Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Bring it Back....ini















Term papers have exhausted all of my writing abilities (not that they were ever that special). All I have to say is they hail from the U.K. which adds to this blog's ever growing Euro hip-hop influence. Myspace? yea, your turn.

"Backini began in 2004 with the release of first album 'Threads' (Lumenessence Recordings). The album was produced by Rob Quickenden using random old samples carefully nicked from charity shop records. This randomness led to a quirky, off-beat style with lots of humour and a slightly dark edge, especially when layered with fat beats, bass and synth sounds. A classic album was born and did not leave many peoples stereos for that entire summer." (http://www.myspace.com/backiniband)

Backini - Threads

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Some more trip-hop for skeptics


















“Sixtoo (aka Six Vicious, Speakerbruiser) is the main project of a Canadian hip-hop DJ, MC and producer Vaughn Robert Squire. He was born in 1978 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He came out of the mid-90's underground hip-hop sharing the stage with such notable Canadian hip-hop artists like Buck 65, Sebutones and members of the Anticon crew. This period lasted until he moved to Montreal in 2000 where he signed on with UK based label Vertical Form Records. In 2003 he signed to Ninja Tune Records. He has since focused his career on a remix project named Megasoid with Wolf Parade member Hadji Baraka.” (Wiki)

Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man