New section on the site starting this week, simply titled Weekend Beats. Pretty self-explanatory – just something to bump both when you’re goin out on Friday & Saturday night, or just hanging out around the house/recovering on Sunday afternoon. Not to say that I’ll have one of these for you guys every weekend, but I’ll do my best.
Starting it off right, we have both an album preview and a free album download from the one and only, Daru. If you’ve been sleeping, Daru is an innovative, up-and-coming producer/live drummer who uses minimal equipment but always manages to maintain maximum quality. He’s put out an abundance of both free releases and retail albums, most notably collaborations with his sister, Rena (free download of that here), and singer, Reggie B. He’s also backed up acts like Black Milk, Kweli’s Idle Warship, Slum Village and others as their live drummer. He’s currently working on a highly anticipated project with singer and fellow band-member, AB, on an upcoming album, A.W.I.P. (you can preview that album here).
But most recently, Daru has released the second in his instrumental series, Spirit Drumz, which finds him taking spiritual/Gospel samples and chopping them into beats universally acceptable by beatheads & music heads of all faiths, like only he can. The first chapter of Spirit Drumz was a free download on Daru’s MySpace page, but this second part has been officially distributed by Believe Digital and is currently on sale at all major MP3 sites – so be sure to support that.
Below I’ve provided previews of 2 tracks from Spirit Drumz Pt. 2, the smooth intro “For You” and the bugged-out outro, “Order My Steps” – as well as a free download of the inspirational “Lean On Me” off of the same album. I’ve also got a link to download the full Spirit Drumz Chapter 1 album for those of you who might’ve missed it when it first dropped.
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perfect Friday nightdrive musik!!
thaks, Fresh
So refreshing to hear someone with a completely original perspective. Daru’s got it goin’ on. Tracking you from the west my man. Don’t sleep.
feelin the spirit
long overdue,Daru is the truth!!!
DOPE DOPE I BEEN ON DARU FOR A MINUTE … ALL HE NEEDS IS THAT BREAK!!
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