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Exile - In Love (Clutchy Hopkins Remix)

Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn (EP)
© 2011 Wax Poetics Records

The story begins in 1998 as budding hip-hop producer Adrian Younge finds himself confined by the limitations of the MPC. He begins teaching himself how to play various instruments so he can fully realize his vision. First it was keyboards, then drums, sax, guitar, and bass. Fascinated with the sounds of Italian soundtracks by the likes of Ennio Morricone, Younge begins work on the soundtrack to the fictional film Venice Dawn, recording the album intermittently over the course of the next year. What developed was a sound equal parts Morricone and Air. Self-released, the entire album was composed, arranged, and played by Younge. Only a thousand CDs were pressed, replete with faux soundtrack album art designed by Younge himself. Sold mostly in the L.A. area, the CD became collectable among those in the know.

Fast forward to 2008, and Younge finds himself at the center of the Black Dynamite zeitgeist. Instrumental in the film’s development, Younge not only edited the film, but composed the original score as well. Hailed as a modern blaxploitation masterpiece, the Black Dynamite score solidified Younge’s position as a force to be reckoned with on the new worldwide soul and funk scene.

Taking some time off after the success of Black Dynamite, Younge began revisiting some of his earlier work from Venice Dawn and envisioned a new sound that would take the blaxploitation of Black Dynamite and mesh it with the more left-field sounds of Venice Dawn, eventually deciding to bring everything full circle by releasing the material under the Venice Dawn moniker. This new LP, titled Something About April, will be released this fall on Wax Poetics Records, with the first single, “It’s Me,” coming in August.

In correlation with the release of the new LP, Wax Poetics Records is reissuing a digital-only EP version of the original Venice Dawn album for free. Its rerelease eleven years later connects the dots between Black Dynamite, Younge’s early work, and his newest album, Something About April.

KOSMOS 18.02.2012 playlist:

00. KosmoS Intro feat. Anthony De Mello
01. Tensei - Acid Reign (Plug Research)
02. The Union - Space B-Boy (Fat Beats)
03. Julien Dyne - Who Are You feat. Ladi6 and Parks (BBE)
04. Natasha Kmeto - Detox Saturday (Dropping Gems)
05. Full Crate & Mark Pritchard - Dangle (RBMA)
06. Starslinger - Moet & Reese (Soundcloud)
07. Vaiper Despotin - Golden Olympic Dance feat. Happyendless (Renegades Of Bump)
08. Bueno Bros - Snoooze (cd-r)
09. Crazy P - Changes (Appleblim Bristol Soul Mix) (20:20 Vision)
10. Suite For Ma Dukes - Antiquity (Mochilla)
11. Dave Notti - Make Em’ NV (Bandcamp)
12. Fresh Nerd of 100 Akres - Round Peg, Sqaire Peg (The Madge Beat Tape)
13. Myele Manzanza - Absent feat. Bella Kalolo (Bandcamp)
14. Novika - Perfect Beat (Polyp Remix) (Soundcloud)
15. Robert Glasper Experiment - Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) feat. Ledisi (Blue Note)
16. Boss Kite - Comicon (Donkey Pitch)
17. Brandy - What About Us (Sinjin Hawke & Marcus Hawke Bootleg) (cd-r)
18. Mark Ronson feat. Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings - A La Modeliste (Re:Generation Project)
19. Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def and More - Jam for Gulf Aid (Gulfaid.org)
20. Kinny - The Lovecats (Tru Thoughts)
21. Freddie Joachim - Morena (cd-r)
22. Rhye - Open (Innovative Leisure)
23. Shlomo - Wen Uuu (Friends Of Friends)
24. ? - Aura (cd-r)
25. OYT - Shut Up Fool (cd-r)
26. Colonel Red - Rain Fall (FALQ 1979 Remix) (Soundcloud)
27. Ta-Ku - Dusty 11 (cd-r)
28. DTMD (feat. Godly MC & Kev Brown) - Raw (Oddisee Remix) (Mello Music Group)
29. Morpheground - Sun Red (Bandcamp)
30. Shortcircles - Fallin’ (Plug Research)
31. Young Magic - You With Air (Galapagoose & Wooshie’s Helium Flip) (Carpark)
32. Lucky Dragons - Existers (Matthewdavid Remix) (Leaving)
33. Tincture - You’ll Learn (Soundcloud)

xKosmoS’2012 artwork by gabinet.co.uk

Tensei One EP

1. Acid Reign
2. For the Love
3. Let ‘em in
4. Fly Trap
5. The Minotaur
6. Threee’s
7. Smash Mouth
8. For the Love ft. Adad, Yaw, & Denmark (Bonus Track)
9. Fly Trap ft. Scarlet Monk (Bonus Track)
10. Smash Mouth ft. Scud One, Phenom, & The Ones (Bonus Track)

Killer Chune…for my wife CM.  Love you much!

(Source: hoodratthangs)