Now-Again Records

Announcing: Maker vs. Now-Again (and a free mp3!)

Chicago-area beatsmith Maker marks his Now-Again Records debut with Maker Vs. Now Again an entry in the same “music-library” series that saw the release of limited edition (and often not-for-sale) albums like Oh No Vs. Now-Again and Koushik Vs. Now-Again. A boom-bap era hip hop exercise in dusty drum breaks and two bar loops, this accessible series of tracks is clearly made for easy synchronization. This CD is only available for sale in Japan and comes packaged in a “mini-LP” thick cardboard “tip-on” sleeve.

Only 1000 copies of this CD were manufactured. Below we’re giving away a free mp3.

Download: “Come Home With Me.”

Paul White and The Purple Brain feat. Guilty Simpson: “Ancient Treasure” 12″ (and free mp3!)…

While our Paul White and the Purple Brain album is still coming out in Europe on our original street date of 06.08, we’ve pushed back the domestic release here in the USA until 06.22. That’s our eco-friendly Stumptown Printers packaged CD, digital and deluxe/limited 2LP feat a bonus 12″ featuring rapper Guilty Simpson – “Ancient Treasure.” With two exclusive remixes. Yup, we do aim to please over here.

In the meantime, you can download the title track here. If you’re that impatient.

Download: Paul White feat. Guilty Simpson “Ancient Treasure.”
More info: Paul White and The Purple Brain.

DJ Shadow on the Kashmere Stage Band’s Thundersoul Premier at SXSW.

We’ve told you before about the Thundersoul documentary that Mark Landsman directed and Snoot Films (The Wackness) produced. It premiered at SXSW’s film festival and recently ran all over the Hot Docs! Festival in Toronto, according to our man on the ground Tim Perlich. Above we’re sharing DJ Shadow’s short, from the SXSW premier. Stay tuned for news as to the release of this highly-recommended film.

Dimlite Prismic Tops Out Now (But First Grab Another Free MP3!).

Dimlite’s too-hard-to-describe-in-a-few-sentences Prismic Tops is out today, everywhere good music is sold. We’re celebrating by giving away a little bossa-tinged ditty from the album, “Can’t Get Used To Those.” The perfect entry to Spring!

Buy: Prismic Tops at Rappcats.
Download: “Can’t Get Used To Those.”
Read: A brief (great!) history of our boy over at Fabric’s blog.

Photos From Our California Funk Record Release Party

If you missed our record release party at Palate Food + Wine last night you missed an excellent opportunity to imbibe interesting Zwiegelts from Austria and sample Burgundies from the Les Suchots and Malconsorts vineyards in the Vosne Romanee while feasting on crispy fried chicken and listening to the best funk California has to offer.

But don’t worry – we’ll figure out another reason to throw an event next month. We have enough records coming out to keep this going for a while.

Photos from our California Funk record release party are here.