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Sundrenched - Emerald.EP

It’s been a while since we heard from Sundrenched, so thankfully he has returned with a brand new EP. Lo-fi pitch bent melodies seem to be all the rage on indie beats at the moment and so far, they’ve been sounding great. Sundrenched has added to the cause with his new Emerald.EP. Following on from …

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NOAH B - beats for better living

NYC beat maestro NOAH B gives us some atmospheric and glitchy sounds on his latest beat tape. Any mention of computer games, musically or lyrically, and you’ll have my attention. That’s what NOAH B did with “beats for better living“, his latest beat tape over on his Bandcamp. The aura on each track is creatively …

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Holyy Smokess - Life In The Core

Welsh producer Holyy Smokess drops a new beat tape oozing with that 80s analog sound. The man behind Yoko Temple, Jevon James, dropped a new beat tape yesterday under the guise Holyy Smokess. Entitled Life In The Core, it’s packed with wonky melodies, hazy analog hissing and plenty of offbeat 80s percussion. Particular favourites include Thinking Grain …

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Languid Wants You to Pheel the Love

The homie Languid takes no days off even on his days off.  Fresh off the last collaborative effort with SoulStarr, Languid’s back with a new LP entitled Pheels and it’s all about that love jones in your bones. The Zimbabwean-born British producer continues to showcase his talents on this smoother-than-smooth release, further proving that he …

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ONE TO WATCH: Hominidae

If atmospheric sampling and instrumentation is what you’re into, you better keep tabs on our One To Watch, Hominidae. Hominidae (stylised Hominidæ) is a producer from Raleigh, North Carolina. His spacious beats are sprinkled with crackling nuances, drum compression of varying intensity and an overall chilled out nature. In fact, nature is the perfect word to describe …

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Flamingosis - Reworks

Coming from Jersey, USA, Flamingosis releases his debute album on new label Em La La Terra. Samples are our flesh and blood so we’ll lap up albums featuring them. Emerging label/collective Em La La Terra only launched on Valentine’s Day and they already have an album in their catalogue from Flamingosis. Entitled Reworks, the name …

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Georgia Anne Muldrow - Akosua

The wonderful Georgia Anne Muldrow is offering a free track as part of Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series. Georgia Anne Muldrow’s Seeds was one of my favourite albums of last year and not wanting to slow things down, she is contributing to Mello Music Group’s 7″ Series with 2 brand spanking new tracks. Entitled Akosua and In My Heart, …

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Wayphaser - Tunnelvision (EP)

Get a 80s pop injection into your ears with Wayphaser’s new EP. With genres like chillwave and 80s-inspired albums like Jessie Ware’s Devotion, that kind of retro synth pop is making a resurgence in an era which has, surprisingly, moved on a lot since then. Maybe it’s that nostalgic sound of teenage youth for those …

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Dave Redi - Monologic

Netherlands based MC/producer Dave Redi gives us some Monologic. Monologic. The title says it all, a monologue of a single speaker dwelling on personal experience – Dave Redi Off the back of two successful beat tapes, The Ear Infection Sessions and Insomniac Music, Dave Redi has returned this time with a full album of beats …

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BoomBaptist - Jazz Hands

They say the stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas. If you’re Austin, TX native BoomBaptist, you have to be feeling like your about to go supernova at any given moment.