Who is Ekiti Son?

Ekiti Son lives in the deep south of London. He is as reclusive as the late great J Dilla was. His beats fall somewhere in beyond Flying Lotus, Madlib, MF Doom and Dilla himself. I say beyond, because Ekiti Son's eclecticism is British. His beats are for the coffee table, to be chewed over by aficionados and ultra-hipsters.

It's hard to know where to start with Ekiti Son's output. He has already put out so much material on his Bandcamp page. So I´ve gone with a selection: Ekiti Son Specialities, which is a wicked beat tape featuring the choicest samples. A must for any beat head or budding MC...



And then I must include one of Ekiti Son´s own albums - the mighty Incarnadine.



Show some love for this music - and for artists publishing themselves :)

Happenstancer Mixtape 3 - Tayo, Roots Manuva, Flying Lotus, Sufjan Stevens

Detail from Leonardo Da Happenstancer's photo montage "The Last Tune"...



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Purple Brain:Tripping And Rapping With Paul White

Paul White gets 7 of the best rappers around at the moment (including Guilty Simpson, Danny Brown and Homeboy Sandman) into the studio with him, records some blisteringly raw hip hop - then blows himself away with a set of instrumentals that are even better. That Madlib had the same problem on Madvillainy shows how good a producer Paul White is.

So what do you prefer? The original with Guilty Simpson, or the instrumental?

Listen/Download Paul White feat. Guilty Simpson - Trust



Listen/Download Paul White - Trust (instrumental)

If you prefer the instrumental version, check out Paul White and The Purple Brain - a psychedelic beats album released in 2010.

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Shed - Shedding The Past (2008)

Looking for more Berlin (or US versions of...), dubby techno sounds, I stumbled upon Shed's 2008 album, Shedding The Past. It is true techno music. Apparently, Shed was originally an East German product of 90s techno culture after the Wall came down. although it wasn't until 2008 that he put out this debut album.

For me, It still sounds fresh three years later. More lively than his more repetitive Berlin counterparts, Shed's beats manage to be funky within a strict 4 to the floor framework.

Lots of good racks on this album, but my favourite is the intriguingly titled 'Estrange'.

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