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Macadelic White Vinyl Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Another milestone of Hip Hop's Golden Era gets an all official vinyl re-release through HHV. Smif-N-Wessun's debut album "Dah' Shinin" is an early Boot Camp Clikk release with features by Black Moon, Heltah Skeltah and the Originoo Gunn Clappaz and entirely produced by Da Beatminerz. Essential pick!

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Mac Miller

2LP | 2012 | UK | Reissue (Rostrum)

36,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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People Hear What They See Cream & Tan Vinyl Edition

Oddisee

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

36,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Lupe Fiasco

Tetso & Youth

40,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Suburban Noize)

Madchild

Dope Sick

27,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Nordachse (MC Bomber & Shacke One)

Nordachse Deluxe Edition

2LP | 2014 | DE | Reissue (Nordachse CashGroup / HHV)

22,99 €*

Release: 2014 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Pinkprint 10th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

Nicki Minaj

2LP | 2014 | WW | Reissue (Republic)

38,99 €*

Fela Soul 2024 Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Celebrate 10 years of Pinkprint.
First time on vinyl.
Black vinyl.
Exclusive poster insert.
Includes the singles "Pills n Potions", "Anaconda", "Only" and "Bed of Lies".

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Fela Kuti Vs. De La Soul

LP | 2015 | US (Fela Soul)

28,99 €*

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Fat Beats)

Release: 2015 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The classic is back! Gummy Soul's Amerigo Gazaway mashes up Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti with acapellas from De La Soul to killer effect! A fantasic journey into the "world of afrobeat rhythms, funky horn riffs & classic hip-hop gems". Bonus track added, now on colored vinyl in a full color picture sleeve!

Afrobeat legend FELA KUTI mashed with DE LA SOUL acapellas to killer effect! A fantastic journey into the world of afrobeat rhythms, funky horn riffs & classic hip-hop gems". This colored vinyl repress comes on blue colored vinyl for the first time. Includes new "secret" 2024 bonus cut.

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Brownout

Fear Of A Brown Planet

29,99 €*

Mandala Gold Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Twenty-eight years ago, pissed-off twelve-year-olds around the universe discovered a new planet, a Black Planet. Public Enemy’s aggressive, Benihana beats and incendiary lyrics instilled fear among parents and teachers everywhere, even in the border town of Laredo, Texas, home of the future founders of the Latin-Funk-Soul-Breaks super group, Brownout. The band’s sixth full-length album (out May 25th) Fear of a Brown Planet is a musical manifesto inspired by Public Enemy’s music and revolutionary spirit.

Chuck D., the Bomb Squad, Flava Flav and the rest of the P.E. posse couldn’t possibly have expected that their golden-era hip hop albums would sow the seeds for countless Public Enemy sleeper cells, one that would emerge nearly three decades later in Austin, Texas. Greg Gonzalez (bass) remembers a kid back in junior high hipped him to the fact that Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” is built on James Brown samples, while a teenaged Beto Martinez (guitar) alternated between metal and hip-hop in his walk-man, and Adrian Quesada (guitar/keys) remembers falling in love with Public Enemy’s sound at an early age. “When I got into Hip hop, I was looking for this aggressive outlet . . . and I didn’t even understand what they were pissed off about, because I was twelve and lived in Laredo . . . but I loved it and I felt angry along with them.”

Joseph Abajian (Fat Beats’ owner) must have sensed the deep hip-hop well lying beneath the versatile band’s Latin-Funk veneer. “I thought their sound would work covering Public Enemy songs,” Abajian says, and, “it was good to know they were P.E. fans . . . We came up with a track listing and they went to work.” Despite the band’s eagerness to work on new original material (an album of original songs is slated for next year), they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to pay homage to this iconic and influential posse.

Translating sample-based music to a live band turned out to be more of a challenge than they anticipated. Adrian tried to get inside the Bomb Squad’s [Public Enemy’s producers/beat-making team] head in order to find the inspiration to reinterpret P.E.’s songs: “imagine the Bomb Squad going back in time and getting the J.B.s [James Brown’s funky backing band] in the studio and setting up a couple analog synths and then playing those songs.” While some songs closely follow the original musical blueprint, others use the source breakbeats as jumping-off points later sweetened by Trombonist Mark “Speedy” Gonzales’ horn arrangements, synth wizardry courtesy of friend-of-the-band Peter Stopschinski, and DJ Trackstar’s turntable scratches. But don’t listen expecting to hear paint-by-numbers recreations of classic Public Enemy jams. “Our approach is never in the tribute sense,” Adrian explains. “We’ve always taken it and made it our own, whether it’s the Brown Sabbath thing or this Public Enemy thing.”

Coming off numerous tours as Brown Sabbath and even a stint backing the late legend Prince, Brownout is arguably the tightest and funkiest band on the road today and they’re psyched to bring this revolutionary music to the people. For a band without an overt political agenda, they collectively couldn’t resist the opportunity to play this music live, especially now. “If there’s any way that we can use the already political and protest nature [of P.E.’s music], we would like to try,” Beto says. “The album’s title, Fear of Brown Planet is definitely a relevant idea today and we’re not afraid to put it out there, because we want to speak out.” By reinterpreting these hip hop classics in their unique style and channeling the spirit of Public Enemy that first echoed around the world and captured their imaginations all those years ago, Brownout is doing exactly that.

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Mello Music Group

LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

34,99 €*

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Backstein Ru'let / HHV)

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Mandala is the fourth Mello Music Group compilation – previous compilations include Mental Liberation, Helpless Dreamer, and Self Sacrifice - featuring Oddisee, Apollo Brown, L'Orange, Quelle Chris, Murs, Milo, Georgia Anne Muldrow and more.

The album showcases the ever-evolving roster of top-tier producers and rappers on MMG, many of whom (e.g. Oddisee & Quelle Chris) fill both roles with equal dexterity. Additionally, it features several artists nearby MMG, a testament to their commitment to working with those who possess singular sonic and lyrical abilities.

Mandala is at once compact and comprehensive. There is not a minute wasted and not a miss in sight. It is diverse and yet somehow cohesive, tailor made to rock your car speakers and your brain stem. It is MMG's reminder that hip-hop is alive and well, and a reintroduction to a label that's tried never to forget what makes music compelling.

With a multitude of producers behind the boards, the soundscapes on Mandala cover the map and the album is all the better for it. Oddisee helms the opener and tracks throughout with a musicality like few in Hip-Hop today. L'Orange brings subtle, jazzy suites to the table, and Quelle Chris provides dusty samples looped over hard-hitting drums as well as anyone else. Each beat is far richer and more inventive, able to play on its own and provide the perfect complement to the raps at hand.

As far as the rhymes are concerned, the rappers on Mandala leave nothing to chance. The MCs on the comp are intelligent and self-aware, capable of the comic, tragic, and in-between at the sound of a snare. They have an old-school reverence for rhyme with a modern state of mind and modern problems. Come-up or comedown, shine or shadow, friend or foe – they are fearless in confronting all fears.

Above all, Mandala is a sign of the great and innovative music in the history of MMG.

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Hubert Daviz

Momentum

18,99 €*

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Radio Juicy / Urban Waves / HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Here's another Huubaat nugget that we are very excited about to release. "Momentum" includes a collection of previously unreleased or digtial-only available works incl. the collaboration effort with Flako. The vinyl comes with a lovely soft-touch sleeve.

"Beatnicks Tape": All tracks produced by Hubert Daviz in April/May 2008. The original release "Beatnicks Tape #01" included 13 tracks. These tracks have been released for free download in summer 2008 on the Cologne based record label Up My Alley. The work on this beat tape started as an attempt of getting familiar with one's first own equipment. Original text from the back cover: "lots of vinyl, 1 MPC2500, 1 Microkorg, hands on."

"Damage Is Done": All tracks produced by Flako & Hubert Daviz between December 2007 & June 2008. Unreleased beat tape from the joint collaboration with Flako (going by the name of "Damage Is Done"). The original version was completed by Flako on June 21, 2008 and included 8 tracks. "Woop, Wooop.."

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The AK's

Laws Of Attraction

2LP | 2018 | DE | Original (HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl of The AK's Radio Juicy debut "Laws Of Attraction". Includes all instrumentals on the B with beats by Philanthrope, tusken., 2Late, Jahshoota and tides. Tip!

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Sichtbeton

Prenzlauer Berg

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (HHV)

The Mouse Outfit

Step Steadier

21,99 €*

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Cold Busted)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Pitch, Chini and Defty present the follow-up to the well-received "Escape Music" album with features by Sparkz, Verb T, Fox, Dr. Syntax, Truthos Mufasa, Dubbul O, Jman, Ellis Meade, T-Man & Cutterz!

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Saib.

Sailing

29,99 €*

2LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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NOW PRESSED ON 180 GRAM VINYL!

Cold Busted has navigated the smooth seas to unearth Sailing, the new album from Moroccan guitarist and beat-flinger saib. The Casablanca-based producer has steered his sound into warmer waters. Mixing tempered hip hop beats with jazzy vibes and a lounge sensibility, saib. touches on a style that's both chill and opulent. The album's opener, "Archipelago," sets the scene with gentle piano, swirling strings, and beachside sounds that would make Martin Denny proud. "Tropics" pushes the agenda further, featuring delightful vibraphone lines, stand-up bass, and boom bap beats, providing the perfect soundtrack for poolside cocktails. The sleepy crooning of "Blue Memories," the future-retro sing-a-long of "Mermaid Dreams," and the guitar/vibes interplay of "Pastel" provide other highlights. Sailing's twelve songs show saib. as an artist capable of bringing a sunny climate to any listening environment.

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El-P

Cancer 4 Cure

38,94 €* 40,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | DE | Original (HHV)

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Received an 8.5 Best New Music rating from Pitchfork. Independent rap icon EL-P's incredible solo album Cancer 4 Cure. Cancer For Cure takes another huge leap forward with a bombastic collision of synths, bottomless bass tones, live instrumentation, ear-worming melody, and tightly coiled drum patterns, setting the standard for hip hop production higher than ever. The obvious diversion from the previous album is the presence of El-P’s ever-developing vocal style, continuing to raise the bar on his already highly verbose flow that swiftly and muscularly navigates a rapidfire explosion of syllabic conundrums and quick-witted elocutions full of heart, purpose, style and grit. Rounded out by feature appearances by a host of high profile guests including Killer Mike, Danny Brown, MR. Muthafuckin’ Exquire, Paul Banks (interpol), and others.

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Dennis Real

12 Drunkies Tape #1

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Crusader For Justice White Vinyl Edition

The Grouch

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Legendary Music / HHV)

Success Is Destiny Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 500 copies on white colored 2LP vinyl.

The Grouch's sixth album from 2003, "Crusader For Justice", gets its first ever vinyl edition. Being a founding member of the Living Legends crew, The Grouch has made his name from the mid-90's on as one of the leading artists out of the flourishing Westcoast Underground scene. All independently, all DIY. We at HHV are very excited to finally get his full back catalogue out on vinyl, for the first time ever!

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The Grouch

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Legendary Music / HHV)

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Hector Macello / HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 500 copies on yellow colored 2LP vinyl.

The Grouch's third album from 1997, "Success Is Destiny", gets its first ever 2LP vinyl edition. Being a founding member of the Living Legends crew, The Grouch has made his name from the mid-90's on as one of the leading artists out of the flourishing Westcoast Underground scene. All independently, all DIY. We at HHV are very excited to finally get his full back catalogue out on vinyl, for the first time ever!

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Jamin & Fid Mella

CIVIC Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Hector Macello / HHV)

Jamin & Fid Mella

Augenring Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2015 | DE | Original (Muther Manufaktur x HHV)

Sendemast

State Of Flavour 2

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Loyalty Or Death: Lord Talk Volume 2 HHV EU Exclusive Smokey Clear Vinyl Edition

Flee Lord

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

33,99 €*

Dark Comedy Iridescent Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of this gem that Get On Down shares with us for to make things easier for heads over here. In Europe only available at HHV

Flee Lord is a proven force to be reckoned with and he continues his hot streak with this Lord Talk, Volume 2 limited edition vinyl drop. Originally released in 2018, the 8-track project also features guest appearances from Conway the Machine, Westside Gunn, Crimeapple, Meyhem Lauren, Termanology and Scott Cane. The project is fully produced by godBLESSbeatz and remains a favorite among Flee Lord’s growing fanbase. In 2020, Flee Lord pledged to release a full length album for every month of the year. Not one to let his fans down, Flee kept his promise and released 12 high quality projects in 2020, culminating with the release of the acclaimed In The Name of Prodigy album. An ode to the legacy of the late Prodigy, Flee Lord tapped in with Havoc (of Mobb Deep) to handle all of the production. Looking to keep up his momentum, Flee teamed up with Roc Marciano earlier this year and the duo dropped their collaborative Delgado album to rave reviews. With another album in the works to close out 2021, Flee Lord isn’t slowing down anytime soon, stay tuned! Lord Lord!

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Open Mike Eagle

LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

23,39 €* 25,99 € -10%

CD | 2015 | EU | Reissue (X-Ray)

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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One of LA’s smartest young voices says the LA Times…which the artist suspects, may just be a covert way of saying LA is dumb. “Open” Mike Eagle wouldnt terribly mind, being born and raised in Chicago where the painful winters and his uppity grandparents kept him inside as a youth. He spent his formative years watching alternative music happen on MTV and hoping to one day be able to audition for the Native Tongues. As a young adult after graduating with a degree in Psychology, he did the next best thing and moved to Los Angeles, joining the Project Blowed collective where he made music and toured with Busdriver, Aceyalone, Abstract, Nocando, and more. He’s also gained notoriety in the world of comedy by being invited by professional funny people (Paul F. Tompkins, Hannibal Buress, Matt Besser/UCB) to rap at their shows. He’d like to be rap’s Kurt Vonnegut but recognizes that he’d first have to create something as iconic as the four-stroke illustration of an anus. He practices by releasing rap albums that delight, entertain, and confuse

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Degiheugi

Endless Smile

12,59 €* 13,99 € -10%

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Tape | 2018 | EU | Original (Limited Item Lovers)

Shut Eye Horizon

Alec Baldwin

20,99 €*

M. Strange Was Here Black Variant Cover

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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N and Moodswing go hard and never went home.

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Mikey Strange

Tape | 2018 | US | Original (Asgard)

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Revisit OST Unique Deluxe Bundle W/ 6 Fine-Art Frame Prints By Markus Oberndorfer

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 50 C-35 music grade type 1 tape, lime green shells with blue imprint and blue & clear Norelco boxes, 3 panel J-cards printed both sides. Featuring Westside Gunn and Baby Aztro

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V.A.

3x12"+Print | 2018 | EU | Original (Darkroom Debuts)

69,99 €*

Time Being Deluxe Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 150 copies. Every bundle is unique as every single print is unique that's included. Like the pages of a flipbook, each of the 900 made prints is unique. Only very few for retail, so if you want the whole package with the fine prints by Markus Oberndorfer, be quick. Comes in white cut-out sleeve with sticker. The REVISIT Soundtrack was initiated by Markus Oberndorfer as part of his media art project REVISITED which features 360 video, media installation, photography, collage, and an artist book. Six befriended musicians were invited to provide three tracks each and given the assignment to send contributions representing their interpretations of the 360 videos recorded of the Sunset Strip in 2016 as part of REVISITED.

REVISIT OST is part of the installations virtual experience in form of radio broadcasts and subject of digital release and three limited physical releases on split 12“ vinyl. The vinyl is available in two versions à 150 copies: 1. Rhythm-Section (sound) and Rhythm- & Sequence-Frame-Section (sound & visual concept).

DROOM-01: Parental, Sirlensalot
DROOM-02: Devaloop, Lex (de Kalhex)
DROOM-03: Kompact, Dday One)

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Cyne

3LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

24,99 €*

LP | 2018 | DE | Original (Nordachse CashGroup / HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Deluxe 3LP edition on regular black vinyl.

“Time Being”, originally released in 2003, was the first full-length CYNE LP, following a series of 12” singles for Beta Bodega’s imprint Botanica Del Jibaro. This Project Mooncircle reissue marks the first time that this long out-of-print album has been released on vinyl. This deluxe edition includes a remaster of the original “Time Being” album, previously released singles, instrumentals, and two previously unreleased bonus tracks (“Plain English” and “The Word”), both recorded during the “Time Being” sessions.

CYNE’s “Time Being” lineup consisted of MC’s Cise Star and Akin Yai, and producers Speck and Enoch. The four teamed up in Gainesville, Florida in 2001 and recorded “African Elephants”, which was quickly released as a 12” and set the trajectory for the group’s course. “Time Being” was created over the next year and reflects the musical and political environment of the time. Sonically the album showcases a synthesis of obscure samples filtered through the eclectic influences of Speck and Enoch, while Cise Star and Akin Yai’s lyrics cover a wide range, from conceptual, introspective, and spiritual ideas to the anxieties of post-9/11 xenophobia and being a black youth in America.

CYNE has continued to release music for more than 15 years, including projects for domestic and international labels such as Project: Mooncircle, Botanica Del Jibaro, P-Vine, Home Tapes, and City Centre Offices. Although the group’s lineup has changed for recent projects, all four members continue to work together, creating a reputation as artists that stay true to the lyrical power and gritty cut and paste aesthetic of classic Hip Hop while managing to explore new sonic territory.

Both CYNE and Akin Yai released new material in 2017; CYNE recently announced the second volume of their “Wasteland” beat tape series, while Akin Yai’s new album “Romantica”, primarily produced by Speck and Enoch, was released in April of 2017.

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Tiger & G.G.B.

Tag Team

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tribulations And Life Of A Cat Called Fritz Extended Edition

A Cat Called Fritz

3LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Coffee Break / HHV)

24,99 €*

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (HHV Boombap 45s)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited extended re-edition of 400 copies on triple vinyl of Fritz' album debut on vinyl due to the strong demand. Includes the original album with features by Audessey (of Soundsci fame), T-Love, Chaotik Stylz, RepLife and others plus 10 bonus tracks!

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Alkaholiks

Daaam! / Buckwild Remix

11,99 €*

7" | 2018 | US | Original (The Order Label)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strongly limited edition of 300 copies of the 4th release in our fresh established »HHV Boombap 45's« series.

At the beginning we are focusing on a few quality tracks of the Golden Era that we love to spin on vinyl. This time we are happy to present Tha Alkaholiks' instant classic "Daaam!" on 7" for the very first time, backed with the very dope Buckwild (of D.I.T.C. fame) remix on the B!

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L.Scatter

Figueroa Sunset

14,39 €* 15,99 € -10%

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Radio Juicy / Urban Waves / HHV)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2018 marks the reprisal of Los Angeles’ L. Scatter with the new 7” Figueroa & Sunset, returning after 2011’s Beat Swap Meet presents: The All Vinyl Mixtape. L. Scatter’s new 7” features the heavy weight boom bap tracks “Figueroa Street”, “Sunset Blvd./Cesar E. Chavez Ave”, and “Chick Hearn Court”. As bonus beats, “Sun” and “Fig” exist as short instrumentals of “Figueroa” and “Sunset”. As a building block in Project Blowed’s infamous history, L. Scatter’s legacy continues on a straight arrow progression, keeping intact the foundations that shaped an entire movement of technical hip-hop.

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Knowmadic

Coming Up For Air

LP | 2018 | DE | Original (HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl!

"Coming Up For Air" is a fantastic journey in the mind of the young producer from San Jose, California, the one and only Knowmadic. The album takes you along to an adventure through an urban jungle of vintage light signs, street stalls and autumn leaves. When suddenly the street is covered with people crowding in front of something that you can't see but the urge to know is overwhelming so you push your way forward to finally come up for air. Like opening a door to discover a room filled with people lounging and talking to each other with drinks and smokes, a familiar music is playing and you wanna know what it is, that's when you see Knowmadic playing his latest album in the corner of the room.

It's a very simple concept but true to its nature, everything is on point. Knowmadic expertly brings you this album that is full of joy and sorrow and will make you unconsciously reflect and progress.

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Ogee

Nichts Neues

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Real Hip Hop / Pete Rock Remix

Das EFX

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (HHV Boombap 45s)

11,99 €*

Brooklyn Movements / Instrumental

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strongly limited edition of 300 copies of the third release in our fresh established »HHV Boombap 45's« series.

At the beginning we are focusing on a few quality tracks of the Golden Era that we love to spin on vinyl, and the third release might be a cracker for the 45 dancefloor. Das EFX' DJ Premier-produced anthem "Real Hip Hop" is finally available on 45 backed with the classic Pete Rock remix. To the hiddip the hop ya don't stop!

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Da Bush Babees

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (HHV Boombap 45s)

11,99 €*

LP | 2018 | DE | Original (Flavour Gang / HHV)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strongly limited edition of 300 copies of the very first release in our fresh established »HHV Boombap 45's« series.

At the beginning we are focusing on a few quality tracks of the Golden Era that we love to spin on vinyl, and the opening release might be a nugget for all like-minded 45 DJ's. We are very excited to kick-off with the Salaam Remi-produced Bush Babees anthem »Brooklyn Movements« backed with the instrumental version on the B. The track can be found on the soundtrack to "Blue In The Face", released on CD through Luaka Bop in 1995. There's a also a seldom seen promo 12" floating around.

If you want the original 94/95 sound on your decks make sure to check out this rather unknown tracks from one of our favorite crews from the 90's.

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Jace

Vorschuss

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2018 | DE | Original (HHV)

Timmey Funk

Barbara Jackpot

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2018 | DE | Original (Muther Manufaktur x HHV)

Pierre Sonality

Miami 420

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Radio Juicy / Urban Waves / HHV)

Didaflo (Sir Froderick)

Doodooloops

The Path Cyan Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Brand new project by Didaflo in which he made everything in the concept of collage, going through the whole process of re-using lots of materials to create new textures and give new life to obscure and for most forgotten bits of the American Pop culture. This is the 2nd album by Didaflo but his first ever on vinyl!

This album is a real piece of art that comes in a very exclusive collector gatefolder edition with many printed parts done by the ever mystic man himself Sir Froderick.

We like to think of this one as an extra special release as it exhibit the art of Sir Froderick like never before. Once opened the album takes you to his universe and is pretty much like entering a fresh dimension of beats, samples & visual graphics.

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Olof Melander

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

KEATS 06.5 - Live From Channel 65

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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‘The Path’ is a progression from my previous record ‘Inner Worlds’ and the focus on searching for the musical voyages is still very relevant in the building of this album. During the process of this album I moved from a vibrant city atmosphere to a rural sea town. This move played a big part in terms of influences, being close to the sea and nature brought a calming effect on the development. ‘The Path’ represents the search for a musical progression, focusing more on the smaller details and textures to create a broader dynamic sense, allowing the different elements to breathe more.
During the process of making this record there was a curiosity to explore new ways of making music, experimenting more with hardware synths, different recording techniques and including more live instrumentation as an alternative to sample based techniques. ”

‘The Path’ comes out worldwide on limited double vinyl (including download code) and limited cassette.

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Eloquent & Pano

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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KEATS 06: Beats To Sport Umbrellas

Doctor Do

CD | 2015 | DE | Original

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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KEATS 06 comes courtesy of Doctor Do from Wuppertal. Limited to 300 numbered copies, only 1 per customer!

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Jamalien

Zukunfts Musik

13,99 €*

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2015 | DE | Original (Henkys Production)

Henk & Shew

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sound Puzzle White Vinyl Deluxe Edition

40 Winks

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

2LP | 2015 | DE | Original (Tieftonkultur / HHV)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originally released in 2007 on now defunct MERCK Records, ‘Sound Puzzle’ has never before been pressed on vinyl in its entirety and now also includes highly exclusive bonus material that has only been available on a very limited run of 100 cassettes back when it was first released.

Limited edition of 500 copies on white vinyl!

A record that would foreshadow 40 Winks’ ascendance on the stage of left-field instrumental productions and paved the way for what has been an outstanding discography over the course of well over 10 years, ‘Sound Puzzle’, as the name implies, is the amalgamation of a myriad of samples, drums and loops, infused with film references, skits and humor, creating a release that begs to be listened to in its entirety.

‘Sound Puzzle’ is now available on vinyl for the first time. The exclusive remastered deluxe set includes previously unreleased bonus material and comes out worldwide on limited gatefold white vinyl and cassette.

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Grasime & Nino El Dino

P L A T Z

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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KEATS 02XTRA: Kaiju Bosoo

Q-Cut

Tape | 2015 | EU | Original (KEATS / HHV)

8,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2015 | DE | Original

Noize & Till Ill

Pornocasting

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 2014 | EU | Original

MC Liberal

Le Passe Fait L' Avenir

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Radio Juicy / Urban Waves / HHV)

Bluestaeb

1991 Extraterrestrial

18,99 €*

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (KicDrum / HHV)

Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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We teamed up with Radio Juicy & Urban Waves again to make Bluestaeb's out of print title "1991 Extraterrestrial" available again on vinyl. This is one hell of a producer album that shouldn't be missed by any beat conaisseur. Lyrical features are provided by Teknical Development of Obba Supa & Man Of Boom fame as well as Eloquent & NaNo. Bonus remix provided by Antitune, cuts provided by Grizzly Adams of the Beat Evolutioners and the mastering was made by Figub Brazlevic.

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Formulatin' Fathers

Flexin x Whilin' EP

KEATS 05: Tag Ein, Tag Aus

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies worldwide of the "Flexin x Whilin EP", accompanying the vinyl release of the Formulatin Fathers "Sleepless Knights" album. Included are the vocal, instrumental and acapella version of "Flexin x Whilin", the instrumental version of "Ease Your Sorrow", a remix plus instrumental of "The Sheep Step" plus the heavy Shane Great remix of "October 26th".

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dEnk & Drumtomski

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cap Kendricks

KEATS 04: Blended

12" | 2014 | CH | Original (Mo-Beats Prod.)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited to 300 numbered copies!

Volume 4 from this nice label straight outta the Kiezes of Berlin. Each volume is dedicated to the Kiez (hood) and beats of a contemporary beatsmith which equals KEATS. After the much loved volumes by Figub Brazlevic, Q-Cut & dude26 Cap Kendrick knocks out 16 straight nice ones straight from Munich / Bavaria.
The photograph on the front side is shot by Tom Doolie and the fresh frame is provided by V.Raeter as usual and Donald & Rave keep the Keats dropping, so what?!

Only 1 per customer!

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DJ Mo-B

Shortcuts & Crossroads

Kellion / The Stories Of A Young Boy

Release: 2014 / CH – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Suisse made beats. Limited to 150 copies.

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Long Arm

CD | 2015 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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‘Kellion’ is the story of a young boy who was born into a mysterious world he explores with his curious eyes, ears and hands. Every new experience lets him grow as a person and also expands his knowledge of the world that surrounds him. His young mind is sometimes blurrying the lines between imagination and reality, dreaming and being awake, reality and fantasy. Making sense of this world in its very own unique way, his world is filled with fantastic and surreal magical creatures and quirky characters.

Over the course of the ten songs many different little adventures unfold and await the young boy, slowly building his character while he explores nature in all its varieties and learns to appreciate it. He lives through new emotions and gets to learn about his own feelings during the process. The title track ‘Kellion’ represents the very inner world of the kid – it is his cocoon where he can always return to and be safe after his journeys and adventures.

„I was trying to live his life with him together and feel what he felt. I tried to understand and recollect what it feels like as a little boy walking around in this big world. I attempted to see the world through his eyes, to experience his fears and happiness and in doing that, just helping him to be a kid.“ – Long Arm

‘Kellion’ is the long awaited sophomore full length album by Long Arm and will come out worldwide on double vinyl in a beautiful gatefold cover as well as on CD and cassette tape, all including download codes.

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dude26

KEATS 03: Lindenau

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (KEATS / HHV)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited to 300 numbered copies!

3rd release from this nice label straight outta the Kiezes of Berlin. Each volume is dedicated to the Kiez (hood) and beats of a contemporary beatsmith which equals KEATS. After the much loved Volume 1 (Moabit) by Figub Brazlevic and sum otha shit by Q-Cut, dude26 delivers 14 straight bangers from Lindenau / Leipzig.
Rufus Grimes, Chop Ross & Freekee help out on the production, Martin Glos provides the mastering, the photograph on the front side is shot by Fabian Ng‘uni and the fresh frame is provided by V.Raeter as usual and Donald & Rave keep the Keats dropping, so what?!

Only 1 per customer!

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Figub Brazlevic

KEATS 01: Moabit

Finest Ego | Inner Worlds

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Fresh new label straight outta the Kiezes of Berlin. Each volume is dedicated to the Kiez (hood) and beats of a contemporary beatsmith. Figub Brazlevic delivers Volume 1, a 12 track boom-bap-old-school-future love affair, freshly produced and arranged this spring and packed with a photograph from his neighborhood, shot by Figub himself. The whole series will be themed by a nice extra frame, drawn for each volume by one of our favorite illustrators, DJs & beatmakers: V.Raeter of Ecke Prenz.

Each volume is limited to 300 handnumbered copies and will be exclusively available at HHV!

Only 1 copy per customer!

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Olof Melander

Tape | 2014 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

CD | 2014 | JP | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Inner Worlds explores the journey of ‘The Self’, the small but expansive universe we create around ourselves and encouraging trust in the sheer strength and power it breathes within. We all create a secure and comfortable micro-cosmos we disappear into. In accepting external forces that may intrude, one must learn to surrender their safety net, revealing weakness, unveiling incompletion.

“Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.” – Martha Nussbaum

“The journey for me is about connections, whether it’s about meeting people or connecting with nature or space. Music for me takes me places I wouldn’t go otherwise, travelling into yet unexplored worlds and mind states. I try to take people on a journey with my music through abstract rhythms and diverse soundscapes. The journey takes you via free jazz, electronica, hip hop, ritual drumming and noises.

Dedicated to my family and friends for their patience and confidence.
Love and light” – Olof

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kidkanevil

My Little Ghost

The Average Joe Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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A bright and colourful scenery: Shrill blinding sights, piercing foreign sounds, a fusion of disparate scents blended into a cocktail of curiosity. Fleeting attempts embrace a thousand senses in one single second. Bustling around in the shadows of buildings as high as mountains, an almost eerily overwhelming sense of contentment is omnipresent - but something doesn't appear to be right...
Stranded on a lonely island in the midst of a chaotic metropolis, disconnected - a feeling of drowning in an ocean of overstimulus and importunities of disproportionately inflated personalities, without ever even being registered or taken notice of.
What's left is nothing more than the ghost of a young soul, wandering about and curiously studying the surrounding, forever looking for answers that would otherwise seem trivial.

After “Kidsuke” the critically acclaimed collaboration project with Daisuke Tanabe, “Tokyorkshire” based producer kidkanevil continues his fascination with Japan and readies his latest solo album My Little Ghost. Inspired by a summer spent in Tokyo collaborating, exploring and generally refusing to grow up, the double vinyl is due May 2nd on Project: Mooncircle and features a wide range of guests including PMC's own submerse and Tokyo vocalist Cuushe.

'My Little Ghost' comes out worldwide on limited gatefold, double, pink vinyl (including download code) as well as a limited edition CD including a bonus track via flau records - http://www.flau.jp/ in Japan.

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Joe Kickass

LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

13,99 €*

kidkanevil & Daisuke Tanabe

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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After the success of his previous releases, Amsterdam based Joe Kickass sets out to create a worthy follow-up to his ‘Mind Joe’ legacy. It’s been a long time coming but now his second full length album, ‘The Average Joe’ is finally here. Named in celebration of the millions of unique stories that make every individual the person they are, this record gives a little more insight into the man behind the mic. The past years leading up to this release have been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride, with a lot of things happening in Joe’s personal as well as artistic life. All of the different resulting emotions and contemplations are reflected in the diversity and maturity of his sophomore LP.

Besides crafting his own beats, Joe enlisted a small army of talented musicians to contribute to this album. From the nu-soul sounds and vocals of Sacha Vee, via the dusty warmth of Vinyl Frontiers to the boombap vibes of Polish veterans O.S.T.R. and DJ Haem, just to name a few of the influences and collaborators on ‘The Average Joe’. In addition, with trustworthy partners in crime Killing Skills as the executives, every track is produced into perfection. With this second LP, released on gold colored vinyl, Joe is taking Project: Mooncircle back to it’s legendary hip hop roots. The Average Joe kicks ass, indeed.

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Kidsuke Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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2nd pressing on black vinyl! A child agrees then screams the name. Kid-o-suke. Did you hear that right? The music trickles in. It sounds like it was made in a toy factory. Hold on. Let me reach for the button over there. Childhood memories. The magical sounds of a roundabout sending you to sleep. The wonders of the world seen through eyes that don’t yet ully comprehend and ears that find musical potential in everything. Two kindred souls find each other, distance never the issue, they share and laugh the only way they know how.

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Weedy of 40 Winks

Retrospect Suite

kidkanevil & Daisuke Tanabe

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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In a repeatedly rephrased metaphor of vinyl archaeologists digging for samples and re-constructing music from tiny pieces and fractions of long lost sounds, Weedy of 40 Winks is actually a rare example of this image being executed to perfection. His puzzling way of piecing together intricate beats, rich in details, breaks and variations, is rather analogous to surrealist art than to most of his fellow contemporary beat-smiths. On top he adds his own instrumentation to perfect these compositions, being like a conservator creating mosaics of rhythms, grooves and harmonies, giving the listeners imagination ample space to wander about.

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Kidsuke Orange Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Finest Ego: Faces 12" Series Volume 3

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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A child agrees then screams the name. Kid-o-suke. Did you hear that right? The music trickles in. It sounds like it was made in a toy factory. Hold on. Let me reach for the button over there. Childhood memories. The magical sounds of a roundabout sending you to sleep. The wonders of the world seen through eyes that don’t yet fully comprehend and ears that find musical potential in everything. Two kindred souls find each other, distance never the issue, they share and laugh the only way they know how.

The wonderful pixelated world of a video game. Where does reality end and where does the imagination start? Somewhere in the distance an explosion can be heard, or was it a booming bass drum? There are birds singing a crystalline melody. One I heard before, in a dream perhaps. All of a sudden a child exclaims ‘come, let’s go’. Where did he come from? Is he real or another pixelated fragment of imagination?

Yokatta desu. There’s a castle in the sky. Two boys team up to reach it, carried by the power of their dreams. The same dreams that marked their childhood and brought them to be men. If ever there was music worthy of becoming the soundtrack to a Ghibli movie this could be it. There’s a girl asleep on a plastic deer, going around and around. She reminds me of the hand drawn versions of the pixelated heroes of my childhood. I imagine her dreams filled with exciting adventures.

I swear I heard the sounds of Tokyo’s public transport. It told me we’d arrived at Shibuya yet I can’t see the neon bright lights when I look around. Oh well, I’ll just have to imagine them.

It’s an album, so of course it’s real. The music is the result of a desire to create regardless of outcome, for the simple fact that there is a story to tell. People will consume it whichever way they want. Is it this sound or that sound? Does it really matter? Stop for a minute and enjoy the music for what it is. A synthesis of two aesthetics joined not just by a love of music but also a love of the abstract and the childish, the things that remind us we were all young one day and things were simpler. Things like dancing as if no one was looking or making music as if the outcome never mattered.

Kidsuke is a collaborative project between the UK’s Kidkanevil and Japan’s Daisuke Tanabe. Their self-titled debut is released by Project Mooncircle in November 2012 on double colored vinyl LP and digital.

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Sekuoia / Rain Dog

12" | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

12" | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Project: Mooncircle & Finest Ego have teamed up to establish a fresh new 12” producer series, entitled “Faces”. On every edition, you will find two different producers. Respectively, each producer will have their own record-side and unique cover artwork by the aspiring Bioniq, known for his surrealistic portraits, blending humans and technology.

Faces number three will invite the two young producers Sekouia and Rain Dog to share sides on this disc and expose their musical crafts. Coming from Denmark and the UK, respectively, they are with certainty looking forward to long-lasting succesful careers. What they share is a an intrinsic feel for tiny musical details which give their music an intimate feel to keep the listener mesmerized for ages. On this record they experiment with different sounds and tempos to create a dynamic collection of unique compositions that congregate an EP of colourful, low slung and ambient tunes or simply ‘chocolatefudgebrownieplasticmusic‘.

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany and grown up in Detroit, Sekuoia is a project by the 19-year old danish producer Patrick Alexander Bech Madsen. His music, based on guitar melodies, deep bass, organic beats, and chopped and screwed vocal samples, is a take on various genres and he is best described as an experimental electronica producer. His debut EP “Trips“ was released in December last year.

Having originally studied as an artist, newcomer Rain Dog has spent the last couple of years experimenting with production software, building speakers, composing music for indie shorts and making beats out of various small bedrooms scattered across the north of England. Recently he has settled in London and with a release on Echodub‘s imprint, Cut and a track featured on Project: Mooncirlce‘s 10th anniversary box LP, he continues to develop his lowslung melodic compositions.

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Sweatson Klank

Elevate Me

10th Anniversary Box Compilation HHV Bundle

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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With over ten years’ experience in the music game, including three full length albums and a slew of EPs, Sweatson Klank – formerly known as Take – is one of L.A’s longest standing producers working at the periphery of hip hop and electronic music, a man who had a direct hand in shaping L.A’s beat scene in the 00s through the Sketchbook night alongside Kutmah. Whether or not you’ve heard his music before you’ll n have felt the impact of his work. After a two-year hiatus Sweatson Klank returns with the Elevate Me EP on Project Mooncircle, five tracks that further cement him as one of the nicest and most articulate producers in the game today. Elevate Me is both a departure from Sweatson’s previous output and a continuation of what has made him a unique voice in L.A’s thriving instrumental hip hop and electronic scene.

From the opener Always You the bar is set high with music that could only come from someone with musical savoir faire born of experience and hard work. The music is intricate and playful, the rhythms are hard to resist and the melodies perfectly match the uplifting mood, qualities that are carried throughout the EP.

Own almost feels like a band is playing yet it’s all coming from one man’s mind. The track references both Sweatson’s hip hop lineage and a deep understanding of the emotional potentials of electronic dance music. The tempo might surprise you at first but once you let the music take you in you’ll be pressing play again in no time.

I Can’t Explain is an ode to Sweatson’s love of hip hop, of the beat. The crunchy breaks will make your head nod before you’ve even realised it while the melodies and samples evoke images of sunny, lazy L.A days.

All of these ideas are further explored on My Love Is Here where certain tropes of popular dance music are put to use in a way that is rarely heard today. Instead of being the all-consuming focus of the song, the bass is used to reinforce the rhythmic foundations and combined with a beautifully emotive vocal sample that can seem jarring at first yet makes perfect sense. There is a subtlety to the music that really shines through on repeated listens.

In Between closes proceedings, winding things down with a smoother mood that’s still full of musical intricacies. Combining melancholic vocal samples with uplifting melodies and intricate rhythms, Sweatson manages to push through emotions that seem to burst out of the music, rendering any discussion of genre or style irrelevant.

Elevate Me is genuine, honest music born of emotions and offered to the listener with no disguise. It’s subtle and beautiful and it lets Sweatson Klank’s experience shine through in a way that will no doubt appeal to both old and new listeners. Jump aboard and let yourself be taken on a ride.

12" EP clear vinyl - Limited edition

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Project: Mooncircle

LP | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

34,99 €*

Mike Gao / Daisuke Tanabe

Release: 2012 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Project: Mooncircle, as the name reveals, has been on a journey to the moon since day one, exploring the frontiers of music and art, always looking for new discoveries and giving a different perspective to look at the earth. In it’s 10 year history the label has published roughly 100 releases by equally as many artists from all corners of this globe and, therefore, the selection of sounds on this compilation represents the development of the label from the past, present and going into the future.

Some of the artists featured on this compilation have been a part of the label from its very beginning, like CYNE, Manuvers and Jahbitat, whose song will be the last one he produced and published under this moniker, while others, like Robot Koch, fLako and Long Arm, are outstanding examples of its growing popularity and success. Furthermore, the box also features an exceptional selection of close musical friends and inspirational artists like Jehst, Dday One, Kwala and Ichiro_, just to name a few.

The logo and artwork represent someone who was very close to the label, especially in the early years but unfortunately passed on and whom this box is dedicated to. Featured on the compilation are artists such as Mike Slott x Diane Badié, CYNE, Sweatson Klank aka Take, Jahbitat, Robot Koch, fLako, Jehst, Beat Butcha, Long Arm, Kelpe, Pavel Dovgal, Blossom, Daisuke Tanabe, Dday One, Inner Science, Substantial, Arts The Beatdoctor, Rain Dog, Kidkanevil + Microkorg by Dorian Concept, John Robinson, Sorrow, Rumpistol, The Red Baron, Christoph El’ Truento, 40 Winks, Sina., 1000Names, DZA, Ichiro_, EAN, Tom Dicicco, Headshotboyz, Graciela Maria, Gards From KC, Sekuoia of Kilimanjaro, Sense of The Q4, Sneaky, I.V.A., Empt, John LaMonica, Mike Gao, Bambooman, Manuvers, Krts, Kwala, Soosh, Memotone, Sun Glitters, Called Understandable Souls & Szenario.
The limited box includes 2 white & 2 black vinyl LP’s with 32 tracks, 13 additional digital bonus tracks, a T-shirt (only at HHV) and a poster (with digital download code) all in a specially designed box that features a special light-reflecting varnish, which makes this truly a collectors and music lovers item.

Berlin-based label Project: Mooncircle and it’s two sublabels Project Squared and Finest Ego is an official label from HHV. It was founded in 2002 and is specializing in the conjunction between electronic and organic music. The label, at first envisaged as a compilation project only, soon released the first instrumental and vocal solo releases by such artists as The Q4, CYNE, Mr Cooper, Robot Koch, fLako, 40 Winks, John Robinson & MF Doom, DZA, Krts, Sina., Graciela Maria, Manuvers, Lambent, Lewis Parker, Non of Shadowhuntaz, Strand, Ta-Ku, Mika Gao, Onra, Obba Supa, Asusu, Furesshu, AnD. Kowton or Glen Porter. The work of illustrators and graphic designers such as Bioniq, Dan May, Iain McArthur, Ima One, LNY, Gordon, 44 Flavours, La Mano Fria, and The Binh create images that accompany the acoustic spaces.
Project: Mooncircle with its various producers & vocalist shall be an interesting experience for anyone looking for the extraordinary.

A&R: Laurent Fintoni, Jinna Morocha, Karolina Kaczor, Gordon Gieseking and Malte Tarnow. Mastering by Sven Friederichs. Artwork and original paintings by Gordon, LNY & Bioniq. Webdesign 2006 – 2012 by Thimo Hörster & Hendrik Stein. Animation trailer by Sebastian Muñoz.

Release date: March, 23rd.

10th Anniversary Showcase with Mike Slott, Robot Koch, fLako, Long Arm, Jehst, Arts The Beatdoctor, Sekuoia of Kilimanjaro, & Graciela Maria @ Club Gretchen in Berlin, Kreuzberg – March, 17th!

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Finest Ego: Faces 12" Series Volume 2

12" | 2012 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)