Guest Mix: FloFilz – Daiquiri
What better way to conclude your weekend and start the new week than with a mix of dusted jazz magic? German beatmaker FloFilz is the curator of our latest guest mix of hip hop gems. Embedded within this 50 minutes of blended bliss is a cocktail of breezy sugar coated Read more »
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Stream: DJ Czarny & Tas – Time To Build (ft. Ozay Moore)
The hip hop scene in Poland truly amazes us. It's the Japan of Europe: some producers and emcees are able to sell out shows over there, while in some cases they even have a hard time packing way smaller venues in their own country. There's a certain sense of dedication, passion and genuine love for hip Read more »
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Premiere: Soosh – Colour is Breathe ft. Carmel Khavari (96wrld Remix)
We got introduced to electronic music producer Soosh after producing a custom magazine for SEE-A-SOUND, an audiovisual exhibition in Tilburg (the Netherlands) initiated by record label Fremdtunes. Colour Is Breathe, the debut album by the Glasgow-based producer, is full of organic production work, low-swung hip hop beats and mesmerizing atmospheres, followed up by a stellar remix Read more »
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Guest Mix: Pigeondust – ‘P’ Plays It Woof
From Japan's thriving beat scene, our latest guest mix is whipped up by Tokyo's Pigeondust. Taking influence from Marvin Gaye's 1972 classic jam "T Plays It Cool", this is 'P' Plays It Woof. Pigeondust went deep in his crates for a huge selection of dusty hip hop from around the Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #29 : Hiroshi Fukumura & Sadao Watanabe – White Clouds (1978)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Of all countries in the world, Japan could be called a mecca of music. For many years now, Japanese people have had a deep fascination with music of the world, from jazz and Read more »
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Guest Mix: Vin’S da Cuero – 16 Pads
Beatmaking is on Vin'S da Cuero's mind every day, like for thousands of other '16 pads addicts'. The French producer pays tribute to them in this new guest mix for The Find. You won't find productions by hip hop legends like J Dilla, Pete Rock or DJ Premier in this mix: of course Vin'S is Read more »
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Top 30: Driving Songs
Since the invention of the internal combustion engine, personal human transportation has been altered drastically. For us as music enthusiasts, one of the best developments has been simply the addition of in vehicle sound systems. There is nothing quite like the joy of being behind the wheel with an open Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #28: Jacques Loussier – Pulsion (1979)
Jacques Loussier, the ebony-and-ivoried French pianiste and compositeur, has yet to be justly blazed for one time lighting up the break and hip hop scene with that fire and funkstone. Read more »
Grooves & Samples #27: Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Winter In America (1975)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. The legacy of poet and soul/jazz music visionary Gil Scott-Heron is no secret to the hip hop world. His influence and magnificent artistry surpasses the majority of his peers and he remained musically relevant Read more »
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Stream: Vin’S da Cuero – Coloriages Vol. 1
Here at The Find we're huge fans of the hip hop scene in France. Beatmakers, emcees, DJs and hip hop crews are killing it over there. Parisian producer Vin'S da Cuero and his Mentalow platform are part of the movement. The first edition of Coloriages is his latest effort, with The Find as proud Read more »
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Mix: IV The Polymath – The Beatmakers Guide To The Galaxy
After his Summer and Winter themed instrumental mixes for The Find, beatsmith IV The Polymath is back at it again with another delightful guest mix. This time he takes you on a trip to outerspace for beats, beats and nothing but beats. Starting off with a Dilla tribute sets the Read more »
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Top 10: The Bloggerati Top 10 Emcees In The Game
Let's start off by saying something we can most likely all agree on: MTV's chart list of 'the hottest MCs in the game right now' is extremely biased, trend driven, and a poor selection based on statistics and popularity rather than on skills. Of course it's fair to include Kendrick Lamar, Kanye Read more »
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Top 5: Political Bay Area Videos (Curated by Chazz Shabazz)
The Bay Area has a history of producing highly political hip hop artists, and often the line between artist and activist is more blurry than a view over the peninsula once the Fog rolls in. From the Black Arts Movement to contemporary hip hop, engaging in dialogues of justice, society, Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #26: Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts (1975)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. The latest episode of Fuse TV's Crate Diggers with Adrian Younge put me on to the work of Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer Bo Hansson. I became instantly enamoured with his music when I Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #25: Lee Moses – Reach Out, I’ll Be There/Day Tripper (1967)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. Within the community of vinyl record enthusiasts, there is a further subculture of collectors who focus primarily on 7" 45rpm records. Since it was a lot cheaper to press 45s, a lot of Read more »
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![Stream: My Son The Hurricane - Call Me Mister [The Find Premiere]](http://thefindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/My-son-the-hurricane-EP-290x290.jpg "Stream: My Son The Hurricane - Call Me Mister [The Find Premiere]")
Stream: My Son The Hurricane – Call Me Mister [The Find Premiere]
14-piece hip hop brass band My Son the Hurricane is about to release a new EP titled Cashing A Dead Man's Cheque on Vegas Funeral Records. Only three songs deep, the Toronto-based band shows that they can turn hip hop into a funky experience with an energetic horn section and hungry rhymes. Stream the track "Call Me Mister" Read more »
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Playlist #9: No Stars, Just STRP (Vol. 2)
It's been almost two years since the last edition of Dutch music, art & technology festival STRP, so we're incredibly stoked for next week's edition. For the 'Music Night' in particular: sets by the likes of Hudson Mohawke, DJ Shadow, Machinedrum, Mala In Cuba, Jameszoo, Modeselektor, Lunice and more. This second installment of our "No Stars, Just STRP" playlist is a 30-minute Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #24: Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab – Necronomania (1971)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. A great source of sample fodder, and groovy music in general, is the realm of film soundtracks. Throughout the 60s and 70s in particular many films were scored by experimenting musicians who combined Read more »
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Top 30: Songs To Make Love To
Essentially the entire purpose of life is to procreate. In addition to being necessary for species proliferation, our form of sexual reproduction is also quite pleasurable. As such, many musicians have made music that is either directly related to the act of sexual intercourse, or can serve to enhance the experience Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #23: Hubert Laws – Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again (1976)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. I've always found something particularly special about funk and jazz music that is driven by flute melodies. The timbre seems to bring out a new dimension of musicality and has been the driving Read more »
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Free MP3: Bias – Dreamland (Limited Download)
Whether it’s a sample from a forgotten folk record, dusty 70s grooves or golden era hip hop, producer Bias turns it into soothing beats that pleasantly enter your ear like a fresh Q-tip. Read more »
Grooves & Samples #22: Evinha – Olha Eu Aqui (1974)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. This week let's go back to the always tasty and overflowing crates of Brazil and take a look at Evinha. Honestly, we just keep coming back to Brazil because there is such an Read more »
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Grooves & Samples #21: 윤시내 – 공연히 (1978)
Grooves & Samples is a weekly dive into old dusty crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond. This latest Grooves & Samples feature comes straight out of the dusty crates of South Korea. Honestly, I can't tell you too much about this artist or release, other than that the grooves Read more »
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News: Social sharing with newly-launched service Dropify
dropify is a new social way to share, download and discover free files. While traditional music downloads have limited visibility, dropify enables users to share download activity directly with friends and fans through social media. The Find is proud to be a launch partner of this new service. The download Read more »
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