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Hailing from Bradford in the U.K., Rootsman provides moved from a reasonably traditional root base reggae sound for an eclectic, experimental dub strategy up to date by African, Middle Eastern, and Asian noises, as well simply because digital dance music. After creating his very own Third Eyesight label in the …

Regardless of the derivative selected, be it electro-funk, hip-hop-funk, or funk-pop, Plantlife simply makes new, vintage-sounding funk; nevertheless, their music is very much indeed rooted in traditional hip-hop formulas and encoding. When Panda One, primary producer for Western Coastline indie rappers Tha Pet Pharm, and MC Jack port Splash first …

Created by breaks fanatic Kilometers Tackett, Breakestra is really a constantly morphing hip-hop orchestra located in LA. The group arrived collectively in 1997-1997 around Tackett’s DJ gigs in a coffeehouse. A multi-instrumentalist whose focus on cello offers made an appearance on recordings by B.B. Ruler, Macy Grey, and Dark Eyed …

Having a lively, evocative group of covers and original materials, Los Angeles-based ensemble Orgone brought new focus on the funk revivalist and jam band circuits if they released their documenting career with Ubiquity Records within the mid- to past due 2000s. Orgone’s audio hosts an array of groove-oriented designs, including …

Although name connotes a lady lead, Connie Price & the Keystones is actually a project helmed by Los Angeles-based guitarist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Ubick (of Breakestra fame) and his friend trumpeter/arranger Todd M. Simon. Ubick, who performed a lot of the equipment for the “group” within the studio room, simply wished an …

Component collective and component neighborhood supergroup, L.A.’s the Lions grew away from some impromptu jam periods loosely executed and organized by Todd Simon at Killion Studios in later 2006 (vocals had been added afterwards at Dan Ubick’s Lion’s Den Studios) that highlighted associates of Breakestra, the Tempo Root base All-Stars, …