Xudef Klas | tl

This is music built out of pure imagination; with twinkles of xylophone keys and the snapping of fingers to pronounce a beat; with playful whistles that bridge a melody and bashfully plucked strings, Jordan Klassen knows how to craft exquisitely eccentric music. Violins are rolling awake while drowsy piano notes are sustained over the hollow echoes of wine glass sighs. Backup vocals are called out from afar, delicately finger-picked guitars cultivate melodies, feet lash out in earthy thumps. All topped off with the true allure of this artist: his ethereal voice. Each song is a novel, thoughtfully changing directions in...

Chlyklass is a rap-collaboration from Bern, Switzerland, that contains "PVP" (Greis, Phantwo, Poul Prügu, Krust), "Wurzel 5" (Diens, Serej, Tiersch) and "Baze" (solo artist). Because of their friendship and of course their collectively love to Hip-Hop, they established "Chlyklass" in 1999 to bring the sound in their own native language to the swiss crowd. official website wikipedia article (german) .

Responsible for one of the wickedest riddims in years, the unique, drum and bass-tinged Skallawa-- check Turbulance's "Notorious" for proof-- 77klash has a knack for crafting tunes that run di place pretty much everywhere. "Notorious" was huge in Jamaica, went number one in the UK, and was also a favorite of Radiohead, who kicked off shows with the track on their last tour. And "Brooklyn Anthem" (which lives up to its name) had as much success on dancefloors in the UK as it did over here. The Brooklyn-based Jamaican-born Mikkel "Gize" Burrowes brings together more than just JA and the...

The Backlash is a Belgian two-man electro-punk-house project manned by veteran DJ Eric "Powa" B. and relative newcomer Julian K. After releasing some EP's in 2003-2004, their first full-length "Serial Cleaner" was released end 2005 on Surprise Records, a sublabel of Lowlands. .