Here's our final release for 2011: Timewarp Espresso EP!! Six tracks from outer and inner space delivered by Johnny Boy, especially conceived for your coffee break!! We suggest cautious use as time paradoxes might occur. Once again, hold your wallet: its all FREE!!!
Start workin those smiling muscles cause the Overknights proudly present Manuele Atzeni's latest work: "Dirty Smiles"!!!!!! This 7 tracker will put you in your spot, take you down the block, enhance your moves and improve your skills, other than challenging your knowledge of what's dirty and what's not! We bet our favorite sneakers that by the time you get to "Jamaican Guys in Chinese Restaurant" you'll be able to compare your smile to one of those on the sweet artwork, delivered by GivemeAwork!!!! Start Smilin'!!! It's All FREE!!!!!
Here we go with another Overknights relase! It's Manuele Atzeni's Ep for Upitup records: introspective, deep and juicy as always. The cover art is another Simone Zaccagnini's masterpiece, no more words needed. So follow the links and have more fun!
The guys at ECKO showed us love and hosted us for a special podcast. We made an exclusive mix of ours last tracks relased here and there, check the tracklist for more while you liste to the mix:
Here's our latest treat for Summer 2011: Millelemmi's "Destroy Social Scene EP"!!!! Another free download from Millelemmi's bag of wonders!! .... ready to rock some dust off your little world... Just a few tracks to let you know what's really destroying our social scene......featuring Daretta, Naga and B.Kun!!!!
Destroy Social Scene
produced, mixed and mastered by Millelemmi @ Altrove
We told you the instrumental version was bound to come soon... so, here you go!!! Biga, Only for the Bambine, the Instrumentals!!! FREE, of course, for your Downloadable pleasure ;)
The Overknights and CanttiinAsociale member also known as SIMONE ZACCAGNINI.. the guy behind the drawings.... but ALSO he's the guy behind the Beats and always ready to rock the mic..... Our bros from RAGNAMPIZA have chosen some of his smoothest beats for their series "Beat a Confronto" and make sure.... this one's meant to be poured directly into your eardrums....
We are very proud to present Biga's "Only 4 The Bambine"!!! The first solo album by one of Florence's most representing dj's... having explored, since the age of 16, the boundaries of Hip hop, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Bossa, Salsa, headz, Samba, Electronica, Psychedelic and Turkish jams etc....... As a producer he's an active member of Ether, Overknights and Ragnampiza and an inspiration for many that surround and work with him. "Only 4 The Bambine" is an album packed with raps, instrumentals and remixes done in collaboration with many good friends that just happen to be some mad mc's and producers... aka, once again, 'it's a family affair'. Catch this FREE DOWNLOAD straight from the heart of Italy and of a mad music lover... and make sure to keep those eyes and ears perky cause the instrumental version is bound to come soon....
Here's another video teaser by our bro GivemeAwork, this time for Biga's Only 4 The Bambine!!! The bomb will be dropped on June 19th and You shall not find shelter!!!
Here's our boy Johnny Boy's first beat tape made with two faithfull samplers, many minced samples and quite a few over(k)night sessions... Keep an eye out for our man GivemeAwork who mastered the graphics and the video teaser!! And as the title might suggest, you're supposed to grind and wear these beats out so don't forget to get yourself a copy on you're pod... cause, you know how we tend to do... we tend to do it FREE!! EnJoy!!!
'This Beat Tape is inspired by and dedicated to Alba, Henry, G and the whole Overknights collective. Special thanks to Santamiddjie, CantiInAsociale, Incdik, Dre and Phillie Fred and a huge HoLLa to the FiPiLi connection and to my peoples all around! One Love.'
We are very proud to present Daretta and his solo album "Heavy Mental"!! Our boy is representing for "la Raza Araucana" from Santiago de Cile to Firenze Rifredi, and describes himself as: 'Born in Minorca, son of Norca, killer like an Orca, as poetic as Garcia Lorca...' Let this deeply determined MC take you down a spiral made of black velvety words... and if you don't understand italian you can catch some drops of spanish, french and english here and there.. we assure that the meanings are seriously backing up the sounds and the mood. NO DOUBT! Enjoy!
[ITA]
Siamo molto orgogliosi di presentarvi ufficialmente il nostro rapper Daretta ed il suo "Heavy Mental"!! Quella che parla è "la Raza" Araucana, da Santiago de Chile a Firenze Rifredi. "Nato a Minorca, figlio di Norca, assassino come un' orca, poetico come Garcia Lorca" Un' autodefinizione che calza a pennello a questo mc profondo e determinato che vi trascinera' per il collo nel fondo del suo vortice di nero velluto verbale...e per questa volta vi consigliamo di lasciarglielo fare e di dare retta!!
released 23 May 2011 all beats, lyrics and rhymes by Daretta scratches by Franco Crudo (2-6) and Jaja (5) additional productions by Millelemmi all tracks mixed and mastered by Colossius @ Quasi Studio, Firenze Artwork by Simone Zaccagnini
"2 Sessioni Fuori,Una in Casa e Qualcosa da Chiederti" is another 'one track mix', full of 60's/70's Psychedelic Rock from many parts of this World (stuff from Peru, Belgium, Chile, Russia, Portugal, Italy etc.) some obscure, some not. You'll find some Pokora titles mixed up with post-rock tracks (or indie as you prefer to call it) from the end of the 90's/beginning of 2000 and some more recent stuff like OBO (Oshinoko Bunker Orchestra) or Pavel Dovgal. Anyway everything is "handmade", it means hands on vinyl & live mixing, totally uncut stuff, this is the meaning of the title track "2 Sessions Outside, One@Home and Something to Ask..." Nasty Art Cover by my man Pupa "Psicodelico" Tee Don't forget to follow Ragnampiza for other bad ass mixes and radio shows
There was a time when the DJ was the collector and the dispenser of acoustical knowledge through the arts of selection and the fine techniques of mixing.... those who distinguished themselves were completely committed ... and always ON point!! ......
This would be true if people like Biga didn't make you realize that there still are many dj's out there that do their homework and have the tendency to deliver..!..
Here we post Biga's 3 last mixtapes that..., straight up and down, you do not want to miss!!
All 3 mixtapes are a fine example of mixing and selection, like a ride that keeps bringing you somewhere new without knowing how you got there.
"El Climatico" features some of Biga's favorite tracks going from salsa to hip hop, to soul and some of those everlasting jazzy-funk tracks that make you wanna thank people like Biga for collecting records. It features tracks from Hector Lavoe, Krs-One, Parliament, Augustus Pablo and Madlib....just to give an idea...
In the words of Biga: "This is 'El Climatico' recorded and mixed by Biga in August 2007. The wonderful art cover is by Mateo Rivano. Many thanks to Bubu, Igor and Joao for the contribution in making it."
While "El Climatico" is more like a "Manifesto" of Biga's Dj-ing in the past years, "Som Barato" and "Bombe Turche" are the result of international DIGGIN'. A real record collector will travel to find his records and to understand what that particular music is all about. Getting down with the people that particular music was made for is the best way to understand a particular groove and that's exactly what Biga has done.
"Som Barato" is a mix of some crazy brazilian tunes that go deep into Brazil's musical culture bypassing the well known Verve bossa nova's to reach the samba, the ballads... the people's choice: a "Cheap Sound"! Needless to say there's nothing cheap about it, besides the fact that you get to download for FREE!!!
As for "El Climatico" the insane artwork is by Mateo Rivano!
"Nar Suyu Portakal Suyu a.k.a. Bombe Turche" ("Turkish Bombs") brings us to the proud country of Turkey. The turkish musical industry is huge and Biga has here selected Strictly 7"s of Turkish Funk, Folk and Psychedelic Breaks.
A little somethin' for those that have heard everything.. ;)
This mixtape is distributed with the proud collaboration of Gold and FunkYaMama... The crazy ass artwork is by Pupa 'the only one' Tee and Biga's reprezentin' for Ragnampiza and Overknights..!!..
If you down with the stream, show some love and hit them links to Download!! [BTcH]
"Noso-comio Tung-steno eno ...Noso-comio Tung....!!"....Now, if you don't speak italian you might not know what exactly this means..but we assure you that you'll find yourself repeating these obscure sounds after listening to Millelemmi's "dissected" dialect. Phonemes and meanings are elegantly used and abused just as new music is created from used and abused synths, records or toys all fused into a very personal, original and yet familiar way. All homemade mostly with his MPC and MIC and with a little bit of help from his friends Franco Crudo and Jaja with the appropriate scrathing and Simone Zaccagnini with the appropriate artwork. This is one of those albums where you'd like to thank the inventor of the "skip back" button on your player, whether you're exploring the layers of meaning of words or the puzzle shaped sounds... In other words..if you have ears you must have this album and that's where it gets easy: it's FREE!!
There's always a room at the "Nosocomio Tugnsteno"!!
Mixed by Andrea Bracali at Quasi Studio
Independently released in January 2010
Here's some music from a non-musician! Lo Zac or Low'N'Zak, better known as Simone Zaccagnini, he's actually a visual/drawing artist. His work is all handmade and when his eyes are tired he boots up his old pc and starts messin with samples on an old version of Cubase Sx.. Well the result is right in front of your ears, so play the player and if you dig.. go ahead with the download button cause, yes..."Free'P'Hop" is all free!!
If you feel enthusiastic about this just looking at the cover, you should, cause it's our first SAMPLER!!!!! All music and lyrics and scratches are taken from our individual projects and everything has been produced in the family, from the masters to the artwork. Which is by Simone Zaccagnini while the photos were taken by Alessandro Pace (alessandropeace@gmail.com). All tracks are by Overknights members plus our "outsider" member from Turin Franco Crudo, with his fine scratching appearing on "Nosocomio Tungsteno". You Can now (Sep 2010) download the whole sampler for FREE from http://overknights.bandcamp.com/album/overknights-mini-sampler-0 or by direct link on Archive.org: http://www.archive.org/download/OverknightsMiniSampler2010/Overknights_Mini_Sampler_num_zero.zip EnJoY!!!
Overknights is a collective of dj's, producers, mc's and one drawer based in Florence, Italy.
A group of ten with common tastes and different styles, as well as a variety of musical backgrounds, ranging from hip hop, jazz and punk, to techno and many other genres of 'electronic' music. Their particular 'sound' lies between the different styles found throughout individual productions as well as many internal projects and collabo's.
The result is a mist of hip hop, funk and wonky/skwee.
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