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the beats
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focusing in on a corner of music: beats. everything that has a beat and isn't too hectic. from old jazz, funk & soul to downtempo, hiphop and breakbeat. read album reviews, audio production tips and more!
Recent Posts
download supa kool dj uncle q – a tribute to yukimi nagano
While the albums of the Swedish collective known as Little Dragon aren’t really fitting our cozy niche of beat-related music, the other projects of lead-singer Yukimi Nagano are much to our taste. She has sung for Koop, works with José GonzÃ...
portformat – the repeat factor
Last year Tokyo Dawn announced that they would re-start their label and, although it took a bit longer than planned, they kept their word. After Comfort Fit’s 2nd album (check the previous post) it’s time for Portformat to drop his debut ...
comfort fit – polyshufflez lp and remixes
The German beat-wizard known as Comfort Fit has returned after 5 years to drop his sophmore album called ‘Polyshufflez‘ on Tokyo Dawn Records. And what a return it is. Whereas his 2005 (free) release consisted mostly of sample-based mater...
download j rawls – hotel beats vol 1.
Yet another beat-tape? Hell no! J. Rawls (known best as one-half of Lone Catalysts) drops an oldschool 50mins compilation of pure unadulterated hip hop beats. You may have thought he would go fully instrumental after his 2 Liquid Crystal Project al...
3 latest tracks
I almost forgot, during our little break I also managed to crunch out 3 new tracks. You can check them out below: no need to rush by niwa Slow soulful but rough track. I couldn’t resist cutting up the (well-known) sample and adding some boomi...
download elaquent – in colour vol. 3
We’re still up on the backfill from our summer break, and since we tipped you before on Elaquent’s marvellous releases we can’t forget vol. 3 of his ‘In Colour’ series. While a lot of artists seem to get a little bit num...
