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Slimkat78 chops up an R&B classic for his Beat Of The Day series.
If you missed it, he and yU dropped an EP on Valentine’s Day
as The 1978ers. You can still grab it for free right here.
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Blackberry Jones and yU record from two sides of town with “The
LifeLine”, a dedication to a creative gathering that went down
in the DMV area during the mid-90′s. BBJ is asking those
who want to help develop this project to contact
him on Twitter (@mmmblackberry).
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Ahmad speaks candidly with Curators of Hip-Hop about his
artistry, the liberating aspects of his education at Stanford
University, and the inspiration he has gained from his
loved ones. His highly acclaimed LP The Death Of
Me is available @ WeClap.com & on iTunes.
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Apollo Brown – Tao Te Ching | Download via Bandcamp
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Apollo Brown‘s new album Clouds drops officially on March 1.
But today, you can get it exclusively on iTunes. Along with
this exclusive pre-release, Apollo Brown & Mello Music
Group offer “Tao Te Ching” to you for free. Enjoy.
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The Beat Society producer showcase went down in NY recently,
featuring Nottz, Buckwild, Evil Dee, Khrysis, Kaimbr, Hassaan
Mackey & more. Check out this video featuring highlights from
the evening. Beat Society also just dropped a mixtape of
live performances from the event’s last nine years. The
mixtape is available here as a free download.
Click Here for the Download Link and Tracklist
Posted in CK Download, CK LAZERS, CK Video
Tagged Beat Society, Buckwild, Evil Dee, Hassaan Mackey, Kaimbr, Khrysis, Nottz
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Thavius Beck demonstrates Novation‘s powerful Ultranova synthesizer.
The Ultranova introduces new features to the Nova family, including
wavetable synthesis, more powerful filters, a software editor and
a touch-sense performance mode. Visit here for more info.
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Minneapolis/LA trio KING present the whimsical video for “The
Story”, the single from their upcoming EP of the same name.
The clip & song remind me of the kind of thing that aired on
BET‘s Video Vibrations back in the day, with a current
twist. Visit weareKING.com for updates and info.
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Last night I listened to Apollo Brown‘s new LP Clouds on
my phone while playing Pac-Man. This is my review.
At the onset, Clouds pulls you in with “Sound Of Guns”, prepping the listener
for an “experience”. The music of “Sound Of..” is moving enough, but the
lyrics are truly mind-blowing. Not since Outkast‘s “You May Die” has
an intro been so sad and hopeful at once. Before you know it,
you’re whisked away into the clouds. And that’s the thing
about this album. It works its vibe at a confident
pace & by the time Track 9 (“Push”) arrives,
the listener is fully immersed.
At times the mood is foreboding, other times nocturnal, & other times
menacing. Pretty much every tone suggested by the title Clouds is
present here. A lot of instrumental releases come off like archive
songs that producers remove the vocals from and *voila*: new
album. Clouds is easily not the case. It is one of those rare
things nowadays: a truly complete instrumental effort.
Pick this one up, press play and zone out.
Apollo Brown “Clouds” is available March 1 via Mello Music Group.
Last night:
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Witness a day in the life of Isolated Wax, a hard-working label based
in San Jose, CA. Visit their site to get info on new and upcoming
releases by Megabusive, Dave Dub, NGAFSH and more.
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Engineer/producer Willie Green shares some key knowledge for mixers &
recorders out there, whether the lab is at home or in a professional
recording environment. Click the pic above to read and learn.
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