[From Excellent Reception : Episode 2] By lil’dave The MPC (aka Midi Production Center) is a sampling drum machine created by Rodger Linn back in 1988. It best know as the device of choice for hiphop and electronic producers to create some of most popular sample heavy tracks of the past 20 plus years. Detroit native…
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Jamie Lidell – “Completely Exposed”
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 2] By lil’dave Jamie Lidell has built a career off of spontaneity. The British born singer is known for the way uses technology to layer his vocals into complex rhythms and melodies. Over top of them, he proceeds to sing soulful songs with his richly toned voice that can quickly…
Excellent Reception Podcast | Episode 2
On this episode of Excellent Reception, we’ll talk about a few artists who bring the recording studio to the stage and take the spirit of the one-man band to new realms. These amazing songs are featured on this episode: Jamie Lidell – Completely Exposed Jeremy Ellis – Take Your time Low Leaf – As…
Phony PPL – “Why iii Love The Moon”
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 1] By lil’dave Phony PPL are a band out of Brooklyn who make jazzy R&B and hiphop with the mentality of a bedroom producer. Even though they are pretty much fresh out of high school, they have a sound far beyond their years and they have a few releases already…
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – “Slip Slide”
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 1] By lil’dave In May 2015, a mysterious new release appeared on iTunes as a free download. This new piece of music was the debut album “Surf” from a group called Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment. I happened to find out about this randomly from a few messages in…
Mura Masa – “Lovesick ***k”
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 1] By lil’dave Producer and multi-instrumentalist, Mura Masa, has been making a lot of noise on the underground over the past two years. Hailing from the same beat centered music scene that has championed artists like Kaytranada, Sango, and Cashmere Cat, the 19 year old producer is well on his…
Bilal – “Holding It Back” feat. Kimbra
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 1] By lil’dave Over the summer, Philly-based artist Bilal released his fourth album “In Another Life” on BBE Records out of the UK. Well, technically it is his 5TH album, if you count his heavily bootlegged-but never released “Love For Sale”. On “In Another Life”, Bilal leaves the production…
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – “Hot Sauce”
[From Excellent Reception : Episode 1] By lil’dave Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators are a band based out of Finland who specialize in the retro funk and soul sound. The lead singer, Nicole Willis, is a Brooklyn native who cut her teeth singing in various bands throughout the mid-80’s and 90’s. She has been…
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