Illvibe Collective – All Together Now (out 3/29) Feat. Rich Medina, Bahamadia, More!+free downloads

ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE

ALL TOGETHER NOW

(Release Date: March 29, 2011)

(Label: Soulspazm Digital)

All Together Now is the debut album from Philly-based DJ/Production team Illvibe Collective. Known for the their turntable wizardry and party-rocking abilities, the crew steps behind the scenes to create and coordinate songs with a talented ensemble of MC’s, vocalists, producers, and musicians. All Together Now features collaborations and songwriting with artists such as Hezekiah, Bahamadia, Finale, Invincible, Aaron Livingston, John Robinson, Rich Medina, Conya Doss, Reef The Lost Cauze, Supastition, and many more. From front to back, through the perspective of these world class DJs, the album meshes the historical traditions of boombap with heavy soulful grooves and progressive stylistic sound directions. By combining electronic sounds, classic drum kicks, piano elements, horns, and artistically engineered samples, the Illvibe crew takes you on an eclectic musical excursion exploring tracks that pull influence from all musical genres. The album delivers a variety of vibes that cater to the comfort of your headphones, the speakers in your car, and to dance floors across the globe. Through All Together Now, the Illvibe crew introduces its production style and demonstrates its deep musical knowledge and creative abilities with the intent to stake its claim as one of the freshest, most diverse and consistent production teams in the industry. This Illvibe debut is sure to resonate with music connoisseurs and move the masses across the globe.

About Illvibe Collective:
Illvibe Collective is a DJ and production team hailing from Philadelphia, PA. With combined experience dating back to the late 80′s, the DJ collective has developed a unique yet traditionally-rooted taste in music. By playing gigs, touring with performance artists of all musical styles, and running consistent online radio shows, their DJ footprint reaches clubs, concert venues, festivals, and the internet in all parts of the world. The Illvibe style is rooted in Hip Hop yet draws from a variety of genre’s including Funk, Soul, Broken Beat, Electro, House, Rock, Afrobeat, and Bossa Nova to create a progressive musical mosaic. With a strong respect among artists and party-goers alike, the Illvibe Collective brings styles upon styles to the eardrums of all who have a love and appreciation for the language of music. Visit ww.illvibe.net for more music and information.

Download

“Authentic Raw” (Feat. Supastition and Reef The Lost Cauze)
 “Medicine Men” (feat. A.R.M.) [African Rebel Movement]

Tracklisting:

1. All Together Intro
2. Heavy Soul (feat. Replife & Cecilia Stalin)
3. 80 Days (feat. Ne’a Posey)
4. Certified (feat. Invincible, Bahamadia, & Finale)
5. Over Now (feat. Hezekiah & Conya Doss)
6. Pictures (feat. Aaron Livingston)
7. DJ Play (feat. Kokayi)
8. Everybody (feat. Rich Medina)
9. Ridin’ Slow (feat. Schoolz of Thought)
10. Authentic Raw (feat. Supastition & Reef The Lost Cauze)
11. Can’t Deny (feat. Ishe & Dave Ghetto)
12. Standard of Rhyme (feat. John Robinson & Fatin) [of Kindred The Family Soul]
13. Medicine Men (feat. A.R.M.) [African Rebel Movement]
14. Indigo Child

Download Hot Sugar’s Innovative and Infectious Debut EP HERE

Click HERE to Download Hot Sugar’s Genre-Defying

New EP, Muscle Milk, for FREE!

Click HERE to watch Hot Sugar make a beat using sounds constructed in his apartment

  The refreshingly diverse collection of songs is the beat wizard’s debut release and touches on everything from futuristic funk to whimsical indie pop to glitchy IDM.  The man behind the moniker, Nick Koenig, has harnessed his endless ambition and a restless creativity to make music with a distinct style and a truly chameleonic sound.
 
Dame Dash’s Creative Control recently caught up with producer Nick Koenig, a.k.a. Hot Sugar, to document his unique process of making beats and capture his charmingly awkward sense of humor.  Click HERE to watch Koenig in action (and note that all the sounds used in this video were recorded live at this session.)
 
For the past several decades numerous musicians have created recordings using found audio.  It is usually done in a manner that highlights the unusual nature of the source. Koenig, on the other hand, manipulates his samples until they’re tweaked beyond recognition.  For example, if one of his kick drums sounds like it came from a drum set, it’s more likely to be the sound of a car running over a juicebox, if not a fire cracker pitched down and chopped up, etc.
 
Having mastered this experimental technique, Koenig has a nearly unlimited palette of sounds to work with and his beats cover a massive array of genres.  “F**kable” is a slice of oddball digital funk while “Don’t Cut Down My Tree” is a grimy banger, and “Color Wars” features the soulful, lo-fi croon of Aaron Livingston (The Roots, RJD2).  Muscle Milk is a mere appetizer for Hot Sugar’s forthcoming work.  With multiple other projects in the works, including a full-length slated for later this year, he is already living up to the promise of being one of the most exciting and innovative producers on the scene.