Back in 2k7, when yours truly & Panacea were signed to our first record deal on Glow in The Dark Records, we had label-mates called The Project that consisted of 3 emcees from Harlem, NY. Their first single off their debut release The Truth Todaypaid homage to the dance crazy that was sweeping the country at the time, The Light Feet, which is better showcased (in the video below) than me tryin' to explain it, lol...
So yeah, i dug the song and wanted to show label love by doing this remix which i dubbed the "Come on Feet" version, replete with samples from Madlib's song of the same name off the classic Quasiomoto album!
Unfortunately, though both the fellas in the group & the label acknowledged they liked the remix, as with many of the remixes i have done, it just didn't merit release at the time, so here we are now with this as the 3rd free download of the "1,000 Likes" campaign we got going at Neosonic Productions. If you are curious as to what happened to The Project, the only one from the crew i could find who is still actively making music is emcee/producer Jah- C, who has found some success as solo artist. Enjoy and stay tuned for the next remix!
One cool way myself and fellow beatsmiths DN3 & Lost Perception kept sharp production-wise while on the road recently was via the competition Random dubbed "The Beat-Off"... PAUSE! lol. Basically, Ran picked out a sample, in this case it was the lesser known instro track "Let's Get Away" from the classic Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds and each of us went to work creating our own beat out of it. The time limit was 24 hours, which sometimes is not enough for me as i'm very meticulous in my production- to the point i can spend hours just milling over whether to use ONE particular sound! But i guess pressure can be a good thing as this is what i turned out...
This track came out so good, that Raw Poetic is penning a new Panacea song to it as we speak! Stay tuned for that and the other songs created using Lost & DN3's respective tracks; Those will be available when myself & Ran present the official release for "The Beat Off" Vol. 1 ;) Make sure to subscribe to The Neosonic News Feed to find out when it drops!
Back in 2009 i was asked to do a tribute remix for De La Soul by the homie J. Nota at Redefintion Recordsto be included on a release they were planning for the end of the year! The release was in conjunction with De La celebrating 20 years making music since their first album, 3 Feet High & Rising, dropped in '89! But unfortunately things got delayed and the project was put "on ice" till NOW as ReDef along with European-based music sites The Find Magazine& Boogiedown Bredapresent the Salutes EP!
Not only did i get to produce the above featured song on the EP, but i was asked to do a little intro for it too! As for my contribution, it's actually dedicated to not only De La but also to the man who inspired me to pursue a career in radio/music- my uncle... the late Melvin Lindsey, who pioneered nightly radio around the world in the 70s & 80s with "The Original Quiet Storm". Ironically, the song he used to open his show with was Smokey Robinson's "Quiet Storm"...
This song gives me chills whenever i hear it as it instantly conjures up thoughts of my uncle as i grew up going to sleep every night listening to him on the radio, so the fact Prince Paul used it on "Breakadawn" made it extra special.. add in MJ's "I Can't Help It" and it was a wrap!
My story is just one that makes the release of this EP so special, as I'm sure fellow contributing producers K-Def andAstronotehave their own as well. Find out more about Salutes as well as download it for FREE HERE! Props to Danny at The Find, John & Damu of ReDef and of course the legendary De La Soul!
Back after a month hiatus with the latest in instrumental hip-hop! Apologies on the delay, was overseas in the UK touring for 2 weeks in July and managed to thankfully get out before the riots broke out! Anyway, i think this may be my best show yet and thanx to all the artists who submitted music; As i stated in this episode, i dont have the time anymore to post individual albums up on Strictly Beats, SO please consider whatever i include in the mix as a co-sign as i don't play it if i don't like it! ;)
Ironically, as i write this, i sit in a hotel room in London, thus i felt like posting this up as remix #2 of my 1,000 Likes campaignsince the featured song i flipped was from a UK artist. The opportunity to put the "Neosonic" touch on Homecut's "Harmony", which is a very personal song of his, came about via my homie Patrick from TheWordisBond.com; He's always hippin' me to dope overseas artists and via a recent connect he had established with Homecut himself, got me in touch with him and the rest, as they say, is history! It's important to note that this remix was made for an actual remix-project based off HC's original album No Freedom without Sacrifice, but life kinda got in the way for him and the project, last i heard, is at an indefinite standstill... yet i was encouraged to share the remix & so here it is...
I loved the way this song came out and again felt like the timing was too right not to drop it, especially with me being out in Homecut's area right now. I would definitely welcome another chance to collaborate with the brotha- this time on something original, so Andy if you out there & see this, hit me up! Enjoy the free remix yall and PLEASE make sure you "LIKE" the Neosonic Productions Facebook fan page so i can post the next one up!
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