Week 15

"Alkali" Debut Album from Rahel
Executive Produced by Jeremiah Meece
Written by DonChristian, Rahel, Le1f and Jeremiah Meece
Lo Motion x Camp&Street
2015


Flutter Ft. Le1f And DonChristian

Pre-Order Potatohead People (@nickwisdom & @astrologicalbeats)'s Big Luxury Album
https://potatoheadpeople.bandcamp.com/album/big-luxury
@mizfuze @potatohead-people
;))
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noobap
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noo-bap
Instagram: https://instagram.com/noolenoo/

Free Download

Potatohead People ft. Amalia - "Luv Ya" (Noo-Bap Remix)

▶ discover: @darkerthanwax
▶ Read Part 1: http://bit.ly/MTMpt1
▶ Read Part 2: http://bit.ly/MTM1pt2
▶ Download the mix: http://bit.ly/18AbSAI

As SoundCloud, Spotify and other online-based music platforms pave the way for how we consume audio in the digital age, artists are finding themselves with more power and control than ever before. New collectives and record labels are being created at a record rate, and yet despite that many of the people behind them go unknown, with the artists that represent them being a listener’s biggest connection.

With this in mind I’m starting a new series called Meet the Movement, in which I speak to creatives from various record labels, collectives and so on. The aim is both to educate about the history behind some of the movements we’ve come to love in recent years and also to inspire people to do it themselves, as most of these movements started from just an idea, with a lot support and love driving them to where they are today.

Starting off the series is Dean Chew, also known as the Funk Bast*rd, co-founder of Singaporean-based Darker Than Wax, one of the most diverse labels to be birthed in recent history. Often mistaken as being a “beat label”, its origins are actually in more uptempo sounds, and releases have crossed a number of genres, including footwork, jazz, house, hip-hop, bass, boogie, trap, garage, ambient, R&B and future.

Ahead of his upcoming Brazil and New York tour with Go Yama and NeguimBeats, I spoke to the musician about his origins, DTWs beginnings and its roster.

Check back next week for the mix I made to play in the background of this interview, featuring exclusively Darker Than Wax artists and affiliates.


Read Part. 1

Meet The Movement #001:  Dean Chew of Darker Than Wax [Interview]

please show support to the dudes: @undaboyoom @slominu

Today we are dropping another track from the upcoming MelodySoul compilation that is being released on March 9. UNDA and Slom have come together for this one to bring you some exceptionally sensational vibes. We hope you enjoy this track! 

download the compilation here:
https://melodysoul.bandcamp.com/album/compilation-vol-1

Compilation Vol. 1

She Left

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UNDA & slom - She Left

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT 04
--FZPZ--
Cat no : AS-04

This journey of discovery is a lifelong one, and we have been blessed lately at the DTW headquarters, to be receiving a good flow of beautiful music from talented cats all over the world.
From Cali, to London, to Paris, we’ve got the corners covered. Our featured artists span a variety of genres, representing that essential diversity at Darker Than Wax. While standard formulas are important for an artist’s identity – these guys prove that the only constant is change, and unearthing fresh, new sounds while on the experimental journey.

The set of exclusive artworks will showcase a specific set of palette, reflecting shapes, moods and atmospheres – perfectly complimenting the music in each feature.
Our recent grassroots signing of FZPZ is shaking things up – for our latest Spotlight series, the prodigal producer provides the freshest cuts of boom bap, sensual soul, and otherworldly synths that come together perfectly in one poignant package. Having released previously on TeamSupreme, Phyla & SVNSET WΛVES, this classically-trained artist is truly one of the freshest souls to have emerged out of the island.
While the lucid arrangements of elements on “Obey” and “Guava” are obvious pleasers, “The Peruvian” is a cult classic – of intense emotions entwined in texture, and harmonic depth.
This flicker of hope is looking to trail blaze Singapura’s promising future of upcoming producers – keep an eye out for more to come.

Artwork by the Funk Bast*rd
Words by Rah

SEEK:
https://soundcloud.com/fzpz

fzpz -  Guava | Artist Spotlight 04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7IrfhUtymc

Produced by Dylan Brady.

FULL ALBUM .WAV DOWNLOAD: http://dylanmarshallbrady.com/

Little Bando (VIDEO IN DESCRIPTION)

Jo Def - Wednesday Night Edit (Free Download)

Collaboration remix with Ya Boy Devoye.
Shouts to Dr. M∆D for the blessing (original version https://soundcloud.com/docmad/dr-m-d-megiapa-beyond-the-sun) 
Devoye flexed the ill drums and arrangement.
Additional synthesizer and vocoder Performed by Marlon Williams Jr.

DR.M∆D - Beyond The Sun (MWill's Sound of Thought Remix) Featuring Devoye Folkes

Tim Mason & Marrs TV bring in Harrison for their powerful new collaboration 'Eternity'! Out now on SPRS: http://btprt.dj/1DAZnBA 

Download on Beatport

Tim Mason & Marrs TV ft. Harrison - Eternity (Out Now)

my guitar became way too smooth thanks to my homie @oceanjams ,

[ocean jams]  x saib.- Sunshine

SAMPLED -(HEY) By "King"
Live Bass - J-LOUIS

Free DOWNLOAD

Happiness ( J-LOUIS )

Sound captured & recorded on Sat, Mar. 21, 2015 @ ±8AM with an iPhone5S @ Cosmonostroffice.

Vivre La Tendre Guerre En Attendant La Mort Qui Me Revient (Live)

https://takakeno.bandcamp.com/album/waypoint

Taken from Soul Clap Presents: Tempo Dreams Vol. 3
Buy 2xLP, Digital, CD or Cassette Mixtape
https://bastardjazz.bandcamp.com/album/soul-clap-presents-tempo-dreams-vol-3

After two critically acclaimed volumes of their producer-driven compilation series Tempo Dreams, Brooklyn’s Bastard Jazz Recordings is back with Volume 3 of the beat-centric, forward looking concept. For this edition, the label has tapped Soul Clap, the Boston bred international ambassadors of all things funky.  Piloting their cosmic mothership all over the globe, Soul Clap have built a cult following worldwide both through their solo endevaors and via their Crew Love brand formed with Brooklyn’s Wolf+Lamb. Staying with the Tempo Dreams theme of showcasing new styles,  emerging artists and the best of their beatmaking  peers, Soul Clap has compiled a showcase of entirely unreleased modern funk, electro soul, and leftfield house music on this compilation, sure to make their spiritual guide Dr. Funkenstein aka George Clinton proud. 

As in with previous volumes, the featured artists all come from different places, spaces and times but are tied together by the musical connection running concurrent on the record. Soul Clap’s unmistakable vibe is powerfully  represented through their own original track “So Sedated”, a heavy chugging synth ode to the transformational powers of the dancefloor, featuring understated vocals by Dayonne Rollins.  Crew Love & Dirtybird artist Tanner Ross teams up with Jules Born for “No 1 Else But You”, a late night off-kilter piece of nasty funk, while fellow teammate Navid Izadhi brings a Cali swagger with the smoothed out G-Funk vibes of “Cadillack”.  The left coast is further represented by Pasadena’s XL Middleton whose “AntiSlumper” kicks off the album with a throwback boogie excursion, while the George Clinton-approved production team FSQ delivers the irresistible down & dirty “Break The Funk”. Amsterdam artist Tom Trago comes in tough with the electro porn of “Hard Cash” while NYC is represented fully with disco hero Tom Noble’s “Tanked”,  Analog Player’s Society’s wavey “Enter City”, and Greg Paulus’s late night soul vibes on “Everything (Love Down)”. 

Soul Clap Presents: Tempo Dreams Volume 3 arrives March 30 on 2xLP, CD and digital worldwide via Bastard Jazz Recordings, prefaced with a limited edition 7-inch double single in stores February 24th.


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Navid Izadi - Caddilack

Lido & Canblaster collaborative EP "Superspeed" will be out on the 6th of April on Pelican Fly.

Artwork by Richelle.

iTunes pre-order : http://po.st/lidocanblasteritunes

<3 <3 <3

Lido & Canblaster - Rush Hour

Kuiters - "Go Go Go"
Produced by @kuiters

"So fresh, there really isn't much more to say about it. Future bass at its finest!"

twitter.com/Kuitersmusic
instagram.com/kuitersmusic
www.facebook.com/pages/Kuiters/652603024846874

FREE DOWNLOAD

Kuiters - "Go Go Go" [RMG EXCLUSIVE]

LSDXOXO – "Bet Ft. Rahel"

LSDXOXO – "Rapture (Interlude)"

LSDXOXO – "Keisha (Outro)"

ENTRSTELLAR - "Technologic"
Produced by https://soundcloud.com/ENTRSTELLAR

"Dynamic duo ENTRSTELLAR make their RMG debut with this more than STELLARRR party jam! Catch those Daft Punk vocals!

www.entrstellar.com
twitter.com/ENTRSTELLAR
instagram.com/ENTRSTELLAR
soundcloud.com/ENTRSTELLAR

Week 15

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