Monthly Archive for November, 2010

Recension: “PH3 Löser ett fall”

PH3 - Löser ett fall

Hela fem år har gått sen sist. Friskt vågat hälften vunnet heter det ju. Det finns nog inget som är så vågat som att syssla med det som lite luddigt kallas experimentell hiphop. Det här abstrakta som gör att vi för det första inte riktigt hänger med på vad Profilen och Eye N’ I pratar om, och som för det andra gör att våra öron spetsas lite extra när livestämningen bunkras upp.

Det är svårt att bestämma vad som är bäst på PH3 Löser ett fall. Det kan mycket väl vara egenvärdet i att göra något som känns nytt och spännande, eller det faktum att flowet hos de två rymdfararna är helt sinnesjukt (lyssna på Tillbaka i tiden och få ett smakprov på en minut), eller att Jag trodde jag va han och Osynlig gör att man tappar fattningen.

I universum finns inget upp och ner. Det gör det inte hos PH3 heller. Som lyssnare förstår man inte riktigt vad man är med om, men man anar storheten i det ändå. Texterna är finslipade till sin yttersta spets och de lyckas vrida och vända flera gånger om i hjärnan på den passiva lyssnaren. Det är det som är grejen: Det är fullständigt olagligt och fel på alla sätt och vis att lyssna på PH3 Löser ett fall och vara passiv. Man måste vara där. Fiska efter och grabba tag i den där känslan som är PH3. Det här är för bra för att låta glida förbi.

För dig som gillar snygga texter: här har du. För dig som älskar snygga beats: här finns dem. Bättre blir det inte. Kasta då in Jocke Åhlund (från Teddybears), Skizz från Stockholmssyndromet och Salem Al Fakir och du har ett fantastiskt recept på en space cookie.

Det finns en liten klick på den svenska arenan som tillhör samma skola som PH3. En skola som vi härmed kallar Aaron Phiri-skolan. Det handlar om Funkenteller (Skizz från Stockholmssyndromet), Supahumans samt Oliver Def och Bjarne B. Det är astronauter från samma universum som PH3: en rymd som inte riktigt kan kategoriseras eller sättas i fack. Varför? För det är för konstigt bara. Funkminimalistisktabstrakthiphopmedliveband. Vad ska man säga? Det är magiskt. Låt dessa strömmar skölja över oss, och låt dem göra sig hörbara. Låt PH3 visa vägen.

Bit inte sönder rymddräkten! Skivan släpps idag, 10/11!

Looptroop Rockers – On Repeat (Video)

Looptroop Rockers är till vår stora glädje tillbaka med en ny sång och tillhörande video! “On Repeat” är ett svar till det skamliga parlamentsvalet som hölls tidigare i år där det främlingsfientliga partiet Sverigedemokraterna tyvärr blev invalt.

Videon är gjord av Svante Lodén & Johan von Brömssen.

Following the latest election in Sweden (September 19) we wrote, and recorded this song – responding to a racist party being voted in to the Swedish parliament in particular, and to the extreme right wing winds blowing over European and world politics in general. The feelings of frustration and anger had to be channeled some way, and the very day after the election we met in the Wax Cabinet studio to voice our opinion about history repeating itself, and Sweden being an even colder country this fall. — Looptroop Rockers

“On repeat” är en teaser för det nya Looptroop-albumet som släpps i Mars 2011 om allt går enligt planerna.

Ladda ner låten i MP3 eller WAV:
MP3 | WAV | Lyrics

Professor P & DJ Akilles – Maintain EP

Maintain Ep Cover

I onsdags förra veckan släppte Professor P & Dj Akilles sin nya EP, Maintain EP på vinyl. Första exemplaret såldes på tradera för 830 kr på tradera. Nu finns äntligen EP:n digitalt också så att alla som, i likhet med mig, saknar vinylspelare kan njuta av denna grymma EP!

Låtlista:

  1. Doin’ It Hard
  2. Maintain
  3. Do What’s On Your Mind feat. Timbuktu
  4. Down For Mines feat. DJ Static
  5. Fallin’
  6. Emotions

EPn finns på:

Spotify | iTunesAmazon


We’re back!

We’re back! As you may have noticed we have started updating the blog again. It might seem strange to just start to update a blog all of a sudden withouth any word about our abscense from the blog.

So here’s just a quick explanation of why the blog haven’t been updated and about what we’re going to do with the blog in the future.

The main reason the blog haven’t been updated is lack of time, which I know we’ve said before, but also because we didn’t really now what to do with the blog. Until now we have just been posting news, which is of course an essential part of the blog, but we don’t want the blog to be just about news. We wanted to post reviews, do interviews, write editorials and a lot of other stuff. We found that it was really hard to do everything we wanted to do when writing in English and the blog became just about news.

Because the blog right now isn’t everything we want it to be we have decided to switch language so from now on the blog will be written in Swedish. This is our last post in English here on The Salad Days.

This will, hopefully, make us able to realize our plans and write reviews, interviews, editorials etc. After some thought and some very good tips and insights from Majestic Flow we have also decided to write about more than just swedish hip-hop, we haven’t decided specific things to write about yet but we will post them as soon as we’ve decided!

We’re also working on a new design for the blog, the current design was just supposed to be temporary yet we’ve been using it for almost 2 years now.  We don’t really now when the new design will be launched but hopefully this year. This new design will also implement google translate so that you still will be able to read our news in English.

We really look forward to start working and developing the blog again! If you have any questions, suggestions for things to write about or just general input we would really appriciate your feedback. You can e-mail us att info@thesaladdays.se , hit us up on our twitter or just comment below!

Medina – Varsågod de e gratis vol. 3

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After thethe success with “Varsågod de e gratis vol.1″ and vol.2 Medina, which consists of rappers Alibi and Sam-E, is releasing a third installment in the mixtape series. This mixtape, just like the previous ones and as the name suggests, is released as a free download. The mixtape consists of 17-tracks that span between everything from house, rap and ragga. As usual Medina’s music is a mix between different genres but this time they have chosen to leave the oriental sound out.

New for this installment is also that Medina has decided to work with other producers instead of producing everything themselves. “Varning för mig” is produced by Masse, “Dum ikväll” is produced by Howard Who and “Sherikan”, “Kisse Misse”, “Ojojoj”, “Inte nån som”, “Supernova”, “Ta dig upp” and “Maskerad” is Co-produced with K-One.

Tracklist

1.Sherikan (Prod Medina & K-one)
2.Kissemisse Ft Meemo Jacobs(Prod K-one)
3.Ojojoj (Prod K-one)
4.Tippa dom (Remix)
5.Varning för mig (Prod Masse) “Tagen från Evolution”
6.Dum ikväll (Prod Howard Who)
7.Inte nån som Ft Lowam Kidane (Prod Medina & K-one)
8.Supernova (Prod Medina & K-one)
9.Tar dig upp (Prod K-one)
10.Gentleman (Prod Medina)
11.Jag tror på lyx (Remix)
12. Flaj som få Ft Allyawan, Parham P & Sick Art (Remix)
13.Maskerad (Prod K-one)
14.Till min bror (Remix)
15. Starkaste mannen i världen (Prod Medina)
16.Throw ya hands up (Prod K.J)
17.100 bars (Aoutro) (Remix)

Varsågod De e gratis vol 3 can be downloaded from here.

The O-Zone vs Brooklyn 12/11 (Krischansta Nation)

O-Zone Battles Poster

The O-Zone Battles arranged their first battle in April this year and is Swedens first battle-league. Since the start O-zone battle has arranged 2 more battles and  the response for the battles has so far been great and the interest for the battles just keeps growing. On November 12 it’s time for the 4th battle which will be held at Krischansta Nation in Lund.

The battle will feature both new and old contestants such as Allyawan, Henry Bowers, Mickelito and Crome. Dj More-10 will also be there and will play between the matches.

Right after the battle the  hiphop-/soul-/dancehallclub Brooklyn will start. Dj’s this evening will be Dj Amato and Beneaf & Rome. To get in to the club you need a student ID (which is not needed for the battle).

The O-Zone is a collaboration between S.T.I.C.S, Digital Dirt and Dubcnn.

When: November 12, 18:00-21:30 (22.30-02.00 for the club)
Where: Kristianstads Nation
Age: 18
Tickets: 40 kr (100 kr for both battle and club, OBS! you need a student ID to get in to the club)

For more information go to theozonebattles.com

Professor P & Dj Akilles – Do What’s On Your Mind feat. Timbuktu

Maintain Ep Cover

Professor P and Dj Akilles has been working together since 2005 and in 2007 they released Professor P’s debut album “Patience” through their label Loyalty. “Patience” was followed by the mixtapes “He’s the Dj i’m the rapper” and “Large Professor P”. Both mixtapes contained classic beats with new rap by Professor P, but now it’s finally time for some brand new material! On November 4 they will release a new EP called “Maintain EP”.

“Do What’s on your mind” is the first single from the Ep and it features a guest appearance from Timbuktu (always nice to hear him rap in English).

The EP will apart from Timbuktu  feature a guest appearance Dj Static and the whole EP is produced by Professor P and Dj Akilles. The EP will be released on a limited edition vinyl on November 3 and digitally on November 4 and will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. The vinyl will be limited to a 100 copies which will be numbered and signed.

You can listen to “Do What’s on your mind” on Youtube:

For more information and news about Professor P and Dj Akilles check out their blog!

Diversidad – The Experience

Diversidad - The Experience Cover

In 2008 The European Music Office launched the Diversidad project as a part of the “European year of Intercultural Dialogue”. The goal of Diversidad was to promote collaborations within the urban music scene in Europe as well as to discuss the urban music industry and music industry in general. This led to the recording of a single as well as seminars and concerts. The first edition of Diversided was so successful that the European Music Office was allowed to do a second Edition of Diversidad.

The second edition of Diversidad will be a three-year project which will be dedicated to urban culture in all it’s forms. The Diversidad project will include a European tour, a digital platform, a documentary, an urban art exhibition and a collaborative album which will feature contributions from 20 rappers from all over Europe, beatmakers and DJ’s.

The First single from the Diversidad album is called “The Experience” and was released earlier this year. The single, just like the one from the first edition of Diversidad, is produced by Spike Miller and features Curse (Germany), Marcus Price (Sweden), Orelsan (France), Rival (Belgium), Luche from Co’ Sang (Italy), Frenkie (Bosnia), GMBisGeryMendes (Netherlands), Valete (Portugal), Pitcho (Belgium), Nach (Spain), Mariama (Germany) and MC Melodee from La M (Netherlands).

The Experience” can be downloaded for free from here!

On November 7 Diversidad will also be launching a video series of 15 videos that will show the whole process behind the recording of the Diversidad album!

For more information about Diversidad go to their homepage!


Petter – Älskar din stil feat. Timbuktu

Petter, who right now can be seen on TV4′s “Så mycket bättre”, released his 8th studio album “En Räddare i Nöden” earlier this year. Earlier this year videos has been released to the tracks “Fast för evigt”“Gör min dag”, “Längesen” and “U & Me”. Now the turn has come to the track “Älskar din stil” wich  features Timbuktu. The video is basically a summer day with barbecue, skateboarding and swimming with Petter, Timbuktu and a lot of friends.

Petter also recently recorded a track to the producer Stress upcoming album which will feature contributions from Ken, Timbuktu, Chapee n Chess, Lazee, Ison & Fille, Adam Tensta, Dida, Eboi, Sebbe (Kartellen), Labyrinten, Medina, Näääk & Nimo and many others.

To receive the latest news about Petter check out his blog or follow him on twitter!

Labyrint – Kärleken

Labyrint is a hip-hop/reggae group from Uppsala, in july this year they released “Trakterna” which was their contribution to the Swedish hiphop compilation “Evolution”.

Now they are back with a new single called “Kärleken”. The song you can hear in the end of the video is the b-side to the single and is called “Hat”.The video is directed by  Mas Loco and Daniel Larsson. The track is produced by Mr Sloap.

The full single can be bought through iTunes and listened to through Spotify