Bruce Tea
03-02-08, 12:01 PM
Arts the Beatdoctor - Transitions (http://www.guerilla-radio.com/index.php?showtopic=29319)
01. Arts The Beatdoctor - Blending Quality
02. Arts The Beatdoctor - The Anthem
03. Arts The Beatdoctor - Laughs, Drinks, Jokes, Tricks
04. Arts The Beatdoctor - Revolve
05. Arts The Beatdoctor - Crazy Times
06. Arts The Beatdoctor - Split Personality Part 1
07. Arts The Beatdoctor - All Of Us
08. Arts The Beatdoctor - Fragments
09. Arts The Beatdoctor - Decreasing Daylight
10. Arts The Beatdoctor - Transitions
11. Arts The Beatdoctor - Irreversible
12. Arts The Beatdoctor - Remember
13. Arts The Beatdoctor - Reprise
14. Arts The Beatdoctor - Mellow Drama
15. Arts The Beatdoctor - The Zone
Arts the Beatdoctor - Transitions (http://www.guerilla-radio.com/index.php?showtopic=29319)
Don't sleep on this, some god like chilled out mixing of styles (jazz / hip hop / etc )
With his debut-EP Fragments (Unexpected, February 2006), Dutch beatsmith Arts the Beatdoctor showed his musical diversity with a collection of jazz-inflicted hiphop-tracks which were mostly characterized by their nightly atmosphere.
With his full-length debut album Transitions he continues on this road in a truely original way. The album features 15 tracks, and is the product of 3 years of sampling, tweaking and composing. It stirs up a complex stew of emotions: melancholy being one of the most tongue-catching ingredients, supplemented by foreboding, a few tablespoons of tension and a few splashes of release.
Comparisons to artists such as DJ Shadow, Krush and RJD2 spring to mind with his blend of atmospheric and cinematic hip hop beats. Apart from the aforementioned artists, Arts finds his inspiration in jazz and classical music: “What really gets to me are the harmonies used. There's a lot of stuff that's about ‘playing wrong notes, but making them sound right’. For that quality, jazz is a good starting point if you want to make music that's surprising, exciting.” With featurings by Pete Philly, Skiggy Rapz and The Proov, Transitions became a very personal and introspective album which can't be left unnoticed by anyone interested in true music.
01. Arts The Beatdoctor - Blending Quality
02. Arts The Beatdoctor - The Anthem
03. Arts The Beatdoctor - Laughs, Drinks, Jokes, Tricks
04. Arts The Beatdoctor - Revolve
05. Arts The Beatdoctor - Crazy Times
06. Arts The Beatdoctor - Split Personality Part 1
07. Arts The Beatdoctor - All Of Us
08. Arts The Beatdoctor - Fragments
09. Arts The Beatdoctor - Decreasing Daylight
10. Arts The Beatdoctor - Transitions
11. Arts The Beatdoctor - Irreversible
12. Arts The Beatdoctor - Remember
13. Arts The Beatdoctor - Reprise
14. Arts The Beatdoctor - Mellow Drama
15. Arts The Beatdoctor - The Zone
Arts the Beatdoctor - Transitions (http://www.guerilla-radio.com/index.php?showtopic=29319)
Don't sleep on this, some god like chilled out mixing of styles (jazz / hip hop / etc )
With his debut-EP Fragments (Unexpected, February 2006), Dutch beatsmith Arts the Beatdoctor showed his musical diversity with a collection of jazz-inflicted hiphop-tracks which were mostly characterized by their nightly atmosphere.
With his full-length debut album Transitions he continues on this road in a truely original way. The album features 15 tracks, and is the product of 3 years of sampling, tweaking and composing. It stirs up a complex stew of emotions: melancholy being one of the most tongue-catching ingredients, supplemented by foreboding, a few tablespoons of tension and a few splashes of release.
Comparisons to artists such as DJ Shadow, Krush and RJD2 spring to mind with his blend of atmospheric and cinematic hip hop beats. Apart from the aforementioned artists, Arts finds his inspiration in jazz and classical music: “What really gets to me are the harmonies used. There's a lot of stuff that's about ‘playing wrong notes, but making them sound right’. For that quality, jazz is a good starting point if you want to make music that's surprising, exciting.” With featurings by Pete Philly, Skiggy Rapz and The Proov, Transitions became a very personal and introspective album which can't be left unnoticed by anyone interested in true music.