“Make good beats they say? Give it cool artwork they say? And, what do I get for it!? Just a lousy, no-good, stinkin’ awesome album.” Insightful, San Diego producer and plausible Padres fan, just released Blossom Beautiful (his latest album) for free. Here’s what he says about it, “This was created to assist your dreams\\YOU ARE LOVED.” [via] (So, no. That opening monologue wasn’t spoken by the electronic beatmaker himself, though, it’s true he did make good beats and gave Blossom Beautiful cool artwork.) The release’s eight tracks act as chamomile for your eardrums—equipped with smothered kick drum hits, dreamy pads and at molasses slow Beats-Per-Minute. I don’t have to be insightful to know you’ll love this album.

Prepare to be cursed. Cursed to listen to one EP, all day, nonstop. Why? Because. (“Lamest curse ever,” says Sekhemkhet.) Percs & Curses is a sunny day, checkered-blanket picnic lifted away by ants. It’s some sort of bizarro, breezy, 75-degree music burrito—a collage of Eastern influences, bossa nova guitar licks and hip-hop, hipity-hop, boom bap jawns. (Enough qualifiers already!) The five-track EP is also home to some dope beats. J Biscuits, Brighton producer keeps his sounds organic. Crisp drums. Reedy sax. It’s a refreshing curse. Press play…if you dare. 

Been fairly busy lately—so busy that I’ve been sleeping on some fantastic stuff. One of those ‘fantastic’ releases happens to be Noyce’s Shmank. What’s a shmank? According to Urban Dictionary (which is more accurate if you’re of the 21st century & an internet fiend) shmank means, “To wipe your hands under your crotch and sweaty testicles, then slap someone.” [via] Let’s contextualize: Noyce, UK producer, is offering up some sweaty, crotchety beats that’ll smack you in the face. Sounds about right. At nine tracks deep the album finds itself clicking and clapping its way through the roughly 23 minute runtime. Odd synths and expansive samples fill up the remaining airspace. It’s a gorgeous downtempo electronic beats album with enough sting to please hip-hop heads as well. You better shmank yourself if you don’t like Shmank.

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Kings says, “The name Endless Fog comes from a journey home in a car with my team, TRXJVN family, DTM. On our way back from Bristol all we could see was pure thick fog surrounding everything, we could barely see anything hence the name Endless Fog. It also represents the thoughts I used to have about wanting something to happen so badly but it never would, a foggy sense of hope without realistically thinking.” You know what I think? 

That’s a whole lot of mumbo jumbo to accompany an album that’s filled with electro/trap beats. I get it. As an artists there are these “moments” and you’ll try and describe these “moments” in your art (or in terrible -pseudo-philosophical paragraphs). Kings, producer from Swindon, UK, should just say it like it is…Endless Fog is five track traptastic EP, no frills, no foggy outlook on life—just trap shit.

I’m not sure what kind of running BEWILDERBEAST engages in, but it’s not from this world. At least, not from this decade. Running is definitely not catered for those sad sober people who like their running to be “exercise”. It’s getaway music—cool escape music for criminals who like walking away from explosions in slow motion. Maybe this kind off brand dance music was the norm around jogging and inline skating circles back in the ’90s, but today it stands as a funky glo-fi release. I can’t lie, this shit is pretty dope. Think Com Truise-ish (Truise-ish sounds Russian and translates to: dope shit) music with this drop. Dope. (‘Dope’ count: 4)

It’s always a good idea to use Times New Roman on an album cover. Just ask NC producer Constrobuz and he’ll agree. So posh. So snooty/business class like. Yeah…. Honestly, I love this Japanese bootleg look—it’s a statement dunk. It’s a, “Yeah, these are some dope jazzy hip-hop beats. It’s so good people are dubbing it on tapes and selling them at street markets/bazaars. Fuck the industry!” Constrobuz is best known for the producing Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire’s “Lou Ferigno’s Mad” and a collabo track featuring Danny Brown. This tape takes a step away from his usual oddball, quirky, muffled sampling work and turns it way down. Way down. Rain and Dust is so chill you’ll have to drink coffee while listening to avoid frostbite. Start brewing and press that sideways triangle all day long.

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Originally by Anothers Blood: http://www.anothersblood.com/