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Droppin’ Knowledge: 11 Questions For 11Roots About Life & Their Excellent Debut Album
Brooklyn rap duo 11Roots recently released their self-titled, debut album, and it’s a compact, spiritually-rooted record, with no wasted space. The songs are lyrically conscious and dense, and powerfully address many of the ills facing the United States today, both directly and more obliquely. Brown_Buddha handles the production, and Ur Maa does most of the …
PREMIERE: The Galaxy Electric – ‘Tomorrow Was Better Than Yesterday’: retrotronics to watch Earthrise
THE GALAXY ELECTRIC is American husband and wife duo Augustus and Jacqueline, who adore the music of the past of the future: that sweet, groovy as hell, jetpack-sporting and pristine white polo-necked spot where Broadcast, The Soundcarriers and others converge to fulfil the prophecy of the music we should be listening to today, in the …
TRACK: Space Captain – ‘Birthday Cards’: graceful psychedelic soul on Tru Thoughts
LIKE that friend you have that you’ve grown with and can always WhatsApp in the middle of the night, Brighton’s TruThoughts is someone you can rely on; that you can turn to when the chips are down and you need a little pizazz. The label’s consistency in panning out the glittering nuggets of artists who …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Armand Hammer Drop New Video – “Solarium/The Eucharist”
Armand Hammer, the rap duo featuring the loquacious billy woods and ELUCID, has released a new video, “Solarium” / “The Eucharist.” The animated video combines two songs from the pair’s latest release, Shrines. On the album, “Solarium” is produced by fellow wordsmith Navy Blue, and “The Eucharist” is produced by Messiah Musik. The video contains …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Standing On The Corner Releases New Single
Standing On The Corner Art Ensemble has released a new, multi-track single, “G-E-T-O-U-T!! The Ghetto,” with a promise of more music on the way. The Brooklyn music and art collective, which dropped the powerful song “Angel,” in May, has released two previous long players, 2016’s eponymous Standing On The Corner, and Red Burns, the following …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With maticulous (That’s All Lower Case!)
Welcome to this week’s edition of Behind The Boards. Today, the marvelous maticulous sits behind the boards and in the hot seat. The Brooklyn producer and crafter of sound, is, well, meticulous in his attention to detail and the construction of intricate, symphony collages. maticulous leans toward the funky, and he assembles soundscapes that can …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listen: BROWN_BUDDHA – BCK.PCK.002
One of our favorite makers of sound collages, beat tapes and instrumental hip hop here at Droppin’ Knowledge is BROWN_BUDDHA. BUDDHA, is one half of the Brooklyn hip hop group 11roots, where he is making noise with his partner, Ur Maa. The BUDDHA has shared his newest collection of instrumental hip hop, BCK.PCK.002. The BUDDHA’s …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Meet Brooklyn Hip Hop Duo 11roots
Brooklyn hip hop duo 11roots is poised to release their debut, self-titled album this summer. The pair, consisting of rhyme artist and producer Ur Maa and beat smith Brown_buddha, create jazzy, swirls of sound behind abstract, poetic lyrics. 11roots is firmly based in the traditions of the greats of Brooklyn hip hop, while at the …
Premiere: King Shoji – Untitled [8], plus interview
Prolific Detroit electronic artist King Shoji keeps his incredibly creative and prolific streak up with a new album on Muzai Records, Vortex. Which drops on May 29th. It’s a nine track ‘Suite’ of tracks, crafted in these lockdown times, it’s supposed to be listened to as a whole, rather than in parts, but despite that, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Standing On The Corner Release New Single: Angel
The Standing On The Corner Art Ensemble has released its first new music under that moniker since 2017’s Red Burns, a single entitled Angel (Life and Death of the Earth in the Key of F). The accompanying video stars pioneering director and musician Melvin Van Peebles as an astronaut floating in space, perhaps inured to …