Jay Electronica - Dear Moleskine

Broken beat, or bruk, is intrinsically collaborative. Its London originators often recorded together, taking inspiration from jazz, hip-hop, deep house, drum & bass and Afrobeat. Because the genre was born of fusion, it brought together heads from all corners of the music spectrum—sound system purists to junglists to Latin Nuyorican aficionados—who each resonated with bruk's complex rhythms in their own ways.

Ian Grant, AKA IG Culture, is an early pioneer of bruk, and his story underlines the style's synergetic nature. Starting out as an MC, he struck fame in the early '90s as one half of Dodge City Productions but quickly grew disillusioned with the major label business. After immersing himself in early George Duke records, Fela Kuti, Fuji music, The Headhunters and the like, he started experimenting in the studio. The jazz inspiration, plus his roots in reggae and background in hip-hop and acid jazz, led to his now-seminal, late '90s productions as New Sector Movements—widely considered as the starting point in bruk history.

Since then, Grant has kept building infrastructure for the hybrid sound. Alongside Bugz in the Attic, Phil Asher, Dego of 4hero, Demus and Orin Walters, he cofounded the legendary CoOp party, which became a meeting place for diverse musical minds and enabled bruk to keep evolving. Grant remains deeply committed to co-creating, as seen by the Selectors Assemble artist collective he runs with Alex Phountzi (the two are also known as NameBrandSound), his releases with Psykhomantus as Shall I Bruk It, his Afrofuturist take on bruk as Likwid Continual Space Motion and various other projects.

On his RA Podcast, the veteran artist presents a forward-thinking portrayal of bruk, adjacent styles that were directly inspired by it and other global club cuts. There are cerebral, jazzy cuts from his CoOp label, Nigerian cruise music, percussive UK garage, 2-step swing, dancehall dub and much more. This is Grant's world, where rhythmic and swung beats reign supreme.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/897

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RA.897 IG Culture

A soothing, dream-like soundscape spanning cinematic electronica (eg. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Johnny Jewel), solo piano (eg. The Vernon Spring), choral (eg. Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy) and spiritual jazz (eg. Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane).
 
https://www.nts.live/shows/dreams-2023/episodes/dreams-2023-in-a-sweet-sonic-reverie-w-arthur-dickinson-31st-december-2023

In a Sweet Sonic Reverie w/ Arthur Dickinson 311223

Deep Aint It || Michael Anthony || Prod THEMpeople X Evil Needle

Kyle Hall - The Shark Ep - Forget The Clock - FTC02

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A1. Shark
A2. Vexed
B1. Distant
B2. Slam Deep
B3. Channel & Transmission(hidden bonus track)  

Written and Produced By Kyle Julian Hall
Artwork By Michio James
Shark Mixed by Pirahnahead at Rust Belt Studios
Distant and Slam Deep Mixed by Miloco Studios
Mastered By Beau Thomas Ten Eight Seven
Pressed by Archer Records 
Photography By Em Gorzelnik

℗ By KMFH Music Works BMI
© Forget The Clock LLC 2020

The Shark Ep

Kyle Hall - Shark - The Shark EP - FTC02 -Forget The Clock

title track, lifted from ep.

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Mind Your Head - Crusoe & Charlie Bucket

Good news! Pacific Rhythm is once again connecting game with one of Toronto's most promising young duos, Active Surplus. Active Surplus is the collaborative project from Evan Vincent (AKA Emissive) and Ian Syrett, who also appear on this past winter's fourth volume of Rhythms Of The Pacific.

Their new self-titled EP is their love letter to the house music sound that first sprouted from the West Coast. It's laid-back, groovy and touched with lovely instrumentation. There's a confident, naturalistic quality to the rippling grooves and silky sounds of 'One Beyond', which the duo credit to an obsession with water. After all, in their words, "we might not live by the ocean, but we're all H20 on the inside."

www.fourheadsmusic.com

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PREMIERE: Active Surplus - One Beyond [Pacific Rhythm]

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Kaytranada 050520

Shards

A special 2 hour episode exploring the art of sampling and beat-making in Hip Hop. Playing some favourite tracks/beats right alongside the awesome original source music behind each composition. 

Track list: 
The Jackson 5 - All I Do Is Think Of You (clip)
J Dilla - Time: The Donut Of The Heart 
The Roots - Can’t Stop This 
[audio clip - Mark Ronson - How Sampling Transformed Music (Ted Talk 2014) 
Camel - Air Born (clip) 
Hi-Tek - Music For Life (feat. Nas, Common, J Dilla, Busta Rhymes & Marsha Ambrosia) 
[audio clip - MF Doom on his beat making and sampling technique (RBMA Lecture 2011)
Sade - Kiss Of Life 
MF Doom - Doomsday 
Donny Hathaway - Jealous Guy (clip) 
Chance The Rapper - Juice 
[audio clip - Nas talking about Q-Tip’s production work on One Love]
The Heath Brothers - Smilin’ Billy Suite part. 2 
Nas - One Love (feat. Q-Tip) 
Isaac Hayes - Hung Up On My Baby 
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me 
Bernie Worrell - I’ll Be With You 
MED, Blu, Madlib & MF Doom - Knock Knock 
Bayete - Free Angela 
Jay Electronica & Just Blaze - Dear Moleskine
The Main Ingredient - Need Her Love (Mr Bugler) (clip)
Murs & 9th Wonder - Walk Like A Man 
The Dynamic Clark Sisters - Ha Ya (Eternal Life) 
Jay-Z - Family Feud (feat. Beyonce) 
Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit
Common - The People 
Cassiano - Onda
NxWorries - Link Up
Vic Juris - Horizon Drive 
Gang Starr - Mass Appeal 
Gap Mangione - Boys With Toys 
Talib Kweli - Shock Body 
The Crowns of Glory - Lord Hold Me In Your Arms 
Lil Wayne - Demon 
Billy Cobham - Heather
Souls Of Mischief - 93 ‘Til Infinity

Hip Hop Sample Special [FCR Radio Episode 6]

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