Elena. Chill.

01 Elena by parmella

An early morning drivin' track from an early dj frank niao demo.
Something nice for Fall.

holiday cheer!

On Wednesday, November 26th, we roll out our holiday instrumentals compilation series with the first volume by dj frank niao. D'oiseaux Recordings has got your holiday background checked with upcoming independent instrumental versions from mAkE nIcE.

It's bass heavy; a sophisticated collage of dance floor hip tantalizers to harbinger head nodders! There simply won't be anything this sexy and diverse to add to your mixers this year. With the financial crisis upon us all, this 16 track collection will be available for $5 through December 15, 2008.

Been Thing..ing

currently revamping the studio and depressed about the lack of time to get it together par ce que ma famille c’est tripping....
but whatever...

what’s good?
well as the school bell gets to ringing...
here are a few recommendations for your ipod jams (tee, hee...so commercial!)

but here are some interesting underground winners- fe’sho:
electronic, dubby, soulful...

Mike Slott (NYC)
Hudson Mohawke (Glasgow)
Daru Jones & Reggie B’s Future Music (Kansas
Zion at Suite 308 in Brooklyn; The Reason Why (Brooklyn)
eLZhi (Detroit)
Bullion (UK)
Trim’s Soulfood Volume 1 (UK)
Maryn’s Epileptic No Strobe Mix (DC)
Osunlade’s Crazy (Prince cover...ill.)

have at em. keep your underground lids up

says one fellah..b.phlecksi parmella

ugh. reconfiguring the studio!
thank goodness, for goodness.

-b

Inspiraton: eMC & AFTA-1

ss’me yo.
wow. one thing about emceeing...
REAL hip-hop inspires you.
Just feeling a little Organized Konfusion, Akinyele, Company Flow, and it put me in the proper state of mind to finish a cut that was screaming for me to dig deeper into my soul for the last verses. And I felt just about to throw up, but eMC pushed me over the edge.
See, if you write, you need hip hop to inspire you to go at it up a level. You have to- and it must be YOUR thing. Like graf. Anyone can learn technique: letters, fill in's, what have you...but now..
back to the music...

...’tell you what I mean.

Masta Ace has straight California love (we car culture up and down, West motha f&%n' Side), simply for his ‘Born to Roll’ cut from 1988. Dude (Duval Clear) was born same day as my son, December 4th. ‘cept M.A. was hatched back in 66’. My little 'm' blessed me in 2004.
So imagine, could YOU reinvent yourself with a straight up dope rhyme crew like EMC when YOU’RE 42 years old? (email me when you get there, son...or ‘fille’)
yo, i’m SMILIN here!
c’mon yo, COULD YOU?!
just check out ‘EMC, what does it stand for?’ or better yet, ‘On the Grind’
better yet, find and listen to Masta Ace’s ‘Born to Roll’ and see what an amazing feat it is to stay ill 20 years later.
really, it’s a feat.
That just goes to show you how down and truly fresh this cat is.

And from the sounds of talent and the status of the industry these days, folks might have to get that old, just to make hip-hop right.
But of course there are exceptions.

The great thing about the underground is that no matter what you’ve heard or think, real good music is always there- you’ve just yet to discover it.

btw, i want to give a little shine to a real tight brother who’s making some ill chill music for your lounging pleasure: AFTA 1
pick up his new stuff entitled, Aftathoughts Vol.1, if you likes...
no kidding. it’s the realness, particularly when you want to hear something fresh and not sampled and recycled....not that there’s anything wrong with that! (tee,hee)
Catch up with this fellah’ at http://www.myspace.com/afta1

at your service,

-b.phelcksi parmella
(all for bwlp)