The Glass Half

The Glass Half, formed by French producer Matmat and New York singer and instrumentalist Jonah Byrd, delivers a psychedelic sound collage of hip-hop, rock, jazz and brazilian music

Listen from bandcamp

free D/L of Daylight 

Gaudi

Daniele Gaudi (aka Dub Alchemist, Groovekilla, Mad Master Moog; *1963 in Bologna, Italy) is a musician, composer, record producer, and solo artist. Gaudi's music is a fusion of dub, worldbeat and electronica

Check his website,  grab downloads from soundcloud

listen and get releases from bandcamp

Free D/Ls: The Soul Session + Empresarios

Arc Rev One

Arc Rev One is Dave Maroul from Houston, TX - Experimental Music Producer


Listen and grab downloads from soundcloud

Free D/L of Arc Rev One EP and Twiggy Scratch & the Miders from Spars

mister T. - Play it Loud Remixes (2013)

Mister T. is Dimitris Tentinis (*1983, based in Athens, Greece): groovy tracks with lot of funk, soul, jazz, hip hop and deep nu jazz influences combined with afro, reggae, and dub - and now remixed special style

Check Play it Loud Remixes, 

listen and grab d/l from soundcloud

FREE D/L (new track): The Party (Jayl Funk Remix)

Bahia Deluxe

"Bahia Deluxe is downtempo chill out music inspired by white beaches, sunsets and various musical influences while living on the beautifull Island Mallorca" taken from soundcloud

Listen to and get latest release Pliiing! 

FREE D/L's available from the BUST FREE - series

Quincy Jointz: Lime Sorbet Vol 1-3

German electronic-funk master-DJ Quincy Jointz has put together three compilations representing his Lime Sorbet radio program:
a treasure trove for beat-heavy tracks with elements of dub, breakbeat, jazz, Latin music, dirty electronic funk-breaks, downtempo and groovy boogie sounds

Listen to Lime Sorbet and Lime Sorbet Vol. 2

listen and get Lime Sorbet 3 from bandcamp   (FREE D/L- Mix from soundcloud)









 

The Reflex Re√ision: Gone Is The Thrill

The Funk Hunters

The Funk Hunters are one of Canada’s busiest electronic acts - from Hip Hop to House, Glitch Hop to Drum & Bass, and everything funky in between

Check their website,  

listen from soundcloud especially the free d/l-section (21 tracks &mixes to grab)

Ribbonmouthrabbit - Mixes

"Something for the blunted. Some of my favourite boom baps and jazzy vibes to chill to."

Check 8tracks for all mixes

Blunts and Beats from ribbonmouthrabbit on 8tracks Radio.

No Color

No Color  was born from the meeting between two beatmakers, Djeh and Mobster, each already operating in solo trip hop / abstract music projects.
After several months of work, No color delivers their first EP...

Listen from digitalpit

Free D/L of 8-track album L'aube EP

Free D/L: Mos Def - Travellin' Man (Poldoore Remix)

Poldore says: A tribute to my all-time favorite MC, Dante Terrell Smith aka Mos Def.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Free D/L: Timewarp

Basement Freaks - Funk from the Trunk (2013)

Basement Freaks is George Fotiadis and Georges Perin (Smokey Bandits)  - their second studio album Funk From The Trunk shows the boys dropping funk in full P-Funk flow  (see also first post )

Listen and grab downloads from soundcloud, check their website/blog also for a lot of Freebies

Listen to Funk from the trunk



 

Denis ' Urban ' Grooves

Denis ' Urban ' Grooves is Berger Denis from Brussels, Belgium - a musiclover, record collector and dj/remixer/producer, "just for the love of groovy music"

Listen and grab D/L from soundcloud

Hazeem

Hazeem - experimental dope Beatmusic from Berlin, Germany

Listen from soundcloud, check his website

FREE D/L of 13-track Remix Collection #1

JAYL FUNK - The Lowdown Funk EP

....seriously funky, dusty old funk grooves from Germany's funk technicians JAYL FUNK 

Jazzanova - I Human (Dub Version-Alex Barck)

Kick ass dub edit from Alex Barck, a founding member of Jazzanova ..

Free D/L: KRS Jon

Under the alias KRS Jon, Jon Kennedy comes strong and groovy...

both tracks free and more to listen from soundcloud

Frenic - Back To The Beat Tape (2013)

The Bristol based DJ & producer Frenic (Sam Fergusson) has put together an incredible beat tape of 15 instrumental hip-hop tracks cooked up in oldschool boom bap manner with bunch of soul, funk and jazz samples - check also other post with more D/L-links


FREE D/L from dustedwax

BRANX - Smoove Operator

 Smoove Operator is the debut single of brand new Lowtemp artist BRANX...

The French Touch Connection - Mysterious Lane

TFTC is a collective of worldwide beatmakers - to celebrate the first TFTC anniversary they prepared a double album, bringing together over 30 artists - broken beats, hiphop and sometimes dark downtempo grooves from all over the world 

FREE DOWNLOAD of  Mysterious Lane-FaceA and Mysterious Lane-FaceB

The Mouse Outfit

The Mouse Outfit are a Manchester based production team/DJ’s and live band currently touring with UK Hiphop legend Dr Syntax and Sparkz - hip hop, jazz and reggae all in one

Listen and grab downloads from soundcloud,
check bandcamp for Escape Music and free tracks

Calibro 35

Calibro 35 is a funk, jazz, alternative rock Italian band formed in 2007 in Milan.

Check their website, listen from bandcamp

Free D/L: Black Machine - How Gee (Karim Express Edit)

FreeD/L: Sixto Rodriguez - Crucify (DJ Snatch edit)

Zamali - Breakdown EP (2013)

Funky breaks, hiphop and downtempo groove from Belgium - see also other post "Soulshine"

Listen and get the 4-track EP from his new bandcamp-site

Rude Audio

Rude Audio are a south London-based collective of vocalists, musicians, producers and engineers.
Their debut album ‘That Dirty Echo’ sees the group exploring new sounds that transcend electronic and dance genre 

FREE DOWNLOAD of all releases!

check also their website including Free D/L of 3 Mixtapes

Fantastic Freeriding 4 (2013)

SWITCHSTANCE RECORDINGS presents the fourth outing of their very own FANTASTIC FREERIDING label compilation series - the best selection in an organic mixture of musical influences such as Funk, Jazz, Latin, 90´s Hip Hop and Reggae with the most progressive techniques of electronic music production...Quality music for advanced listeners!

Follow SwitchstanceRec, listen from soundcloud

listen to & get FF4-NOW from bandcamp 

Ladi6 (2013)

Ladi6 (born Karoline Tamati,1982 in Christchurch, New Zealand) -  a unique blend of hip hop, soul and funk

Listen from soundcloud, check bandcamp for all releases including Automatic from 2013

Ladies 5: Trixie Whitley

Born in Ghent, Belgium, raised in Europe and New York Trixie Whitley is one of rock’s freshest

faces.She put her first solo album on hold to tour with The Black Dub - Daniel Lanois, Daryl Johnson and the drumming hero Brian Blade.

Watch out trixiewhitley.com

Listen (+ download) at soundcloud

 

 

Ladies 4: Selah Sue

Selah Sue, born in Belgium, is a musician and songwriter having major success with her debut album "Selah Sue" (2011) in Europe, presenting an eclectic mixture from soul to jazz with hiphop reggae and funk elements
In 2010 she played a support appearance for Prince  on his Sportpaleis concert, followed by mostly sold out headlining shows in several countries.

Homepage selahsue.com
Listen at soundcloud

Highly recommended: Concert-Video produced in an very intimate location in Germany (available again 18.11.13)

Ladies 3: Miss Li

Linda Carlsson (born July 6, 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, now living in Stockholm

Check her homepage..

Ladies 2:: Katerine Duska

Katerine Duska, born and raised in Montreal, is a singer/songwriter currently residing in Athens Greece

Ladies 1: Ana Tijoux

Anamaría Merino Tijoux (born 1977), commonly known by her stage name Ana Tijoux is a French-Chilean musician. She became famous in Latin America as the female MC of hip-hop group Makiza during the late 1990s...

One for Free: Riders on the Storm ( Cudder & Mulder Edit )

Free D/L: Madness Key & Mononome

BlackRoomRe-Constructions

BlackRoomRe-Constructions is Mick Collins-Gellar (aka Phoenix Re-Works & BlueMoonRe-Works) from England, Britain (UK) - adding his special beat to well known tracks, transforming them into a new and groovy experience..

Listen and grab all releases free from soundcloud, check him on his new facebook-page

Special: the so far complete The Police Dub Project...

DJ Snatch (Edits)

DJ Snatch is Stelios Karavitis from Athens, Greece - dope remixes!

All tracks are free from soundcloud,

FREE D/L of  Edits pack Vol.01 (26 first edits) (promotional use only)

The Floozies (2013)

Producer/Guitarist Matt Hill and drummer Mark Hill from Lawrence, Kansas - ultimate electro funk

Listen and grab downloads from soundcloud

FREE DOWNLOAD of latest Tell your mother

All releases for free D/L from their homepage

One for Free: Mystic Roots (Dub Architect Mix)

Soul Sugar

Soul Sugar is a Paris-based musician collective led by Guillaume Metenier - psychedelic soul jazz funk and also reggae in a spooky groove mixture...

Listen from soundcloud, get releases from bandcamp

One for Free: Dead Prez vs Skeewiff

DJ Buzzword

DJ Buzzword is a producer and beatmaker from Birmingham, Britain (UK) and as artist part of Cold Busted - beats as we like...

Listen from soundcloud, check his website, free D/L here

Check 11-track album I Wish It Was Reel

The Cactus Channel

The Cactus Channel are a ten piece band from Melbourne, Australia - "The Cactus Channel hit you with a hard funk groove to rival the likes of James Brown or The Meters and you find you just can't stop moving. With a musical maturity beyond their years you know that this 10 piece collective will go far. And that they'll get a whole lotta rumps shaking along the way" taken from their website

Listen to and get their debut Haptics and latest release Wooden Boy

FREE D/L's after registration

One for Free: I Want To Take You Higher (RNRSS Edit)

...check also more detailed post here

BUST FREE VOL. 14

Here we go again - Nr 14 in this genre-formative and busting series of highlights

If you yet didn't manage to register and get the whole bunch of free downloads: name, working email-address and enjoy....

FREE DOWNLOAD of BUST FREE 14



Tracklist:

1 Akshin Alizadeh – Inner Struggle                        

2 Green Street – Putting It Together                    

3 Eddie Shinn – Awesome MonDay                      

4 Maleka – You And The Sea                    

5 Singularis – Flowers                   

6 DJ Buzzword – Understand                   

7 Es-K – atLEASTiTRIED                

8 Kid Vibe – Seol Muzik                               

9 Sixfingerz – Cold Rocking That Beat                   

10 Mister T – Jazzy Lines                             

11 Q Funktion – Many Miles Away                        

12 Mojo Rising – Interstellar Flow                          

13 Astro Raph – Astral Trance                  

14 My Neighbour Is – Let Your Lolli See My Pop                              

15 Zac Love – Hang Your Hat                     

16 LoopMaffia – Succubus                         

17 1st Lieutenant Middle St. – Cookes Groove                

18 Liberty Klaud – Farewell