UBIQUITY RECORDS PRESENTS VARIOUS ARTISTS: ON A CLOUD - BEST OF UBIQUITY 2009 FOR INFORMATION AND SOUNDCLIPS OF OUR TITLES, GO TO WWW.UBIQUITYRECORDS.COM/PRESS STREET DATE: 12/01/2009 Using “Love Czars” from their Nuclear Evolution album (Voted by Spin Magazine as one of the best albums of 2009,) as inspiration, the SA-RA Creative Partners create “Love Czars II” exclusively for this On A Cloud – Best of Ubiquity 2009 (UR265) Andreas Stevens, aka Greyboy, born 1970, was the first artist to sign to Ubiquity. Freestylin’, his first full-length album, holds release. cult-status and is up-there with the label's all-time best sellers. Not bad for a record that cost less than $4000 to make, and sold on an advertising budget of $0! He was a man in the right place at the right time. While the acid jazz This is not a remix (the music is completely different), and in a clash of heavyweight new schoolers, it This digital-download-only compilation features our favorite phenomenon was brewing in Europe in the early 1990s, Greyboy became the first American producer to mix features red hot MC/producer Jay Electronica and Ta’Raach on the mic. Also included is “Powder Bump”, tracks from the past year, and one exclusive joint from the instrumental hip-hop with jazz. His chunky beat-making sensibilities earned him praise from the European crowd, a SA-RA track previously unavailable on vinyl. and his tracks were heard by crowds checking out DJs like UK-based Gilles Peterson, Marcus Wyatt (LA), and DJ upcoming Georgia Anne Muldrow album. Smash (NYC). "When I first started making beats, I was making hip-hop. Since I couldn't find MC's to work with, I Please note that this is a very special limited release with the music on one side and the Serato tone on decided to try the jazz thing and lace my tracks with live instruments instead. That's where Karl Denson and the the flip of some very pink vinyl! This is an official Serato Control Vinyl release which works as a conven- In true end-of-the-year-mixtape fashion the album is packed with all-winners, and no filler. Greyboy Allstars came into the picture", explains Greyboy. Beyond recognition from the DJ crowd, music by Greyboy tional 12” release on Side A, and is a Serato Control Vinyl release on Side B. Reaching out across genres to bring you reels of only the best, we’ve included the Motown- also ended up in movies like Get Shorty and Celtic Pride, The Kelly Slater Surf Pro video game, Budweiser infused sound of PPP’s “On A Cloud”, the cosmic vibes of SA-RA and NOMO, and Lord New- commercials, and he was picked to provide a mix CD for DC shoes. Since the release of Freestylin’ he has released the equally jazz-based instrumental Land of the Lost and the soundtrack and hip hop inspired Mastered The Art, Guest MC Jay Electronica is a rapper and producer initially known for his use of film soundtracks as a borns uptempo-psychedelia. Continuing the eclectic outernational selection are the futuristic visions of Austrian-based The Clonious and UK remixer Floating Points whose works sit next which featured musicians and MCs in a prelude to the vocal-heavy Soul Mosaic album. background for his abstract lyrical style, and his associations with Erykah Badu, Just Blaze and Nas. He Greyboy has recorded with AG (Showbiz and AG), Sharon Jones, and the Greyboy All-Stars (whom he helped put produced the first track, "Queens Get the Money", on the 2008 Nas album Untitled. The unconventional to the old school sound of Fanny Franklin and the heartbreaking dusty soul of Nino Moschella and Fanny Franklin. together and produce). Over the years Greyboy has DJ'd in Japan, Europe, and across the USA. He has played to 5000 nature of much of his music (he often rhymes over tracks with no beats), and the lack of conventional people in the countryside outside of Rome, and over 20, 000 people a night on tour with Ben Harper and Jack release methods for that music, have made him the object of much attention. He is perhaps best known Johnson. This is music from the heart, for good times and tough times, and forever. We hope you dig it, 1) PPP - On A Cloud for the piece of music Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) and several other unreleased tracks available and come back for more in 2010. 15 years, 5 albums, and many singles after his debut release, Ubiquity is delighted to release a “best of” which This digital-download-only 2) Bei Bei & Shawn Lee ft Georgia Anne Muldrow includes previously unreleased materials, hard to find mixes, and the tracks which made Greyboy famous as the for a short time on his myspace page. However he has released music earlier this year on the Decon (Floating Points Ensemble Remix) - Make label and is rumored to have recently cut a major deal. He is, at time of writing, on tour with Mos Def and 1 PPP On A Cloud 3:36 originator of a new laid back, sunny, jazz and soul-inflicted West Coast sound. 15 Years of West Coast Cool includes compilation features our Me Stronger appearances from Sharon Jones, Quantic, AG (of Showbizz and AG), Bart Davenport (of Honeycut), Shawn Lee, Nino Erykah Badu. 2 Bei Bei & Shawn Lee ft Georgia Anne Muldrow 3) The SA-RA Creative Partners featuring Noni (Floating Points Ensemble Remix) Make Me Stronger 6:30 Limar - I Swear Moschella, Jeremy Ellis and others. 3 The SA-RA Creative Partners featuring Noni Limar I Swear 3:31 favorite tracks from the past Guest MC Ta’Raach appeared on the PPP “Triple P” album, but has since been making waves with his 4) Betty Padgett - Sugar Daddy 1 x CD, 2xLP own Lovelution Records and made an immediate impression on Erykah Badu who described him as 4 Betty Padgett Sugar Daddy 3:27 year, and one exclusive joint 5) Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins featuring The “incredible,” adding “(he is…) gonna’ be really big.” 5 Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins featuring The Superimposers Root Trees Superimposers - Root Trees File Under: Greyboy, Electronic, Downtempo, Hip Hop 3:53 from the upcoming Georgia 6) Nino Moschella - What U Do 2 Me 6 Nino Moschella What U Do 2 Me 2:46 7) Shawn Lee featuring Fanny Franklin - For Fans of: Greyboy All-Stars, Nightmares on Wax, Quantic, Mr Scruff, Medeski Martin 7 Shawn Lee featuring Fanny Franklin Too Tired To Sleep 3:06 Too Tired To Sleep & Wood 8 Clutchy Hopkins And Lord Kenjamin Riff Raff Rollin 3:22 Anne Muldrow album.. 8) Clutchy Hopkins And Lord Kenjamin - 9 Lord Newborn and the Magic Skulls Disco Loco 3:58 Riff Raff Rollin 10 Blank Blue Eyes Closed (Nosaj Thing remix) 3:13 In true end-of-the-year-mixtape fashion the album 9) Lord Newborn and the Magic Skulls - 11 The Clonious featuring Muhsinah One At A Time 4:11 is packed with all-winners, and no filler. Reaching Disco Loco 12 NOMO Nocturne 4:10 out across genres to bring you reels of only the 10) Blank Blue - Eyes Closed (Nosaj Thing 13 Georgia Anne Muldrow Simple Advice 2:49* remix) best, we’ve included the Motown-infused sound of 11) The Clonious featuring Muhsinah - *Exclusive Track, available with full album purchase only. PPP’s “On A Cloud”, the cosmic vibes of SA-RA and One At A Time NOMO, and Lord Newborn’s uptempo-psychedelia. 12) NOMO - Nocturne For Fans of: Ubiquity! Continuing the eclectic outernational selection are 13) Georgia Anne Muldrow - Simple Advice* File under: Soul, funk, electronic the futuristic visions of Austrian-based The Clonious and UK remixer Floating Points whose *Exclusive Track, available with full album works sit next to the old school sound of Betty purchase only. Padgett and the heartbreaking dusty soul of Nino Moschella and Fanny Franklin. FOR FANS OF: This is music from the heart, for good times and UBIQUITY! tough times, and forever. 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