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ONRA Chinoiseries 3 KEY SELLING POINTS • 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 Funk, 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. 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CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM DANGERDOOM The Mouse and The Mask: Official Metalface Version KEY SELLING POINTS • Official reissue of classic 2005 DANGERDOOM album, which originally debuted at #2 on the U.S. independent albums chart • Includes appearances from Talib Kweli, 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 Adult Swim, 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 hip hop 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 Cartoon Network’s late- night Adult Swim programming slate, and includes appearances from TRACKLISTING several Adult Swim characters, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 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 (Madlib 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 EP: 1. Skit 1 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM HOMEBOY SANDMAN Veins KEY SELLING POINTS • “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 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM THE EXCITERS Caviar And Chitlins KEY SELLING POINTS • 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: $20.98 / CW Incidentally, a few years later the album’s producer Herb Rooney would go on to produce and write one of hip-hop’s most sampled TRACKLISTING records ever, “Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Bliss. Long out-of- 1. Blowing Up My Mind print, Caviar And Chitlins is now available on vinyl for the first time in 2. Give It All decades. Discover it now thanks to this official reissue from Nature 3. Fight That Feelin’ Sounds. 4. Always 5. You Don’t Know What You’re Missing (Til It’s Gone!) 6. I Don’t Have To Worry (No More) 7. You Got Me 8. Movin’ Too Slow 9. If I Could See Into Tomorrow 10. A Year Ago 11. Turn Me On PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM SAGA & THELONIOUS MARTIN Molotov KEY SELLING POINTS • Vinyl release will be followed by a multi-city European tour • Includes notable features Freddie Gibbs, Fashawn, and Rapper Big Pooh, among others • Since first jumping on the scene in 2015 with his Marco Polo produced debut, ‘From out of the Shadows,’ Saga has embarked on two European tours, opening for both Fashawn and Asher Roth and has toured throughout Japan alongside Marco Polo and DJ Skizz • Thelonious Martin is a member of the Chicago’s Savemoney collective alongside Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Joey Purp, Nico Segal, Towkio and has compiled an extensive discography that includes production credits for the likes of Mac Miller, A$AP Rocky, Joey Badass, Curren$y, Action Bronson, 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.