How To Flip Birds

Here is a bubbling track from Freddie joachim’s Mellow Orange x Organology present Getaway release, getting a lot of listens right about now.

A universal beat tape aka Skillz

DJ Blueprint sent out an email last week with a heads up to a truly awesome project he has been compiling. Entitled Skillz (a universal beat tape), the concept is gather an array of timeless instrumental backdrops from a slew of rising producers. Blueprint's aim with Skillz is unearthing a bunch of talented, unheard of beat makers from around the world. I have not stopped listening to the sample mix.
I am keen to hear the finished effort.

Rather than double up, visit Blueprints This is Tomorrow and grab it from there and check these artists Space’s to hear more fresh audible produce while you’re at it. Shout out to Blueprint. Shout out to all the producers who provided some great music on this one (Check the track-list below)

It's the Beat #3

Here's a late nineties Vinyl Reanimators classic. The vocal version (instrumental is linked above) of "It's Your Life", features L. the Head Toucha and is the b-side to "Too Complex", (which you may recall hearing on DJ Premier's "...New York Reality Check 101" mix).

Related Links:

DJ Shame (Vinyl Reanimators) on My Space

If you go down to Washington Square Park, NYC

....you may just see Damu playing various beats on his MPC 2000 (see below).



The beats featured in the clip above are part of Damu's forthcoming FREE instrumental project "Overtime", to be released on the 5th of August.

For more information and soundscapes visit Wonka Beats...

Beat Check: The Basement Khemist - Vibrate

Brooklyn's DJ Spinna is one of those prolific musicians / producers / deejays whose work could never be labelled under one defintive heading. I've heard complaints that his work sounds the same a lot of the time, to me that could be further from the truth. Just glancing at his body of work on discogs, his productions / mixes are wide ranging whether it's a chilled out yet menacing house slow burner for Lizz Fields, collaborating with NY street culture aficionado Bobbito to unearth a mountain of glorious Stevie jewels, crafting b-boy dynamite in the form of Rock - where I'm going here is Vince W. has an epic body of timeless productions, mixes and collaborations. This is why his name, reputation and work is highly spoken of amongst hip hop, house heads.... to name a few.

So, this next track is one of those really cool Indie Hip Hop instrumentals from the late nineties, (no date listed on discogs, nor on the vinyl itself unfortunately).
The Basement Khemist - Vibrate came out on the US based Beyond Real recordings. One of Spinna's many cosmic, murky, soul embedded masterpieces.

Check it out here