Posts Tagged ‘ hip-hop ’
Recommended if you like Prefuse 73, Seekersinternational, All City, J-Dilla… This remarkable Chicago beatsmith has been honing his craft through spontaneous and inventive livesets over the past few years. After appearing on a variety of compilations, he strikes out on his own here with a concept album solo debut for the California-based Beats Of All-Nations imprint. You can [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
FFF – Fart Session is a new 7″ on Moppy’s Animal Rights records. This Friday, Moppy, CK & TZ will be in-store playing records in celebration of the new music. Refreshments will be available, plus a 50% discount on used records and CDs, and a discount on the new 7″ as well. Gramaphone records is [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Talaboman – The Night Land 2xlp – R&S . . . . . . . . . El Michels Affair – Enter The 37th Chamber lp – Fat Beats . . . . . . . . . DJ Clent – 100% Ghetto / We 2 Ghetto 4 Ya! 12″ – Dance Mania . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Dennis McFarlane and Kaidi Tatham (of 4 Hero and Bugz In The Attic, respectively) are each legendary in their own right. Together, they effortlessly fuse jazz, broken beat, beatdown house, and hip-hop into a lush, high-fidelity, timeless style that’s long overdue a full-length album. They come together on Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature imprint. The tracks here [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
SOLD & Justin Mitchell feature in this month’s installment of Clark Street Jams, the Gramaphone resident showcase at aliveOne in Chicago. They’ll get groovy in the laid-back neighbourhood spot’s charming back room, it’s a perfect opportunity for a mid-week rendezvous or to get loose on the dancefloor. There’s no cover charge for this 21+ event, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
From an article titled “Chicago Clubs Being Asked for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in County Back Taxes” published in Billboard on August 23rd, 2016: “A statement from Cook County Spokesman Frank Shuftan to Billboard Dance reads as follows: The Cook County Department of Revenue is responsible for collecting the County’s home rule taxes. Among [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
DJ Slugo will be at the Gramaphone to celebrate the release of his latest EP, being put out on his own Subterranean Playhouse imprint. Also on offer: 10% discount on the release, 50% discount on any used records purchased at the event, and snackssss. Get ready for bass[ READ MORE ]
Moppy releases his debut album on ARR. Here you’ll find him embarking on 6 different cosmic-sounding sessions; each track features talent from various friends. The vibes are warm, mellow, nostalgic, and mainly comprise lush, sometimes acoustic sounds, over rhythmic electronic layers. The music on the record seems to draw from a plethora of influences. Expect [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Adam Rowe and Garrett David show up on Star Creature’s sophomore offering with a classic pastiche of downbeat electronics, with very fine synthesizer work (and flute flourishes!) around vintage drums and a boogie ambiance. It’s a perfect fit for the 7″ format – there’s just enough here to sink your teeth into before moving on. It [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Rinse’s twenty-first mix is a grimey addition to any music collection. Blended like a smoothie, the hard bass lines make the album chunky enough to soothe your ears with essential nutrients: drum n’ bass, synthesisers, and choppy amalgamations. Some video game sounds add a welcome melodic touch to the deep vibrations that originated in the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Laurent Garnier made his way out of Europe’s underground electronic music scene decades ago after a year-long stint as a radio DJ on France’s acclaimed electro station, Radio Nova. Garnier started spinning records before he turned 15, making his formative years full of beats, practice, and perfection. When he contacted Jerome Derradji, owner of the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
If you live in the Northern hemisphere, February can be rough. Beyond the Hallmark holidays and the snow flurries, there’s your body. If you listen to it, it’ll whine for comfort food. But it also needs nutrients. Then there’s your head telling you to go for the gold, get the biscuits n’ gravy. Trying not [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
In this week’s edition of Sound Studies, Scotty Brandon will be mixing all things vinyl in the back room of Bar Deville for all 21+. Things get going at 9:30 PM, so come early, grab a drink, and get ready to explore the realms of experimental house, ambient techno, and hip hop. Brandon himself describes [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Dancing to music is meditation. It helps the listener remain rooted in the present under the disco ball (a modern age bodhi tree,) enjoying their immediate surroundings. But the music of the moment is not spatiotemporally isolated, because history lays the foundation for every listener’s visceral experience and every producer’s musical fingerprint. Much like an upward spiral, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chicago is the epicenter of sound. Whether it’s underground or right in the radar, people flock here to hear blues, jazz, house, rock, hip hop, and experimental beats. This year’s Chicago Music Summit will feature Common as the keynote speaker at the Chicago Cultural Center on Friday, September 20. Following Common’s speech will be panels [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Friday August 23rd, 1-2pm, location disclosed upon RSVP (http://thehookup.flavorpill.com/absolutlunchbreak-free-lunch-chicago/) Free Drinks, Free Lunch, Free DJ Jazzy Jeff :) Donate to Charity if you want, Brag to your Co-Workers if you want :)[ READ MORE ]
tomlaan’s debut 12″ gives some not-so-subtle hints as to his multimedia background: the custom art covers, stamp-style label art, coloured-vinyl approach shows a certain flair for presentation. Musically, the mini-album shows as much attention to detail and diversity of interests as the packaging. It ranges from Boards Of Canada or n5MD sounding pastoral downtempo to [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
I first started hearing about Tall Black Guy when All Natural Inc. was throwing the Dance To the Drummer’s DB beat battles at Sonotheque in the middle 00’s. I’d heard he was a beast, but it wasn’t until he dropped off his group The Eighties Babies (with D. Jackson) debut full length at Gramaphone that [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
New releases from Chicago based label The Secret Life of Sound (TSLOS) including new 7 inch from heralded beatsmith Radius, featuring Tomorrow Kings members IB Fokuz & Gilead 7; a 7 inch, Tenshun vs. Youthkill (Walter Gross & K-the-I???), some straight grimy, nasty, gutter basement music with distorted drums in true DIY fashion with xeroxed [&hellip[ READ MORE ]