February 2012
66 posts
Real nice mix of electronic funk, soul, hip hop and R&B. (Via MOOVMNT)
Muhsinah is a 28 year old musician from Washington D.C. who’s been creating experimental R&B since 2005/2006. Her music, up until recently, has been a fascinating hybrid of R&B, neo-soul (á la Georgia Anne Muldrow and Erykah Badu), indie pop and electronic music. At times the electronic parts are reminiscent, or at least influenced by, some the stuff that’s come out of Flying...
Hi. On this blog I post R&B music that pushes the genre’s boundaries, as well as R&B influenced music within other genres and types of music. I’ve never had the intention nor desire to coin “indie R&B” as a definitive genre name for this music. You may call it “indie R&B”, “alternative R&B”, “future soul” or whatever...
Indie R&B @ On3-Radio →
(In german)
A while back the amazing people over at Life Crushed decided to get in contact with me. After a few months of talking we decided it was only logical to have a love child. This mix is our baby.
Track List:
Drake – “Cameras” (Instrumental) (Produced By Noah ‘40’ Shebib)
Hugo Fredric – “Family Affair”
Meech – “I Want” (Raziek Remix)
Hackman – “More...
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Alt-R&B History Lesson Part I
The Foreign Exchange, a hip hop/R&B duo consisting of rapper/singer Phonte and dutch producer Nicolay, dropped their debut album “Connected” in 2004. Although primarily a work of hip hop, the heavy R&B influence gave a hint of what was to come on their sophomore effort “Leave It All Behind” in 2008.
“Leave It All Behind” also featured Muhsinah on a...
Tim Jonze On Shuffle … R&B →
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I still feel that there is too much music in the world. I’m not convinced that...
– Experimental producer Matthew Herbert on the current state of music in our latest 5-10-15-20 interview. (via pitchfork)