#shoeboxx

[sevayabien]

Someone - Emawk

[kxngbless]

(imprintafter)

[oshimizunaco]

(Shoeboxx Recordings)

[oshimizunaco]

(Shoeboxx Recordings)

[repainttheworld]

Real Cosby - Always (feat. Marilyn Baker) by XLR8R Download: http://ift.tt/1rd14jj

[innertropics]

(Shoeboxx Recordings)

[soundelixir]

(Shoeboxx Recordings)

[qualitiesoftaste-blog]

For a while now, the as-of-recently-unfortunately-named Real Cosby has been without a doubt my favorite beat maker. I’ve been hooked ever since his Earl Juice EP, which I believe I discovered through Purr Tapes, a since-discontinued Portland-based tape label. Real Cosby has got this really nice minimalist style that takes the soft vibe of Mount Kimbie and 123mrk and overlays it with the frenetic vocal sampling style of TAPES or Pogo. Gold Braid, his latest EP, progressed this sound to over the course of four beautifully organic-sounding electronic dance tunes, which I even hesitate to call dance tunes…they almost operate more like rhythmic sound collages. The title track on that EP is one of my favorite songs, so I’ll most likely post a separate review for it at some point in the future. 

Anyway, today is an exciting day because Shoeboxx Records, the Denver-based net label that Real Cosby co-founded, has released their third compilation album. And it includes a new Real Cosby track titled “Like Ya Do” (or “Like Ya Da” as the bandcamp typo suggests). And I’m fucking jazzed about it.

Holy shit this track. The percussion alone in this one I could listen to for days. I can almost hear a bit of Toro Y Moi influence in here, especially his latest beat-tape Samantha, along with the incredible, more than ever TAPES-style vocal chopping. The synths are smooth as all hell, the breaks hit in all the right spots, and I’m absolutely digging the vaguely melancholy chords. I’m also really really into the tightly controlled structural shifts in here, most of all the breakdown about two minutes in that develops into this gorgeous orchestral-sounding line that carries into the final chorus. What a tune, what a tune. I encourage you to listen to the rest of this compilation if this track is your cup of tea. All of the artists associated with Shoeboxx are incredibly talented and really brought the fire with their tracks on this. A few personal favorites from my first listen through: 

Imprintafter - Don’t Wanna See Ya // Cam & Hands - Won’t You Cry // LWNMWHR - Loom // Slowbro - All Alone // BLNDSGHT - Bonsai // Sundrenched - Critical Mass

http://shoeboxxrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/vol-three