Hiroki Mizukami - Keep aLive

˙Title: Keep aLive
˙Artist: Hiroki Mizukami
˙Style:  jazz hip hop, beat, Instrumental, rap
˙Released Date: 21 July 2009
˙Label: GoonTrax
˙Format: MP3

01. The Cycles Of...
02. Rainy Forest
03. Break It Down
04. Human Race(Original Instrumental Version)
05. Asian Mystique
06. Dreams To Dream
07. C.M.T.
08. Beatin'
09. Soul Vibration
10. Rabbit's Foot(Interlude)
11. Twice Dub
12. Breezy Afternoon
13. Inside Magic
14. Keep Alive
15. Human Race(The Good People Remix)

Yosi Horikawa - YOGGO

Erykah Badu - Love Of My Life (Kaytradamus Remix)

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Nightmares On Wax - In A Space Outta Sound

˙Title:  In A Space Outta Sound
˙Artist: Nightmares On Wax
˙Style: Trip Hop, Downtempo
˙Released Date: 2006.03.07
˙Format: CD
˙Producer: Warp Records

01. Passion
02. The Sweetest       
03. Flip Ya Lid    
04. Pudpots   
05. Damn    
06. You Wish
07. Deepdown    
08. Chime Out   
09. Me!    
10. I Am You
11. Soul Purpose    
12. African Pirates

(I made this compliment by myself , really appreciate for your watching.)

George Evelyn, who is the DJ in the U.S, also known as Nightmares on Wax or DJ EASE (Experimental Sample Expert). His music is combination of jazz-hip hop beats and electronic sounds. It's often regarded as "Chill out" style.

In 2002, Evelyn released his fourth LP under Warp Records, Mind Elevation. He continued to evolve his new label and build a network of artists.

Four years later in March 2006, NoW released their fifth LP, In a Space Outta Sound again on Warp Records. When addressed about the amount of time between the records, Evelyn expressed his distaste for schedules, joking that they made him break out in a rash. To keep in the spirit of network's mantra, Evelyn explains that NoW is very focused on allowing things to happen and not forcing albums into production.
In 2008, NoW released their final LP under Warp titled thought so.... In 2009, Coming Home was released, this time under WAX ON Records.

He's also  good at  creating a deep atmosphere, with soothing rhythm, stylish electric sound and ethereal female vocal.You can feel  the construction with endless depths. Hope you like it!

Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun

˙Title: A Son Of The Sun
˙Artist: Uyama Hiroto
˙Style: Jazz Hip-Hop, Mellow, Downtempo
˙Released Date: 2008
˙Format: tracks
˙Producer: Hydeout production

01. 81Summer
02. Climbed Mountain
03. One Dream
04. Nightwood
05. Waltz For Life Will Born
06. Ribbon In The Sea
07. Port51 (Interlude)
08. Carbon Rose
09. Vision Eyes (feat. Golden Boy)
10. Fly Love Song (feat. Pase Rock)
11. Last Transit (Interlude)
12. Stratus
13. Walk In The Sunset
14. Color Of Jade

What kind of situations make you in deep contemplation?
For me, I always close my eyes and consider something thoroughly when I listen to Uyama Hiroto's albums.I can't describe the feeling clearly as I listened to Stratus(the first song of my music player in this post). As same as the song title, you'll float in the sky, even see the clouds and stars. Just like in a dreamland, makes me feel smooth and amazing. Through the song, I could keep being a seeker in my life and  make my own legend. So please let me introduce this incredible artist.

Uyama Hiroto (宇山寬人) is a Japanese hip-hop producer. He is the collaborator of the most famous Japanese DJ, Nujabes. His music style is  downtempo, ambient jazz and also influenced by hip-hop.

In 2008, Uyama Hiroto finally published his first individual album, A Son Of The Sun. This album includes piano, trumpet, guitar and other musical instruments. With these instruments, beautiful Jazz Hip-Hop and Downtempo music would constantly hover around your ear.

He uses Japanese  summer as a concept in the first song 81summer, this one present the wonderful summer feeling for us. He also creates a new song to dedicate his lovely son, who just a newborn baby last year. You can see how he expressed his fatherhood in the song Color Of the Jade. Enjoy it!

Apollo Brown - Clouds

˙Title: Clouds
˙Artist: Apollo Brown
˙Style: Jazz Hip-Hop, Rock, Alternative, Rap
˙Released Date:  22 February 2011
˙Label: Mello Music Group
˙Format: CD


01. Apollo Brown - Sound of Guns
02. Apollo Brown - Blue Ruby
03. Apollo Brown - Never in A Million Years
04. Apollo Brown - Balance
05. Apollo Brown - The Eleventh Hour
06. Apollo Brown - Wisdom
07. Apollo Brown - Black Pearls
08. Apollo Brown - Shoot the Heart
09. Apollo Brown - Push
10. Apollo Brown - One Chance
11. Apollo Brown - Human Existence
12. Apollo Brown - Know the Time
13. Apollo Brown - Heirloom
14. Apollo Brown - Seed of Memory
15. Apollo Brown - Bridge Through Time
16. Apollo Brown - Just Walk
17. Apollo Brown - Shadows of Grief
18. Apollo Brown - Time Passed Autumn
19. Apollo Brown - Choices
20. Apollo Brown - Father and Son
21. Apollo Brown - A Conscious Breath
22. Apollo Brown - Drinking Life
23. Apollo Brown - Imagination
24. Apollo Brown - Tao Te Ching
25. Apollo Brown - Heart of Glass
26. Apollo Brown - The Baghdad Sun
27. Apollo Brown - A Day's End



Have you ever dreamed of a place, far away from it all?
Where the air you breathe is soft and clean, and children play in fields of green
And the sound of guns doesn’t pound in your ears.

An up-and-coming producer out of Detroit, Apollo Brown has been busy as of late, dropping a slew of impressive projects, both with MCs (Gas Mask and Brown Study) and without (Make Do). On Clouds, he goes the instrumental route again, concocting 27 short but sweet, rap-free joints composed mostly of super-chill, low-BPM loops, heavy on the chimes, breezy guitars, and slow but funky elastic bass grooves.

 With a mellow sound clearly influenced by J Dilla, Oddisee, 9th Wonder, and early DJ Shadow (especially apparent on "Human Existence"), this is mood music ideally suited for headphones and personal contemplation. Most of the tracks here blend together easily, and while others are definitive head-nodders despite their languid pace. The synth-infused "Drinking Life," Pharcyde-sampling "Shoot the Heart," and Lonnie Liston Smith-inspired "Bridge Through Time" are standouts.

Enjoy it!

V.A - Dusty Fingers Vol. 1

˙Title: Dusty Fingers Vol. 1
˙Artist: V.A
˙Style: Soul, Jazz, Funk
˙Released Date:  1997
˙Label: Strictly Breaks Records
˙Format: CD

01. Projection - Intro/Abstractions (1973)                      
02. Ferrante & Telcher - Lady Love (1974)                       
03. Dorthy Ashby - The Windmills Of Your Mind (1978)            
04. Billy Brooks - Fourty Days (1974)                           
05. Donovan - Get Thy Bearings (1969)                           
06. Hogin's Machine - Les Baxter (1974)                         
07. Amon Duul - Kismet (1978)                                   
08. David Axelrod - The Warnings (1978)                         
09. Oliver Sain - On The Hill (1971)                            
10. Ryo Kawasaki - Bamboo Child (1976)                          
11. Don Blackman - Holding You, Loving You (1982)               
12. The Overton Berry Trio - Hey Jude (1970)                    
13. Annette Peacock - Survival (1979)                           
14. Placebo - Humpty Dumpty (1972)                              
15. Small Faces (Drum Skit) - The Journey (1969)                
16. Dee Dee Wawick - Dee Dee Drums/Outro (1979)

Dusty Fingers is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as breakbeats collected by Bronx DJ Danny Dann the Beat Mann. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable DJs to easily transition into them. These are also attractive to producers, who loop or rearrange them to create new compositions.

Following in the tradition of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series, the Dusty Fingers records contain an eclectic range of musical styles: mainly funk and jazz, but also including soul, rock, disco, and pop. Many of the songs in the Dusty Fingers series have been sampled into new musical compositions, mainly by hip hop producers. Popular songs sampling Dusty Fingers compositions include "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem, "Find Your Wealth" by Nas, "Rowdy Rowdy" by 50 Cent, "Show Me What You Got" by Jay Z, "Daydreamin'" by Lupe Fiasco, and "Dr. Carter" by Lil' Wayne. 888

Nujabes - Spiritual State

˙Title: Spiritual State
˙Artist: Nujabes
˙Style: Instrumental,Jazz Hip Hop, Trip Hop
˙Released Date: 2011.12.03
˙Format: Mp3
˙Producer: hydeout productions

01. Spiritual State (feat. Uyama Hiroto)
02. Sky Is Tumbling
03. Gone Are The Day (feat. Uyama Hiroto)
04. Spirale
05. City Light
06. Color Of Autumn
07. Down On The Side
08. Yes
09. Rainy Way Back Home
10. Far Fowls
11. Fellows
12. Waiting For The Clouds
13. Prayer
14. Island (feat. Haruka Nakamura & Uyama Hiroto)

Nujabes, my most favorite Jazzy hip-hop producer, who led me to this incredible music world. He enlightened me to explore different music genres and  discover the meaning of  life through the music. When I was 17 years old, I listened to his song and totally fallen in love with his masterpiece. Although he died two years later, his music still influence me until now .

Jun Seba (瀬場潤 Seba Jun?, February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010) was a Japanese hip hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name Nujabes (ヌジャベス Nujabesu?), the reverse spelling of his name in Japanese order. Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions. He died in a car accident on February 26, 2010.

Spiritual State is the third studio album by Nujabes, released posthumously as a follow-up to Modal Soul in 2005. The album was incomplete upon Nujabes' death in February 2010, inspiring those close to him to see it finished. Spiritual State was released in Japan on December 3, 2011 and February 2012 in the United States. Although the album has contributing vocals from several artists, it is roughly classified as an instrumental hip hop album.


REST IN PEACE, NUJABES.