Dibia$e: Comfort Zone, Sound Palace, Producer #3,

Getting things on back track FRSH SLCTS teamed up with Surefire Agency & the Abstract Earth Project to once again continue their WKND BEATS series, with an exclusive, all-new EP from the man himself – Dibia$e.

By now, you should already know Dibiase from either his debut album on Alpha Pup last year, for winning the Red Bull Big Tune beat battle in 2010, his work with 14KT, Exile, Blu, devonwho, or his Green Llama crew constituents, or for just generally being the D muhfuckin D!

For the 9th installment in the series, Dibi offers up Comfort Zone a 7 track beat EP, with more worthwhile morsels in its 17+ minutes than most producers could give you in a full album’s time. More importantly, the EP is also released in memory of the late J-1 aka The DEER.

Dibi explained a little bit more about one specific tribute moment in his e-mail,

copied below:

track 4 sub factor ( so ruff ) has a lil [audio] footage from so ruff so tuff in l.a. – thats j-1 on the mic… i thought that beat would be something he would gettin amped up on. if its funky he mess with it. went with a smooth approach ,and a lil funk influenced on a few joints too. hopefully heads dig this project.

Artwork for this one is by Nate James.

Send Me ||
 
Bulletproof ||
 
Deep Winter ||
 
Sub Factor (So Ruff) ||
 
Blessings ||
 
Applebeez ||
 
Serchin For It ||
 

The free download is here, after the jump.

Additionally, after Dibia$e & Versis’ collaboration for The Journey (4U) off of Versis’ debut album iLLCANDESCENT, they decided to join forces again and lace vocals over Fly Me t’The Moon, a beat from Dibia$e’s instrumental LP Sound Palace which hit the waves in December. That joint is available for free below the video which was directed by Ruff Mercy.

Right click here to download this joint for free.



You can preview Sound Palace below, and head here to order.

Smooth Sailin ||
 
Rockout ||
 
Strangeland ||
 
Genie In The Sky ||
 
DB Grover (ft. Dak) || Gospel Slap ||
 
Cosignin ||
 
Woman ||
 
Changeups ||
 
Suncity ||
 
Stars Out ||
 
Living My Life ||
 
Dont Be Late ||
 
Fly Me To The Moon ||
 

And finally the latest cut, Driftin' off, from Fat City Recordings' Producer #3 Part 3 EP is set to release February 20th. It's the first time the Green Llama has returned to Fat City since his death star theme on Producer #2 so be sure to cop this one as it also features Danny Drive Thru and Marcus Intalex under his new Trevino alias.

Aural Stimuli Vol. 1: Resonate

Stockton's Resonate crew put together a fresh comp as a thank you for their 2 year anniversary. A compilation consisting of Jonwayne, Mndsgn, Dibiase, Boom Baptist, Benito, Joob, B.Lewis, Al_pd, Jermski, Aly, AWBLZRD, & Mr. Muddbird!

Tucked away just south of the Californian capital, and a few hours north of what is widely considered the intercontinental beatific beat science capital that is Los Angeles, is a crew of cats who have been quietly stacking bass bins, and banging that sought after sound, featuring the very visitants who are pioneering and producing the greatest Californian export since the iPod.

Head to the Bandcamp for the download.

Fitz Ambro$e: PDISO Remixed

That Nova Scotia badman is at it again! Fitz Ambro$e returns to the airwaves with PDISO Remixed. Reworks come courtesy of RLP, Called Understandable Souls, Elan, Dibiase, Ichiro_, Sauce81, Sir Froderick, Ahnnu, Budamonk……now that’s quite a list. Available now as a digital download and limited edition cassette.

Cover image by Alexander Peverett.

Dibia$e - Montreal July 2011

In a small east coast Canadian tour, the head spinner, light dimmer, 3 knockout count winner aka the diabolical Dibiase had a date spinning vibes in Toronto, Québec City as well as Montréal. The guys over on Music Is My Sanctuary got a podcast and an interview out of the Green Llama for those of us that missed out!

Right click here, to download.

Starship 27 Vol. 2 [VIDEO]

As you may recall, Starship 27 took off for the second time earlier this year, and to accompany the relaunch, some rare footage has been unearthed at the Insect Records launch site...

Future Repeat - Hibrid

About time we returned to pay the good brothers over on Monday jazz a visit. This week they take us on an excursion to the bulgarian beats scene guided by Hibrid - a 22 years old Pleven native who's been making beats since 2007-2008. Incorporated here are some sample chops, offbeat/swing/shifted beats and of course some heavy synths and bass!

Future Repeat by Hibrid ||

01.Hibrid - My World
02.Dibiase - Clocked out
03.Memorecks - Deepwaters
04.14kt - The inside (feat. Tiffany Paige)
05.Marvin Gaye - Aint That Perculiar (Ambassadeurs Reconstruct)
06.AFTA-1 - A Poet s Dream
07.Mndsgn - Greyarea
08.Elaquent - Peanut butter
09.Ta-ku - Sylvia
10.Beat Maker Beat a.k.a Space Kid - LALALALA!
11.Flako - Yeayeayea
12.Dibiase - Track 3
13.9th Wonder - Track 03-cruel
14.Hibrid - Remind me
15.B.Bravo - Midnite
16.Tayreeb - 1,2,3... Sun
17.Debruit - K.O debout
18.Hibrid - Shooting lazers
19.Hibrid - Broken NES(rmx by mr.dibiase)
20.Undifined Patterds - 1.1
21.Auditory Ossicles - Actual Contact


Right click here, to download.



Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by FiJi ||

1. Spin Marvel - The Reluctantly Politicised Mr. James
2. Dtracks vs Shiyuqosha - War
3. Dj Krush - Kemuri [Untouchable Mix]
4. MidPoint - Solitary Confinement
5. Dday One & The Q4 - Look Again (Dday One Remix)
6. Dday One - It's Never Enough
7. Cuthead - Painquilizer
8. KenLo Craqnuques - Copporn
9. Madlib - Episode VI
10. Peanutbutterwolf - Run The Line
11. Bibio - Artists' Valley
12. klipmode - Yeau
13. Afta-1 - Believe
14. Wildcookie - Serious Drug
15. Pablo Bolivar - North Bay Siberia
16. Jules Chaz Blak Lodge
17. Shlohmo - Kick Rocks
18. Damage Is Done - Meeting Point
19. Elaquent - Noir
20. Vlooper - Papaye
21. KenLo Craqnuques - Skookinhuh!!
22. Dorian Concept - The Fucking Formula
23. Kenlo Craqnuques - Floorscraper
24. KenLo Craqnuques - Madrid stop riddim
25. Flying Lotus - Nose Art
26. eLan - Croonery (ft. F.V.)


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Dibia$e - Slapparatus

Slapparatus is a decent journey into ever vibrant Californian beats phenomena. And a guide to it is non other than Mr. Dibiase aka Dibiase aka Dibia$e aka Diabolic’s productions coming all the way from LA’s very own Watts. Presented to you by Mondayjazz with artwork produced by Andrius Lekstutis.

1. be_real / selfish (green llama crew)
2. bluntwraps / devonwho
3. CB4 (instrumental) / slum village [fantastic vol. 2]
4. 4nia (92) / afta1
5. VA - JAZI - 1 / varan (green llama crew)
6. rise / georgia ann muldrow
7. get dumm / dibiase
8. phazes / dibiase
9. sleep walkin / elaquent
10. doug e. mesh (beat up) flip / pudgemcee
11. AL B THERE / benny blonco
12. knowin / dibiase feat. t calmese
13. lo life / dibiase [2005 beats]
14. breathe right / dibiase
15. ghostly / dibiase
16. blues / dibiase
17. searchin for it / dibiase
18. DB grover w/ dak [sound palace album]
19. wagwawowo. / dak
20. wait / knxledge
21. another day / dibiase
22. untitled / vincent price (green llama crew)
23. untitled / fluent (green llama crew)
24. ill be there 4 u / dibiase
25. aesbestos / dibiase feat jonwayniac [darkhorsemen project]
26. cruise control /dibiase feat nasrockswell [10thirty project]
27. missing u / dibiase
28. the mood is right / dibiase [jeepbangerz vol. 2]
29. ballroom swing (05 version) / dibiase [jeepbangerz vol. 2]
30. lemonade / dibiase [jeepbangerz vol. 2]
31. lumberjack / dibiase (exclusive devonwho remix) [machines hate me]



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Soulection

To celebrate the launch of their new site, Soulection, Joe Kay, Andre Power and 96 (responsible for the artwork) put together a short mix. Take one look at the track list and then immerse yourself.

01. Ahnnu - Runaway - (USA)||
02. AFTA-1 - 4nia (92) - (USA)||
03. Abjo - Wave|Dance - (USA)||
04. Xperiment - Rhythmic Philosophy - (USA)||
05. Nikko Gray - Water on the Moon (BMB aka Space Kid Remix) - (RUSSIA)||
06. Ahwlee - Ajar - (USA)||
07. Spacemonk - Tzurremix - (USA)||
08. Fitz Ambrose - Ayane - (JAPAN)||
09. Transit7 - Cash Croppin' - (USA)||
10. eLAn - Crunchin Tablets - (USA)||
11. Dibiase - Last Attempt - (USA)||
12. V Looper - Phocho - (QUEBEC)||
13. Häzel - Lightmares - (FRANCE)||
14. Elaquent - Noir - (ONTARIO)||
15. Versis - 365 (produced by BMB aka Spacekid) - (USA)||
16. Insightful - As She Sleeps - (USA)||
17. Duktus - LE Raw - (GERMANY)||
18. Cazeaux O.S.L.O.- Happily Neva Afta feat. AFTA-1 & Nevi Nev (USA)||
19. Feux - Spaceducation - (AUSTRIA)||
20. B. Lewis - Frozen - (USA)||
21. Kritikul Beats & Teddy P - Abound Grace - (USA)||
22. GETEYE -My Kind (FRANCE)||
23. Ohbliv - Nephlegm - (USA)||
24. Jesse Futerman - Strangefruit Remix - (ONTARIO)||
25. The Dene Road - Eri - (UK)||
26. Take - If We Don't All Go Insane (D.V.S* Remix) *Bonus Track - (USA)||


Head to the website for the launch, and for the download.

H.O.P.E. - Death’s Door

(Picture taken at the old Fat Beats record store in Los Angeles on Melrose ave)

Another new joint from Cali native H.O.P.E off his Believe in Hope Wright project with Dibia$e on the beat... Incorporating biggie laced quotables and samples, the flow on this one is as mad as ever!

'Believe in Hope Wright' has been waiting to drop for an age now but don't fret, in the meantime be sure to cop 'Sincere' which drops next week.

H.O.P.E || Death's Door

None An Island // Machines Hate Me

A couple of albums are all but ready to drop now in the coming weeks and they both promise alot!

First, by a day, comes Lorn's “None An Island” on September 13th.

One of the standout tracks from a breakthrough record, “None An Island” combines Lorn’s trademark overt emotionalism, brutality and bleakness into something transcendentally beautiful. Brainfeeder labelmate Samiyam then takes “Brainwaves” and converts it into a lowriding, limping journey into paranoia and fear. Lorn ups the ante yet again by returning with two new original tracks, “Never Enough,” which uses a distorted, rasping, alien voice to syncopate its rhythms, and “Until There Is No End,” which shows that Ortega’s grasp of melody is never compromised by the sheer heaviness of his tracks.

"Brainwaves" is heavier and more metallic, with the usual element of darkness and horror sitting in the background, with beastly samples and ringing, gated percussion. As ever, that sci-fi slow flow will get you locked in a cobra clutch! Mesmerizing.

Lorn - Brainwaves (Samiyam x Lorn) by BRAINFEEDER

September 14th finally see's the debut album "Machines Hate Me" from LA badman Dibia$e on Alpha Pup Records and it's aready generating alot of hype, and rightly so. The album is an aural amusement ride filled with boom-bap cracks, 8-bit fantasies and half remembered soul chops. Growing up in Watts, the South Los Angeles neighborhood notorious for its race riots and inner city strife, Dibiase a.k.a Diabolic turned away from his gang-infested surroundings and resigned to his garage, where he found solace in video games. His productions run the gambit from 8 bit video game classics to seductive soul to raw grungy bangers - this guy has no limitations no sample is safe!

Now holding it down in south central California, an album has been on the cards for over a decade now - since he got his hands on an mpc2000 and a tascam 4 track in '97! With his sensibilities honed at Project Blowed and countless hours hunched over an old-school 8-bit Nintendo, he’s been an unmistakable fixture on the local beat scene since his emergence at after-hour battles at Kutmah’s Sketchbook night, boom box perched on his shoulder like a left coast version of Radio Raheem. But Public Enemy wasn’t the soundtrack blaring. Instead, Dibiase devised his own dynamite comprised of J Dilla-descended moonlit soul, G-funk’s south L.A. swing, and the dusty cartridge and epileptic flashes of 8-bit Nintendo music. From RC Pro-Am to Castlevania, there is no beat that Dibiase has been unable to funkdafy. And on his forthcoming Alpha Pup release, he flips both Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! and “The Price Is Right” theme songs, adding a gritty, forceful groove and toying with the pace like a rope-a-dope.

“Machines Hate Me” represents the most complete and fully realized iteration of Dibiase’s work. Lead single “Lumberjack” leans toward his psychedelic soul side, creating an orchestral maze more reminiscent of J Dilla than a flannel-clad forest dweller (presumably, it derived its name from his facility at chopping samples.) Yet it reflects only one facet of the producer, with the full-length fleshing him out further as a California cognate to Hyperdub’s Ikonika — one of the best at creating soundtracks that balance between the futuristic and the days when saving the princess was your primary concern.

Machines may well hate him, but the slap master general's got his troupe of SP 404, Micro Korg, Koasilator, Kaos Pad and the mpc2000 bang on his level..

Treat your ears to a preview in the meanwhile.

Lumberjack || Download (via LA Times)



Skullcandy || Machines Hate Me



Neighborhood Watch || Machines Hate Me


Dibiase is definetely that dude. Until September 14....Peas!

peas by mr.dibiase

Joe Kay - “Telepathy” mix

This little number captured the mood perfectly for me whilst vibing in Fukui (pictured) the other day, after a long day searching for Pterosaurs at the Kitadani Quarry near by.

Compiled by homie from Cali, Joe Kay with the artwork by 96 The appearance of Fitz Ambro$e reminds me that we should see his release on the topically Japanese label ∆ICASEA drop soon.



Tracklisting:
01. Spinnerty – Just Listen Pt. 1 (B. Bravo Remix Instrumental)
02. Myke Forte – WithoutLove (Intimacy)
03. Devonwho – widmilshire
04. Boonie Mayfield – Doc Tribe Feel
05. Evil Needle – Summer Blap
06. Freddie Joachim – Ride
07. Eric Roberson – A Tale of Two (Stevo Remix)
08. Annu – Sleepstations (Instrumental)
09. Onra – My Comet
10. Evil Needle – Bonus Stage
11. Mono/Poly – Lets Take a Trip
12. Letherette – Shoe be doo
13. Freddie Joachim – Can’t Say
14. AFTA-1 – Brooklyn sunset
15. The Roots – Eve
16. The Roots – Donuts Outro
17. Arms&Suites – My Masterpiece
18. Mala – Alicia
19. Mount Kimbie – Maybes (James Blake Remix)
20. Chief – Crystal Silence
21. Fitz ambro$e – yyynos
22. TokiMONSTA – Jackin4beats pt.4 feat. Andreya Triana & Oddisee
23. Evil Needle – Good Morning
24. B. Lewis – Mercury Backburner
25. Mono/Poly – Oilfields (Devonwho Remix)
26. Dibiase – Ballroom Swing
27. Rez – The Voyage
28. Leonard Destroy – Sunset Marquis
29. T. Hemingway – Dirty



Alternatively, Click here to stream in the player below (or right click to download).