BLOCKHEAD Funeral Balloons

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• Blockhead has released albums with Ninja Tune and produced for artists such as Aesop Rock, Open Mike Eagle and Billy Woods over the course of his nearly two decade long career • Blockhead’s evolution as a producer is on full display, exploring different avenues and sounds with every new release and continuing to forge his own lane between the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Blockhead Funeral Balloons is the new album from acclaimed producer & NYC TITLE: Funeral Balloons fixture Blockhead [real name; Tony Simon]. Funeral Balloons is as bold CATALOG: l-BWZ747 / cd-BWZ747 and irreverent as the title suggests; from the uplifting and energetic mood LABEL: Backwoodz Studioz of “Bad Case of the Sundays” to the spaced out airy grooves found on GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 616822028315 / 616892517146 “UFMOG” all the way to the 1970s car chase anthem like “Escape from FORMAT: 2XLP / CD NY”, the songs never stop in one place. HOME MARKET: New York RELEASE: 9/8/2017 While, at its core, Funeral Balloons doesn’t stray far from the kind of LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA / $13.98 / AM music Blockhead has been making since his debut Music by Cavelight, his evolution as a producer is on full display, exploring different avenues TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) and sounds with every new release and continuing to forge his own lane

1. The Chuckles between the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music. 2. Bad case of the Sundays 3. UFOMG 4. Zip It 5. Gobsmacked 6. Your Mom Is Mad High 7. Festival Paramedics 8. Cop Rock 9. Uncleback 10. Macgruber 11. Escape from NY 12. Funeral Balloons

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• “Double A-side” format which features a single on both sides • Featured performances from Detroit luminaries Wendell Harrison (Tribe Records) and Jeremy Ellis (currently a member of the Roots) • The single is being released in conjunction with the forthcoming ‘Kindred Live’ LP • All previous Sessions Sounds 7” singles have sold though and are currently on a second press • PR campaign by Synergy Works

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Will Sessions In advance of their upcoming jazz fusion album comes a re-release of TITLE: Kindred b/w Polyester People 2 original songs from the band’s now hard-to-find 2010 album, Kindred. CATALOG: f-WSS005 LABEL: Sessions Sounds The first side features legendary saxophonist, Wendell Harrison, who GENRE: Funk/Soul BARCODE: 659123088916 is best known for his work on Detroit’s renowned Tribe record label. FORMAT: 7” ‘Kindred’ is a dark and heady composition reminiscent of Miles Davis’s HOME MARKET: Detroit, Michigan fusion-era material, which despite it’s abstractions, is underpinned by a RELEASE: 9/8/2017 heavy, head-nodding groove. LIST PRICE: $7.98 / CE On the flip is ‘Polyester People’, an explosive, up-t empo jam which TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) shows off the keyboard skills of Jeremy Ellis. Despite being best known

A. for playing the drum machine alongside the Roots on the Tonight Show Kindred (featuring Wendell Harrison) with Jimmy Fallon, Ellis is an incredible keyboardist in his own right. His contribution on the Fender Rhodes calls to mind Herbie Hancock’s best

B. work with the Headhunters, and the band never lets up under him! Polyester People (featuring Jeremy Ellis)

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• New material from Opio (Souls of Mischief, Hieroglyphics) • Produced by Dakim (Leaving, Stones Throw, Detroit) • Mixed & mastered by Matthewdavid (Brainfeeder, Leaving, Stones Throw)

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Opio Leaving Records presents new material from Opio of Souls of Mischief/ TITLE: Wounded Healer Hieroglyphics. The project was produced by Dakim (Leaving, Stones CATALOG: l-LR112 Throw, Detroit), features Homeboy Sandman and was mixed and LABEL: Leaving Records mastered by Matthewdavid. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659457522612 FORMAT: LP HOME MARKET: Oakland, California RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $14.98 / CN

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1. Wounded Healer (feat. Homeboy Sandman) (Original Version) 2. Galvanometer 1st 3. Wounded Healer (feat. Homeboy Sandman) (Swamp Witchdoctor Version) 4. Galvanometer 2nd 5. Wounded Healer (feat. Homeboy Sandman) (Mountain Sage Version) 6. Galvanometer 3rd

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• Limited edition one take mixtape on vinyl for the first time. Press play and enjoy the ride • Previously only available on cassette & soundcloud

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Damu The Fudgemunk This one take, all-vinyl mixtape was created by Damu The Fudgemunk TITLE: Damu The Fudgemunk’s 20 Favorite Sample Flips in 2014 for the legendary (but now defunct) Ego Trip Magazine’s “Top 10 CATALOG: l-RDF121 Sample Flips” feature, in which he highlighted and analyzed his favorite LABEL: Redefinition Records sample flips ... 10 wasn’t enough so he highlighted his favorite 20. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 121201420296 Consider this the soundtrack / companion piece to the written article. The FORMAT: LP mix consists of classic rap songs mixed along with the original samples HOME MARKET: Washington DC that were used to construct the beats. RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $14.98 / CN Damu says: “This is music that I cherish and enjoy. I take pride in having these records in my collection. Please do you your research and dig TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) deeper into the catalogs of each artists to keep their music alive. Much

The mix consists of classic rap songs mixed along with the original respect to the talent and efforts of all the people who were a part of these samples that were used to construct the beats songs. Thank you for listening.”

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• Selected from an array of private collections and radio archives in Brooklyn, New York, and multiple digging trips in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Gonaives, and St. Marc, Haiti • Accordion-driven meringue, Vodou-derived drum patterns, hypnotic tenor sax arrangements and psychedelic interpretations of folklore; the music of 1960s, 70s, & 80s Haiti enjoys a royal repute across the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Colombian coast

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Various Artists Selected from an array of private collections and radio archives in TITLE: Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Brooklyn, New York, and multiple digging trips in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 - 1981 CATALOG: l-OST001 Gonaives, and St. Marc, Haiti, are twenty tracks that encompass the LABEL: Ostinato Records vast diversity of styles during the seminal years of musical innovation GENRE: World/Caribbean/Jazz and percussive potency in Haiti. From the legendary, elegant big band BARCODE: 616892398844 dance parties in iconic nightclubs of Port-au-Prince to the rhythms of FORMAT: 2XLP the countryside; from accordion-driven meringue and Vodou-derived HOME MARKET: N/A drum patterns, to hypnotic tenor sax arrangements and psychedelic RELEASE: 9/8/2017 interpretations of folklore, the music of 1960s, 70s, & 80s Haiti enjoys LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS a royal repute across the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Colombian TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) coast.

1. Lagen - Zotobre “A treasure trove of discovery and innovation” — Slug Magazine 2. Francine - Les Gypsies de Petionville 3. Bebe Showman - Les Loups Noirs 4. Gislene - Tabou Combo “Stone wall winner all around” — The Vinyl District 5. La Vie Vieux Negre - Coupe Cloue et Trio Select 6. Rapadou - Rodrigue Milien et Son Groupe Combite Creole “Some of the most joyous and life-affirming music to be found anywhere” 7. Pele Rien - Les Loups Noirs — AfroPop Worldwide 8. Erzulie Oh! - Super Jazz de Jeunes 9. Haiti Cumbia - Neymour Jean Baptiste “Five stars, a must have, a total treasure.” — KCRW 10. Prend Courage - Ensemble Webert Sicot 11. Lonin - Super Jazz de Jeunes 12. Tripotage - Ensemble Etoile du Soir “What a superb compilation this is. Right now this is the most surprising 13. Ochan - Zotobre compilation of 2016.” — Songlines Magazine 14. Lola - Chanel 10 15. Madeline - Super Choucoune 70 16. Samba Pachas No. 2 - Les Pachas du Canape Vert 1 7. Souffrance - Ibo Combo 18. Diable La - Les Shleu Shleu 19. Epoque Chaleur - Shupa Shupa 20. Meci Bon Dieu - Orchestre de la Radio National D’Haiti

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• Limited to 250 copies on split color vinyl • For fans of: Low End Theory, Aphex Twin, Gaslamp Killer, Teebs, Devonwho

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Various Artists This record was put together by the Austin based event, Exploded TITLE: Exploded Drawing: 7 Years Drawing, (created and curated by producers, Butcher Bear & CATALOG: l-EDRC01 soundfounder), based in Austin, TX. The format is simple, artists perform LABEL: Exploded Drawing Record Company their own original electronic and beat music in a DIY atmosphere to an GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 659123089913 open minded audience. The cover is always $5. Since 2010, E.D. has had FORMAT: LP Split Color Vinyl official events in Chicago, NYC, LA, New Orleans and all over central HOME MARKET: Austin, Texas Texas. RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $23.98 / FI The semi-monthly event has hosted performances from artists such as House Shoes, Daedelus, Jeremiah Jae, Dakim, DJ Nobody, Ras G, Teebs, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Computer Jay, Doc Illingsworth, Teeko, Dibia$e, 14KT, Anna Wise, Iman

1. “Intro” ft. Art Levy (prod. by soundfounder & Butcher Bear) Omari, Eliot Lipp, Deantoni Parks, MatthewDavid, Kenny Keys, Ohbliv, 2. A Better Tomorrow “One Big Happy Family” Black Spade, Georgia Anne Muldrow, MNDSGN, P.U.D.G.E, Free The 3. BoomBaptist “Sapphire” Robots, Exile, Open Mike Eagle, Black Milk, Amp Live, Sir Froderick, Raj 4. Solar Shield “Star Destroyer” Mahal, B. Bravo, Giraffage, Zavala, Kone and Hawthorne Headhunters 5. Kinder “In Bloom” ft. Corduroi just to name a few. 6. Butcher Bear “As The World Turns” ft. SelfSays, Doc Illingsworth and Jane Claire With this record, Exploded Drawing has put together some of the very 7. Reaganometry “¿Que Siguiente?” best of what forward thinking Texan beat music producers have to offer 8. Juicy The Emissary “Trying To Do Things My Way” right now. Featuring BoomBaptist, Juicy the Emissary, Solar Shield, A 9. soundfounder “The Toucher Opens His Eyes” Better Tomorrow and Botany among many others, this album celebrates 10. Multi-Tracker “Machine Learning” the first “7 Years” of bringing together this community in Austin, TX and 11. Corduroi “Skyscrapers” beyond. The beginning of what has been called an “Austin Institution”. 12. Atarimatt “Golden Ticket” 13. Botany “One Side Left” 14. Chief & The Doomsday Device “We Will Not Break Faith Today” 15. Vegetable Kingdom “Behave Yourself” ft. Brainwavve & 7layeroscillator

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• Limited edition (500), vinyl only format + download card • Completely produced by Grammy-Winning hip-hop legend, Diamond D (DITC, ATCQ, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, The Fugees, The Alkaholiks) • Dillon on the raps & cuts - Released critically acclaimed ‘Food Chain’ album last year with Paten Locke and has worked with Chuck D, Count Bass D, Homeboy Sandman and many more • 5 tracks with a feature from Paten Locke + additional help from Boog Brown & DJ Harrison • B-Side is all 5 Diamond D produced instrumentals

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Dillon & Diamond D What happens when the best of the Bronx meets ATL’s finest? Nothing TITLE: Black Tie Affair less than a ‘Black Tie Affair’. Having met back in 2008, Dillon & the CATALOG: e-FP009 legendary Diamond D have been friends and artistic associates from day LABEL: Full Plate one. Those paying attention would have noticed a Diamond produced GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 0734463100297 track on Dillon’s 2010 EP, ‘Dillon Ain’t Playin’ + Dillon’s mixing credits on FORMAT: EP Diamond’s 2014 ‘The Diam Piece’ and most recently Sadat X’s ‘The Sum HOME MARKET: Atlanta / NYC of a Man’ (produced entirely by D Squizzy). All the while, they’ve been RELEASE: 9/8/2017 cooking up classy joints together on the side, waiting for the right time to LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR let the heads in on ‘the next kept secret’.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Black Tie Affair is not only a celebration of the finer things in life, but

1. Feast it’s also a tribute to the B-Boys/Girls & Hip Hop heads worldwide who 2. Let the Horns Blow appreciate that Boom-Bap with a bow tie. It’s sophisticated rap music 3. Double Up feat. Paten Locke strictly for the connoisseurs. As soon as the needle drops you’ll be sure 4. Femme Fatale to say...’That’s that shit!’ 5. Last Call 6. Feast (Instrumental) Black Tie Affair is a 5 track, vinyl-only EP that features Paten Locke + 7. Let the Horns Blow (Instrumental) additional help from Boog Brown, Alexa Lima on piano, Ben Hameen on 8. Double Up feat. Paten Locke (Instrumental) guitar, Terminus Horns & DJ Harrison. The B-side of the record features 9. Femme Fatale (Instrumental) all of the Diamond D produced instrumentals. 10. Last Call (Instrumental)

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• La Rabla will be touching down in California in time to tour in support of this album, beginning with a showcase at Echo Park Rising festival on August 19 • Video: La Rabla – Adonde Vas (Live)

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: La Rabla We here at New Los Angeles have a special place in our hearts for the TITLE: La Rabla deep troves of Latin American psychedelic rock, and the first time we CATALOG: l-NLA022 heard these guys, we thought we were hearing some late 60’s blues- LABEL: New Los Angeles psyche rarity that had somehow snuck by undetected. Come to find out GENRE: Psychedelic/Rock BARCODE: 659123082716 these heavy sounds we were hearing were actually the product of three FORMAT: LP young guys from modern day Santiago, Chile. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles / Santiago, Chile RELEASE: 9/8/2017 We have now been working with Diego, Felipe, and Gonzalo – better LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR known as La Rabla – for some time in preparation of this, their debut album. They have been banging it out, show after show, building their TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) following before we unleash them onto Los Angeles, and the world, this

1. Adónde Vas month. La Rabla reminds us of everything we love about the historical 2. Cabeza Dura lineage of South American psyche, and that the pure magic of musical 3. Piensalo Bien discovery is still alive and thriving in 2017. If you’re anything like us, you 4. Lado a Lado might be on the verge of finding your new favorite band. 5. Ves 6. Nada Mas 7. La Busqueda 8. Jarana 9. Acertijo

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• Features Thundercat, Austin Peralta, Ronald Bruner Jr., George Duke and Stanley Clarke • The album is a representation of roads defining Agrama’s artistic connection to the LA music world and beyond, diving into compositions by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, and Bilal

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Natasha Agrama The Heart of Infinite Change is Natasha Agrama’s forthcoming debut TITLE: The Heart of Infinite Change full-length album, joining the west coast jazz imprint World Galaxy for CATALOG: l-WG008 / cd-WG008 / c WG008 its release across vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital platforms September LABEL: Alpha Pup / World Galaxy 8, 2017. Features include legends both foundational and new, drawing GENRE: Jazz BARCODE: 669158533121 / 659123092425 / N/A WG008 together Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, FORMAT: LP / CD / Cassette Tony Austin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mitchell Long, Ruslan Sirota, Ronald HOME MARKET: Los Angeles Bruner Jr., Doug Webb, and the last recordings of the late and great RELEASE: 9/8/2017 Austin Peralta. LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR / $12.98 / AL / $7.98 / AF The Heart of Infinite Change is a representation of roads defining TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Agrama’s artistic connection to the LA music world and beyond, diving

1. Black Narcissus into compositions by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, 2. Goodbye Porkpie Hat and Bilal. As a nod to the jazz tradition, interpretation and revitalization 3. In A Sentimental Mood are at the forefront of her debut. There is a deeply touching story weaving 4. All Matter its way around The Heart of Infinite Change, with an unspeakably tender 5. I Wonder What Became Of Me theme of long time friends and legendary artists’ final collaborations 6. Loverman gracing Natasha’s path. Stanley Clarke and George Duke’s last studio 7. The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men collaborations are present with Ellington’s “In A Sentimental Mood,” and Bilal’s “All Matter.” The story deepens as we come to realize Peralta’s last recordings are also found on The Heart of Infinite Change. This was Peralta’s only session with both Bruner brothers, capturing Joe Henderson’s “Black Narcissus” and Agrama’s updated version of Mingus’ “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by way of Joni Mitchell. These experiences shape the resounding reverence in Natasha’s presentation, as this debut album has become a formidable historical document.

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• URSULA 1000 is the alter ego of Brooklyn, New York based producer/DJ/multi-instrumentalist Alex Gimeno • His 6 albums and mix sessions have taken on a broad scope of retro tinged spy grooves, bumping latin funk, post punk, Italo disco, electro, house, boogie and glam rock • He’s toured the world and performed in over 30 countries and collaborated with the likes of Fred Schneider of The B52s, Lady Bunny, Puddles Pity Party and had his music used in Sex And The City, Grey’s Anatomy and for ads for Verizon, Adidas and Grand Marnier

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ursula 1000 For Ursula 1000’s 7th album, we kick off the proceedings with the TITLE: Galleria sophisti-pop synth funk of the title track “Galleria” featuring slinky fretless CATALOG: cd-IQ009 bass action from Adam Dorn aka Mocean Worker. 80s Jam & Lewis and LABEL: Insect Queen Music Scritti Politti-esque frenetic drums are abound, wrapped in a modern GENRE: Nu-Disco BARCODE: 191515565044 vaporized synthwave world. FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: Brooklyn, New York “Chess King” picks up the synthetic baton for a relay race jumping RELEASE: 9/8/2017 syncopated obstacles aiming for that neon drenched finish line. LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL We flip the script with the jazzy conscious hip hop smokiness of “We Go TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) High” featuring Austin, Texas legend Tee Double. Upright bass and vibes

1. Galleria create that jazz room atmosphere as Tee breaks it down trying to make 2. Chess King sense of this fractured world we live in and how we can make it right. 3. Fiorucci feat. Dalila Pasotti 4. The Love Arcade Let’s set the clock back for some classic 90s sounding deep garage 5. Cafecito house with the funky feel good jam “I Just Came 2 Dance”. Shuffling 6. We Go High feat. Tee Double rhythms give it that irresistible jacking motion that makes it impossible 7. I Just Came 2 Dance to sit still. 8. Just Between Us feat. Most Golden 9. Saturday Boogie feat. Basement Freaks Sounding like a feel good soundtrack to a third act finale of a John 10. Stand Up Straight feat. Sal P of Liquid Liquid Hughes movie from the 80’s, “Neon Palms” takes you on a retrofuturistic 11. Feel It synthwave ride filled with coming of age teen romance, Trapper Keeper 12. Neon Palms notebooks and neon grids. 13. Up The Down Escalator We wrap this journey with “UpTheDownEscalator”, shifting the tempo to a slow motion low end space walk that’s heavy on the synth landscape and plucky otherworldly banjo meshing Eastern and Western with your sights to the skies and a better tomorrow.

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• Compilation of 22 tracks from the Colemine 7-inch catalog, many only previously available on 45s • Represents 22 different artists from the Colemine’s stable from 2008-2016 • Includes download card • Previously released on red vinyl for Record Store Day

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Various Artists A selection of 22 tracks from pulled from the 7-inch catalog of TITLE: Soul Slabs Volume 1 Colemine Records, a label steeped in modern groups recording CATALOG: l-CLMN12016-BLK deep funk and soul music, similar to Daptone Records. Many of LABEL: Colemine Records these tracks are presented here on an LP for the first time. GENRE: Soul/Funk BARCODE: 659123080057 FORMAT: 2XLP Black Vinyl RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $27.98 / TM

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1. Jungle Fire - Comencemos When? 2. The Droptones - Youngblood 15. The Jive Turkeys - The 3. The Rugged Nuggets - Yo Reggie Todo Tu Yo 16. Los Sospechos - Jano’s 4. The Sure Fire Soul Revenge Ensemble - City Heights 1 7. Dojo Cuts - You Make Lovin’ 5. Monophonics - Like Yesterday Real Easy 6. Alan Evans Trio - Authoritay 18. On The Spot Trio - Suction 7. The Grease Traps - Street 19. Durand Jones & The Sweeper Indications - Smile 8. Il Carbonaro - High Noon 20. Kris Lager Band - Money & 9. Fat Night - Things You Do Loneliness 10. In Motion Collective - MTA 2 1. Ephemerals - Things 11. Orgone - Don’t Stop 22. Tee See Connection - Black 12. Gene Washington & The Mamba Ironsides - Don’t Throw You 23. Soul Scratch - Pacified Love Away 24. The Gripsweats - Ziggy’s 13. Ikebe Shakedown - Hard Walk Steppin’ 14. Leroi Conroy - Remember

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• Packaged in screen printed jacket on aquamarine vinyl • Digital download features an exclusive bonus track “Bark Roar” not available on either physical format

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Headlock Born from swampy house party revolutions in Portland and meeting TITLE: Gang Nativity somewhere at the intersection of concept art & hip-hop, rap duo CATALOG: t-HNR76 Headlock are a well-loved slice of the Tucson music community. LABEL: Hit & Run Triceratop plays the beats, Illslur puts down the raps, and together GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659123090018 they’ve created “shredrap” a sound from dollar bin records, FORMAT: 10” abandoned effects pedals, thrifted drum machines, heavy psych HOME MARKET: Portland, Oregon borrows and a VCR. They sound like a broken mirror without the RELEASE: 9/8/2017 7 years of bad luck. While the fuzzy, almost abrasive production LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR screams intensity, Headlock draw from wide inspiration and land somewhere near the intersection of Ill Communication x Ex Military. TRACKLISTING

1. Mad Diamonds Headlock’s new self-produced six-song EP “Gang Nativity” is 2. Infinity released worldwide on via Hit+Run. Available on limited-edition first 3. Job Tho pressing of Aquamarine colored 10” vinyl (comes with an iron-on 4. Scorpion patch), hi-bias compact cassette tape (includes a 1” round button), 5. Gang Nativity plus the digital download featuring an exclusive bonus track “Bark 6. Bad Roar” not available on either physical format.

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• Super gritty instrumental funk/soul tracks from legendary Detroit producer Dave Hamilton • His 45s are highly sought after, many going for over $500 per clean copy

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Dave Hamilton The Detroit heat from Dave Hamilton continues!! Two super tough TITLE: Ain’t It A Groove b/w Can You Dig It? instrumental burners here. Neither of these mixes have been presented CATALOG: f-RMND103 on wax before! “Ain’t It A Groove” aka an alternate mix of “Cracklin Bread” LABEL: Remined Records as it was released originally on the Detroit TCB label, and “Can You GENRE: Funk/Soul BARCODE: 659123093316 Dig It?” aka an alternate mix of “Pisces Piece”. These new mixes are FORMAT: 7" available on 45s for the first time and are much cheaper than their $500 HOME MARKET: Detroit, Michigan counterparts. Hope you dig ‘em! RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH

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A. Ain’t It A Groove

B. Can You Dig It?

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• Huge breakbeats on both sides

• Leroi’s first official production from the Plaid Room studio in Loveland, OH • These are the first two tracks from a forthcoming full-length LP effort from Leroi and company

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Leroi Conroy Leroi Conroy has been busy since his last 45 in 2014...mixing records, TITLE: Tiger Trot b/w Enter putting together artwork for other Colemine releases, producing new CATALOG: f-CLMN143 records at the new Loveland studio, but the time has come for Leroi to LABEL: Colemine Records get some new tunes out there. So we are proud to present the first official GENRE: Funk/Soul BARCODE: 659123093118 production from our Plaid Room studio in Loveland, OH and these bad FORMAT: 7" boys are HEAVY!! These are the first two tracks from a forthcoming full- HOME MARKET: Cincinnati, Ohio length LP effort from Leroi and company. They are both moody as hell RELEASE: 9/8/2017 and feature some fantastic breakbeats courtesy of Colemine drumming LIST PRICE: $7.98 / CE ace Rob Houk. Don’t sleep on this one, grab doubles!

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A. Tiger Trot

B. Enter

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• Super catchy soul track, strong fan base in northwest, growing nationally rapidly • The group’s second 45 for Colemine and their first featuring vocals from their lead singer Tom Eddy

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Dip The Dip has a new slice of sweet Seattle soul for ya! “Sure Don’t Miss TITLE: Sure Don’t Miss You b/w Instrumental You” is the group’s second 45 for Colemine, but their first featuring the CATALOG: f-CLMN147 super sweet vocals of their lead singer Tom Eddy. “Sure Don’t Miss You” LABEL: Colemine Records is super catchy and provides a glimpse into the promising future of this GENRE: Soul BARCODE: 659123093217 Seattle soul crew. B-side is an instrumental version of “Sure Don’t Miss FORMAT: 7" You”. HOME MARKET: Seattle, Washington RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $7.98 / CE

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A. Sure Don’t Miss You

B. Sure Don’t Miss You (Instrumental)

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• E-blasts to 27,000+ newsletter subscribers • Fan engagement • Interactions via social media • Giveaways • Adwords

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kill Emil Here’s something a little spicy for the fourth edition of Cold Busted’s TITLE: O’Jogo b/w Tambo reggae/dub 7” series. Kill Emil, the Athens, Greece (by-way-of-Brazil), CATALOG: f-CB71 DJ and producer reveals a groovy double A-side single that takes the LABEL: Cold Busted island flavor and sprinkles it on a filet of funk. And Kill Emil knows his GENRE: Afrobeat BARCODE: 702334207673 funk – initially inspired by Gangstarr’s Daily Operation, he’s been FORMAT: 7" prolifically chopping beats on his MPC for almost a decade, culminating HOME MARKET: Athens, Greece / Brazil in his acclaimed 2015 Cold Busted album Salvation. The single leads RELEASE: 9/8/2017 with “O’ Jogo”, a boom-bastic cut that blends a Caribbean groove with LIST PRICE: $8.98 / CF big hip hop rhythms. The vocal chants are uplifting, accompanied by rousing horn lines, agogo beats, and steady guitar chimes. Flip the 7” TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) for the salsa-inspired “Tambo”, which treats the dance floor to sing-along

A. vocals, a punchy drum section, and bouncing Latin pianos. The heat of O’ Jogo the summer just got more bearable … Kill Emil has dropped a tropical sensation.

B. Tambo

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• Produced by DJ Nobody • 13 tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered at the Cosmic Zoo Studio in Los Angeles

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Various Artists Thirteen rap tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered in at the fabled TITLE: The Order Label Presents: Live From The Zoo Cosmic Zoo Studio in Los Angeles, CA. “Live From The Zoo” features CATALOG: cd-TOL022 / c-TOL022 an ensemble cast from Alpha Pup’s rap-centric Order Label imprint, and LABEL: Alpha Pup / The Order Label production exclusively from Low End Theory founder DJ Nobody. New GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 669158533060 / 669158533077 school Innercity Griots for iPhones. FORMAT: CD / Cassette HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL / $9.98 / AH

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1. Asad Ill - The Mission 2. Hugh Augustine - Shot Callers 3. The Holy Kush - Shooter 4. Sahtyre - Dhalsim 5. Noa James - No Games 6. Asad Ill - Still (feat. Eureka The Butcher) 7. Hugh Augustine - Dress To Kill 8. Sahtyre - Fearless (feat. Asad Ill) 9. Asad Ill - Good Marijuana (feat. Noa James) 10. The Holy Kush - Combat 11. Noa James - 7 Rings 12. Asad Ill & The Holy Kush - On Me 13. Asad Ill & Osbe Chill - Maintain

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• The entire release is presented on a 10” ‘Play-Doh’ style picture disk in the same style as the original beat tape, strictly limited to 250 units • DJ/turntablist and producer Mark Ski has been active in the UK’s Hip-Hop scene for nearly two decades • For this limited edition vinyl pressing, FiveSe7en Music combines beats from the original ‘Play-Dioh (Beat Compund)’ alongside 2 brand new remixes featuring the vocal talents of El Gant (Jamo Gang), J57 (Brown Bag All Stars/Jamo Gang) and Mean Joe Scheme

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Mark Ski ft Mean Joe Scheme, J57 & El Gant For the first time on limited edition 10” picture disk vinyl, FiveSe7en Music TITLE: Play-Dioh: The Remix EP combines beats from UK producer Mark Ski’s acclaimed ‘Play-Dioh CATALOG: t-FSEP001 (Beat Compund)’ alongside TWO brand new remixes featuring the vocal LABEL: Five Seven Music talents of El Gant (Jamo Gang), J57 (Brown Bag All Stars/Jamo Gang) GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 5054960299429 and Mean Joe Scheme. The ‘BK2UK (Play-Dioh Remix)’ sees all three FORMAT: 10" MC’s blessing an extended version of the original classic era beat, whilst HOME MARKET: United Kingdom / New York the ‘Funk by Funk Remix’ flips it even further with a thick bassline heavy RELEASE: 9/8/2017 groove featuring 90’s style horns on the hook. On the flip, four remastered LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR favourites from the digital only ‘Play-Dioh’ beat tape, all presented on a 10” ‘Play-Doh’ style picture disk strictly limited to 250 units. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. BK 2 UK (Funk by Funk Remix feat. Mean Joe Schme, J57 & El Gant) 2. BK 2 UK (Play-Dioh Remix feat. Mean Joe Schme, J57 & El Gant) 3. Aubarma 4. Coughie 5. Cyman Says 6. Gone

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• First ever North American vinyl release for this album • Pressed on Clear with Black Smoke colored vinyl • Featuring the hit songs “California”, “Lonely Day” and “Anthem” • Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, I Heart Huckabees, Marie Antoinette) plays drums on every track

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Phantom Planet Having Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake as your record producers is TITLE: The Guest roughly the equivalent of having musical life insurance. In addition to CATALOG: l-ETR056 the pair’s outstanding work together in the Latin Playboys, Froom has LABEL: Enjoy the Ride produced Crowded House and Suzanne Vega, to name two, while Blake GENRE: Pop/Rock BARCODE: 850372002696 has mixed or engineered seminal groups from the BoDeans to the FORMAT: LP Clear w/ Black Smoke Colored Vinyl Bangles. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 9/8/2017 That said, the danger in hooking up with such a studio-savvy pair is the LIST PRICE: $23.98 / FI sheer force of their dominance, and unless an artist has real vision, the star of the show will inevitably be the ensuing sonics, not the songs. While TRACKLISTING fledgling pop combo Phantom Planet write breezy, accessible, jangly,

1. California upbeat songs that only occasionally speak to darker themes (the mildly 2. Always On My Mind cynical “Turn Smile Shift Repeat” and wistful “One Ray of Sunlight”), The 3. Lonely Day Guest feels maddeningly measured, as if every chiming guitar part were 4. One Ray Of Sunlight scripted and directed for maximum sheen. In other words, it’s toothless. 5. Anthem If a band can’t stretch in the presence of Froom and Blake, when can 6. In Our Darkest Hour they? - Kim Hughes 7. Turn Smile Shift Repeat 8. Hey Now Girl 9. Nobody’s Fault 10. All Over Again 11. Wishing Well 12. Something Is Wrong

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• Grimez has worked with HI-Tek, MOOD, G-unit, Killah Priest, Kool Kieth, Sadat X , Stick Man, Mighty Diamonds, Talib Kweli to name some • All recorded live to tape with vintage tube studio gear

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Grimez Gritty & raw tight funk breaks, with Hammond organs, electric pianos, TITLE: Nomadic Warriors 2 exotic instruments, razor sharp guitar lines & nasty thick bass lines. CATALOG: l-CHF4 All recorded live to tape with vintage tube studio gear. LABEL: Chiefdom Records GENRE: Instrumental BARCODE: 809107520165 FORMAT: LP HOME MARKET: Cincinnati / Mainville, Ohio RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR

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1. Cultural Fusion 2. Lost Source 3. Dynastic Warriors 4. Conquering Generation 5. Age of Antiquity 6. Sacred Leader 7. Overthrown Despot 8. Internal Conflict 9. Urbanized Reign 10. Polluted by Idolatry

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• This record is a collaborative between two acclaimed, albeit slept-on artists • MarQ Spekt has worked with a wide array of Mc’s and producers ranging from the Cunninlynguists, MF Doom, Action Bronson, Blockhead and others • Experimental proto-new wave musician Gary Wilson has released albums on Stones Throw and has influenced musicians far reaching from Beck to Madlib to Odd Future

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: MarQ Spekt & Gary Wilson This record is a collaborative between MarQ Spekt and experimental, TITLE: Broken Mazes proto-new wave musician Gary Wilson (Stones Throw). It’s rare that CATALOG: l-GP02 you get the opportunity to work with the actual artist rather than just LABEL: Grilchy Party sampling his records. Gary opened his vaults and provided sample GENRE: Hip-Hop/Jazz/Experimental soundscapes. Some of these instrumentals date back to 1973 and BARCODE: 700261454870 may have been heard before. Others may not. The ending result is FORMAT: LP a pure creative expression and meshes Hip-Hop, Psychedelic, Jazz HOME MARKET: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Funk. Soak up the vibrations and enjoy! RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH This is the kind of idea that makes you enjoy the fringes of rap more TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) than what’s in the spotlight. With that said, “Broken Mazes” sounds

1. A Dreamer weirder on paper than it does in the headphones. Gary Wilson is 2. Broken Mazes an awesomely strange dude with some outré music under his belt, 3. Skin is Thin ft. Gary WIlson but for this project Spekt wisely sticks with the more accessible 4. Not My Scene sides of Wilson’s catalog. It’s all breezy jazz-funk with some vague 5. Pyramid Schemes psychedelic touches for extra oomph, a wide-open field for Spekt 6. Burnt Offerings to run his free-flowing bars. The result is relaxed and enjoyable, if 7. Hollywood Hills ft. Lex Boogie at times a bit unfocused – kinda like a good open-ended improv session by a talented jazz band.

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• Texas Scratch League’s first 12” release is meant to celebrate their 5 year anniversary • This is TSL’s 18th independent releases • Recent vinyl collaborations with BPM Supreme, DJ’s Are Not Jukeboxes, Skratcher and The Beat Junkies

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Texas Scratch League Texas Scratch League’s first 12” release! Louie Needles is on another TITLE: Louie Needles and the Search for the Secret Snare Drum adventure to find the most obscure and rarest sounds. This record is CATALOG: b-TSL013 full of hard and classic boom bap kicks and crunchy snares, sick vocals LABEL: Texas Scratch League and battle sounds. Perfect for beat juggling and scratch drumming. This GENRE: Breaks/Turntablism BARCODE: N/A TSL013 record also features original production by some Texas’ dopest up and FORMAT: LP coming producers. HOME MARKET: Austin, Texas RELEASE: 9/8/2017 LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX

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A. The Intro The Snare Dare Challenge The Boom Bap Juggles The 6 Bar Sidewinder Switch Up The Jungle Chant The Machete Cutty

B. “Heartache” - Bounz “One More To Come” - Gonz “The Way I Feel” - Dopez “Beauty” - Alfa Leone “Made You” - Kosuri

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• LP includes instrumentals and a bonus track • Limited edition of 300 copies worldwide

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: TiDUS One year after TiDUS released “Soon You’ll Understand” through all TITLE: Soon You'll Understand digital distribution channels, Vinyl Digital is proud to present an exclusive CATALOG: l-VD235 vinyl edition including all instrumentals and bonus track! The release LABEL: Vinyl Digital marks the beginning of a authentic movement within music. It would be GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 4260432751147 hard to listen and not be inspired by the originality of this sound. TiDUS FORMAT: LP lyrically looms from his peers, not only through his dreamy beats, but also HOME MARKET: New York City his spiritual perspective. The way he uses his voice also completes his RELEASE: 9/8/2017 enigmatic appeal. LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR

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1. Angels 2. Blame Me 3. Interlude 4. Mantra 5. Wavy Up 6. Out My Way 7. No Matter What 8. Angels (Instrumental) 9. Blame Me (Instrumental) 10. Interlude (Instrumental) 11. Mantra (Instrumental) 12. Wavy Up (Instrumental) 13. Out My Way (Instrumental) 14. No Matter What (Instrumental) 15. Up (Bonus Track)

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• Long Beach California beatmaker & producer Mr. Brady, returns in 2017 with a new instrumental album release on URBNET • Behind the scenes production music videos to be released • Limited edition vinyl [200 units] • Full North American college radio and Hip-Hop press campaign • Fall tour dates to be scheduled

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Mr. Brady For many years, Mr. Brady has been a staple in the hip-hop game, and TITLE: Speechless has consistently found ways to reinvent himself and stay relevant. Many CATALOG: l-URBNET1220 / c-URBNET1220 know Mr. Brady solely as an Emcee from albums such as Dirty, released LABEL: URBNET via Battle Axe Records, or from his work with super collective Deep GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 724165395411 / 724165395459 Rooted. What many fans might not know is that this multi-talented artist FORMAT: LP / Cassette also uses his abilities to create the roots of his art. With just about every HOME MARKET: Long Beach, California release of his own, Mr. Brady holds the feat of handling a majority of RELEASE: 9/8/2017 the production, which is what lead to the inevitable and much welcomed LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS / $12.98 / AL release of his instrumental studio album, Speechless.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Producing for the likes of Diamond D, Blu, and Aloe Blacc to name only a

1. Are You Ready few, Mr. Brady effortlessly hops behind the boards with his signature grit, 2. Hands Clap raw, and soulful sound. Speechless is a primarily sample chop based 3. Blaze Em Sun 15-track opus, emitting hard-hitting drums and wobbly heavy basslines, 4. Love Around designed to wake you out of slumber, with resonance that emanates 5. Be True throughout your entire body. From start to finish, Speechless is more than 6. Opera a listen, but rather it is a journey, full of evoked emotions and feelings 7. Evening straight from the heart of Mr. Brady’s soul. On a record where Mr. Brady 8. Pass The Vibes remains speechless, we undeniably hear him, loud and clear. 9. Husky Yo’s 10. Rowdy 11. Raw Raw 12. G Tar 13. Wobble Here 14. Janet if you’re Nasty 15. Bruised

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• Natural Selection Tour support following release date both USA and UK dates to be announced • Lanzo specializes in a style of experimental hip hop that draws from boom-bap, soulful downtempo, and atmospheres that lean toward the celestial • Google Adwords

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Lanzo Chicago’s Carington Pierre, also known as Lanzo, has bestowed TITLE: Omnipotent evidence of his cosmic hip hop beatology to the Cold Busted label in CATALOG: l-CB57 / cd-CB57 / c-CB57 the form of a new album, Omnipotent. Previously recording for BLVNT LABEL: Cold Busted Records and the Natural Selection label, Lanzo specializes in a style of GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 702334207611 / 702334207635 / 702334207703 experimental hip hop that draws from boom-bap, soulful downtempo, and FORMAT: LP / CD / Cassette atmospheres that lean toward the celestial. Lanzo and his trusty MPC HOME MARKET: Chicago, Illinois 1000 have been actively producing since 2008 and Omnipotent confirms RELEASE: 9/8/2017 his upward trajectory, presenting fifteen tasty sonic morsels that groove LIST PRICE: $20.98 / CW / $14.98 / AN / $9.98 / AH in a confident but abstract fashion.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Highlights include “Comfort Zone” which envelopes a swinging rhythm

1. Marianas Web in dreamy strings, distant voices, and rolling bass, and the odd but 2. Hardware Native appealing “Gutter Balls”, featuring some deliciously drunken synths. 3. Comfort Zone There’s also the melancholy quiet storm of “Colours”, “Against The 4. Caution To The Wind Wall” and its heavily processed beat magic, and the loping sci-fi jazz 5. Gutter Balls of “Between Friends”. Omnipotent is a heady listen, displaying textures 6. Insure This Planet and swirls that accentuate the sturdiness of its drum beats. Lanzo has 7. Between Friends provided a distinctive soundtrack that’s ready-made for day blazing or 8. Major night groovin’. 9. Against The Wall 10. Think & Grow 11. Colours 12. Brainwork 13. Fears Den 14. Bump 15. Vacancy

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• EP features Ras Kass, Oh No, Planet Asia, Craig G, Torae & DJ Eclipse • Vevo playlist & Impressions support for music videos • All artists associated with project to share & repost vinyl release & videos

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Edo. G, Shabaam Sahdeeq & Fokis Edo. G, Shabaam Sahdeeq & Fokis team up to create the Recognize TITLE: Recognize Your Power Your Power EP. The project puts the Boston hip-hop legend and Rawkus CATALOG: e-LDC101416 alum, together with Lower East Side, NYC emcee/producer Fokis. LABEL: Loyalty Digital Corp. GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 190394963637 The EP features Ras Kass, Oh No, Planet Asia, Craig G, Torae and DJ FORMAT: EP (Random Color Vinyl) Eclipse. Speaking on the title of the EP, Fokis elaborated saying “one HOME MARKET: New York City has the freedom and ability to do as he or she pleases. You can work RELEASE: 9/8/2017 hard or play hard, you can make this kind of music or make that kind of LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS music. The choice is yours. It’s all about the free will of man and what you choose to do with your power. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)

1. Recognize Your Power Ft. Liteskin 2. Wild Young Man Ft. Oh No & Planet Asia 3. Trust Ya Self Ft. Ras Kass & Fokis 4. Yin & Yang 5. Open Ya Eyes Ft. Fokis 6. Play To Win Ft. Torae & DJ Eclipse 7. Hiroshima Ft. Craig G 8. Libertad Ft. Liteskin

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• 81-minute joyride of rarities that reveal Nigerian music’s slistic diversity and quality • The mix features uptempo euphoria-bringers; winsome, warped disco, and extraordinary examples of spacey funk

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Leolyxxx Nearly 50 years ago, Fela Kuti and Tony Allen opened the West’s ears TITLE: Plastic Inners to the riches of Nigerian music, and today we’re still unpacking vast CATALOG: c-OPX04 warehouses of sonic treasures from that African nation. The fecund 70s LABEL: Origin Peoples and 80s have yielded several compilations’ worth of Afrobeat, funk-rock, GENRE: Boogie/Soul BARCODE: N/A OPX04 disco, and other club-friendly sounds, as anyone who’s visited a record FORMAT: Cassette store or online vendor in the last decade realizes. Making sense of a HOME MARKET: Stockholm, Sweden wonderful fraction of this trove - and some zones hitherto unearthed - is RELEASE: 9/8/2017 Swedish record collector Leolyxxx. LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH Sifting through mountains of wax procured from a Nigerian street buyer, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Leolyxxx has woven an 81-minute joyride on Plastic Inners. The records

A. spun here no doubt would severely deplete your bank account were you Untitled (38:59) bold enough to purchase them, but our wily Swedish selector has gone the extra kilometer to score rarities that reveal Nigerian music’s slistic

B. diversity and quality. The mix features with uptempo euphoria-bringers Untitled (42:05) that would make Fela proud; winsome, warped disco, and extraordinary examples of spacey funk. A significant slice of Plastic Inners examines mellow, sensuous facets of Nigerian music that tend to go overlooked in the deluge of more rhythm-oriented collections, including some chiming and chugging, slow-motion highlife and mood-elevating R&B. Some of these songs might be the closest African musicians ever have come to yacht rock - but, you know, the sublime kind... more Donnie & Joe Emerson than Toto.

Throughout Plastic Inners, Leolyxxx unspools a unique narrative that illuminates the golden mean between sumptuous bump-and-grind and laid-back buoyancy.

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• Hotthobo mixes up the tempos here with his boogie, disco, hip-hop, and R&B selectionsto create a lascivious vibe • Lavishly synthed-up boogie funk with bulbous bass struts, sassy female rapping, and to-the-point lyrics crooned to maximize seduction prospects

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Randy 'Hotthobo' Ellis DJing is not rocket science; oh no, it’s more important than that. On TITLE: Cold Showers a day-to-day basis, DJs have more impact on your life than do rocket CATALOG: c-OPX05 scientists (for whom we have utmost respect—don’t get it twisted). LABEL: Origin Peoples A great DJ massages your mind and stimulates your body to optimal GENRE: Boogie/Soul BARCODE: N/A OPX05 health, providing an escape valve from life’s multitude of frustrations and FORMAT: Cassette anxieties. LA/San Francisco-bred DJ Randy “Hotthobo” Ellis has earned HOME MARKET: Los Angeles a PhD in slipping feel-good frequencies into your earholes, and “Cold RELEASE: 9/8/2017 Showers” (his latest mix) delivers a strategy to help you get loose in the LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH sleekest, sexiest way possible.

TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Side A begins with lavishly synthed-up boogie funk that’s a smooth

A. prelude to rough friction. Throughout this stretch, you’ll hear bulbous bass Untitled (26:24) struts, beats that splat with the force of a dominatrix’s paddle against a fleshy ass, sassy female rapping, and to-the-point lyrics crooned to

B. maximize seduction prospects. Untitled (25:00) Side B delves into subtle variations on Zapp’s “More Bounce To e Ounce,” sumptuous smooth-jazz melodies, and sublimely lackadaisical cosmic disco torch songs, but the highlight is a louche, space-funk instrumental that comes across like Moog miniaturist Jean-Jacques Perrey meets Billy Preston’s “Outa-Space”... at 16 rpm.

Hotthobo mixes up the tempos here with his boogie, disco, hip-hop, and R&B selections, but he never fails to maintain a luxurious, lascivious vibe. If the eccentric club-music erotics of Chocolate Industries’ revelatory Personal Space (Electronic Soul 1974-1984) compilation floats your yacht, you’ll swoon yourself silly to Cold Showers.

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