The Summer is heating up 1000 degrees over here, and as usual the family increases and more gems abound for the label. Worldwide as ever, we have 3 new albums to share with you here from DJ Nice, Ruth Koleva, and Uzee The Bovvaking & Grolok Panicrum, artists from France, Bulgaria, Nigeria and back to France! Ready for the trip? Let’s go.
First up, Toulousian producer DJ Nice generously allowed us to recompile tracks from his My Contribution releases into a finalized masterwork which shows his serious dedication to Hip Hop Culture and brings together line up of emcees and DJs including Rob Swift, Audessey, Phill Most Chill, Sadat X, AG and more. We urge you to collect all the vinyl releases for the remixes which enlisted DJ Brans, DJ Duke, DJ Low Cut, DJ Djaz, DJ Nelson, DJ Nixon, DJ Skillz, Cleon & Jazzy Pidjay, Kyo Itachi, Logilo, DJ Modesty, Doc TMK & DJ Suspect, DJ Paul Nice, DJ Maltfunk, DJ Metronom, and more. With Gilen on the artwork, these are all collector’s items.
Next we continue our series of instrumentals albums, with acclaimed artist Ruth Koleva, one of Bulgaria’s National treasures. Notably diverse with her music, (having worked on remixes with such luminaries as Kaidi Tatham, DJ Spinna, Mark De Clive-Lowe, and Eric Lau to name a few), Ruth has earned her recognition as a formidable talent. For this selection of instrumentals from her RUTH album the tracks are all original compositions with live instruments, and if this is your introduction to her music then checking the vocal version and her most recent work is highly recommended. Here is her new video, ‘Wantchu’:
Finally, some Nigerian Hip Hop coming straight outta Ibadan, it’s Uzee The Bovvaking. Costia in Norway put me onto his work which also led me to hearing the fantastic beats of Grolok from France. The producer/emcee combination works well on this album, giving Uzee room to explore various topics from family, love and sex from his unique perspective while keeping the album concise. In association with Cave of Adullam Records we are proud to present Jazz & Vodka. Also be sure to check for Uzee’s ‘The Journey Of The Magi‘ album, available now and check out Grolok‘s superb videos.
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