Browse by Label: VLEK (BELGIUM)

Artist:	VA
Title:	AMAI #1/4
Label:	VLEK (BELGIUM)
Format:	7"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	VLEK 001EP

Cupp Cave was once heralded as Belgium's best-kept secret. From the U.S. to Japan, his glitchy beats have stood out as some of the most innovative amongst today's electronic hip-hop producers. Here he serves up busted-gaming-console-and-dusted-broken-beat concentrate, filtered through a tub of radioactive waste to devastating effect. Dem Hunger's "Caveman Smack" reeks of human corpses decaying on the floor with their eyes dangling out of their sockets. It's all skulls bashed up in the river with the music sort of just floating around.

Artist:	VA
Title:	AMAI #2/4
Label:	VLEK (BELGIUM)
Format:	7"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	VLEK 002EP

Brussels-based Squeaky Lobster's cosmic craft has to be heard to be believed. Shards of broken breakbeat litter the sea-bed and form a solid backbone for this invertebrate's innovative use of samples, synths and instrumentation, taking you out of the aquarium and into the abyss. Russian beat-maker Lapti scavenges most of his samples right off VHS or dictaphone tapes. Melodies you've never heard, together with familiar retro samples and masterfully-produced hip-hop instrumentals create a nostalgic and cinematic mood.

Artist:	CUPP CAVE
Title:	Dice Pool
Label:	VLEK (BELGIUM)
Format:	10"
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	VLEK 003EP

Cupp Cave's glitchy beats have stood out as some of the most innovative and rich amongst today's electronic hip-hop producers. But he doesn't stop at just making dope beats, he crafts universes, oceans deep and mountains high and serves up busted-gaming-console-and-dusted-broken-beat concentrate, filtered through a tub of radioactive waste to devastating effect. This EP sees Cupp Cave return to his one true love: making sloppy Chicagoesque beats. Housed in a hand-screenprinted, hand-made, numbered cover.

Artist:	SQUEAKY LOBSTER
Title:	Will-O-The-Wisp EP
Label:	VLEK (BELGIUM)
Format:	10"
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	VLEK 004EP

The highly anticipated Squeaky Lobster EP has been worth every second of the wait. In terms of sample/synth selection, song structure and sound quality, no expense has been spared. Hi-fi synthetic drums intertwine with lo-fi sampled kicks & snares while heavy, stretched-out synth bass lines are topped with Bollywood-esque string samples, '80s guitar bridges & plenty of other orchestral mayhem. The incredible feat here is that no 8 bars are quite the same as the next. Housed in an awesome spot-varnished cover -- definitely one to hang up on the wall.

Artist:	VA
Title:	AMAI #3/4
Label:	VLEK (BELGIUM)
Format:	7"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	VLEK 005EP

This is the third volume of the four-volume split 7" compilation. DZA hits us with an ice-cold triumphant banger here. The unstoppable force of the track picks up more and more snappy percussive elements, engaging drum patterns and even some '80s-style vocal sample solos. Herrmutt Lobby dodge meteors and return enemy fire in their intergalactic space funk laboratory with this unidentified flying-funk opus. Richard Colvaen shows us his versatility by bringing a chilled-out, deep, slightly mournful feel to the table. Hand-numbered limited edition of 300; includes insert.

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