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samiyam - return/moon shoes - hyperdub - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop - Instrumentals

1. "Return"
2. "Trick Platform"
3. "Moon Shoes"
4. "Cheesecake Backslap"

Seriously good 4 track 12" from Samiyam on the brilliant Hyperdub label... big fat TIP!

Hyperdub�s first US signing, and first hip hop tempo release comes from Flying Lotus sidekick, straight out of LA, Samiyam. With colab releases with Flylo under the name FLYamSAM, a recent selfmade CD �Rap Beats�, and a stunning, recent remix for Pattie Blingh for Ramp Recordings, Samiyam is rising fast. All the tunes on the Return E.P. carry Samiyam�s signature synth sound, melancholy melodies, and off-kilter, post-Dilla funk that will make you bump, your brain tingle, while you are simultaneously crying your eyes out. This style is perfected on the track �Return� which has been featured in many a Flylo mix from the last couple of years, and the ultra-lazy grooves of the 8-bit �Trick Platform� which plugs in nicely to recent Hyperdub releases from Quarta 330, Ikonika, Zomby and Rustie. On the flip, �Moon Shoes� and �Cheesecake Backslap�, the drums get turned up, and the quantize function thrown out the window. Loose, lop-sided but totally funktional, this release brings a bit of smoggy, toxic West Coast sunshine to stiff old, gloomy UK.