*SHAHMEN* is what hip-hop is supposed to sound like in the year 2010. The SHAHMEN sound is a dance between moments of pure tonal bliss and dark, hard, banging beats .
Imagine, SENSE (of The Q4) as the mystical, more musically composed student of Muggs and RZA , who learned a secret his teachers did not. Building from their foundation, he reaches new plateaus in the dimensionality of sample composition. Finding his own, unique formula for interweaving haunting melodies between head banging drums, the music pulls you into a trance like state where the rock solid voice of B L S finds the perfect soundscape to sink in. Straight up, B L S has the realest voice in rap in a very long time; ranging from a thundering bass which most rappers can only mimic with a pitch-shift, to a hazy drawl reminiscent of a cowboy in an old western. The unique vocal tone is matched in the lyrics, and B L S stands apart in the original narratives he weaves, leaving far behind the overused and tired archetypes of street stories, and pop-culture punch lines.
Simply put, SHAHMEN the illest seven letter word since OutKast or Nirvana. "Been around the world, already touched six continents, the same pair of Vans slip-ons walked all of 'em, I found Sense floating on a boat in holla land, and ever since then we been building and acknowledging... The world is truly strange, and it only gets stranger, The scenery is beautiful but I also sense danger" -The Stranger, SHAHMEN .
Mixed by Sense, Vocals by BLS, Unorthadox & mastered by Arts The Beatdoctor . Artwork by The Binh & Bioniq from Russia.
Now, Joe is back to bring you his first full length album entitled ‘Mind Joe’ . It’s a diverse soul, jazz and oldskool infused ride, laced with witty and gritty vocals and wrapped in a sick cover design sporting Joe’s own illustrations. Besides getting Portformat, Arts The Beatdoctor of The Q4 and of course Killing Skills on board, Joe again composed the majority of the beats himself proving himself as versatile as some kind of walking computer car that has yet to be invented.
This 17 track album brings your beloved hiphop back to life with it’s raw but musically underpinned sound and lets you dive in Joe’s mind as well as making you mind Joe for a long time to come.
‘Mind Joe’ by Joe Kickass will be released on the 4th of June on Project: Mooncircle and will be available on LP, CD and digital. For more info check www.projectmooncircle.com and www.joekickass.nl.
Watch out for Joe's show with Lewis Parker & John Robinson at Splash & Hip Hop Kemp Festival 2010!
Just a little promo clip for a club in Rotterdam but she's in the studio for the upcoming Esperanzah & Sense alias Numaads "NOW" EP, 12 Inch (produced by Sense of The Q4 and with remix versions by Arts The Beatdoctor, Robot Koch and more..)!
Arts The Beatdoctor dürfte vielleicht manchen schon ein Begriff sein. Er veröffentlichte vor 2 Jahren sein Album "Transitions" auf Unexpected Records (Label von Perquisite). Zusammen mit Sense & STW gründete er 2005 die Band "The Q4 – The QuadraphoniQuartet" und fast 5 Jahre später gibt es das kleine, aber feine Album auf die Teller der Welt. Hier schon mal ein Track zum kostenlosen Download.
Am Samstag gab es ein kleines Label Meeting von Project: Mooncircle mit MR COOPER (London), THE Q4 (Amsterdam), GLEN PORTER (Los Angeles) & dem Spezial Gast SUBTITLE (Los Angeles) von Alpha Pup! Hier sind einige Eindrücke:
Am Samstag gibt es ein kleines Label Meeting von Project: Mooncircle mit MR COOPER (London), THE Q4 (Amsterdam), GLEN PORTER (Los Angeles) & dem Spezial Gast SUBTITLE (Los Angeles) von Alpha Pup! Eine kleine Live Performance der Artwork Designer gibt es dazu und man kann bestimmt einiges abgreifen! Das ganze beginnt um 18:00 Uhr bis 20:00 Uhr und alle Künstler werden in diesem Zeitraum eine Live Performance machen!
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