Carlos Nino is a man of two very different natures. On one hand, he is very much the kind of guy who talks about vibrations, cooperatives, and describes music that touches him as magical. But whereas many of the idealists he shares a vocabulary with fall short when it comes to execution, there [...]
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I approach producer albums like blind dates. Sure, there’s a chance they’ll be good, but you probably shouldn’t hold your breath. The problem is that most producers fail to take control of their own projects. Instead of creating music and picking the appropriate contributors to round it out, most producers assemble an [...]
Alright, people, let’s say it together: SA-RA (pronounced sah rah). If you haven’t been under a rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard the buzz about the NY/LA threesome, whose debut album, Set-Ups and Justifications, will soon drop, courtesy of Kanye West’s label, G.O.O.D Music. If you have been under a [...]
Dating back to his college radio show at Vanderbilt University, Stones Throw General Manager Eothen Alapatt has made a habit of digging up long-forgotten music legends. His love for musical history is at the heart of what he’s done for the past 10 years. All that said to lay the foundation for where [...]
Sometimes it’s the people in the background of a conversation that have the most interesting things to say. It recently happened to me, while I was talking to Spinna’s longtime friend Joc Max. A tiny voice interrupted us and murmured something I couldn’t make out. “That’s right,” Joc answered in his best [...]
The word “tweener” in sporting vernacular is usually employed to describe a player with a long list of “not quites.” Not quite tall enough to play a certain position, not quite fast enough for another. Not quite this or that. The normal result is that a versatile and talented athlete washes out [...]
Will Holland aka Quantic has a DJ’s sense of rhythm and it shows throughout his production work. This makes sense considering he is a sought after DJ on both sides of the Atlantic. The rhythm section of each song on An Announcement to Answer is geared to moving bodies on a dancefloor. [...]
There’s something to the concept of Collective Efforts latest album. It’s titled Medicine and the album notes suggest it could help you develop a happier, healthier outlook on life. After listening to it repeatedly over the past few weeks, I’ll be damned if Medicine doesn’t actually put you in a better mood.
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Yeah this review is a little late. What can I say, we’re still getting our record service up. Labels don’t just automatically believe you when you call them up and say you want a record for a review. Untrusting bastards. All you cats getting record service and not doing anything with [...]
I do record reviews for the magazine every month, but I very rarely recommend records personally to friends. Shine Through is an exception. I’ve talked about this record to anyone who would listen for almost a month now. It is one of those records that cannot be praised highly enough. Aloe [...]
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