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Dillatronic

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• Contains unreleased instrumentals from iconic producer • Widely regarded as one of the greatest beatsmiths in hip-hop history • Previously released as three separate editions, now available in this 2xLP set containing all three volumes

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: J Dilla The late, great J Dilla is rightly celebrated as one of the greatest hip-hop TITLE: Dillatronic producers of all time, in part because his ear for music was so diverse CATALOG: L-GSE781 and expansive. As Dilla’s mother Ma Dukes explains, “He didn’t come with LABEL: Official Ma Dukes / Vintage Vibez a limited capacity, and real producers produce, produce, and produce. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental There are no formats for genius workers...just non-stop creations.” BARCODE: 822720778119 FORMAT: 2XLP Now, a fresh batch of those creations will be made available to the world HOME MARKET: , for the first time, in the form of the latest official J Dilla release, Dillatronic. RELEASE: 5/11/2018 Presented by Ma Dukes and compiled by DJs Alien Villainz (fellow Detroit LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CS natives who worked closely with Dilla), Dillatronic contains over 40 rare instrumentals that showcase Dilla’s undeniable electronic influences. J Dilla’s music was impacted by the diverse musical history of Detroit - the TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) birthplace of Techno and one of the most important cities in the history of . 1. Dillatronic 01 24. Dillatronic 24 2. Dillatronic 02 25. Dillatronic 25 “You can hear it in songs like ‘Raise It Up’ for or ‘Make It 3. Dillatronic 03 26. Dillatronic 26 Hurt’ for ,” says Young RJ (Dilla’s protégé and member of 4. Dillatronic 04 2 7. Dillatronic 27 Slum Village). “The Detroit influence is part of what gave him an edge in 5. Dillatronic 05 28. Dillatronic 28 production.” 6. Dillatronic 06 29. Dillatronic 29 7. Dillatronic 07 30. Dillatronic 30 With today’s music sounding more electronic than ever, Dillatronic has a 8. Dillatronic 08 3 1. Dillatronic 31 shockingly contemporary feel. “These tracks are still ahead of their time 9. Dillatronic 09 32. Dillatronic 32 sonically,” explains RJ. “The things producers are doing now, Dilla did 10. Dillatronic 10 33. Dillatronic 33 that 15 years ago.” 11. Dillatronic 11 34. Dillatronic 34 12. Dillatronic 12 35. Dillatronic 35 13. Dillatronic 13 36. Dillatronic 36 14. Dillatronic 14 3 7. Dillatronic 37 15. Dillatronic 15 38. Dillatronic 38 16. Dillatronic 16 39. Dillatronic 39 1 7. Dillatronic 17 40. Dillatronic 40 18. Dillatronic 18 4 1. Dillatronic 41 19. Dillatronic 19 20. Dillatronic 20 2 1. Dillatronic 21 22. Dillatronic 22 23. Dillatronic 23

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• Pitchfork review (8.0) • Music Video: The Sauce & Corniche feat. Action Bronson • Features from Action Bronson & Knowledge The Pirate • Production from Animoss, Don Cee, E.L.E.M.N.T., and Roc Marciano himself

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Roc Marciano We are presently in the post-Marcberg era of rap. After Roc Marciano TITLE: Rosebudd’s Revenge 2: The Bitter Dose released his solo opus in spring 2010, a new continuum began which CATALOG: CD-FB5187 gathered tremendous momentum in 2012 following the release of his Metal Clergy compatriot Ka’s Grief Pedigree and Roc’s amazingly LABEL: Marci Enterprises concise sophomore effort Reloaded. Subsequently, a divergent path GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap opened in modern rap heavily influenced by the sonics, tone, and BARCODE: 659123518727 aesthetic of those three projects. Since then, Roc Marciano has released FORMAT: CD a critically acclaimed producer Marci Beaucoup, bookended by the release of his project The Pimpire Strikes Back in multiple formats. HOME MARKET: Long Island, New York In the years since this string of releases, a new crop of emcees and RELEASE: 5/11/2018 producers emerged heavily inspired and influenced by Roc’s oeuvre LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK while many others’ careers have been left doing the running man in their wave. CASE QTY: 50/1 With multiple modern rap classics already under his Ferragamo belt, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) last year Roc Marciano liberated the first half of his two part project titled Rosebudd’s Revenge. If the initial offering showcased Marc re- 1. Respected establishing himself as the innovator of the present rap wave then RR2 2. Tent City - the Bitter Dose will cement Roc Marciano’s status as its linchpin. From 3. Bohemian Grove (feat. Knowledge the Pirate) the opening bars of “Respected” to when “Power” finally fades out he 4. Corniche (feat. Action Bronson) fashions another top to bottom high end sonic experience that will be 5. C.V.S. both envied and emulated for years to come while he administers a double dose of pimpin’. 6. Saks Fifth 7. Major League (feat. Knowledge the Pirate) Production on RR2: The Bitter Dose is handled by Roc Marciano in 8. Bed Spring King addition to Animoss (Arch Druids) (on “Bohemian Grove” & “Happy 9. The Sauce Endings”), Don Cee (Arch Druids) (on “C.V.S” & “Major League”) and 10. Happy Endings Element) (on “Respected” & “67 Lobby”). Knowledge The Pirate appears 11. Kill You on both “Bohemian Grove” and “Major League” while Action Bronson contributes a verse to “Corniche.” Whether it comes to hard bars, slick 12. 67 Lobby talk or hustler wisdom, Roc Marciano is unmatched. The Bitter Dose is 13. Muse nothing more than an American master lecturing a captive audience. It’s 14. Pimp Smack Skit a guidebook on how to manipulate the English language and convey 15. Power ideas and concepts and visuals that will evoke a wide range of emotions in listeners. The wait is over. Thank God for Roc Marci.

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• First album from Vancouver production duo Potatohead People in 3 years • Potatohead People produced ’s critically acclaimed self- titled EP, producing a track together with • The group has been acclaimed and supported by Soulection, Nightmares on Wax, Pomo, DJ Spinna, Big Boi, and

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Potatohead People Comprised of Vancouver producers and multi-instrumentalists Nick TITLE: Nick & Astro's Guide To The Galaxy Wisdom and Astrological, Canadian duo Potatohead People boast a CATALOG: CD-BJ18 number of noteworthy accolades thanks to a their signature sound LABEL: Bastard drawing influences from 90’s boom-bap, future soul, classic jazz, deep GENRE: Hip-Hop/Electronic house and boogie/funk. Beginning with a series of EP’s, including their BARCODE: 708630007573 landmark Kosmichemusik EP, Potatohead People’s productions quickly FORMAT: CD made their way to artists like Illa J who tapped the duo to produce his now HOME MARKET: Vancouver, Canada critically acclaimed self-titled album, as well as producers like Kaytranada RELEASE: 5/11/2018 (who co-produced Illa J’s “Strippers” with the pair). Supporters such as LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH Soulection, Nightmares on Wax, Pomo, DJ Spinna, Big Boi, and Phife Dawg have also played formidable roles in championing the sound of Potatohead People worldwide. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Now with three years since their last release, 2015’s critically acclaimed 1. Late Show Theme debut album Big Luxury, Potatohead People are back with their long 2. Morning Sun ft. Nanna.B awaited new album Nick & Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy. The record picks up right where the pair left off, showcasing a leap forward in production 3. Quest For Love chops, musicality, and songwriting. The first single “Quest For Love” with 4. Talking With Gawd it’s neck snapping drum break, lush rhodes chords, cosmic synths, guitar 5. Do My Thing ft. Kapok & Illa J & horn flourishes and unexpected musical changeups bring in the hip- 6. No Sleep Til MTL hop infected musicality the duo has become so loved for, while Nick & 7. Liftin’ Up ft. K-Maxx Astro collaborate vocally on top. “Morning Sun” featuring Danish vocalist (and Anderson.Paak collaborator) Nanna.B is in part a melancholy piece 8. All Alone ft. Illa J & Moka Only with knocking drums, an infectious bassline and a soulful, shimmering 9. Returning The Flavour ft. Trian Kayhatu hook, while “Do My Thing” featuring Canadian singer Kapok and Illa J 10. Change Of Heart ft. Illa J is a neck-snapping hip-hop joint perfect for the dancefloor. “Liftin’ Up” 11. El Himno De La Barbería featuring San Francisco’s K-Maxx ventures into West Coast boogie 12. Rituals territories, while the album’s closer “Rituals” goes for a deeper more atmospheric electronic vibe.

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• 7” single release with 2 tracks from Potatohead People’s upcoming album • Featuring longtime collaborator & Yancey brother Illa J, whose self titled album was produced by the duo

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Potatohead People Canadian production duo Potatohead People are back on Bastard TITLE: Do My Thing b/w Returning The Flavour Jazz with their 3rd single from their upcoming sophomore album. “Do CATALOG: F-BJ723 My Thing” features harmonized vocals from Kapok - out of Vancouver LABEL: Bastard Jazz - and verses from frequent collaborator Illa J, over swelling chords and GENRE: Hip-Hop/Beats a funky bassline. On the B-side, “Returning The Flavour” highlights the BARCODE: 708630007580 synth chops of Dutch producer Trian Kayhatu in a danceable, beat-heavy FORMAT: 7" jazz instrumental. Nick & Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy will be released HOME MARKET: Vancouver worldwide on May 11th on Bastard Jazz. RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $9.98 / CG

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A. Do My Thing ft. Kapok & Illa J

B. Returning the Flavour ft. Trian Kayhatu

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• Limited 25 year remix collector’s edition pressed on green vinyl • Remix includes a new verse from Everlast and guest appearanced from Damian Marley and

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Everlast / Damian Marley / DJ Muggs To commemorate the 25 year anniversary of “Jump Around” Soul TITLE: Jump Around 25 Year Remix Assassins Records is releasing this limited collector’s edition vinyl record. CATALOG: SAR002 LABEL: The song is a re-record with a new verse from Everlast and guest GENRE: Hip-Hop appearances from Damian Marley & Meyhem Lauren. BARCODE: 659123104111 FORMAT: 12” Green Vinyl HOME MARKET: RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ

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A. Jump Around Remix (Main)

B. Jump Around Remix (Instrumental) Jump Around Remix (Acapella)

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• Another Ghetto Sci-Fi Appetizer from the SPACEBASE Studio Gatekeeper, and Capt Of The Afrikan Space Program • LP version for the 2017 special Cassette Store Day release • New album Stargate Music coming late April

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ras_G Ras_G: My Kind Of Blues is a proper sound follow up to the Bakers TITLE: My Kind Of Blues Dozen styled release previously on Fat Beats Records. CATALOG: L-GSF001 LABEL: Ghetto Sci-Fi : Hip-Hop/Instumental BARCODE: 659123094719 FORMAT: LP HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH CASE QTY: 30

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1. Track 1 2. Track 2 3. Track 3 4. Track 4 5. Track 5 6. Track 6 7. Track 7 8. Track 8 9. Track 9 10. Track 10

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• Del the Funky Homosapien and Amp Live are two of the most innovative and respected names in hip-hop and have just united for one of the most anticipated of the year, Gate 13, releasing this April • The 16 tracks on Gate 13 mix hip-hop, funk, and electronica, and features Goapele, Eligh, Simi, Zyme, Adult Karate, Mr. Micro, and James Melo

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Del the Funky Homosapien & Amp Live After working together during Amp’s Radiohead remix project, Amp Live TITLE: Gate 13 and Del the Funky Homosapien, these back-when friends from Oakland, CATALOG: L-IOT62 / CD-IOT62 embark on 16 tracks filling an electronic melting pot, with guests including LABEL: IOT Records Goapele and Eligh. Their chemistry bids to elevate hip-hop through a GENRE: Hip-Hop portal to the progressive, futuristic and fun. “13 represents bad luck”, Del BARCODE: 3521381545326 / 3521383446560 says of the title’s significance. “Basically, we’re the baddest out. This is a FORMAT: 2XLP / CD gateway to how we do”. HOME MARKET: Bay Area, RELEASE: 5/11/2018 Amp and Del have previously worked together, with the emcee featuring LIST PRICE: $20.98 / CW / $9.98 / AH on Zion I’s 2005 ‘What U Hear’ from the duo’s True & Livin album. Several years later, when Amp remixed Radiohead’s In Rainbows, the producer recruited Del for his rewind of ‘Video Tapes’. Both have long bonded over TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) equipment, technique and advancing the sound and style of the tight-knit Bay Area music community. 1. Attention (Intro) 2. Wheel of Fortune Surging the dancefloor’s power source on the opening single ‘Wheel of Fortune’, Del’s signature flow, that has taken him from the tongue-twists 3. The Glow of ‘Mistadobolina’ to the science fact of Deltron 3030 and the sunshine- 4. Gravy Train in-a-bag of Gorillaz, squares up to Amp Live’s full-bodied basics. 5. Funkrolla 3.0 6. Run Free “I’m trying to be more concise with my writing and my art in general,” says 7. Help Del, in tune to funk looking to stand for parliament. 8. Humble Pie “Del has been talking about doing more straightforward, aggressive 9. Fly Away writing”, confirms Amp. “Everything that I was messing with kind of had 10. Far Beyond that same theme”. 11. Chili Sauce 12. Funkrolla 4.0 On tracks such as ‘Wheel of Fortune’, ‘On the Ball,’ and ‘Get Some of Dis’, 13. Sit Ya Ass down Gate 13 brings the noise to scare the mumblers away. ‘Humble Pie’ goes back to the future to put a bully in his place, and ‘Chili Sauce’ and ‘Sit 14. On the Ball Ya Ass Down’ take control of synth boogie getting the club and daytime 15. Get Some of Dis airwaves buffed up. Easily commuting to a nearby parallel universe (the 16. Lateral Thinking Deltron-centric ‘The Glow’ and ‘Help’) with star-dusted synths, disco residue, space symphonies and the odd zany skit, Gate 13 has got it locked with the master key

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• The sophomore solo album by Phonte (of and ) • Features from Freddie Gibbs and

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Phonte In 2011, when singer/rapper/songwriter Phonte of The Foreign Exchange TITLE: No News Is Good News (+FE) fame released the critically-acclaimed, Top 10 Rap/ Album, CATALOG: CD-FE012 Charity Starts at Home,it was an impactful reminder that Phonte was more than just the occasionally comical, often reflective crooner of +FE; LABEL: Foreign Exchange Music much more. As a rapper, Phonte had been the lynchpin of North Carolina’s GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap globally respected four album, six mixtapes run of the now defunct Little BARCODE: 713289271435 Brother trio, whose “Lovin’ It” single from the produced The FORMAT: CD Minstrel Show is a bonafide cult classic. Audience members who came to know Phonte at the onset of The Foreign Exchange’s 2004 Connected HOME MARKET: North Carolina or over the last 14 years of near annual releases (whether outfit, duo, RELEASE: 5/11/2018 solo, live or remix) through Phonte and ’s Foreign Exchange LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL Music label might have thought Phonte’s occasional bars throughout the years were the lighthearted play of a singer, not an extension of a strong Southern hip hop legacy several projects and nearly two decades deep.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Announced almost two years ago, No News Is Good News was in the incubator for some time, despite Phonte believing this project wouldn’t 1. To The Rescue have the long, two-year creative and production process that birthed CSAH. Helping him cultivate his new baby is a bevy of talent in front 2. So Help Me God of and behind the scenes, including but not limited to: featured artists 3. Pastor Tigallo Eric “Erro” Roberson and Midwest rapper Freddie Gibbs, long-time +FE collaborator Lorenzo “Zo!” Ferguson, Devonne Harris (who also worked 4. Expensive Genes on 2016’s Tigallerro duet album with Erro), progressive trumpeter Josef 5. Cry No More Leimberg of 2016’s Astral Progressions fame, Terrell Wallace (Gilles Peterson, Tall Black Guy), and a host of relative newcomers. With this 6. Such Is Life solid creative team, the project joins veteran projects like Jay-Z’s 4:44 in 7. Change Of Mind feat. Freddie Gibbs confidently answering the prevailing pop culture question what does a 8. Sweet You rapper over age 40 write about and does it follow trends? 9. Find That Love Again feat. Eric Roberson Like Jay-Z and producer No-I.D., Phonte partially answers by surrounding 10. Euphorium (Back To The Light) several songs with strong R&B and soul elements in-line with the classic hip hop of the ‘90s, if with the contemporary blueprint that made +FE an act that seemingly goes from strength to strength with every album. “Such Is Life” opens with a flutter of soulful lightness in keys and vocals before sliding into a deceptively silky, sophisticated soundscape of romantic elements that belies the harsh realism of every day street life Phonte depicts on the cut’s portraiture. With Eric Roberson on “Find That Love Again,” Phonte returns with his partner on a two-stepping smooth, light funk that personified the best of the mid-tempo grooves of the brilliant Tigallerro. The marital bliss of “Sweet You” throwback goes so far as to be a remixed, hip hop sequel of +FE’s “Sweeter Than You” from the Grammy-nominated Leave It All Behind.

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• Lost full-length album from the golden age of hip-hop • Previously unreleased material from 1990 • Legendary L.A. underground hip-hop duo, part of the Project Blowed collective • Audiophile quality mixing & mastering from the original multitrack sessions

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Nonce The discovery and release of The Nonce 1990 is an important milestone TITLE: 1990 recorded during the Golden Age of Hip-Hop. Recognized as innovators CATALOG: CD-FG-9000 / C-FG-9000 of the LA Hip-Hop Underground, The Nonce was formed by two 17- year- LABEL: Family Groove Records olds; Nouka Basetype aka Sach and the late Yusef “Afloat” Mohammed. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap As The Nonce, the duo was part of the Project Blowed collective. BARCODE: 704907958135 / N/A FG-9000 FORMAT: CD / Cassette Just after high school graduation in 1990, the young duo was given the HOME MARKET: Los Angeles chance to go into a professional studio. Their dreams of a record deal RELEASE: 5/11/2018 were soon dashed after the production company raised objections to LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH / $9.98 / AH their artistic choices. Unwilling to meet the demands, The Nonce walked away from the project, leaving behind the masters of the very tracks that make up The Nonce 1990. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Daniel Borine, of the independent Family Groove label, discovered the 1. Chant This Hymn lost material for this album in 2017. Borine rescued the master tapes from 2. Stray Doves the studio where they were first recorded and subsequently misplaced, (but not forgotten), since 1990. Sach had assumed the tapes were 3. Thats What’s Happening destroyed or thrown in the dumpster bin. 4. Bite My Apple 5. Speak Your Preach These 14 rare tracks by The Nonce predate their critically acclaimed 6. Mr Beau Brummel 1993 single, Mix Tapes and the classic World Ultimate from 1995. 7. Ludewing Got A Stoop Of His Own Borine returned the found tapes to Sach with the idea to mix multitracks 8. Chocolate Cake from the 2” tape master tapes and issue the album. The goal was to 9. Times Be Changing preserve the original sound from the era in which it was created. For 10. T-Bone’s First In Line that, they turned to producer and recording engineer, Kamal Humphrey 11. Countdown Till Tomorrow of Flying Carpet Studios in Redondo Beach. Humphrey mixed the tracks 12. Get On Up From Inna on the SSL console that had belonged to legendary 1980’s producer, 13. Bad Scribble Maurice Starr and to Atlanta’s LaFace label of Outkast, TLC and Usher fame before reaching Humphrey’s Flying Carpet Studios. 14. Untitled

What was once thought to be lost forever is now preserved for generations. The Nonce 1990 available through Family Groove Records, on LP, cassette tape and CD.

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• 10 time Grammy winner, legendary Latin Jazz musician

• The album features appearances from Donald Harrison Jr,

Marcus Miller, Alfredo de la Fe, Joe Locke, Johnny Rivero,

Ronnie Cuber, and David Spinnoza

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri’s influence on the world of modern music is often TITLE: Sabiduría celebrated, but just as often underestimated. As he completes his 80th CATALOG: CD-RAD347 year with us, his energy and commitment seem to be increasing, as if to LABEL: Ropeadope fully emphasize the power of not just the music but also the cross-cultural GENRE: Latin/Jazz BARCODE: 824833020475 importance of the process. With no sign of slowing, Mr. Palmieri is the FORMAT: CD elder of a global culture of musicians, actively teaching young students HOME MARKET: and leading the way for the next generation. And now Mr. Palmieri brings RELEASE: 5/11/2018 to the world his first project since his back to back Grammy wins in LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM 2005/2006 - Sabiduría. Sabiduría is the Spanish word for “wisdom”, and the message is clear from the outset that wisdom is the exalted value that TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) should guide us all. His intent with Sabiduría, as it has been with all of 1. Cuerdas y Tumbao his recordings, is to create art that will be analyzed and understood well 2. Wise Bata Blues beyond his time. 3. Sabiduría 4. La Cancha 5. Augustine Parish 6. Life 7. Samba Do Suenho 8. Spinal Volt 9. The Uprising 10. Coast To Coast 11. Locked In 12. Jibarita y Su Son

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• Snarky Puppy Members Grammy winning artists • “The record started out (as) instrumental, genre bending music… and I thought we are on a really good track… It’s an incredible journey for making a record, to start somewhere and end in a place of protest, of speaking your mind and hoping that peace and love resonate with the listeners.” — Nate Wert • “This is my voice, it means more than all of the other things. Of course I’m sharing a platform with others in Ghost-Note, but this is me.” — Robert ‘Sput’ Searight

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ghost-Note As Ghost-Note hit the road in 2017, they could not avoid the barrage of TITLE: Swagism news hitting every day, so the band made a conscious choice to find CATALOG: CD-RAD207 comedy and positivity in these troubling times. They began recording LABEL: Ropeadope their moments of discussion and humor as voice memos, which would GENRE: Jazz later find their way into the new album. Studio dates were set, and the BARCODE: 888295760742 surprise announcement that Nick Werth would be leaving the band for FORMAT: CD his solo work left things wide open. Without Nick, Ghost-Note started HOME MARKET: Dallas, Texas anew with no notions; they just went in to the studio and risked it all. RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / AR And so, Swagism was recorded in the same way the band developed: start with the base and leave the destination wide open. With a growing cast of players bringing fresh new arrangements of sound, Nate and TRACKLISTING Sput brought in some friends, further altering the end game. , Karl Denson, Raja Kassis, Prudence the Auset Sneed, 1. Jibble Jabble Brandon ‘Taz’ Neiderauer, Nigel Hall, Bob Lanzetti, Alvin Ford Jr, Jay 2. Swagism Jennings, Nick Werth, Bobby Ray Sparks, Phil Lassiter, Michael Palmer and many more added their incredible flourish to the album, rounding 3. Pace Maker out a document that captures the entire Ghost-Note experience, tying 4. Fragile everything together in the same way it evolved – as a family, as a multi- 5. Weedie B. Good cultural band of humans that fully embraces the time they spend together 6. Milkshake and their goal, complete with reflection on the times we live in. 7. Smack ‘em This is Ghost-Note. 8. Lookin’ at the World 9. Shrill Tones 10. Dry Rub 11. Bawllz 12. No More Silence 13. What’s Next? 14. Funk You Muthafunka 15. Nod to Dilla 16. The Lone Angel 1 7. Nigel Duke 18. Trifelife

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• Nominated for Best R&B Album in the 59th Grammy Awards (2017) • Grammy winning producer Terrace Martin (Snoop, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar) • Terrace Martins’ first Jazz / R&B release under the Sounds Of Crenshaw label with Ropeadope • Features Kamasi Washington, , Sput Searight, , • Rolling Stone - ‘top 15 albums you missed in 2016’ • iTunes top albums of 2016

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Terrace Martin Ever restless, Terrace came right out of the Kendrick sessions TITLE: Velvet Portraits blazing - producing for YG and Herbie Hancock simultaneously CATALOG: CD-RAD300 while putting the finishing touches on his next solo release - Velvet LABEL: Ropeadope/Sounds of Crenshaw Portraits. Choosing a groundbreaking path, he chose to release the GENRE: Jazz/R&B album on his new label - Sounds Of Crenshaw, and join the growing BARCODE: 888295415415 family of label imprints in the Ropeadope collaborative network. FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: Los Angeles “…the Sound Of Crenshaw is in everything I touch, from Kendrick RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM to Herbie. So with SOC I’m gonna bring it all back and give y’all the whole package: 100% the Sound of Crenshaw.”

TRACKLISTING Velvet Portraits, a 2017 Grammy Nominated record for Best R&B Album, is a wide ranging record with a common distinct style. With a 1. Velvet Portraits core band of Terrace Martin on sax, Curly Martin on drums, Brandon 2. Valdez Off Crenshaw Eugene Owens on bass, and Robert ‘Sput’ Searight on keys, Velvet 3. Push Portraits also features appearances from Kamasi Washington, 4. With You Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, Thundercat, Rose Gold, Tiffany 5. Curly Martin Gouche, Marlon Williams and more. Recorded in Omaha, Nebraska 6. Never Enough and Los Angeles, Velvet Portraits portrays the evolution of Martin 7. Turkey Taco as a player, producer, and a musician with a deep sense of history. 8. Patiently Waiting 9. Tribe Called West 10. Oakland 11. Bromali 12. Think Of You 13. Reverse 14. Mortal Man

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• Grammy winning producer Terrace Martin (Snoop, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar) • Picthfork review

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds Sounds Of Crenshaw Volume 1 is produced by Terrace Martin. As TITLE: Sounds Of Crenshaw Vol. 1 a producer and musician, Terrace Martin understands the pieces of CATALOG: CD-RAD363 history that matter and he knows the true value of Crenshaw and LABEL: Ropeadope/Sounds of Crenshaw Slauson in his own evolution and its importance to the world. On GENRE: Jazz Volume 1, he brings together some of The Pollyseeds and distills BARCODE: 824833015044 the seemingly disparate pieces of that history into an instantly FORMAT: CD recognizable sound. ‘That West Coast Vibe’ is eminent. A great HOME MARKET: Los Angeles luthier once said “It’s simple, I just take a piece of wood and cut away RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM everything that isn’t a guitar.” The Pollyseeds have done just that. Sounds Of Crenshaw Volume 1 is that record that trims the celebrity and the excess, and makes a very clear and simple statement with TRACKLISTING the sound.

1. Tapestry 2. Chef E Dubble 3. Intentions (feat. Chachi) 4. Funny How Time Flies (feat. Robert Glasper & Terrace Martin) 5. Mama D/Leimert Park 6. You And Me (feat. Rose Gold) 7. Believe 8. Up And Away 9. Wake Up 10. Your Space (feat. Wyann Vaughn) 11. Feelings Of The World (feat. Rose Gold & Chachi) 12. Reprise of Us 13. Don’t Trip (feat. Preston Harris)

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• Grammy nominated • The New York Times described Smith, “a firecracker of a drummer” • Upcoming concerts

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Nate Smith Since moving from Chesapeake, Virginia to New York City in 2001, TITLE: KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere Nate Smith has helped reinvigorate the international jazz scene with his CATALOG: CD-RAD325 visceral style of drumming by playing with such esteemed leading lights LABEL: Ropeadope as bassist Dave Holland, saxophonists Chris Potter and Ravi Coltrane, GENRE: Jazz and singers Patricia Barber, Somi, and José James. The New York Times BARCODE: 888295534079 described Smith as “a firecracker of a drummer.” FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: Chesapeake, Virginia Smith’s rising career reaches a new benchmark with the release of his RELEASE: 5/11/2018 bandleader debut, KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere, on which he LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK fuses his original modern jazz compositions with R&B, pop, and hip-hop. The disc shows Smith leading a scintillating core ensemble, consisting of pianist and keyboardist Kris Bowers, guitarist Jeremy Most, alto and TRACKLISTING soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, electric bassist Fima Ephron, and singer and lyricist Amma Whatt, and Michael Mayo on backing vocals. 1. Intro: Wish You Were Here The lineup expands on several cuts with the inclusion of Potter and 2. Skip Step Holland along with other illustrious guests – guitarists Lionel Loueke and Adam Rogers, and singer Gretchen Parlato. 3. Bounce: Pts. I + II

4. Mom: Postcards From Detroit/Floyd/Salem As the title kinfolk suggests, the music bristles with a magnetism that can 5. Retold be only achieved by assembling the right musicians, building upon and 6. Disenchantment: The Weight (feat. Amma Whatt) blending their individual voices and developing a bracing group rapport. 7. Spinning Down Indeed, Smith refers to the aforementioned musicians as “kindred spirits,” while embracing some philosophies gleaned from his mentor, Holland. 8. Pages (feat. Gretchen Parlato) “Dave once told me, ‘I really believe that musicians find each other,’” 9. From Here: Interlude Smith recalls. “He feels that all the collaborations he’s done and all the 10. Morning and Allison (feat. Amma Whatt) sidemen that he’s hired came into his life on purpose, even though he 11. Spiracles might not have been looking for something specific. He discovers people 12. Small Moves: Interlude along the way. 13. Dad: Postcards from Isaac Street 14. Home Free (for Peter Joe)

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• Parallax is a conscious rapper/producer from the UK • He has already received credit from legendary artists such as , Afu-Ra, La Coka Nostra and Lewis Parker • Depth Perception is Parallax’s debut EP, focusing on powerful lyrical content and hard-hitting beats with a jazzy and soulful touch • Music Videos: “Rat Race” & “Hip-Hop Philosophy”

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Parallax Parallax is a conscious rapper/producer from Winchester, UK. Being an TITLE: Depth Perception East London native since a teenager he has been immersed and driven CATALOG: E-IAR045 to push the art form, focusing on powerful lyrical content and hard-hitting LABEL: Ill Adrenaline Records beats with a jazzy and soulful touch. He has already received credit GENRE: Rap/Hip-Hop from legendary artists such as Raekwon, Afu-Ra, La Coka Nostra and BARCODE: 650045585156 Lewis Parker as well as supporting artists such as Rodney P & Skitz, FORMAT: EP Skinnyman, Split Prophets, and many more. HOME MARKET: London, UK RELEASE: 5/11/2018 Depth Perception is Parallax’s debut EP. The talented MC explains: LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ “It’s been a long time in the making and Depth Perception displays a benchmark for my lyricism, production & engineering. This body of work represents my independence as a solo artist. I see it as an introduction TRACKLISTING into the years of hard work that I’ve put in to develop my craft and deliver a quality release. Depth Perception embodies my vision and 1. Never Can Say Goodbye determination to represent real hip-hop from the UK on an international 2. Hip-Hop Philosophy scale. Big shouts to all the fans who’ve been supporting my movement!” 3. Strength Self-released on CD-only back in 2014, Ill Adrenaline Records is proud 4. Walking On and grateful for the chance to give this little underground gem a proper 5. Rat Race vinyl treatment. Stay tuned for Parallax’s follow-up full length coming later 6. Justice this year. 7. Hip-Hop Philosophy (Instrumental) 8. Strength (Instrumental) 9. Walking On (Instrumental) 10. Rat Race (Instrumental) 11. Justice (Instrumental)

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• Kiss The Sky is Melinda Camille, John Robinson, and Pat Van Dyke; a collective of soulful singer/songwriter, veteran MC, and multi-instrumentalist • Funky organic production, intelligent wordplay, and soulful songwriting define the group’s sound

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kiss The Sky (Melinda Camille, John Robinson & Pat Kiss The Sky is Melinda Camille, John Robinson, and Pat Van Dyke; Van Dyke) a collective of soulful singer/songwriter, veteran MC, and multi- Sugar Pie b/w Glory TITLE: instrumentalist which first came to fruition in 2012 on the B-Side of the CATALOG: F-IAR046 Cotter Records’ release Miles & Trane from John Robinson & PVD. The LABEL: Ill Adrenaline Records organic chemistry between the 3 artists continued to flourish on the GENRE: Rap/Hip-Hop Modern Vintage LP as Camille lent her vocals and songwriting skills to 3 BARCODE: 650045584982 tracks from JR & PVD’s full length debut. FORMAT: 7" HOME MARKET: New Jersey / New York Here with Sugar Pie b/w Glory, we witness the formal debut of the project RELEASE: 5/11/2018 from the 3 artists now known as Kiss The Sky. LIST PRICE: $11.98 / CI Recorded in Jersey City off and on over the course of the past few years, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) these two tracks introduce the world to what’s to come from Kiss The Sky. Funky organic production, intelligent wordplay, and soulful songwriting A. define the group’s sound. Sugar Pie

B. Glory

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• Munich based producer Cap Kendricks joins the MPM fam with his new instrumental album Keepsakes • Cap Kendricks is a well-known producer who has worked with some of Germanys finest MCs • Cap knows how to create deep atmopsheres, sometimes melancholic, sometimes bouncy, with great care to detail

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Cap Kendricks Munich based producer Cap Kendricks joins the MPM fam with his TITLE: Keepsakes new album Keepsakes. It is his third instrumental project and will be CATALOG: L-MPM251 released this April. Cap Kendricks is a well-known producer who has LABEL: Melting Pot Music worked with some of Germanys finest MCs. His instrumental works are GENRE: Hip-Hop a rich mix of analouge sounds mixed with synths. Cap knows how to BARCODE: 673793325119 create deep atmopsheres, sometimes melancholic, sometimes bouncy, FORMAT: LP with great care to detail. His sound is influenced by Dilla, Easy Mo Bee, HOME MARKET: Munich, Germany Flylo, , James Blake and Betty Ford Boys but he also digs Curtis RELEASE: 5/11/2018 Mayfield and Fela Kuti. Cap Kendricks has recently remixed upcoming LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX UK rap group Summers Sons and has released beats via KO-OP and Chillhop in March 2018.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Intro 2. We All Try 3. Goodlife 4. Get Your Hustle On 5. In Yo Whip 6. Paranoid 7. No Ice 8. On A Plane 9. Urg 10. Starships 11. Angelo 12. More Moments

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• Crunchy analog drums, spacey tape echos, double-tracked lead vocals, psychedelic sitar breakdown and rich vocal harmonies • Standard black 7” records in classic white sleeves

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Instant Karma! Self-described as “a drug trip through the soul section of your local TITLE: Give Me Freedom b/w Shine On record store”, Kansas City’s psychedelic soul rockers Instant Karma! CATALOG: F-SS-106 have appropriately teamed up with Sunflower Soul Records to release LABEL: Sunflower Soul Records their first vinyl single. The A-side, “Give Me Freedom”, is a powerful social GENRE: Psychedelic Soul statement driven by a heavy drum beat throughout and chocked full of BARCODE: 680201821798 reverb-drenched guitars, spacey tape-echos, double-tracked lead vocals, FORMAT: 7" and a trippy sitar breakdown. On the flip, the gospel-tinged “Shine On” HOME MARKET: Kansas City, Missouri delivers an uplifting message while showcasing a bit more tender side of RELEASE: 5/11/2018 the band with luscious vocal harmonies and a feel-good groove. A solid LIST PRICE: $7.98 / CE first outing for a talented young band with their own unique sound, ready to make their mark on your soul and your collection!

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

A. Give Me Freedom

B. Shine On

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• Has worked with Kendrick Lamar on his song “Sing About Me” from good kid m.A.A.d. city (2012) • Album features Georgie Anne Muldrow, SiR (TDE), Iman Omari, MNDSGN, Camp Lo and more • Recently did a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR scheduled to be released soon

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ill Camille Ill Camille has been a vital member of the L.A. music scene for some TITLE: Heirloom years. Kendrick Lamar used her vocals prominently for the good kid, CATALOG: L-JAKARTA122 m.A.A.d city track “Sing About Me,” she has worked with other TDE LABEL: Jakarta Records artists and has written for different projects involving Terrace Martin. GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 673790033352 At the same time, Camille was developing her own material with her FORMAT: 2XLP fellow peers such as MNDSGN, Iman Omari, DJ Battlecat, Like (Pac HOME MARKET: Los Angeles Div) Georgia Anne Muldrow & SiR, who are all featured on Heirloom, just RELEASE: 5/11/2018 like TDE co-president Punch. Heirloom production ranges from smooth, LIST PRICE: $23.98 / FI G-Funk-esque West Coast beats to live & organic soulful beats, working as the perfect backdrop for Camille’s powerful, intelligent and thought- through lyrics TRACKLISTING The album is deeply personal revolving around the issues that matter in 1. Black Gold her life from friends and family, her role as a woman and the heirloom 2. Warrior Sankofa feat. Camp Lo, Deion, Mmykk Shevy of her and her surroundings: “I feel like everyone are heirlooms of our mothers and fathers. A heirloom is just something that’s passed down 3. Trust Me feat. Sha’leah Nikole & SiR through a family. We get heirlooms in the form of game, encouragement 4. Home feat. Damani Nkosi or wise words. I know everyone has an aunt or uncle that’s given them 5. Almost There feat. SiR some bars about life in general. I have a village around me that have 6. Live It Up feat. Iman Omari given me heirlooms in the form of conversations”. 7. Fight On feat. Preston Harris & Damani Nkosi 8. Spider’s Jam feat. Georgia Anne & JaVonte’ 9. Slip Away feat. Amaru 10. Again feat. The Fernando Pullum Creative Arts Center, Ryck Jane, Marcus Garvey Elementary 11. Lighters 12. Still a Lady feat. Tiffanie Cross, Shava’sha Dickerson, Wyann Vaughn 13. Duality 14. Sao Paulo feat. Punch & Rose Gold 15. Few Days feat. JaVonte’ & Marknoxx 16. Renewed

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• Features heavily streamed singles “Vapors”, “Monks” and “Honeycomb” • 140-gram vinyl LP with free download card included • CD edition includes musical chord chart for each song • Beautifully vibrant artwork and packaging across all formats • Genre blending album is appealing to fans of electronic, hip- hop, rock, indie and dance music alike

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kunzite The exciting new project from members of Ratatat and White Flight. TITLE: Birds Don’t Fly Kunzite’s debut album is being called “the next evolution of the signature CATALOG: L-SOL001 / CD-SOL001 Ratatat sound,” adding lush vocals to the famous blazing electronic LABEL: Sol System Records instrumental music that has fans all over the world. GENRE: Electronic BARCODE: 843357113227 / 843357113258 FORMAT: LP / CD HOME MARKET: Brooklyn, New York City RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT / $14.98 / AN CASE QTY: LP 25/1

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Vapors 2. Pressure 3. Blades 4. Monks 5. Avalanche 6. Honeycomb 7. Frog City 8. Minerals 9. Early Riser 10. Blue Rooms 11. Anahola

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• DistantStarr is a renowned emcee/producer currently residing in the Northern Virginia area and continues to cement his reputation as Underground Hip Hop’s “one to watch” with previous projects under his belt with producers Mecca:83, Buscrates, , and Sir Froderick • DistantStarr has his own label Dizzy Arcadian which has a slew of albums already released by the artist himself • Sir Froderick‘s migrated to California and has been churning out beats for over 10 years • Froderick is known to find a sample in the most obscure of sources and transform it into a beat most whiplash-inducing

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Sir Froderick & DistantStarr Dizzy Arcadian and Rarebreed presents He’s The Producer, I’m The TITLE: He's The Producer, I'm The Emcee Emcee, the debut EP from Sir Froderick and DistantStarr. CATALOG: C-RB05 LABEL: Rarebreed/Dizzy Arcadian He’s The Producer, I’m The Emcee showcases the two artists prominent GENRE: Hip-Hop skills in production and lyricism with six neck breaking tracks. DistantStarr BARCODE: N/A RB05 brings his intricate and clever raw rhymes while Sir Froderick provides FORMAT: Cassette his palette of nostalgic sounds from his MPC 2500. HOME MARKET: California / Virginia RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK It was inevitable that these two will finally work together and release a project in a era of a lot of wack commercial pop sounding hip hop. They knew that the people were ready and hungry for the raw sh*t. TRACKLISTING

1. intro_stylin’ ft Buddy Leezle 2. dirty chai 3. breathe 4. keepitahundo 5. KO 6. Oxtail_outro

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• First Nickodemus album in 5 years • Mainstay NYC DJ renown the world over for 20+ years through his constant touring, collaborations and releases • Features from Grammy nominated band Innov Gnawa, Antibalas, Femina, The Pimps Of Joytime, Alsarah & The Nubatones, Grey Reverend (Bonobo) and more

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Nickodemus In the five years following his last solo album Moon People, Nickodemus TITLE: A Long Engagement has continued to spread his global sound through endless DJ tours, CATALOG: CD-WONDER35 recording in studios, and scouting new music for his acclaimed LABEL: Wonderwheel Recordings Wonderwheel label. He’s made some new friends along the way too, with GENRE: Electronic/World his constant journeying helping culminate in the new full-length A Long BARCODE: 708630007559 Engagement, a sonic portrait of 25 years of connecting people through FORMAT: CD music. HOME MARKET: New York City RELEASE: 5/11/2018 Nickodemus has been active touring the entire globe since the mid 90s. LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH As a producer he’s released three albums, remixes for everyone from Bob Marley to Thievery Corporation, and 10 Turntables on the Hudson compilations that have established him as a seasoned musical traveler TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) who excels most when playing in diverse settings that thrive on vibrant sounds. His new work is the latest chapter of his musical vision, offering 1. Long Engagement global rhythms rooted in deep, introspective electronic moods built for 2. Will You Still be Here? with The Real Live Show & Pimps of the dancefloor. Joytime Throughout the 13 tracks of A Long Engagement, Nickodemus reflects 3. Livin’ Your Dream with Jahdan Blakkamore on his rich history working in NYC club music and around the world, 4. Mystic Molay with Innov Gnawa including some fresher analog sounds alongside collaborators new 5. Inmortales (Body Move) with Fémina, Gitkin & The Spy from and old. Highlights include a new track with Carol C, who sang on cult Cairo classics like “Cleopatra in New York” and “Mariposa,” three tracks with Brooklyn’s afro-beat group Antibalas, and the soulful house keys of New 6. Caballito Del Mar with La Yegros York native Victor Axelrod. You’ll also hear Grammy nominated Innov 7. Do You Do You? with Carol C & The Spy from Cairo Gnawa on the thumping dance-floor version of “Mystic Molay,” while Ninja 8. The Crow with Alsarah Tune revered vocalist Grey Reverend lends a soulful vocal to album’s 9. Invisible Cities finale ‘Music Man.” Like all of Nickodemus’ past musical gifts,A Long 10. Music Man with Reverend Grey Engagement is another worldly musical journey that pays homage to 11. Sugarella the artist’s city roots and decades of hard-working curation across the world’s continents. 12. Night Blooming Jasmines 13. All over the Place (outro)

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• A 44-minute long instrumental album that includes a vocal feature by Akere • Shifted rhythms somewhere between Trip-Hop, Boom-Bap and G-Funk • Farska LP reactions: “Dope headnoddin beats. Nice concept too!” beyondjazz.net, “Proper heavy weight beats - LOVE IT.” Simon Harrison (Basic Soul), “Beats are tight! good stuff!” Jay Scarlett (Sounds Supreme)

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: L-One It is a matter of opinion whether a face can be incredibly beautiful or TITLE: Medusa particularly disturbing, so that the mere sight deprives the viewer of his CATALOG: L-BAD006 ability to act. However, you should never let an appearance freeze you. LABEL: Beat Art Department GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental So: Close your eyes and enjoy the beauty of a mix of timeless vibes, BARCODE: 673799470615 warm sounds and shifted rhythms somewhere between Trip-Hop, Boom- FORMAT: LP Bap and G-Funk. The journey leads through ups and downs, influenced HOME MARKET: Germany by music of all directions and oddities of different genres. RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX L One‘s Medusa is in a position to cast a spell over the listener. However, this does not result in long-term anesthesia, but rather in a moment that directs all perception of the external world to a place of infinite TRACKLISTING possibilities. Where this journey leads to is up to everybodys self. A myth, so to say! 1. Solitude 2. Winterblues After the Farska LP, Medusa is already the second collaboration between the young Munich-based Hip-Hop producer and the young Munich- 3. Can´t Reach based label Beat Art Department and is released in cooperation with the 4. Luv renowned German Hip-Hop label 58Beats. 5. The Way 6. Rio 7. Restlessness 8. Yaw 9. Signs 10. Portal 11. Hokusai 12. Quetzal 13. Nightmare 14. Medusa (feat. Akere) 15. Moonfunk

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• Repressed & remastered with new cover art & self adhesive vinyl sticker • Fredfades: SP-1200 / Eikrem: Trumpet • 300 copies • Features Ivan Ave, Azon Blaze, Skyblew, Lindsey Whittington • Cover by Even Suseg • For fans of J Dilla, Madlib, Mndgsn, Ivan Ave

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Fredfades & Eikrem Fredfades on the SP:1200 & Eikrem on the trumpet = Jazz Cats. New TITLE: Jazz Cats cover art and remastered. CATALOG: L-KU048 LABEL: KingUnderground Fredfades is making his name in hip-hop circles worldwide as one of GENRE: Hip-Hop the most jazzy producers around. He’s joined up with the gifted jazz BARCODE: 5056124647848 trumpeter Kristoffer Eikrem for a full Jazz Cats LP. Needless to say, the FORMAT: LP project lives up to its title. The two enlist several other jazz musicians on HOME MARKET: Oslo, Norway this innovative LP, as well as rappers like Ivan Ave. RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Intro 2. Snow Flakes 3. Obvious ft. Ivan Ave 4. Focus Point 5. While We Sip On This Brew ft. Azon Blaze, SkyBlew & Lindsey Whittington 6. Ethiopia 7. 2015 Til’ Infinity 8. All Dreams, No Sleep 9. It’s Been A Minute ft. Ivan Ave 10. Jazz Cats 11. Waiting Forever 12. Take Cover 13. All The Way Down ft. Azon Blaze 14. Good Night (Outro)

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• K.Leimer’s first vinyl release of original work in twenty five years • Inspired by a longstanding respect for the pioneering sounds of Cluster, Neu!, Harmonia & John Foxx, the legendary K. Leimer fuses tape loops, moog tones and a variety of real and imagined instruments throughout the album

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: K. Leimer Inspired by a longstanding respect for the pioneering sounds of Cluster, TITLE: Mitteltöner Neu!, Harmonia & John Foxx, the legendary K. Leimer fuses tape loops, CATALOG: T-OPX007 moog tones and a variety of real and imagined instruments throughout LABEL: Origin Peoples his album Mitteltöner, an immersive journey brimming with electronic GENRE: Electronic emotion. BARCODE: N/A OPX007 FORMAT: 10" A key figure in America’s musical avant garde, Leimer’s experiments HOME MARKET: USA with tape manipulation, fractal loops and textured ambience have been RELEASE: 5/11/2018 well documented in recent times, with RVNG Intl. and VOD both offering LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX excellent and exhaustive retrospectives of the artist’s seventies and eighties output. Tracing Leimer’s discography from 1979’s Translucent: / Memory to 1983’s Installation View, via the dislocated rhythms of the TRACKLISTING Savant project, these archival releases detail a move from the pastoral synthesis of kosmische into more angular, experimental territories. A. Simultaneously looking to the past and the future, this Origin Peoples Fernsehen im Frühling release is both a return to Leimer’s earliest stylistic explorations, and his first vinyl release of original work in twenty five years. Anode

Oddly for such a sonic outlier, Mitteltöner (midrange to non teutophones) B. takes its conceptual cues from the idea that the midrange contains all the Entferntemusik II core information. In this 3-track addendum to the full LP, Leimer employs subtlety and skill to navigate the emotional depth of the kosmische genre while maintaining the focus and detail which has remained constant in his work. Far from a simple homage to the electronic idols of his youth, Mitteltöner finds K. Leimer reimagining their nuanced sonic framework through a lifetime of musical experience and experimentation.

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ARTIST: Kan Kick ARTIST: Al Majeed TITLE: Kan Cassette Vol. 1 TITLE: Spieler und Händler CATALOG: L-VD252 (Player & Dealer) LABEL: Vinyl Digital CATALOG: L-VD255 GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental LABEL: Vinyl Digital BARCODE: 4260432751260 GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap FORMAT: LP BARCODE: 4260432751284 HOME MARKET: Los Angeles FORMAT: LP RELEASE: 5/11/2018 HOME MARKET: Germany LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR RELEASE: 5/11/2018 DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR A throwback beat record from California beat-maker Kan Kick. A When it comes to tapes, no one comes past Hutmacher selection of 12 classic hip-hop beats recorded at the Funk Farm Entertainment. With Spieler & Händler comes their third release, between 1995 and 1997, including two brand new bonus tracks. which sold out after few hours. What awaits the listener is a little Finally on vinyl for the first time EVER! who-is-who of the underground scene. Warm, crackling samples meet hard 808 drums and West Berlin attitude meets Memphis sound aesthetics. For those who came too late for a tape copy, the release is finally on vinyl!

ARTIST: Snares TITLE: Just The Three Of Us CATALOG: L-VD264 LABEL: Vinyl Digital GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 4260432751789 FORMAT: LP HOME MARKET: Germany RELEASE: 5/11/2018 LIST PRICE: $18.98 / CO DESCRIPTION You can see wonders everywhere if you open your eyes, every single breath, every tree, every car, every meadow, every split of a second. And often the smallest things surprise as the greatest wonders.

Just The Three Of Us is a story about young parents. From their acknowledgement of the little human they will be caring for and the “heaven strings” that are played for them in this moment, up to the female status of a “Dickbauch” (which would be translated into big belly).

Then get into the “Drive,” this big responsibillity can bring you too. You have to care about “security” and think about the things “to come”. You can imagine a lot of feelings with this instrumental record, or just close your eyes and enjoy this lovely tracks.

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