It's only right. Repping Japan by way of the Canadian East Coast, we got Fitz Ambro$e who's been selected to curate the Cosmopolyphonic Guest Mix #22. Nice to hear from Fitz and his 80 some bpm beat science. If you've not come across his material, you can catch his 1st PDISO release off ICASEA to get a feel for that bass heavy, Roger Lynn swing. As ever with the Nova Scotia badman, expect that yummy 80bpm slow flow full of bleeps, blings, flashing LEDs and MPC 1000 swing.
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The dudes over on The Beat Blast are still ripping it up with their weekly radio show. The last couple of editions provide the paradisaic vibe consummate with the onset of summer! Give your earls a twirl below, and be sure to hit up previous editions over here.
The Beat Blast # 31 ||
Shabazz Palaces - blastit
Lapti - Oxygen glut
Flying Lotus - Satelllliiiiiteee
Stephen Farris - echo
TOKiMONSTA - Fallen Arches
Chits - this hella
Swede:art - wonkybikez
Take - implosions
_lip - _nestled
Wildchild - Knicknack ft. Percee P& Medaphoar
VLooper - EncoreWat
Zeroh - Hella4s&7s (Zeroh Point)
Eprom - pipe dream
BUeLLER - KuSHTOIDONC
Lukid - fall apart
Stephen Farris - inaudible
Groundsilava - Shlava feat. Shlohmo & JonWayne
Ras G - Spock riddim
Madhandmade - 33
sesshins - rosarita
Lorn - Bretagne
Moa Pillar - lake mystery
Padwriterz - Ever Stopped
jonwayne - be honest
0hbliv - fate fer breakfast
Elzhi - represent
S.Maharba - briefcase found
As Valet - Pou Nou rmx (feat. Ichiro_)
Teebs - turning on tomorrow
Gumar - shift
Filthy Ingredients - oits
P.U.D.G.E. - CelLAbrate(06')
The Beat Blast #30 ||
Ichiro_ - Izakaya taxi
DZA - Uproar in Heaven
Jeremiah - Jae - Raw Tape$
J Dilla - nothing like this
Hudson Mohawke - star of a glory
YoggyOne - troubles
Daedelus - Tailor-Made (TOKiMONSTA Instrumental)
Roots Manuva - highest grade dub
Shafiq Husayn - Egypt (instrumental)
Ahnnu - kaliber
DEM HUNGER - mother rank
Quasimoto - maingirl
Samiyam - trick platform
∆bdul-∆liim. - katastrify
Devonwho - adept
Nocow - Pulkovo Heights
Kidkanevil - megajoy
Ohbliv - amethyst stuckey
The Dene Road - P ra cticing Dimensions
Dakim - Ohrightouchthough
THE SHAKER - soyaboila'd tea
Nosaj Thing - Coat of Arms
Mexicans With Guns - got me fucked up ft. Nocando
Padwriterz - morning light
Ackryte - delonix regia
Oh No - whoo doo
Ages - rest (pt.1)
Zo aka La chauve-souris - The Long-Legged Man (Rmx)
Mezzo - lung butter
Shlohmo - teeth
Shigeto - Grandma's Words/Rise Out of The Stone
The Beat Blast #29 ||
Languid - Washing Masheene
Eagle Nebula - waiting
Headshotboyz - in hostel
Thriftworks - be on time ft. Insightful
9Planets - intruder alert
Simo & Mood Schula - sliceslice
Dorian Cocept - two hour power
fLako - sun ba
Madlib - Life (feat. Karriem Riggins)
Bugseed - control
Koushik - Lying in the Sun (Instrumental)
Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program - spacewayz!
Quetzal - Yassa At the Fifth Floor
Computer Jay - Maintain (Mike Slott Rewerk)
Lakritze - Where My Dogs At Yo
Chopstix Murphy - twentythree (vingt-trois)
Cloud. - languid
Paul White - waiting for time
The Gaslamp Killer - turk mex
I-Tone - fakir
LEXX - skeeter keeps it real
Luisterwaar - coffee & sigarettes
0. - weight
Mexican With Guns - death and rebirth
Mount Kimbie - bave's chord
Memorecks - cartridge
Aleph - Some Opium in the Wild Tropics
jonwayne - andrew
J.Dilla - shouts instrumental
Elzhi - Detroit state of mind
10th Letter - journey into the lost pyramid
The Beat Blast #28 ||
_ The Clonious - Earringer (Cid Rims Reringer)
_ Knxwledge. - pain
_ Chits - Some Steeze Required
_ O.J. Simpson - the paper
_ Four Tet - charm
_ Slugabed - moonbeam rider
_ Waajeed - anything
_ Hi-Res - Goodmorning
_ Flying Lotus - rickshaw
_ Zeroh - Iwasmad
_ Alphabets Heaven - Darma
_ Kan Sano - sanctuary
_ Prefuse 73 - The Only Valentines Day Failure
_ Suzi Analogue - Quarter Inches [Brain WaverLude]
_ Flako - failure
_ Quasimoto - greenery
_ P.U.D.G.E. - satta marijuana
_ Balam Acab - big boy
_ Swarvy - wildew
_ Stephen Farris - Leslie D
_ РЖБ - Цена Молока
_ Akello Light - Alice Bailey Rays (Demo)
_ Evil Needle - Lo-Fi Bumper
_ Kwala - 404ce
_ JahSound - lovin you too
_ Teebs - pretty polly
_ DTCPU - skua w/Ichiro
_ Exile - Your Summer Song (Take Remix)
_ NAMELESS - Mars + Saturn + Jupiter
_ Dibiase - DB Grover (ft. Dak)
_ Infinite Potentials - Pit Stop (part.1)
_ Co.fee - Kali
_ Fancy Mike - Ramachandran #Japan (Bugseed's Sequel)
_ Amon Tobin - journeyman
"...I’m my own worst critic and I know some of the stuff I put out isn’t ‘industry quality,’ but what I’m trying to go for is that rawness, and that purity. I think that’s what sets me apart. What I’m trying to do is speak to people’s souls. I’m trying to change how people listen to hip-hop music. Everything doesn’t have to sound crisp and clean. Everything doesn’t have to be right on point. My style is sloppy, on beat, off beat. What I choose to put out there, people may not feel or even appreciate, but it’s not made for them. It’s made for the people who can hear it. I just try to keep it honest and soulful.”
It was only right that Ohbliv produced a Beat Tape after the recent feature over on SHHO. This 28 minutes of pure dopeness gives just the merest glimpse into where the Richmond sounds are going.
Soul definitely comes to mind when listening to his beats. He samples from a massive collection of well known and unknown soul, funk, boogie, and R&B records from past decades that give his music a stirring quality of feel good melody. But as he says, he constructs it in an unconventional, sometimes messy, way. The finished product is a sound that is fresh, gritty, progressive, and full of soul. It’s definitively hip-hop: bold, raw, and unwavering.
Ohbliv has paid his dues and plays a significant role in cultivating hip-hop in Richmond. He has worked extensively with the 804’s best up and coming rapper, Nickelus F. Ohbliv is responsible for plenty of the tracks on Nickelus F’s last few mixtapes Season Premiere, Commercials, and Season Premiere HD. He is currently working on a tape for the label HW&W based out of Los Angeles, CA. Also, his production crew, CMLK (chocolate milk), have just dropped a cassette called Hydrosub. In Hydrosub, Ohbliv get’s a chance to diverge just a little bit from hip-hop and experiment with a more abstract groove style.
When it comes to music as the universal language, you’d be a hard-pressed in finding a better voice than the sounds of Ohbliv. Open your ears and tune in.
