From Nairobi, The Flee Project presents “Extra Muros – Kenya.” This compilation of artists from Africa & Europe showcase an eclectic mixture of vocals, electronic, ambient, downtempo and groovy dance music. The project takes you on a musical journey over 7 tracks featuring artists from the FLEE collective: Karun, Flexfab, Jinku, Tite, KMRU, Slikback and Pier Alfeo. Sonic elements in the compilation include house, bass, industrial, tribal, downtempo and indigenous sounds that populate the soundscape. There’s something for everyone on …
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DJ Zesto Q aka Zesto!, Zest Rock, Zesty Pesty, formally known as Justin Overton-Quinones is a long time friend and collaborator. Zesto, hailing from Middletown, New York, is a rapper, producer, and DJ. Last year he produced the TMG mixtape Head Nod Chill Wave. Like your favorite elusive artist, Zesto prefers to be on the fringes of the industry, giving him space and freedom to do what he wants. His classic Rags to Wishes EP (2005) left an indelible mark …
Tensho N. Takemori is a talented rapper, producer, and artist from Warwick, New York. He’s an original member of Stolen Music Imprint and long time associate the Money Hungry Bastards crew. Over the last 20 years, Tensho has worked with rappers like Auxiliary Arms (Masai Bey and L.I.F.E. Long), Mr. Cord, WhichCraft, DJ Zesto, and others. Its been a long process of honing his craft and developing his own style. On his exclusive TMG Mixtape, It Takes A Village And …
This Friday at 10pm, rapper and producer Rhyming Gaijin will livestream on the Tokyo Weekender’s Instagram page. Feigning to watch again? I got you. Rhyming’s set will rebroadcast again on Saturday at 10pm on TW Facebook page. TMG wrote about Rhyming’s 365-Day rap challenge and here’s an Q&A. This brother has been at it for over a decade. He’s nice af. …
TMG presents an exclusive mix from the incomparable Algernon, a Trinidadian renaissance man. Some may know him as the guitarist from the indie pop band, Miniature Tigers. They have gone on national tours, opening for the likes of Ben Folds and Fun. Algernon is a multi-instrumentalist, prolific producer, and a motion graphics designer. In his formative years he was one-half of the rap dou Nonspecific (with rapper Bedtime9), main producer of Sugar Brown Steven & The Super New Kids, and …
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