V.A. - “One Year & A Day- The 5inch Files” (Equinox)

Super-fat instrumental Hip Hop | Rap music is rare in Netaudio, and most of the stuff that runs ashore on my hard disc is bullshit. As exciting HipHop-releases are always a special joy for me, I was happy to discover Equinox Records releasing their “One Year & A Day”-compilation for free. Oil your necks for a whole bunch of promising new artists.

 

 Misantroph - "Commercialism" [2:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 B-Ju - "Soja Extra" [2:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Aqua Luminus III. – "Uplock The Poprock" [2:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Berlin HipHop-label is commonly known for it’s beautiful vinyl-editions. Completely online (and completely free) is the latest joint by Equinox Records: a ten-track MP3 compilation with at least nine great bangers from German producers. Misantroph drops a dark, super-fat track right between the eyes of El-P and DJ Shadow, Aqua Luminus III. (Komaflash-collective) fuses fuzzy guitars, old-school cuts and Def Jux-style keyboards. B-Ju (Frankfurt) delivers an outstanding track that sounds like Dabyre and Diddy teamed up with a string quartet and, finally, J. Baracuz (Berlin) is responsible for the Dilla-credits. Who ever tells you German Hip Hop can’t cope the original- get him into this! So good.

PS: If you sign up for the EQX-newsletter, you will be able to purchase “One Year & A Day” as a strictly limited 5″ vinyl-set later on.

MP3 HipHop Music Download

Release-Site: V.A. - “One Year & A Day”
Direct Download: V.A. - “One Year & A Day” ZIP
Label: Equinox Records/ www.e-q-x.net

About the Author

This article was written on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by Bettina Rhymes. Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.