on the B-side • High quality limited edition wax • Title track California Colors was featured on the most recent Thud Rumble Turntable TV episode

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ernie Fresh x Mophono The California Colors EP is a pilgrimage to a sacred place. The trio TITLE: California Colors Ernie Fresh, Mophono, and legendary electro producer Egyptian Lover CATALOG: e-CBR003 bow at the altar of the artform, offering only the realest expression of LABEL: CB Records the elements. It’s is the four elements, graffiti, breaking, emceeing and GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 659123094412 deejaying, in harmonious, head-nod bliss. FORMAT: EP HOME MARKET: Los Angeles / San Francisco From Ernie Fresh’s dedicated toast, “this one is going out to all the RELEASE: 9/22/2017 straight up, motherfucking b-boys,” the California Colors EP calibrates to LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH a symposium dedicated to the breakers on linoleum, and the renegade artists that paint in rustoleum. The title track is a head trip down the TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) krylon aisle as Fresh dreams of Oxnard Oranges and Gardenia Greens

1. California Colors he’ll ignite to the shell of a clean train. Fresh is most notable as the 2. Racks (Mophono’s 91 Remix) ring leader with the Rakim cadence on DJ Shadow’s “The Sideshow” 3. Candy Stryper from 2016’s The Mountain Will Fall, but he’s cut his teeth in Northern 4. Racks California as a member of the group Who Cares. Behind the boards is 5. Flynamic 44 San Francisco producer Mophono and the legendary Egyptian Lover. 6. California Colors Instrumental The two producers encapsulate a sound that feels like the result of 7. Flynamic 44 Instrumental getting lost in video clips of Detroit’s legendary The New Dance Show 8. California Colors Acapella footage. The California Colors EP is a living time capsule of electro 9. Racks Acapella futurist production, particularly Egyptian Lover’s mastery of the 808. 10. Flynamic 44 Acapella It’s the result of Mophono obsessing over Kraftwerk’s “It’s More Fun To 11. Flynamic Parts & Skip On Beat Tools Compute” and Just Ice’s “Little Bad Johnny,” only to arrive at legendary Rusk Studio in the presence of creator of “Egypt Egypt.”

The California Colors EP is dedicated to the ones that grew up on Rapmasters tapes in their Walkmans, clipped to their shorts as they pedaled through the neighborhood on BMX bikes. It’s for the ones that snuck out through the bedroom window at midnight with a Jansport full of krylon cans. If you had a black book with no blank pages or a mountain of D batteries in the waste bin, this EP will have you seeing colors as bright as the fresh paint on a burner.

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• Discordant organs, melancholy percussion, warped sensual drone and seductive vocals • Producer Psychopop provides the crunching lo-fi production that envelops Flavia’s ethereal intoning and muffled whispers • Angels Dust’s crackled dirty orchestral hymns present a brilliantly morose offering of hedonic heartache and bitter analogue love • Critics praised Angels Dust’s hazy sound & haunting vocal stylings, bracketing their psychedelic dream pop alongside Portishead, Broadcast, Mazzy Star & Beach House

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Angels Dust Southern California duo Angels Dust return with “The Great Depression”, TITLE: The Great Depression a sinuous six-song crawl sharing new portals in their musical odyssey. CATALOG: t-HNR71 / c-HNR71 LABEL: Hit & Run Discordant organs, melancholy percussion, warped sensual drone and GENRE: Pop/Experimental BARCODE: 659123090117 / N/A HNR71 seductive vocals, unnervingly swirl together in this darkwave dream. FORMAT: 10” / Cassette Producer Psychopop provides the crunching lo-fi production that HOME MARKET: San Diego, California envelops Flavia’s ethereal intoning and muffled whispers. Crowning the RELEASE: 9/22/2017 album are epic “Pure”, and grinding bluesy waltz “The Mother Is A Child LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH / $9.98 AH Too”, which effortlessly transmutes broken romanticism into a coarse hazy swoon. The raw 20-minute EP closes with the stunning “Beating of TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) My Heart” a brutal, provocative ode to heartbreak and wanton sexuality.

1. Tears Angels Dust’s crackled dirty orchestral hymns present a brilliantly morose 2. Barren offering of hedonic heartache and bitter analogue love. 3. The Mother Is A Child Too 4. The Spell Angels Dust is producer Psychopop & singer Flavia. In June 2015 5. Pure HIT+RUN released their mesmerizing debut EP ‘Slow Tapes’ [HNR48], 6. Beating Of My Hearts six moody songs swathed in grainy reverb and dense production. Critics praised Angels Dust’s hazy sound & haunting vocal stylings, bracketing their psychedelic dream pop alongside Portishead, Broadcast, Mazzy Star & Beach House.

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• Du-Rites debut album sold 500 units on vinyl in under one month • Remixes for upcoming records featuring , , Large Pro & Lil Fame (of M.O.P.) • Theme song for 2017 film Fat Camp (starring Vivica A. Fox) • Music currently in use on VICE Network • First single for this album (“Bite It” b/w “Bocho’s Groove”) nearly sold out on 45 in 2 months • A music video for “Du The Twitch” will be released in mid- September

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Du-Rites TITLE: Greasy Listening Less than a year after their out-of-nowhere debut LP, J-Zone and Pablo CATALOG: l-RDF124 Martin (aka The Du-Rites) return with their sophomore effort, Greasy LABEL: Redefinition Records Listening. The positive response to their 2016 self-titled offering inspired GENRE: Funk the NYC funk duo to become winter-spring studio rats and churn out 13 BARCODE: 124201790857 new tracks that both pick up where the initial offering left off and explore FORMAT: LP previously uncharted territory. HOME MARKET: New York City RELEASE: 9/22/2017 J-Zone (drums, organ, percussion, turntables) continues to deliver funky LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS rhythms and chunky drum sounds, while Pablo (guitar, bass, synthesizer, electric piano) returns with plenty greasy guitar moves and addictive TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) melodies. But where Greasy Listening differs from its predecessor is in its composition and theme. 1. Live At The Collard Green Lounge Where their almost entirely instrumental debut often built upon jams 2. Du The Twitch and vamps, the tunes on Greasy Listening are composed and arranged 3. Bite It with more attention to detail, feature some vocal narrations and rely less 4. Mr. Porter on soloing. Undermanned as a duo, the J-Zone and Pablo realize they 5. Ballad For A Fallen Country would they need to tighten up the areas beyond their main instruments 6. Life Is A Chitlin Circuit (drums and guitar, respectively) to prevent rehashing their debut. These 7. Woody The Wino limitations birthed raw (but charming) organ solos, electric piano riffs, greasy bass solos and commentary, all of which were almost absent on 8. Nip It In The Bud the first LP. This go round is also an opportunity to be tongue-in-cheek 9. Fabuloso! about being forced to multi-track everything as a two-man band. Greasy 10. Bocho’s Groove Listening is a “live” concert staged at a fictitious hole-in-the-wall chitlin 11. Black Olives circuit venue fittingly dubbed: The Collard Green Lounge. 12. The Bronx Is Burning The aforementioned limitations have aided The Du-Rites in creating their own sound, which nods to both Pablo’s tenure as guitarist in new wave band, Tom Tom Club, and J-Zone’s former path as a hip-hop producer/ artist, but somehow remains its own entity.

Welcome to the Collard Green Lounge for some nasty, dripping bacon fat Greasy Listening with The Du-Rites. Don’t tell your doctor you were here.

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• Touring major markets with stops at Bowery Ballroom in NYC, Trobadour in LA, Riot Fest in , and Voodoo Fest in New Orleans to name a few • Full commercial radio push from InGrooves for first single “Lost Cause”

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Black Pistol Fire Black Pistol Fire is a high-octane rock duo based out of Austin, Texas TITLE: Deadbeat Grafitti by way of Toronto, Canada; composed of Kevin McKeown on guitar/lead CATALOG: cd-BPF001 vocals and Eric Owen on drums. Drawing inspiration from blues, R&B LABEL: Rifle Bird Music and rock greats such as Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Nirvana, Buddy Holly GENRE: Alternative/Garage Rock and Muddy Waters, BPF’s gritty and dynamic performances are fueled by BARCODE: 609311313085 undeniable musicianship. Dubbed the “next big thing” by Huffington Post, FORMAT: CD BPF has developed a reputation for their untamed live performances. HOME MARKET: Austin, Texas Described as “Pure fire on stage”(Degenrefy), they are quickly becoming RELEASE: 9/22/2017 festival veterans, including performances at Lollapalooza, Austin LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL City Limits, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch Music Festival, Shaky Knees and Governor’s Ball, among others. Yahoo Music described Black Pistol Fire TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) as “a power duo that can almost match the power and intensity of the massive rock sounds of the likes of Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac… 1. Lost Cause in a breakout set.” 2. Bully Black Pistol Fire has shared the stage with acts like Gary Clark Jr, 3. Last Ride Weezer, Heart, Wolfmother, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Band of 4. Speak of the Devil Skulls. Their signature sound has been featured throughout television 5. Don’t Ask Why and entertainment. Their single, “Show Pony” was featured in the Ted 2 6. Hearts of Habit official trailer and they performed their song “Blue Eye Commotion” in a 7. Fever Breaks national T-Mobile TV ad. Their music can also be heard in Madden ‘15 and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 video games and in numerous TV shows 8. Coattail Rider including Sons of Anarchy, Castle and About a Boy. “Black Pistol Fire… 9. Blue Dream were, by far, the best band that played LouFest… This was the craziest 10. Eastside Racket I’ve seen any of the crowds at the festival… Drummer Eric Owen, 11. Watch it Burn shirtless and wrists wrapped, pounded the skins like he was summoning 12. Yet Again a devil. McKeown stomps so hard during his rough and intricate dirty blues, you thought he would make a hole in the stage… A must see.” – KDHX

“Our fifth album is a representation of our listening habits. It has a roller coaster effect, with many different tempos and influences ranging from garage-punk, to hip-hop, soul, and everything else that we might listen to on a given day. It is meant to act like a mixtape or Spotify playlist, where the listener won’t know what’ll hit them next!”

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• Asterix Music past collaborations include artist such as Planet Asia, Sadat X, M.C Eiht and Tray Dee • For the past few years Asterix has been at the forefront of the modern funk movement, his previous offering “Cupid’s Arrow” gained traction with the use of promo acetates, social media and grass roots marketing

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Asterix Music Music can be a great way to deliver a warning and “She’ll Take You Down” TITLE: S.T.U.D. (S.T.U.D.) is just that. This song is a cautionary tale about an incredibly CATALOG: f-FSL002 beautiful woman who preys on unsuspecting guys, makes them fall in LABEL: Firehouse Sound Labs love and leaves them broke and brokenhearted. The song features an GENRE: Modern Funk BARCODE: 191924140382 uptempo synth groove primed and ready for the dance floor. FORMAT: 7" HOME MARKET: Los Angeles In customary fashion the B side (“First Date”) gives the listener a second RELEASE: 9/22/2017 serving of raw unfiltered boogie funk. The song is written from the LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI perspective of a young man trying to entice his crush to take him up on a “First Date”. The songs hard funk drums and bass are we’ll complimented TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) by Asterix Music’s smooth vocals and witty songwriting.

A. She’ll Take You Down (S.T.U.D.)

B. First Date

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DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kill Emil Here’s something a little spicy for the fourth edition of Cold Busted’s TITLE: O’Jogo b/w Tambo reggae/dub 7” series. Kill Emil, the Athens, Greece (by-way-of-Brazil), CATALOG: f-CB71 DJ and producer reveals a groovy double A-side single that takes the LABEL: Cold Busted island flavor and sprinkles it on a filet of funk. And Kill Emil knows his GENRE: Afrobeat BARCODE: 702334207673 funk – initially inspired by Gangstarr’s Daily Operation, he’s been FORMAT: 7" prolifically chopping beats on his MPC for almost a decade, culminating HOME MARKET: Athens, Greece / Brazil in his acclaimed 2015 Cold Busted album Salvation. The single leads RELEASE: 9/22/2017 with “O’ Jogo”, a boom-bastic cut that blends a Caribbean groove with LIST PRICE: $8.98 / CF big hip hop rhythms. The vocal chants are uplifting, accompanied by rousing horn lines, agogo beats, and steady guitar chimes. Flip the 7” TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) for the salsa-inspired “Tambo”, which treats the dance floor to sing-along

A. vocals, a punchy drum section, and bouncing Latin pianos. The heat of O’ Jogo the summer just got more bearable … Kill Emil has dropped a tropical sensation.

B. Tambo

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• Featured on Moodymann’s DJ Kicks compilation (!K7) • Gilles Peterson All Winners 2014 • Stamp the Wax Artist to watch • Mastered by Matthew David • Support from Henry Wu, Alex Nut, Osunlade, Funkineven

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: jitwam Fresh from his feature on Moodymann’s recent DJ Kicks compilation, TITLE: whereyougonnago? jitwam returns to wax with a brand new EP. Lead track whereyougonnago? CATALOG: e-TJD006 is a deep, hazy, hypnotic vocal house cut of the finest degree. Mastered LABEL: The Jazz Diaries by Matthew David and co-signed by the likes of Henry Wu, Osunlade, GENRE: House/Hip-Hop BARCODE: 669158533022 Funkineven and DJ Spinna amongst others. Top Tip! FORMAT: EP HOME MARKET: New York City RELEASE: 9/22/2017 LIST PRICE: $15.98 / CP

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• Long Beach California beatmaker & producer Mr. Brady, returns in 2017 with a new instrumental album release on URBNET • Behind the scenes production music videos to be released • Limited edition vinyl [200 units] • Full North American college radio and Hip-Hop press campaign • Fall tour dates to be scheduled

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Mr. Brady For many years, Mr. Brady has been a staple in the hip-hop game, and TITLE: Speechless has consistently found ways to reinvent himself and stay relevant. Many CATALOG: l-URBNET1220 / c-URBNET1220 know Mr. Brady solely as an Emcee from albums such as Dirty, released LABEL: URBNET via Battle Axe Records, or from his work with super collective Deep GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 724165395411 / 724165395459 Rooted. What many fans might not know is that this multi-talented artist FORMAT: LP / Cassette also uses his abilities to create the roots of his art. With just about every HOME MARKET: Long Beach, California release of his own, Mr. Brady holds the feat of handling a majority of RELEASE: 9/22/2017 the production, which is what lead to the inevitable and much welcomed LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS / $12.98 / AL release of his instrumental studio album, Speechless.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Producing for the likes of Diamond D, Blu, and Aloe Blacc to name only a

1. Are You Ready few, Mr. Brady effortlessly hops behind the boards with his signature grit, 2. Hands Clap raw, and soulful sound. Speechless is a primarily sample chop based 3. Blaze Em Sun 15-track opus, emitting hard-hitting drums and wobbly heavy basslines, 4. Love Around designed to wake you out of slumber, with resonance that emanates 5. Be True throughout your entire body. From start to finish, Speechless is more than 6. Opera a listen, but rather it is a journey, full of evoked emotions and feelings 7. Evening straight from the heart of Mr. Brady’s soul. On a record where Mr. Brady 8. Pass The Vibes remains speechless, we undeniably hear him, loud and clear. 9. Husky Yo’s 10. Rowdy 11. Raw Raw 12. G Tar 13. Wobble Here 14. Janet if you’re Nasty 15. Bruised

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DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Blue In Green ‘The Break of Dawn’, a full-length album from Japan’s Blue In Green, a TITLE: The Break Of Dawn composer and guitarist of Bossa Nova and Jazz, is a soiree CATALOG: cd-CB159 / c-CB159 of Hip Hop and Jazz styles. ‘Rendezvous’ begins with the warm crackles LABEL: Cold Busted of an analog record into beautiful piano scales, and Hip Hop beats at GENRE: Instrumental Hip-Hop/Downtempo BARCODE: 702334207680 / 702334207697 about 97BPM, with subtle bass, horns, cuts and melodic loops. ‘Voyage’ FORMAT: CD / Cassette starts with a steady, often manipulated beat; more stunning piano along HOME MARKET: Japan with Electric guitar riffs nicely compliment each other in a lighthearted RELEASE: 9/22/2017 rhythm. ‘Masquerade / The Night Watch’ features a rocking upright LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL / $9.98 / AH Bass, piano, sax, cymbal percussion and steady kick drum with relaxed undertones for a Jazzy, sexy, nostalgic and textured tune. ‘Take 3’ begins TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) on a fly beat with an alert upright Bass, classic Hip Hop samples and

1. Rendezvous trumpet snippets cut and scratched in and the low warm sounds of Tuba 2. Voyage and organ notes. Ending with a Bonus Track is ‘Camellia’ a passionate 3. Rainy Streets song, a teasing piano solo and organ soulfully spilling emotions, an 4. Masquerade / The Night Watch Electric Guitar taking the spotlight pleasingly inviting a close friendly 5. Ricochet Bounce dance. Other favorites on the 11-track album are Rainy Streets, MOTP 6. MOTP and Get Back (To Soulful Music). An album with class, ease and the 7. Blue Wind perfect soundtrack to a balmy beach or summer day, cultured with Hip 8. Take 3 Hop and Jazz elements ‘The Break of Dawn’ is an impressive debut. 9. Get Back (To Soulful Music) 10. Last Night’s Dream 11. Camellia (Bonus Track)

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• Accolades: Winner- Indiecade Game Design 2013, Winner- IGF | GDC Nuovo Award 2011, 9/10 Edge, 93/100 PC Gamer, 9/10 IGN • “A brilliant marriage of mechanics, level design and music that will be played and talked about for years to come.” – PC Gamer • “It’s the most exhilarating competitive game I’ve played in years.” – IGN

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Various Artists The wurm has returned and it must feed! Shed your garments and paint TITLE: Nidhogg II (Official Game Soundtrack) the walls with the flesh of your enemies, for only one can be worthy of CATALOG: cd-APR107 / c-APR107 sacrifice. LABEL: Alpha Pup Records GENRE: Electronic BARCODE: 669158533213 / 669158533220 The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands FORMAT: CD / Cassette in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with HOME MARKET: New York City / Los Angeles arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not RELEASE: 9/22/2017 for chivalry. LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM / $13.98 / AM Sequel to the indie hit of 2014, Nidhogg 2 builds upon the award-winning TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) gameplay of its predecessor with new weapons to wield and levels to

1. Mux Mool - Intentional Death and Dismemberment Plan master, head-to-toe character customization, and the captivatingly 2. Geotic - Knapsack grotesque art of Toby Dixon. 3. Mux Mool - Thrust 4. Mux Mool - Raw Gore And, with music from artists including Mux Mool, Baths, Doseone, 5. Mux Mool - Menu Chow Osborne, and Daedelus, Nidhogg 2 has a soundtrack so good that even 6. Osborne - Sums the menu screens are awesome. 7. Mux Mool - Hog Knuckles 8. Mux Mool - Land Of Sand 9. Doseone - Number1 10. Mux Mool - Foghat Leghat 11. Daedelus - Tiptoes 12. Mux Mool - Oh Yeah 13. Mux Mool - Grunt

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• Rooted in hip-hop and dance music • Charlie Abbott delivers an exquisite Producer EP for BRRWD • BRRWD is a label collaboration between Ta-ku/ repeat pattern & Jakarta Records

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Charlie Abbott Charlie Abbott is a 25 year old from Boston, MA, Living in Aomori, Japan TITLE: Goes To Math Class who teaches high school English. “I made Goes to Math Class, over the CATALOG: t-BRRWD007 course of about one year (from Fall 2015 - Fall 2016ish). As for influences, LABEL: BRRWD I’d say I was trying to go for the dirt of early Quasimoto mixed with the GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 673790033277 melody of Emerald Fantasy Tracks era Lone, but I’m having trouble FORMAT: 10” describing it in terms of larger generic genre terms. I feel like it has a beat HOME MARKET: Boston / Japan tape structure, and is definitely rooted in hip hop/dance music, but isn’t RELEASE: 9/22/2017 really danceable or meant for the club. I’d probably describe it as LIST PRICE: $15.98 / CP headphone music?”

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1. Breakfast 2. Tables 3. Letters 4. Strings 5. Personal Notes 6. Sunshine 7. Lunch 8. Results

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• Magazine ranked this project as one of the 1000 Greatest Albums in Hip Hop • The album was certified gold in the year of its release and serves as one of the two projects from Big Daddy Kane that has sold over 500,000 copies • The album will be pressed onto 180 gram purple and black split colored vinyl

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Big Daddy Kane Originally released back in 1988 on Cold Chillin’ Records, Big Daddy TITLE: Long Live The Kane Kane’s debut LP ‘Long Live The Kane’ dropped during the height of what CATALOG: l-OMINC010 is now regarded as the golden age of hip hop. Combining simplistic beats, drawing on elements of funk, and Kane’s sharp wordplay, the LABEL: Omerta Inc. album cemented both Kane & the ’s place in Hip Hop history; GENRE: Hip-Hop-Rap and with ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’ it featured one of THE seminal singles of BARCODE: 82765062164 the genre. FORMAT: LP Black/Purple Split Colored Vinyl Without doubt one of the most influential East Coast rappers to ever HOME MARKET: New York City do it, paving the way for the likes of , , AZ & Notorious B.I.G RELEASE: 9/22/2017 amongst others. Nas even ranks ‘Long Live the Kane’ as one of his top LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA 25 albums ever.

Omerta Inc. will be bringing the album to its intended format for the first TRACKLISTING time since 1988. Remastered specifically for vinyl release, this will be the best the record has ever sounded. 1. Long Live the Kane “Kane’s debut album, Long Live the Kane, stands as a perfect example 2. Raw (remix) of what made the Juice Crew so highly revered. Simple, spare, mostly- 3. Set It Off James-Brown-based break beats that leave plenty of room for Kane rev up and deliver his lightning-tongued battle raps.” - Complex, #9 Best Old 4. The Day You’re Mine School Rap Records 5. On The Bugged Tip 6. Ain’t No Half Steppin’ “This album can be credited as one of the most influential LPs of the golden age of Hip Hop. Nas, Pete Rock, AZ, , RZA, Biggie 7. I’ll Take You There Smalls, and MF DOOM are among some of the acclaimed artists who 8. Just Rhymin’ With Biz have made directed references to either this album or Big Daddy Kane in general throughout their music. In 1998, The Source Magazine ranked 9. Mister Cee’s Master Plan this project as one of the 1000 Greatest Albums in Hip Hop. The album 10. Word to the Mother (Land) was certified gold in the year of its release and serves as one of the two projects from Big Daddy Kane that has sold over 500,000 copies.” - The Source

“Considered one of the most significant cuts of the “Golden Era,” a time period spanning from the 1980s to 1990s where hip-hop was said to be at its best.” – XXL Magazine

“I’m a big time fan of Big Daddy Kane. ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’’ and ‘Raw’ are great songs.” - Nas

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