HAN013 - Various Artists - Bassments of Badmen 2 [limited edition re-fit] (2010) - OUT AUG 23, 2010

doogiehowitzer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:52:28 +0000

A limited edition re-packaging of Bassments of Badmen: Volume 2. With much cooler art, I might add…

Tracklisting:

1. Enter the Bassment (the Halifax Takeover) – Fatt Matt & the Verbals
2. Bury the Bodies – Fritz the Cat, Mindbender, Vangel
3. Citizens Are Gifted – Epic, Ill Seer, A.M.E. 109
4. Teen Idols – Thesis
5. Flash Forward – Toolshed
6. Oblivion – Conspiracy
7. The Prosecution Rests – the IF?
8. We’re Out the Napkin – The Tooning Spork
9. Innermission – Exempt Specimenz
10. Uh-Oh – Restiform Bodies
11. Ciggaret Butt Sandwitch (Call Home) – Creature Box
12. Break Down – Spiritual Juice
13. Theory vs Practice – Ill Seer & Vangel
14. Twisted Ankle – awristoscratch
15. Wordburglar – SJ the Wordburglar
16. Sugar Cubes – Choke, Thesis, Uncle Fester (aka Young Fes), Jesse Dangerously
17. Fearless – Mindbender
18. Amnesia – Noah 23
19. Flow War – Megalynk 3
20. Serves Himself-Service – Selfhelp

Website Links:

The Badmen Hand’Solo artist page
Epic Hand’Solo artist page
Wordburglar artist page

HAN012 - The Dirty Sample - Joshua’s Dreamixes (2010)

doogiehowitzer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:50:20 +0000

Track Listing:

1. Intro
2. Brian Wilson – D-Sisive
3. Fall Dumbass – OK Cobra (cuts by Metawon)
4. How Many – Epic ft Chadio (cuts by The Phonograff)
5. Yeah – Noah 23 ft Moka Only (cuts by DJ Stibs)
6. None Missing – Birdapres
7. My Last Wish – Mindbender (cuts by Metawon)
8. Many Many – Eternia
9. Anti-Cymbal Monkey Movement – Esh & CasUno (cuts by Bizkid)
10. Flauge Godz – The Killaz ft Ghetto Dice (cuts by Petey Punch)
11. Hungry & Thirsty – Smokey
12. Back In Stereo – Royce Birth (cuts by Peter Project)
13. Atrophy – Cam the Wizzard (cuts by DJ Cosm)
14. Da da da da da da – Royal-T
15. Summertime Green – Dirt Gritie (Politic Live) ft Shaw & Sly Slivers (cuts by Metawon)
16. Any Battle – Touch (cuts by Dirty Needles)
17. Chai – ATOM (mpc manipulation by Strange Powers)
18. Seasons – Red Ants (cuts by Metawon)
19. Tom Cruise – Ira Lee (cuts by Danimal)
20. The Prestidigitator – Jesse Dangerously (cuts by Cadilakid)
21. The Route – Wordburglar (cuts by Petey Punch)
22. Outro

Production:

All tracks remixed by The Dirty Sample.

Website Links:

The Dirty Sample Hand’Solo Artist page
The DirtySample MySpace
The Dirty Sample homepage

Hidden Fortress

doogiehowitzer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:18:49 +0000

Hidden Fortress is a predictor that something wicked this way comes, a musical signpost warning listeners to keep their eyes sharp, a call for honest introspection in what may be the most sinister of times. Hailing from Vancouver, BC, but also with a Japanese base of operations, the duo of DJ/producer UsdNeedls and rapper nofutureface bring dark electronics to a West Coast mind state.

The razor sharp cuts and cinematic productions of UsdNeedls provide a heavy foundation for the introspective and often morbid lyrics of nofutureface. No longer content with sitting on the sidelines, nofutureface and UsdNeedls are sure to catch listeners off guard. Intense, and sometimes bleak, Hidden Fortress shine a light into the dark in order to expose the lies within, both those of others and themselves, pushing for social change. These are the tales told around fires and whispered in the halls. This is Fix City’s forgotten tales…

Hand’Solo Records Discography:

Hidden Fortress – Third Eye Cyclops

Website Links:

MySpace
homepage

The Dirty Sample

doogiehowitzer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:09:22 +0000

“I love the crackle and the crunch of dirty vinyl,” proclaims Calgary producer The Dirty Sample of his DJ Muggs-like fascination with dusty vinyl that initially earned him his beat-making monicker. And he’s doing pretty well for a rapper who bought a sampler and started chopping wax to make the beats his emcee alter ego Planit just wasn’t getting from other producers. Now, with a solid back catalogue of vocal, instrumental and collaboration albums under his belt, The Dirty Sample turns to his new obsession.

“I wanted to do this album because I love to remix tracks,” he says of his newest project, a collection of remixes from family, friends and assorted others. But when the call went out for song submissions, rappers from four countries (Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Japan) responded and The Dirty Sample found he had two albums on his hands. The first, Beauty & Poison, was released as a free digital download (www.handsolorecords.com) and features remixes of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate Cadence Weapon, Wordburglar, More Or Les, Lexington & Whatevski, Rhythmicru, Sankofa and more.

Companion piece Joshua’s Dreamixes now follows. Having received the album title from a dream, it’s only natural The Dirty Sample opens Joshua’s Dreamixes with a dream-like doorway into his alternate world of music. You may have heard D-Sisive’s melancholy “Brian Wilson” or Eternia’s beat box-backed “Many Many” or the paperboy horrorcore of Wordburglar’s “The Route,” but The Dirty Sample’s interesting and unique re-workings put a new spin to each track. “I wanted them to be their own little monsters,” he says of remixes that strip down Ira Lee’s “Tom Cruise” into a spacey ode or relocate Jesse Dangerously’s cerebral sex rap “The Prestidigitator” to the piano bar. And whether it’s the braggadocio battle raps of Touch, the lazer gun rap of The Killaz or the blue collar blues of Birdapres, The Dirty Sample finds the sound to suit that subject.

Joshua’s Dreamixes has already inspired a Dirty Sample remix of D-Sisive’s The Book, plus he also has a new instrumental album called Unluck and a collaboration EP with Fatt Matt on the way. Frankly, it’s amazing The Dirty Sample even has the time to sleep, never mind dream up album titles.

Hand’Solo Records Discography:

Various Artists – Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons (are no match for a good blaster) mixtape

The Dirty Sample – Beauty & Poison

Website Links:

MySpace
homepage

LIVE: The 3rd Third Thursday $5 Rap Show

doogiehowitzer — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:46:22 +0000

Three’s a lucky number, right? Which means the 15th could be a lucky night when The Flavour Stable and Hand’Solo Records bring you the 3rd instalment of Third Thursday $5 Rap Show, hosted by More Or Les and Wordburglar, with additional music by Fresh Kils & DJ iRate. This month also features live performances with 1st Disciple(Toronto, ON), Mullet N Steps (London, ON), and MC Homeless (Youngstown, Ohio). And we’ve still got prizes and giveaways. It’s only 5 bucks, and you might get lucky!

LIVE: Another Third Thursday $5 Rap Show

doogiehowitzer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:37:33 +0000

The Flavour Stable and Hand’Solo Records bring you another night of indie hip hop with their second instalment of Third Thursdays $5 Rap Show, hosted by More Or Les and Wordburglar, with additional music by Fresh Kils & DJ iRate. Also featuring live performances with Modulok & Baracuda hot off their return from a European tour, The In Crowd and Homebased. Plus lots of prizes and giveaways. The place to be for hip hop this Thursday, and it’s only 5 bucks!

LIVE: $5 Rap Show - More Or Les, Smash Bros, Wordburglar

doogiehowitzer — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:26:05 +0000

Two of my favourite Toronto rappers, More or Les and Wordburglar, have started a monthly hip hop night at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto, and they’ll be featuring a varied mix of local and out-of-town guests that will always impress. Hand’Solo Records is throwing their support into this worthy series, and hopefully we’ll see you out for the kick off on Wednesday, May 26th when More Or Les, Wordburglar and Smash Bros rock the stage. And see the infamous Fresh Kils & DJ iRate in action…

Coming Soon: JOSHUA’S DREAMIXES

doogiehowitzer — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:17:05 +0000

The new album has gone in for manufacturing and should be due late June. Check the tracklisting:

1.Intro
2.Brian Wilson – D-Sisive
3.Fall Dumbass – OK Cobra (cuts by Metawon)
4.How Many – Epic ft Chadio (cuts by The Phonograff)
5.Yeah – Noah 23 ft Moka Only (cuts by DJ Stibs)
6.None Missing – Birdapres
7.My Last Wish – Mindbender (cuts by Metawon)
8.Many Many – Eternia
9.Anti-Cymbal Monkey Movement – Esh & CasUno (cuts by Bizkid)
10.Flauge Godz – The Killaz ft Ghetto Dice (cuts by Petey Punch)
11.Hungry & Thirsty – Smokey
12.Back In Stereo – Royce Birth (cuts by Peter Project)
13.Atrophy – Cam the Wizzard (cuts by DJ Cosm)
14.Da da da da da da – Royal-T
15.Summertime Green – Dirt Gritie (Politic Live) ft Shaw & Sly Slivers (cuts by Metawon)
16.Any Battle – Touch (cuts by Dirty Needles)
17.Chai – ATOM (mpc manipulation by Strange Powers)
18.Seasons – Red Ants (cuts by Metawon)
19.Tom Cruise – Ira Lee (cuts by Danimal)
20.The Prestidigitator – Jesse Dangerously (cuts by Cadilakid)
21.The Route – Wordburglar (cuts by Petey Punch)
22.Outro

Here’s a taste of one of the tracks:

LIVE VIDEO: Riddlore? @ Rancho Relaxo

doogiehowitzer — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:22:32 +0000

Here’s a little taste of what Riddlore? got into during his headlining set of the Lucid Dreams Vernal Tour presented at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto by Hand’Solo Records.

LIVE: Hand’Solo Records presents Riddlore? & MC Homeless

doogiehowitzer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:16:56 +0000

Check ‘em out at:

Riddlore? - www.myspace.com/riddlore
MC Homeless - www.myspace.com/mchomeless
richardbenjamin - www.myspace.com/shakazulu1
Wordburglar - www.myspace.com/wordburglar
Toolshed - www.myspace.comdehsloot

Hand'Solo Records

HAN013 - Various Artists - Bassments of Badmen 2 [limited edition re-fit] (2010) - OUT AUG 23, 2010

Tracklisting:

Website Links:

HAN012 - The Dirty Sample - Joshua’s Dreamixes (2010)

Track Listing:

Website Links:

Hidden Fortress

Hand’Solo Records Discography:

Website Links:

The Dirty Sample

Hand’Solo Records Discography:

Website Links:

LIVE: The 3rd Third Thursday $5 Rap Show

LIVE: Another Third Thursday $5 Rap Show

LIVE: $5 Rap Show - More Or Les, Smash Bros, Wordburglar

Coming Soon: JOSHUA’S DREAMIXES

LIVE VIDEO: Riddlore? @ Rancho Relaxo

LIVE: Hand’Solo Records presents Riddlore? & MC Homeless