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KeysOpenDoors

DJ Tree/admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:56:01 +0000

I found this dope beat tape on one of my recent web travels. The concept for the album impressed me as much as the music itself .

Most great music is made as an effort to expand oneself, and this Hayling’s effort as a seasoned keyboard player to do more then sample the greats . He has deconstructed the music and recreated the colors of Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonius Monk, then he looped and chopped the samples on his MPC and added a good dose of the BoomBap.

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Flying Lotus More Than Cartoons

DJ Tree/admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:23:19 +0000

Flying Lotus is truly doing some space aged music.

If you’ve been up late and decided to watch The Cartoon Network and found yourself nodding your head then you’ve heard the abstract beats of Flying Lotus. Adult Swim uses Fly Lo’s beats as the backdrop for there sometimes weird and minimalist promo’s.

Cosmogramma is Flying Lotus’s new album that its full of lush layered sounds ,blips and complex textured beats that fall somewhere in between Sun Ra and J Dilla. It seems to be smoother and more cohesive than his last album Los Angeles (also a must listen).

The album is packed tight with seventeen cuts and weighs in at about forty five minutes, but it doesn’t feel short or rushed probably due to the complexity of the music.

O.K.,,, I know this is not an album for everyone,, but if your into expanding musical horizons past the limits gravity, check it out.

Guru… Respect!

DJ Tree/admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:37:17 +0000

After Guru’s somewhat untimely death a couple of weeks ago, and the (what I consider shady) dealings that followed, I didn’t want to post just anything, so I searched the net listening to mixtapes and tributes, these are a couple of things that I enjoyed.

Out of all the stuff i listened too, I thought it would be best to repost some pieces from cats that actually knew Guru, because I feel there might be some cats trying to get some undue publicity off of dudes death.

So,, 1st up I heres a recording of Jazzmatazz live at Eurockéennes Festival (France) (2001) posted by DJ Premier. For me Jazzmatazz is a good representation of the sound and feel of the 90′s.

Guru: JAZZMATAZZ LIVE

As I said I listened to a lot of Guru mixtapes, but nobody had as much passion as DJ Evil Dee on his Podcast. He touches most of the hits and the songs that you probably want to hear, but lets face it there are so many Gang Starr and Guru records it would be too much to play everything.

DJ Evil Dee: PODCAST FOR GURU

J.Rocc Droppin’ Science

DJ Tree/admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:53:52 +0000

For me this MixTape is probably a year old, but the music and breaks are timeless.

J.Rocc was granted access to Blue Notes Sample Library to make this MixTape that is not big on tricks, scratching or blends. J.rocc just presents these classic jazz cuts with some Hip Hop flavor.

J.Rocc is the founding member of The World Famous Beat Junkies and is currently signed to Stones Throw Records.

J. Rocc: DROPPIN' SCIENCE

Over-Time Rewind

DJ Tree/admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:08:08 +0000

I’m not sure what a Fudgemonk is, but Damu got beats!!

I first heard of Damu on a progressive hip hop show called Subsonic on XM Radio. I think he did some beats for the shows promo.

So, I ditched XM after the merger with Sirrus, but I missed a lot of the flavor of the shows that the merger killed. So when I stumbeled across Over-Time it was like a shot from the not so distant past.

Over-Time is a collage of beats and samples. It’s a little more than a beat tape but not quite a mix tape. Damu channels those old familiar sounds of that 90′s Boom Bap, Hip Hop.

After checking out Over-Time I’m definitely looking forward to checking out some of Damu’s more recent work, and it looks like Damu is dropping a couple of new joints sometime next month, I’ll pick them up next month and let you know how they are

Download Over-Time Here

Check out more about Damu at Wonkabeats