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Various: Drive (Movie Soundtrack)
The soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn's low-budget arthouse noir 'Drive' is reincarnated cool.
Thundercat: The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Thundercat is big thoughts condensed into deliberate concepts, executed with full commitment
Ill Move Sporadic and Joey Menza: Alpha Coda
As an instrumental LP, this would have been a stone-cold classic....
Ovall: Heart Fever EP
There is that trademark abstract output we've come to expect from Ovall
Benji Boko: Beats, Treats & All Things Unique
Settling in Brighton, exciting new producer Benji Boko proclaims to carve his music from records found in the second-hand shops...
Embee: The Mellow Turning Moment
"The Mellow Turning Moment is probably Embee’s furthest venture from his musical starting point to date."
Wookie: Wookie
"Garage couldn’t have a more blatant anthem than 'Scrappy'."
Polar Bear & Jyager – Common Ground
"Just like superheroes, jazz musicians and rappers are fond of teaming up."
Mike-L: On A Columbo Tip
Appropriately named On a Columbo Tip, Mike – L with his trusty sampler, highlights what delightful sonic treats a modern day Atlantic explorer can compile without getting his feet wet.
EL-P: Weareallgoingtoburnhellmegamixxx3
"El-P personifies underground music; the kind served with a stiff middle finger."
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Eric Lau: Dreamville
Sometimes you just need to start your week with a instrumental. From his super dope Makin Sound.
∆lecks ∆uclair Beatnik Mix One
One of our favourite electronic producers from last year, Alecks Auclair drops an exclusive mix just for us! (Download for...
Introducing 14th
Prepare to fall in love with new band the 14th. Blending the best bits of 2step, electonic and base culture...
Dopamine Doppelgangerz & Hey!Zeus: Instrumentals
Jazz fusion hip hop as London native Hey!Zeus offers his new instrumental project alongside his German Cousins over at sichtexot.com Get...
Submotion Orchestra: Always
It’s FRIDAY!. And what a better way to start your weekend than with the infectious instrumental 2step rhythm of ‘Always’...
Delusionists: Elevator Music & Lost Girl
Elevator Music by Delusionists feat. Super Dertie
Radiohead: Bloom (Jamie XX Remix)
Jamie xx hopped on the decks for a BBC Essential Mix recently. Apart from the usual goodness we’ve come to...
Put Me On It Live@Camp
This looks goood! Headlined by Afro-soul sensation Dego, don’t miss rising star Tanya Auclair and of course instrumental genius Eric...
Eric lau: This Is For You
Eric Lau has just dropped another free download in the form of this chilled instrumental ‘This Is For You’. Everything...
Feddie Joachim: Baiser
Taken from his brilliant Nights Alone project, today we recommend instrumental genius Freddie Joachim and ‘Baiser’.
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