Darker Than Wax’s Luviia releases his new P2P Feelings EP. Well, this was a nice surprise in my inbox. Luviia may come from a nation more associated with things like Taipei 101 and “Made In Taiwan“, but this far eastern star can easily kick it amongst the more well known Japanese beat makers from that …
Kiran Kai and Carla tell us why we can’t be friends with their track, Drift. I stumbled across this spaced out gem, accompanied with a range of superbly mixed vocal effects, trap-ish hat movement and a sax infused RnB blend. In short, this track is a jam! Truth be told, I don’t know much about Kiran …
The synthesizer legend that is Bob Moog is the subject of a documentary by Hans Fjellestad. It’s the feature presentation for this week’s Saturday Matinée.
Here’s exclusive footage of Sampleface’s Starchildluke at his first-ever MPC set. It feels a little weird talking about myself in relation to Sampleface, but I’ll try and remain impartial to my phenomenal skills (just kidding). Apart from being the editor in chief here, I also produce under the name of Starchildluke. Having started back in …
UK’s Tay Devenny drops an unreleased track on Soundcloud called vault 112 before the upcoming Shrine LP. Just before we get Tay Devenny’s Shrine, he has taken to Soundcloud to upload one last track. vault 112 is unrelated to the forthcoming project but still remains firmly in the stylistic lines of Tay’s previous work. Proceedings …
Joey Bada$$ throws some gruff rhymes over DOOM-produced track Amethyst Rockstar, with help from Kirk Knight.
J Cole, the “Born Sinner” himself, has received a response from Nas, the legend himself… Say what you like about J Cole but the pressure associated with living up to the standards of an artist you admire is no easy feat. On the track “Let Nas Down”, Cole addresses how much of an inspiration Nas …
Rapper and poet Badbelly performs his track Docks for the first episode of AFTV’s Spoken Word series. When executed properly, dramatic readings of poems are pretty dope. Badbelly’s rendition of his track Docks is an example of this. He recited the lyrics as part of the first episode of AFTV’s Spoken Word series. The delivery …
Chicago’s Tensei produces “Alright!”, a funky hip hop jam featuring vocals from ADAD. We’ve known about Tensei for a while now. The Chicago-based production crew is made up of Simple X and Midas Wells and they have collaborated with the likes of Brandee Younger and a wide range of musicians. For Alright, the pair have offered …
Michael Jackson aka The King Of Pop died on this day in 2009. We remember ten quotes from the great man.
It shouldn’t have taken us this long to get you some of Lord RAJA’s brand of epic sauce into your life but better late than never, as they say. If you don’t know who Lord RAJA is, peep Nuh (Guliver) right now and sleep no more. Little is known about the beat-making supremo called Lord …
What happens when the art of rəuse calls up Richmond, Virginia’s Ohbliv to do a mix for them? Magical things like pots of gold, rainbows, and unicorns. Yep. It’s like that.
Back again, back again, that man Constrobuz is back again with another instalment into his beats discography. The new tape beats vol.6 is doper than dope itself. We’ve featured North Carolina’s Constrobuz on a couple of occasions now and each time we do, he just gets better and better. Long story short, Constrobuz dropped beats …
Sir CRKS blesses us again with another mix inspired by those chilled Sunday afternoons… Seems fitting I post about this on Sunday because it’s so perfect for it. The irony however is that I originally heard it first on a sunny Monday afternoon which helped to soothe those Monday blues and the workflow. What makes Sir …
London MC/producer Wize spits some lyrical fire over a dusty groove called Session 1. Wize has done it again. Taken from “The Guide To Summer ’13” (out 1st July) is “Session 1”, a fantastic dusty track with all the character of an early 90s jam with its crackling drum beat and lo-fi Rhodes piano sample. …
Roc-A-Fella’s Young Guru talks about his vinyl collection and why he doesn’t have time to count his records. Young Guru is more than just a producer with close ties to Jay-Z. His time as an engineer, A&R man and something of an educator has put him above many in his field. His record collection was …
T.N.T. Jackson is our feature presentation this week, starring former Playboy model Jean Bell as TNT, a black woman who wages war with Hong Kong gangs to find her missing brother. Blaxploitation movies don’t get much better/worse than this, plotwise. T.N.T. Jackson tells the tale of TNT (played by former Playmate Of The Month Jean …
In his first post for Sampleface, RKZ reviews Ghostpoet’s Some Say I So I Say Light. So I Say, right… where to begin? I’ve never been one for birthday wish lists. That was, up until this year. 2013 saw the release of a new Ghostpoet record, “Some Say I So I Say Light”. As far …
New Jersey’s Jaw Jam takes us back to the days of old school garage and adds his own unusual musical smatterings with The Truth EP. Last month, New Jersey’s Jaw Jam dropped his The Truth EP. We somehow missed this guy amongst the throng of music we listen to on a daily basis but now …
Tokimonsta remixed Astrud Gilberto’s Corcovado into an intergalactic electronic masterpiece. Both Tokimonsta and Astrud Gilberto have the ability to make you float away with their effortlessly elegant music. So when I was told that Tokimonsta had remixed Gilberto’s Corcovado, I had to check it out. My previous assumptions were confirmed within a few seconds as …