Album Coming March 13! - found.ee/_agate

Smika has been holding it down in the lofi hip hop scene since the beginning, quietly working away on his SP404 dropping new lofi classics every couple of years from his home base in Tokyo. Staying true to the lofi sound and aesthetic, "palace" is another piece in the puzzle from his upcoming album "agate" out on March 13. Dropping also on Tape Cassette which have been fan favourites for the music collectors worldwide.

Agate

ALBUM PRE-SAVE

Smika - palace

Catalog: INNER187
Format: Vinyl LP // Tape Cassette // Streaming // Digital

Limited Edition Vinyl // 100 copies worldwide
Limited Edition Tapes // 100 copies worldwide
www.inneroceanrecords.com/products/so-…me-pre-order

Lose yourself in a bedroom pop dreamscape with walkyouhome, the highly anticipated album release from the incredibly talented So Much Light.

Inspired by Japanese environmental soundscapes, videogame OSTs, R&B legends like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and guitar-driven midwest emo bands such as American Football, this album is a beautifully crafted fusion of diverse styles. So Much Light's creative vision has resulted in an album that will positively colour your everyday experiences.

So Much Light's sincere hope is that the listener will find their own space in the music, allowing for a sense of reciprocity that is truly magical.

walkyouhome

Album Pre-Order

So Much Light - disappointed

EXPEDITion 100 Vol. 30: Beatlog

nano

closed

permutation

friendship

Outside of the jazz bar

The Globeflower Masters Vol. 2 is the slightly edgier and more grown-up sequel to Mark and Glenn's 2021 debut album. For this excursion, the Brighton-based duo wanted to lean a little further into their European film soundtrack influences, with inspiration mined from the works of Stefano Torossi, David Shire, and Roger Webb. This expansion of their sound builds upon the rich tapestry of cinematic funk à la David Axelrod, Serge Gainsbourg and Morricone that fashioned Vol. 1.

The Deluxe Edition of the album features five new tracks, comprising two new original recordings, a piano solo version of the closing track from the original album, and two remixes from Project Gemini and Andres y Xavi.

‘Shaded By Your Side’ takes things right back to the moody, dark and Axelrod-inflected sound of their first album. Much of this track was played in single takes to try and retain as much of the urgency and spontaneity as possible. 

‘Return to Salvador’ is described by the duo as if “Shuggie Otis and Marcos Valle have one too many caipirinhas and decide to visit outer space”. It fuses together Mark's space sounds and floaty pianos with Spanish guitar and busy, melodic bass creating a musical trip from the grounded and earthy sounds of Vol.1’ to the more upwards-looking and musically diverse sound of Vol.2.

The remixes give a different flavour to the release, but both pay homage to the original recordings. Sharing a mutual admiration for each other’s work, it seemed like a natural choice to ask Project Gemini to contribute. Here is what he had to say about his rework, “I’m a big fan of both volumes of Mark and Glenn’s ‘Globeflower’ LP’s and it was a huge honour to get a chance to rework one of my favourite tunes from Vol.2. There are many great layers to ‘A Voyage North’ so it was a lot of fun to choose my favourite elements, then put some Project Gemini flavours and sounds into the mix and create something new whilst hopefully keeping some of the spirit of the original track. A darker, fuzzier take on the album version”.

When Glenn first passed the original album to Steve KIW, his collaborator in Balearic production outfit Andres y Xavi, this was one of two tracks which he picked out as having some particularly Balearic DNA. As such, pushing this concept to its logical conclusion seemed like the obvious thing to do. There’s a shaded sunset sound paired with a 4/4 beat of Latin-leaning.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - A Voyage North (Into Darkness) (Project Gemini Rework)

I'm gonna die one day

Safe And Sound

Side A, No Skips delivers boom bap that plays straight through—no filler, no fast-forward, just pure mood and momentum.

Interlude.Mk1

Bugseed
"Tokyo born beatmaker, making authentic hip hop tracks full of inspired by 90s boombap & abstract underground hiphop sounds. started to making beats since around 2008 from back into late teenage after passed Skateboarding experience."

Releases
https://linktr.ee/bugseed
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/artist/0ObliAtls0po56kVnacsOd
https://music.apple.com/za/artist/bugseed/439061102