Interview: Joseph ‘DJ Jab’ Abajian (Founder of Fat Beats) + Playlist
It’s a bit of a cliche to state “…. doesn’t need an introduction.” But we can’t help the fact that Fat Beats really doesn’t need one. This year, the iconic…
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Phony Ppl (Q&A at Dour Festival)
What do you get when you blend soul, jazz, pop, hip-hop, and reggae so smoothly that you put the whole world on notice? Enter Brooklyn-based formation Phony PPL. With each album,…
Interview: Chali 2na (Exhibit&Friends)
Wow – look at us. A feature on The Find Mag; these are big boy moves. Ladies, gentlemen, and aliens of Area 51 (we’re coming): The candles are lit and…
Interview & Guest Mix: Solomon Citron (KingUnderground)
Set as a soundtrack to a fictitious kung-fu movie, the debut album of Russian producer and multi-instrumentalist Solomon Citron (40) on KingUnderground speaks to the imagination: his cinematic funk with…
Interview: Tensei
Originally conceived back in 2009, musical tandem Tensei navigates from Chicago to a sweet spot somewhere near hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, and electronic music. The last ten-ish years they’ve worked together…
Digging deeper into Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ (TT5BR Interview)
Two months ago, I came across a seemingly obscure Beastie Boys remix project through Diggers With Gratitude. TT5BR? BB PB EP? Luckily, the full project description on Bandcamp made a…
Interview: Shin-Ski
Producer Shin-Ski has been a household name in Japanese hip-hop since the 2007s. For the rest of the world, the mid to late 2000s were true heydays for (instrumental) hip-hop…
J-Zone (Interview & Photography)
Eternally restless and singularly driven, J-Zone is a lifelong scholar of beats, rhymes and life. From his earliest funk ambitions to forging his own path in hip hop before starting…
Release Day Interview: Mecca:83
Today is a happy day for Mecca:83: it’s his birthday as well as the release day of Life Sketches Vol. 3, finally completing the trilogy after five years. The first few…
Guest Mix: Urbs (+ Interview)
It’s been over twelve years since Toujours Le Même Film, a soundtrack to a fictitious film noir by Vienna-based producer, DJ & musician Urbs. And even longer since the loop-based…