Kimono - Arctic Death Ship

Kimono (often stylized 'kimono') are an Icelandic-Canadian alternative/math-rock three piece.
The band came from the ashes of an instrumental post-rock group, continuing under Kimono with the inclusion of vocals.
Kimono released 2 albums under the Icelandic label Bad Taste (Sugarcubes' label from '86). The latter of these two albums was 2005's 'Arctic Death Ship', which was well-received especially in Iceland; nominated but losing out to Sigur Ros' 'Takk' for Iceland's Rock Album of the Year.
Album arrives as an enjoyable listen and leaves as one, with highlights like "Sober" and "Railroads" pushing repeat listens.

Their latest is 'Easy Music for Difficult People'.

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Folk You

Voice of the Seven Thunders - s/t

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Woven Hand - The Threshingfloor

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Leon - Biting

Leon is a longtime producer/MC from Italy, operating as a group (Alchimisti di rime) but often releases beat-driven instrumentals independently.
His newest solo-project is 'Biting'; sample-filled hip-hop instrumentals following his budding production work with rapper Mega.

Been deep in hip-hop instrumentals lately (AFTA-1's newest 'Form', previous BoomBaptist, 1000names' newest 'Illuminated Man', etc.) and this album has found a nice place in the mix -- readily on repeat with the agreeable 25 minutes of material.

Siccazione

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BoomBaptist - BoomBaptism Beat Tape

BoomBaptist (AKA Thesaurus Rex) is a beatmaker/MC residing in Austin, TX.
Along working with artists like Mr. Lif and Blackalicious, BoomBap has released a handful of solo releases - including his latest 'BoomBaptism Beat Tape' - a 28-track collection of his finest.
Some nice ideas/beats and a big chunk of material, stay up.
Score some more free releases from his bandcamp.

BoomBaptism Beat Tape
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Matt Stevens - Ghost

Another quality release from friend Matt Stevens.

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Snow & Voices - Anything That Moves

Snow & Voices is a collective from Los Angeles stemming from duo Lauri Kranz (vocals) and Jebin Bruni (multi-instrumentalist/production).
The forefront of their sound is keyboard-driven arrangements with Kranz warmly accenting dirges, sitting center in the group's whimsical/melancholy nature.
The group just released their latest full-length, 'Anything That Moves', with longtime producer/friend Darrel Thorp (Radiohead, etc.) and Bruni himself (Fiona Apple, etc.), also implementing a huge spectrum of collaborators to fill out the album/live shows.

Snow & Voices “Maybe Finland” from Lauri Kranz on Vimeo.

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Tribeqa - Qolors

In association with warmer weather: new Tribeqa.

tRiBEQA - "Rose" from Sébastien Marqué on Vimeo.

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