Hapiness is Karolina's first single from her new album due to be released Dec 9th.The album was produced by Sabbo & Kuti. The single is getting massive airplay on Israeli radio and is currently at #2 on the charts. This remix is actually the original version we did more than two years ago...
Coolooloosh are a great live hip-hop band mixing funk,jazz and Mediterranean elements into their stew. They are originally from Jerusalem and their MC is Baltimore born "Rebel-Sun". Their latest album is called "Elements Of Sound".To celebrate it and their intensive tours they have released a remix album.This is my remix:
Mazal Tov! After two years in the making our album is finally out !
Exotic on the Speaker combines Soulico’s trademark eclectic blend of energy-charged beats with a masterful fusion of everything from hip-hop, reggae and dancehall to Israeli folk and disco. The album features guest appearances by Ghostface Killah (Wu Tang), Del the Funky Homosapien, MIA’s protege Rye Rye, Pigeon John, MC Zulu, Ceci Bastida and Middle Eastern MCs Tomer Yosef (of Balkan Beat Box), Onili, Saz,Axum,Soul-J and Rebel-Sun.
Where to buy: Digitally: iTunes, Amazon or Insound Physically: JDub Webstore,Amazon and all those fine record stores that you LOVE to visit! Exotic on the Speaker is also available on vinyl from the JDub Webstore
Download some FREE MP3’s: S.O.S ft. Pigeon John & Ceci Bastida download Put Em Up ft. Lyrics Born & Axum download Exotic on the Speaker ft. Rye Rye download Queen of Hearts ft. MC ZULU download
I've just downloaded this tune a couple of hours ago,I love the song but it has no beat (only Kung-Fu samples and a metronome click) so I just had to add something to it...
Soulico’s debut album out now digitally and on vinyl & CD on Oct 6. This is our new single featuring Rye Rye.
For those of you who don't know,Rye Rye is M.I.A. protege and signed to her label. She is from Baltimore and her first break was with the amazing Baltimore Club track Shake It To The Ground.
Maluca has just released her first single "EL Tigeraso" on Mad Decent. The original version was produced by Diplo and was officially released with a few more remixes. I saw her live in San-Francisco and was blown off by her energy and stage presence (and,her beauty...) ! Most of the beats were really up-tempo and the crowd was getting wild.
I've been playing the original version for a while now,but as soon as I got my hands on the acapella I had to remix it too :)
I've kept the original frantic tempo of 166 BPM but gave it an half time intro.
Soulico are about to release their debut album "Exotic On The Speaker" on Oct 6th. To celebrate and to hype it we released this mixtape which will only be distributed in the US,and features a taste of the album with some new remixes,acappelas etc. It is featured on Pitchfork.
If you are in Tel-Aviv you must check the release party on August 21st !
I know I'm quite late on this one as it was posted on Mad Decent before. It came to me quite as a surprise because I'm the one who writes about Israeli stuff over there !!! (big up to Paul Devro for findin' it)
Truth is I don't know nothing about dem boys called USA 808,I tried to look them up but they don't have a myspace page etc..If you know something let me know !
"It Is The Time" is my first EP ! Out now on vinyl and digital by Botanika Records. This EP features vocalists I've recorded while living in Jamaica vocals from Chicago's master blaster MC Zulu.
You can get it on many on-line stores like iTunes,Amazon etc.
Downtown Records are having a remix competition to an Amanda Blank track from her forthcoming album. You can listen/download the original version here.
So Doni & I started this radio show at 106 FM. We are trying to focus on some global grooves from around the world,mixing street and party beats that keeps you hot !
Here is the recording of our second show.Playlist coming soon...:)
dJOoKRoO is an Israeli Hip-Hop group based out of Los Angeles, CA. The group consists of two cousins Yotam "Anavi" and Mor "Morpheum" Ben-Shimon. dJOoKRoO recently released their mixtape "Taim LAOzen" (Tasty to the Ear), which is available for a free download here !
The group is doing shows all across California and soon are planning on moving back to Israel and releasing an album.
You're lookin' at a 1hr freestyle set starting from soulful rock, slow burner funk fused into a raw one, and goes to hip hop beats mixed with Turkish psyche, African drum meditation & spaced out dub, only to be closed by the original mofo himself, Mr Jimi Hendrix. yesssir !, music to massage your ol' lady by.
The set was recorded live at the infamous Shesek Bar, Tel-Aviv for the first anniversary of Rashamkol, Amir Egozy's (Botanika) weekly podcast at walla.co.il
Me and Doni Kisluk gonna start a new radio show every Wednesday 16:00 @106FM. We will try to focus on global urban beats and keep it hot for this summertime ! Be sure to check it out ! You can also listen Online
Funati Hassid is one of the "next generation" of Israeli MC's. He's been holding the mic for years now,keeping Jerusalem on lock with his story telling,daily life funky rhymes. Funati and his crew Hama'afia (The Bakery) are going to release a mixtape very soon titled "It tastes better in Hebrew".
Major Lazer is the brainchild of Diplo and Switch. An album they've recorded in Jamaica. You can grab the original version,inst and acapella on Mad Decent.
Raz Bin Sam is an Israeli born reggae/dancehall singer who lives in Australia for the last few years. He already released a few albums with the Jamaican/German label Das Vibes. His song Something to remember,hit the US Independent reggae charts, straight after it’s release in July 07 and remained at number 1 for 4 weeks.
His new album Own This Life will be released on 11th of May and will include three productions by Sabbo & Kuti.
As promised I will keep uploading tracks from Malca's album. This one was the first track me and Kuti worked on and was also the first single released.It actually got some nice airplay.There is even a video for you to see...
This tune is a collaboration of four MC's from Jerusalem. It is a remake to the Main Source classic,Live at the BBQ.
Rebel Sun is the Balitmore-born MC of live band coolooloosh. Funati Hasid is from the The Bakery Crew. Sagol 59 is one of Israel's veterans.His album is now on JDub Records. Vulcan is a Russian-born MC who released his debut "First Move" about a year ago.
To watch the video and for more info on this,go Here.
This remix to Noa Faran's hit tune was made by Danny Manor a.k.a. Adrenaline around the time we released the original version. It features an original verse from LA rapper Tahir Jahi.
UBK (Uri Kinrot) is the guitarist behind the gypsy surf band Boom Pam and Balkan Beat Box. He is now releasing an album of his productions and remixes called "Massive Soundtrack For The Modern Belly Dancer".
Tziley Ha'Oud are holding a reunion show this thursday (2/April) at the Barzilay Club. To celebrate this they've asked me to do a short remix to promote on the internet. I chopped up a recording of one of their live shows,added some 808 kicks and clap,Think breakbeat and a synth.
Karolina was asked to do a cover version to this song originally by Shalom Hanoch.It was from a project of new cover versions to His 83' album "White Wedding". Me and Kuti had only a few days to produce it because there was a lot of pressure from the label to finish it.Obviously it took more than a year for them to actually release it... Truth is,We really hated the original version and had no idea why this was considered a classic.
We decided to take the song and flip so instead of this macho rock we made it into a feminine statement ( I guess....)
Everything was recorded and mixed at my place aka Maze Studio.It features horns from Shlomi Alon and Sefi Tzizling of Hadag Nachash and Funknstein fame. It also features Moshe Levi on fender rhodes who also played on the original version.
You probably all know BBB by now,they mix things up with dub and electronics, juxtaposed with ancient Moroccan and Mediterranean melodies,and they are one of the best live acts you can get !
BBB are releasing a remix album called Nu Made and Soulico were asked by the JDub people (we are on the same label) to remix this tune.
We play it a lot on our parties and it always set the crowd on fire!
Eyal Rob finally found some time to clean his house and accidentally discovered this forgotten mixtape from January 2001. At that time we used to throw parties in the deep basements under Dizengoff Center and on the mythical underground club,Dinamo Dvash. We used to call our parties Soulico Croov (we still don't know why...) Back than we had DJ alarm as a Soulico member.He's the one on the decks on this mix. This was mixed live from our vinyl collection and features "Live Mashups" Done the oldskoool way.
As you can hear,the mixtape represents what we used to spin back than,We were always into good times for the good girls music.Soulico are probably the the first DJ crew to mix Hip-Hop,Reggae and Funk in Israel. We are the only crew who survived these long years and still doin' it.
This Mixtape also features a funny song we made for our first party.It's called Soulico Anthem with all of us "Rocking" the mic... :)
Soulico are just putting the finishing touches on our forthcoming album Exotic On The Speaker to be released soon by Jdub Records. More details (and music) coming soon. MP3 Download:
Me and Kuti first heard Malca while we were in Jamaica. At that time we were mostly into recording and producing reggae and dancehall tunes and riddims. Piloni of Shabak Sameh played us a tape with Malca's songs and asked us if we would like to produce her album once we return to Israel. We were very impressed with the sincerity in her voice and in her songs.
It took us few more months to finally start this album and we were exited to do it. We did most of the production and recording at my studio.
The album was released by NMC and was accompanied by a single and a video.Later on they released another single and I don't even have a copy...NMC didn't support it any more. I don't think they ever believed in it in the first place. It did get some support from the radio and got pretty good reviews, but I don't think this album ever really had a chance...Malca is not the "pushing" type at all.She never really wanted to be famous at all...
That's why I'll be posting the entire album,one song per month. Here's the first song.
Ruff is no stranger to this blog.He's been featured a few times already with some banging club tunes. This one is a bit different and more raw. It was produced by Shiny Shai and it's GOOD SHIT ! This tune is from a forthcoming mixtape called Back 2 Basics. MP3 Download:
Ortega and Elparvar did this song like three years ago.It was never released officially. I grabbed the acapella from Crack Attack forum and put it on a very basic,very oldskool beat I made (very quickly !) I just thought this beat gonna fit well since that the song is about keeping it real and against commercial hip-hop.
Here's two parties you should really check out: On Monday Soulico plays at The Block club alongside South Rakkas,A wicked production team who are signed to Diplo's Mad Decent label. Check out their mixtape Here. click for Facebook Event
On Tuesday you should really check out the Betzalel party in Jerusalem. 4 floors filled with hot sounds. I'm gonna spin some heavy bass stuff on Jerusalem !!! Click for Facebook event
Say My Name is a film about women lyricist in the music industry.From hip hops birthplace in the Bronx to the ladies of grime on Londons eastside. The film features world renowned stars like MC Lyte,Erykah Badu,Moonie Love,Estelle,Remy Ma and many more. This film was made by Mamamess,A dou which consists of Israeli born Nirit Peled and Dave Hemmingway from The Netherlands. I did the original music and sound design for this. It premiers this March on the prestigious SXSW festival.
Last night I was a guest of Daniel "Doni" at 106FM Kol Hacampus,Israel's best radio station. The show focused mostly on Brazil's Baile Funk and Angola's Kuduru music. The star of the show was this girl called Layla which killed it on the mic. Me and Kuti maybe made the first ever Baile funk in Hebrew(Hakaitz Ba with Ronit Rasta) But Daniel and Layla did the first ever Israeli Baile funk in Portugesse !!!
Tahles are:Ilia-Ma'an, Extra-G & Nache. They are about to release a mixtape soon and a full album later. They've posted this acapella on the Crack Attack forum. They originally recorded this tune on a non-original beat and were looking for remixes. I basically used a beat I already had before,I just added some guitars and sped them up a little.
This is the third (!) remix contest from Tapuz Hip-Hop Forum. This time it's for E-Z's tune called Rosh Hamemshala (The Prime Minister). The song was recorded about two years ago but was only released recently due to Israel's general election.