The new EP from Rotterdam’s Noiz Boiz, “Zwarre Bassen, Zware Beats”, is out now and available for free download via their website. And yo, you need to check this out. On both the MC side and the beat side, things are dope. Mucky handles a majority of the beats, but others such as Hayzee, Gomes and Dion47 also add sometimes, but never disrupting the flow of things. There are uptempo tunes, more relaxed ones, but overall its extremely grimey and has more punchy bass and beats than the wobbly dubstep kind.

On the MC side, things are solid too. XL does his thing and goes in without some fake gangsterish threats or bragging about designer sun glasses. Plenty of other heads swing by for some verses too, such as Skinto, Zwart Licht and Boef & de Gelogeerde Aap, and that helps keep things interesting. Top it off with the host of things, Don de Baron, who I think makes the whole thing fun (hard not to like someone shouting out Brrrap! Brrrap!). Some might find him a bit too DJ Khaled-like, I think overall his hyping works out on the album.

Pretty dope release here, grimey, not fake, interseting, and it bumps, what more can you want. Overall I found Track 6, Tegenstand my favorite and also find myself wishing I’d made it to their release party over the weekend, heard it sold it up. Big up guys!

Roel Funcken (1 of the 2 Funcken brothers, collectively known as Funckarma) has just released his own solo album: Vade (out now via Adnoiseam). Similar in many regards to the Funckarma sound, this album is quite rich (and long – 16 tracks!). I won’t bore you with a song by song break down, get the album and do that yourself. What I will say though is that its very electronic, yet very organic at the same time. I think its also the melodies and layering of sounds that give this album a warm feel, despite the groaning synths and distorted noises that creep around you. Check out this track for a preview, its got that pumping rhythm, sounds very digital, but still seems organic in someway, almost alive : track #5, Fictional Stub :http://www.adnoiseam.net/images/stories//discography/122/roel_funcken-adn122-5.mp3

This release will please anyone who like Funckarma, but should also be attractive to those looking for a fuller sound than your average dubstep fare. I mean this ain’t really dubstep, but there is bass in there, some starkness, plenty of head bobbing, probably a spliff or two, and well, its dope, so check it out!

And for anyone who hasn’t heard of Funckarma yet, here’s a recent live set by Funckarma at the FAQ festival in Den Bosch on the 9th of april 2010.

Funckarma_Liveset_FAQ_festival by Funckarma

Dutch brothers Don and Roel Funcken have been producing music under the name Funckarma for over a decade now. Rather experimental and dirty is the first thought I have, but if you dig into it, there are melodies and dynamics that really take this to a meaningful level. Their music is electronic music, with influences from all types of music, most noticably dub, IDM, & hiphop. Anyways, they’ve done a lot of things, and are set to release a new EP on the interesting dutch label Eat Concrete. This release should appeal to dubstep heads that enjoy a less commercial sound, but still enjoy a full and cohesive tune. These guys definitly know a thing or two about music, and this release is definitly worth checking out.

Below are some tunes to listen to (for more clips check out http://soundcloud.com/eatconcrete). The EP comes out March 4th and is available through Rush Hour and Eat Concrete among other places.

Funckarma – Delibel – FULL TRACK – EAT015 by Eat Concrete

Funckarma – Hawking Radiation clip – EAT015 by Eat Concrete

Tilburg duo Boef en de Gelogeerde Aap just dropped there album “Vind Ons” last week. Its a free download (download it here) from there site, but don’t take that to mean its cheap quality, its actually quite dope. The beats are kinda a grime/hiphop mix, with very synthy & digital beats, but more of a hiphop tempo and humor to it.  Thankfully it also lacks the overly hyperness and word-repeating of grime (the latter being highly fucking annoying to me). I’m not that well versed in dutch rap to really critique their vocal delivery, but I will say it has more of a chilled out & stoned delivery than a big ego hardbody delivery (though I think the vocals could have used a little more “umph” at times) – that being said, they’re best tunes are the slower more introspective ones.  Check it out, there’s a lot of good stuff in there, and it’s all in Dutch too! Big up guys!

photo ganked from : http://madebyroy.blogspot.com/

]]> http://brrrap.com/blog/2009/10/14/free-album-from-boef-en-de-gelogeerde-aap/feed/ 0 http://brrrap.com/blog/2009/07/10/charly-gallus-cd-out-now/ http://brrrap.com/blog/2009/07/10/charly-gallus-cd-out-now/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:33:58 +0000 Subbalicious http://brrrap.com/blog/?p=59 The new Charly & Gallus CD is now available in the Brrrap! webstore.  Look out for our review of the cd and a full length interview with the guys in Brrrap! #6.