linear labs | los angeles
Linear Labs : Los Angeles compilation featuring songs from upcoming releases produced by Adrian Younge, including 12 Reasons To Die II (with Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & RZA) “Something About April II” and “The Midnight Hour” with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alongside Younge catalog classics dating back to 2000. “In less than a year’s time, Adrian Younge’s Linear Labs imprint […]
leon bridges | coming home
Leon Bridges‘ first strides as a retro-soul artist prompted comparisons to R&B legends like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. A singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Bridges performed in and around Fort Worth, Texas and stirred up music industry interest with analog recordings, produced by Justin Block and Austin Jenkins of White Denim. Signed to major-label Columbia, his […]
hubert daviz | o alta perspectiva
May 28th sees the 5th anniversary of Hubert Daviz masterpiece “Proceduri De Rutina” from 2010, which has only been available as a limited LP (500 copies pressed). To celebrate this day Hubert has asked some of his producer friends to revisit the album: Dexter, FloFilz, Tbrck, Max Graef, Wun Two and Hulk Hodn. On May […]
bishop nehru | the nehruvian ep
NY’s young age Bishop Nehru dropped off his 8-track EP as a prelude to his upcoming album. Later this year he will make his debut on Mass Appeal Records with a new album executive produced by Nas. Download “The Nehruvian EP” for free here – stream after the jump. “Its crazy to me that i’m a completely different person right now […]
georgia anne muldrow | a thoughtiverse unmarred
Georgia Anne Muldrow‘s forthcoming “A Thoughtiverse Unmarred” is produced entirely by Chris Keys. Her very first all-rap album will be released on May 19th via Mello Music Group. Listen some tracks of the album after the jump – watch the official video to “Great Blacks” on YouTube. Pre-order via Bandcamp and iTunes. “The prophetic soul artist offers a singular voice, yet belongs to a storied lineage. […]
dude26 | lindenau
dude26‘s instrumental album “Lindenau” is number three in the HHV-KEATS contemporary beat-series. Dude 26 is a beatmaker from Leipzig/Germany, his new project holds 14 tracks featuring Rufus Grimes, Chop Ross and Freekee, mastering by Martin Glos. “Fresh new label straight outta the Kiezes of Berlin. Each volume is dedicated to the Kiez (hood) and beats of a contemporary […]
favourite things | 4.15
Our monthly soundcloud playlist “Favourite Things 4.15” contains 23 tracks and 1:14 hours of music by artists such as: BluntOne, nepo, KA-YU, FloFilz, Hubert Daviz, Wun Two, Dexter, Swarvy, Freddie Gibbs x KAYTRANADA, Nomine, Emanative, Four Tet, Roots Manuva, Sonzeira x Werkha, Lapalux feat. Andreya Triana, Frameworks, Annabel (lee), Bahamadia x aCatCalledFRITZ, Jonwayne feat. Anderson Paak, Suff Daddy, Kàhmi Wan, Nugat, Mecca-83 x Tom Misch, Saga […]
annabel (lee) | by the sea and other solitary places
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s renowned poem of untimely death, Annabel (lee) muses on the refrain “in a kingdom by the sea…” as she whispers from beneath the currents, “I shall never leave you”. The duo project, from Annabel (lee) and Richard E, invokes the haunting classicism of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, intermingled with […]
jonwayne is retired
Los Angeles’ hip-hop beatmaker Jonwayne eventually became an MC out of necessity. After making his debut in 2011 with the beat tape Bowser, released by Alpha Pup Records, he released the mixtape I Don’t Care which, seeing as no other MCs were readily available, featured his own rapping. In 2012 he signed with the Stones […]
roots manuva | facety 2:11
Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva is back after two years locked in the studio brewing up new music. The single “Facety” is produced by fellow UK maverick Four Tet. Facety is patois slang for someone being rude – a barefaced cheek referenced by the insistent, cockney rhyming lyrical snip – ‘boat race’ – that makes up […]
wun two & coryayo | waves
Producer Wun Two from Germany and CoryaYo from USA are joining forces. Their collaboration all-instrumental hip-hop album “Waves” is now out and available for streaming. Limited Vinyl Edition released through Vinyl Digital, digital version available on Bandcamp.
nugat | beats x beer x green
17-year old beatmaker Nugat from Germany dropped ‘Beats x Beer x Green’ on March 21th. His first EP realese holds five casual instrumentals and two guest-features by Gold Roger and Füffi x Pray. Copy the EP for free on Mediafire here. More productions and remixes on Nugat’s soundcloud page. Stream the EP after the jump.
the tallest man on earth | dark bird is home
Swedish singer Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, has revealed details on his fourth studio album. Entitled “Dark Bird is Home”, wich is the follow-up to 2012’s “There’s No Leaving Now”. “It’s an album that presents Kristian Matsson at his most personal and direct, deeper and darker than ever at times, yet also an […]
nils frahm | solo
The new album by Nils Frahm ‘Solo’. revealed on Piano Day 14 days ago as a free download (www.pianoday.org). Available now on CD/LP/DL at Erased Tapes or iTunes. Listen below …
nomine | blind man
Dubstep producer Nomine released “Blind Man” via Tempa. It’s his fifth 12″ for the label, following his excellent “Nomine’s Chant” last year – a track that could only be described as so calming and soothing that it was almost uncomfortable. As with “Nomine’s Chant”, “Blind Man” continues Nomine’s explorations of Eastern sounds and melodies (this time using a sample from Kung […]
blundetto | world of
For his third album Blundetto digs further on his own musical way of soulful reggae, with a cinematic, latin or African vibes with the same team of musicians around him. He invited some guests on vocal, some famous name of the French reggae scene (Biga Ranx or PupaJim), NY MC Jahdan Blakamoore or some new comers as John […]
favourite things | 3.15
Favourite Things 3.15 contains 28 tracks and 1:53 hours of music by artists such as: Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Loyle Carner, Bishop Nehru, glue70, Melo B Jones, Eric Lau, Pacific Shore, Nosaj Thing, Chance The Rapper, The O’My’s, Jeen Bassa, Hubert Daviz, Wun Two, Mounika, FloFilz, Flako, Nomine, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Portico, Jamie Lidell, Jazzator, Contrast Trio, Kamasi Washington, Javi […]
twit-one | the sit-in
„The Sit-In“ is the new album by producer Twit-One from Cologne/Germany. It is quite different to his previous works but his music has never been easy to predict. Featured artists on „The Sit-In“ are singer May, poets PB Louison and Imam Ally Salam and keyboard player Ruoy Yaw. Entirely produced by Twit One, recorded at the Treehouse & […]