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Latin Bitman
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Stockholm Mix Sessions, Vol. 3
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The Magic Dragon
:Album Description:2003 long player debut from Japanese recording artist Maiku Takahashi which was produced, recorded, arranged and engineered by Andy Cato of Groove Armada fame. Digipak. Guidance Recordings. :As Caia, Japanese producer Maiku Takahashi comes up with a solid debut filled with ambient space and druggy downtempo. Produced by Groove Armada's Andy Cato, The Magic Dragon has some of that band’s soulful warmth, but Caia's sound is even smoother, layered with rich chill tunes and hypnotic effects. Wordless choruses float like little fluffy clouds into extended bridges, mixing up the structure ...
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Your Mom's Favorite DJ
:Album Description:2003 long player debut from Japanese recording artist Maiku Takahashi which was produced, recorded, arranged and engineered by Andy Cato of Groove Armada fame. Digipak. Guidance Recordings. :As Caia, Japanese producer Maiku Takahashi comes up with a solid debut filled with ambient space and druggy downtempo. Produced by Groove Armada's Andy Cato, The Magic Dragon has some of that band’s soulful warmth, but Caia's sound is even smoother, layered with rich chill tunes and hypnotic effects. Wordless choruses float like little fluffy clouds into extended bridges, mixing up the structure ...
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The Platform
: :L.A.'s Dilated Peoples get back to b-boy basics with their long-awaited major-label debut. Longtime darlings of hip-hop's underground, Dilated stays true to their roots with The Platform, combining spare, churning bass hooks with Babu's epic turntable episodes. Guest artists like Tha Alkaholiks, Planet Asia, and Freestyle Fellowships' Aceyalone add fuel to the flames set ablaze by the straight-spittings of MCs Iriscience and Evidence. Buoyantly braggadocious, the fellas swap positive abstract poetics with swagger and grace--rhymes like 'I never got redemption from an honorable mention / So my lyrics hug the bat ...
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DJ Qbert's Complete Do It Yourself, Vol. 2: Skratch Sessions
: :L.A.'s Dilated Peoples get back to b-boy basics with their long-awaited major-label debut. Longtime darlings of hip-hop's underground, Dilated stays true to their roots with The Platform, combining spare, churning bass hooks with Babu's epic turntable episodes. Guest artists like Tha Alkaholiks, Planet Asia, and Freestyle Fellowships' Aceyalone add fuel to the flames set ablaze by the straight-spittings of MCs Iriscience and Evidence. Buoyantly braggadocious, the fellas swap positive abstract poetics with swagger and grace--rhymes like 'I never got redemption from an honorable mention / So my lyrics hug the bat ...
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The Ablist
: :As a member of the X-Ecutioners, Rob Swift has made a name for himself as a particularly progressive turntablist. Embracing his technique as a vehicle for expression like any other artist, Swift solidifies this bold vision on his solo debut, The Ablist. Exhibiting a jazzy, freestyle DJ aesthetic with roots in rap, hip-hop, and urban soul, Swift produces a unified sound emphasizing his turntable skills without ever abandoning the premise of actual song form. Swift scratches and spins his way though 13 stimulating compositions, enlisting the aid of rappers, singers, and ...
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Bass Is the Name of the Game
: :As a member of the X-Ecutioners, Rob Swift has made a name for himself as a particularly progressive turntablist. Embracing his technique as a vehicle for expression like any other artist, Swift solidifies this bold vision on his solo debut, The Ablist. Exhibiting a jazzy, freestyle DJ aesthetic with roots in rap, hip-hop, and urban soul, Swift produces a unified sound emphasizing his turntable skills without ever abandoning the premise of actual song form. Swift scratches and spins his way though 13 stimulating compositions, enlisting the aid of rappers, singers, and ...
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Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
:Album Description:Impulsive! is a collection of reworked songs from the esteemed catalog of Impulse! Records. Mining a generation of experimental, visionary DJs/producers, Impulsive! re-imagines legendary jazz tracks from composers like Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Yusef Lateef and more. The music of Impulse! was a crucial component to the development of jazz music in the '60s and '70s, allowing its artists a home to work out their most creative ideas, and that spirit continues today with Impulsive!.
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The Best of Return of the DJ
: :Bomb celebrated it's 50th release in 2003 with this special limited edition CD. The Best of Return Of the DJ features the cream of the crop from the first 4 volumes - Qbert (Wave Twisters), Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners, Mixmaster Mike of Beastie Boys, Mr. Dibbs of Atmosphere, DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples, Kid Koala (Ninja Tune), Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw) and many more world famous deejays. Also includes a special 14 minute Return of the DJ Megamix by DJ T-Rock.
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