Artwork for Blockhead’s latest album.
“NYC producer Blockhead returns to the newly revived Future Archive Recordings with a fantastic new album - “Mortality Is Lit!”.
For some it would be easy to laugh off at first glance, but it’s more than just a humorous title – it’s a calling card for a record that frequently meditates on death, afterlife, endings and cycles.
As anyone who is familiar with Blockhead knows, even the most serious of messages always come with healthy servings of humor, irony, sarcasm, and a knowing wink. The title itself further reinforces this by using 'Lit’ as a fad synonym for excitement which is itself at the end of its own life cycle in popular culture.”
Written during and heavily influenced by the experience of Covid-19 and quarantine, prolific producer and instrumental hip-hop beatmaker Blockhead emerges with his new album 'Space Werewolves Will Be The End Of Us All'. A deep journey through classic and not-so-classic beats, riddled with vocal samples covering sci-fi drenched imaginative themes, fusing numerous genres and eras within songs, and exploring variable quarantine emotions, the album brings fans Blockhead’s signature sound while offering something slightly different, and certainly timely. The album will be released via the indie electronic label Future Archive Recordings and is available on Vinyl, CD, and Digital formats.
‘Bubble Bath’ is a record born out of meditative expression and ongoing personal creative challenge, key for a producer of Blockhead’s experience. Carried forward are the incredible hook and sample placement skills of classic works such as ‘Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book’ and ‘Music By Cavelight’, but what has emerged is an overwhelming sense of natural musicality and sophistication.
The first single from Blockhead’s ‘Bubble Bath’ album.
Funeral Balloons is the new album from acclaimed producer & NYC fixture Blockhead. Funeral Balloons is as bold and irreverent as the title suggests; from the uplifting and energetic mood of “A bad case of the sundays” to the spaced out airy grooves found on “UFMOG” all the way to the 1970’s car chase anthem like “Escape from NY”, the songs never stop in one place.
While, at it's core, Funeral Balloons doesn't stray far from the kind of music Blockhead has been making since his debut Music by Cavelight, his evolution as a producer is on full display, exploring different avenues and sounds with every new release and continuing to forge his own lane between the worlds of Hip hop and electronic music.
Quar and Peace is an album of beats made during Covid-19 quarantine on Instagram LIVE sessions.
Bells and Whistles, the new double LP from acclaimed independent musician Blockhead, provides more of the explosive beats and pulsating rhythms his fans have come to expect over the last decade. Rich in texture and eclectic in composition, this album will serve as the perfect soundtrack to 2015 and beyond.
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Unused album cover for Pete Rock.
Album by Aesop Rock.
Album cover for Lil B The Based God.
