Jungle Brothers – Brain
The Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop group who pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop. They began performing in the mid-1980s and released their first album, Straight Out the Jungle, in 1988. With Afrocentric lyrics and innovative beats, the Jungle Brothers were critically acclaimed and soon joined the influential Native Tongues Posse. The trio is comprised of Michael Small (Mike Gee), Nathaniel Hall (Afrika Baby Bam) and Sammy Burwell (DJ Sammy B).
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Billie
Blu & Exile – Amnesia
Blu is definitely a leader in the new school of Los Angeles emcees. His presence is undeniable, while his music captivates audiences regardless of race, class, and gender. Although many are still unaware of Blu’s work, “Below The Heavens” guarantees to take LA hip hop back to the place where Freestyle Fellowship, Jurassic 5, and The Pharcyde left off. The American hip-hop producer/DJ (and occassional MC) Exile, is a member of the duo, Emanon, with Aloe Blacc. His debut solo album, Dirty Science, was released on Cali-based independent, Sound In Color, in 2006.
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So what the fuck ya wanna do?
Devin The Dude – Do what you wanna do
Devin the Dude is a Houston-area rapper. Though relatively well-known among the underground hip-hop community during the mid-to-late 90’s, Devin did not achieve mainstream success until his appearance on Dr. Dre’s 2001 album. Besides sex, relationships, ridin’ trucks, smokin’ reefer, drinkin’ beer, partying, and conscious or proverbial themes, much of Devin’s work is also light-hearted and comically self-deprecating.
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Not Roy
Joy Orbison – Hyph mngo
“Cool” uncles have always gotten kids into all kinds of wonderful mischief, but 22-year-old Peter O’Grady from London , better known as Joy Orbison, was especially blessed—he credits uncle Ray Keith with introducing him to jungle and U.K. garage long before he could ever hit the clubs. At the age of 13 he took up DJing and eventually moved into production, beginning with Fruity Loops-crafted 8-bar grime loops before shifting into headier territory that combined his love of house, disco, and dubstep with the atmospheric fuzz of bands like My Bloody Valentine, Josef K, and The Beach Boys. -
Time travelling
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJKsQb5UUHE
Plant life – Something about her
Jack Splash is a time traveler. He was there when it all began, and he made the whole planet rock with Afrika Bambaataa. He had Melle Mel’s back when he was by the edge, and he used to wear them big suits with Talking Heads. And as God is his witness, or his name ain’t Jack, he told AC/DC to come back in black. -
Detroit on the horizon
Recloose – Dust (feat. Joe Dukie)
Recording as Recloose, Matt Chicoine is the Detroit,MI producer whose notable EPs for Carl Craig’s Planet E label explore upbeat, sample-based trip-hop instead of the synth-based techno often heard in the Motor City. Unsure of his career direction after graduating with a degree in English from the University of Michigan in nearby Ann Arbor, Chicoine — previously a resident mixer known as DJ Bubblicious — began exploring electronic recording as well. According to Detroit legend, while working in a take-out joint, he slipped one of his tapes into an order from techno don Carl Craig, and Craig signed him to Planet E. -
Winner
Floating Points – Vacuum boogie
Citing names as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky as major influences on his work, it is not hard to see that he has musical knowledge way beyond his (22) years, and having been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16 – he is a true musician. The variety in influences is mirrored in the diversity of his productions – one week it’s broken, the next a string quartet and sometimes just straight up gritty beats. Whatever the genre, the Floating Points ’sound’ shines brightly from within, projecting an individual range and texture of soulful sounds that will remain forever fresh! -
Manouche
Mieluta Bibescu – Moment muzical (de N. Kirculescu)
Nicolae Kirculescu (December 28, 1903 – December 31, 1985) is a Romanian musician. He composed theatre and film music. One his most known compositions is Musical Moment for piano and orchestra, the musical theme of a Romanian television science program named Teleenciclopedia. -
L’Armée des 12
DJ Vadim – L’art d’Ecouter (feat. TTC)
DJ Vadim (aka Vadim Peare, real name Andrey Gurov) is a prolific DJ from Russia, based in London. His music combines hip hop and electronica and his recording technique involves very precise sampling as opposed to looping.
TTC are : Teki Latex (vocals), Tido Berman (vocals + production), Cuizinier (vocals), DJ Orgasmic (scratches + production), Para One (production), Tacteel (production)… TTC are also a part of super group L’Armée des 12 with La Caution and Saphir. Tacteel & Para One perform together under the name FuckALoop. TTC as a DJ team (with the help of Siskid) = Superfamilleconne. -
We are born
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHdcPlfwmkg
Sia – You’ve changed
Sia – You’ve changed (feat. Laurel Flax)
In 2000, the Adelaide born singer scored a Top 10 hit with her debut single, ‘Taken For Granted’. Pairing her unique Australian drawl with the strident strings from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, the track was championed by Trevor Nelson and had Sia performing live on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 1 show. Her debut album, ‘Healing Is Difficult’, arrived to cries of ‘the next big R&B thing’. She then added her jazzy slurs to two tracks on Zero 7’s ‘Simple Things’ album and became the voice of the year’s down-tempo soundtrack.
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Damn gravity!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28tZ-S1LFok
Phantogram – When I’m Small
Phantogram is a trip-hop/psych-pop duo, formed in 2007 at Saratoga Springs, NY, by Joshua Carter (vocals, guitars) and Sarah Barthel (vocals, keyboards). Their music can be described as a culmination of unique street beat rhythms, and psychedelic melodies, with combined technology and organic textures. The band practices and writes music in an out-of-town farm called Harmony Lodge, where they write and record songs using various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments.
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This shit is bananas!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qewxdg2NXHg
The Banana Sessions – Prodigy Medley
The Banana Sessions … are one of the quirkiest bands kicking around Edinburgh just now. Swapping a bass guitar for a tuba, and featuring one seriously creepy sounding flute, one minute they sound like a gypsy circus band, the next they’re imitating the bombastic marching band sounds of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club. And just when you find your feet tapping along to the tunes, they sneakily change rhythm and tempo to ear-pleasing effect. -
Heidelberg
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa1jW31mHSk
De-Phazz – Jazz Music
De Phazz is a downtempo jazz ensemble integrating modern turntablism and elements of soul, latin, trip hop and drum and bass into a lounge music sound. De Phazz is led by Pit Baumgartner, a German producer who changes his crew for every new album. Some of the more permanent members are Karl Frierson and Pat Appleton. Since the release of Detunized Gravity and Godsdog, De Phazz have appeared on the radar of listeners of equally innovative and sample-driven jazz by the likes of Amon Tobin and The Cinematic Orchestra.
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New new wave
Twin Shadow – At my heels
Twin Shadow is the stage name of American musician George Lewis Jr. Lewis was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Florida, before eventually relocating to Brooklyn and adopting the Twin Shadow moniker.
In 2010 he released his debut album Forget, produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear. The album has been described as “steeped in 1980s new wave”, “building from streaks of haunting synth textures” and “hazily new wave-tinged pop”. Twin Shadow was the Rolling Stone ‘Band of the Week’ on October 7, 2010.
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Cambridge
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVstHPhaJ6M
Passion Pit – The Reeling
Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit was a vocabulary word used in a class Mike took in school. It’s a slang word for a drive-in movie theatre where kids used to go to make out.
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos has revealed that the band’s new album sounds so “beautiful” that they want to release it “when the buds start to bloom” next year.
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Suzi – Give it up (feat. JJ)
Suzi & – Give it up (feat. JJ)
Grasu XXL is a Romanian Hip-hop artist from the city of Bacau.
Formerly part of the XXL si 10 Grei hip-hop group, formed by himself and his friend and colleague Paco 10 Grei
Faceti cunostinta cu mine… Nichifor Dragos, de asemenea cunoscut ca Grasu XXL. Sunt nascut pe 11 august 1981 (cred ca v-ati dat seama ca sunt un Leu hotarat si… optimist!). Ceea ce nu cred ca v-ati dat seama este faptul ca sunt nascut in Buhusi, asta vine in judetul Bacau… Hobby-ul meu este, desigur, muzica. Dar mai am un hobby, pe care putina lume il cunoaste: mai multa muzica!
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