*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.
After last year`s release “Death Star Droid” berlin stromtrooper Robot Koch kept himself busy. He finished off the new Jahcoozi album “Barefoot Wanderer” which is coming out on bpitch control this spring. coinciding with the release of his “Death Star Droid Remix EP” (incl fresh mixes by Loops Haunt, Blue Daisy etc). Robot Koch was on tour in the USA and Mexico, stopping by in LA for a stunning gig at low end theory and finally settled down for 2 months in Mexcio City, where he found time to work on new material with his girlfriend and singer Grace . Visiting some ancient Maya and Atztec sites and Pyramids sure added to the spaced out magic of the new EP.
The new material is dark, percussive and surreal. Like an audible painting my leonora carrington. Its dubby but not dubstep, rather next step maybe. The songs are heavy and dripping with analog and organic sounds…. Lo Fi field recording mashed up with heavy bass and unquantized grooves. Live sounds like guitars work like samples. Vocal talent Grace, that was already featured on the Death Star Droid album and the last EP brings in a dark and yet soulful gospel vibe over Koch’s twisted beat concoctions. This EP is only a taster of the new album that should be ready to drop in october on Project: Mooncircle.
In the meantime Koch will keep himself busy with playing shows (with Dorian Concept, Stagga, Darkstar, Boxcutter) and festivals including a live show appearance at this year`s *Sonar Festival*. Download the ep preview.
Artwork by 44 Flavours!
Stay tuned. Robots don’t sleep!
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..)!
Project: Mooncircle x SpokenView Records present “Zeitgeist EP” .
The two Berlin-based labels combine forces to create a supreme independent Hip Hop release. A mere dozen of artists, utilizing two different languages, to simply provide you one thing: Good music. While Spoken View holds a good share of top notch German Rap artists, Project: Mooncircle delivers the wide diversity of its intercontinental network of musicians. The likes of Netherland's newcomer Joe Kickass , British dynamic duo *Obba Supa*, German avant-garde lyricists Sichtbeton , UK-Rap legend Lewis Parker , rhyme-roughnecks Morlockk Dilemma and Hiob , go-to-guy *Damion Davis*, John Robinson from former Fondl'em fame - all unite in the strong believe in the culture of Hip Hop. Following the labels' ideals, you'll get a cinematic artwork on top of that, collectively composed by Gordon , V.Raeter and The Binh .
Release date: 1st of april.
Project: Mooncircle x SpokenView Records präsentieren die “Zeitgeist EP” .
Die beiden Independent HipHop Labels aus Berlin stellen nun ihre erste Zusammenarbeit vor. Während Spoken View bisher mit deutschsprachigen Veröffentlichungen in Erscheinung trat, vereint Project: Mooncircle Künstler verschiedener Herkunft und Stilrichtungen. Doch die Liebe zu guter Musik und das Verständnis für HipHop als eine internationale Kultur und eine große visuelle Affinität eint die Protagonisten beider Labels. Ideen einer musikalischen Kooperation bestanden schon länger, doch erst als Morlockk Dilemma im Internet auf den Niederländer Joe Kickass aufmerksam wurde und diesen kurzum kontaktierte, nahm die Idee einer weitergehenden Zusammenarbeit Gestalt an. Am 1.April wird die „Zeitgeist EP“ nun weltweit und in limitierter Auflage auf Vinyl und in digitaler Form erscheinen. Auf der Schallplatte kollaborieren John Robinson aka Lil Sci von der legendären Fondle ’Em Gruppe Scienz of Life mit dem Berliner Allrounder Damion Davis , Obba Supa die Newcomer aus dem Londoner-underground mit den avandgadisten von Sichtbeton , das UK-Rapurgestein Lewis Parker mit dem berliner Keller-MC Hiob und, wie schon erwähnt, Joe Kickass mit Morlockk Dilemma . Das cineastisch mystische Artwork stammt aus der Feder von The Binh , Gordon und V.Raeter .
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