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DJ HARRISON HazyMoods KEY SELLING POINTS • Two videos by Ross Harris (NxWorries, Aloe Blacc, Tuxedo) • Member of Butcher Brown • Latest release in Stones Throw’s instrumental hip-hop series (J Dilla, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, Knxwledge) DESCRIPTION ARTIST: DJ Harrison DJ Harrison is Richmond, VA-based producer and multi- TITLE: HazyMoods instrumentalist Devonne Harris. The son of a radio DJ who CATALOG: l-STH2386 introduced him to the world of record collecting, Harris grew up LABEL: Stones Throw with music, progressing from violin, to high school drum-line, to the GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 659457238612 Jazz Studies program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Despite FORMAT: LP his concentration on drumming, he also continued working with HOME MARKET: Richmond, Virginia other instruments and developed an interest in sampling. Without a RELEASE: 7/28/2017 computer or sampler, he learned to replay samples on the drums, LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH piano, bass or guitar. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) DJ Harrison finds himself inspired by local musicians in the 1. PianoJazz Richmond scene that’s as diverse and nonexclusive as they come. 2. PartyLife Amongst the likes of rappers, producers, punks and bluegrass 3. ClavCrunch bands, he falls within reach of an expansive pool of musicians to 4. CandleLit befriend and collaborate with. He lives and works in Jellowstone, a 5. JazzHaze house turned recording compound occupied by his bandmates in 6. RidinSpokes Butcher Brown, a “garage punk jazz funk” group. HazyMoods —DJ 7. ProcessFresh Harrison’s Stones Throw debut — was recorded there, where the 8. RollSkate living room functions as a communal recording studio. 9. KalimbaTale 10. Drunk808 11. BedSong 12. BonusLevel 13. GameRestart 14. SpaceModulator PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM KOOL KEITH Tashan Dorrsett - The Preacher KEY SELLING POINTS • Kool Keith is on tour (2017/2018) as Dr. Octagon • Press, TV, Radio, Web includes Rolling Stones, Village Voice, L.A Weekly, Complex, Noisey, Viceland, Adult Swim, B-Real TV, The Source, Vlad TV • Very limited edition including exclusive remixes by Kutmasta Kurt & CVLTVR • Skateboards, wheels and apparel coming out on Junkadelic Skateboards DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kool Keith The Majestic Mic Marauder known as Kool Keith shape shifts TITLE: Tashan Dorrsett - The Preacher into a new persona as he blesses his cosmic congregation with CATALOG: l-JM82 intergalactic gems on a brand new sonic document called “Tashan LABEL: Junkadelic Music Dorrsett/The Preacher.” Audio Adventurer, Junkaz Lou, supplies the GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659123085014 sci-fi musical backdrop for this new chapter in the life of hip-hop’s FORMAT: LP Picture Disc funky extraterrestrial, so you already know you’re in good hands. HOME MARKET: New York, New York Now prepare to project your soul into the astral plane and always RELEASE: 7/28/2017 remember…”Beyonce’s mom, She’s the bomb!” LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT TRACKLISTING 1. Let Me Breath 2. Spanked 3. Do You Wanna Ride? 4. V.I.P 5. The Preacher 6. Touch Her 7. Basquiat ft. Big Sche, Mic Handz & Dane Uno 8. Referee ft. Dane Uno 9. Basquiat (KutMasta Kurt Remix) 10. The Preacher (Genesis Remix) 11. V.I.P (CVLTVRE Remix) 12. Basquiat (KutMasta Kurt Remix) Instrumental 13. The Preacher (Genesis Remix) Instrumental 14. V.I.P (CVLTVRE Remix) Instrumental PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM FOISEY Byrds KEY SELLING POINTS • Debut release on Street Corner Music from the CT based producer • A dope collection of instrumentals, “Laid back vibes with a punch.” DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Foisey “Foisey’s music got into my hands through Mutant Academy. I TITLE: Byrds became aware of these RVA kids last year and told them to send a CATALOG: l-SCM124 / c-SCM124 pack. What initially stood out was the beats from Foisey, a young cat LABEL: Street Corner Music from Connecticut. He kept sending packs and I put together a dope GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 659123084413 / N/A SCM124 collection of his instrumentals. Laid back vibes with a punch. You FORMAT: LP / Cassette won’t be disappointed.” HOME MARKET: Norwich, Connecticut RELEASE: 7/28/2017 LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ / $9.9 / AH TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) 1. bak.hohm 2. [urMy] SpecialTheng 3. BetweenUs 4. NoGains 5. dirtiwrk 6. feeling 7. 1love 8. Bikini 9. Raspberri 10. byrds 11. latch 12. silhouette 13. HaveYew 14. DntSayGoodnite 15. highmemore 16. YewrPresnce 1 7. feathr 18. ShwEm.86 19. xtacee.musik 20. -<33333333 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM AMNESTY Free Your Mind: The 700 West Sessions KEY SELLING POINTS • Repress/Re-solicitation of the heralded archival soul compilation from Now Again Records • Made available thirty three years after they were recorded, these songs are funk arranged with dangerous complexity and performed with precision DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Amnesty Fans of the exquisite, often never-before-released funk championed TITLE: Free Your Mind: The 700 West Sessions by Now Again Records are no stranger to Amnesty. Based in CATALOG: l-NA5027 Indianapolis in the early 1970s, the group released only two obscure LABEL: Now Again Records 45s in their recording career. Birthed from the same scene as the GENRE: Funk/Soul Ebony Rhythm Band, Amnesty had a political edge similar to LA BARCODE: 659457502713 Carnival and the hardest brass section since The Kashmere Stage FORMAT: 2XLP HOME MARKET: Indianapolis, Indiana Band. RELEASE: 7/28/2017 LIST PRICE: $23.98 / FI In 1973 Amnesty recorded five hard, vocal funk numbers alongside some ballads and a handful of demos based around nothing more TRACKLISTING than guitar accompaniment. Only two songs were ever released; 1. Can I Help You? Amnesty’s biting, difficult-to-categorize prog/rock/soul/funk stretched 2. Love Fades far beyond Indianpolis’s bounds and the band didn’t have a label 3. Mister President to take them to the next level. Finally made available thirty three 4. Free Your Mind years after they were recorded, these songs are funk arranged with 5. We Have Love dangerous complexity and performed with precision – arguably the 6. Lord Help Me most unique funk to originate from Naptown, and some of the best 7. Three Cheers For My Baby music of its kind. 8. Trouble Will Remain 9. We’ve Come A Long Way 10. Liberty PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM PROFESSOR SHORTHAIR NOLA Breaks (Jean Knight/ The Meters) KEY SELLING POINTS • Produced by New Orleans own Professor Shorthair • Limited release • Fourth release in the highly sought after NOLA Breaks 45rpm series DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Professor Shorthair FUNK YEAH! The Professor’s back with another double dose of TITLE: NOLA Breaks (Jean Knight / The Meters) boom bap re-works from the Crescent City. Jean Knight’s “Do CATALOG: f-SJ109 Me” gets treated to added breaks and vocal samples to achieve LABEL: Superjock Records maximum funkyness! On the flip, The Meters “Find Yourself” will GENRE: Funk/Hip-Hop BARCODE: 659123089319 have your head nodding along with the heavy drums and clean cuts FORMAT: 7" Orange Vinyl (we see you, Naughty By Nature). This sureshot 45rpm is pressed HOME MARKET: New Orleans, Louisiana up on orange colored vinyl. RELEASE: 7/28/2017 LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) A. Jean Knight - Do Me B. The Meters - Find Yourself PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM BENEDEK Bene’s World KEY SELLING POINTS • Los Angeles native Benedek’s catalog includes collaborations with Dam-Funk, Delroy Edwards and Tom Noble • Benedek is a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ whose compositions bridge the nebulous territories of house, boogie, hip-hop, jazz-fusion and experimental new age DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Benedek Get 2 know Nicky Benedek: a producer, songwriter, multi- TITLE: Bene's World instrumentalist and DJ. His compositions bridge the nebulous CATALOG: l-LR090 territories of house, boogie, hip-hop, jazz-fusion and experimental LABEL: Leaving Records new age. GENRE: Funk/Electronic BARCODE: 659457520410 FORMAT: LP Born and bred in Los Angeles, Benedek began pulling inspiration HOME MARKET: Los Angeles, California from the city’s structural and visual dichotomies at a young age. He RELEASE: 7/28/2017 picked up a guitar at 9 years-old, taking note of any and all sonic LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ surroundings, from prevalent West Coast G-funk to the synthesized sound effects in video games to a Herbie Hancock record pulled TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) from his dad’s collection. Amongst a complex set of influences, funk 1. On My Way took a hold on his heart by high school. 2. Westin’ 3. Big Nite City (Sax Mix) Bene’s World is Benedek’s second Leaving Records release, 4. Castle 2 Castle following last year’s Coolin’ EP as well as a full-length debut on 5. Ocean Park (Ft. Just Tony) the influential Peoples Potential Unlimited label. His catalogue also 6. Tuff Luv includes collaborations with Dam-Funk, Delroy Edwards and Tom 7. Afterglo Noble. Recorded between his Koreatown studio and the West LA 8. Sonatine home he grew up in, Bene’s World captures the characteristically-LA mingling of urban action and canyon seclusion. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED