Anvil room recordings Berlin 2020 
Beat Tape 
produced by Vernon D. Hill

Louder Mix Vernon D Hill Beat Tape

"COME ON BABY BREATH WITH ME
LAY DOWN AND HOLD MY HAND
ITS SO NICE TO DECLARE
THAT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE AIR"

SOUND : NILS BRETON

Stream: ffm.to/indiatmosphere
Bandcamp: koothu.bandcamp.com/album/indiatmosphere

Beatsmith and explorer Koothu ஒலி‘s spicy new Hip-Hop album iNDiATMOSPHERE is a veritable cultural storm in a teacup! Koothu ஒலி’s 8 track EP brings together all the elements that mean most to him; Indian music, passion, celebration & tradition with a heavy dose of Detroit inspired production.

Koothu ஒலி infuses traditional and vintage Indian Pop, real life interactions, stories, new sounds & field recordings to celebrate all that he loves about India.

NAMASKAR, DELHiCiOUS, BROKEN RiCKSHAW, HOT CHiCKEN SOUP, FiNGERPRiNTED, KiNGFiSHER’S BiRTHDAY and SHAANTi, are all written and produced by Koothu ஒலி.
In these tracks, you can feel the chaos of crowded cities with thumpin beats & textures bumping out of suped up rickshaws.

SOUTH iNDiAN BLUES features Smokey The Ghost & Mc Bijju and is the only vocal track and features 2 mc’s rapping in English & Kannada.

"Koothu ஒலி travelled to India to study percussion and culture and to collect sounds and conceptual inspiration for the project “iNDiATMOSPHERE”. He was introduced to Guru Veeramani Sankar to learn Karnatik music and more specifically to study rhythm, but extended his journey to immerse himself in the wider culture of India and meet people on his travels collecting sounds, music and stories.

iNDiATMOSPHERE was produced on Moog Sub37 / MPC2000XL / ROLAND JX3P / MPC2000XL / Vinyls / Turntable / SP404-SX

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French bassist, composer and beatmaker, Koothu studied music at the Conservatory for 3 years. After graduating from his class in 2012 with the famous Music Academy International, Koothu decided to discover new music through several trips to Europe and Asia. He lived in Berlin for 4 years, which allowed him to collaborate with internationally renowned artists in the Soul, Jazz and Hip Hop scene such as Amp Fiddler, Vernon D Hill (Slum Village) and Charles X (CA) through festivals in Europe and in the studio. Leader of the Neosoul “Polylogue From Sila” project with which he has mainly toured for the last 3 years in France, he has performed concerts in prestigious clubs and jazz festivals such as the Baiser Salé or the Ermi Jazz Festival in Paris. He is now part of the group “Ah! Kwantou” as a bassist, which is led by the famous Kyekyeku, and he is a fervent representative of High Life in Ghana.

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Smokey the Ghost is a socio-conscious Indian rapper. Hailing from the city of Bangalore, he has been a pioneer in the Indian Hip Hop Scene for the past 15 Years. Being the founding member of the popular group, Machas With Attitude; he rendered his voice to many popular Bollywood films like Chennai Express & Detective Byomkesh Bakshy. In 2017, he collaborated with electronic duo, Aerate Sound, which led him to be the first rapper from India to appear on the Bangalore edition of The Boiler Room. Smokey the Ghost & Aerate Sound are set to perform at The Magnetic Fields Festival in late 2017, which will make him the First rapper to feature on the festival as well.

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MC BIJJU is a pakka Kannada rapper, lyricist and music composer. He has collaborated on many international projects - taking Kannada to new heights - and is known by his nickname “machine gun” because of his rapid fire flows.

Koothu ஒலி - BROKEN RiCKSHAW

Stream DELHiCiOUS:  https://fuga.ffm.to/delhicious
Bandcamp: https://koothu.bandcamp.com/track/delhicious

presave iNDiATMOSPHERE:  https://ffm.to/indiatmosphere

Feel the density and poetry of New Delhi the way Koothu ஒலி does, with his debut release DELHiCiOUS". The vibrant prelude to his upcoming album iNDiATMOSPHERE that’s all set to release on 23rd March 2021.
 
"DELHiCiOUS" is hip-hop/electro single laden with heavy drums, vintage desi samples, low frequencies all inspired by New Delhi! When asked, “What do you want the people to feel when they listen to this song? Koothu ஒலி replied saying, “Tension, Beauty, Immersion in the city, the urge to bang your head, Pressure, Poetry,” and that’s exactly what you’ll feel when you hit play!
 
Juxtaposing the dreaminess of flutes, tension of strings, and knocking drums, Koothu ஒலி has used analog synths and the famous MPC2000XL in the construction of this song.
 
"Koothu ஒலி  travelled to India to study percussion and culture and to collect sounds and conceptual inspiration for the project “iNDiATMOSPHERE”.
He was introduced to Guru Veeramani Sankar to learn Karnatik music and more specifically to study rhythm, but extended his journey to immerse himself in the wider culture of India and meet people on his travels collecting sounds, music and stories.

The album artwork is Noopur Choksi

French bassist, composer and beatmaker, Koothu studied music at the Conservatory for 3 years. After graduating from his class in 2012 with the famous Music Academy International, Kevin decided to discover new music through several trips to Europe and Asia. He lived in Berlin for 4 years, which allowed him to collaborate with internationally renowned artists in the Soul, Jazz and Hip Hop scene such as Amp Fiddler, Vernon D Hill (Slum Village) and Charles X (CA) through festivals in Europe and in the studio. Leader of the Neosoul “Polylogue From Sila” project with which he mainly tours the last 3 in France, he has performed concerts in prestigious clubs and jazz festivals such as the Baiser Salé or the Ermi Jazz Festival in Paris. He is now part of the group “Ah! Kwantou ”as a bassist, led by the famous Kyekyeku, fervent representative of High Life in Ghana and also produces an album dedicated to Indian Music and
 Hip Hop.

Koothu ஒலி - DELHiCiOUS

Koothu ஒலி - FiNGERPRiNTED

Koothu ஒலி - HOT CHiCKEN SOUP

Koothu ஒலி - KiNGFiSHER BiRTHDAY

Koothu ஒலி - NAMASKAR

Koothu ஒலி - SHAANTi

Koothu ஒலி - SOUTH iNDiAN BLUES FEAT. SMOKEY THE GHOST & MC BiJJU

The Dubpunx is a musical project by Romanto and Vernon D. Hill. On their productions, they collaborate with several artists. For “Get With You”, they used the opportunity to work with John Davis (Bass), Alleykat (Rap), Sunay Balkan (Background Singer), Kurt Dallaway (Trumpet) and Andrei Alexandru (Guitar). In this way they were able to implement their idea of a live discofunk track in a contemporary style. 

Young Society Records now presents their first Single “Get With You” including amazing remixes by Jayl Funk, Andy Bach and Romanto. 

Released 19th March 2021 on Young Society Records.

Get With You

The Dubpunx - Get With You (Romanto's Radio ReCut)

Koothu ஒலி producteur français, façonne une musique aux textures organiques et aux grooves enveloppants, où la profondeur des basses rencontre la finesse des sons électroniques. Son univers navigue soul, hiphop et électro, tissant des ambiances à la fois intimes et immersives.

En 2023, il collabore avec le groupe britannique Foreign Beggars sur le titre FCUK GENE SIMMONS, cette expérience le conduit à rejoindre 4NCY, le label fondé par le rappeur PAV4N, pour la sortie de son premier album iNDiATMOSPHERE.

Sur scène, Koothu propose un DJ set hybride, qu’il enrichit de textures et de lignes de basse jouées au Moog ou vocoder. Il mêle ses productions à ses sélections du moment, offrant ainsi un voyage sonore où la chaleur de la soul se marie à la modernité de la musique électronique.

Une invitation à la rencontre entre les peuples à travers l’art et le rythme.

AiR

Koothu ஒலி

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