Eastern Haze: July
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# Eastern Haze: July
We shall commence our monthly explorations of Eastern beats, bass and
other sonic ephemera from the fringes of the musical spectrum with the
aptly-titled **RSS Boys**, a perfect nerdy evocation of sizzling summer
settings. Taking cues from afro-beat, the members of the project claim
they met while travelling in Africa. Brushing off tired house, their new
record *W DONT BLV N HYP* (out on the recently resurrected Polish label
**[Mik Musik][1]{: target="_blank"}**) is a proclamation of their
defiance. At the same time, their music doesn't distance itself from
contemporary sonic topographies.
**Makunouchi Bento**, the idiosyncratic duo of musicians based in
western Romania, make music for imaginary movies--- a rich tapestry of
sounds interwoven into a magic flying carpet. Their latest offering is a
batch of remixes made for their friends, including **Ben Mono** and
Romanian colleagues **Norzeatic & Khidja**. The resulting
recontextualizations are imbued with MB's trademark fairytale-like
atmospheres, and are free to download [here][2]{: target="_blank"}.
Prague-based **Ond?ej Holý**, working under the nom de plume **dné**,
has developed his sounds from folksy to chill, and now resurfaces with a
little taste of his eagerly-awaited album. 'The music is all mine. I
used the acapella from 'Touch the Sky' because I wanted to try some rap
and don't know any good rappers,' he explains on his [Soundcloud
profile][3]{: target="_blank"}. 'I want to find some and then release it
properly. (Kanye's verse didn't fit to the music so I cut him, sorry
Yeezy)'.
Let us bid a sonic farewell for now with some soft, crackling,
'90s-influenced deepness, rich with echoes of rave, techno, jungle and
dubby inflections. This comes courtesy of Piotr Dabrowski, aka **ptr1**.
His new EP *Carte Blanche* is out now.
For more news, head to the [Easterndaze blog][4]{: target="_blank"}.
[1]: http://www.mikmusik.org/
[2]: http://makunouchibento.bandcamp.com/album/remix-box-ichi
[3]: http://soundcloud.com/dnednedne
[4]: http://easterndaze.net/
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text: '<p> We shall commence our monthly explorations of Eastern beats, bass and other sonic ephemera from the fringes of the musical spectrum with the aptly-titled <strong>RSS Boys</strong>, a perfect nerdy evocation of sizzling summer settings. Taking cues from afro-beat, the members of the project claim they met while travelling in Africa. Brushing off tired house, their new record <em>W DONT BLV N HYP</em> (out on the recently resurrected Polish label <strong><a href="http://www.mikmusik.org/" target="_blank">Mik Musik</a></strong>) is a proclamation of their defiance. At the same time, their music doesn’t distance itself from contemporary sonic topographies.</p><p><strong>Makunouchi Bento</strong>, the idiosyncratic duo of musicians based in western Romania, make music for imaginary movies— a rich tapestry of sounds interwoven into a magic flying carpet. Their latest offering is a batch of remixes made for their friends, including <strong>Ben Mono</strong> and Romanian colleagues <strong>Norzeatic & Khidja</strong>. The resulting recontextualizations are imbued with MB’s trademark fairytale-like atmospheres, and are free to download <a href="http://makunouchibento.bandcamp.com/album/remix-box-ichi" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Prague-based <strong>Ond?ej Holý</strong>, working under the nom de plume <strong>dné</strong>, has developed his sounds from folksy to chill, and now resurfaces with a little taste of his eagerly-awaited album. ‘The music is all mine. I used the acapella from ‘Touch the Sky’ because I wanted to try some rap and don’t know any good rappers,’ he explains on his <a href="http://soundcloud.com/dnednedne" target="_blank">Soundcloud profile</a>. ‘I want to find some and then release it properly. (Kanye’s verse didn’t fit to the music so I cut him, sorry Yeezy)’.</p><p>Let us bid a sonic farewell for now with some soft, crackling, ’90s-influenced deepness, rich with echoes of rave, techno, jungle and dubby inflections. This comes courtesy of Piotr Dabrowski, aka <strong>ptr1</strong>. His new EP <em>Carte Blanche</em> is out now.</p><p>For more news, head to the <a href="http://easterndaze.net/" target="_blank">Easterndaze blog</a>.</p>'
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# Eastern Haze: July We shall commence our monthly explorations of Eastern beats, bass and other sonic ephemera from the fringes of the musical spectrum with the aptly-titled **RSS Boys**, a perfect nerdy evocation of sizzling summer settings. Taking cues from afro-beat, the members of the proje...
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Their latest offering is a batch of remixes made for their friends, including **Ben Mono** and Romanian colleagues **Norzeatic & Khidja**. The resulting recontextualizations are imbued with MB's trademark fairytale-like atmospheres, and are free to download [here][2]{: target="_blank"}. Pragu...