Samiyam - Rap Beats Vol. 1
(mail order) CDR
Flying Lotus’ mysterious pal (some have ventured to suspect that they are one & the same) Samiyam has been hotly tipped for much of 2008. With only a 4 track 12” available on London’s Hyperdub imprint (home to Burial & Kode9), we saught out what we could & found this – a CDR direct from Los Angeles via snail mail. Simply titled Rap Beats Vol. 1, the disc is chock full of brief bursts of L.A. now-funk hip-hop instrumentals, none of which last longer than 2 minutes. Much like Dilla’s amazing Donuts, this format is a brilliant way to venture into Samiyam’s vault of ideas; the quirk, lope & bounce of Madlib, Dilla & Flying Lotus are here, in focused shots of robotic funk. We only have a few of these for sale; simple CDR with no track titles, but each comes with specific custom individual artwork, forged by Samiyam himself.