Belgian producer Freddy Bracker gives “a retrospect of the daily” with Daily Grooves & Nasty Loops. With an SP-202, DR-202, MPC2000XL, MiniNova and a lot of patience at his disposal, Freddy Bracker brings us Daily Grooves & Nasty Loops, an urban smörgåsbord of samples and ever-shifting rhythms. The textures are accentuated by the samplers because sometimes you need …
Month: February 2018
VIDEO: Black Milk – Laugh Now Cry Later
Black Milk touches on our relationship with social media in the haunting video for Laugh Now Cry Later. I shall preface this with the following statement: the end of this video fucked me up. You’ll see why when you watch it (and you totally should). Director Gerard Victor captured the stillness of the two main …
VIDEO: DJ Manipulator & Louie Gonz – Forward
DJ Manipulator and Louie Gonz pay it “Forward” with visuals for a cut off their joint project, The Loops. The Massachusetts-based double act keeps things monochrome for their Forward video. Louie Gonz expends energy on the negativity that’s plagued his life over the years over a beautiful soul sample from DJ Manipulator. As the for …
BYSON – refresh
Orlando producer BYSON and his 2017 tape “refresh” is the subject of our affections. BYSON’s refresh has a definite underground Japanese vibe; heavy on the low end with a Far East sample palette. The beats are simple in arrangement but knock hard even at their most relaxing points. Production-wise, the album was made using both …
Ozay Moore – In The Wake Of O
The artist formerly known as Othello brings his storytelling to a new project. This is Ozay Moore’s In The Wake Of O.