imaginary trip sounds

Hoje trago por aqui quatro projectos que se movem dentro das sonoridades hip-hop, sejam elas mais indie, jazz ou soul. Uma selecção underground do movimento e quatro discos que certamente estarão dentro das minhas escolhas de 2009, na área do hip-hop.

Para começar, apresento o projecto AndrRomak e o seu disco de estreia, Beauty is but skin deep. Andrre nas vozes e Roma na produção, trazem um disco de hip-hop indie, com muito sentimento a saír da pele e do coração. Uma produção brutal onde se ouvem muitos teclados, violinos e outros instrumentos mais, que nos envolvem na música. Ouçam porque isto é muito mais do que hip-hop.
Do myspace do grupo, o seguinte:

"Andrromak is a meeting point between 2 ocean sides.. 2 brothers who have never seen each other.. It’s at the same time beautiful and unclear … like old fashion meets new world , like purity meets complexicity , love meets anger..
The world of Andrromak is weird , weird as a sober mustache guy in a bar cruisin for big fat ladies, weird as a priest fuckin young children in his church, weird as the news you heard on your pixellised information filler. Andrromak is another hand to take, nothing big. Just a whispering in a day without words
.If you’re a girl, we love you, cause we love to be sad and empty. I met music in speakers and melt it with how I feel since I got a piece of mic in my hands.But we’re not sad people, we love our life to the fullest.
So take a break, if you don’t like us, just say it and we’ll do strong incantations to exorcise you, wishing you’ll die in a tragic way so we could make a concept of your stupid death.Once upon a time, ladies and gentleman weren't the coolest people around here."

AndrRomak - Another dedication

Beauty is but skin deep download

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Os Pseudo Slang, constituidos por Emcee Sick e por Tone Atlas, vêm de Nova Iorque com o seu hip-hop/jazz de fino recorte e inteligente. Este ano lançaram We'll keep looking, sucessor de Catalogue, lançado em 2004. Hip-hop cool com muito jazz na veia. Da Wikipedia vieram as seguintes linhas:

"Pseudo Slang are an underground hip hop group from Buffalo, New York, United States of America group signed to Fat Beats Records. The group consists of lyricist Emcee Sick and producer/rapper Tone Atlas. Their first group effort was the independently released "Catalogue". After signing to Fat Beats in 2004, they released the single "Broke & Copasetic" featuring Vinia Mojica as well as independently released the EP "Thank God It's Not Another Mixtape" with Buffalo label Baby Steps Hip Hop. The long awaited Pseudo Slang full-length album "We'll Keep Looking" was release spring 2009 on Fat Beats Records."

Pseudo Slang - Bedouin

We'll keep looking download

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Factor & Awol One, uma colaboração que já deu muitos frutos, acaba de dar mais um, o álbum Owl hours. O canadiano Factor, com a sua produção bastante eclética e o MC californiano Awol One com o seu flow único, apresentam um disco de hip-hop indie com grandes beats e com uma produção do melhor, coisa que a Factor já nos vem habituando. O que se segue foi roubado daqui:

"Awol and Factor have been working together for some time. While touring through Canada a few years ago Awol met the Producer/DJ named Factor and began building a friendship. Awol and Factor even rocked to packed crowds of teenybopper indie rock fans when they toured with Montreal band Islands in 2008. Through the years Awol continues to gain respect from artists and fans of all genres and never fails to keep his art and music completely real and original.
Over his nearly 15 year career Awol One has built a strong grassroots fan base from touring extensively throughout the US, Canada and Europe by himself and as a member of the legendary Shape Shifters crew. He has collaborated on tracks with very high profile hip hop artists such as KRS one, Kool Keith and Atmosphere just to name a few.
AWOL ONE, born Anthony Martin in East L.A. California, was born like any other kid…in a manger. His father, Portuguese, and his mother, Irish, grew up poor on the east coast and moved to California where they met and conceived a little walrus. The walrus grew to love music and knew that he would do it forever, now in his early 30’s he feels that he has recorded his best album yet."

Awol One & Factor - Destination

Owl hours download

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Para finalizar, deixo por aqui Moe Pope & Headnodic e a sua brincadeira a partir das músicas da Björk. Estes dois pegaram na discografia da Björk, escolheram uma dezena e meia de temas e construiram um álbum com samplers, quer de voz, quer de batidas. À produção de Headnodic junta-se a voz de Moe Pope. O resultado é o álbum MegaBjörk. Mais em baixo deixo o tema AirBjörk, tema que tenho ouvido vezes sem parar. O seguinte, veio deste sítio.

"Boston MC Moe Pope (Project Move) & Los Angeles Producer Headnodic touch on another legendary indie act in Icelandic artist Bjork. A hip hop addition to Tea's Bjork Remix site, Pope and Headnodic cook up a nice neck noodlin' nod to one of independent music's most eccentric acts by mashing some of their greatest collaborations with Bjork's belligerent sounds."

Moe Pope & Headnodic - AirBjörk