DJ Shadow, widely acknowledged as a crucial figure in the development of experimental, instrumental hip-hop, will return with ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ worldwide on June 24 via Mass Appeal Records, his first full length release since 2011.

Chegou a hora, PÉ ROTO saiu do poço para tomar conta do que resta deste mundo decadente meio-morto, meio-vivo. Cinco rotos destilam toda a podridão que lhes enche a alma, numa purga de riffs demolidores em marcha lenta que durará enquanto houver que fumar e beber. Venha o diabo celebrar a última sopa, mas ao chifrudo rodamos-lhe uma ponta rafada.





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The time has finally come, PÉ ROTO has come out of the pit to take over what's left of this doomed, dying world. Five torn souls are set out to purge all their filth from within, in a slow march filled with devastating and crushing riffs, that will last as long as there is alchool and smokes. Let the devil join us to celebrate the last bowl, but he'll be the last one to smoke, if there's anything left.

Largados ao mundo nas cinzas da “capital do rock”, os Repressão Caótica encontraram refúgio na margem esquerda do Rio Cávado. Desde 2012 que contaminam o conceito de punk, rejeitando cânones ou mestres, encontram formas dissonantes de destruir o seu som.

Without Face is a three-piece hardcore punk outfit formed in 2014. Inspired by the emergent hardcore scene all across the USA in the early 80's, they play an old-school punk hardcore style with a modern touch. Their lyrics range from political impugnment and social criticism to humanistic and daily-life issues. After a self-released demo in 2014 and two years playing live monthly, this near twenty minute EP comprises ten tracks that represent the work achieved so far. With a "do it yourself" and a "positive mental attitude" ethic, "Without Face" is a punchy and intense debut.



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Bisnaga Records, 2016

The borders between London’s musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital – with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat – has shaped a self-taught, UK-tipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genre’s long-running to-and-fro with hip hop – from Robert Glasper to Kamasi Washington – has reimagined it within US culture. On Black Focus, Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the bass-saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of London.
Taking inspiration from the anything-goes spirit of ‘70s jazz-funk, on albums by Herbie Hancock or the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it’s a loose template with plenty of room to experiment. The pair, made up of Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), have had little in the way of formal training. Instead, their musical tastes – and approach to playing – are indebted to Thelonious Monk’s piano as much as the drum programming of Kaidi Tatham.
“It's all about the drums and the keys,” Williams says. “Not to take anything from anyone else, but that's where it all originates from: the chords, the rhythm of the chords and the drums.” Born out of a one-off live session to perform Williams’ solo material for Boiler Room, it soon became a project in its own right. Coming together as Yussef Kamaal, they played a series of live shows where little more than a chord progression would be planned before taking to the stage
Bringing that unspoken understanding to the recording sessions (engineered by Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics), the unplanned, telepathically spawned grooves retain the raw energy of their live shows. “It's not so much about complete arrangement, it's more about flow,” Dayes says. “A lot of the tracks are just made spontaneously – Henry will be playing two chords, I'll fill in the groove and we'll just leave the arrangement naturally.”
Both hail from South East London, crossing paths in 2007 as teenagers playing their first pub gigs around Peckham and Camberwell. Dayes drums for cosmically-inclined, afrobeat outfit United Vibrations, while Williams – on top of drumming and playing keys in different incarnations over the years – has made waves with his solo, synth-draped house 12"s for much-fêted labels like 22a and Rhythm Section.

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Atmospheric & Chill Hip Hop vibes inspired by the ocean is the theme for Deeb's first full release on Chillhop Records. Deeb is a master at creating deep and warm atmospheres, and Slowmocean captures the awesome power of the tides that served as his inspiration for this EP.

Mastering: Birocratic ( soundcloud.com/birocratic )
Featurings: Asteroid ( soundcloud.com/asteroid )

Sometimes rock 'n roll is born in the most unlikely places. Braga, Portugal, is such a place, but that's where the BED LEGS come from. Ferna (vocals), Tiago (guitars), David (drums), Helder (bass) and Leandro (keys) rock the ceiling of every joint they play. Now it's time to spread the magic. After the release of their first EP “Not Bad” in 2014, “Black Bottle” is the name of their debut album. Highly concentrated blues & steaming funky rock in 9 original tracks, with the 'pièce de résistance' the epic title song “Black bottle” and the equally haunting “New World”, that serve as an anthem for Europe's Lost Generation.



“Black bottle, you're killing me”, sings Ferna in the opening lines. You're about to find out there's some pretty damn good drink in that bottle. An rest assured, you'll be wanting more.