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New single from @lordraja featuring @acemo.

"Streets of Rage 2" comes from the expanded vinyl edition of the previously released Amadeus EP. Amadeus is released in collaboration with @ghostly. 

Pre-order the vinyl: https://lord-raja.bandcamp.com/album/amadeus-ep

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What does a daydream sound like? Is it an audible confidence boost, a concentrated dose of caffeine shot straight into the bloodstream of dancing feet, a blue so overwhelmingly electric its field stretches as far as the eye can see? On Amadeus, the latest Ghostly effort from New York’s Lord RAJA, the shapeshifting producer answers his own question with a cunning, childlike purity not felt since he started tinkering with Fruity Loops aged six. 

Though his means of music-making have matured since then—on Amadeus he utilizes an arsenal of drum machines along with synthesizers and an Allen & Heath analog mixer slammed through for extra crunch—RAJA describes a deliberate return to youthful experimentation and immediacy, clearing the way for a “vista to his childhood.” 

Longtime fans of the producer may be accustomed to productions more directly aligned with hip-hop and leftfield beats, but his swagger hasn’t gone anywhere despite the decidedly dancier change of form. The release is bookended by an exuberant and naturally collaborative piece with AceMo—a fellow New Yorker whom RAJA describes as his favorite producer—and bonus track “Fox Den,” an eight-minute cosmic meander released as part of the Adult Swim singles series last year. On standout “O.K” his customary percussive potpourri mingles with vocal chops and an electro bounce even the most humorless club patron couldn’t resist. “Black Coffee,” another highlight, features synth lines so darkly acidic they should come with toxic warnings. RAJA describes the track title as a literal take - a soundtrack to jolt first date jitters, a call to cool courage. 

Amadeus, meanwhile, he suggests is a cheeky nod to the complex richness of his musical heritage. He says, “I think it’s kinda funny to flip an idea of western imperialism and how it proliferated. It’s playful as an Indian man to call yourself Amadeus, knowing how much composers borrowed from eastern classical influences.”

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Lord RAJA - Streets of Rage 2 (feat. Acemo)

DJ GRAN SPORT is an artist who spent most of his life transient between Chicago, Illinois & Memphis, Tennessee. Since a young age, SPORT would travel between the two cities he calls home collecting mixtapes and inspiration on his travels.
Living much of his life feeling like an outcast, SPORT recalls the fact that he never felt fully accepted or apart of either scene but would often observe from a distance and regularly attended rap events in Memphis and House parties in Chicago to gain inspiration as a fly on the wall.
His years producing alone helped him piece together a sound that can be easily recognised as a collision of the two cities sonically but also a sound that was rarely touched upon in his time and a style that even today is uniquely his own.
In his own words the Memphis House release was originally made for the long drive back to Chicago after visiting family in Memphis, something to remind him of home and at the same time keep him awake and alert.

This collision of lo-fi house rhythms laced with Memphis rap's gully/dark soundscapes set the groundwork for the Memphis House series that was originally released on 40 cassettes in 2004 by DJ GRAN SPORT's cousin.
Sadly the release was meet with little to no acclaim and the release along with DJ GRAN SPORT's love for producing slowly diminished.

By pure luck a friend of the Cosmic family came across one of these rare cassettes at a boot sale in Chicago in 2017 and sent it to us to see if we knew anything about the artist. We were instantly blown away by what we heard and we're in awe at the age of the productions and unknown nature of the artist and his music.

We decided to reach out via the outdated email found on the back of the cassette and miraculously after 6 months without a reply we received a confused and surprised email from the man himself.
After a few weeks of talks he gave us the green light to re-issue his Memphis House series and sent us a whole range of material that has never been heard by anyone but himself and his cousin since 2004.
This is the first of many releases to unearth and demystify the music of DJ GRAN SPORT.

All tracks are re-edited/remixed by DJ GRAN SPORT between 1995-2004.

Memphis House

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