Crookram - 19/76 EP

netlabel - budabeats
genre - downtempo, nujazz, hip-hop
release date - 2008

Crookram is an exceptional sample-master with a touch of genius having no insistence on any particular style alone. His music has been made so colourful by using an unusually rich variety of downtempo, funk, hip hop, nu jazz elements and breakz. budabeats.com
Crookram on MySpace.

tracklist
01 Hostile
02 Tomorrow all right
03 Biggles
04 Balboa
05 A day in the life (feat. INC)
06 Outro

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Crookram - Through Windows

netlabel - budabeats, bankrupt
genre - soul, funk, instrumental hip-hop, downtempo
release date - 2010

Two years since his latest release on the Budabeats netlabel, Crookram is finally coming out with a new album. If you're familiar with his previous work this album might be somewhat of a surprise. It has been a couple of years in the making, during which time musical genres like soul, funk, hiphop and library music have been combined with modern downtempo beats and movie samples to create a funky yet dusty seventies vibe. You can expect scratchy records, mysterious movie samples and a great talent for production, elements which have been praised already by many people involved in the downtempo scene. budabeats.com
Crookram on MySpace and on GNs.

tracklist
01 Back To The School
02 Crookrilla
03 Breakdawn
04 Missione Pericolosa
05 Bij De Rest
06 Please Get Out Of The New One If You Can't Blend The Ancient
07 Through Windows
08 Two Seven Three Eleven
09 Good Morning Good Days
10 Makedonija
11 Your Eyes Are Full Of Hate
12 Bodies
13 Badalamenti
14 A Man Named Ivan
15 Business Is Business
16 Eugene Et Le Cerceau
17 Sun
18 The Confrontation
19 I Saw You

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GNs Compilation - Break Asymmetry

label - export label good netlabels
genre - nujazz, downtempo, abstract hip-hop
release date - 2011

Good Netlabels is proud to present another volume of GNs Compilation: Break Asymmetry. This release celebrates the fourth anniversary of the launch of Good Netlabels, a site dedicated to music produced and published independently or via netlabels, available online for free. From the very beginning, Good Netlabels has been devoted to reviewing and promoting the most interesting releases within the realm of contemporary electronic jazz, abstract instrumental hip-hop, experimental downtempo, chillout or trip-hop. The newest release, Break Asymmetry, shares this ambiance. Those familiar with last year's GNs Compilation Jazzy Puzzle will have another opportunity to listen to tracks by Printempo, Maed, Crookram, Nienvox, Thallus, Bandfx. Break Asymmetry also features promising newcomers, such as JazzClams, Ears, Quantifier, B.R.O, Lupid Ocampo, Niteffect and Danny Bow. All featured artists have already arrived on the underground scene. They are people of original ideas and exceptional musical imagination; each track bears witness to the enormity of the potential that lies in these artists as well as in the music of the new generation. Music which, in its independence, many a time finds itself going against the current of the mainstream.
Cover design: Justyna Bielecka
Translation: Ola Górska
Mastering: Jacek Latoń
Compiled by Matam
Thanks to axun arts magnetoffon independent popkiller jazzclub hipnoza 80bpm uwolnij muzykę radiofonia

tracklist
01 Printempo - 40000 words
02 Crookram - Booby Trap
03 Maed - Yfelful
04 Nienvox - Namae
05 Thallus - A4
06 Bandfx - Babydub (VIP 2011)
07 Ears - Red Rope
08 Maed - Trip to LA
09 B.R.O. - Story of sad human
10 Quantifier - Thread
11 JazzClams - Morningbirds
12 Bandfx - City traffic (skit)
13 B.R.O. - Proxima Centauri
14 Lupid Ocampo - Kalter Winter
15 Niteffect - No Doubt
16 Ears - Bus Trip
17 Danny Bow - Only got One

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Kratos Himself - Imagination

label - export label
genre - downtempo, hip-hop, remix
release date - 2013

'Imagination' is the new EP by the dutch producer, Kratos Himself. An EP released on Export. After getting lots of support on his critically acclaimed EP 'A Town Called Imaginarium' on Jus Like Music and collaborations with Deon Custom and Jesse Futerman, Kratos continuous his journey through the imagination.
Once more featuring additional instrumentation by Marc Machielse and vocals by K.J.B. and Ditte de Muynck. This time Kratos also has a track featuring rapper Teknical Development. Along with the 4 tracks by Kratos Himself, the EP also features 4 remixes by Crookram (NL), Nik Laker (GB), Aske (PL) and Thallus (DE).
A balance between the organic and the electronic, 'Imagination' is an EP that represents the more trippy side of Kratos' imagination. Deep basses, ethereal melodies and soundscapes by which you can get lost in your imagination.
'Imagination' will be release on CDs in limited edition (100 copies). exportlabel.com

tracklist
01 I Will Return
02 C12H16N2
03 DMT
04 Imagination (ft. Teknical Development)
05 I Will Return (Crookram remix)
06 C12H16N2 (Nik Laker remix)
07 DMT (Aske remix)
08 Imagination (ft. Teknical Development) (Thallus remix)

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Cuefx - Whale (feat. Doministry)

label - export label
genre - electronic, downtempo, jazz, remix
release date - 2011

Barely a few days after our last premiere, we are proud to present a new portion of ambient sounds. This new musical story by Cuefx is a free single enriched with additional renditions by invited guests. The list of remixes is opened by the soothing interpretation by Crookram, with its characteristic recurring vocalise. The slowly unwinding variation with its abstract intro belongs to Printempo, while the electronic version of “Whale”, with an original beat, is a work of Deam. The single also introduces a newcomer, Blossom, whose more lively, yet still downtempo composition closes the set. In addition the single features bonus track, instrumental and acapella versions of “Whale”, which altogether form a set that perfectly fits into the summer spirit. exportlabel.blogspot.com
Cover design Justyna Bielecka
Translation Ola Górska
Thanks to axunarts magnetoffon uwolnij muzykę aktivist independent
Cuefx on Soundcloud and on GNs

tracklist
01 Whale
02 Whale (Crookram rmx)
03 Whale (Printempo rmx)
04 Whale (Deam rmx)
05 Whale (Blossom rmx)
06 Whale (instrumental)
07 Whale (acapella)
08 Mellow Tide (feat. Andrey Sacheva)

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GNs Compilation - Jazzy Puzzle

label - good netlabels
genre - nujazz, downtempo, hip-hop
release date - 2010

One of the most popular netlabels blogs is celebrating its 3rd birthday! Yet, this jubilee is so different because instead of receiving presents we decided to give away one – the freshest compilation from the goodnetlabels.blogspot.com. Consistent notes devoted to nu- jazz, hip- hop and downtempo sounds – that’s what attracts our readers, but it’s hard to treat this blog just like another average music diary. Especially when the author, Matam, once in a while provides you with some mixes and compilations made by himself. You just got his mixtape recorded together with Master’s Voice and released few weeks ago. Now it’s time for his newest compilation to hit the streets – the ‘Jazzy Puzzle.’ You’ll find there artists such as Mead, BandFX, Crockram, Suhov, Scatabrain, and many more. Tempting indeed.
Design cover by Zusta.
Compilated by Matam.
Thanks to notheen, axunarts.pl, arek, independent, 80bpm, radio luz, audioterror, lemonjohn, netaudio.pl, netmuzyka, ccm, pga, deepgoa.

tracklist
01 BandFX - Jazzy Puzzle
02 Maed - Out of this
03 Spisek - Artysta
04 Nienvox - Inaspin (feat. 813)
05 Airnino - 4 minutes off
06 Airnino - Re-Note (Denote remix)
07 Lokua - Rainy Monday
08 Thallus - Then and then
09 Just Plain Ant - Out Of My Head
10 Crookram - Bij de rest
11 Suhov - Ahmadone
12 Crookram - Business is business
13 Thallus - Kot
14 Scatabrainz - Got Me (feat. Naomi)
15 Masters Voice - 30 cm (Fisz remix)
16 Numer 6 - Pod niebem (Printempo remix)
17 BandFX - Re-Manhattan blues
18 M.W.D. - Space
19 Enbe - Lyric

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The Secret Garden

genre - hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop
release date - 2012

We have tried to compile an album of instrumental electronic music, with artists from different influences! The color is jazzy, melancholic and epic! We go from hiphop, to triphop & downtempo! Simply, a big thanks to all the artists for their participation! dloaw.bandcamp.com

tracklist
01 JIM - La Douche (Intro)
02 Tor - Heikki
03 Poldoore - Solstice
04 Travelling Day - Smoking Dog
05 Hugo Kant - Morning Broadway
06 Roger Molls - Free My Soul
07 Mindpleasure & Friends - Où es-tu mon amour (Instrumental)
08 Juliano - Bat
09 Nym - Et Moi
10 Frameworks - Dawn (Instrumental)
11 Marcas - The Looking Glass
12 Nik Laker - The Present In The Past (Blossom Remix)
13 Mononome - Vibrating Pulses
14 Chairman Maf - Yesterday
15 L'Orange - The Quiet Room
16 Crookram - The Good, The Bad & The Gypsy
17 HashFinger - December
18 Jenova 7 - Rat's Theme
19 Kognitif - Old is Gold
20 Le Melodist - Fana (Exclusive Version)
21 C Milli - Expectations
22 JIM - Sambasunn (Outro)

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Ez A Divat - Nofun Nofun EP

netlabel - budabeats
genre - jazz, lounge, rmx
release date - 2008

The Ez a divat guys put together a really nice hybrid of jazz funk and pop, titled 'Nofun Nofun', which is a nice radio-friendly song from their forthcoming second LP. These people came out with no shit this time either, you'll find some smoothly rolling heavy fender + bass + drum bottom to the wonderful female vocals. Reeeally nice, indeed. budabeats.com
Ez A Divat on MySace.

tracklist
01 Nofun Nofun
02 Nofun Nofun (Mr. Bird rmx)
03 Nofun Nofun (Crookram rmx)
04 Nofun Nofun (Tom Caruana rmx)

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