Entries in Instrumental (77)

Saturday
May072011

Young Montana? - Midnight Snacks

Introduced to the world last year on Radio 1 by Mary Anne Hobbs, Young Montana? is a 20 year old Downtempo/Electronic producer from Coventry. The other day he released his highly anticipated debut album, which is full of exceptional skill and unique sampling styles that have created a genre of music we have never heard before. Limerence is what we have all been waiting for.

Friday
May062011

Onra - L.O.V.E.

Onra is a French Hip-Hop producer who over the past few years has received a ridiculous amount of praise from people all around the world, with some labelling him as the modern day Dilla. From this brand new demo that he uploaded to his SoundCloud earlier today, you can see why; he pushes the boundaries and does things that Hip-Hop producers shouldn't be doing. Super stuff.

Thursday
May052011

DJ Mitsu The Beats - T.R.O.Y. x Award Tour

DJ Mitsu The Beats is one of many Japanese Hip-Hop producers to emerge from the scene over the past 10 years and be recognised by people across the pond. Recently he has released a new instrumental album called Loop Amplitude, which sees him do Jazz re-works of 18 classic 1990s Hip-Hop tracks. If you like Hip-Hop, then you need this in your life. T.R.O.Y.

Thursday
Apr212011

Sky With Hand

For those of you who don’t know, Blue Sky Black Death is a production duo based in San Francisco. They have been releasing quality Hip-Hop instrumental mixtapes/albums consistently for the past 4 years, however this latest release is my favourite to date. Using live instrumentation and a unique sampling style they create a sound that allows you to get lost in the music, bringing out thoughts that you never knew existed. The track below gives you a taste of what you can expect, but I advise you to listen to it from start to finish, either in a dark room or outside on a beautiful Summers day - both work. Instrumental album of the year.

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Friday
Apr082011

Overstanding x Ocean Of Pain

Here are two new tracks taken from two different upcoming Cold Busted projects. First up is Overstanding by Brandon Bass that will feature on a 21 track LP called Stone Cold Busted 2, which is out June 22nd and includes lots of delicious stuff from pretty much every member of the CB team. Listen to what is said on this - it’s very interesting, and very true.

Next up is another exceptional piece of Trip-Hop, which is taken from Astro Raph’s upcoming EP, I Can Touch The Stars, which will be available on May 11th. This label never ceases to amaze me. Both of these releases are a must buy for me.

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Thursday
Mar312011

The Way You Stance x Shanghai Showdown

Another release from Cold Busted, and another spectacular musical journey. This time it’s courtesy of Belgian producer Sixfingerz, who has taken Trip-Hop to a whole new level, drafting in samples from all around the world and creating a sound that I’ve never heard before. Midnight Finger Gymnastics is everything I love about this label and one of the best Trip-Hop albums you will ever listen to - that is no word of a lie. Sometimes I find it hard to pick two tracks to showcase the overall sound of an album, but this one was genuinely impossible, I did try though. If you like what you hear and support music that comes straight from the heart, then you can get your copy on June 8th. I’ll be playing this non-stop, for a very long time.

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Friday
Feb252011

Stop, Look, Listen

A lovely little track taken from Crackerjack’s upcoming instrumental release, A Beautiful Mind, which will be available March 16th on Cold Busted. Marvin lives on.

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Monday
Feb142011

Wet Dreams

Following on from Gramatik’s Street Bangerz 1, 2 and 3; Cold Busted have passed the baton on to German producer Krystian Shek for part 4, and I’m happy to say that he has done a sterling job in continuing this incredible series. Here is one of my favourite tracks from the album, which uses a classic sample from a classic Snoop track. You like? I like.

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Wednesday
Jan192011

Nottingham

This is a track taken from Savcloud’s exceptional instrumental album, Build, which will be the 2nd release from Busted Beats, the new sub-label of Cold Busted. Blending Hip-Hop with Electronic sounds and adding classic Soul samples, this is just another example of why I think so much of these guys. This will be available on March 9th. Chicka chicka BOOM!

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Tuesday
Jan112011

Phihzdarhija Yo

A very thoughtfully put together piece of music that will feature on Bloody Tadi’s upcoming EP, Cheen Cheen Bitches. It will be released on Busted Beats, which is a new sub-label of my pals Cold Busted. This lovely bit of Electro-Funk will be available on February 9th.

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