Hummingbird

LYRICS BORN - I Changed My Mind (Stereo MC's Rattlesnake Remix)

The Wonder Years ft. Chance The Rapper

Feeling Like A King

World's Gone Mad (feat. Aina Roxx)

Release Date: 18 Aug 2008
Label: True Ingredients Co Ltd
Copyright: 2008 True Ingredients Co Ltd

The Expert

Wu Tang Clan - Shame On A Nigga (Filthy Re-Work)

Tryin' - Potty Mouth E.P.

Available now via iTunes - http://geni.us/BBEStaffSel14
or direct from us at www.bbemusic.com

So, 2014 is nearly done and once again, the releases came at such a rate  that we’ve barely had time to draw breath, let alone sit back and congratulate ourselves on another year of putting out Real Music For Real People…
That’s why we enjoy this little tradition of posting the annual ‘staff picks’ from our own catalogue… it forces us to sit back, relax and start playing through some of that incredible music that we’ve released into a harsh world in the last year. 
Don’t think it’s easy … Team BBE can be riven with hissy-fits and sulkiness for a couple of days as personal favourites are out-voted, over-ruled or ruled out over technicalities  (e.g. the member of staff who insisted on having every track from the weird and wonderful  Strange Breaks and Mister Thing III). But the collective process usually ends in a group hug and a nice warm glow once we playback the final selection. 
It’s impossible to let the occasion pass without mentioning some of the ones that got away, though. Despite the plethora of new artists we’ve put out over the past few years we’re probably still best-known for our compilations, instantly  recognizable both visually and aurally, and this year saw no let- up in either quantity or quality. As well as the aforementioned Strange Breaks and Mister Thing III, which won plaudits from the most seasoned vinyl junkies for its educative and entertaining qualities, we had Sean P’s personal trip down memory lane to an old-school that few of today’s hip-hop generation even knew existed, Rock It Don’t Stop It. We also had Kev Beadle’s dig around the private press archives for lost jazz classics, resulting in his Private Collection, and the fourth …yes, fourth!.. instalment of Keb Darge and Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers, raw rockabilly from one of our longest-serving and most illustrious of collaborators. 
Having seen a lot of reissues done very badly, 2014 was the year we stepped up the game with our Masters We Love series. Lavishly packaged and remastered from the original sources, we’ve been able to put legendary albums previously known only to hard-core collectors back into wider circulation. Nana Love, Crystal Winds, Hal Bradbury,  Janet Lawson, The Craig Peyton Group were some of the artists in this series who benefited from this exposure but inexplicably didn’t make the cut for our year end round-up … Band X and Dan Mastroianni are two more who did. We also put out the legendary Lost Album from Iron Curtain synth-meisters Rodion G.A. 
So what of those new artists? For every one that scraped on this seasonal bonanza, there were a couple more that didn’t … so a big shout-out to Lady Daisey, Morgan featuring Jo Sims, Very Tall Stories,Loretta Heywood, Hempolics,  The Grits, Algebra Blessett, Yesking, Duct Tape, Time For T, and DJ Oil, who between them represent just about every kind of credible underground music-making going on right now. 
As for those represented on this excursion, there’s no lack of diversity there, either.  Old friends like Shawn Lee, DJ Vadim and Mr.Bird jostle for attention alongside Slakah the Beatchild, Anchorsong,, Tricky D, The Excelsiors, Larry Achiampong, True Ingredients, Megajawns, Vaitea and More Like Trees. From the dopest dubbed out downtempo headnodders to the most progressive of up-tempo left-field dance, taking in the flavours of Africa, the Caribbean and the East along the way. 2014 was one helluva ride … hope you enjoy this brief trip back through it alongside. 


Through The Lens

True Ingredients - Through The Lens

Big Jet Plan - "Down The Way" album by Angus & Julia Stone
Download on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/bigjetplane

Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane

Santigold - Disparate Youth [Amateur Best Remix]

http://theomys.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheOmysBand

The O'My's - Livin' Wrong Prod. Blended Babies

01 Floating

And the Living is Easy (Guts)

Kanye West - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Santigold

Santigold - Starstruck

Free download at http://www.facebook.com/djbobbyfisher

Tracks used:

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools 
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Avicii ft. Nervo - You're Gonna Love Again
Nicki Minaj - I'm Legit
Kanye West - Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay
Lissie - Longest Road
Maroon 5 - One More Night
Kid Cudi - Memories

Free Download

Swimming Youth (Kendrick Lamar x Lana Del Rey x Nervo x Kanye x Nicki x Santigold x Avicii)

The first single from Born Ruffians' LP "BIRTHMARKS" 

Available on iTunes:
Canada https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/needle-single/id595051196
U.S. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/needle-single/id594270146?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Everywhere http://georiot.co/1gq6

Ruffians on tour:

March 19th – Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar [<a href="http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3355184&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed&wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_97249&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_97249">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 20th – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club [<a href="http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3356824&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed&wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_97249&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_97249">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 21st – Nelson, BC – Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/377583452337383/">TICKETS</a>]
March 22nd – Calgary, AB – Palomino Smokehouse [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/eventV2/214667/tfly?wrKey=4C6DA4154CE53D230219892946F34888">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 23rd – Edmonton, AB – Avenue Theatre [<a href="http://yeglive.ca/events/born-ruffians/mar-23-2013/avenuetheatre">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 24th – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s [<a href="http://www.ticketedge.ca/index.php?page=EventDetail&id=1995">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 26th – Regina, SK – The Exchange [<a href="http://www.ticketedge.ca/index.php?page=EventDetail&id=2005">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 27th – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre [<a href="https://tickets.jazzwinnipeg.com/buyonline.asp?ticketId=630&Cart=">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 28th – Thunder Bay, ON – The Apollo [<a href="http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2013-03-28/born_ruffians__the_elwins/">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
March 29th – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Loplop Lounge & Gallery [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/100566776792829/?ref=22">TICKETS</a>]
March 30th – Sudbury, ON – The Townhouse [<a href="http://www.thetownehouse.com/">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 5th – St. John’s, NL – Breezeway Bar [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Breezeway-Bar-Events/272773487528">TICKETS</a>]
April 11th – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa [<a href="http://www.liftticketsystem.com/tickets/born-ruffians">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 12th - Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/eventV2/228237/tfly?wrKey=5F9D04A89C15310F2828C17DDA941B85">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 14th - Providence, RI - Firehouse 13 [<a href="http://fh13.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=78632&eid=88674">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 15th - Allston, MA - Great Scott [<a href="http://www.greatscottboston.com/details.php?sid=12943">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 16th - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom [<a href="http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/228263-born-ruffians-new-york">TICKETS</a>] on sale! (BIRTHMARKS RELEASED!)
April 18th - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/228189-born-ruffians-hoboken/">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 20th - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/eventV2/228289?__utmx=-&__utmv=-&__utmk=139579059&__utmz=1.1361307362.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D%28organic%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3Djohnny+brenda%27s&__utma=1.477508531.1361307362.1361307362.1361307362.1&__utmc=1&__utmb=1.1.10.1361307362">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 21st - Washington DC - Rock & Roll Hotel [<a href="http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/22462.aspx">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 23rd - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall [<a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5577867552?ref=ebtnebtckt">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 24th - Atlanta, GA - The Earl [<a href="http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/22397.aspx">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 25th - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree [<a href="http://www.thebottletree.com/?Page=http%3a%2f%2fpublic.ticketbiscuit.com%2fBottleTree%2fTicketing%2f156816">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 26th - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon [<a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3417654&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed&crosssite=TM_US:1122376:336659">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 27th - Shreveport, LA - Fatty Arbuckle's [<a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3418124&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed&crosssite=TM_US:1122376:338670">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 29th - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's [<a href="https://www.stubwire.com/event/bornruffians/fitzgeralds/houston/4874/">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
April 30th - Austin, TX - Red 7 [<a href="http://red7.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=78788&eid=88852">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 2nd - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace [<a href="http://holdmyticket.com/event/132898">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 3rd - Phoenix, AZ - Sail Inn [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/eventV2/227513?utm_medium=bks&wrKey=5F9D04A89C15310F2828C17DDA941B85">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 4th - San Diego, CA - Casbah [<a href="http://casbah.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=78711&eid=88769">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 6th - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour [<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/eventV2/227037?__utmx=-&__utmv=-&__utmk=68773777&__utmz=1.1361309219.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D%28organic%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3Dtroubadour&__utma=1.295061249.1361309219.1361309219.1361309219.1&__utmc=1&__utmb=1.2.10.1361309219">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 8th - San Francisco, CA - Slims [<a href="http://www.slimstickets.com/events/289659/Born%20Ruffians">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 10th - Portland, OR - Star Theatre [<a href="http://startheaterportland.com/?Page=http%3a%2f%2fpublic.ticketbiscuit.com%2fStarTheaterPortland%2fEvents%2f156020">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 11th - Seattle, WA - Barboza [<a href="http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1708585">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 12th - Boise, ID - The Crux [TICKETS]
May 13th - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue [<a href="http://smithstix.com/events/item/root/born-ruffians-may-13">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 14th - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge [<a href="https://bigmarkstickets.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1001&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=54">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 16th - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room [TICKETS]
May 17th - Iowa City, IA - The Mill [<a href="http://midwestix.securemytix.com/event/3745391/listing">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 18th - Madison, WI - Great Hall Memorial Union - U. Of WI [TICKETS]
May 19th - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry [<a href="http://first-avenue.com/event/2013/05/bornruffians">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 21st - Milwaukee, WI - Mad Planet [<a href="http://bornruffiansmadplanet.brownpapertickets.com/">TICKETS</a>] on sale!
May 22nd - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick [<a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3394364&pl=majestic">TICKETS</a>] on sale!

http://windishagency.com/artists/born_ruffians

Hummingbird

Marcus Chaknova