J’ai perdu mon temps à me conformerNon, non il n’y a rien à faire, on ne peut pas me transformerEt puis le système est tellement fort que tu choisis ton clanAu départ tu te repères en faisant comme les grands... Disiz la Peste has roots in Senegal and Belgium but grew up in the Paris ghettos. He "burst onto the French music scene with his streetwise hip hop eight years ago". The spot was directed and animated by Angry Natives (that is the duo of Max Oginni and Ewen Stenhouse)at Th1ng. Disiz la Peste ha radici in Senegal e Belgio, ma è cresciuto nei ghetti di Parigi. Si impone sulla scena francese otto anni fa, col suo hip hop che viene dalla strada. Lo spot è stato diretto ed animato da Angry Natives (ossia il duo Max Oginni ed Ewen Stenhouse) presso Th1ng. TAG: Tutti i post su Try Life in Another Language. DOWNLOAD (HI RES): Scarica Disiz.[Format: MPEG-4 - Size: 28 MB - Running Time: 1 min.] DOWNLOAD: Scarica Disiz.[Format: Quicktime - Size: 28 MB - Running Time: 1 min.] WATCH: Guarda Disiz in finestra. DOWNLOAD (ALT.): Scarica Disiz.[Format: Ogg Video - Size: 33 MB - Running Time: 1 min.] LINK: Visita Th1ng. LINK: Visita Try Life in Another Language. CODECS: Ogg - Apple Quicktime Less

Way Wild: Something Like Hip Hop | The Netaudio scene is a laboratory for musicians, a place to publish sounds the mainstream isn’t ready for yet. Exactly the right knothole for Portland-based Owl Dudes. Their approach to experimental lo-fi Hip Hop incorporates shoegazing textures, hardcore rap and a good amount of knob tweaking. Fresh and challenging. The Owl Dudes are Jesse Johnson and Paul Wig, two white breads from boomtown Portland, Oregon. They published their debut “For The Feelers” by the hands of UK La Familia label, one of the most miraculous and enigmatic Notlabels I know. We get to know nothing about the Dudes despite free access to their songs in MP3 format. That’s fairly enough, no? “For The Feelers” consists of nine rather short tracks and drafts, blending into each other like a mixtape. Part vocal part instrumental, the Owl Dudes take the best from Hip Hop, Punk and electronic music to create something exciting and new. Their snotty raps sound tight and draw influences from both Hip Hop and US Hardcore. Beats are scattered loosly about their tracks, changing seats with noisy textures and unexpected samples which is excellently matched by the trashy sound of the EP. Where some of the vocal tracks make you think of Anticon-head Sole and in face of the Ambient textures Odd Nosdam has to be mentioned, the Owl Dudes do something very unique and refreshing. Night time, owls at work. MP3 Hip Hop Music Download Release Site: Owl Dudes - “For The Feelers” Direct Download: “For The Feelers” ZIP Netlabel: www.8302.net/familia Artist Website: www.myspace.com/owldudes Less

A Quilt Of Experimental Hip Hop | If Max Ernst would have been a b-boy, his beats would have sounded like this. Right from their junk flats in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg, glue-sniffers DJ Internet and Kid Kool combine a myriad of jumble sale samples to atmospheric collages of experimental Hip Hop, digital Turntableism and, every now and then, the old floozie Pop. Ingenious on second try. Most innovative music needs repeated listen. Consider Free Jazz: the unexperienced ear can’t sort out the fractalized grooves and widespread harmonies. Autechre might sound random if you’re not used to experimental electronic music. Madlib’s beats for himself as Quasimoto can be considered as unfinished drafts someone accidentally dropped rhymes on top. Internet & Kool are neither Free Jazz or IDM but can be compared with Madlib, Kid Koala or cLOUDDEAD. Both guys are well-known producers and label heads from the (East-) Berlin Rap underground. Internet spins the wheels as DJ V-Raeter and forms the duo Sichtbeton alongside MC Lunte. Kid Kool is Felix K., founder of Dubtech label Hidden Hawaii, journalist and producer. He’s also part of the Hungry Men crew. As a band, Internet & Kool produce loose sample-based Hip Hop, sometimes smooth and atmospheric, sometime rough and edgy and closer to radio play than truebred Rap. Dressed to size with a fine sensibility for Pop structures, “God Likes The Picture of You” is a fresh piece of intelligent Hip Hop music. MP3 Hip Hop Music Download Direct Download: DJ Internet & Kid Kool - “God Likes The Picture Of You” Netlabel: www.hungrymenrecords.com Artist Website: DJ Internet | Kid Kool Less

Funky and Smoky Downbeats| Yeah, Dope Beats ahoi! If you like groovy breakbeats, we have some candy for your ears. With Suhohvs melodic “Symphaty Modul EP” you get lots of strings, cut-up vocals and excellent sampled loops. Every song is carefully put together to kidnap you for a marvellous organised robbery. I guess Suhov is a true vinyl-nerd with a huge collection of rare grooves, jazz and funk. Start the track “Exx Fuck” by Suhov and this smart EP sucks you immediately into the music. Suhov opens his music-library and like in the old days of Hip Hop, he samples what sounds great and fits best. Take a flute from this record, combine it with that lively piano-hook and fatten the big beats…listen…yeah… definitely groovy! But the best thing of all: Next to the delicious toppings I am happy, that I never haven’t listened to all those samples before - fascinating. This is killer material, searched with care and composed to present an amazing music release. If you like music by Mr. Scruff, Jazzanova, De-Phazz, Yonderboi or Propellerheads, this damn fine netlabel release by the young and promising netlabel Budabeats is a must! To me, release of the month! MP3 Music Download Download: Suhov - “SSympathy Modul EP” (ZIP-Archive) Release: Suhov - “Sympathy Modul EP” Netlabel: www.budabeats.com Less

A Detroit Summer-Meet Invincible by Davey D We sat down and chopped it up with Invincible who continues in the footsteps of the Motor City’s long line of legendary musicians. She recently released an album called ‘Shape Shifters’ which is critically acclaimed and has more than a few critics calling it one of the best albums of the year up to this point. Originally from Israel/Palestine, Invincible is as well known for her political work and activism with organizations like the US-Palestine Youth Solidarity Network and Detroit Summer’s Live Arts Media Project as she is for her music and her being a member of the all female crew the Anomalies. She cut her teeth in the early 90s by listening to Golden era Hip Hop which helped her learn English. She later started rapping and eventually battling. She came up in the hey day of Detroit’s Freestyle scene which was best personified by movie 8 Mile and represented by the late Proof’s Hip Hop Shop gathering place. Although Invincible didn’t go to the Hip Hop Shop, she did go to other places and made a name for herself. The rest they say is history. During our interview we start off by talking about the Detroit school system and how its been falling apart. Invincible works with an organization called Detroit Summer which is helping to give young people a viable alternative. She expressed her disappointment in Detroit’s so called Hip Hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who she claims is not an ally to grassroots movements in the city. She noted how Kilpatrick wants to put forth more police in the schools while allowing over 90 public schools to close on his watch. She pointed out that the Mayor has little respect for the students and the communities that have built alliances to uplift them. We also tackle the issue of gentrification and how its impacted the Detroit. Invincible talked about mayor Kilpatrick has allowed landmarks like the old Motown building to be bulldozed to make way for a parking lot. She and her partners have put together a long form video that highlights one of her albums hit songs ‘Locust’ which focuses on gentrification. In this mini-documentary Invincible features local housing activists and shows the site of the old Motown building which had all sorts of memorabilia including recording notes from singer Marvin Gaye being destroyed. Also with respect to the issue of gentrification, we talked about the last project that Proof was working on and was eventually completed and released through his old manager Khalid called ‘Take Back the Land’. This was a compilation album that talked about the importance of land ownership and how people in the hood needed to buy up their blocks. During our interview we talked in depth about the history and current manifestations of Detroit’s music scene. We talked about how this city was home to not only Motown, but also a vibrant funk scene. George Clinton and his Parliament crew used to record in the Motor City. We talked at length about the Techno scene and producer Juan Atkins who was a key architect for that along with electro-funk. We talked about iconic figures like Awesome Dre, Mojo, Madd Mike and DJ Jeff Mills who once got fired from a radio station for playing Public Enemy. We talked about today’s new crop of artists ranging from soul singers like Dwele and Platinum Pied Pipers to groups like Underground Resistance, Wajeed Slum Village, Black Milk and D12 to artists like Guilty Simpson, Ms Corona and her rhyming partner Finale. Of course we spoke about the important role Detroit’s fallen soldiers Big Proof and J-Dilla played in the development of the city’s landscape. Invincible pointed out how J-Dilla and Proof while appearing to be on opposite sides of the music spectrum, in reality started off belonging to the same group. We talked about how people have attempted to exploit the legacy of people like Dilla. Invincible noted that she knew the legendary producer in passing and that it would be hypocritical for her to suddenly start using his beats and acting like they were old homies. Invincible did a song on her new album that addresses this scenario called ‘In the Mourning’. We also compared notes in terms of what Proof’s Hip Hop Shop meant to up and coming artists in Detroit and how it nurtured their careers. We saw comparisons between the Hip Hop Shop and LA’s Good Life, the Bay Area’s Upper Room and New York’s famed Latin Quarters. We concluded our interview by talking about the ethnic background of Detroit’s residents and how Invincible who is white/Jewish managed to navigate a world in which she is a minority. We also talked about the paths she’s had to follow being a woman and how political discourse manifest itself in her music. Less

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A very funny and unusual first part of the set from Dj Mao, followed by the floor warm up from Dj Jazzghisa...loads of jazz and funk goodies this is part one of our eclectic voyage live and fresh... Check out our website for a comprehensive list of dj sets from upfront artists Less

A very funny and unusual first part of the set from Dj Mao, followed by the floor warm up from Dj Jazzghisa...loads of jazz and funk goodies this is part one of our eclectic voyage live and fresh... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Less

A phat Hip Hop Package | With “Because Best Things Are Free” Ideology Netlabel delivers a heavy and delicate compilation. Next to amusing german rhymes, laid-back Hip Hop-instrumentals twinkle in the afternoon sun. Next to well-known netaudio-artists like Comfort Fit, Gringo Starr and freaks from the Colonius Monk Collective you find new heroes like Niwa or Pestopan. I have to admit, that Ideology Netlabel distributes some of the best downbeat and hip hop-instrumentals in the last months. Alternative and skillful productions lift also this compilation up and make it one of my favorite samplers in this month. What’s amazing about this little diamond, is the fact, that we stumble upon disco-inspired tracks like “When she looked at me (i saw her wondering)” from Niwa into techy Hip Hop-Beats produced by Comfort Fit. But wait, there are some real stompers round the corner: After we left the “Time Machine” we walk through a city full of noise. While the jackhammer pumps, Pestopan rocks his smiling monster-track “Clgn Sght Hrng”. Five Stars, lots of medals and “Thank You’s!” to the musicians for this package! MP3 Hip Hop Music Download Netlabel: ideology.de Release: Various - because best things are free (Edition Hiphop) Download: Various - “Because Best Things Are Free” (ZIP-Archive) Less

Hardboiled Electronic Hip Hop | Niteffect is back with an 30-minutes length EP for the German Kreislauf Netlabel. While his former “Fragments” EP was more like a glimpse of Miklos Labady’s talent for hypnotic beats, “Lost Identity” is the prove of his qualities in songwriting, too. Ten songs that oscillate from Downbeat to instrumental Hip Hop to IDM. Versatile and catchy. Hungary-born Miklos Labady is quite active in the Netaudio-scene. While his Niteffect-moniker is strictly Kreislauf, a few records under the name of Nick Otheen are online at Enough Records and Laced Milk. Labady extracts the brooding darkness of Dubstep, takes the groovy downtempo beats of Hip Hop (some might say Trip Hop) and plays his dirty little game by adding the right amount of Electronica. “Lights Off” and “Blur Emotion” feature grumbling bass synthesizers that sound like pitched-down Mr. Oizo and spiced with some fine cuts at “Lights Off”, Tape vs RQM. Tracks “Go With The Flow” or “No Way To West” have a stronger connection to Leftfield Electronica with blurry melodies and Boards Of Canada-style melancholia. My favorite tune on Niteffect’s “Lost Identity” is “Tropical Heat” however. With a slight shift to Trance and Afrobeat rhythmics (check the percussion!), “Tropical Heat” affects you like a maelstrom. Hypnotic, ominous, a trip into The Heart Of Darkness. MP3 Hip Hop Music Download Release Site: Niteffect - “Lost Identity” Direct Download: Niteffect - “Lost Identity” (ZIP) Netlabel: www.kreislauf.org Artist Website: www.virb.com/nlz Less

HD Video available in the underneath links Ordinary scenes from an ordinary lunch of an ordinary family. Or maybe not. Pip Skid is a Canadian rapper and writer. Pip's Kid is featured on his latest album, entitled The Pip Donahue Show, released on November 2007, and available for free download at Peanuts & Corn Records. The song features: Crumbs (Stephen Sim and Lee White), Black'n'Roll and Greg MacPherson . The video was directed by Jason Lapeyre . It was shot in one day on a Panasonic HVX-200 with non-professionals actors. Editor: Matt Hannam . The director of photography was Darren Wall . That footage at the end is taken from the public domain 1963 safety film One Got Fat. Scene ordinarie da un ordinario pranzo di una famiglia ordinaria. O forse no... Pip Skid è un rapper canadese. Pip's Kid si trova sul suo ultimo album, intitolato The Pip Donahue Show, uscito nel novembre del 2007, e disponibile per il download gratuito presso Peanuts & Corn Records. Artisti ospiti nel brano: Crumbs (Stephen Sim e Lee White), Black'n'Roll e Greg MacPherson . Il video è stato diretto da Jason Lapeyre . Girato in un giorno con una Panasonic HVX-200 ed attori non professionisti. Montaggio: Matt Hannam . Direttore della fotografia: Darren Wall . Le immagini nel finale provengono da un film di pubblico dominio sulla sicurezza, One Got Fat. thanks Jason WATCH (HD720): Guarda Pip's Kid su Vimeo.[Format: Flash Video] DOWNLOAD (ALT.): Scarica Pip's Kid.[Format: MPEG-4 - Size: 145 MB - Running Time: 4 min.] DOWNLOAD (768x432): Scarica Pip's Kid.[Format: MPEG-4 - Size: 34 MB - Running Time: 4 min.] WATCH (LOW RES): Guarda Pip's Kid in bassa.[Format: Flash Video] ALBUM: Scarica The Pip Donahue Show. LINK: Visita Peanuts and Corn. LINK: Pagina di Jason Lapeyre su Vimeo. LINK: Visita Matt Hannam. LINK: Visita Darren Wall. CODECS: Flash Less

Episode 4, Jaime introduces JRemy's video You Don't Know Me. (ft. Pigeon John & Bonafide).Directed by Jason Satterlund. Keep an eye out for a interview with Jason and visit thehumantrace.com to see a trailor for Jason's new movie. Less

Postmodern Renaissance Music | Autark is a new Austrian Netlabel, “Four Pieces” is their second release. While I was preparing to write something about their first release (a two-track EP of decent piano experimentalism featuring Hans Platzgumer), I nnsbruck based analog fanatic Krowley hit the scene. “Four Pieces” is postmodern Renaissance music for the IDM afterglow. Krowley is 17-years young producer Felix Trawöger. His EP “Four Pieces” is a fresh mixture of melodic, analog instrumentation and urban beats and synths that reminds me a lot of “Eve Future”-releases by Kraftwerk-heirs Kreidler from Düsseldorf. With “I Saw My Lady Weep” Trawöger’s EP starts bare naked with piano, spinet and viola. The whole song is a beautiful little piece of chamber music, it’s contemporary origin only proven by minor hints. Second bassedanza “Ayre” combines Aphex Twin-style beat patterns with field-recordings and an enjoyable offbeat guitar motive. For “Cyre”, Trawöger descends even further into Pop. The dense guitar instrumentation is left as slave to the mighty LFO-groove of a synth bass-line. You can hear simple drums, somewhere in the middle a flute is introduced. It’s stunning to hear how seamless Krowley’s neo-Renaissance ideas accord to nowadays genres like IDM or Hip Hop. While last song “Pavane” (!) is a bit boring, “Cyre” is an awesome piece of left-field Electronica. Well done, kid. MP3 Electronic Music Download Release Site: Krowley - “Four Pieces” Direct Download: Krowley - “Four Pieces” (ZIP) Netlabel: www.autark-net.org Artist Website: www.myspace.com/polyc1 Less

A "MegaMix" of 11 tracks (total runtime 34:38) from the album "Making Color Photocopies of Heaven's VIP Pass" by Spirit Incorporated, topics range from political prisoner solidarity, "productivity", environmental activism, and mass media to art, spirituality, and awareness. Free individual album tracks are available through www.sp1r1t1nc.com. read more Less

Dark and Urban Sketches of IDM | Pleq a.k.a. Bartosz Dziadosz is a young producer from Katowice in Poland. “His motives in sound resemble an abandoned ironworks garage during the industrial revolution, where melancholy is paired with harmonies of magnetizing structure”, as we get to know via his Myspace-account. But how does an abandoned ironworks garage sound? Bartosz is a new face to Netaudio but hit the scene with two albums and one glorious EP just recently. While his LPs at 77industry and Crazy Language have a strong leaning towards IDM, Electronica and dark Ambient, the three track EP “Songs of Sens and Nonsens” at German Envizagae caught my attention with veritable Hip Hop-influences. Combining the dark and post-industrial atmosphere of 90’s IDM with a decent amount of melancholy and advanced skills in beats, Pleq bridges from SND to Burial to Tim Hecker. The awesome thing about Pleq is that he manages to keep sound design, song writing and and downright production skills in perfect balance. All tracks on “Songs of Sens and Nonsens” are tight to the bone, feature catchy melodies and will instantly get you by the necks. Herein, “I Hear Her at the Door Now” is among the best IDM/ instrumental Hip Hop-songs I know. Not matter if considered free or commercial. Word. He’s cute, isn’t he? MP3 IDM/ Hip Hop Music Download Release Site: Pleq - “Songs of Sens and Nonsens” Direct Download: Pleq - “Songs of Sens and Nonsens” ZIP Netlabel: www.envizagae.de Artist Website: www.myspace.com/pleq Less