Lovers of J Dilla’s boom-bap will instantly fall for this, ‘The Mission EP’ by London-based Eric Lau and Detroit’s Guilty Simpson. This vid sees Eric talking about the production of the EP and collaborating with the Michigan lyricist. It’s out February 3rd on Vinyl x Digital.
You can get more information from the Kilawatt label: http://bit.ly/9OPW6A
Brainfeeder is one of our favourite labels, they have an amazing catalog of artists, The Gaslamp Killer being one of them. If you’ve ever seen one of his live shows, he really knows how to make a crowd hype. A lot of his tracks are completely improvised, Monsterfromtheunderground isn’t but still amazing!
Born William Benjamin Bensussen, he originally comes from San Diego, CA, whose downtown Gaslamp District’s bar scene inspired him to name himself the Gaslamp Killer in disgust for much of the patronage.
Buy all of his albums from here and check posts about him on Brainfeeder
This is an oldie but a goodie. Gramatik resides in Slovenia and he is definitely one of our favourite artists! Remember at the ET HQ, we’re all about good music, regardless of where it came from. So chill out to this 2008 release with your headphones on whilst you get on with your day.
A sneak preview at Ego Thieves’ very first album collaboration, ‘Franked’, produced by the legend that is Duncan Powell. Dedicated to the memory of the late, and immensely great, Amy Winehouse. With an eclectic array of remixes, using samples from the original ‘Frank’ album, this is an amazing new journey to relive the Amy Winehouse experience.
Due for full release and download, exclusively here on the 5th of December. Accompanied by our very own exclusive illustrated artwork of course.
With production by the legend that is Flying Lotus, its no surprise this is one of the stand out tracks from Blu’s debut album, ‘NoYork’. Oh and there is also a sick video to accompany the track. Hit his Twitter up here. Download the album here.
This tune makes us feel like we’re on a train in Japan. Fat Jon will always be in our playlist.
My talented friend Mr Ghostpoet is going to be performing at Momo. Now lots and lots of you will not of heard Ghostpoets music, but trust me he is very much going to make you aware pretty soon. I thought instead of me trying to break down his sound I will let you hear a track of his so check it now right under the flyer below. You can catch myself and some of the Ego Thieves camp there fo sho.
Oh, and please watch out for the redonkulously exclusive mixtape from Ghostpoet and the Ego Thieves. You have been warned.
Ghostpoet’s Twitter // Myspace // Blog
Broken hearted is what I feel when I think of Hip Hop and its current state today. 20 something teens gassing about how amazing this dude is and that girl is. When I hear their tracks its the same lyrics, same concept, same story, same video, same flashing of cars and money and wealth. Wheres the story? What happened to people giving you their lives on pen and paper? OK Drake has some nice beats, but what the fuck is he talking about? Wheres the message? I live my life through music. Others used to express their life on music and became the greatest.
This mix is full of what I see in websites like us and Ninja. Core Hip Hop sounds with an Abstract, Experimental and Electronica twist all wrapped up in vibes upon vibes. Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing, Hudson Mohawke and more. Check inside the post for the tracklist and I hope you all enjoy.
I hope you enjoy this first installment from the modern day genius that is Flying Lotus. A mix between his older more Hip Hop influenced sounds, to his current experimental Electronica that is as hard to explain as it is to produce. My fav collection from him bar none. His older Hip Hop stuff is just amazing! Allot of people wont of heard allot of these I’m sure.
I can’t get enough of Flying Lotus, seriously. Since Dilla have i not been so clung to instrumentals. Well he recently posted up this free mix for you all to download marking his achievement of making music for ten years now. This mix is simply called Decade and is mixed by Gaslamp Killer. I downloaded this myself yest and already listened to it well over 10 times. For all my experimental and Hip Hop heads this is an absolute must.
Make sure you all grab Flying Lotus album Cosmogramma out April 20th on Warp Records.
Flying Lotus Website // Follow Him On Twitter
