Though he was born in Brighton, UK, Kutmah's roots are of course in LA's instrumental hip-hop scene, where he hobnobbed with artists like Flying Lotus, Ras G and The Gaslamp Killer, and started a night called Sketchbook Sessions, a precursor to the celebrated Low End Theory events. In 2010 he was, quite inexplicably, deported back to the UK, which he fought with a publicity push and a string of parties, but to no avail (he's lived in London ever since).
Preview the album snippet below, and keep your ears peeled for the full release. London heads, be sure to get down to the Earnest Endeavours, Kutmah’s re-born Sketchbook night, on the 9th March which'll have Gaslamp joining the party in what'll be seen as a joint double launch for this and Darkhouse Fam's 'In & Out' EP.
01. Mo Kolours - Ridda Mountain 02. Groundislava - Creeper Shit 03. ESMK - Blunt Hopes 04. Seven Davis Jr. - Thanks 05. Slugabed - Sex 06. Sam Irl & Ritornell - Three 07. Dibia$e - Remind Me Somethin' 08. Hudson Mohawke - Are You Feelin Hot? 09. Tehbis - Higher 10. Lapti - Leaving Home 11. Shash'U - LA 12. The Darkhorsemen - Taking Over Empires 13. Samiyam - Medallion 14. Mono/Poly - With Grace 15. Bruce Haack - Ancient Mariner (Jonwayne Remix) 16. Tadd Mullinix - Exchanging Modes 17. Flying Lotus - Samsfav 18. Dakim - Typeofblue 19. Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles - Tobyjug 20. Gaby Hernandez - Twin Flame 21. fLako - Lonely Town feat. Dirg Gerner
In & Out || A1 | Take On The World feat. Om’Mas Keith A2 | Red Leather A3 | Sticky Trees (Interlude) feat. Vanity Jay B1 | Tartan Paint B2 | Snaggletooth B3 | Like No Other feat. B. Bravo B4 | In & Out (Reprise)
Perth's Ta-Ku recently uploaded a collection of short, untitled instrumentals that he has dug out from the dark corners of his hard drive and dusted off for your listening pleasure.
Dusty is coming hot on the heels of that New York venture following which came the fantastic LateNYC release last December, and it also serves as a heads up for the Scarlette LP, due out next month. Both are embedded below for your listening and you can grab them either on the Bandcamp, or over on the HW&W site.
Again it's sample heavy soul-shuffle all round from the production machine Ta-Ku. For the amount he churns out, this cat must be in possession of doc's flux capacitor!
Worldwide Family is a new series from Brownswood Recordings that will see label head Gilles Peterson hand over compiling duties to trusted friends of the label in the pursuit of the perfect beat. And who better to launch this new venture into orbit than two of Brownswood’s closest cohorts: Lefto and Simbad. Both gents are globetrotting DJs and respected selectors (with web-like worldwide connections) The compilation will feature new music From Onra, Tokimonsta, Exile, Seiji, Zed Bias, and many more.
Lefto is consistently a couple of steps ahead of your average early adopter. He doesn’t wait for “the next shit” to land in his lap – he actively seeks it out. Just take a peek at his playlists for Belgium’s foremost national radio station Studio Brussels. However, don’t assume that he’s only working futuristic angles – no sir. Firmly rooted in jazz and hip-hop, he sharpened his diggin’ sensibility working at the now legendary Music Mania record store in his hometown Brussels. Lefto is forever moving forwards, but he’s always got one ear in the past. Famed for his gloriously eclectic DJ sets, he skips effortlessly between dope hip hop, funk breaks, neck-snapping beats, future bass, classic reggae, bruk riddims and some of that wild bossa fire – all with an easy flick of the crossfader and a flurry of cuts. World renowned, Lefto regularly blesses sound systems from Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The fact that he can be equally at ease rockin’ funk 45s at the Do-Over as he is flipping next level bass music at Low End Theory kinda says it all.
Following up on CD2 is Simbad, a young French DJ/producer whose deep set knowledge and experience belies his years. Turning heads with his debut album ‘Supersonic Revelation’ in 2008, he touched on retro soul, house and hip-hop but still succeeded in twisting the minds of the techno and electronica communities worldwide. His DJ sets celebrate the same approach – carefully weaving those strands together into one warm, groove-ridden thread – just check his mixes for FACT and Brainfeeder. Practically nomadic, he is constantly travelling between London, Tokyo, New York and Puerto Rico to DJ and work with like-minded souls such as Ron Trent, Robert Owens, Gonzalez, Tony Allen, Bugz In The Attic and Talvin Singh. Then there are his studio collaborations alongside dance music legends Zed Bias, Atjazz, Phil Asher and Karizma and a fat back catalogue of remixes for such prestigious labels as Freerange, Defected, Raw Fusion and, of course, Brownswood.
January 3rd 2011.
CD01 // Lefto 01 UpHigh Collective feat. Delvis – Blend (Revised) (Belgium) 02 Damage Is Done – Meeting Point (Germany) 03 Exile – Rake(USA) 04 Dela & The Headless Hunters – London Town (France) 05 grooveman Spot – Take Back (Japan) 06 Brassroots – Good Life (UK) 07 74 Miles Away feat. AHU & Miles Bonny – Same Dream Again (Belgium / Turkey / USA) 08 I.N.T. – Raw Funk (The Netherlands) 09 Karlmarx – Mists (New Zealand) 10 Onra – The Perfect Match (France) 11 TOKiMONSTA – Park Walks (USA) 12 Trilogy – Automata (France)
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CD02 // Simbad 01 Airhead – Stilt Beetle (UK) 02 Illum Sphere – One For Dimlite (UK) 03 Steve Lynx & Hellrazor – I Don’t Think So (UK) 04 Andreas Saag – Nobody Here (Sweden) 05 Greymatter & Klic – Thinking About You (UK) 06 Harrison Blakoldman – Full Speed!!! (France) 07 Afrikan Sciences & Kebbi – 5 Spot (USA) 08 Ave Blast & Cosmos Rodriguez – Glow In The Dark (France / Paraguay) 09 Kemeticjust feat. Terrance Downs – I Got Life (Justin’s G-Tech Mix) (USA) 10 Cooly G – Gritting (UK) 11 Zed Bias & Eddy Ramich – Lost Elevator (UK / Croatia) 12 Seiji – The King (UK) 13 Kalbata – Silver Balls (Israel) 14 KU BO – Twist Up (Austria) 15 Chuck Maurice & Simbad – Summer Badness (Puerto Rico / France)
