40 Winks - It's The Trip / 2xLP

2xLP |
£19.95
date in:
10/6/2011

catalogue number:
PMC076

genre: Funky Breaks
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Description of 40 Winks It's The Trip

"No hay banda!" ("there is no band", Mulholland Dr. 2001) pretty much sums up where 40 Winks aim to go with their instrumental hip hop: meticulously chop and paste samples together, to create an atmosphere of beats and vibes which steps beyond unimaginative loops. 40 Winks hit the scene in 2002, with a whole slew of laidback beats. Eager to share their sound with the world, they released a couple of albums independently. The attention they got from this, allowed them to build with people from around the world. One of those albums, 'More Than Loops', was reissued in Japan on Swamp Records, and after that the ball kept rolling. On their first worldwide release, 'Extended Pleasure' (Escapism, 2005), they reached listeners well beyond the (instrumental) hip hop community with the song 'Melancholia'. In 2007 they released 'Sound Puzzle' on the renowned Merck label, followed in 2008 by 'The Lucid Effect' for Project: Mooncircle (2008). After a couple of years off doing solo stuff and remixes, in 2011 40 Winks is back with a double LP called 'It's The Trip'. Join 40 Winks on a road trip to anywhere. Bring your music player and tell your mum you won't be home for dinner. It's all about the trip, not the destination.

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