Download -> <a href="http://originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/leftist-hobbyist">originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/leftist-hobbyist</a>

Sleepin Giant is an Amsterdam-based producer with a love of soul. Leftist Hobbyist is a collection of remixes he's been doing in between studio sessions for his debut release.

We decided to collect the best and offer them up as a free download while we put the finishing touches to his debut, expected on Original Cultures in January 2014 on 12" vinyl.

Hip hop. Soul. Bumps. Knocks. Feels.

Peace to all the original artists.

All songs written and produced by Sleepin Giant.

Mastered by Ian Carter.

Artwork by Paper Resistance.

Executive Producer: Original Cultures.

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Stanley Ipkuss - skpylnts (SG Remix)

Danny Watts & Stanley Ipkuss - Luvpoems (SG Remix)

DAngelo - Brown Sugar (SG Remix)

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (SG Remix)

Bas van Lier on Hammond
SG on Rhodes, Bass and samples.

Original song by Roy Ayers.

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Everybody Loves The Sunshine ft. Bas van Lier // FREE DL

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:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/purple-ep/id844207723
boomkat.com/downloads/968807-sleepin-giant-purple
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy vinyl:
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/purple

Buy the single: 
originalcultures.bandcamp.com/album/lets-get-serious-b-w-hey-girl-alt-version
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lets-get-serious-single/id833564885
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.

Let's Get Serious w/ Ruben Hein

Hey Girl w/ Romaine Smith (Alt. Version)

Honey w/ Romaine Smith

Six w/ Romaine Smith

J5 - Linguistics (SG REMIX)

Vanity Six - Nasty Girl (SG REMIX) // Free Download

The R - The Refills (LORN + SG)

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Anderson Paak - Am I wrong (SG EDIT) // FREE DL

Lewis James & Sleepin Giant - Disco Noir // Out on Cosmonostro

Release date: October 28, 2016 (digital)
Buy digital : https://lnk.to/disconoir

Follow Lewis James : @unclelew 

Disco Noir is an exploration of the world of Italo and the more experimental side of Disco. It also draws on influences from the Likes of Steely Dan, Ned Doheny and the classic production of late 70's Californian soul and pop-rock (yacht-rock!) 

We started with the idea of making shamelessly dramatic and emotional sounding songs in that style and soon realised that it was something that was surprisingly pleasing to listen to and a path towards an album then suddenly became very clear. 

We didn't want to go down the well trodden path of just purely sampling some classics from the era and flipping them into modern sounding dance music; the challenge was to play every instrument on the album between the two of us and create something totally from scratch with no sample use at all.  

While it is in parts a very sincere emotional endeavour, it definitely contains an element of tongue and cheek with some sections like the vocal hook of "let me in" purposely made purely for the laugh, which is sung by one of Holland's favourite house producers, Kid Sublime. 

Combining the sounds you'd expect from disco with elements of concentrated emotion and splatter of the sublime and the ludicrous, it's a laid back synth solo fuelled journey into the dustier parts of the archives.

Disco Noir

Part 2 - Lewis James & Sleepin Giant - Disco Noir (preview clips)

Saint Bernard

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Foodtruck - Freddy

Rihanna - Work ft. Drake (SG Remix)

It's Time. 

The first release of Sleepin Giant (SG) since his debut EP "Purple". It's Time is a glimpse in the collection of tracks SG has been making in 2019. From slow soul that reminds us of the good old days to steady head-nod beats, topped off with a club friendly track for those festival dance floors. It's all in there, right in the feels.

Get it here : https://sleepin-giant.bandcamp.com/album/its-time

Second Fiddle

It's Time

JUST GOOD BEATS 005 - 7" CLEAR LATHE CUT RECORD (limited release)

https://justgoodbeats.bandcamp.com/album/sleepin-giant-the-bump-the-snap

Sleepin Giant: 
'I love records. I love beats. When Lewis James linked me to JUSTGOODBEATS it was pretty clear to me, we had to see if we could do something together. I love the fact that the entire release is done with love, from the sleeve and record to the stamps and stickers. It all has that handmade print to it, something you don't see a lot in this modern world of ours. 

As for the beats on this release, that's the kind of stuff I enjoy listening to myself. Laidback beats with a nod factor to it. It's the type of music i can always go back to, take a record from my collection, flip it or use no samples at all and play everything. It doesn't really matter to me, as long as the output is something that I can bump in my car. 

With that said, a couple of shout outs : Lewis James for linking JGB and myself, Adam and his wife for doing what they're doing with the label, my wife Taina for her everlasting love and support and my dog Igor for keeping it 100 (be kind to animals, they're dope). Last thing, this is my first release on JGB and I'm pretty sure you haven't seen (or heard) the last of this combination. Hope you enjoy!'

The Bump

Sorry bish, i'm out of office

Sleepin Giant 2019

Out of Office

You Can't Tell

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You Can't Tell

Heart Beats is a selection of down-tempo tunes best enjoyed during a smooth evening with your significate other. Straight from the soul.

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