Over five years after Eli & The Mannings released “Magical Cookies”, they now return as EATM! Headsnack, Menant a.k.a. Man Halen, Old Yist, Shred Lexicon a.k.a. Verby Mancock, MC Doctor President, Matty H a.k.a. King Moose Juice, Donny Bassball & Nicolo Toscani all combine like Voltron to bring you a…
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Tha Silent Partner releases an improvBloc!
Begun back in 2014 by James Dangle, the improvBloc series was created to celebrate improvisational music creation. Each release is 20-40 minutes and improvisational to some degree. Thus far there have only been 2 released, the last one by Eli & The Mannings in…
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If you don’t know, Tha Silent Partner goes way back with us here at blocSonic. He first arrived via the netBloc series, where we featured “No Mas” from his 2007 independent / Me Life & Music release “Platters Act. 1 (Lounge Music And Exotica)”. We then re-released that album along…
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Today we’re thrilled to present to you the debut album by Alex Franklin, an artist who is carrying on a strong music legacy. His father Shawn and uncle Mike are The Scallions. Before them, Alex’ grandfather was also a musician, his mom’s aunt sang and her father & uncle played,…
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You could say that music is at the heart of the Franklin family. Alex’ father Shawn and uncle Mike are The Scallions (also part of the blocSonic family). Before them, Alex’ grandfather was also a musician, his mom’s aunt sang and father & uncle played, too. If you’re following along,…
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The Arm and his merry band of funkiteers, otherwise known as Pimpstrut Local #13, return to tickle you with this tasty selection of funkin’ goodness, including a special new mix of the title joint and other non-album cuts! So, waste no time in grabbing your copy now and bumping it,…
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On the first annual Netlabel Day, next Tuesday, Pimpstrut Local #13 drops their debut album for blocSonic. Led by a cat named Armand Armandollar, this pimp union delivers their tasty blend of funk and soul. Today, it’s an honor and pleasure to be able to present to you a sampling…
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I’m happy to present to you the latest funky, funky EP, “Bez alboma”/“Unalbumed”, by Russian band Vpopolam… a tight little selection of mostly instrumentals and a couple interesting vocal tracks featuring samples from the ccMixter archives.
Thanks once again to the guys of Vpopolam for the fresh sounds!
As you…
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According to Chinese philosophy two opposing forces, the yin and the yang, co-exist interdependently to make up universal existence. You cannot have one without the other. So it seems in many aspects of life that you cannot have the good without the bad and vice-versa. Life, death, love, hate, peace,…
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Volume 16 has arrived! Another terrific collection of 10 netaudio gems from the world over. Now that it’s arrived, I can fill you in on behind-the-scenes type stuff. In between netBloc related tasks, I’ve been busy seeking out the best PHP framework to utilize in the development of the next…
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