This is the first single for NickNack's forthcoming album "Dearly Departed". The "Strangest Secret" contains elements of one of my favorite secret records. This 7inch is limited to 300. 320k mp3's are also available (Name your price). NickNack also has his back catalog available on CrowdControlRecords.com, you pick the price for the mp3's. Check the 7inch snip & Album preview video below.

1. NickNack "Strangest Secret"
2. NickNack "Gathering Shadow"

Dearly Departed Promo

The Architect is Rob Swift's latest release, its out Feb 23rd. The Architect has a different sound than his other albums. This is more musical it a traditional / classical style than previous albums that had a definite hip hop style.  Of the 18 tracks on the album only feature vocals by Breeze Evahflowin.  Something I've been critical about in the past is too many MC's on scratch records.  One of the lines that caught my ear, "what's up with the rapping and not the scratching, relax....".  The album seems to be arranged in a way that you should listen to it from beginning to end to get the full effect.  The music has depth, giving you something to digest as you listen to the album.  The songs are all part of a bigger piece of music, rather than each song trying to hold you attention for a couple of minutes then let go. These days picking & choosing tracks off an album is too common, do that here and you'll come up short.  Getting lost in anything in this short attention span, over connected, sensory overload world is rare.  The album is available starting Tuesday, physical & digi. Do yourself a favor, if your buying digi, get the whole album. Video & Links Below. 

Here is an hour plus with Mista Sinista, mixing, scratching and an interview. Rob Swift interviews Mista Sinista, before & after the music.

A little shameless self-promotion. This is a free ep by dusk (mc) and myself. Get your download on and let us know what you think. We have been nominated for The City Weekly Music Awards, if your liking what you hear, send your vote by texting "minds" to 91010.

Big up, honna.

Production Credits & Track List.
released 01 November 2009
1-black lungs - prod. by Dusk
2-almost all the time - prod. by Brisk
3-same old trouble - prod. by Abacus81
4-boss pt. one - prod. by DJ Honna
5-The Most Ridiculous - prod. by DJ Handsome Hands
6-drat cave - prod. by MindState
7-drive - prod. by Dusk
8-easy now - prod. by Linus

Rob Swift's latest release The Architect will be available February 23rd. I've only heard one track from the album "Rabia- 2nd Movement" (see the video). According to the press release, the album is mostly instrumental, only two tracks have vocals. From my perspective this is a huge plus. Don't get me wrong, I love hip hop/rap, but for the love of god, keep the mc's to a minimum on the scratch records. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of this album. Hopefully its one of many for scratch music in 2010.

Master turntablist Rob Swift has strived to expand the definition of Hip Hop since his first release in the mid-90’s. In an age where creating an iTunes play list is the sole prerequisite for being called a DJ, Swift’s boundary-pushing new release, The Architect, is a refreshing reminder that the 1’s and 2’s are an instrument in themselves. Using his newfound love of classical music as a point of inspiration, Swift’s latest work has as much in common with Mozart as it does with Grandmaster Flash. The innovative album has found a perfect home on fellow experimental musician Mike Patton’s label, Ipecac Recordngs (Melvins, Isis, Hella).

Though only two tracks contain vocals, The Architect is ripe with emotion and abstract narrative. Orchestral strings and organs mingle with fierce breakbeats and expert scratching. Swift’s exploration of manipulating pitch and tempo are executed and organized with the mindset of a virtuosic composer. The album not only adds to Swift’s illustrious legacy, but also adds news chapters in the history of the DJ and hip hop at large.