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MAHATMA X

A MOBTOWN SUITE VOL. 1 (LP)
Label HOME ASSEMBLY MUSIC
Catalog HAM015LP
Format LP
Discs 1
Category R&B/HIP HOP/CLUB
Street Date 2017-02-10
Description
For fans of Dilla Madlib DJ Mitsu Onra Stones Throw Jazzy Sport. Very occasionally you stumble across a digital album on one of the many internet music sharing platforms that just stops you in your tracks. Mahatma X ‘A Mobtown Suite Vol 1’ is a case in point. If ever there was an album crying out for a vinyl release it’s this one. Step forward Home Assembly to put matters right. Mahatma X was formed in 2013 initially as an instrumental beat-tape project by producer MALK in St. Andrews Scotland. He would later be joined in Philadelphia by Jhana Gumption as live drummer and Jahred as MC. The group mixes live instrumentation with samples to create Hip-Hop reminiscent of its golden age.17 instrumental tracks have the flow of a beat-tape with tracks bleeding into one another going off at right angles or colliding bumper to bumper. Deep and soulful. Phat jazzy and funky as! - and all delivered with a bucket full of punk attitude. From the Adderley sampling opener ‘come thru’ to the flutes and breaks of ‘Mahatma and the White Devil’ flutes (again) and warm gospel organ of ‘thishustlegame’ and the spacey synths and deep dubby bass-line of ‘worddagawd’ you know you’re in for an exhilirating ride. But then you begin to notice other elements that seem to elevate this record above what is now a fairly crowded genre. Notably there’s the languorous stoned guitar refrain on ‘We Live in Bawlmer Baby’. And it’s there again amongst the snares and samples of ‘Bright Moments’ and the sun-kissed ‘Mad Poetik’.
tracklisting
A1. come thru
A2. We Live in Bawlmer Baby
A3. Citycyde
A4. Soulo Funk
A5. MurdaUS
A6. Mahatma and the White Devil
A7. Thishustlegame
A8. His name B
B1. Bright Moments
B2. MyBrainBleedsLoveB
B3. I’ve Got Ill
B4. Bitches Blue
B5. Gloriaaa
B6. Mad Poetik
B7. Worddagawd
B8. We Bring Sun
B9. Da Gone
 

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