Ta-Ku has put out another tape, Scraps v2. And in actuality, it serves its purpose as an appetizer as for his much buzzed about 50 days of Dilla project set to drop anytime on HW&W.
Sticking with HW&W, Elaquent‘s new track “Grey Poupon”, off his upcoming album The Scenic Route, has delivered just the vibe for the morning. This song features Octavio Santos on trumpet and flugelhorn, which brings a great jazz flavour to the hip-hop accompaniment. If you like what you hear, make sure to get a copy of Elaquent’s The Scenic Route on March 28th, 2012.
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!
The first compilation from FreeForm features some of the freshest and most innovative talent in the worldwide beats scene including Mndsgn, Infinite Potentials, Sir Froderick, Prof Logik etc. From the jazz infused production of Jesse Futerman, to the post-Dilla swagger of Fitz Ambro$e: Waveform documents the diversity and ever evolving sound of instrumental beats.
Guests Include: RLP, Called Understandable Souls, Sir Froderick, Ta-Ku, Jesse Futerman, Chris Are, Repeat Pattern, Haz Solo, Infinite Potentials, RLP, Somepling, Innobushu, Sport G, Kan Sano, Proflogik, Fitz Ambro$e and more.
Project: Mooncircle & Finest Ego have teamed up to establish a fresh new 12” producer series, entitled “Faces”. On every edition, you will find two different producers. Respectively, each producer will have their own record-side and unique cover artwork by the aspring LNY, known for his surrealistic portraits, blending humans and animals.
The very first installment of the “Faces” series will feature the two prolific beathsmiths Pavel Dovgal & Ta-Ku. Coming from backgrounds which could not possibly be any more different – Ta-Ku has Philippine roots and grew up in Australia while Pavel was born in Russia and moved to Ukraine at young age – these two artists share a common connection through their relentless work-ethic and individualistic creative approach to making music. They have been fighting for international recognition with their extravagant beats, just like the Megasoma & Hercules beetles fight for female recognition with their extravagant horns.
Pavel Dovgal was born in Vladivostok, Russia and moved to Ukraine at quite a young age, where he realized that his true calling was music. His music is experimental, surprising, and daring and his talent and hard work have brought him local musical success. (The release in 2010 of his first solo album on Project Mooncircle turned this local success into international recognition.) Pavel’s music is a trip into a fable and his medium is the music of different genres: Hip Hop, Dubstep, Glitch, Wonky and Downbeat, used to form pictures. His work is free spirited and there are hints of feelings, allusions, enigma and mystery. We won’t get into the inner workings of his music, how it finds its way into the hearts and souls of the audience, the important thing is that it serves its purpose.
Recent Redbull Academy participant, Reggie ‘Ta-ku’ Mathews, has gone from strength to strength and has released a plethora of beat tapes and with releases set to drop in 2011, this future beat maker has a lot more coming and many more releases to unleash.
LNY is an artist living and working between New Jersey and New York. He makes art that is drawing based, social and open to the public in general; hence his drawings can be found pasted on buildings all over the world as well as in galleries and on 16-year-old kids’ tumblrs all over the internet. He is one half of Doodledrag, a New Jersey based doodling collective and always welcomes collaboration.
As for the release, Dovgal is no stranger to this corner of the Interwebs, though you’ll be glad to hear his sound continues to grow with each new release. His palette is opening up, giving his beats more room to breathe and evolve, giving them a somewhat organic edge. Ta-Ku is a completely different beast, creating more robotic, synthesized beats. The two play nicely off of one another. While both go in slightly different directions, they obviously have no compunction about nailing a groove.
Preview it below, and then head to the Bandcamp to pre-order.
Accompanying the release, comes the latest monthly mix from Finest Ego - seasonably curated by our man Ta-Ku.
01. Mndsgn ft. KnXledge & Suzi Analogue – Bananacase
02. Waajeed – Tetris
03. Teebs – Why Like This?
04. Full Crate & Mar – She Was Fly
05. Kan Sano – Dream In
06. RLP – LLL
07. KnXledge – Kanaloap(Layte)
08. Klipmode – Actriz
09. King Knut – Stavanger
10. Häzel – Twilight
11. M-Phazes – Piano Track
12. M-Phazes – Untitled
13. Tony Ozier – Back To The Mitten
14. 14KT – The Meaning
15. Swiff D – Gone B Alright
16. M-Phazes – Swaggeriffic
17. J-Dilla – Don’t Cry
18. J-Dilla – One Eleven
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
This '24' Beat Tape is a testament to the technology age we live in. Being a big fan of SOULECTION it was crazy to think I could make a beat one night and 2 hours later, email it straight to Joe Kay for it to be played to the world that very same day. Inspired by Joe's fine selection of music - I decided to see how many beats I could bump out and polish in a 24 hour period.
Ta-Ku, a recent Redbull Music Academy participant (Barcelona '08) has gone from strength to strength and has released a plethora of beat tapes and with releases set to drop in 2011. This future beat maker is inspired from the likes of Dilla, Häzel, Onra, Fs Green, B. Bravo & Dibiase. He has produced beats internationally for artists like Cyhi The Prynce (G.O.O.D Music), John Robinson, Raashan Ahmad, Outasight, Kid Daytona, Phil Ade, Raaka (Dilated Peoples) and more. Herein lies 13 Soulful, Eclectic, & Future-Fusion heaters all in one release, of which all proceeds once again go directly to Japan.
Be sure to keep your ears sharp for a 12" release coming from Ta-Ku and Kit Pop entitled 'Bounce. Out on Paper Chain Record and featuring remixes from DIZZ 1 & THE BLESSINGS, it promises alot.
