o1o – Bread and Circuses EP

Oakland’s Aybee is back with a new EP under the o1o moniker. On Bread and Circuses he keeps it deep, but with a different twist than usual.

Erik Rico

I think I first mentioned Erik Rico on this blog in my review of Blacktropolis Vol. 1, today I got a video for you.

Deepblak wishes a Merry Christmas

Oakland’s Deepblak label delivered its fine debut compilation Blaktropolis Volume 1 earlier this year, a nice set of future jazz music, deep techno and hip hop.

So, today it’s Christmas. A Merry Christmas from Deepblak!…

Deepblak presents Blaktropolis Volume 1

Deepblak has been stirring up the scene recently with its though soulful and deep, also dark, futuristic, even industrial sound. Playing a healthy mixture of jazz, techno and hip hop, Aybee gathered his label-mates Erik Rico, Afrikan Sciences, Black Jazz Consortium, o1o, Trinidadian Deep, Blaktroniks, Xaphryn Follicle, Dozie and Mattski to put out the labels first compilation. The first impression? It’s an fantastic compilation, has a very black feeling to it, and it keeps reminding me a lot of Volcov’s Soul in Motion from 2002