BLOCKHEAD Funeral Balloons KEY SELLING POINTS • 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 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM WILL SESSIONS Kindred b/w Polyester People KEY SELLING POINTS • “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) PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM OPIO Wounded Healer KEY SELLING POINTS • 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 TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) 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 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM DAMU THE FUDGEMUNK Damu The Fudgemunk’s 20 Favorite Sample Flips KEY SELLING POINTS • 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.” PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM VARIOUS ARTISTS Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou, Jazz & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981 NO EXPORT TO EU/UK/JAPAN KEY SELLING POINTS • 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 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM VARIOUS ARTISTS Exploded Drawing: 7 Years KEY SELLING POINTS • 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.