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Download:
The Dirty Sample – Joshua’s Dreamixes zip file
Release Date:
July 27, 2010
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.
Bio:
“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.
Press:
“Joshua’s Dreamixes is a surreal journey through twenty-two songs.” * rated: 4.5/5 – Skope
link: http://skopemag.com/2010/09/13/the-dirty-sample-joshua’s-dreamixes
“Flowing back and forth between shadowy, NYC-style underground beats and more Golden-Era-influenced styles isn’t as easy as he makes it sound.” * rated: 8.5/10 – Montreal Mirror
link: https://handsolorecords.com/wp-content/gallery/homebass/mirror%20review.JPG
“[T]he Dirty Sample uses a solid, traditionally hip hop base that manages to steer clear of cliched sounds to come off as a quality take on late 90′s underground production.” – Herohill.com
link: http://www.herohill.com/2010/11/quick-hitters-the-dirty-sample-joshuas-dreamixes.htm
“Il faut dire qu’il y a quelques belles réussites sur ce disque…” – Fake For Real
link: http://www.fakeforreal.net/index.php/post/2010/THE-DIRTY-SAMPLE-Joshua-s-Dreamixes
“Joshua’s Dreamixes je pro Dirty Samplea velmi dobrou a nápaditou cestou jak dát na obdiv svoji zruÄnost.” * rated: 7/10 – BBARÃK HIP HOP MAGAZÃN
link: http://www.bbarak.cz/recenze-1-the-dirty-sample-joshua’s-dreamixes-hand-solo-records-308
Website Links:
The Dirty Sample Hand’Solo Artist page
The DirtySample MySpace
The Dirty Sample homepage