Sleepin Giant - Purple | Original Cultures OCEP003 / OCEP008DD
Release date: April 21, 2014 (digital), May 26, 2014 (vinyl)
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Distribution: Kudos (worldwide) + originalcultures.bandcamp.com

Buy digital:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/purple-ep/id844207723
https://boomkat.com/downloads/968807-sleepin-giant-purple
http://originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy vinyl:
http://originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy the single: 
http://originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/lets-get-serious-b-w-hey-girl-alt-version
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lets-get-serious-single/id833564885
http://boomkat.com/downloads/954054-sleepin-giant-let-s-get-serious 
+ all digital stores worldwide.

Video for Glitch -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsU_TIP0Zg

Support from Kutmah, BBE, LV, Jehst, KCRW Los Angeles, KSDS San Diego, Radio Helsinki, Groovement, Black Athena, Tru Thoughts, 22Tracks and more.

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Sleepin Giant is an Amsterdam-based producer who has been bidding his time for over a decade, refining his craft, honing his voice. Purple is his first official release, following a debut appearance on Brussels’ On Point label in 2012 for the Sweet Rendez-Vous remixes.

Purple has been two years in the making, a journey that began with the track Glitch written with NYC-based poet Aja Monet. It was on the strength of this demo that Original Cultures convinced Sleepin Giant to put together a whole EP of his own soul music. Another two vocalists were added to the mix: Bristol’s Romaine Smith, a young singer full of promise who has worked primarily with Typesun, and Amsterdam’s Ruben Hein, signed to Blue Note and one of Holland’s most striking voices.

The music on Purple is soul, plain and simple. It draws from the same spiritual place as the likes of D’Angelo, The Roots, Erikah Badu or Jay Dee - from inside, from the soul. It’s music to fall in love to, music to make love to, music to dream to. On each of the five songs the vocalists recount stories we can all relate to, stories of love, of things past, of things coming. The musical backdrop is stripped down to its bare essentials with an irresistible interplay between drums and bass alongside warm, sultry melodies that compliment the singing.

Purple is to be released on digital and 12” vinyl, featuring cover art inspired by the legendary Ohio Players albums, in mid April. It will be preceeded in late March by a digital single featuring Let’s Get Serious and an alternate version of Hey Girl. In early May remixes from Typesun, Lewis James and EAN will be released digitally along four dancefloor tracks created during the process.

Sleepin Giant ft. Ruben Hein - Let's Get Serious

This time it’s Funky Flirt & Easy D with The Guvnor General ‘Eastman’ manning the mic. Incuding a competition and public service announcements in true ‘Information Centre’ style. This tape was very kindly passed onto me by robbrie and is part of a huge number of recordings which i will be uploading in the near future.

Check out the rest of the project: 0860.fm

Buy the new EP sq.lnk.to/APHA030S1

0860.fm MIX #15 Funky Flirt & Easy D w/ Eastman November 5th 1995

Buy the album: https://JDilla.lnk.to/The_Diary

The Estate of James Yancey has revived J Dilla’s longstanding company PayJay as a functioning imprint to release Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary on April 15th, in conjunction with Mass Appeal Records. Initially intended for release in 2002, The Diary is the final batch of unissued material that Dilla had assembled for release during his lifetime, lending crucial insight into the producer’s prowess and thought process in the period leading up to his break with the major label system and the extremely fertile period that followed (which encompassed the making of the canonical classics Ruff Draft, Jaylib, and Donuts). The Diary features vocal performances by J Dilla, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Kokane, Frank and Dank, Nottz and Boogie, over production by Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-tek, Nottz, House Shoes, Supa Dave West, Bink! and Karriem Riggins.

"So Far" produced by Supa Dave West

THE DIARY TRACK LIST:

1. The Introduction
2. The Anthem feat. Frank & Dank
3. Fight Club feat. Nottz & Boogie
4. The Shining Pt. 1 (Diamonds) feat. Kenny Wray
5. The Shining Pt. 2 (Ice)
6. Trucks
7. Gangsta Boogie feat. Snoop Dogg & Kokane
8. Drive Me Wild
9. Give Them What They Want
10. The Creep (The O)
11. The Ex feat. Bilal
12. So Far
13. Fuck The Police
14. The Diary
15. The Sickness feat. Nas [iTunes Exclusive]
16. The Doe [iTunes Exclusive]

J Dilla - So Far

GOTH-TRAD NEW ALBUM "PSIONICS" Limited Packages Pre-Order now!
GOTH-TRAD ニューアルバム "PSIONICS"(サイオニクス) 限定版パッケージ 販売受付中！！！
English Page >>> http://gothtrad.com/psionics/en/
日本語ページ >>> http://gothtrad.com/psionics/

Short Mix including my recent remix works & some of new materials from forthcoming new album "PSIONICS". 

[GOTH-TRAD Short Mix / April 2016 Tracklist]

01. Transitional - Galaxia Obscure [Avalanche Recordings]
02. GOTH-TRAD - Grind (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 
03. The Body - Our Souls Were Clean [Rvng Intl.]
04. ENDON - Just Like Everybody (GOTH-TRAD Remix) [Daymare Recordings]
05. JK FLESH - Pleasurer [Avalanche Recordings]
06. GOTH-TRAD - Eraser (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 
07. GOTH-TRAD - Crooked Temple (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 
08. GOTH-TRAD - Disorder (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 
09. Boris x GOTH-TRAD - DEADSONG (Promo Only) [Fangs Anal Satan] >>> [Another version will be on Limited "PSIONICS" 12inch dubplate]
10. GOTH-TRAD - Locomotive (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 
11. GOTH-TRAD - Joust (Dub) [Forthcoming on New Album "PSIONICS"] 

*Mixed with all "Wax Alchemy" Dubplates.
http://www.waxalchemy.com/

GOTH-TRAD SHORT MIX / April 2016

Find this alongside the Instrumental, Acapella and Radio Edit below:

https://jonwayne.lnk.to/Wonka

ARCS001 - Jonwayne "Wonka"

Wonka

Fudge is a collaboration between producer Prefuse73 and emcee Michael Christmas.
Buy the debut album on CD, LP & digital: http://fudge.lexrecords.com

Follow Michael Christmas: 
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Follow Prefuse 73:
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Lady Parts

Fudge

Pre-Order

Michael Christmas & Prefuse 73 are Fudge - Popstar Shit

Brian Allen Simon - Soprano Saxophone, Electronics
Jon-Kyle Mohr - Drums

Live at Kantine am Berghain
Berlin, Germany
December 7, 2016

Live in Berlin

Just 2 days ago I was sitting in a cafe during my recent trip for Lebanon and Egypt when Donald Trump announced his ban of muslim people visiting the USA marking another climax of xenophobia, anti muslim and anti Arabic narrative (الترجمة العربية أسفله).  At the same time I was in Cairo, a colorful, energetic and vital city that despite the cities and countries problems has not much in common with the stereotypical narrative of the Arabic world that is so largely told in the Western media. I’m aware that in times of these music is just a tiny piece of the puzzle to tell a different story but given that this is what I’m working with I felt it was the right time to drop another mix of music from Arabic tapes, vinyl and master tapes. Music that is very different to what a lot of people might expect. Straight up Chicago soul music with the „The Cats“, an Egyptian band covering „The Dells“, Lo-Fi electronic music from Sudan, tropical sounds from Cairo by "Al Massrieen", energetic disco from Algeria by „Zohra", another unknown banger by Morocco’s answer to James Brown „Fadoul“. Or what about some incredible AOR / yacht pop from Lebanon feat. Ziad Rahbani on keys with „Games“ and another little preview of our forthcoming „Ahmed Malek & Flako“ record among some other great music? Music that tells a different story, music to listen to when the world is going crazy and everything in between. #antitrumpmusic

قبل يومين، كنت جالسا في مقهى في القاهرة، حين أعلن دونالد ترامب منعه للمسلمين من زيارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، مظهرا بذلك مظهرا آخر من العنصرية ضد المسلمين و العرب. 
في نفس ذلك الوقت، أنا كنت في القاهرة، مدينة مفعمة بالطاقة و الألوان، هذه المدينة التي رغم المشاكل التي تحيط بها، لا تشبه أي من الصور النمطية الشائعة على الإعلام الغربي.
إنني مدرك أنه خضم هكذا أجواء، الموسيقى لا تشكل سوا جزء صغير من الأحجية، و بما أنه المجال الذي اشتغل فيه، أحسست أنه الوقت المناسب لإصدار ميكس جديد من الموسيقى العربية. موسيقى مختلفة عن ما قد يتوقعه الناس. موسيقى السول مع " The cats"، فرقة موسيقية تعيد غناء أغاني "The Dells"، " لوفي" موسيقى الكترونية من السودان، انغام استوائية من القاهرة مع " AlMasrieen"، موسيقى ديسكو جزائرية مع "Zohra"، و أغنية مجهولة لصاحبها، جايمس براون المغرب فضول.
هناك أيضا موسيقى رائعة من فرقة لبنانية اسمها "Games" عزف فيها زياد الرحباني على البيانو.
 نبذة عن إصدارنا القادم و هو تسجيل " Ahmed Malek & Flako" مرفوق بموسيقى أخرى، موسيقى تستحق الاستماع إليها في الظروف التي يمر منها العالم في هذه الفترة

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"Habibi Funk 007 Mix" (More 1970s & 1980s sounds from the Arabic world #AntiTrumpMusic)

Part two!

Skilli.am
Elijahandskilliam.com
Bookings: Max@earth-agency.com

TRACKLIST:

01) Seems To Be
02) Wheel
03) Give You More
04) What You Talking 'Bout
05) Trapped
06) Stop Dat (Instrumental)
07) I Luv U
08) Go
09) Live O Instrumental
10) Hoe
11) Strings Hoe
12) Stand Up Tall (Acapella)
13) Jezebel
14) Do It!

BUTTERZ STORE

Skilliam Presents The 100% Series - Dizzee Rascal

Original Cultures is a non-profit project founded in 2008 in the UK and Italy.  We connect cultures through modern performing arts. 

In 2011, we launched the Original Cultures label, focused on releasing music and art born of the project and its ramifications. 

Original Cultures releases can be purchased on Bandcamp and most online and physical shops (distribution by Kudos). 

Artists who have released on Original Cultures include Beat Inc., Blackjob, tatsuki*, Lewis James, Sleepin Giant, Moresounds, EAN, Bolts, Almighty Sion, Souleance, Daisuke Tanabe, Jealousguy, Katzuma, LV. 

Remixers include Om Unit, Sam Binga, Charlie Fracture, T-Woc, Monolithium, Clap! Clap! and more. 

All visuals are by Paper Resistance. 

Sleepin Giant ft. Ruben Hein - Let's Get Serious

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