KEV BROWN Homework
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• Years in the making, long awaited follow up to I Do What I Do • First in a new line of Kev Brown releases, many more exciting projects and production placements will be announced in the months to follow • Music videos will be published before and after release date • Release party is planned in DC for the week of release • Will be on tour in Europe this fall • Bonus 45 features a track with scratches by Damu The Fudgemunk
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kev Brown The DMV’s own, Kev Brown has announced his first solo rap album since TITLE: Homework 2005. Hailing from Palmer Park in Landover, Maryland specifically, after CATALOG: L-RDF134-CLR / L-RDF134 / CD-RDF134 a 13 year hiatus, the producer/MC has finally prepared the sophomore LABEL: Redefinition Records sequel to 2005’s influential cult classic, I Do What I Do. Entitled, GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 134120183012 / 134120182022 / 134348520224 Homework, Brown and Redefinition Recs have partnered to release an FORMAT: LP Red Vinyl + 7” / LP / CD LP the game has been missing for too long. HOME MARKET: Washington DC RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Now 13 years is a long wait, but don’t think Kev has been idle in obscurity. LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA / $23.98 / FL / $12.98 / AL He has been involved with several collaborative projects, garnered tons of production credits and released over a half dozen beat tapes during TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) that time frame. It is also important to note that he was in no rush to drop another rap album and preferred to compose Homework organically and 1. Introduction 18. Superman Iii at his own pace, in the comforts of his own home; hence the title. Though 2. Still Triumphant 19. Gittin’ Down 2 Bizness Brown is known as one of hip-hop’s elite producers from heavyweights 3. Back Home 20. Everything You Need To like Diamond D, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes, Peter Rosenberg, 9th Wonder 4. Walkin’ Thru The Metro Win Ft Cy Young and Jazzy Jeff, he is a man of many hats. 5. Headlining 2 1. Feelin’ 6. Tell Me About The Stuff 22. Like Dat Kev Brown’s debut album was groundbreaking in so many areas that 7. Blueprint From The 23. Passion / Energy / Heart the recording itself and Kev is cemented as legendary. It would be no Masters 24. Change Takes Place surprise that hip-hop would ask for the next installment and he’s nowhere 8. We’re Artistsss 25. Voltron near done leaving his mark. Homework is a seamless nonstop exhibition 9. Non Destructive Chop 26. Waiting For You of KB’s range. Kev raps confidently and wisely throughout the album’s 10. Legato 2 7. I Know This Style 27 tracks. Lyrically it’s personal, introspective, comedic, observatory 11. Look At The Way The Word and witty delivered in Kev’s smooth baritone style. Vocals are equally Move Bonus Tracks (On Cd & Bonus complimented by instrumentals all produced by the man himself and 12. No Gimmicks 7” Only) fluidly morph into instrumental compositions too good to be considered 13. Homework Part One 1. Under-rated interludes. The album was composed using several different samplers 14. Homework Part Two 2. Real Life (Ft Kaimbr & and recording technologies, but the vibe is never compromised. 15. Put In A Lot Of Time Cuts By Damu, Prod By Homework is the perfect game plan for today’s climate and for those 16. Continue On Hassaan Mackey) who haven’t, do your homework on this man. You won’t be disappointed. 1 7. The Buttery Hotness
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• Ohbliv’s greatest hits pressed on vinyl for the first time ever • For fans of J Dilla, Mndsgn, Flying Lotus, Knxwledge • East coast OG and prolific Richmond producer, inspired artists like Mndsgn, Swarvy, Knxwledge, Dibiase • “Mesmerizing.” –The Fader
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ohbliv Paxico Records is proud to bring you Retrospective, a survey of the silky, TITLE: Retrospective home-spun productions signature of Richmond legend Ohbliv. These are CATALOG: L-PX054 his greatest hits, pressed on vinyl for the first time. Presented on double LABEL: Paxico Records LP with mesmerizing labels, the album is 28 tracks hand-picked by the GENRE: Hip-Hop/Intrumental BARCODE: 659123098113 artist and label head Chris Hund, marking his most expansive career FORMAT: 2XLP anthology to date. HOME MARKET: Richmond, Virginia RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Ohbliv is a lone prospector in the realm of beats - a producer’s-producer, LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT an innovating force in an ever multi-hyphenating sound. After 30+ beat tapes, various side projects and an exceedingly lovely radio show TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) delivered over the course of a decade, Ohbliv heads may know the calling cards: a telepathic ear for samples, devastating harmonics, spirit- 1. 94 Bubble Jacket With The 18. Silent Crowns shaking drums and the raw, tactile energy he manages to wrangle from GoreTex 19. Chokmah a 404. 2. Afrofreeq 20. TakeMeOhm 3. DreamReal 2 1. My Heart Can’t Take With assiduous technique and ferocity of heart, he crafts experiences 4. Weed 22. Whatchumean that speak to whispers of the soul and messages from the cosmos. 5. Strange Heart 23. Moundbuilders 6. It Will Set You Free 24. Amethyst Here his works are lovingly collected in an effort to bring forth the glowing 7. Don’tdo.mewrong 25. Koolout Ish soul and versatile spirit of the artist, inviting you to bask in the vision. 8. Fate Fer Breakfast 26. You Me And The Dog 9. Cacao 2 7. Erb Magik “Mesmerizing.” –The Fader 10. Raw Zeta 28. My Love (Ware) 11. Time Tourists “Sickening groove.” –Okay player 12. Sunhymn 13. Skeetersbeatcd “There’s nothing really like an Ohbliv beat.” –AdHoc 14. Don’t Take My Love For Granted 15. Siriusly B 16. Chills 1 7. Inner Work
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• The Koreatown Oddity is a Los Angeles based rapper/ producer who has released records with Stones Throw Records, New Los Angeles and Leaving Records • Recorded and released on tape with Strictly Cassette in 2017 and now out of print, A Beat At The Table will now be available on vinyl
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Koreatown Oddity A Beat At The Table is an instrumental project by The Koreatown Oddity TITLE: A Beat At The Table conceptualized from Solange’s A Seat At The Table album. A deep dive CATALOG: L-KTO001 into the black sounds & messages reinterpreted into 19 mins of raw beat LABEL: Koreatown Oddity energy as heard through the ear of KtownOdd. Recorded and released GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 659123109710 on tape with Strictly Cassette in 2017 and now out of print, A Beat At The FORMAT: LP Coke Bottle Clear Table now sees a limited edition vinyl release. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH
TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)
1. A Beat at the Table Anthem 2. Smile Right Quick 3. Blackness Sparklin in the Sun 4. They Dnt Get It (White People) 5. Black Beauty 6. We Royalty Not Slaves 7. MasterPiece Theater 8. MasterPiece Theater Continued 9. Take It & Break It 10. So U Crumble 11. Touch My Soul 12. All My Niggas 13. Yeah Nigga!!!!!
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• New music from the legendary beatmaker Mumbles, the producer of Aceyalone’s classic hip-hop album A Book of Human Language • Originally premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as part of Pravada, alongside performances by Amon Tobin, Dj Spooky, & Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw Records • Showcases the art of sampling by remixing Russian Classical Music (primarily Mosolov, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev) • Reunites the production duo Gone Beyond & Mumbles know for their S.E.V.A project and various collaborations with Cut Chemist • Executive Produced by Dday One
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Gone Beyond & Mumbles Years in the making, Notes From The Underground is an essential and TITLE: Notes From The Underground evocative album from acclaimed producers Gone Beyond and Mumbles. CATALOG: L-CNT1033 / CD-CNT1033 The journey began when Cut Chemist enlisted the duo to participate in a 2007 concert series titled Pravda, held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LABEL: The Content Label Los Angeles. The series was a tribute to the Russian classical musicians GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental living under the rule of Joseph Stalin, primarily Mosolov, Shostakovich, BARCODE: 701183784878 / 191091648186 and Prokofiev. One night featured DJs and producers incorporating these FORMAT: LP / CD works into their beats and included the likes of DJ Spooky and Amon Tobin. Gone Beyond and Mumbles spent months scouring through HOME MARKET: USA hundreds of recordings from various classical performances and put RELEASE: 8/3/2018 together five tracks for the show. LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX / $12.98 / AL Ten years later and the spark of this performance has ignited into a full album, made even more relevant by current events and the socio-political atmosphere. Notes from the Underground is named after Dostoyevsky’s TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) classic existential novel, pointing the way to the themes presented by the music. The album is an artistic commentary on the ability of the human 1. The King’s Gambit spirit to overcome oppression, adversity, and fascism. Gone Beyond and Mumbles have remixed and given a modern, empowered voice to the 2. The Great Purge great composers of Russia who wrote under the yoke of Stalin during the 3. Knight in a Panther’s Skin early 20th Century, exposing the struggles and this compelling music to a new generation. 4. Rise of The Proletariat 5. Kremlin Epigram The remarkableness of the project is transmitted in how natural the contemporary beats sound accompanying these vintage compositions. 6. Apropos For The Wet Snow Take “Apropos for the Wet Snow” which uses a melancholy piano motif 7. The Czar’s Muse and flavors it with dusty rhythms, subtle, staccato horn blasts, and 8. Dances With Death echoing soundscapes. Rather than obscuring the feeling of the original piece the production embellishments serve to enhance. “Knight In The 9. Written With The Heart’s Blood Panther’s Skin” is another extraordinary moment, including lush strings, 10. Darkness of Delusion [CD ONLY] gentle piano, and an operatic vocal over the drums for an, especially dramatic effect. 11. Fall of the Oligarchs 12. Nevsky’s Revenge Gone Beyond and Mumbles previously collaborated on the 2005 album S.E.V.A. for Mush Records and on 2012’s A Duet For Space And Time 10” for The Content Label. Both producers are revered as beat-making legends, with an expressive sonic palette that takes the listener deep into the duo’s mindset. Notes From The Underground is a startling and important document from Gone Beyond and Mumbles, and a welcome return of this collaboration to The Content Label. Hip-hop sampling and remixing is a powerful way to interpret classic themes, and Notes From The Underground is meant to stir the listener toward thought, motivation, and empowerment in these challenging times.
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DESCRIPTION MF DOOM is the man in the iron mask. The most mysterious figure in hip-hop has also become one of the most popular, supplying beats and rhymes for Gorillaz, De La Soul, Madlib, Danger Mouse, and Wu-Tang Clan, and drawing praise from heavyweights like Just Blaze, Nas, and Mos Def. Since 2002, MF DOOM has released numerous volumes of Special Herbs, one of the longest-running instrumental series in hip-hop history. With obscure loops and dusty samples galore, Special Herbs is a must-have for any MF DOOM fan or hip-hop head.
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ARTIST: MF DOOM Special Herbs Vol. 1 Special Herbs Vol. 2 TITLE: Special Herbs Volumes 1 & 2 1. Saffron 1. Red #40 CATALOG: CD-NSD100 2. Arrow Root 2. Nettle Leaves Metal Face Records LABEL: 3. Zatar 3. Mullein GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental 4. Fenugreek 4. Mugwort BARCODE: 822720710027 5. Sumac Berries 5. All Spice FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: London 6. Coriander 6. Lovage RELEASE: Resolicitation 7. Shallots 7. Eucalyptus LIST PRICE: $12.98 / AL 8. Charnsuka 8. Myrrh CASE QTY: 160/1 9. Monosodium Glutamate
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• Highly anticipated due to previous collaborations • Trailer Limon is one half of The Pendletons (along with E Da Boss)
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Trailer Limon & Max Kane / East Liberty Quarters 41Funk Crew and Bay Area legend Max Kane teams up with one of TITLE: Ego Death b/w Mids the Bay’s rising stars and one of most versatile musical talents, Trailer CATALOG: F-BT1036 Limon, combining their superpowers to put their stamp on the next LABEL: Omega Supreme Records wave of Modern Funk with “Ego Death”. Max Kane rolls out a masterful GENRE: Modern Funk BARCODE: 659123107013 arrangement that commands your attention and has us walking in rhythm FORMAT: 7” with drums that slap, a rubber bassline with a boogaloo bounce and laser HOME MARKET: San Francisco lead synths lighting up the path for Trailer Limon to complete the sonic RELEASE: 8/3/2018 funk baptism with his flawless voice and even more powerful message. LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI This might be the opening single for any funk night trying to achieve and complete full funkalation! TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) After transformation comes pure love and that’s exactly what East Liberty A. Quarters delivers with “Mids,” a beautiful arrangement with their classic Ego Death delicate abilities that shine light and open up the horizon to pure sonic bliss. After a short break this masterful trio returns with a enchanting and B. hypnotic groove that builds up with ice cold synth arrangements and then Mids bodies you with warm basslines sewed together with flawless drums. Mids way through you realize you have fully left planet earth and you are now on the East Liberty Quarters Mothership, enjoy the glide!
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• Previously only released on limited cassette tape • “Didn’t Mean To Turn You On” is a testament to the supreme workmanship and masterful duo of Moniquea and XL Middleton
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Moniquea After overwhelming request we decided to unearth Moniquea’s classic TITLE: I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On b/w Break No Hearts cover of “Didn’t Mean To Turn You On” and dance floor heater “Break No CATALOG: F-BT1037 Hearts”. Originally only released on cassette in 2015 as a part of our “Is LABEL: Omega Supreme Records This The Future” show series, “Didn’t Mean To Turn You On” is a testament GENRE: Modern Funk BARCODE: 659123106917 to the supreme workmanship and masterful duo of Moniquea and XL FORMAT: 7" Middleton, these two didn’t cover this song, they gave it the treatment! HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Moniquea pours herself in and holds nothing back, electrifying the classic LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI with her seductive voice and unmatched intensity, even though she didn’t mean to, you’re definitely going to be turned on! “Break No Hearts” TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) continues the dance floor intensity with Moniquea’s masterful original songwriting and ability to spill game over songs like no one else can! Her A. lyrics and seductive voice will not only level up your life, they will level up Didn’t Mean To Turn You On the dance floor as they lay over the uptempo, silky smooth, electrofunk freestyle groove that sits on three wheels with that G Funk lean-created B. by the one and only funk surgeon XL Middleton! Guaranteed not to break Break No Hearts your 45’s box big heart, and burn up the dance floor worldwide!
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• Single “Robovox” February 2017 featured on Mixmag, Noisia Radio • Fortress EP was released in March 2017 via Plasma Audio (vinyl & digital) • 10+ million views on Youtube performance videos for NI, Ableton, & DJTechTools.com
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Mad Zach Mad Zach’s Out of Body EP is the artist’s energetic first release with TITLE: Out of Body Alpha Pup. Four intense tracks balance on their edges between perfectly CATALOG: E-APR117 placed off-beats and third eye-popping sounds. LABEL: Alpha Pup Records GENRE: Electronic Based in Berlin, Mad Zach is a San Francisco native and festival favorite BARCODE: 669158534562 known for his unique productions and expertise in sound design. His FORMAT: EP Splatter Vinyl craftsmanship is highlighted through his truly innovative and undeniable HOME MARKET: San Francisco/Berlin style of high-definition bass music that pulls from many different sonic RELEASE: 8/3/2018 influences. LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH “Out of Body is meant to help catalyze a sound experience which is less focused on the ego and more about guiding you into a world of light TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) beings and wormholes,” explains Zach. The EP fuses inspiration from Berlin’s techno world with a background in West Coast bass. Tracks feel 1. Dark Street fresh and experimental yet still pull you in with their sticky-sweet, almost 2. Drawing Blood viscous jams. 3. Shadow Figures “The musical idea behind this was to implement some of the strange 4. Trunk Junk loop concepts from my psychedelic explorations with the hypnotic techno themes and bass heavy 160 grooves that I’m really inspired by. I wanted to create something that could be hypnotic and at times intense, while remaining sexy and booty maneuvering.”
“Dark Street” hovers hypnotically, growing larger and more alive with every new layer. Snares are set loose in “Drawing Blood” to chase down a hyped-up, high-speed buzz. Stare into the flames to spin with the serpentine “Shadow Figures” – a tripped-out tribal groove for late- night dance floor meditation. Heat rises out of “Trunk Junk” and sets the speakers on fire with a fleshy dose of delicious bass.
Digging in deep with writhing rhythms and precisely designed percussion, every track is a sinuous showcase of Mad Zach’s expert finesse and raw appeal.
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• Very limited print run - Beat Swap Meet host since 2008 • Worked in studio with many professionals in hip-hop from Abstract Rude to Ras Kass to Will I Am • Staple in the grassroots hip-hop open mic scene of Los Angeles • Gives back to the community through service with non-profit organizations like JUiCE Los Angeles • Tour tentatively planned for late summer/early fall • Silent John (who came up in the San Jose underground hip-hop community) produced “Figueroa Street” which is the first single from the forthcoming LP The Brain Game due 3rd quarter 2018
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: L. Scatter 2018 marks the reprisal of Los Angeles’ L. Scatter with the new 7” TITLE: Figueroa & Sunset Figueroa & Sunset, returning after 2011’s Beat Swap Meet presents: The CATALOG: F-TOL052 All Vinyl Mixtape. L. Scatter’s new 7” features the heavy weight boom LABEL: The Order Label bap tracks “Figueroa Street”, “Sunset Blvd./Cesar E. Chavez Ave”, and GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 669158536481 “Chick Hearn Court”. As bonus beats, “Sun” and “Fig” exist as short FORMAT: 7" instrumentals of “Figueroa” and “Sunset”. As a building block in Project HOME MARKET: USA Blowed’s infamous history, L. Scatter’s legacy continues on a straight RELEASE: 8/3/2018 arrow progression, keeping intact the foundations that shaped an entire LIST PRICE: $14.98 / CN movement of technical hip-hop.
TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)
1. Figueroa Street 2. Sun (Bonus Beat) 3. Fig (Bonus Beat) 4. Sunset Blvd. / Cesar E Chavez Ave 5. Chick Hearn Court
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• The 2nd release on 823, a creative project founded by Ta-ku, is featuring the label debut of Portland wunderkind quickly, quickly • Using elements of jazz, hip hop, and R&B, quickly, quickly weaves a tapestry of wispy productions that feel equally inspired by the dusty drums of early ’90s boom bap
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: quickly, quickly 823 is also the numerical representation of the phrase ‘Thinking Of You’. TITLE: Over Skies It represents the appreciation for the people/ideas/places that inspire us CATALOG: E-823R002 and push us forward. As a label we are proud to present a series of LABEL: 823 Records musical releases that showcase the artists musical & visual endeavors. GENRE: Hip-Hop The artwork is shot by the artist themselves & each release has an BARCODE: 673790033895 accompanying photo zine that acts as a visual story that compliments FORMAT: EP the music they wrote at that time. HOME MARKET: Portland, Oregon RELEASE: 8/3/2018 There’s a maturity to the sound of Portland, Oregon-based producer LIST PRICE: $18.98 / CO quickly, quickly that makes it difficult to believe he’s just 17 years old. Using elements of jazz, hip hop, and R&B, quickly, quickly weaves a tapestry of wispy productions that feel equally inspired by the dusty TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) drums of early ’90s boom bap as they do by the whimsical electronics of head-turning contemporaries like Tennyson. Taking over on vocals, 1. Stilted bass, drums, and piano, he offers insight into a greater understanding 2. Swingtheory of musicality; There’s time devoted to each audible layer and it shows. 3. Lie Ta-ku: “Graham first caught my eye with his film photography - it was only 4. Ghost coincidental that he also made world class sounds & made me ever so 5. If You Only Knew jealous with his musical talent at such a young age. Graham is one of those wunderkinds that have managed to create such a strong musical identity for himself and makes it look so effortless. Graham is the reason why I started 823. He is the epitome of someone who embodies that free flowing creative energy that needs to be showcased to the world!”
Music has always been a part of quickly, quickly’s life, as he started playing piano when he was two years old. This love of music shaped his young life and created a solid musical foundation for future efforts. In 5th grade quickly, quickly found hip-hop, citing Common Market, J Dilla, Blue Scholars, and The Pharcyde as early influences. With his love of hip-hop and early musical background, it seemed only right that quickly would begin to produce his own music. Having now made beats for around six years, quickly, quickly is producing at the top of his game. The production on his debut EP Over Skies is as easy-going as it is complex, and the fact that there are no samples on the EP makes it all the more impressive. Inspired heavily by the sky and the many forms it takes, this EP blends genres and crosses musical borders with ease.
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• Music Video: “Transitions///Non Fiction” • ELUDEM merges divergent sound textures, angular beats and soothing themes to form new modal phenomena • Available on multi-colored 12” vinyl housed in one-of-a-kind screenprinted cardboard jackets featuring art by ELUDEM
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: ELUDEM Cymatics is the study of visible sound vibration, and how sound affects TITLE: Films For The Mind humans. Music is an intangible force, yet can be captured in the digital CATALOG: L-HNR89 realm and visualized in 2D waveforms. Cymatics proves that everything LABEL: Hit & Run perceived as hard objects (including our bodies) are actually continuously GENRE: Instrumental BARCODE: 659123110112 vibrating at their own rates. Merging the fields of sound, geometry, light FORMAT: LP Colored Vinyl and mathematics into one, breathtaking images are created by the HOME MARKET: Los Angeles frequencies found in our bodies, nature and beyond. RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR ELUDEM is a Los Angeles-born abstract artist composing his own unique audio & visual geometry. The 25-year old producer merges divergent TRACKLISTING sound textures, angular beats and soothing themes to form new modal phenomena. Patterns emerge in ELUDEM’s instrumental collages 1. No Signal of driving frequencies & dense sonic vibrations, revealing zero points 2. Transitions where vibration does not exist. Films For The Mind is the triumphant 3. Microscopic 16-track master work to inspire & squire a future generation of sound 4. Boonies designers. Available on multi-colored 12” vinyl housed in one-of-a-kind 5. 1st Gen 10 screenprinted cardboard jackets featuring art by ELUDEM. 6. Non Fiction 7. Re-Runs 8. Inside Outside 9. Maneuvers 10. Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla 11. Cold Water 12. Nocturnal Night Tint 13. Struggle
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• Features a supergroup of DC musicians from Thievery Corporation, See-I, Astronaut Jones, The Funk Ark, and more • Aaron Abernathy acted as the musical director for Black Milk and Slum Village and collaborated with Grammy-nominated artists including Jack White, The Foreign Exchange, and Eric Roberson • Housed in a hand-stamped Boogieburg brown paper sleeve
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Backbeat Underground From Washington, DC – building on the city’s storied tradition in soul TITLE: She Don’t Love Me (Like I Do) ft. Aaron Abernathy and funk – Backbeat Underground delivers the soulful scorcher “She b/w Instrumental CATALOG: F-BBRG007 Don’t Love Me (Like I Do)” featuring Aaron Abernathy recorded live in the LABEL: Boogieburg Recordings studio with an eleven-piece all-star group of DC musicians from Thievery GENRE: Soul/Funk/Jazz Corporation, See-I, Astronaut Jones, The Funk Ark, Black Masala, and BARCODE: 602573723470 more. FORMAT: 7” HOME MARKET: Washington DC Aaron Abernathy is the musical director for Black Milk and Slum Village RELEASE: 8/3/2018 and collaborated with Grammy-nominate artists including Jack White, LIST PRICE: $8.98 / CF The Foreign Exchange, and Eric Roberson. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) “She Don’t Love Me (Like I Do)” is far deeper than the average love song A. as it speaks not only to the heart, but also to issues of self-worth and She Don’t Love Me (Like I Do) ft. Aaron Abernathy (7” Edit) identity in a time of social upheaval. Originally released on Fort Knox Recordings, Boogieburg is proud to offer this on vinyl for the first time. B. She Don’t Love Me (Like I Do) ft. Aaron Abernathy (7” Edit - Instrumental)
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DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Pigeondust / Axion117 / Bugseed / Tajima Hal Cold Busted’s acclaimed IWYMI series makes the jump to vinyl with a TITLE: IWYMI INTNl: Japan four song IWYMI INTNl 7” (It’s What You Make It International)” focusing CATALOG: F-CB79 on Japanese beatmakers. Curated by Es-K and Vitamin D, the single LABEL: Cold Busted aims to expose a quartet of worthy producers from the Land of the Rising GENRE: Hip-Hop Sun to turntables worldwide. EN Tokyo’s Pigeondust launches the wax BARCODE: 702334207925 with his smooth and sexy “Bboy Blue,” filled with glistening keys and FORMAT: 7" guitar chops over intricate rhythms. The lilting “Inheritance” comes next HOME MARKET: Japan via Utsunomiya’s Axion117 (Collective Resonance), easing the listener RELEASE: 8/3//2018 into a quiet storm mentality. The mesmerizing vibes continue as Tokyo- LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI based beat-slinger Bugseed drops the dreamy “Mindless” straight to the platter. Tajima Hal (Hermit City Recordings) closes out the single in style with “All Day,” featuring cut-up beats, looped guitar and vocals, and an TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) otherworldly flavor. The IWYMI INTNl: Japan 7” is a prime sampler of the innovative sounds coming from Japan’s instrumental hip-hop scene. 1. Pigeondust - Bboy Blue 2. Axion117 - Inheritance 3. Bugseed - Mindless 4. Tajima Hal - All Day
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• Video: “High Diamond” • Video: “Snake Bomb” • The group’s recordings and live performances cover an array of different musical styles and their sound has been likened to musicians such as Kraftwerk, Can, Chris Carter, Giorgio Moroder
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Chandeliers Finally opening up the garage after 8 months of deep winter, Chandeliers TITLE: High Diamond b/w Snake Bomb are hopping in the black Chrysler LeBaron convertible, and rumbling CATALOG: F-POT004 down Western Ave to a bubbling, dark and sensual soundtrack called LABEL: Potions Music NYC “High Diamond”. A gothic synth-funk house beat pumps the blood of GENRE: Funk/Electronic BARCODE: 659123108416 this diamond, brooding and mood-altering, evoking a feeling that there FORMAT: 7” is something menacing going on just blocks away, but for now, we are HOME MARKET: Chicago, Illinois here, and we will dance. The flip side “Snake Bomb”, is a wicked, reptilian RELEASE: 8/3/2018 instrumental, where the promises of our new snake democracy lies in the LIST PRICE: $10.908 / CI power of those with their hands on the synthesizers and drum machines. With a trapped-out drum kit pushing us into the future, and industrial TRACKLISTING metallic synth bombs being hurled over our newly shed skins lying on the sand next to us, “Snake Bomb” spins us at 45 revolutions per minute into A. some distant but oddly familiar past, when we were still trying to escape High Diamond from our lizard leaders.
B. Snake Bomb
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• Limited edition green tint cassettes (250 units) • College radio & hip-hop media campaign • Music video to be released on release week
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Career Crooks Since receiving critical acclaim for their debut LP Good Luck With That, TITLE: Thieving As Long As I’m Breathing an album which was praised for the duo’s classic east coast touch, and CATALOG: C-URBNET1242 secured a spot on Bandcamp’s 10 Best New Hip Hop Releases of 2017, LABEL: URBNET Career Crooks (producer Small Professor and rapper Zilla Rocca) are GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 724165395695 back to prove that no idea is original. The two have kept busy throughout FORMAT: Green Tint Colored Cassette 2017, not only performing alongside Busdriver, Billy Woods, Quelle Chris, HOME MARKET: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Elucid, and B Dolan, and releasing their LP, but also gearing up for RELEASE: 8/3/2018 their new air tight collection of remixes, titled Thieving As Long As I’m LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH Breathing.
TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) The new single “Crook With a Deal”, is a reworking of the 50 Cent and Mad Rapper classic “How to Rob”, targeting indie rappers like Open 1. Escapism 2.0 Mike Eagle and Run The Jewels. The album also features five in-house 2. Crook With A Deal remixes from Small Pro and Zilla Rocca, draped in styles inspired by the 3. Least Important Most Important (Trapped In The 90’s Mix) likes of DITC and the Beastie Boys. Canadian MPC champ FreshKils 4. Corrupt Novelist (SP’s Revenge Mix) also makes an appearance and flips the fan favorite “Steve Martin” into 5. Career Crooks Theme (Dario Mix) a soundtrack for a car chase outside a Chemical Brothers show. Other 6. Midnight In The Garden Of Good & Evil (Interlude) remix features include DJ Manipulator, Willy, Shane Great, Rolled Gold 7. Newlywed (Zilla Rocca Grand Royal Remix) Beats, and John Morrison. 8. Angel Dust (John Morrison’s Love Boat Mix) 9. Steve Martin (Fresh Kils Roxanne Mix) The twelve track LP moves as fast as a cat with its tail on fire and 10. Clock’s Ticking (Wino Willy x Rolled Gold Remix) maintains its own vibe while paying homage to that which has come 11. Crook With A Deal (Shane Great RMX) before it. The group’s primary sound encompasses “…raw ‘90s flows 12. Cold Ten Thousand (Manipulator Remix) while still maintaining a modern edge.” (Philip Mylnar, Bandcamp.com)
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• NOW Magazine also recently included her in their list of Toronto electronic musicians to watch in 2018 • “H.E.R. is straight-up beat work that’s not bogged down by superfluous, of-the-moment gimmicks. Instead, each track is wildly different, throwing in expansive percussion, hip-hop, electronic and spoken word from Eartha Kitt. It’s as if Arms and Sleepers and Flying Lotus got into a dust-up with Lone. You simply don’t want them to end.” - Exclaim
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: OBUXUM OBUXUM is a Toronto based Somali-Canadian producer and beat maker, TITLE: H.E.R whose lush and characteristic sound celebrates story telling. CATALOG: E-URBNET1239 LABEL: URBNET She has made her presence known with notable festival performances GENRE: Hip-Hop/Electronic BARCODE: 724165395718 at Wavelength Festival, Kazoo! Fest, Electric Eclectics, and Venus FORMAT: EP Fest. NOW Magazine also recently included her in their list of Toronto HOME MARKET: Toronto, Canada electronic musicians to watch in 2018. RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $16.98 / CQ OBUXUM’s latest EP, H.E.R., released via URBNET in 2018, embodies her inspirations and reflections, to the feel of a rhythmic pulse. She tells TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) her un-silenced story of what it is to navigate this world as a Somali- Canadian womxn. 1. HE(R)STORY 2. THE 6IX GODDESS “The blk, brwn, and indigenous womxn have inspired me endlessly to 3. PU$$Y POWAH remain courageous, daring and bold. That’s what she represents”. 4. BETTY BLUE’S INTERLUDE 5. ZIPP DISKKSS (TO AN ANGEL) H.E.R. exemplifies OBUXUM’s progression as an artist, by building on 6. DUNKIN VIBRATIONS her previous works, Luul, ITIYAMA, and 2991. The record carries through an alternative blend of hip-hop and electronics, creating a raw and unnameable vibe.
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• Instrumental versions of J Dilla beats played live • The first time on vinyl • For fans of J Dilla, El Michels Affair, Clutchy Hopkins and Will Sessions
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Fat Albert Einstein 2U4U is a collection of 16 versions, covers, rearrangements and TITLE: 2U4U interpretations of the music of Jay Dee, J Dilla, the one and only James CATALOG: L-FAE001 Yancey. LABEL: Hundos Editions GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 659123061711 Played and recorded live by Fat Albert Einstein with the help of Tylana FORMAT: LP Renga playing violin and Peter Jacobson on cello, for “Move” and HOME MARKET: Los Angeles “Labcabin Strings”. Adam Reece lends a hand on bass for “Dub Dilla”. The RELEASE: 8/3/2018 end result is a collection of songs ranging from the delicate and sincere LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT “Gentle Rain”, the almost true textbook “Touch”, to the devastatingly triumphant “Eternal Fire.” TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio)
1. Bald Mt. > Fever 2. So Hardcore 3. 30a 4. Eternal Fire 5. Labcabin 6. Geekdrums 7. Move 8. 30b 9. Family Tree 10. Touch 11. Waxman 12. Roachclip 13. Gentle Rain 14. Dub Dilla 15. Hanson 16. Labcabin Strings
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• The soul/funk 45 Warning feat. Kaiit / The Jump Off is CO3B’s first 7” single from their forthcoming album Lab Experiments Vol. 2 • Cookin’ On 3 Burners have received wider acclaim following the smash hit Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners version of their classic soul track “This Girl” which saw substantial chart success world-wide, reaching #1 in Europe, #2 in the UK and was the worlds most Shazamed dance track of 2016 • ‘Warning’ is the lead single from latest album Lab Experiments Vol. 2 and was co written with PNG born and Melbourne based vocalist and songwriter Kaiit. With honeyed vocals, fierce rhymes and a bold eclectic style to match, 19-year-old Kaiit is alluring audiences to her sweet sound of soul • Kaiit is a young artist generating a lot of heat around Australia pushing Neo Soul into the forefront of Australian popular culture
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Cookin’ On 3 Burners Australia’s hardest hitting Hammond Organ trio Cookin’ On 3 Burners TITLE: Warning b/w The Jump Off release new single “Warning” featuring Kaiit the lead single from their CATALOG: F-SMR0218 new album Lab Experiments Vol. 2 available as a limited edition 7-inch LABEL: Soul Messin’ Records single through our friends at Fat Beats. GENRE: Soul/R&B BARCODE: 9369998214563 “Warning” is a collaboration with dynamic 19-year-old vocalist Kaiit who FORMAT: 7" is running things on this punchy, hard hitting vocal banger. Hey you, HOME MARKET: Melbourne, Australia yes you! Step back in line - didn’t you hear? Kaiit is “…not accepting RELEASE: 8/3/2018 applications at this point in time…” LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI For the B side, strap yourself in for “The Jump Off.” Frenetic and funky with a nod to the vibe and energy of the JB funky 9th. This is one for the TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) B-boys and B-girls WORLDWIDE - welcome to the Get Down from Down Under. A. Warning feat. Kaiit Here’s some vibes from the last Cookin’ On 3 Burners drop on Fat Beats. The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 bestowed some funky love for lead single “Real Life Baby calling” it a ”Wonderful B. slice of bright, shimmering soul!” New York City heavyweights Wax The Jump Off Poetics are feeling “… a heavy breakbeat flip of the Metallica classic ‘Enter Sandman’, and an action-packed video to go with it…,” and French tastemakers Musiculture described the new CO3B release as ”Timeless soul....torrid heat!”
Since its inception in 1997, Cookin’ On 3 Burners has continuously evolved and branched out, bringing their strong trio sound to collaborations with a variety of artists. The 2016 meeting with French electronic wunderkind Kungs resulted in the Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners version of their classic soul track “This Girl” which saw substantial chart success world- wide, reaching #1 in Europe, #2 in the UK and was the worlds most Shazamed dance track of 2016.
Get down to the future sound of yesterday with Cookin’ On 3 Burners.
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• First single from B. Bravo & Rojai’s upcoming collaborative Kool Customer project • Future funk, 80s boogie, and little bit of strip club sleaze
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kool Customer First leak of B. Bravo & Bay Area singer Rojai’s upcoming Kool Customer TITLE: Blackberry (Somebody Told Me) project on Bastard Jazz that brings in the sounds of future funk, 80s CATALOG: F-BJ725 boogie, and little bit of strip club sleaze. “Blackberry” is a dancefloor LABEL: Bastard Jazz smasher with a big bassline, funky guitar licks, horn section and a hella GENRE: Boogie/Soul BARCODE: 708630007658 catchy chorus. 7” drops early August and full project mid September. FORMAT: 7” HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI
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A. Blackberry
B. Blackberry (Instrumental)
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• After a series of albums with Blockhead, Marq Spekt teams up with up and coming producer Prospek who provides ample soundscapes • Critically acclaimed albums featured in XXL, 2Dopeboyz and other notable sites • Award winning producer who has worked with Keith Murray, Nesby Phipps, Tree and more • Features include Roc Marciano, Vordul Mega, Billy Woods and more • A gritty, almost totally sample free album with cutting edge production and depth
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: MarQ Spekt While so many artists make overtures back to the 90s both in style and TITLE: At War With The Shadows production in an attempt to capture that essence, this album actually CATALOG: L-GP06 harkens back to a more modern, independent age and pushes it LABEL: Grilchy Party forward. It truly feels as if it could have mixed within the Rawkus, Def GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 798068996860 Jux underground hip-hop era. After a long and underrated history in the FORMAT: LP depths of the underground, this project brings new light. After releasing HOME MARKET: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania projects with Kno and Blockhead, this project finds Spekt being produced RELEASE: 8/3/2018 entirely by Prospek, an award winning New Orleans musician/producer/ LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR engineer who has worked with Keith Murray, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Pumkinhead, Nesby Phips and others. There are layers of depth and grit TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) to the record but also some introspection. As you should expect heavy beats and signature raw rhymes. Features include some of the finest 1. Brief Introduction pens in the hip-hop world from Roc Marciano to Vordul Mega. Listen 2. Drones feat. Brando3 to the album to grasp the understanding of how he uses Shadows to 3. BullsEYE feat. Roc Marciano, Him-Lo (Da Buze Bruvaz) spread light. 4. Monkey Wrench 5. Blind Oasis 6. The Cross 7. Pagan Politcs feat. Billy Woods 8. 7teen 9. Zombie Fire 10. Daylight remix feat. H.P Capone aka H-Pone 11. Wave Runner 3.5 feat. Vordul Mega (Cannibal Ox) 12. Chasing Shadows
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• Features from Georgia Anne Muldrow, Blu, Med, Jimetta Rose, Dizz1, Mndsgn, Swarvy, Teebs, lojii, Clark and the Community and Nia Andrews • An album consisting of LA’s restless cross polination of future soul, jazz, hip-hop and electronica
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Strange Neighbor Presents Strange Neighbor’s star infused Oscillations project is an album born TITLE: Oscillations out of LA’s restless cross pollination of future soul, jazz, hip-hop and CATALOG: L-SN03 electronica. Oscillations features host of productions and first time LABEL: Strange Neighbor collaborations combining the cosmic light of Los Angeles based artists GENRE: Hip-Hop/Soul BARCODE: 724101789175 including Georgia Anne Muldrow, Blu, Med, Jimetta Rose, Dizz1, Mndsgn, FORMAT: LP Red Vinyl Swarvy, Teebs, lojii, Clark and the Community and Nia Andrews. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $23.98 / FI
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1. We Make It Look Easy Ft. Blu + Georgia Anne Muldrow 2. King Of The Bright Prod By Dizz1 3. Hard To Brethe Ft. Med + Jimetta Rose / Prod By Dizz1 4. So Bad Ft. Clark And The Community / Prod By Swarvy / Mndsgn 5. A Song About Timing Ft. Nia Andrews / Prod By Swarvy / Mndsgn 6. Zhen Ft. lojii /Prod By Swarvy 7. Mapito Prod By Teebs
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• He was prominently featured on the title track for Pharoahe Monch’s 2007 release Desire and returned again on Monch’s 2011 release WAR (We Are Renegades) on the track ‘Clap (One Day)’ • He also formed a band called Las Supper with Big Daddy Kane which lead to the 2013 release Back To The Future • Show Tyme has toured with Music Soulchild, Jodeci, Kelly Price, MOP and Pharoahe Monch just to name a few • Now in 2018 he’s finally releasing his long awaited debut album Love Truth
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Show Tyme Luroner “Show Tyme” Brooks is Trenton, NJ born and bred. His talent was TITLE: Love Truth discovered in church at the age of 7 while singing his first solo (When I CATALOG: CD-WM0017 See Jesus). The rendition sent the church in frenzy and caused his much LABEL: WAR Media beloved Grandmother to literally slap him. His professional career got GENRE: Soul/R&B BARCODE: 824833019592 started years later working with the singer Case who gave him his stage FORMAT: CD name Show Tyme. Show Tyme has performed live with a who’s who in HOME MARKET: Trenton, New Jersey the Hip Hop and R&B world including Pharoahe Monch, M.O.P., Guru, RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Jodeci, Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price and the list goes on. In 2013 Show LIST PRICE: $9.98 / AH teamed up with Big Daddy Kane to form Las Supper for the album Back To The Future which he co-wrote and co-produced. Finally, stepping out TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) on his own, Show Tyme is set to release his debut solo project Love Truth via his company Cold Rain in a partnership with W.A.R. Media. 1. Show Tyme Theme The album is contemporary R&B and Soul music that would stand the 2. Change My Life test in any era. As Show Tyme puts it, “The album is my interpretation 3. I’ve Found The One of how I see love through the ups and downs, pitfalls and comebacks.” 4. Deja Vu The first single “Come On Home To Me” finds him on the verge of losing 5. Lovetruth Interlude 1 everything that is important and sends a plea to his love to forgive and 6. Noras Song come back where she belongs. 7. Take Your Love Away 8. Love Truth Interlude 2 9. Come On Home To Me 10. Love Suicide 11. Lovetruth Interlude 3 12. Something About You 13. Anything 14. Xoxo 15. Show Tyme Theme
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NO EXPORT TO EUROPE
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• Limited to 500 copies and comes in a sealed heavy old- fashioned cardboard sleeve, the record itself is packed in a protective poly-innersleeve • A free download code plus a BJINT logo sticker round up the packaging
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Philanthrope Philanthrope’s longplayer Waking Dreams marks the very first release on TITLE: Waking Dreams our newly founded Beat Jazz International label, born out of our love and CATALOG: L-BJINT001 passion for beats, jazz and vinyl. LABEL: Beat Jazz International
GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 4260116728212 After well-received output on respected labels like Radio Juicy, Chillhop FORMAT: LP or Dezi Belle, we are stunned to present Philanthrope’s all new full-length HOME MARKET: Netherlands with illustrous guests like Mono:Massive, Sugi.wa and Kupla. RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT
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1. Introduction 2. Carwash 3. Cutting In Reverse 4. Mola 5. Moonshine 6. Relief 7. Deserted 8. Time Goes By 9. Mola Pt. 2 10. Satoshi 11. Forte 12. Moonshine Pt. 2 13. Silence 14. Sleep Next To Me
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DESCRIPTION On Drippin’ Wet, news anchor/dj Danny Doppler, (aka Danbone of Austin Boogie Crew) invites you to experience changing weather patterns with the rest of us in real time. A mix of forecast funk and kitchen jazz.
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A. Drippin’ Wet A Side Mix
B. ARTIST: Danny Doppler Drippin’ Wet B Side Mix TITLE: Drippin’ Wet with Danny Doppler CATALOG: C-HOBO009 LABEL: Hobo Camp GENRE: Funk BARCODE: N/A HOBO009 FORMAT: Cassette RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $10.98 / AJ
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• Debut 2016 release Journey to Golden hit #1 on the iTunes Jazz Charts and #7 on the Jazz Billboard Charts • Her second studio album Sol Empowered released on October 13, 2017 earned the #8 spot on the Jazz Billboard Charts • Chantae’s music blends the exploratory sounds of Jazz with the feel good vibes of Soul • Influenced by Bobby McFerrin, Haitus Kyote, Chaka Khan and many others • Upcoming concerts
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Chantae Cann As Chantae Cann’s adventurous remix of her debut album Re-WERC TITLE: Sol Empowered hits retailers worldwide, Atlanta Records is thrilled to announce Sol CATALOG: CD-RAD114 Empowered; Chantae Cann’s second studio album is set for release in LABEL: Ropeadope collaboration with Ropeadope. GENRE: Jazz BARCODE: 824833017109 FORMAT: CD Sol Empowered finds the artist in a positive space, as Ms. Cann states HOME MARKET: Atlanta, GA she has most recently been inspired in the areas of knowing, valuing and RELEASE: 8/3/2018 appreciating her own self-worth, and she desires to motivate others to LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM do the same.
TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Sol Empowered further solidifies Chantae’s signature sound while referencing the comforting sounds from her first album, Journey To 1. U Gotta Love Ya Golden. Lyrically, this is a love letter from Chantae to her listeners with 2. The Light an in depth look at her evolution as an artist, and most importantly who 3. Happy Song she has come to be as a person. Sol Empowered is intentional and 4. Happy Song Interlude deliberate, yet free-spirited. 5. The Love Above 6. Sol Glo feat. Tank Ball Collaborations with Tarriona Tank Ball from Tank and the Bangas, 5-time 7. Fruition Grammy award-winning band Snarky Puppy, and PJ Morton of Maroon 5 8. Craters feat. PJ Morton and Morton Records make up an impressive lineup of features. 9. Hey Whatcha Say 10. The Sound Sol Empowered finds Chantae co-writing and producing with Justin C. 11. Reason to Live Gilbert - an active member of Justin Timberlake & The Tennessee Kids 12. iRise feat. Snarky Puppy as well as BBE All-Star Band.
In a complex and often critical world, Chantae Cann finds a sacred space of joy and comfort, both in her compositions and her vocal style. Nothing is overdone for the sake of impression; the entire album feels like a gentle affirmation of the soul.
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• Multi Grammy Award winner • Works with Kirk Franklin, Snarky Puppy, and more • His debut 7 Summers is in steady demand on streaming services, and sold well on CD and download to loyal fans
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Shaun Martin Shaun Martin has been playing, creating, and collaborating for most of TITLE: Focus his life, yet his contributions go much further than just playing. When CATALOG: CD-RAD420 you move through the projects that Shaun has been a part of you can LABEL: Ropeadope feel his style and influence; you can sense his presence throughout the GENRE: Jazz BARCODE: 8248330202530 compositions. Shaun’s willingness and ability to be a subtle part of each FORMAT: CD band has allowed him to be part of the very foundation. HOME MARKET: Dallas, Texas RELEASE: 8/3/2018 After the acclaimed release of Shaun Martin’s debut - 7 Summers - LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM Martin returns to the studio for a simpler project - A Jazz Trio recording entitled Focus, with frequent collaborators AJ Brown and Jamil Byron, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) with special guests Keith Taylor and Robert ’Sput’ Searight.
1. Recordame ‘I wanted to sit down and fall back in love with the piano - to dance with 2. Ms. Genell the one that brought you.’ - Shaun Martin 3. Body And Soul 4. Soundcheck and Whatnots The trio format lends plenty of inspiration for Shaun, he counts Bill 5. Festina Lente Evans, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, and Gary Peacock as influences 6. Focus and standards for the trio vibe, with the magnetic interplay between the 7. Triad instruments as the foundation. Yet as always, Shaun Martin makes the trio his own, comfortably expressing himself as though he is in fact dancing with the one that brought him. A couple of standards from Joe Henderson and Billie Holiday set the frame, with five original compositions that bring the story into Focus, and the interplay between these lifelong friends is indeed magnetic and seemingly effortless.
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• All songs written, arranged, and produced by 7 time Grammy Award winner Shaun Martin • Recorded at Nomad Studios and Studios at 2909 by Eric Hartman • Recorded at Luminous Studios by Tre Nagella • Has worked with Kirk Franklin, Snarky Puppy, Erykah Badu, Chaka Kahn, Fred Hammond, God’s Property, Kim Burrell, Yolanda Adams, Timbaland, The Weekend, Tamela Mann & more
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Shaun Martin Seven years ago, Shaun began a project of his own. A story of his life, a TITLE: 7 Summers contribution to the world of music from his eyes (and ears). In demand CATALOG: CD-RAD278 by many, Shaun took his time with the album as the story expanded LABEL: Ropeadope to include a wider range of experience. And so, we present to you 7 GENRE: Jazz BARCODE: 888295295581 Summers - a big chapter in the history of the great Shaun Martin. Seven FORMAT: CD Years. Seven Summers. Seven Seven. HOME MARKET: Dallas, Texas RELEASE: 8/3/2018 7 Summers is an album that was clearly well thought out; a refreshing LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM feel in today’s world of instant production.
TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) “I’d say that 7 Summers is a chronicle of growth in character and perspective. As I grew over the last seven years, I experienced so much 1. Introduction and I wanted to translate that through the music and lyrics....” -Shaun 2. One Big Party Martin 3. The Yellow Jacket 4. Lotus 5. Have Your Chance At Love (ft. Nikki Ross) 6. Love, Don’t Let Me Down (ft. Claudia Melton) 7. Long Gone (ft. Adrian Hulet and Mark Letierri) 8. The Torrent 9. Madiba Monologue 10. Madiba 11. All In A Days’ Work (ft. Geno Young) 12. Closing Credits (A Requiem For Carolyn)
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• Origins is a fusion album from the roots and elements of flamenco (bulerías, soleáres), Afro-Cuban (guaguancó and rumba) and American jazz form • Video: Alex Conde - ‘’Bulerijazz’’ • Upcoming concerts
DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Alex Conde Origins is a fusion album from the roots and elements of flamenco TITLE: Origins (bulerías, soleáres), Afro-Cuban (guaguancó and rumba) and American CATALOG: CD-RAD100 jazz form. The work is also an exploration of the musical origins of this LABEL: Ropeadope international pianist who has traveled the world and explored the roots of GENRE: Jazz BARCODE: 888295775984 Afro-Cuban music and jazz from a flamenco perspective. FORMAT: CD HOME MARKET: New York African music and its tradition on percussion are the key of most of RELEASE: 8/3/2018 the world folkloric rhythms and syncopated accents. During colonial LIST PRICE: $13.98 / AM times, Africans were exported as slaves to many geographies, and in the process, their cultural and religious believes as well as their TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) rhythmic patterns landed in the Caribbean, North America and Spain. Consequently, it’s not a coincidence that the magic resemblance of the 1. Bulerijazz ‘’3+2’’ rhythmical patterns from Africa is implicit in the most traditional 2. Upper West Side expressions of flamenco, rumba and jazz. 3. Spring Break 4. La Leyenda Del Tiempo For this adventure, Alex Conde had the fortune to team up with world- 5. Jungle Street class artists from New York City, the Latin-jazz and Jazz “mecca” of the 6. The Great Priest world - Conrad Herwig, Marcus Gilmore, Dayna Stephens, Brian Lynch, 7. El Emigrante Luques Curtis, John Benítez, Camilo Molina and Guillermo Barrón. 8. Soleà De Ismael 9. Descarga Por Bulerías Alex also counted with the contribution of special guests like the renown 10. El Emigrante Instrumental Spaniard copla singer Alejandro Conde - his father, who lends his voice for a dramatic rendition of the Spanish classic “El Emigrante”, Ismael Fernandez, who leads the charge in “Soleá de Ismael”, and the up-and- coming jazz guitarist from New York City Andres Abenante.
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