@Knxwledge is a collage creator. A sample master whose beats sound like someone artfully flicking through a mixture of Sky Movie channel soundbites, YouTube videos and jazz breakdowns. The New Jersey native now lives out in Hollywood right in the epicentre of the West coast beat scene that classes the likes Brainfeeder as contemporaries. Amoeba Records is down the road. Chuck Strangers from Pro Era is practically his neighbour. The Alchemist pops in and out of the area to nab vinyls. It's an environment that Knx has feasted upon to the point where he's 15TB deep in hip-hop tinged instrumentals and a 12" catalogue that reaches into the thousands. But before scooping a half hour of exclusives and archive beats in this week's mix, we found out what Knx likes to put on his feet, his OCD tendencies and underrated rap groups.

Knx chose to keep the tracklist a secret.

Read the full feature and grab a download of the full mix on Noisey: noisey.vice.com/en_uk/read/youneedtohearthis-touching-bass-knxwledge

Touching Bass: Knxwledge

Second single from mejiwahn's forthcoming LP

Written by https://soundcloud.com/hrlum
Produced by https://soundcloud.com/mejiwahn

Buy single here: https://mejiwahn.bandcamp.com/track/lumaby-feat-hrlum

Beanna

Lumaby

Music Video

mejiwahn • lumaby feat. hrlum

NYC-based producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Anysia Kym shares a monthly compilation of her favourite tracks, right now and of all time; she flips a song of her choice at the start of each hour-long episode.

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/anysia-kym/episodes/anysia-kym-27th-april-2024

No ID Radio w/ Anysia Kym 270424

Wilson Das Neves - Jornada

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Rejjie snow - Tracy

Shoutout to Walt Barr for making this beautiful track and also to Madlib for chopping it into an absolute masterpiece.

Walt Barr - Free Spirit

FOREVER, YA GIRL
the debut album from KeiyaA
[https://keiyaa.bandcamp.com/album/forever-ya-girl]
~~~~~ <3 <3 <3 ~~~~~
written by keiyaA
produced by keiyaA
feat add'l production from dj blackpower and dj cowriiie
mixed and mastered by @BSTFRND

cover design + artwork by Jefferson Harris
photography by Rahim Fortune
~~~~~ <3 <3 <3 ~~~~~

1. i thot there was one wound in this house, there's two (prod keiyaA)
2. way eye (prod keiyaA)
3. rectifiya (prod keiyaA + dj blackpower)
4. hvnli (prod keiyaA)
5. hvnli reprise (prod keiyaA)
6. do yourself a favor (prod keiyaA)
7. a mile, a way (prod keiyaA)
8. i want my things! (prod keiyaA)
9. change the story (interlude) (prod keiyaA)
10. every nigga is a star (prod keiyaA)
11. i! gits! weary! (prod keiyaA)
12. negus poem 1 +2 (prod keiyaA + dj blackpower)
13. forreal??? (prod keiyaA)
14. fwu (prod keiyaA + dj blackpower)
15. nu world burdens (prod dj cowriiie)
16. keep it real (prod keiyaA + dj blackpower)

~~~~~ <3 <3 <3 ~~~~~ 

thank y'all, eternally.

forever,
Ya Girl.

Forever, Ya Girl

Just little

Extended with Sample Intro

I do not own rights to this track, all rights go to their rightful owner.

J Dilla - Sunbeams (Extended)

Introducing Haraket, a 5 piece from South London who are set to release their debut 12" / digital single on Melodic Recordings this Spring. The band emerged from the creative chaos of school and college bands in and around Peckham that have already given the world King Krule. This is the first in a series of releases with Melodica Recordings. 

Haraket fuse wall-of-sound dynamics with often delicate source material, moody electronics, programmed beats and effected vocal lines. Think a post dubstep version of early Underworld or A Certain Ratio reinvented by the new digital century. 'Taint' / 'Attgo' showcases the young band's keen ear for contrast, sensuous tonal material and high drama, something that is reflected ten-fold in their live shows. To accompany the two original tracks the band have commissioned three remixes from the likes of Djrum,  BBC 'Sound Of 2013' nominee King Krule with Jamie Isaac, and Mokadem.

'Taint' is a slow-building, intricate guitar track built around the vocal tones of Abigail Hardiman, sounding mostly live for the first part before subtle electronics begin to permeate the surface. The arrangement is crisp, nodding to the clean percussive tones of Foals, before an all-out cymbal smashing crescendo ensues and the sultry tones are thrown into waves of cacophonous delays.

'Attgo' shows the band's brooding melancholic side, with all source material heavily augmented with digital processes and effects. The vocals of Ogul-can Genc are short and barely recognisable, acting like breathy musical punctuation.  The off kilter synth lines and percussion throughout hint at the cavernous dread of early 2005 dubstep, pairing it with banks of crushed guitars and live drums.

Djrum follows on from his accomplished work on 2nd Drop records with a captivating take on 'Taint',  morphing it into something of a polar opposite. It's moody and dark, sounding like the soundtrack of a film Noir with Hardiman's vocals appearing in a new, smoky light.

Local boy and man of the moment King Krule teams up with Jamie Isaac to roll things right down for a dubby downtempo
refix. By leaving out the guitars, introducing some strings and reeling out the dub FX, they've created a perfect little sun-drenched oddity. 

For digital buyers only, we have a remix from London-based artist Mokadem. Her twlight house hybrid is the perfect dancefloor antidote. Bold bass, smart effects and a super tight arrangement make this version absolutely killer.

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alan bell