Category archive: Music

Ooh lala, ah qui qui, it be Häzel from Paris. He mentioned his upcoming “The Lost Tapes” release a while back, but I just learned that it will be out on CD, Vinyl & Cassette on July 3rd. Now “Bosquito” is one of the bonus tracks on there and is available on Bandcamp as a limited free download. If you head on over to the-beatdown.com, you can already pre-order “The Lost Tapes”. We might be giving away a few CD’s, but more about that soon! In the meanwhile bump to this..

Häzel – Bosquito

Düsseldorf’s Simpleemusic did a nice little remix of Miles Bonny‘s “Yes I Do” and we thought you might like to have a listen. Heavy drums, humble horns, we’re diggin’ this!

Miles Bonny – Yes I Do (Simpleemusic Remix)

Wow…we’re super late with this new single from Detroit’s Soul crooner Dwele , but better late than never right? He’s working on his sixth album as we speak and although his sound has gotten a little slicker each album, I’m still convinced there will be some music on there we’ll be glad to inform you about. On “What Profit” we do kinda miss the old sexy Dwele style of production, but even such a clean song as this doesn’t sound too bad at all in the world of modern day Soul music. A trip to will help you get your hands on this new single.

Dwele – What Profit

A few years before Moovmnt was born, Dave Ghetto released his “Love Life?” album. For some reason many slept on this one…or so it seems. There is a 9th Wonder production on there and Ill Mind also produced a few songs. On the vocal tip we hear some additions from Phonte, YahZarah and Cee-Lo Green. My favorite jam was always “Coming Up” featuring Erik Rico (who also produced it). Perfect for a Slept on Sundays like this right?! Oh and here’s is the link to in case you’d like to purchase this.

Dave Ghetto – Coming Up Ft. Erik Rico

A while ago we told you about Danish producer Terry Tester and how you should watch this cat. Well earlier this week he released his debut solo EP, “Horses & Diamonds”, on Mixed Ape Music / Playground Music consisting of mostly instrumental music. On our favorite song (which we’re streaming below) we find Buscrates 16-bit Ensemble & Geeman the Grand Ear from Pittsburgh pitching in. The artwork was done by Tokio Aoyama and I think it looks really tight. To purchase this one go to or look for it at your local records shop.

Since Terry was nice enough to send us some vinyl copies, we decided to give away 1 EP to you guys. All you have to do to win is leave a comment telling us why you’d like to win this record. Make sure you use a working email address so we can get in touch if you win.

On the last day of May we’re treating you to another “Glimmering Fractions” mix. Some gems are hidden below the surface and are hard to see with the naked eye. At times this means you’ll have to look closely. Just like this emerald hidden inside calcite. We invite you to listen to this one on Soundcloud (download available) or Mixcloud (stream only).

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It was already known that Evil Needle from France is not to be fucked with, but with this new leak of his upcoming “Equilibrium” album he’s just making sure ya’ll didn’t forget. Elaquent features on “Jazzolude 04” which might be a strange name for a song, but we don’t care since it sho does bang. Be on the look out for the album which will be released on HW&W Recordings.

Evil Needle – Jazzolude 04 Ft. Elaquent

One of Rome’s funkiest bastards I’ve ever met is without a doubt AD Bourke. Adam’s been venturing more and more into the soulful depths of House music, but always with a dash of Funk. His new “Raw Ivy” release was marinating on my HD for a few weeks, but I think it released yesterday. I can only begin to descibe this mini LP as freakin’ awesome, but please don’t take my word and listen to all six tracks on Bleep before you purchase!

AD Bourke – Rio South [112kbps]

Byron the Aquarius dropped his latest “Aquarialistical Seduction” Vol. 1 album featuring the likes of Olivier Daysoul, Ahu, Oddisee, Onra, Porsche Smith and more. Nice soulful collection of music with a few jams we already knew, but also something brand new. We suggest you head on over to Byron’s Bandcamp page to listen to the entire release.

Byron the Aquarius – Let it Go Ft. Porsche Smith

LA’s super talented saxophonist, Terrace Martin, always seems to have at least one or two incredible songs on every album. His “3ChordFold” album is set to drop in August and off that album we present “We Fly” featuring big Snoop Dogg and Teedra Moses. If you ask me this is a winning combo which is available as a free download below.

Terrace Martin – We Fly Ft. Snoop Dogg & Teedra Moses