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Sounds like:
DJ Shadow,
Bonobo,
Emancipator
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Sep 1, 2017
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This one caught my attention for it's slick DJ Shadow-influenced sound.
The Montréal-based producer has a few other tracks under his belt, but "Legend, Lore and Legacy" comes as the first to catch my attention enough to warrant a blog post.
If you...
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2

Sounds like:
The Avalanches,
RJD2,
Jurassic 5
By
Dylan Heneck
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Aug 31, 2017
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We're almost at Friday and there is no time to be fucking around with bad vibes. The second this started playing I knew that one, I had soiled my loins, and two, this was music that moved me in deeply nostalgic ways.
It's not the kind of nostalgia t...
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3

By
sean o
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Aug 30, 2017
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Moroccan producer saib. is my new best friend. I have been on a Cowboy Bebop OST kick all day, and so to hear "Adieu" transformed so breezily is heartwarming.
For the uninitiated, "Serenade" samples a tune played at the beginning of Bebop's two-part...
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4

By
Dylan Heneck
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Aug 16, 2017
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We don't have much time, I have to be out of the house in a second. Perhaps this is a "quickie." Which feels rather dirty, as far as reviewing a song goes.
With this track though, everyone gets a quickie. You know, a short period to enjoy something ...
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5

Sounds like:
Alexander Lewis,
Big Gigantic
By
sean o
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Jul 25, 2017
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A lot of you may best know Brooklyn production duo, Brasstracks, as the beat makers behind Chance, The Rapper's "No Problem." You know, the same track that won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance.
Brasstracks are on a bit of hot streak lately. "Feve...
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6

Sounds like:
Beat Spacek,
Slum Village,
ntourage
By
Dylan Heneck
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Jun 22, 2017
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I've often had weird dreams. While I can't comment much on Sal's "Duluoz Dream," besides that it's a really pleasant track to have listened to, I can say that it must have been rather zen. Oh, and also, that it was in Japan.
In recent memory, the dr...
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7

By
sean o
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Jun 3, 2017
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Compilations are not my favorite way to discover new music, or get to know a producer, but when a group of artists come together to raise money to help support Syria's White Helmets, well, I can put my petty drama aside for a good cause.
Those inter...
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8

Sounds like:
DJ Krush,
Massive Attack,
A Tribe Called Red
By
Jordan Smith
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May 24, 2017
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HundredMillionThousand’s (HMT) music draws together a range of hip-hop and electronica-inspired beats with samples of Iranian singing and the occasional appearance by a rapper.
“Yalda” is the first single from the album lp1 and it immediately creat...
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