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If you come across a Teenager or early Teen who is into HipHop nowadays, it’s almost a surprise if they don’t understand the genre as the ultimate and dodgy mainstream between Bling-Bling and Crunk, but appreciate HipHop’s golden era starting in the late 80s instead, spilling into the BackPacker craze of the 00’s.
With his debut album “Quipo”, Italian producer Populous already showed that he drew his very own conclusions from the jazzed-up beats and positive vibes of the Native-Tongues movement around A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Whereas “Quipo” still displayed a mildly bulky attraction influenced by abstract electronica, “Queue For Love” now has a much more homogeneous atmosphere and a warmth fed by carefully selected samples from Soul-, Jazz- and Soundtrack records from the late 60s and early 70s. Unlike the aesthetics of recent, dominating approaches to HipHop, “Queue For Love” is a triumph of the DIY ethos. After all, Andrea Mangia is just a kid with a computer and an incorruptible taste. “Queue For Love” isn’t pure sampledelia, though.
A lot of the guitars, e-bows and glockenspiels on this album have been recorded in the bath room of Populous’ tiny student apartment. This is where singer Matilde of Italian band Studio Davoli even recorded her gorgeous vocals for “Bunco” and “Clap Like Breeze”, turning the music into an amalgam of Broadcast, Cocteau Twins and a crazy-in-love DJ Shadow.
With his debut album “Quipo”, Italian producer Populous already showed that he drew his very own conclusions from the jazzed-up beats and positive vibes of the Native-Tongues movement around A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Whereas “Quipo” still displayed a mildly bulky attraction influenced by abstract electronica, “Queue For Love” now has a much more homogeneous atmosphere and a warmth fed by carefully selected samples from Soul-, Jazz- and Soundtrack records from the late 60s and early 70s. Unlike the aesthetics of recent, dominating approaches to HipHop, “Queue For Love” is a triumph of the DIY ethos. After all, Andrea Mangia is just a kid with a computer and an incorruptible taste. “Queue For Love” isn’t pure sampledelia, though.
A lot of the guitars, e-bows and glockenspiels on this album have been recorded in the bath room of Populous’ tiny student apartment. This is where singer Matilde of Italian band Studio Davoli even recorded her gorgeous vocals for “Bunco” and “Clap Like Breeze”, turning the music into an amalgam of Broadcast, Cocteau Twins and a crazy-in-love DJ Shadow.
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Breathes The Best
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Populous - Breathes The Best
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Shoutbox
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schulz1907 wrote:
nice stuff !
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alfmas wrote:
drawn in basic è eccezionale. bravo
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morrmusic wrote:
hello everybody, pop and mc shortstories have made some great new mixes for you and they are free to download. Please check and enjoy! http://www.last.fm/music/Mc+Shortstories/Mc+Shortstories%3A+heat+stroke+dj+mix http://www.last.fm/music/Populous/Populous%3A+sunny+days+and+starry+nights+mix and::: http://www.last.fm/music/Morr+Music+Radio
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nebulis114 wrote:
his new stuff with short stories is so much different than "queue for love" but i think i like it even more
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manbearATTACK wrote:
this is good stuff. caution kids, it can be addicting.
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dan-grafico wrote:
ave
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kyriakos1 wrote:
clijster
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delphia wrote:
Last.fm + quality music videos of songs I love = orgasms!
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Marshallmaddnes wrote:
great music
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geoshant wrote:
nice groove!
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SunSeya wrote:
Randhome Bitz Generation http://www.lastfm.it/group/Randhome+Music
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caitjane1 wrote:
breathes the best is my fav right now
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caitjane1 wrote:
really goooooooooooooooood music
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delphia wrote:
Ooooh. Someone wrote a real artist info!
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cecemel wrote:
beautifully created songs, great albums
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SolitudEE wrote:
Nice
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delphia wrote:
Indeed.
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Faeerie wrote:
L-L-Love.
News
it's winter again! (new mix compiled by populous)
15 Nov 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/populous
It's winter again: here we are with another mix!
Here's the track-list:
Michael Andrews 'boy moves the sun'
Bjork 'all is full of love'
Beck 'lost cause'
Beatles 'love you...
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