HVRF releases “PRANALYSIS” by EARTH SOUNDS

Today’s second album by Earth Sounds (or EARTH SOUNDS) is PRANALYSIS, and it’s available through HVRF. As with its sister album Chronological Blessings Vol. 2 on Antifur, PRANALYSIS is a mini-album of instrumental hip-hop with elements of L.A. hip-hop thrown in. This one is a bit more beat-driven and experimental than the Antifur album, with most tracks being relatively short […]

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Flamingosis – Kahunastyle

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ A lot of future funk tries hard to be funny, retro, or clever – and it appears to be the genre’s downfall. I make no attempt to hide my less-than-favorable impression on the subgenre, mostly because I find that many future funk artists are limiting themselves within it. There’s only so much that one can do with an […]

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Keats Collective releases “Paradisiac” by Shrimpnose

Old-school future funk, chillwave, and instrumental hip-hop label Keats Collective has released new music from the artist simply – and recognizably – known as Shrimpnose. Paradisiac is seven tracks of lo-fi chillwave with some elements of future funk. Tracks often laze and meander about in drunken rhythms with light, twinkling melodies (e.g. “Hella”). It’s available as a pay-what-you-want digital download. […]

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Contact Lens – Ice in tha Veins

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I almost didn’t take this one seriously based on the album artwork alone. That’s – wow. That’s some serious WordArt shit right there. I’m legitimately impressed; it’s got that amateur quality down pat, and it reminds me of spending so much time back in elementary school trying out different themes for papers.1 This is reflected in the music: […]

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Drip-133 – ‘♡’

Recommendation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Drip-133’s ‘♡’ received some unlikely mainstream1 attention upon release via Tiny Mix Tapes,2 possibly owing to the album’s presence on the established AMDiscs label. This artist was one of the first to follow in Blank Banshee’s footsteps, coming roughly seven months after the vaportrap founder’s Blank Banshee 0. Drip-133 quickly set himself apart from his peers through the […]

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