By Ben Boddez
The former YouTube star and sonic experimentalist’s latest set of tracks takes influence from global musical cultures and follows a sailor lost at sea.
You have to love a couple of instrumental hip-hop nerds that got big enough to recruit some of their heroes. Inspired by the jazz-rap sounds of J Dilla, Madlib and Q-Tip, artists like Redman and Frank Nitt, a frequent Dilla collaborator, appear on Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical’s latest collection of smooth sonics, adding to an impressive roster of icons who have rhymed on Potatohead beats.
In a traditionally sample-heavy field, this duo actually creates all of their own instrumentals from scratch, despite the vintage vibes on display – AstroLogical calls himself a “professional excavator” of his favourite sounds of the past.
By Ben Boddez
The former YouTube star and sonic experimentalist’s latest set of tracks takes influence from global musical cultures and follows a sailor lost at sea.
By Megan Magdalena
The LA psych-punk shapeshifters on the special bond of friendship and the electric energy that fuels their legendary live shows.
By Khagan Aslanov
Johnny Stewart weaves a moody genre mosaic from the unlikely calm of Clayoquot Sound.