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anthony valadez - just visiting - plug research - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop - Nu Soul

1. Asleep (feat Anna Wise Of Sonnymoon)
2. Sunny Spot
3. Under Water (feat Mar)
4. Begins (feat Miles Bonny)
5. Looking Backwards (feat Joya Mooi)
6. Walking Away (feat Damon Aaron)
7. Yolden Gears (feat Rebekah Raff)
8. Now What? (feat Genevieve Artadi Of Pollyn)
9. Beat (interlude)
10. Precious (feat Def Sound)
11. Waves (feat Anna Wise Of Sonnymoon W/Nick Rosen)

When Anthony Valadez was living in an apartment complex with Flying Lotus as his neighbor, an organic collaborative environment led to the budding young Brainfeeder-to-be to give a bit of insight into what turned out to be Anthony Valadez’ first release, Go! a 7” released by Recordbreakin’ in 2006. Always ambitious, Anthony was not satisfied with just looping and triggering sounds. Eventually, he sought to collaborate with real musicians and produce in the fullest sense of the word. This was the genesis of Just Visiting, his debut album on Plug Research.

Over the course of the past three years, Anthony has collaborated with musicians, from other continents, other cities and other area codes of Los Angeles, to create an album that is as diverse as any of his radio shows.
Sometimes musicians would come over to his apartment after gigs, record and crash on his couch. Other times he’d be getting Pro Tools files sent over from Amsterdam that he would then arrange and chop-up on his MPC. “I feel like each song is different but the common denominator is that it has soul,” explains Anthony. “I feel like this is a soul record in so many different directions, from soul jazz to weirdo soul.”