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By
Dylan Heneck
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Jun 7, 2019
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As is custom, and you know we love customs here, short songs get short reviews.I featured MADWRECK a while back for very different sounds to these, but his latest had me bopping, and I jumped at the opportunity to ...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jun 4, 2019
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Y'all like chilled out instrumental hip-hop? Good. Me too.Charlie Myles is a collaboration between lo-fi artists HAMITR and J E N. It's a mellow and easy-going song that doesn't exactly push any boundaries, but cer...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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May 11, 2019
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I'm a sucker for instrumental hip-hop. Solrakmi & Simber must have known that, because their new single "Sentimental" flows nice and easy through my ears.
The single was released by UK-based radio/label The Jazz Hop Café. They've got a whole lot...
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4

Sounds like:
SOHN,
Flying Lotus
By
Dylan Heneck
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May 7, 2019
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Cracking on with this Monday, half-way across the world from where I was when I last posted. I'm still having a hard time accepting the idea that something as heavy as an airplane is able to get airborne, so I thought I'd share a song that makes me f...
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5

Sounds like:
Mount Kimbie,
MF Doom,
Archy Marshall
By
Cherilyn Panganiban
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Apr 30, 2019
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BADBADNOTGOOD have got a rep for dark jazz-infused instrumental hip-hop so I was kinda surprised when I heard this cover of Andy Shauf’s “To You,” a playful indie pop number that narrates a dude inviting his crush out for a smoke to share his feeling...
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6

Sounds like:
Melodiesinfonie,
Dibia$e,
Taku
By
Dylan Heneck
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Apr 19, 2019
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I'm having a hard time writing a review to this song because every time I start typing I drift off to the melody of those keys. There's a trumpet in there that I quite like too.
Now that we've gotten the music part of this review out of the way let'...
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7

Sounds like:
smuv,
Broken Transient,
Saib.
By
Dylan Heneck
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Apr 15, 2019
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If hotel lobbies and office block elevators had arms, wore hats, and smacked on MPCs this would be their anthem. They'd stand to salute their flag with this song on every morning, the lot of them, in school, reciting the words "ba-da-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-b...
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8

Sounds like:
Emancipator,
DJ Shadow,
Koresma
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Apr 15, 2019
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Whoever the person behind sad face. is, they're certainly keeping with character, because a lot of their branding is pretty darn depressing.
"dystopia" certainly has a pretty low-key feel to it, likely a representation of the way this bloke feels ab...
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