Turntablism, Scratch, Beats, DJ - part 4

Ballad for the traveller

Whoodini - Big Mouth (Blend God Bad Bitch Remix)

Out Now On The Content Label
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1.  One Another
2. Our Music
3. Out of the Shadows
4. Memento Mori
5. Years Ago
6. Give and Take
+ 4 more tracks on the full album

Gathered Between is Dday One’s fifth studio album in ten years, a lost chapter from his discography unearthed through an exercise in memory. 

The tracks on Gathered Between were originally recorded after Dday One’s second album, Heavy Migration. But a hard drive failure took the album away, leaving only a handful of tracks that were released on rare and now out-of-print compilations. In early 2015, while listening to a rough demo of the album, Dday decided to reconstruct Gathered Between using memory as his only guide. 

Dday dug through his crates to relocated samples and, using classic samplers and various other technology, reprogrammed the album beat by beat like an audio archaeologist. As a result, Gathered Between expands the language of classic hip-hop production in the same spirit as the greats of the genre. 

Gathered Between offers a captivating instrumental hip-hop journey across ten tracks. As with previous releases, the crackle of vinyl sits next to melancholic horn melodies and piano licks, fingered bass dances across breaks, and disembodied voices give the slightest hint of the author’s opinions. Built from hundreds of samples, the music is a tapestry of pasts on which the listener is invited to write their own memories and hopes for the future. Starting off with a bang, “One Another”, a tune of unification, brings to mind hints of classic Pete Rock production, the crunchy drums and bubbling stabs of “Alchemy Loop” are reminiscent of golden era aesthetics but move beyond. The album is held together by the same attention to detail and intricate sample layering that has defined Dday One’s work to date. 

Gathered Between was mastered by Finland’s Janne “Fanu” Hatula, a diverse producer and engineer who has worked with Bill Laswell, Damu The Fudgemunk, and Klute, among others. The album’s cover features a photograph entitled ‘Between Worlds’ photographed by Melbourne’s Andrew Parmi. Displaying a bird flying between an older and modern build, it was chosen by Dday One to symbolize the combination of nature and architecture and to represent the album’s transitional nature, then lost and now found. 

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Renegades Of Jazz (Agogo Records / Mojo Club) - "Great album. Dday One fan here of the first hour and this album again shows his skills."
Kid Loco - "That classic trip hop sound … well done."
Dogu (Ancient Astronauts / Switchstance Recordings) - "Super-dope production and vibes here … epic sound aesthetics!"
DJ Moneyshot (Solid Steel Radio) - "Neck-snap drums and dusty loops, all left to stew until done to a turn. That old real sh&t, brother."
Nickodemus (Turntables on the Hudson) - "Nice chunky trip hop jazz beats resurfaced!"
Scrimshire (Wah Wah 45s) - "I really love this … lovely stuff."
DJ Osric (Black and Blue Radio Show) - "It's quite rare to find hip hop that you can just kick back to and enjoy for how it makes you feel. This album is one of those rarities. You can vibe up or down to it and feel fully immersed in the atmospheric charm of it all. One that will continue to grow on me with each listen."
Adrian Lugo (WEFT 90.1 FM) - "Excellent record. The production shines with impeccable drum programming, expert sampology, and a sound that is so crisp and bold. They hardly make hip hop records like this anymore."

Available now from iTunes: http://is.gd/dMNEBu
Amazon: http://is.gd/wF0wHw
Juno Download: http://is.gd/0pqfx2
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Label and Artist Links:
www.thecontentlabel.com
www.ddayone.com

Dday One - Gathered Between (The Content Label)

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Taken from: Dday One | Glen Porter: Wavelengths (Limited 10" Vinyl / 300 Worldwide)
LABEL: Content (L)abel + Ooohh! Thats Heavy


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