Instrumental Hip-Hop

Emil Amos – Zone Black

Styles: Library Music, Psych Rock, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Ambient

Vibes: Noir, Brooding, Nocturnal, Cinematic, Focused, Smooth, Shadowy, Eerie, Psychedelic, Sensual, Suspenseful

Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Home Recording, Beats, Instrumental, Loops, Sampling

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Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek – New Future City Radio

Style: Collage Jazz, Broken Transmission, Jazz Poetry, Future Jazz, Radio Drama, Instrumental Hip-Hop

Vibes: Surreal, Radio, Collage, Futuristic, Mechanical, Eclectic, Sci-Fi

Musical Qualities: Beats, Spoken Word, Sampling, Electro-Acoustic, Improvisation, Loops, Noisy, Suite

Instrumentation: Spoken Word, Sampler, Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Modular Synthesizer, Flute, Percussion

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The Avalanches – Since I Left You

Style: Collage Pop, Plunderphonics, Dance, Neo-Psychedelia, Turntablism

Moods: Summer, Playful, Uplifting, Bittersweet, Breakup, Tropical, Sunny, Warm, Romantic, Energetic

Musical Qualities: Sampling, Suite, Lush, Collage, Melodic, Rhythmic, Dense

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Waajeed – The Patty Hearst Beat Tape

Style: Instrumental Hip-Hop

Moods: Rebellious, Political, Futuristic, Communist, Spacey, Conceptual

Musical Qualities: Beats, Suite, Samples, Collage, Spoken Word, Loops

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Beat Kondukta – Vol. 1: Movie Scenes / Vol. 2: Movie Scenes, the Sequel

Style: Instrumental Hip-Hop

Vibe: Soulful, Warm, Sunny, Groovy, Cinematic

Musical Qualities: Sampling, Beats, Vignettes, Sound Collage, Instrumental, Rhythmic

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J Dilla – Donuts

Style: Instrumental Hip-Hop, Plunderphonics

Vibe: Bittersweet, Groovy, Heartfelt, Love, Warm, Lush

Musical Attributes: Sampling, Vignettes, Loops, Sound Collage, Rhythmic, Repetitive

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Botany – End the Summertime F(or)ever

While the luminescent drones and angelic simulacra of Deepak Verbera expanded out into the cosmos, Botany’s newest LP feels more rooted in the soil of our material reality. The bass heavy beats and impassioned vocal samples inspire movement and action rather than contemplation alone, not to say the results aren’t heady. Rich tapestries of resonant acoustic instruments (harps, flutes, percussion, strings), woozy synths, and warm tape hiss are as intricate as ever and easy to lose (or find?) yourself in.?Recommended to fans of Flying Lotus’ Until the Quiet Comes, Boards of Canada, and Alice Coltrane.?

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