Sleepin Giant - Purple | Original Cultures OCEP003 / OCEP008DD
Release date: April 21, 2014 (digital), May 26, 2014 (vinyl)
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Distribution: Kudos (worldwide) + originalcultures.bandcamp.com

Buy digital:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/purple-ep/id844207723
boomkat.com/downloads/968807-sleepin-giant-purple
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy vinyl:
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy the single: 
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/lets-get-serious-b-w-hey-girl-alt-version
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lets-get-serious-single/id833564885
boomkat.com/downloads/954054-sleepin-giant-let-s-get-serious
+ all digital stores worldwide.

Video for Glitch -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsU_TIP0Zg

Support from Kutmah, BBE, LV, Jehst, KCRW Los Angeles, KSDS San Diego, Radio Helsinki, Groovement, Black Athena, Tru Thoughts, 22Tracks and more.

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Sleepin Giant is an Amsterdam-based producer who has been bidding his time for over a decade, refining his craft, honing his voice. Purple is his first official release, following a debut appearance on Brussels’ On Point label in 2012 for the Sweet Rendez-Vous remixes.

Purple has been two years in the making, a journey that began with the track Glitch written with NYC-based poet Aja Monet. It was on the strength of this demo that Original Cultures convinced Sleepin Giant to put together a whole EP of his own soul music. Another two vocalists were added to the mix: Bristol’s Romaine Smith, a young singer full of promise who has worked primarily with Typesun, and Amsterdam’s Ruben Hein, signed to Blue Note and one of Holland’s most striking voices.

The music on Purple is soul, plain and simple. It draws from the same spiritual place as the likes of D’Angelo, The Roots, Erikah Badu or Jay Dee - from inside, from the soul. It’s music to fall in love to, music to make love to, music to dream to. On each of the five songs the vocalists recount stories we can all relate to, stories of love, of things past, of things coming. The musical backdrop is stripped down to its bare essentials with an irresistible interplay between drums and bass alongside warm, sultry melodies that compliment the singing.

Purple is to be released on digital and 12” vinyl, featuring cover art inspired by the legendary Ohio Players albums, in mid April. It will be preceeded in late March by a digital single featuring Let’s Get Serious and an alternate version of Hey Girl. In early May remixes from Typesun, Lewis James and EAN will be released digitally along four dancefloor tracks created during the process.

Let's Get Serious w/ Ruben Hein

E S O T E R I C - Dutchy feat. CMO

| We Move |

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These few months have been truly inspirational, with our movement gaining ground globally, forming new communities in different corners and interesting opportunities unfolding. It is to say the least, extremely gratifying to know that despite staying pretty much under the radar and not dabble heavily in that PR game, we can still evolve and touch others simply by sticking to our guns - that music should be diverse and expressed in various forms. 

To celebrate that diversity, we have put together a special compilation showcasing where our ideas are at right now. More importantly, it's a chance to introduce our entire roster, which has grown exponentially with the likes of Moods, Sh?m, KA-YU, Jasper Staal and Kerem Akdag. Its slightly unfortunate that Giorgio Oehlers is unable to make it for this compilation due to certain domestic commitments, but we feel what we have here strongly represents the ethos of DTW.

Also included in this comp are some up and comers whom we felt deserve a chance to be given the spotlight and share their sounds with a greater audience. Make a point to listen to Versailles the Everything - she's a really fresh singer / rapper out of Florida, US and has blown our ears and minds with everything that she's doing.

So we will leave it as that, and hope this collection inspires and moves you, as much as it does for us. For our regular listeners, it will occupy another essential spot in your DTW collection. For our new listeners, welcome to the DTW universe - it is only just expanding. :)
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Robert Glasper Ft   Emeli Sande - Somebody Else (Weird Inside Remix)

Taken from Altogether, Part One.

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After just over a year on-air and more than 200k plays later Stay Cool transitions from a radio show into a label with our debut compilation. Altogether is a 50-track behemoth that spans two parts, Part. I is focused on slower Hip-Hop & R&B sounds, and Part. II is focused on faster electronic frequencies. 

Altogether takes its name from a few aspects in the recent history of the movement. It describes the compilation bringing together many of the different sounds and artists purveyed on the show, how quickly we’ve been able to grow in our short time on air as a result of the genuine relationships we’ve built through music and finally describes the ability of seangran and his pals to get through their own personal trials and tribulations thanks to the power of music and the strength of their real friendships. 

Thus despite being a free download it does come with one request: that you take some time out when listening to consider the people that have supported you and made you who you are today. Maybe even reach out to one you haven’t heard from in a while and just say “Hey”. Hard times can be difficult but if we help carry the weight of things that have been holding down those that we love it makes those times easier and our bonds stronger. We can not only survive, but thrive, when we begin to think “Altogether”. 

Thank you for the love and support, 
seangran

Altogether, from The Stay Cool Family

Letjoux - "Underneath the Rug"

We are pleased to present to you our new series, highlighting some of our favourite producers and artists from across the globe. Each ‘Crossing Border’s’ EP aims to give you a small insight into certain scenes or locations across the world and in turn, hopefully introduce you to some new artists along the way.

The first in the series sees us head to South Africa, enlisting the talents of producers sptmbr yngstr, Broken Transient, Davve Beats and Khotso Raba. Four Hip-Hop inspired instrumentals built on a collection of choice samples.

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Broken Transient - Bensons Ft. Daleel

"Should I"
Written by K. Cameron & L. Cameron
Produced by Häzel
https://soundcloud.com/keishaleisha-1

Taken from: 
Istolethesoul presents Around Sounds 
soundcloud.com/istolethesoul/sets/around-sounds

Release date: 
Tuesday 19 March 2013

KeishaLeisha & New Brazilian Orchestra - Should I

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Download this track @ http://teknalog.bandcamp.com/track/tek-industries-l-b-stop-st-tekmix

MusicVideo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCWPnGxiNI

Original : Boom Clap Bachelors - Løb Stop Stå : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKMaGxZCiqo

The Stuyvesants - Good Times

Algorythmusic (Allmos/The Stuyvesants)