Where jazz meets electronic music. Cover: Kiefer

Jazztronica

The wait is finally over, Blended Gems is finally here! 22 Absolutely stunning beats composed & produced by the Ninetofive roster. Blended Gems will blend togheter real smooth jazzy hip-hop beats, atmospheric lo-fi and heavy future funk. We're super happy to share this with you all, and a big thank you to everyone that's been supporting us! 

Much love, 

Tracklist: 
01. Shumno - The Very Moment 
02. Bunko Stew - Dreams 
03. Klim - Night Flower 
04. Homage - Theophilus 
05. The Grey Orange - Wait 
06. Pablo Queu - Nylon 
07. MZK - Soundscape 86 
08. O.S.L - Thnkn of u.. 
09. Thor Kvisgaard - You Better Dig These Jazz Samples 
10. Sup Nasa - Pray.h.e.r. 
11. Truly Danny - Fat Cap Bombing 
12. Brenky - Late Afternoon 
13. Mihai Sictir - Portal 
14. Point 5 - Darlin 
15. Kongchain - Raymond Boulevard 
16. Airworks - Fool's Day 
17. Grey Killer - From Parnas 
18. Davr - Plastic 
19. Buddy Cephalus - Animal Rights 
20. Grindalf - JZMN 
21. Kolor - theoutside 
22. René Schier - Coffeeshop
credits
released April 4, 2016 

Massive thank you to everyone who supports the NINETOFIVE™ family, and also a special thanks to ♥ 

Buddy Cephalus, 
Bughe Bugales, 
Jeff Haight, 
Beat Soup.

Pablo Queu - Nylon

The second in a series of remixes from Braxton Cook's debut album, Somewhere In Between, out now: smarturl.it/BraxtonCookSIB

Remix Produced & Mixed by Kiefer
Piano by Kiefer  

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert @ Almachrome 

Illustration by Max Etienne 
Design & Layout by Tawfiq Mardini

Fresh Selects Remix Series – 2018 No. 001

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Braxton Cook "Pariah (Kiefer Remix)"

Witness a rare and enchanted soul descend into the Depths Of Madness. Follow us onto another dimension 5/11  ☻ ☹ ☼ 

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Lionmilk - Morning Insense

From our sophomore album 'Nick & Astro's Guide to the Galaxy' out now through @bastardjazz

Nick & Astro's Guide To The Galaxy

No Sleep Til MTL

Happysad

Dope Nerd

Bridges

Island

My latest single "Bopatron" with Soul Food Horns, is out via Inner Oceans Records. <3

Stream/ DL

Cloudchord X Soul Food Horns - Bopatron

Sounds of Color

Ancient Futurism

Superbloom

Good Looking

Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction (Edit)

Afro Blue

Piano Man Breeds Love

Monique's Mood

HUMAN ERROR CLUB

STREET FOOD

Joy Techniques

This Simulation Is A Good One

The Trees Are Starting to Have Personality

On their third full-length release, Potatohead People widen the frame of their progressive musical vision and deliver a far-reaching yet approachable set of moods and grooves.

Mellow Fantasy continues to showcase the trademark instrumental prowess of the duo and their ease with the loose but hard-hitting drum style brought to the fore by Jay Dee’s influential productions, but goes well beyond basic boom bap bread and butter, with singer-centered R&B and uptempo bumps sharing the stage. 

Beginning in 2008 as a Vancouver-based hip-hop production team, Potatohead People (Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical) have collaborated with a fantasy league of MCs, including Frank Nitt of Frank’n’Dank (the 2013 breakout jam “Back To My Shit”), Illa J (producing an entire album for J. Dilla’s younger brother) and the late Phife Dawg (the beloved A Tribe Called Quest co-founder’s last recorded verse was over one of their beats).  

Setting them apart from other Dilla-influenced beatmakers is the way they push the scope of the style, working the corners with their own unique touch. At its most basic, “the goal has always been making really dope loops,” they explain. By using slices of their own rough instrumental ideas, finding “a chord progression or texture that you can hear again and again and never question it,” they’ve taken this fundamental concept and elevated it to new levels of melodic, harmonically complex music.

A jazz-like responsiveness to the input of collaborators is a key component of how the team works. “We like to get the artist involved when the beat is an early idea, and build the beat around the vocals, getting inspired by what they do.” 

On Mellow Fantasy, they had some impressive inspiration. Pos from De La Soul immediately connected with “Baby Got Work,” a sophisticated slap that went through several iterations before settling into its ultimate form. Appropriately, the song’s diligent construction echoes the ethic of the grind in the clear-eyed, precisely dovetailed lyrics fans have come to expect from the Daisy Age don. “Baby Got Work” is the album’s lead single, hitting on 9/25/20.

Befitting Potatohead People’s origins as a hip-hop group, cameos from Illa J and Slum Village’s T3 on the summertime teaser “What It Feels Like” and Vancouver veteran Moka Only (the sassy, vanity take-down “Ungodly”) add to the unimpeachable rap bonafides. 

The hometown connections continue with Lotusland local Kapok slinging verses on a couple tracks and rising stars Kendra Dias and Clear Mortifee, who stake serious claims as names to watch with standout vocal turns on the low-slung neo-soul “Break Even” and the upcoming second single “Hidden Levels,” a high-flying house/future boogie hybrid. Following up their successful 2019 collabo “Single Life,” Bunnie makes her return to action with the group on “Kettle Boiling.” Ranging further, Reggie B, who broke on the scene with his lead on Onra’s “High Hopes,” shines on the optimistic bounce of “Bring The World A Little Closer.”

Threaded throughout are interlude instrumentals that comfortably manage the neat trick of being musically intriguing while retaining an accessible, gut-level thump. Look no further than the statement-making, Yussef Kamaal-like funk fusion album opener “1st Light” and their nod to overlooked Vancity synth pioneer Dale Jacobs (“Ode To Mr. Jacobs”) for clues to where Nick and Astro’s hearts are at.

Mellow Fantasy, released 10/30/20 on Bastard Jazz and available on vinyl and all digital platforms, is Potatohead People’s most evolved collection yet, rooted in earthy low end but elevated, expansive and reaching new musical heights.

Mellow Fantasy

Potatohead People - Island Delivery

Time Capsule, the debut EP from Kaidi & NK-OK. Released 23/10/2020 via All Points / Blue Adventure.

Time Capsule

Sweet Shop

Superhero

Buy: https://toy-tonics.lnk.to/MovesEP

‘Moves’ is the lead track from @1codycurrie’s first solo EP for the @toytonics label which presents an ode to his London roots. The track features the angelic vocals of Rinse FM’s @elizarosemusic together with garage breaks and groove kissed keys.

Jazztronica

Gabriel John Vaughn