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Kalnos · (10-30-2011, 09:24 PM)

Whoops, one more:

~Devil Trigger~ · (10-30-2011, 09:28 PM)

LOOOVE this album

TAKE MY HAND

Black Women Candle Wax

Thursdays At The Good Life

M_Night · (10-30-2011, 09:31 PM)

Originally Posted by Miri

For everybody looking for recs, here's one of my must listens:

Loving it, thanks!

TheKaeptain · (10-30-2011, 09:31 PM)

Anyone like Shingo Suzuki?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W8OpRE-ZNc

matt404au · (10-30-2011, 09:34 PM)

Awesome thread. This and post rock are probably my two favourite music genres. Here's my contributions for now. Might post more later when I get back from work.

Haruka Nakamura feat. Uyama Hiroto - Faure

Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - East

Apollo Brown - Bridge Through Time

Edit: Forgot to mention that Emancipator is amazing. One of my top 10 artists for sure. Anyone who likes Emancipator should also check out Bonobo. His album Black Sands is incredible.

Vic · (10-30-2011, 09:36 PM)

Originally Posted by Kalnos

RJD2.

Can't believe that I forgot RJD2 even existed and this comes from a "Deadringer" lover :(

I mentioned earlier that I was listen to a Ninja Tune compilation; Well one of the tracks is his and it's one of my favourite in the compilation "True confessions"

:(

Ezalc · (10-30-2011, 09:38 PM)

Subscribed.

Larsa · (10-30-2011, 09:38 PM)

Subscribed. Have been looking for some recommendations. People should definitely check out Uyama Hiroto and Emancipator.

Esch · (10-30-2011, 09:54 PM)

For something real unique check out Dorian Concept

Trilingual Dance Sexperience

CaptainMintMan · (10-30-2011, 10:01 PM)

Tha Connection sampled a couple of Nujabes' songs, combining a JazzHop kinda sound with a Rap/Hip-Hop lyrical flow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucnziE0NeB4

Dice · (10-30-2011, 10:02 PM)

Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub-fc...FEFF29FF723755
This album is really cool, sampling from a bunch of Mediterranean/Eastern European stuff. Short tracks, lots of variety, best listened to as whole album.

Thallus
http://thallus.bandcamp.com/
Just giving his stuff away, but you can help support him if you like his stuff.

Dela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkzT...Q4XkUWCHZsUKSm
More good stuff, his style feels a bit more loose than other people. Gives a carefree vibe.

Jnerio Jarel [Dr Who Dat?]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dMS...H3_ZZmVNGmTVdL
He likes to play with all sorts of stuff, not always instrumental. His "Dr Who Dat?" alias is more in line with the other mentions in this thread, but he'll take things in many directions. Typically has a somewhat psychedelic feel.

Onra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_0N...JEM5jgO1AcwHgy
A French artist bringin that dat Vietnamese flavor to the scene. Really cool stuff.

Quantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY04U...E6993E81124950
Lively and somewhat South American jazzy style

CaptainMintMan · (10-30-2011, 10:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Dice

Quantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY04U...E6993E81124950
Lively and somewhat South American jazzy style

My favorite from Quantic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5FyUcUCX2o

Nemo · (10-30-2011, 10:11 PM)

Awesome. I really need something like this right now. Great job OP and fans!!

SarcasticD · (10-30-2011, 10:14 PM)

Yeap. This is getting bookmarked.

Dice · (10-30-2011, 10:19 PM)

Oh also...

Nick Warren in Reykjavik
http://www.amazon.com/Global-Undergr.../dp/B00007L6RO

Disc one is outstanding and in line with this thread. He then starts to pump things up and make it more club, but that first disc is magical.

M_Night · 10:32 PM

Holy shit @ that Emancipator album. Thanks for recommending it to me, Miri.

Everyone should check it out!

All the tracks can be listened to on his blog.

Vic · (10-30-2011, 10:21 PM)

RJD2 - Good Times Roll Pt.2

Dice · (10-30-2011, 10:24 PM)

Originally Posted by M_Night

Holy shit @ that Emancipator album. Thanks for recommending it to me, Kalnos.

Everyone should check it out!

I have had it for a long time, but usually when I'm going to go for that kind of stuff I listen to Bonobo instead. If you like Emancipator you should also check out Bonobo.

iavi · 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by M_Night

Holy shit @ that Emancipator album. Thanks for recommending it to me, Kalnos.

Everyone should check it out!

All the tracks can be listened to on his blog.

Kalnos? :( lol.

Originally Posted by Dice

I have had it for a long time, but usually when I'm going to go for that kind of stuff I listen to Bonobo instead. If you like Emancipator you should also check out Bonobo.

~~Bonobo is another incredible one, but his barely touches the electronic/jazz-hop line, whereas Emancipator is it with a -hop edge.~~

E: Genre confusion. I'm not so sure anymore...

But I will say that if you guys are digging, emancipator, I'll agree and say do check 'Black Sands' by Bonobo. It's an incredible album.

Bonobo - Black Sands

All in Forms
El Toro

kid ness · 10:55 PM

Amazing thread, I live for this music!

Recently I teamed up with a bunch of amazing artists who are graciously volunteering their works for a charity album I'm organizing for my blog/music site that should be released in about two weeks now. It's very jazz-hop based and it's going to be free w/ an option to donate (100% of proceeds go to charity). I'll be sure to keep you guys posted. I haven't shared this with anyone yet but here's two tracks off the compilation!

Otso - The Beginning of the End
P.SUS - Blue Mountain

Oh, and definitely check out Bob42jh's youtube channel if you haven't already. After finding his channel via GAF about six months ago, I've fallen in love with jazz-hop/jazzy hip hop. His channel is amazing, full of quality underground artists. He actually just released a compilation on his new record label, and it's free, featuring jazz-hop instrumentals from fantastic artists all over the world. You can snag it here. Highly recommended, it's fantastic.

M_Night · (10-30-2011, 10:33 PM)

Originally Posted by Miri

Kalnos? :( lol.

Edited!

Kalnos · (10-30-2011, 10:37 PM)

Originally Posted by M_Night

Edited!

Well, maybe I can help too!

If you like Emancipator try The Flashbulb. Whether or not either of these groups can be considered Jazz-hop/Instrumental Hip-Hop I don't know, but I like both.

Dice · (10-30-2011, 10:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Miri

~~Bonobo is another incredible one, but his barely touches the electronic/jazz-hop line, whereas Emancipator is it with a -hop edge.~~

E: Genre confusion. I'm not so sure anymore...

He is a lot more "musical" than others, especially since he started working with a live band to perform his arrangements, but he still has plenty of hiphop mixed in. Days to Come probably holds the loosest ties to the genre, but his other albums have it plenty strong so you'd mention it not just as an element present, but the consistent factor trying together all the styles he is using. Any which way, he's a genius and a role model to me as a composer/producer.

kid ness · (10-30-2011, 10:44 PM)

Originally Posted by Dice

Oh No - Dr. No's Oxperiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub-fc...FEFF29FF723755
This album is really cool, sampling from a bunch of Mediterranean/Eastern European stuff. Short tracks, lots of variety, best listened to as whole album.

Thallus
http://thallus.bandcamp.com/
Just giving his stuff away, but you can help support him if you like his stuff.

Dela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkzT...Q4XkUWCHZsUKSm
More good stuff, his style feels a bit more loose than other people. Gives a carefree vibe.

Jnerio Jarel [Dr Who Dat?]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dMS...H3_ZZmVNGmTVdL
He likes to play with all sorts of stuff, not always instrumental. His "Dr Who Dat?" alias is more in line with the other mentions in this thread, but he'll take things in many directions. Typically has a somewhat psychedelic feel.

Onra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_0N...JEM5jgO1AcwHgy
A French artist bringin that dat Vietnamese flavor to the scene. Really cool stuff.

Quantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY04U...E6993E81124950
Lively and somewhat South American jazzy style

+1 for all of these artists! All fantastic. Thallus, Dela, Onra, and Quantic are all among my favorites. I haven't checked out Oh No or much of Jnerio Janel, but my buddy actually used to be roomates with Jnerio Janel haha.

IrishNinja · (10-30-2011, 10:48 PM)

so happy to see all the subs & love for this music! i love sharing this stuff. and yeah, i can't echo the Emancipator nods enough, i learned of them on here the same time as Thallus (again, also great).

i'm already learning stuff i didn't know about, too. and goddamn, everything Pinko Marx put up ill co-sign.

Originally Posted by sebajuNujabes

Fantastic thread, Irish.

An artist named Witness put out a tribute EP a while back.

Witness - Farewell

this one i didn't know about - grabbing now! per Acicd08, we really should review these at some point. the ones i have are Modal Soul II, Flowers for Jun, Tribute to Jun, and Tribute to Nujabes (wish i labeled the last two better). i recall only one of them being okay, the rest i dug.

Originally Posted by Vic

BTW, I got into this type of music because of Jet Set Radio & JSRF.

...really? shit, i need to go back on that OST. what an amazing game, i'm a huge sega fan and that one not being on the Dreamcast collection disc was a no-sale for me.

kid ness · 10:54 PM

Avens just came out with his new album, Surrounding Reality, in Japan. The title track is a great, pensive instrumental.

kid ness · (10-30-2011, 10:52 PM)

Originally Posted by IrishNinja

this one i didn't know about - grabbing now!

You can also get Witness' Spring Sampler EP for free, here are three tracks off of it, the first features Emancipator. To download the EP you just gotta like his Facebook page.

Witness - Twenty Three ft. Emancipator
Witness - Love With Love

iavi · 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by IrishNinja

this one i didn't know about - grabbing now! per Acicd08, we really should review these at some point. the ones i have are Modal Soul II, Flowers for Jun, Tribute to Jun, and Tribute to Nujabes (wish i labeled the last two better). i recall only one of them being okay, the rest i dug.

I only have "Tribute to Jun" and "An eternal Soul." Both of those are alright, imo, I wouldn't say that they're amazing though.

...really? shit, i need to go back on that OST. what an amazing game, i'm a huge sega fan and that one not being on the Dreamcast collection disc was a no-sale for me.

Tbh, I don't remember JGR/JSRF having much in the way of Jazz-hop on it. It was an amazingly apt ost though.

Originally Posted by Dice

He is a lot more "musical" than others, especially since he started working with a live band to perform his arrangements, but he still has plenty of hiphop mixed in. Days to Come probably holds the loosest ties to the genre, but his other albums have it plenty strong so you'd mention it not just as an element present, but the consistent factor trying together all the styles he is using. Any which way, he's a genius and a role model to me as a composer/producer.

I have issues with saying that he's more "Musical" as that makes it sound as if he's inherently better than all, which isn't the case at all. And I do like him a lot.

Juicy Bob · (10-30-2011, 11:05 PM)

Irish, I LOVE you for making this thread. All of this stuff is glorious. Love it.

IrishNinja · (10-30-2011, 11:23 PM)

grabbing Spring Sampler EP now, thanks ness! and haha, back at you juicy - and everyone else too!

Miri - agreed. feel free to spread Michita (think it was you linking them before?) in here too.

Vic · (10-30-2011, 11:29 PM)

Originally Posted by Miri

Tbh, I don't remember JSR/JSRF having much in the way of Jazz-hop on it. It was an amazingly apt ost though.

To clarify: it was JSF that made me aware of rich & complex instrumental beats.

It made me focus on Bran Van 3000 and Jurassic 5 for a while. Then I discovered my personal holy grails; the Samurai Champloo OSTs (which by now I've probably listened more than 300 times) and the Ninja Tune label (bought a $30~40 album locally, "Cold Krush Cut", which is quite unusual knowing how cheap I am).

Instrumental Hip-Hop and Jazz-Hop are quite similar, which is why they are both mentioned in the thread title :P

BTW, how come Trip-Hop wasn't included in the thread title or does it fits into one of the two categories?

*Here's the $40 album I was talking about:

watershed · (10-30-2011, 11:32 PM)

Great thread, great music.

IrishNinja · (10-30-2011, 11:34 PM)

Originally Posted by Vic

BTW, how come Trip-Hop wasn't included in the thread title or does it fits into one of the two categories?

to be honest, i tried mentioning it in the OP, but ive known a few fans of the genre/worked at a music store and there's stuff ive heard that woudln't neatly fit into the sound i thought was going on here, but then you take stuff like Entroducing by DJ Shadow and if there's anyone in this thread that hasn't heard it, my god, go listen now because you'll prolly be all about it.

i really did think about it, and it's completely welcome here (again, so is downtempo stuff like Thievery Corporation, i think there's a lotta room for crossover style in this umbrella), i just didn't want to make the title so big/ambiguous that people didn't know what they were getting into here. if we get too technical, i'm afraid it'd be harder to nail down a specific sound than define what an RPG is on the gaming side, heh.

TL;DR it totally fits.

Vic · (10-30-2011, 11:55 PM)

Originally Posted by IrishNinja

to be honest, i tried mentioning it in the OP, but ive known a few fans of the genre/worked at a music store and there's stuff ive heard that woudln't neatly fit into the sound i thought was going on here, but then you take stuff like Entroducing by DJ Shadow and if there's anyone in this thread that hasn't heard it, my god, go listen now because you'll prolly be all about it.

i really did think about it, and it's completely welcome here (again, so is downtempo stuff like Thievery Corporation, i think there's a lotta room for crossover style in this umbrella), i just didn't want to make the title so big/ambiguous that people didn't know what they were getting into here. if we get too technical, i'm afraid it'd be harder to nail down a specific sound than define what an RPG is on the gaming side, heh.

TL;DR it totally fits.

That's what I thought. Now that we're clear, let's carry on!

IrishNinja · (10-31-2011, 12:19 AM)

Originally Posted by Throavium

I've got a big post coming up.

...whatever happened with this?

checking out: Witness - Hope Springs Eternal, Bonobo - Black Sands, CCR - Friends & Family, Dorian Concept, Kan Kick, so much stuff in queue and i only recently found out the new one by

[IMG]http://i40.************/of7r5k.jpg[/IMG]

...so much to check out today. and i'm still waiting on Shinobi, Tokubetsu or someone to come in here & hype Onra's follow up to Chinoiseries - i gotta be honest, that one was kinda out there for me, i think i'm gonna re-listen when i'm in that mood cause it's pretty creative shit.

Fomalhaut · (10-31-2011, 12:27 AM)

Great thread, subscribed. Contributing with some Cradle (apologies for the shitty video quality, but if you like Nujabes you ought to check Cradle out).

Esch · (10-31-2011, 12:36 AM)

Chinoiseries is great.

Anyone in the know will give some props to Mike Slott and Hudson Mohawke

Heralds of Change-Show You

TheKaeptain · (10-31-2011, 12:43 AM)

Does anyone else workout to this type of music? I've found that I concentrate more if I have Jazz-Hop playing.

kid ness · 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by CaptYamato

Does anyone else workout to this type of music? I've found that I concentrate more if I have Jazz-Hop playing.

Definitely. Personally, I find working out to the Transitions album Arts The Beatdoctor is like floating on a cloud.

Decreasing Daylight

Originally Posted by IrishNinja

grabbing Spring Sampler EP now, thanks ness!

No prob man, thanks for making such a great thread!

IrishNinja · (10-31-2011, 12:48 AM)

i have, but it's been a lot better for me running/cardio than strength training. i'm not picky with what comes on during lifting, even old r&b/soul shit works. but i try to run this 3 mile bridge/stretch out here late at night once or twice a week, and goddamn, some shit like What does your soul look like or Aruarian Dance comes on and i zone out & just catch a 2nd/3rd/whatever wind. feels amazing.

iavi · 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by CaptYamato

Does anyone else workout to this type of music? I've found that I concentrate more if I have Jazz-Hop playing.

I can't work out to it at all. Infact, I listen to just about everything, but can really only get into a workout with rock--Metal, and it's many variants, preferably.

Jazz/Down-tempo/ Trip-Hop does wonders for my studies, on the other hand. I guess that's a given.

Originally Posted by Vic

To clarify: it was JSF that made me aware of rich & complex instrumental beats.

It made me focus on Bran Van 3000 and Jurassic 5 for a while. Then I discovered my personal holy grails; the Samurai Champloo OSTs (which by now I've probably listened more than 300 times) and the Ninja Tune label (bought a $30~40 album locally, "Cold Krush Cut", which is quite unusual knowing how cheap I am).

Instrumental Hip-Hop and Jazz-Hop are quite similar, which is why they are both mentioned in the thread title :P

BTW, how come Trip-Hop wasn't included in the thread title or does it fits into one of the two categories?

Haha, I didn't mean for it to sound as if I was questioning you, bud. I just really can't remember much of their osts, save for 'Hello Allison.' It's probably impossible to forget that track.

I got into the genre/s with Champloo myself.

shahkur · (10-31-2011, 01:50 AM)

Shinsight Trio, y'all can thank me later, unless you already know. ;)

The Boat · (10-31-2011, 02:02 AM)

Amazing thread people, keep it up :D I don't think this has been mentioned, but then again I don't know if it quite fits, but what the heck:
Berry Weight - Equations (Feat. Astrid Engberg)

FantasticMrFoxdie · (10-31-2011, 02:08 AM)

Subscribed. Dis my shit, yo.

The Roots - What They Do (Instrumental)
The Roots - You Got Me (Instrumental)

kid ness · (10-31-2011, 02:08 AM)

Originally Posted by The Boat

Amazing thread people, keep it up :D I don't think this has been mentioned, but then again I don't know if it quite fits, but what the heck:
Berry Weight - Equations (Feat. Astrid Engberg)

Absolutely love this track, Astrid Engberg is such a great vocalist. Have you heard this instrumental track by Berry Weight?
Berry Weight - Yeti's Lament

iavi · 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by The Boat

Amazing thread people, keep it up :D I don't think this has been mentioned, but then again I don't know if it quite fits, but what the heck:
Berry Weight - Equations (Feat. Astrid Engberg)

Wow, I absolutely love this--so much. Thanks for the rec. You a fan of Etro Anime? If you like this, you should definitely check them out.

Summer Rain

Vic · (10-31-2011, 02:19 AM)

Originally Posted by Miri

Haha, I didn't mean for it to sound as if I was questioning you, bud. I just really can't remember much of their osts, save for 'Hello Allison.' It's probably impossible to forget that track.

I got into the genre/s with Champloo myself.

Just wanted to clarify, that's all :)

Lazlo Woodbine · (10-31-2011, 02:22 AM)

Originally Posted by Kalnos

Whoops, one more:

One of the best imo.

My recomendation: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble with their self titled album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ospt8g4i-9k Live on Jools Holland with their track War.

IrishNinja · (10-31-2011, 02:44 AM)

Originally Posted by kid ness

Absolutely love this track, Astrid Engberg is such a great vocalist. Have you heard this instrumental track by Berry Weight?
Berry Weight - Yeti's Lament

whoah - is there an album of stuff like that? i could go for that.

TheKaeptain · (10-31-2011, 02:58 AM)

That Berry Weight shit is HOT!