Name: 01 Float Away (parts 1 - 4) by Raashan Ahmad
Duration: 7 min 33 s
Description: 48 hours was all that was needed to create this EP of inspired music. Raashan Ahmad and Headnodic honed the quality of their collaboration as founding members of the groups Mission: and Crown City Rockers. That musical short-hand, friendship and effortless connection is apparent through every moment of this release of beautiful beats and rhymes. Dig.

FloFilz - Onceagain

We cleaned our backcatalogue storage and found a handful 12"s by The Smile Rays. This was our 10th release in 2008 or 2007 but it still sounds damn good :). Some of you might not know this one so we felt like sharing it again. In case anyone wants a copy on wax we have a handful left here:

http://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/the-smile-rays-a-toast

Throwback Monday: The Smile Rays - A Toast (2008)

Also available on 45rpm vinyl at:  http://store.deliciousvinyl.com/products/slimkid3-dj-nu-mark-i-know-didnt-i-feat-darondo-b-w-let-me-hit-7-inch-vinyl-single

As mega-plexes buckle under on onslaught of over-branded superheroes this summer, there's one heroic team-up that beats them all: Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark!

Ever since his time as a founding member of The Pharcyde, Slimkid3 has stood out for his relationship raps, both warm-hearted and cooly observant. As an innovative member Jurassic 5, DJ Nu-Mark has long propelled golden era sounds into the future.

With the forthcoming Delicious Vinyl release of their album-length eponymous collaboration, the legendary Pharcyde MC and Jurassic 5 DJ/producer have created a soulful Hip-Hop soundtrack for the coming months and beyond…


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http://slimkid3.com

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Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark "I Know, Didn't I" (feat. Darondo)

Available now via iTunes - http://geni.us/BBEStaffSel14
or direct from us 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. 


Golden Age Against The Machine

We Got The Jazz

Shawn Lee - We Got The Jazz Feat. Ohmega Watts

Buy album on Vinyl/CD: http://store.mentalow.com/album/peinture-fraiche-vinyl-cd-digital
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Streaming: http://hyperurl.co/MMPFstreaming

Peinture Fraîche, the new Pumpkin & Vin'S da Cuero album out now.
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Album tracklist:
 01 Discipline 
02 Louder feat. Boog Brown & Rita J.
 03 Mauvaise Langue 
04 Fifty Fifty feat. 20syl 
05 Le Tic Tac 
06 L'Encre 
07 Bye Bye Madeleine feat. Mr. J. Medeiros
 08 Spleen Extremis 
09 Got This 
10 Mouvement feat. Dynasty & Signif
 11 Série Noire
 12 Rose Combat 
13 La Mer À Boire (a Cat Called FRITZ Remix) feat. Jay Prince *

* Digital version bonus track
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Track credits: 
Rap by Pumpkin (@pumpkinisorange) & Jay Prince (@jayprincemusic)
Instrumental by aCatCalledFRITZ (@acatcalledfritz)
Scratches by DJ Lyrik
 Mixed by aCatCalledFRITZ
Mastered by Blanka @ Kasablanka
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Peinture Fraîche

La Mer À Boire Remix

Buy on Vinyl/CD

Pumpkin & Vin'S da Cuero - La Mer À Boire (aCatCalledFRITZ Remix) feat. Jay Prince

48 hours was all that was needed to create this EP of inspired music. Raashan Ahmad and Headnodic honed the quality of their collaboration as founding members of the groups Mission: and Crown City Rockers. That musical short-hand, friendship and effortless connection is apparent through every moment of this release of beautiful beats and rhymes. Dig.

01 Float Away (parts 1 - 4)

Pre-order: jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/ja…bplate-6

"I Wanna" produced by Keor Meteor. I'm proud to have Canyonland re-released as part of the Jarkata Dub Plate series. 

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Canyonland is a conceptual album that revolves around Henry Canyons' journey to Los Angeles, his struggle to adjust to a new life there, his coming to terms and attempts to keep a solid connection with his identity as a "half-French, Jewish Brooklynite" that has been transplanted into a place that is wildly different from what he was used to. It also outlines his efforts to solidify his personal and professional spheres, his romantic ups and downs and his perspective on Los Angeles life in general. Musically-speaking, this album is a much smoother ride than the topic itself betrays. Henry's baritone voice glides effortlessly over a beautiful, West-Coast boom-bap backdrop (produced by Keor Meteor), riding the tempo with technically proficient flow and great lyrics. Zoe Rose, a very talented, jazzy and soulful singer/songrwiter, makes several appearances throughout, lending her silky-smooth voice to many of the choruses. Freddy Jay provides some funky vinyl cuts on others. Open Mike Eagle also makes an appearance, lending a great guest-verse. Overall, Canyonland is a great album for both casual listeners who want something they can easily throw on in the car for a relaxing listen or more hardcore listeners who like to dig into the lyrics and think about what a rapper is conveying.

I Wanna (produced by Keor Meteor)

Get it: https://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/jakarta-dubplate-6 

Henry Canyon's album "Canyonland" was originally released on bandcamp something like a year ago without any distribution behind it and we felt it was painfully unnoticed. So all in all a perfect contender for a Jakarta Dubplate. It was entirely produced by French producer Keor Meteor.

@henry-canyons
@keor-meteor-beats

Canyonland is a conceptual album that revolves around Henry Canyons' journey to Los Angeles, his struggle to adjust to a new life there, his coming to terms and attempts to keep a solid connection with his identity as a "half-French, Jewish Brooklynite" that has been transplanted into a place that is wildly different from what he was used to. It also outlines his efforts to solidify his personal and professional spheres, his romantic ups and downs and his perspective on Los Angeles life in general. Musically-speaking, this album is a much smoother ride than the topic itself betrays. Henry's baritone voice glides effortlessly over a beautiful, West-Coast boom-bap backdrop (produced by Keor Meteor), riding the tempo with technically proficient flow and great lyrics. Zoe Rose, a very talented, jazzy and soulful singer/songrwiter, makes several appearances throughout, lending her silky-smooth voice to many of the choruses. Freddy Jay provides some funky vinyl cuts on others. Open Mike Eagle also makes an appearance, lending a great guest-verse. Overall, Canyonland is a great album for both casual listeners who want something they can easily throw on in the car for a relaxing listen or more hardcore listeners who like to dig into the lyrics and think about what a rapper is conveying.


Henry Canyons - Now's The Time Ft. Zoe Rose & Jon Ramm

10th anniversary vinyl reissue available here: https://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/dirty-old-hip-hop/
Originally released in March 2006 and virtually impossible to procure on vinyl ever since, BBE are excited to announce a special ten year anniversary edition of the classic Visioneers album Dirty Old Hip Hop. Brainchild of 4hero and Reinforced Records founder Marc Mac, the Visioneers project first appeared on a series of limited edition 7” vinyl releases. Marc began re-imagining his favourite hip hop beats from the golden era, retaining the feel of those extended, looping grooves whilst also re-introducing the excitement and musicianship of the records from which they were sampled: ‘Dirty Old Hip Hop’ was born. Drawing on the musical talents of Somatik and drummer Luke Parkhouse, both regulars on the 4hero sessions, this largely instrumental album also featured stunning performances from rappers Capitol A and Voice. An artist who was introduced to jazz music by his favourite hip hop beat-makers, ‘Dirty Old Hip Hop’ serves as a loving tribute to both art-forms, weaving the two together until even the most ardent purist will find it hard to define any space between. Dirty Old Hip Hop was shortlisted for Gilles Peterson‘s coveted Worldwide album of the Year award in 2006.

“Visioneers is not a band, it’s a studio project. I want to pay respect to hip hop producers like Jazzy Jeff, Jay Dee and Pete Rock for introducing me to Jazz and I needed to produce the tracks like hip hop records that sound phat in a club and not like dinner Jazz; it’s about reclaiming Jazz.” – Marc Mac, 2006

Marc Mac presents Visioneers - Replay feat. Voice

SSR-001 - Damu The Fudgemunk - "Brooklyn Flower"

This is where it all started for Slice Of Spice, after collaborating with Damu The Fudgemunk to create a track to celebrate the birth of my daughter. A true labor of love!

SOS STORE: sliceofspice.bigcartel.com/category/lord-finesse
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Slice-Of-S…/221905364492336
WEBSITE: slice-of-spice.com/

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SSR-001 - Damu The Fudgemunk - Brooklyn Flower

Taken from the forthcoming Suff Daddy & Ta-Ku collab EP "Bricks and Mortar" mpmsite.com/?area=records&view=detail&id=887

Release date: April 5, 2013
Artwork by Srdjan M 

Exclusive pre-sale at the MPM Store:
http://www.mpmmailorder.com/catalog/ep/suff-daddy-x-ta-ku-bricksmortar 
Shipping starts March 26

Have beats will travel: Suff Daddy and Ta-ku have teamed up for a split EP recorded in Sydney and Perth, Australia. When Suff moved from Berlin to Sydney last summer he quickly hooked up with Perth based producer Ta-ku, best known for his „50 Days For Dilla“ project. „Bricks & Mortar“ unites two beatpals with pretty different soundscapes but one common mission: looking for the perfect beat! 

01 Float Away (parts 1 - 4)

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