It's a diggable little number, with delicate melodies and gritty drum patterns... Compositionally, I'd say this still feels a little green, but I'm sure this is only going to improve over time, and soon enough we'll be hearing great things from Halle, Germany's own TONSPENDER.
I haven't actually focused this blog on anything predominantly hip-hop oriented thus far. Sure it's influence is felt throughout my usual postings, but in my general method of genre focus (and I'm sure I'm not alone here) I tend to stick to my faves at the time I was still digging in one style, while exploring other genres for fresh sounds... In my experience, I can't really absorb as much if I focus on, say, more than 3 distinct genres at a time. At any rate, I've definitely been hearing new hip-hop on the regular, but I haven't made it my mission to unearth new sounds in quite awhile. I intend on changing this starting today. (Today's whole Guru tragedy, as well, seems to give this decision some added weight.)
Enter Aleon Craft on a wave of cosmic soul, with carefully and pleasingly blended elements of sampladelic funk, relaxed backpack flows (but still rough edges in all the right places), and lyrical astrology that's as strong of a keystone as you're going to find to hold it all together. At once fresh and familiar, this (SMKA produced effort) is definitely made for good times outside and makes life a bit more vibrant when this is your roving soundtrack.
After my gig with Lazer Sword on Friday night, it occurred to one of the other DJs (Erik aka Unicorn Fukr) was missing his mascot... It's a 3 foot tall plush unicorn that the crowd usually takes pictures of in various horrible (usually odd sexual) positions.
So we're starting a campaign to reach out to the Unicornappers and see if they might rethink their thieving lives.
Keepin' my head above water. Makin' a wave if I can. If you are the owner of a photo or track that's shown on this blog, and you want it removed, consider it done.
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