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Suff Daddy X Ta-Ku - Bricks & Mortar (MELTING POT MUSIC)
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Have beats will travel: Suff Daddy and Ta-ku have teamed up for a split EP recorded in Sydney and Perth, Australia. When Suff moved from Berlin to Sydney last summer he quickly hooked up with Perth based producer Ta-ku, best known for his “50 Days For Dilla” project. “Bricks & Mortar” unites two beatpals with pretty different soundscapes but one common mission: looking for the perfect beat! The highs and lows bricks and mortar concept was established under the idea of two separate entities uniting to create something fresh and unique: be it through two different brands, two different shoes or two contrasting colour schemes – much like the binding of two sovereign elements to birth something whole, so is the sonic association between Suff Daddy and Ta-Ku for the accompanying “Bricks and Mortar” EP by working in alignment with the bricks and mortar canon. Suff Daddy and Ta-Ku collaborate to showcase the output that occurs when two producers from two different sides of the equator share familiar lane. Track List & Soundclips:| 01 | Intro | clip | ||||
| 02 | Smile | clip | ||||
| 03 | Charlie Parker | clip | ||||
| 04 | Bad Glaucoma Skit | clip | ||||
| 05 | Suffdigi | clip | ||||
| 06 | Creatures | clip | ||||
| 07 | Outro | clip | ||||
| 08 | Clap For Me | clip | ||||
| 09 | Need You | clip | ||||
| 10 | Spinnerlude | clip | ||||
| 11 | Coolout | clip | ||||
| 12 | Ask For Me | clip | ||||
| 13 | Cold | clip | ||||
| 14 | Sway | clip |
BOOK: Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey
Available for pre-order via info@conch.co.nz
This colossal 420 page leather-bound collection includes hundreds of poster-sized photographs, exclusive testimonials from your favorite DJs, MCs, Graffiti Artists, B-Boys and Producers plus unique profiles of iconic game changers written by Hip-Hop's most respected journalists and authors.
WEBSITE: Stereophonic-Supply.Co by Swifty & Paul Bradshaw
Since the demise of 'Straight No Chaser' magazine there has been somewhat of a void in Mine and Mr Bradshaw's life! The community that was built up over nearly two decades is still strong and if anything moved onward and upward!
We didn't just want to recreate Straight No Chaser as a retrospective online format - but wanted to move with the times and make it a more sensory experience - and wait for it try and actually make some money in the process! So here we've been hard at it for 5 months building a site that hopefully can rekindle the spirt of 'Straight No Chaser' and bring together a focal point for the music, the graphics, the art and most importantly the movers and shakers that make our scene so special.
Check The Stereophonic-Supply.Co Website Here
We are very fortunate to has as our first 'Head' Mr Bob Jones! Earlier on this year myself and Mr Bradshaw went down to the South Coast to interview Bob, and chew the fat about how he got into Dj-ing in the sixties, collecting vinyl, Black music and his big love Soul music.
Check the video interview and listen to his exclusive mixtape. Its a pure treat - Enjoy!
For your listening pleasure we have three exclusive mixtapes via the mixcloud platform. The artist Ian Wright has given us a heavy heavy dub selection, Bob Jones has provided a real insight into his early influences with his 'Sound of the Drum' mix and Paul Bradshaw has come through with an Afrikan selection. This is just the start - expect mixes from the world's top Dj's, musicians and producers.
For your wall's we have exclusive editions, prints and more. Ian Wright has given us exclusive rights to produce some editions of his groundbreaking work. From the Chaser archives comes 'King Tubby' and 'J-Dilla'. From his personal inspirations comes Ian's favourite 'Jimi Hendrix' and from deep deep in the NME archives comes 'John Cooper Clarke'. All prints are signed and numbered by Ian, come with a certificate of authenticity.
BOOK: Enjoy The Experience – Homemade Records 1958-1992
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Enjoy The Experience is the largest collection of American private press vinyl ever amassed and presented, featuring over one thousand cover reproductions from 1958-1992. It is the seventh major book release by Johan Kugelberg, the author and editor behind The Velvet Underground: New York Art, Born In The Bronx and Punk: An Aesthetic (Rizzoli), True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice), Brad Pitt’s Dog (Zero Books) and Beauty Is In The Street: A Visual Record of the May ’68 Paris Uprising(Four Corners).
The subjects of Enjoy The Experience range from Lesbian Folk singers to Psychedelic Disco bands; Awkward Teen Pop combos to Pizza Parlor Organists; Religious Cult Leaders to Swank Sinatra Imitators. But this is not a novelty freak show: also profiled and discussed are some of the most highly regarded rock, soul, jazz, funk and singer/songwriter albums from the latter half of the twentieth century. From the awkward-yet-talented to the genius-yet-bizarre, one thing unites all musicians presented here: they sincerely hoped to become stars, they committed themselves to record, and they left themselves vulnerable to an industry not understanding of nuance, not appreciative of character.
Enjoy The Experience begins when the custom pressed American record plant came into existence and ends, largely, with the birth of the CD. As such, it is a snapshot of America in the second half of the twentieth century and manages to collate a bevy of tales and albums released by the brave souls who took the plunge and committed their musical vision to wax in the fifty states between the years of 1958 and 1992. Enjoy The Experience details a forceful American cultural experience that stands in juxtaposition to the mainstream even as its creators attempted to infiltrate it.
Enjoy The Experience includes an introduction by editor Johan Kugelberg, a lengthy overview by legendary rare record dealer Paul Major, along with commentaries, hundreds of reviews and over fifty biographies by noted enthusiasts and collectors like Gregg Turkington, Will Louviere, Brandan Kearney, Geoffrey Weiss, Jack Streitman, Eothen Alapatt, Rich Haupt and Mike Ascherman. It is presented as a hard cover visual catalogue, highlighting the graphic elements of the LPs and comes with a download card for twenty of the greatest private press songs culled from the book.
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