Ain’t done a supposed one can DJ [in dreams] In the Mix for a long time, well amendment in order. Just could not curtail all this good and fresh music down the way in a few quality releases, from brothers in Ian Kamau (poet & music artist) – “September Nine Vol.3 – Love & Other Struggles” [...]
February 19, 2010
A freebie session from Dallas based upcoming producer M. Slago entitled “Nag Champa Sessions” [doing the rounds for some months] and like the Tall Black Guy EP this is most definitely a quality addition. A brother M. Slago “Nag Champa Sessions” EP is on the chilling, mellow, relax and eclectic mix of instrumental numbers hence the name [...]
January 29, 2010
Haven’t done an In the Mix in minutes, but here we are with this near 30 minutes mix. Newness, jazzy-electro from Swiss producer Chief Beatmaker, Damien Marley & Nasir Jones [two singles from Distant Relatives] through to Mello Music Group artist Sareem Poems [a track from Black & Read All Over], playing and placing it jazzily [...]
January 9, 2010
Freebie session from Chicago based [unknown in these quarters but now known] producer Tall Black Guy entitled “Hollyweird“. A brother Tall Black Guy “Hollyweird” EP is on the jazzy, electronic hip hop, slow, mid, uptempo eclectic mix of instrumental numbers, never leaves one hanging from one track to another, from “Who is He” run repeat run [...]
January 6, 2010
These videos have a been doing the interwebs gig for a mile while but both possess quality. Heard a brother and US emcee Kev Brown via the The Budget Is Low Mixtape 1 and here is the finely edited visual to the classy audio track ‘Another Random Joint’ a smooth flow plus smooth production. Another Random Joint [...]
January 1, 2010
The first day of a fresh year is upon sisters and brothers, thankful in order. Onthebuzz opens post proceedings with “best to clear your yard before one journey’s to clear another” in other words starting in London with emcee and 1/2 of the hip hop collective Natural Born Spittaz; Mystro a brother featured a few times [...]
December 21, 2009
Brand new week and days remaining for the end of the year, got to be grateful. I traveled afar and beyond, starting the journey with an abstract Ithiopia jazzy affair with The Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke, a visit to Scotland with Hudson Mohawke for some electrosoul, as Sweden was run the corner bumped into Erik L [...]
December 4, 2009
Spirit & Soul-Hop sampler 09 from Daru Jones, is the actual completion I’d imagined to the released since Spirit & Soul Hop Preview EP. For those who have followed Daru’s progress for the past months atleast, a brother has been all kind of busy with the Bee’s Knees, check his Daru for Rusic channel, touring with [...]
December 1, 2009
This free album “The Birds and the Beats” by M.anifest from African Rebel Movement and team, dropped on the 20th November, 2009 which was also his birthday, a gift to the mass support of people who recognise quality. Besides the birthday present, “The Birds and the Beats” release, serves as a higher good cause to raise [...]
November 20, 2009
Robby and Bobby are the Netherlands music production duo named as The Planty Herbs. The Planty Herbs set out to produce a handful of tracks for a beattape/EP they where putting together within a 24 hour period, What!.. The result is an impressive collection of 15 tracks/beats of soul, jazz, hip hop diversity. For a couple of young guys, [...]
November 18, 2009
Commence this with these personal/social commentary tracks because as said, “Music is serious. U don’t play with Music. If you play with music, you will die young.” -Fela Kuti Music should inform, educate, inspire No! More so than… what is being served currently in the form of supposed hits, bubble gum snooze well just saying/ranting {laughing [...]
November 10, 2009
Hot of the press! Well.., in my case an hour overdue. Hawdwerk & Jansport J has been snippet dropping a few singles from the highly anticipated free “High Power Moves” album and onthebuzz presenting these, through the buzz mill for the past months as and when made available. A recap of one of the quality singles: [...]
November 5, 2009
A good music EP which was released recently and also a fine way to run things down. Listening to these tracks of f the EP “…Just Visiting Too” this is one for immediate download, a jazzy and monumental slice of neo soul/soul. “…Just Visiting Too“ courtesy of the multi talented and instrumentalist Zo! on production with some [...]
November 2, 2009
New week and 11th month of the year and 9 years into the 21st century many have seen and many have not, got to be grateful all the same. Just a little somethin’, somethin’ In the Mix onthebuzz series, by no means a clone of work by DJ Buddy or DJ Ian Head {laughing out loud} but [...]
October 27, 2009
Amede & The Soundsmith featured on onthebuzz a while back, as we ran down a certain Sunday with some cinematic soul. I was fortunate enough that a brother, made contact with his latest EP, the 24 track Amede & The Soundsmith: Sound Scapes, so downloaded, fired up the player and opened my ears. The result on this sound scape [...]
March 2, 2010