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ONRA Chinoiseries 3

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• Third volume in his Chinoiseries using analogue MPC production combined with the somewhat restrictive record sampling of strictly Chinese music records • Has released records inspired by 80’s , 90’s hip-hop and R’n’B, electronic and spiritual Jazz

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Onra Almost 10 years have passed since Onra arrived with the charmingly eccentric Chinoiseries LP. 32 hip-hop beats formed the sample- TITLE: Chinoiseries 3 based project - dusty Chinese vinyl hissing and crackling throughout CATALOG: l-ACOLPX4 / cd-ACOLPX4 / c-ACOLPX4 – resulting in an intriguing and spontaneous mix of the producers LABEL: All City Records interest in exploring a newly-discovered style of music with his love for classic hip-hop production. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 8813145217156 / 7149836438946 / N/A ACOLPX4 Using the style of analogue MPC production combined with the FORMAT: 2XLP / CD / Cassette somewhat restrictive record sampling of strictly Chinese music RELEASE: 5/5/2017 records, he has been able to be creative over three volumes, an amount of 100 instrumentals, despite the challenge of finding more LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX / $11.98 – AK / $11.98 – AK obviously standout samples in Chinese music.

The Chinoiseries projects are the type of albums that invites the TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) listener to play it from beginning to end, in order to really enjoy the trip and appreciate the variety of rhythms and textures spread over 1. The Final Chapter 1 7. Memories From 1968 those 32 short instrumentals. In that way, “Pt.3” is no different to its predecessors, but the originality of the samples, the curious 2. Loyalty 18. Thank You Very Much harmonies and the odd-drum patterns still makes the album sounds as fresh as the first one. 3. Autumn Moon Shining 19. Last Cup of Wine Over the Calm Lake 20. Zoodiac Onra finishes this epic trilogy with class as a result of extended record digging across the Far East and the producer’s own development 4. Reminds Me Of... 2 1. Against the Wall over the preceding 10 years. 5. Will I See You Again 22. Trip To Yunnan As a producer who has released records inspired by 80’s Funk, 90’s 6. Hold My Hand 23. New Year’s In Guang Zhou hip-hop and R’n’B, electronic and even a spiritual Jazz project, “Pt. 3” brings this stylised set to a close. 7. The Storm 24. A Distant Dream Normally a man of few words, Onra has his own take on the three 8. Fake Porcelain 25. Incantation Volumes: “I see the first Chinoiseries as a trip, inspired by my own 9. Moonlit Street 26. Pearl Song first travel to Asia, each beat representing one particular moment of the journey, the second one, more like a soundtrack to a movie, 10. Like the Seasons 2 7. The Spirit Blossoms All each beat representing a different scene, and the third one, I tried to create a dark, smoky and mysterious cinematic atmosphere so you 11. Lin Shao Ding Over the Land could create your own movie in your head. 12. Tea Vender On the Street 28. Legacy For this last episode, I just really wanted to have fun with this type of 13. Behind the Curtain 29. Betrayal material for the very last time. I dug deeper than ever and I have tried to do as many different rhythm patterns as possible, from various 14. Voices In My Head 30. Persons on the Blacklist influences like hip-hop (from different eras), to Bossa to Indian 15. Keep Your Head Up 3 1. They Got Breaks Pt.3 music to Psych Rock, Soul, etc. and try to portray a different image of Chinese music.” 16. Waterlily 32. Bye Bye

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The Mouse and The Mask: Official Metalface Version

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• Official reissue of classic 2005 DANGERDOOM album, which originally debuted at #2 on the U.S. independent albums chart • Includes appearances from , Ghostface Killah, and Cee Lo Green (who would later team up with Danger Mouse again for the chart-topping Gnarls Barkley album) • Includes 2006 DANGERDOOM EP Occult Hymn, which was originally a limited-time free download from , but has never been available commercially and hasn’t been available to download in years • Also includes 2 unreleased DANGERDOOM bonus tracks Artist: DANGERDOOM Title: The Mouse and The Mask: Official Metalface Version Catalog: l-MFR104 / cd-MFR104 Description Label: Metal Face Records Back in 2005, super producer Danger Mouse and masked Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap supervillain DOOM came together for The Mouse And The Mask, Barcode: 822720777617 / 822720777624 a collaborative album released under the name DANGERDOOM. Format: 3XLP / CD Release: 5/5/2017 Among DOOM’s most successful projects both critically and List Price: $29.98 / CU / $12.98 / AL commercially, the album was inspired by ’s late- night Adult Swim programming slate, and includes appearances from Tracklisting several Adult Swim characters, including , Space Ghost, Harvey Birdman, and more. The Mouse And The LP: 2. El Chupa Nibre (Remix) Mask also features guest spots from Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, 1. El Chupa Nibre 3. Perfect Hair II and Cee Lo Green. This deluxe CD + 3xLP vinyl reissue courtesy of 2. Sofa King 4. Korn Dogz DOOM’s own label Metal Face Records also contains several bonus 3. The Mask Feat. Ghostface 5. Skit 2 cuts not on the original album. The full 7-track 2006 DANGERDOOM 4. Perfect Hair 6. Sofa King (Remix) EP Occult Hymn is included, as well as two previously unreleased 5. Benzie Box Feat. Cee-Lo 7. Space Ho’s ( Remix) tracks, making this the definitive DANGERDOOM collection. 6. Old School Feat. Talib 8. Mad Nice feat. Vinny Price Kweli and Black Thought 7. A.T.H.F. 9. Spokesman 8. Basket Case 9. No Names 10. Crosshairs 11. Mince Meat 12. Vats of Urine 13. Space Ho’s 14. Bada Bing

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• “A burning desire to just fuckin rhyme,” is how Sandman describes the motivation behind this album • Has released the single “Between the Clouds” and a music video for “Clarity”

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Homeboy Sandman “A burning desire to just fuckin rhyme.” TITLE: Veins CATALOG: l-STH2383 “On my last couple of albums I challenged myself with regard to LABEL: Stones Throw formats, trying to push the envelope as far as what exactly constitutes GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap a rap record. ‘Talking (Bleep)’ and ‘Problems’ were my last two lead BARCODE: 659457238315 singles, both markedly unconventional. I adore both of those songs FORMAT: LP and I adore both of those albums specifically for the new creative RELEASE: 5/5/2017 fulfillment I enjoyed while making them. There’s much more of that to LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ come, but after spending 3 years outside of the box I was left with a burning desire to just fuckin rhyme. That’s Veins.” TRACKLISTING

1. Between The Clouds - Homeboy Sandman 2. As Long As You Know 3. Bamboo 4. Clarity 5. Consumption 6. A’s, J’s & L’s 7. Ceviche With Nietzsche 8. Underground Dreams 9. Lemon Ginger Tea 10. Bless Up

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• Rare out-of-print title, now available on vinyl for the first time in decades • Contains the Northern Soul classic “Blowing Up My Mind” • Produced by Herb Rooney, just a few years before he would produce the classic break “Synthetic Substitution” for Melvin Bliss • Official reissue by Nature Sounds courtesy of RCA / Sony

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Exciters Formed in Queens, NY in the early 1960s, The Exciters were a TITLE: Caviar And Chitlins dynamic R&B quartet consisting of lead singer Brenda Reid and CATALOG: l-NSD806 her producer/writer husband Herb Rooney, plus vocalists Carolyn LABEL: Nature Sounds Johnson and Lillian Walker. The group rose to prominence in 1962, GENRE: R&B when their hit single “Tell Him” rose to #4 on the U.S. pop chart. BARCODE: 822720780617 The Exciters continued releasing quality music for years, including FORMAT: LP their 1969 RCA album Caviar And Chitlins, a vintage slice of soul RELEASE: 5/5/2017 / R&B from perhaps the most important era in the genre’s history. LIST PRICE: $20.98 / CW Incidentally, a few years later the album’s producer Herb Rooney would go on to produce and write one of hip-hop’s most sampled TRACKLISTING records ever, “Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Bliss. Long out-of-

1. Blowing Up My Mind print, Caviar And Chitlins is now available on vinyl for the first time in 2. Give It All decades. Discover it now thanks to this official reissue from Nature 3. Fight That Feelin’ Sounds. 4. Always 5. You Don’t Know What You’re Missing (Til It’s Gone!) 6. I Don’t Have To Worry (No More) 7. You Got Me 8. Movin’ Too Slow 9. If I Could See Into Tomorrow 10. A Year Ago 11. Turn Me On

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• Vinyl release will be followed by a multi-city European tour • Includes notable features Freddie Gibbs, Fashawn, and Rapper Big Pooh, among others • Since first jumping on the scene in 2015 with his Marco Polo produced debut, ‘From out of the Shadows,’ Saga has embarked on two European tours, opening for both Fashawn and Asher Roth and has toured throughout Japan alongside Marco Polo and DJ Skizz • Thelonious Martin is a member of the Chicago’s collective alongside , , , , and has compiled an extensive discography that includes production credits for the likes of , A$AP Rocky, , Curren$y, , Ab-Soul, and Smoke DZA, among others DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Saga & Thelonious Martin ‘Molotov’ represents the best elements of its creators, Brooklyn TITLE: Molotov rapper, Saga and Chicago producer, Thelonious Martin. The rhymes are potent and powerful, taking down everyone from cynics to haters, CATALOG: l-CM066 wack emcees, and inner demons. And the instrumentals serve to LABEL: Coalmine Records bring those words to life by way of head-nodding percussion, and GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap slick sample flips. BARCODE: 659123081719 LP FORMAT: Because it was crafted by one rapper and one producer, ‘Molotov’ RELEASE: 5/5/2017 is especially effective, and have made it clear why their approach LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR works so well, especially as a duo. The 12 tracks move in and out of each other seamlessly, while tackling a variety of sounds and subject TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) matter, all with an effective supporting cast of notable features. Like the one-two punch of the straight-up banger “Karma,” which features 1. Intro a fired-up Freddie Gibbs, and the Fashawn-assisted lead single, “Yesterday.” 2. Mongolian Cashmere 3. Yesterday (feat. Fashawn) “With Molotov, it was about maintaining the level of quality I’m known 4. Misunderstood for,” the producer says, noting that it all started with the two sending 5. Karma (feat. Freddie Gibbs) tracks back and forth. “As the project was coming along, we started 6. Where We Live (Brooklyn) building the proper chemistry to make this special.” 7. Out There Saga agreed, calling the project’s conception “organic.” It was that 8. Never Mind (feat. The Mind) unrestrained vibe that he says “allowed me to be free with my thought 9. Not Today process, and write for the moment.” As a result, he was able to 10. All I Know (feat. Rapper Big Pooh) explore new and intriguing ideas, like how “chaos is the end result of 11. They Don’t Know a long process of inner discontent within our own lives.” And you can 12. Outro hear him eloquently rhyme about this subject on “Misunderstood,” his favorite cut on the 12 track LP.

First released in digital-only format on February 17th, the album will be available on vinyl on May 5th, courtesy of Coalmine Records. This falls prior to the duo’s departure for Europe, where they will embark on a multi-city tour in promotion for the LP.

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• This full-length release on the band’s own label, Made With Pencil Crayons, dives deep into Afro-Cuban waters, mixing Afro-Cuban Yoruba chants with subtle and rumbas with post-rock experimentalism • The band will be performing at festivals in the US and Canada from May to September • “‘The Battle of Santiago’ deliver it all. Ancient knowledge, great dance beats, and musicianship. What a great act!” Ismael Ahmed, Host of “This Island Earth”, WDET

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Battle Of Santiago Toronto-based group the Battle of Santiago combines classic TITLE: La Migra Afro-Cuban rhythms and vocals with a distinctly Canadian post- CATALOG: cd-MWPC3217 rock spirit and sensibility. LABEL: Made With Pencil Crayons GENRE: Latin/Alternative While Canada is well-known for its thriving indie rock and electronic BARCODE: 659123083829 scenes, the country is seldom thought of as a Latin music hotbed. FORMAT: CD But Toronto hosts many thriving immigrant communities — RELEASE: 5/5/2017 including one of the largest Cuban expat communities in North LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH America and the Battle of Santiago is strongly rooted in the city’s wealth of Cuban musical talent. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Aguanileo The band’s upcoming release La Migra dives deep into Afro-Cuban 2. Rumba Libre waters, mixing Afro-Cuban Yoruba chants with subtle electronica 3. Pa’ Bailar and rumbas with post-rock experimentalism. The sound is more 4. Congo than just Radiohead meets Irakere, there’s some cumbia tinged 5. Cimarron with dub anthemic Latin rock and even some smooth funk. 6. Los Viajes Del Bata 7. Asi Vengo Yo 8. Barasu - Ayo Pt.1 9. Barasu - Ayo Pt.2 10. Se MeComplica 11. Bomba Grande

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• Follow up to his popular PVD Breaks Vol 1 • Vol 2 is limited to 250 units • Pat’s music has been praised by tastemakers and DJs around the globe such as Gilles Peterson, Bobbito Garcia, & DJ Spinna, as well as being featured on such TV networks as FOX, NBC, MTV, VH1, & Comedy Central • PVD has provided the soundtrack to viral videos from the likes of VICE Magazine & Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Pat Van Dyke PVD Breaks Vol 2 picks up where Vol 1 left off: more essential TITLE: PVD Breaks Vol. 2 (Royalty Free Breaks) breakbeats (royalty free no less!) for Producers and DJs. Simply CATALOG: b-RDF116 stated this is a must have collection of original breakbeats played, LABEL: Redefinition Records recorded, and mixed by Pat. GENRE: Drums/Scratch/Breaks BARCODE: 116301711658 Pat Van Dyke is a drummer, , producer, and band FORMAT: 12” leader. Equally comfortable behind the , as he is penning RELEASE: 5/5/2017 compositions at the Fender Rhodes or guitar, PVD balances the LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS rhythmic intensity of true-school hip hop with the rich harmony & refreshing subtlety of jazz. Drawing from a diverse palette of TRACKLISTING sounds, Pat’s music features live instrumentation alongside analog

A. synthesizers, lush horns, and vintage keyboards, straddling the Breaks boundaries of , jazz, and golden era hip-hop.

B. Pat’s music has been praised by tastemakers and DJs around the Breaks globe such as Gilles Peterson, Bobbito Garcia, & DJ Spinna, as well as being featured on such TV networks as FOX, NBC, MTV, VH1, & Comedy Central, and providing the soundtrack to viral videos from the likes of VICE Magazine & Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”.

Along with a rotating cast of NYC’s finest , Pat has brought his unique LIVE blend of soul-jazz & organic hip-hop to packed houses at The Blue Note, S.O.B’s, NJPAC, and The Roxy Hotel as well as other venues; large & small, throughout NYC & beyond. Recent releases include two full length LPs; ‘Technicolor HI-FI’ (Cotter Records), ‘Right On Time’ (Jakarta Records - ), a limited edition vinyl 7” with (mc) John Robinson entitled “Miles & Trane”: a hip hop tribute to the two jazz legends, a 7” Vinyl Release with the legendary DJ Spinna, as well as 2 volumes of his essential breakbeat compilations with Redef.

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• LP pressed on orange vinyl • Limited edition vintage instrumental collection from legendary producer, DJ Spinna • Will be supported by video content of Spinna in his studio, discussing his career and production techniques

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: DJ Spinna Aptly titled, “1996 Beat Tape Vol. 1”, DJ Spinna’s latest instrumental album features 18 original beats all produced on the EMU-SP1200 & TITLE: 1996 Beat Tape Vol. 1 Akai S950 circa 1996. With over 25 years in business, the Brooklyn CATALOG: l-RDF115 / c-RDF115 native is tied to nothing short of greatness and a legacy of diverse LABEL: Redefinition Records extensions since his beginnings as a house DJ in the late 80s. Many know Spinna for being in the elite group of seasoned party rockers GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental where his resume includes collaborations with , Spike BARCODE: 115591171784 / N/A RDF115 Lee, Michael Jackson & Prince (Soul Slam) tribute parties and FORMAT: LP / Cassette several US/international bookings a month. Others regard him as RELEASE: 5/5/2017 one of ’s best for his well orchestrated dance tracks that blend jazz, soul & funk, caribbean and latin themes into his LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS / $11.98 / AK trademark, “Intergalactic Soul”.

Producing in the mid 90s with his underground duo, the Jigmastas, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Spinna acquired national recognition for remixing Das Efx’s, Microphone Master single. He would gain larger recognition for 1. Bleepers his classic remix of ’s, Stakes Iz High single originally produced by the legendary Jay Dee aka who became 2. Gruzzy a friend in addition to being a contemporary. After a deal with 3. Lace and producing some of ’s early official appearances, Spinna achieved placements as a go to beat maker 4. Azzy for legends, veterans and new MC’s. Though DJ Spinna has found 5. Zylowah continued success away from his roots, he has always satisfied his 6. Red core audience whether producing for Homeboy Sandman, Phonte, The Jigmastas or his own solo projects.”1996 Beat Tape Vol. 1” is a 7. J.L. rare peek into his deep archive. Much of the material was sourced 8. Dasfunkay directly from aged dat tapes and floppy disks from the year 1996. 9. B.T. Don’t let the 20 year lapse mislead that these compositions are 10. Murky primitive to today’s standards. The 18 track fully instrumental LP proves the advanced production techniques and sampling ideas 11. Uuuugghh Spinna employed are still ahead of it’s time long before much of 12. Notty the resurgence of 90s revivalist themes from today’s artists. The “1996 beat Tape” is the “Real McCoy”. All music was produced before 13. Fazer computers, before accessible home studios and before instrumental 14. BuildingBloxx hip-hop was a category. Many of the beats were made with vocalists 15. Webby in mind. Constructed on turntables, the EMU-SP1200 and the Akai S950, historians will appreciate the album cover designed by Joe 16. Hopscotch Buck which depicts intimate photos of Spinna in his studio with the 1 7. Thatone2 actual gear used to create the album’s contents. This is only the first volume and the debut venture between Redefinition Records and 18. Blue Spinna’s own Correct Technique Records. With 2 plus decades of unreleased material, who knows what the future holds, but history shows that when DJ Spinna releases an instrumental album, they sell fast.

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• K.A.A.N., while not yet a press darling, has organically amassed a cult following with over 140,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 44,000 subs on Soundcloud & 50,000 subscribers on youtube • Produced entirely by Klaus Layer, instrumentals included on B Side • EP will be supported by at least 1 music video

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: K.A.A.N. & Klaus Layer Abstractions is an international collaboration featuring Maryland’s lyricist extraordinaire, K.A.A.N. going in with no TITLE: Abstractions breaks over some of German producer Klaus Layer’s most CATALOG: l-RDF120 / c-RDF120 unique soundscapes to date. Hip-Hop as a genre is big on LABEL: Redefinition Records labels and while many might consider the musical styles demonstrated on here to be “boom-bap” inspired with a side GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap of “lyrical miracle,” there’s more than meets the ear happening BARCODE: 120201712059 / N/A RDF120 here. FORMAT: LP / Cassette RELEASE: 5/5/2017 The project is brief but thanks to the dense layers of both music and introspective wordplay crafted by the artists, listening to LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR / $10.98 / AJ “Abstractions” is a very rewarding experience. The two first collaborated on the deep cut, Sleepy Hollow People, from Layer’s Society Collapse LP in 2016. Out of mutual interests TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) and positive fanfare, a whole EP was recorded shortly afterward. Hearing K.A.A.N. rap is a treat for rap connoisseurs 1. as he dynamically delivers complex rhymes with a rare energy, rivaling even the best veteran MCs of yesterday and today. 2. My Nigga Klaus Layer is no slouch either when it comes to sound design. 3. King Solomon Evident by the fact that he has become a fixture amongst some of hip-hop’s best European imports; his records fly off shelves 4. Boom and he can be found frequently performing in smoky Jazz 5. Sleepy Hollow People (Bonus) clubs from to Moscow and beyond. Known for his viral 6. Toonami (Instrumental) youtube MPC performances and releasing critically acclaimed instrumental albums year after year since his Redef debut in 7. My Nigga (Instrumental) 2013, “Abstractions” is the first Klaus project to exclusively 8. King Solomon (Instrumental) feature a rapper over his sought after sound. Instrumentals are included on the b-side. 9. Boom (Instrumental) To date, both artists have found incredible success respectively that continues to grow (K.A.A.N. notably has recently relocated to Los Angeles but we are not at liberty to disclose any of the prescriptions he’s been writing… *Cough*). On “Abstractions,” K.A.A.N. effortlessly proves why he’s one of the premiere up and coming mc’s adding to his growing back catalog that boasts millions of streams throughout every major online platform. At a time when the world seems to be showing prominent signs of division, it’s a record like this that is an example of how music brings people from all races and all corners of the world together. Despite being separated by the Atlantic across two continents, speaking separate languages and living under different government systems, K.A.A.N. and Klaus Layer’s Abstractions shows no boundaries exist when great minds unit. It’s bigger than hip-hop.

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KEY SELLING POINTS

• Non Phixion are , Goretex, Sabac Red, DJ Eclipse and MC Serch • Features production from Large Professor, , DJ Premier, , & Juju Of • Guest verses from MF DOOM & The Beatnuts

ARTIST: Non Phixion DESCRIPTION TITLE: The Future Is Now “Utilizing beats that would do Dr. Octagon-era Dan “The Automator” CATALOG: cd-UHR5701 proud and rhyming schemes that bring to mind early Wu-Tang Clan LABEL: Uncle Howie Records or mid-’90s Gang Starr, Non Phixion exposes the sound of true GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap underground hip-hop. This is music that reflects the sound and attitude BARCODE: 659123060424 of countless rappers selling their albums out of the back of their cars FORMAT: CD or in booths on the street, cutting together dirty and disjointed sounds RELEASE: 5/5/2017 with a confidence and quality that is unique to this particular genre. LIST PRICE: $11.98 / AK This would all be for nothing if it wasn’t for the excellent raps from Ill Bill, Goretex, and Sabac Red, a trio of rappers who have a Tribe Called Quest-like chemistry. Their clever lyrics, respectable skills, and rough TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) voices make this an intense and dark landmark in alternative rap.” - iTunes 1. Futurama 2. Drug Music 3. The C.I.A. Is Trying To Kill Me 4. If You Got Love 5. There Is No Future ft. Necro 6. Uncle Howie 7. Rock Stars 8. Say Goodbye To Yesterday 9. Black Helicopters 10. Strange Universe ft. MF DOOM 11. Cult Leader 12. It’s Us 13. Suicide Bomb ft. The Beatnuts, Al Tariq, Marley Metal & Sunshine 14. Where You Wanna Go 15. We Are The Future 16. The C.I.A. Is Still Trying To Kill Me ft. The &

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• Coming off the buzz of his acclaimed Loveline LP, Diamond takes a slightly more chill but equally party-centric approach on Goodies • This is the first 12” release on ABC

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Diamond Ortiz San Francisco native and modern funk wiz Diamond Ortiz makes TITLE: Goodies his first appearance on Austin Boogie Crew Records with Goodies, CATALOG: e-ABC006 a sweet and enticing 12” EP of quality jams! Coming off the buzz LABEL: Austin Boogie Crew of his acclaimed Loveline LP, Diamond takes a slightly more chill GENRE: Modern Funk but equally party-centric approach on Goodies . This is the first 12” BARCODE: 659123084710 release on ABC and it’s fire from front to back! FORMAT: EP RELEASE: 5/5/17 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH

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A. Rite Back Atcha Hit the Spot

B. NBC (Nothin’ But Cuties) Goodies

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• 500 only pressed onto cocaine white vinyl with black and grey splatter • Includes some of the first known recordings from Gucci • Gucci teamed with long term collaborator and producer Zaytoven to lay down 12 tracks in his Mama’s Basement • The tape was only released to the public last year just before Gucci’s release from prison

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Gucci Mane & Zaytoven Arguably the most influential and charismatic rapper of the the TITLE: Mama’s Basement last 10 years, Gucci Mane has become a cult figure and cultural CATALOG: l-OMINC007 phenomenon through his countless mixtapes, movie roles, and LABEL: Omerta Inc. brushes with the law. Mama’s Basement takes us back to the very GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap beginning of Gucci’s career, with some of the first known recordings BARCODE: 827565061884 from Wop. Gucci teamed with long term collaborator and legendary FORMAT: LP - Splatter Vinyl rap producer Zaytoven to lay down 12 tracks in his Mama’s Basement. RELEASE: 5/5/2017 The tape was only released to the public last year just before Gucci’s LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT release from prison.

TRACKLISTING Omerta Inc. Will be giving Guwop & Zaytoven the vinyl treatment

1. Wzup with a very limited pressing. Limited to 500 copies on Cocaine white 2. Two Thangs and black splatter 180 gram heavy weight vinyl, each copy hand 3. Trapstar numbered and house in a high quality matte finished sleeve with 4. Shake It Baby original artwork. 5. Ride With Me 6. Hold Up Now “If you’ve been hungering for some of their classic Atlanta sound 7. Connected and chemistry, Mama’s Basement is raw, unfinished, and bumping 8. Get Geeked nostalgia trip of songs you haven’t experienced yet.” - The Fader 9. Pill Man 10. Bust A Glock “Zaytoven & Gucci Mane unearth some gems on ‘Mamas Basement’” 11. Time to Re-Up - RWD Magazine 12. White Charger “Some songs unmastered, some unfinished, but the entire project is a look into what eventually became a flourishing relationship between the producer and rapper.” - 2 Dope Boyz

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• Sophomore album by Dutch electronic artist LudoWic • On tour in Europe in April and May • Composing soundtrack for the upcoming video game Katana ZERO (Akiisoft / Adult Swim Games) • Featuring Kevin Stunnenberg from The Cinema Escape, frontman of the famous Dutch rock band Birth Of Joy, guitarist from Mister and Mississippi Tom Broshuis and artist/singer Wende

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: LudoWic Armed with impressive analogue hardware synths, drumming TITLE: Elka Village machines and noise boxes, the Dutch electro artist ludoWic is poking and prodding around in the dirt of electronic music. The gritty, noisy CATALOG: l-BSR013-RED / l-BSR013 / cd-BSR013 and dark electro music emerging from the cracks in the dirt is a sound LABEL: Black Screen Records that only few others can match. ludoWic (real name: Thijs Lodewijk) GENRE: Electronic/Ambient released his debut album, “A Blinding Light Moment” in late 2015 on Wic BARCODE: 4059251068525 / 4059251068532 / 4059251068549 Recordings. “A Blinding Light Moment” describes the exact moment that LP - Red Vinyl / LP / CD FORMAT: visual elements and music fit each other so perfectly, you get blinded RELEASE: 5/5/2017 for a split second. A year later, the analogue virtuoso released “Dream LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX / $21.98 / CX / $13.98 / AM Content”, an EP about the eerie phenomenon that we call dreams.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) ludoWic frequently releases live jam’s and music videos on his popular Youtube channel, showcasing his extraordinary analogue equipment 1. Split 5 and talent. He rapidly started gaining a tight-knit following in his home country The Netherlands as well as the rest of the world. In addition to 2. Boxed People his own music, ludoWic writes and produces for and with others. One of 3. A Green Painted Garden (ft. Tom Broshuis) his latest collaborations is with Akiisoft/Adult Swim Games, for which he 4. The Lost Kult provided the soundtrack to the indie game Katana Zero. 5. The World Has To End 6. 221-S He is set to release his second album “Elka Village” on the April 21st. 7. Without You (ft. Kevin Stunnenberg) The co-release between Wic Recordings and the German Black Screen Records will be available on CD, digital download and 8. Elka Village an exclusive limited edition vinyl. For making this album ludoWic has 9. PCM at Night sought its own “Elka Village”. He locked himself in a Dutch chapel for 10. There are Moments (ft. Wende) (Bonustrack) a week. In this peace and seclusion ludoWic largely wrote, produced and recorded the album himself, accompanies analog, vintage modular synths, drum machines and lots of other gear. ludoWic says to the theme of the album: “The need to occasionally move your thoughts to a miniature village, and lead a double life in there to escape reality, was the inspiration for writing this album.“

Three times there were guests in the chapel to write and record a track with ludoWic. The first guest was Kevin Stunnenberg from The Cinema Escape and frontman of the famous Dutch rock band Birth Of Joy. The second guest was Tom Broshuis, guitarist from the band Mister and Mississippi. The last guest was the artist/singer Wende. She sells out venues at this time with her new show #Mens.

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• 2016 DMC online world champion • Juno (Canadian Grammy) winning artist • Featured artists include Lollybone (Milk and Bone), Kabanjak (Luvah/Switchstance) and DJ Vekked (6X World DJ Champion) • Every unit is unique and color tones vary

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: DJ Brace 2016 DMC online world champion DJ Brace, who also has a Juno TITLE: Beyond (Canadian Grammy) for best instrumental album in his trophy case, CATALOG: f-COST001 presents his latest single Beyond, on colored vinyl 7”. LABEL: Costume Records GENRE: Hip-Hop/Turntablism B-side treats include his critically acclaimed single, SMH (never BARCODE: 619061474325 FORMAT: 7” before available on wax) and a skip proof scratch sentence! RELEASE: 5/5/2017 Featured artists include Lollybone (Milk and Bone), Kabanjak LIST PRICE: $14.98 / CN (Luvah/Switchstance) and DJ Vekked (6X World DJ Champion).

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1. SMH 2. Beyond 3. Skip Proof Scratch Loop

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• 300 copies on green and black splatter vinyl • Features from TK Kravitz, Migo’s Offset and E-40 • Each copy individually hand numbered in gold pen and housed in a high quality matte finished sleeve with original artwork

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Peewee Longway & Cassius Jay Atlanta trap legend Peewee Longway joined forces with one of the TITLE: Longway Sinatra hottest producers in the ATL scene, Cassius Jay, back in August CATALOG: l-OMINC006 2016 to release a joint 11 track mixtape ‘Longway Sinatra.’ Featuring LABEL: Omerta Inc. guest spots from TK Kravitz, Migo’s Offset and the legendary E-40. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap This tape proves Peewee is one of the most slept on trap artists of BARCODE: 5060463414016 recent years. FORMAT: LP - Splatter Vinyl RELEASE: 5/5/2017 Omerta Inc. will be bringing ‘Longway Sinatra’ to vinyl for the first LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT time ever, this is also the first time any Peewee Longway project has been pressed on vinyl. Limited to just 300 copies, pressed onto TRACKLISTING 180 gram green and black splatter vinyl, each copy individually hand

1. Cocaine numbered in gold pen, and housed in a high quality matte finished 2. Egg Beater sleeve with original artwork. 3. On The Gram Feat. Offset 4. Master Peewee 5. Order Up 6. Skit 7. Bankroll 8. Back To Cali Feat. E-40 9. Way Too Much Feat. TK Kravitz 10. Grown Man Gone Go Get It 11. Got Dam

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• After 8 years of performing, this is the much anticipated debut full length album • Authentic Cuban Son, Salsa, and Cumbia

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Malamanya Stand on the corner of Cedar & 42nd in South Minneapolis and TITLE: Malamanya it can feel like you are eavesdropping on the sounds of a jukebox CATALOG: l-MM003 / cd-MM003 smuggled out of 1960s Havana. On summer nights, when windows LABEL: Secret Stash Records fling open gasping for cool air, Afro-Cuban rhythms and celebratory GENRE: Latin exclamations radiate from a basement up the street where nine BARCODE: 853580005398 / 798576931360 dedicated musicians are rehearsing classic, timeless Latin songs. FORMAT: LP / CD RELEASE: 5/5/2017 Malamanya began in 2009 aiming to create music that would fuel LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR / $16.98 / AQ late nights of dancing, drinking, and connection… music that anyone could get down to, regardless of language, race, or ethnicity. From TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) these intentions and desires came their band name, Malamanya

1. El Vendedor De Agua (Spanish for the bad habit). 2. Mujer Bonita 3. Aguanile After eight years together, Malamanya is releasing their first full 4. Pintate Los Labios Maria length album. The self-titled LP is comprised of their favorite vintage 5. El Divorcio songs from throughout Latin America filtered through their uniquely 6. Café Colao eclectic yet traditionally rooted Latin sound. From track to track, 7. Cumbia de Cúcuta conga drums, timbales, and bongos provide foundational hypnotic 8. Agua Que Va Caer rhythms. Accenting these rhythms and adding melodies are upright 9. Oriente bass, acoustic piano, and the Cuban tres guitar. Lead vocals by 10. Viento Cuban-native Zusel Balbin cut through this combination, soaring 11. Rebelión back to another time when Celia Cruz and La Lupe dominated Latin airwaves.

Recorded using the same approach employed on their favorite Latin records from the 50s and 60s, Malamanya’s debut effort was cut to tape live in one room by the group’s co-founder, Tony Schreiner, at his Minneapolis based Brown Bag Studios. Whether you are brand new to Latin music, or a long time aficionado, Malamanya is sure to lift your spirits and move your feet.

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• Al Massrieen: Disco, Funk and modernized Arabic Pop from Egypt • Hany Shenoda, the man behind the band, is a reknown figure of the Egyptian music scene and has worked with everyone from Abdel Halim Hafez to Mohamed Mounir • The sound goes from lush disco like “Sah” to psych rock like “Horreya” or incredible jazz fused pop on songs such as “Ebda Men Gedid” • The release is fully licensed from the band and comes with an extensive booklet with liner notes, interviews and unseen photos • Includes download card and poster

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Al Massrieen In the beginning of Habibi Funk, our search was focussed on vinyl TITLE: Modern Music records. Around a year ago though, we got to the point where we realized that it became substantially harder to discover music, CATALOG: l-HABIBI006 that we enjoyed and hadn’t heard before. It became apparent that LABEL: Habibi Funk it was time to start looking for other formats. Cassette tapes were GENRE: Arabic/Funk/Disco the obvious alternative. These were introduced in the arabic world BARCODE: 673790033130 around the late 1970s. In some countries they took over a bit earlier, LP FORMAT: in others a bit later, but eventually they pushed the vinyl format out RELEASE: 5/5/2017 of the market in the 1980s. In Egypt this trend already even started LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX in the late 1970s.

TRACKLISTING Al Massrieen was one of the first bands I learned about once I discovered the tape format for myself. They were really popular in 1. Asef Gedan Egypt in the 1970s and the more of their music I found on either tapes or Arabic pirate mp3 sites, the more I was becoming a fan. Only 2. Ebda’ Men Gedid very few bands from the region can match the band’s versatility as 3. Sah well as their strive for innovation. Hany Shenoda is the man behind 4. Longa 79 the Al Massrieen band. He is a reknown figure of the Egyptian music 5. El Sobhiya scene and has worked with everyone from Abdel Halim Hafez to 6. Bahebek La* Mohamed Mounir. Al Massrieen was his attempt to introduce his 7. Men Awel Deqiqa ideas of modernizing Egyptian music, heavily encouraged by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt’s only winner of the Nobel Price for literature) after 8. Mafatshi Leh discussing his ideas with him. 9. Betebki Leh 10. Hatgini Tani Al Massrieen’s sound goes from lush disco like “Sah” to psych 11. Horreya rock like “Horreya” or incredible jazz fused pop on songs such as 12. El Bahr Azra* “Ebda Men Gedid”. I was shocked to realize the band seemed to be hardly known outside Egypt, even though I feel they’re at least 13. West El Ghabat on the same level as Ahmed Fakroun. An relative obscurity which I largely attribute to the fact that their releases never have been * not on LP, included with downloadcard pressed on vinyl (apart from a Greece best of LP which wasn’t a strong compilation of the group’s songs). One way or another it felt like this band and especially their composer, band leader and overall brain Hany Shenoda was in need to get some recognition outside of Egypt. The release is fully licensed from the band and comes with an extensive booklet with liner notes, interviews and unseen photos.

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• The Meltdown’s debut album - follows 2 pressings of their debut 7” ‘Better Days’, which sold out • Produced and mixed by Bob Knob. Previous credits on Emma Donovan, The Bombay Royale, The Cactus Channel • Strong country soul / classic soul sounds that would appeal strongly to the American market. Sounds like Alabama Shakes, Leon Bridges, James Hunter Six

ARTIST: The Meltdown TITLE: The Meltdown CATALOG: l-HS024 DESCRIPTION LABEL: Hope Street GENRE: Soul/R&B The Meltdown, Melbourne’s purveyors of the finest country soul are BARCODE: 659123081917 pleased to announce the release of their debut self-titled LP on 7th FORMAT: LP April. Joyous, upbeat and fiery, the second single ‘Don’t Hesitate’ lifts RELEASE: 5/5/2017 us up and onto the dance floor urging us to push aside our fears and LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR troubles and live in the moment. Blazing horns, sugar sweet backing vocals and Simon Burke’s honey voice take us back to the days of TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Stax and Motown with a little Nashville for good measure. After the sweetness of the last single, the ballad ‘Colours In The Sky’, this is a 1. Darkness Into Light more boisterous taste of the album. 2. Crooked Country 3. Secret Life The album blends country, gospel and 60s soul with Burke’s 4. Forever And Always enigmatic songwriting style and Lachlan McLean’s soulful horn 5. Don’t Hesitate arrangements. The result is a unique take on Australian 6. How Funny is Another Man’s Pain and a record full of life, energy and deeply felt storytelling. With the 7. Better Days bloodlines of southern soul; the space, the groove, the horns, and 8. Slow Fever a dash of traditional country songwriting, The Meltdown have grown 9. The Other Side into something that is their own. 10. Colours In The Sky

The band’s first release, the 2015 EP Better Days, recorded in a day on a shoestring budget has since sold out three pressings of 7” vinyl, clocked hundreds of thousands of streaming hits worldwide and featured in the soundtrack of US cable show Rosewood. Following this success the band have been honing their songs and sound on the Australian festival circuit, with appearances at Queenscliff Music Festival and Summer of Soul.

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• Debut album from Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta and Zechs Marquise • Features Sahtyre • Included printed inner sleeve & download card • Mastered by Daddy Kev

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Eureka The Butcher Find a moment of clarity. ¡EUREKA! is the new LP on Alpha Pup TITLE: ¡EUREKA! from Eureka the Butcher, a collection of intense, involved tracks with CATALOG: l-APR099 deliberate arrangements and undefinable style. LABEL: Alpha Pup GENRE: Electronic/Rap/Beats Artists and searchers long for that “eureka” moment – an illuminated BARCODE: 669158531691 instance of clear purpose and pure focus. For Eureka the Butcher, FORMAT: LP as for many, the light follows the dark: RELEASE: 5/5/2017 LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR “I wrote a lot of this album at a very dark time in my life. I’d lost some very important people in my life and I was at my most insecure, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) personally and musically speaking. I had to remember where I come

1. The Slow Rise from, who I’d learned from. I was at a low point and I hadn’t been 2. The Heaviness applying my culture and my upbringing to my everyday life. But 3. El Maestro then I had a moment of clarity, and I started to feel better. I began 4. The Formula remembering that I come from an incredible place, raised and taught 5. Know Time For Anything by incredible people. Then I made some drastic decisions, including 6. Run Off On Me moving to Los Angeles. I also had a eureka moment in terms of 7. Falling Short workflow and approach.” 8. Super Movements 9. Rap Songs (featuring Sahtyre) The album’s multifaceted nature reflects Eureka’s diverse inspiration. 10. I Want That Modular synth music of the ‘60s and ‘70s. LA’s rap, electronic, beat, 11. Dunzo and bass music scene. Hardware used to create the album dominates its sonic profile, from synthesizers and outboard compressors to live percussion and tape delays.

“But the biggest influence is the music I grew up with: salsa, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and fusion. These types of music taught me how to play… I gravitated towards what I know: psychedelia, fast bass, synth lines, Caribbean rhythms and extremely tight relationships between interwoven parts.”

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• Dome of Doom Records, in collaboration with SSB, proudly presents: SPEAKPANTHER • A collaboration between Los Angeles based producer Dream Panther and Mexico City based rapper Speak • The limited edition pressing includes bonus tracks, liner notes, and full color fold out illustrations by artist Jay Fury

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Speak & Dream Panther “SPEAKPANTHER is a new collaborative project from veteran rapper/ TITLE: SPEAKPANTHER Speak and experimental indie/hip-hop producer Dream CATALOG: c-DOD048 Panther (Greg Sheran), who have worked together on a number LABEL: Dome of Doom of memorable singles in the past. These two LA-based (although GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap SPEAK has recently relocated to Mexico City) underground fixtures BARCODE: N/A DOD048 have released their debut 8-track Speakpanther album via Dome of FORMAT: Cassette Doom Records.” RELEASE: 5/5/2017 LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL -Earmilk

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) “Exploring themes of “identity, love, family history and what it means

1. Howdyyy to be a foreigner both at home and aboard,” underground king 2. Not From Here (feat. Liphemra & POSHGOD) Speak and Dream Panther reconnect for a “multi-city experience” 3. Distill in album form with the joint project SPEAKPANTHER. IE-raised, 4. Viva La Lagunilla forward-thinking rapper Speak has been quietly killing it in recent 5. Barrio Chino years, penning the sort of bars that should intimidate most battle 6. Dollar Beer, Free Shots rappers. With SPEAKPANTHER, the Mexico-based emcee serves 7. Trap 3D up what might be his best album yet. Currently residing south of 8. North American Free Love Agreement the United States border, Speak stands as one of the most talented 9. Pull up on Trump with the Draco (Tape Only Bonus Track) rappers in his current country of residence. Eight tracks deep, SPEAKPANTHER contains only two third-party features outside of the incredible chemistry of Speak and producer Dream Panther — Liphemra and POSHGOD.”

-Hypebeast

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• The Layover is the debut LP by Strangers of Necessity, the fire duo consisting of CoryAyo and Fooch the MC • Released under of one of the most notorious German hip-hop labels of today, Radio Juicy • The album comes in a limited black vinyl edition of 300 worldwide

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Strangers Of Necessity Strangers Of Necessity consist of young upcoming producer, TITLE: The Layover CoryAyo from Iowa City, IA, and veteran rhyme sayer, Fooch the CATALOG: l-RJ053 MC, from Chicago, IL. The two connected by chance via twitter, LABEL: Radio Juicy after Cory saw Fooch in a 319 cypher video on youtube. They GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap linked up offline and quickly became friends, sparking an immediate BARCODE: 605380962056 chemistry and need to make quality hip-hop music together; hence FORMAT: LP the name Strangers Of Necessity. They instantly began recording RELEASE: 5/5/2017 music and doing shows locally, generating a small buzz in the area. LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR With CoryAyo’s affiliation with London, UK based netlabel, Hard Jazz 7, and Fooch being an artist on Mic Hand Recordings, they TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) knew they had the launch pad needed to release their debut EP,

1. Lift Off (Intro) Tangerine Avenue. Their sound is best described as a fresh take on 2. Gather Round that golden era of hip-hop, blending tasteful jazz and soul samples, 3. Pussy Cat crisp snares, boomy kicks on wonky patterns with a soulful delivery, 4. Revolving Door dense schemes and potent punch-lines that hit peaks before unseen. 5. Mario Strangers Of Necessity now better acquainted and constantly adding 6. We On IT (Interlude) shows to their calendar, are hoping to bring you retro fresh beats and 7. Really Want It rhymes that speak to right now; giving you that feeling that can only 8. That’s My $#!% be described as “goose bump music.” 9. Casper 10. Turbulence (Interlude) 11. Inside My Mind 12. Get Some 13. Miss Thang (Interlude) 14. All Mine

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• Includes printed inner sleeve and download code • Production supplied by LA natives Nobody, Kenny Segal, Louden, Big Game Huntaz and Daddy Kev

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Self Provoked After a run of successful mixtapes over the last five years, Self TITLE: Triangles Provoked released his debut album Triangles on October 28, 2016. CATALOG: l-TOL012 Production has been supplied by LA natives Nobody, Kenny Segal, LABEL: The Order Label Louden, Big Game Huntaz and Daddy Kev. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 669158531462 Hailing from the Los Angeles County region of San Fernando FORMAT: LP Valley, Self Provoked’s music career has been elevating through RELEASE: 5/5/2017 his crew On A High Note, building on 70,000+ subscribers over his LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR streaming channels and opening up for hip hop legends such as Bone Thugs ‘N Harmony, Talib Kweli and . Triangles TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) is the summation of his endurance and discipline as an MC, running

1. Welcome To My Castle through unique wordplay and imagery over the 43+ minutes of the 2. Handcuffs (feat. Urie) entire album. 3. Jiggy Jiggy 4. Young Man Sport Every line of Triangles opens up the most honest of windows into 5. That Girl (feat. NoEarth) Self Provoked’s thinking process and the beats ride through west 6. Drinking Hand coast tinged flavors of the darkest and brightest sides. The first track 7. Supposedly to premiere from Triangles was launched this summer, galvanizing 8. Friend To Foe his perspective on the realities of society with the Nick Rodriguez 9. I Don’t Care directed music video “Supposedly.” Bringing in 150,000+ plays in the 10. Cameras last few months, “Supposedly” was produced by long time working 11. Life’s Love Letter associate of Provoked’s, Louden. 12. Dumb 13. Never Duplicated (feat. DaveAllen) Triangles was recorded, mixed and mastered by Low End Theory co-founders Nobody and Daddy Kev at the Cosmic Zoo.

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• A Safe Place to Be Naked is S. Fidelity’s debut longawaited debut record via Jakarta Records • Features Juju Rogers, Bluestaeb, Shuffle Jack, Tesla and Harleighblu • LP contains an A2 poster & sticker

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: S. Fidelity A Safe Place to Be Naked is S. Fidelity’s debut longawaited debut TITLE: A Safe Place To Be Naked record via Jakarta Records featuring Juju Rogers, Bluestaeb, Shuffle CATALOG: l-JAKARTA118 Jack, Tesla and Harleighblu. LABEL: Jakarta Records GENRE: Hip-Hop “A Safe Place to Be Naked” is S. Fidelity’s debut album, which will BARCODE: 673790032928 be released on May 5th via Jakarta Records. It features 12 tracks, FORMAT: LP capturing the producer’s quest for a fresh sound, which he elaborated RELEASE: 5/5/2017 over the last two years, locked in his tiny basement studio in Berlin. LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR Evolving from there the he has also released an EP with Feelin Music in 2014, and “Sidekicks”, a joint project with long-term friend TRACKLISTING and collaborator Bluestaeb in 2016. By working with artists like Tru

1. 24/7 Thoughts singer Harleighblu and label mate JuJu Rogers as well as 2. Paper Party fellow producers Bluestaeb and Shuffle Jack, his LP “A Safe Place to 3. Saturday Be Naked” plays with sampled vocals and even his own voice – often 4. PPP (feat. Harleighblu) distorted, but still present. 5. Stargaze 6. Jonathan’s Joint S. Fidelity was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, mainly works in 7. Never (feat. Juju Rogers) Berlin and currently resides in London. As a producer he developed 8. Freshmen a unique and always driving sound, combining sampling techniques 9. Plane Ticket and classic beat making with unusual drum patterns, modern synth 10. No Sleep In Room 09 (feat. Shuffle Jack) and atmospheric sound effects. S. Fidelity’s laid-back eclecticism 11. LNDJ (feat. Bluestaeb) is marked by a deep knowledge and fascination for Pop culture as 12. Make It (Album Version) (feat. Tesla) a whole. His idea of fresh HipHop references to various genres, including Jazz, Ambient, Disco and Electronica.

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• Produced with the Cavendish Music library, and is entirely made from samples from their archive - famous among crate diggers as the Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library / SBH Series • Soundsci are producers Ollie Teeba from The Herbaliser and Jonny Cuba from Dynamic Syncopation, • Features MCs/DJs: UGeorge, Audessey, Oxygen, Supastition, Emskee, Eddie Meeks

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Soundsci Library music is the crate digger’s manna; music that has never TITLE: My Boosey Weighs A Ton been commercially released, hence much harder to come across, providing obscure sample material for generations of producers. Any CATALOG: l-2NX007 respectable digger will recognise the Boosey & Hawkes Recorded LABEL: 2NX / Cavendish Music Music Library sleeves immediately. However, the Cavendish : Hip-Hop/Rap archive, of which they are part, remains one of the least chartered BARCODE: 5055312800072 non-commercial music catalogues among producers. FORMAT: LP RELEASE: 5/5/2017 This is no longer the case, thanks to veteran beatsmiths Jonny Cuba LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR (Dynamic Syncopation) and Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser), and their army of emcees: Audessey, Oxygen, UGeorge, Supastition, Emskee TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) & Eddie Meeks. We bring you My Boosey Weighs A Tonne, an album sampled wholly from the Cavendish archive. This makes a perfect 1. My Boosey Weighs A Tonne follow up to 2011’s Soundsational LP on Ubiquity, for which Soundsci gained the blessing of Mike James Kirkland to sample his rich back 2. Hunger Pains catalogue. 3. Ole Saying Goes 4. Tug Of War Cavendish and Soundsci are two forces leading the way in building 5. Drugs, Guns & Economics relationships between the sampler and the sampled. In 2014 6. Thaddeus Browne Cavendish Music welcomed a select group of five producers into 7. Written In Stone their vinyl archive. SoundSci’s Jonny Cuba was one of the lucky few, and Soundsci were one of 25 artists who sampled and remixed the 8. Intelligence material for WhoSampled’s first ‘Samplethon’. Hunger Pains, which 9. Relationship features on this release, was a standout track on the resulting 10”, 10. Chimichunga which sold out in a week. 11. Dust & Decay The soundtrack origin of the source material lends the tracks a cinematic nature throughout which the emcees complement perfectly, tackling similarly epic subject matter on tracks like ‘Drugs, Guns & Economics’, ‘Written In Stone’ and ‘Ole Saying Goes’, while the narrative- style vocal on ‘Thaddeus Browne’ is a smart counterpart to the noir-soaked instrumental.

2NX is the label for projects of interest from the Cavendish Music library catalogue. Previous projects include WhoSampled Present: Digging In The Vaults.

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• BRRWD is a label collaboration between Ta-ku / Repeat Pattern & Jakarta Records • AKTR is a beat maker from Yokohama City sampling primarily 80s funk

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: AKTR AKTR is a beat maker from Yokohama city sampling TITLE: suburbanfunkessentials primarily 80s funk. With his familiar yet subtly unique and CATALOG: t-BRRWD006 fresh approach, AKTR is commonly loved by both hip-hop LABEL: BRRWD leaning loop heads, and serious connoisseur comsumers of GENRE: Hip-Hop Vaporwave alike. He somehow manages to contribute a high BARCODE: 673790033284 FORMAT: 10” level of bliss to this sample/collage culture (or whatever you RELEASE: 5/5/17 want to label it) in a quiet yet powerful yet manner from his LIST PRICE: $15.98 / CP humble Yokohama apartment. We are very excited to be one of the stops in his creative journey and hope you will hear TRACKLISTING what we are hearing.

1. ihavenothing 2. devonrex BRRWD is a label collaboration between Ta-ku/ repeat pattern 3. positive afterimage and Jakarta Records. 4. dowhatyoulike 5. youmakemelove 6. nextmovement 7. realclose 8. anotherplace 9. allnightlamp 10. illbethere 11. dustindust 12. giveitto(pray)

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• DJ Kon has done re-works and remixes of Chic, Michael Jackson, George Benson, T.S. Monk, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott Heron, Willie Bobo, Pleasure and many others • Previous complilations have influenced tastemakers Mayer Hawthorne, Gilles Peterson and more as well as new generation artists like Anderson .Paak and Floating Points

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Pretenders (Kon Remix) The Pretenders ‘Just Be Yourself’ remixed from the original Multitrack TITLE: Just Be Yourself (Kon Remix) b/w Just Be Yourself 2” tapes. World class DJ Kon has been busy doing groundbreaking (Extended Mix) re-works and remixes of Chic, Michael Jackson, George Benson, CATALOG: FGCAR12 T.S. Monk, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott Heron, Willie LABEL: Family Groove Records Bobo, Pleasure + many others. His 3 Volume Off Track BBE GENRE: Soul/Funk compilations with Amir of previously unknown Disco, Funk, Boogie BARCODE: N/A FGCAR12 FORMAT: 12” & Jazz tracks have gone on to influence tastemakers Dimitri From RELEASE: 5/5/2017 , Gilles Peterson, Joey Negro, Mayer Hawthorne and a new LIST PRICE: $11.98 / CJ generation of artists like Anderson .Paak & Floating Points. This remix of a legendary and highly in demand Modern Soul track on TRACKLISTING Carnival Records keeps in step with the original recording while

Side A. breaking ground into new sonic territory. The sound is rich and full Just Be Yourself (Kon Remix) due to Analog mixing by Kamal Humphrey through Maurice Starr’s SSL Board. Simply a future classic.

Side B. Just Be Yourself (Extended Mix)

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