October 16, 2019
Hip Dozer
Elijah Nang is a storyteller, a samurai beatsmith from the hidden cloud village as he likes to tell. With a brush of boom-bap he depicts landscapes and narrates travels, mostly across Japan's countryside and through its teeming cities. "Kohi for Two" is a hypnotic beat, its repetition that can hypnotize a listener, allowing him or her to sink so deeply into the grooves. Co-driven by a producer team from the French chill-beats and hip hop scene, Hip Dozer is a key player in a booming genre that explores the heritage of producers such as Nujabes, J Dilla or Pete Rock. The label highlights emerging acts as well as other iconic producers in these instrumental hip-hop scene, a real internet phenomenon that brings millions of people together every day around Youtube lives and other Spotify playlists. Representing the scene and its eclecticism, this fourth edition, similar to an All Star Game, brings together the most accomplished artists and the most promising beatmakers. A way of showing through 28 tracks that those producers, often limited to the adjective « lo-fi », have some groove left on their MPCs. As Neil Degrasse Tyson in the cosmos, this album explores inspirations, curiosities and secrets of these producers. An electrifying and surprising journey through hip hop soundscape. From boom bap for fans of Dilla's productions, to jazz for Guru enthousiast, funk, electronica and even The Jetsons, Hip Dozer's compilation Volume 4 is a must-have for any hip hop head.