Change In Rhythm: A Celebration of the Drum Mix
For quite a while now I’ve wanted to put together a mix that featured a bunch of drum breaks, original samples, atmospheric soundtracks, and snippets of a small portion of […]
Category Archives: Drums
odp. – Acorns and Roots
Hailing from Ourense, Spain, Oscar Vázquez aka odp comes correct with his latest effort entitled Acorns and Roots. Vázquez is a multi-instrumentalist as well as a producer. Hand crafting atmospheric, […]
Fumaça Preta – Vou-Me Libertar
Photo Courtesy of Carolyn Bittancourt Fresh off of their two sided monster of a debut 45 “A Bruxa”, comes Fumaça Preta’s follow up effort on Music With Soul “Vou-me Libertar” […]
Karriem Riggins: The Intersection of Hip Hop & Jazz
From early on, it seemed that Karriem Riggins was destined for greatness. Playing instruments in the studio with his father Emmanuel, a musician with the Jazz legend Grant Green, he […]
Friend & Lover – Reach Out of the Darkness
Lately I have been shifting gears here in the lab. While working I have been listening to a lot of Free Jazz and Psychedelic Folk stuff. It feels good to […]
More Mogya
I wrote about Larry Achiampong a year ago when he released his Meh Moyga aka Sample of Me Mix. This mix was, according to Larry “a beat tape that focuses […]
Sample This: Story of the Incredible Bongo Band
Sample This: Story of the Incredible Bongo Band documents one of the most sampled and well know record in Hip Hop’s history. Narrated by Gene Simmons and directed by Dan […]
Freqnik and WDRE – Favela B-Boy Funk
Here is an upcoming release from two musicians who describe themselves as “normal dudes who want to put out music…and have fun.” Freqnik and WDRE are two long time skateboarders […]
DJ Shadow’s Home Studio Footage from 1995
Mention the word Entroducing to Hip Hop or DJ fans and they will immediately remember where they were when they got a copy of the now 16 year old classic […]
Press Cuttings (The Private Press Compacted)
It’s hard to believe that DJ Shadow’s Private Press was released 10 years ago. Time flies so quickly, really. In that time he has toured in an orb, made Hyphy […]
Flea Market Funk 