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„The chorus melody of this song developed while Julius and I were in the studio together. When he played the melody for the first time to me it felt like an enlightenment. Julius’ sound and soloing is so wonderful and clear, mixed with his calm personality he sometimes seems like a lighthouse to me. Standing there, sending out his rays of sound to help people find their way.“

ALL MUSIC ARRANGED, PRODUCED AND MIXED BY OPEK
SAX: JULIUS VAN RHEE

MASTER - LEON MACHE
ARTWORK - PARISSA CHARGI & DIE OTTOS
PHOTO - OPEK

„Opek prefers the cozy retirement life over the hectic leasing lifestyle. The beatproducer, drummer and rapper was born in the Ruhr area in 1990. Not on coal and not on gold, but somewhere where there was a computer and a big brother who explained to him around 2004 how ‘Fruity Loops’ works and what a snare is. And then there was hip hop, this thing that can suddenly fill every spare minute.

After years of drunken freestyles in the park and nights of producing on Windows 98 computers, he moved on (via excursions into guitar music) to jazz. This wondrous music brought Opek to the Netherlands in 2011, where he devoted himself to the art of jazz drumming for 4 years. After that he landed in Dortmund with empty pockets. Eventhough he was filled with doubt, he kept firing up the machines, even the MPC had a bigger purpose than a doorstop or ashtray holder.

Expeditions then took Opek to almost every smoky backstage in Germany and Switzerland, especially as a drummer and producer in the trio ‘Schlakks, Opek & Razzmatazz’. He now shares an office space with ‘Cerm MC’ aka. ‘Cmern’. This is how the joint project ‘Cmern & Opsay’ came into being, where even a serious word about bumpy beats is allowed to fall.

The greyness of the city is and remains the inspiration and drive for Opek to create even more cozy sounds. And so he continues to create hits that could be played in a museum in 400 years, provided that the USB sticks will last.“

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Slim on the beat! The sonic mastermind behind South London jazz rap supremos Summers Sons is blessing us with an instrumental version of his group's new album “Nostalgia”. Slim has edited all 10 songs for our listening pleasure. If you like your beats jazzy, soulful and minimal this one is for your. Slim proves himself as a true 21st century Soulquarians disciple who respects the architects but is not stuck in the past. Since we relased his first instrumentals in 2018, Slim has gained more than 27 million streams. ”Out The Blue (Beat Edit)” is the second single from the project.


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Produced by Slim.
Mastered by Roe Beardie. 
Artwork by Robert Winter & Jeremias Diekmann.

Cat No: MPM 305-B2
Artist: Slim
Titel: Out The Blue (Beat Edit)

© ℗ 2021 Melting Pot Music

Slim - Out The Blue (Instrumental)

Illa J and Atamone are back with Written, a song that probes the artistic process, encouraging us to break through barriers and express our best selves. Yancey explores the question personally, reminiscing on formative experiences with his brother J Dilla and waxing poetically about his own creative process. All of it is delivered with a smokey vocal that melts over a sweet-like caramel guitar riff and a trap groove from the Montréal-based collaborator Atamone, who with Yancey form a prolific production duo. The two are currently deep into studio sessions to take their creativity even further. We can’t wait to hear what they’ll write next.

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South London Jazz Rap group Summers Sons excite with an updated and matured sound on their new album Nostalgia. Brothers Turt (rap) and Slim (production) have created a masterful coming-of-age rap album from a 90s baby perspective. Nostalgia is a classic in the making. Over the course of ten songs, Summers Sons reflect on their past, present and future as sons, brothers, husbands, fathers and friends. Accompanied by longtime friend and musical partner C.Tappin, Alt R&B sensation KeepVibesNear and MC/community activist Eerf Evil.

Since signing with Melting Pot Music in 2018, Summers Sons have released two albums plus various EPs, a beat tape and a collabo project with Twit One as Syrup. They are part of The Silhouettes Project (alongside Enny, Kofi Stone, Bel Cobain, Manic MC, Lex Amor and more) and kicked off their own label Lightworks earlier this year.

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All tracks produced & mixed by Slim.
All lyrics written & performed by Turt.
Additional vocals on “Give Thanks”, “Three Sixty” & “Say Less” C.Tappin.
Additional vocals on “This N That” by Eerf Evil.
Additional vocals on “Nostalgia Pt. 2” by KeepVibesNear.
Keys on “Give Thanks”, “Nostalgia Pt. 2” & “Songbird” by C.Tappin.
Horns on “Give Thanks” & “Nostalgia Pt. 2” by Miles Bonny.
Mastered by Roe Beardie.
Artwork by Robert Winter & Jeremias Diekman.

Cat No: MPM 305
Artist: Summers Sons
Titel: Nostalgia

© ℗ 2021 Melting Pot Music

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Summers Sons - Sonics Over Everything

1. Les De Merle - A Day In The Life 
2. Chico Hamilton - The Morning Side Of Love 
3. Jimmy McGriff - Purple Onion 
4. Clare Fisher - Morning
5. Ronnie Laws - Always There 
6. Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa 
7. Ramsey Lewis - Summer Breeze
8. The Blackbyrds - Wilford‘s Gone 
9. Lou Donaldson - Who‘s Making Love 
10. Horace Silver - Song For My Father 
11. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Voodoo Woman 
12. Charles Earland - The Snake 
13. Miles Davis - John McLaughlin 
14. Ronnie Foster - On The Avenue 
15. Grover Washington Jr. - Hydra

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🎶 Verse 1 – Coffee Shop Vibes
Pull up at the spot, crew in the zone
Laughs on tap, no one's alone
Talk that smack, tease and play
Smoke in the air, news on display

🛠️ Verse 2 – Work Grind
Clock in early, grind don't stop
Boss got drama, team throwin' shots
Traffic wild, horns and heat
Same old tale, rinse repeat

🍽️ Verse 3 – Lunch Breaks
Lunch on the go, stale bread flex
Canteen talk, midday checks
Beats in ears, lowkey hummin’
Code on loop, day keeps runnin’

🌇 Verse 4 – Rooftop Feels
Rooftop chill, breeze on skin
Phone calls deep, no real spin
Hearts got cracked, tears got spilled
Still we laughed, stories got sealed

🎤 Chorus – Memory Lane
Tiny sparks in the heart, still glow
Laughs and cries, they steal the show
Moments lived, now echoes fade
Here then gone, like dreams replayed

📘 Final Lines – Life Chapters
College streets, office chairs
Every turn wrote its own affairs

🎙️ Spoken Word Outro – Real Talk
No script, no book, no scene to play
Life throws questions in a thousand ways
Each picked answers, some felt near
Some stayed far, but touched sincere

Ahh those memories

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Melting Pot Music is a record label from Cologne, Germany. We like beats, rap, jazz, & soul music.

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