Double vinyl LP pressing of this 2010 release. Simon Green (AKA Bonobo) returns with his fourth and finest album, Black Sands. Losing none of his epic emotionalism, his control of texture and color and his subtlety, Black Sands sees Green making some of h
Stakes is High is the fourth studio album by de la Soul, originally released in 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for it's music, lyricism, and it's overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid-90s.
Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.
This is a record torn between a modern computer funk sound with links to the Hudson Mohawke brand of contemporary hip-hop, and archaic string, synth and guitar-led passages.
A mixtape that feels like both a celebration and a declaration; a living, sound system journey that merges soul, roots, hip-hop, dub, and electronic textures with a fearless spirit.
Collaborating with BAFTA Award-winning composer Bobby Krlic and a 50-piece orchestra, HIM's score shifts between wonder and unease while pushing those contrasts through a contemporary lens.