New Orleans’ own friendkerrek represents lovely for the city with The Lathe of Heaven. Nappy Nina challenges the status quo with The Tree Act, slenderbodies drop soraya and Swindle is No More Normal. Juicebox and Wes Wax drop a gem with the arrival of Satori and Rudimental toasts to our differences.
Boston’s own B Leafs points out toward The Horizon, Buffalo representative Rick Hyde keeps it thoro on his debut Plates, newcomer Theodore Floyd drops Please Don’t Feed The Birds, DAWN gives us New Breed, Ronald Langestraat’s Searching gets a bump after decades on ice and Cookin Soul closes things out with Whateva Vol. 1.
Nappy Nina marries righteous pen game with ace production on The Tree Act. Features include Stas THEE Boss, Nelson Bandela and Denmark Vessey.
The Tree Act is a sonic story of Nina's navigation through the current world of corrupt marijuana laws and white collar weed , white women's rights and black femmes work, the inner woes of a black queer body in brooklyn. It is a tribute to inner oakland , to outer spaces and to summer cyphers in chicago where this album first started.
Cookin Soul is back with a nineteen-track compilation of new remixes, beats, skits and ideas titled Whateva Vol. 1.
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Searching was self-recorded in Ronald’s living room on a 4-Track Tape Recorder in 1984.
The recordings symbolise his engagement to cross-over everything that was known to him musically at that time. Most importantly, all recordings reflect his personal way of searching; searching for his own characteristic sound. Rhythmical patterns meet well balanced distortion, shaping the music into a mirror of his character.
