Sound Ancestors

Hip-Hop · 2021 · 16 tracks · 41m

Sound Ancestors

A collaborative collage where Madlib's dusty crates meet Four Tet's surgical editing. Instrumental hip-hop that feels like a global travelogue through forgotten vinyl.

It's like a world-tour beat tape curated by a genius electronic producer.

A sophisticated and reverent collage of global sounds that feels like a quiet celebration of musical history.

Sound Ancestors · vs · Madlib

Contemplative+1.4σ

Contemplative saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 41m

01

There Is No Time (Prelude)

1:16

02

The Call

2:05

03

Theme de Crabtree

2:17

04

Road of the Lonely Ones

3:38

05

Loose Goose

2:21

06

Dirtknock

2:15

07

Hopprock

3:27

08

Riddim Chant

1:59

09

Sound Ancestors

2:51

10

One for Quartabê / Right Now

2:42

11

Hang Out (Phone Off)

2:16

12

Two for 2 – For Dilla

2:52

13

Latino Negro

3:37

14

The New Normal

2:28

15

Chino

1:58

16

Duumbiyay

3:13

Moments Worth Waiting For

the way the falsetto soul sample on Road of the Lonely Ones hangs in the air like a ghost over a heavy drum break

the sudden shift into a driving, electronic-tinged rhythm on Hopprock that reveals Kieran Hebden's structural influence

the somber, stripped-back piano and crackling atmosphere of Two for 2 – For Dilla that feels like a private conversation

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