FRESH KEPT SECRET:
!NSiDE presents…
Simo




With the recent boom in bedroom producers and “next generation” beatmakers – it has become somewhat overwhelming to wade through all the over-designed MySpace pages and endless bleeps, blurps & unquantized drums in hopes to find some real worthwhile artists these days.

And without turning this into yet another rant, there’s also been an oversaturation of uninspired remixes or updates of old classics going around too. Luckyily, I think today’s selection goes against both of those stereotypes.

It comes from Simo, an up and coming producer based out of Korea, who can make off-kilter, glitchy, left of center beats but still manages to retain a sense of melody and rhythm to them. He also shows on “MaCheA” that he can breathe new life into one of the most over-done soul standards of all time – which is really no small feat.

Simo is part of a new Korean collective, called !NSiDE, which I definitely think we’ll see making some waves in the near future. So keep an eye out for more from them coming soon and, in the meantime, let me know what you think of these tracks.


Simo “w o r L d !”

Simo “Orbit”


DOWNLOAD: Simo “MaCheA”

STAY TUNED: Keep up with the latest from the !NSiDE blog

ARTWORK: !NSiDE art by Kay Shin – see more here

April 8, 2009 / / 17 Comments

16 Comments

  1. I'm Listening
    Posted April 8, 2009 at 3:21 pm / Permalink
    it aight i think flying lotus when i hear it 1
  2. yomamacita
    Posted April 8, 2009 at 3:55 pm / Permalink
    I’m diggin this. 2
  3. KNOWTZ
    Posted April 8, 2009 at 4:58 pm / Permalink
    Shits dope, never heard of em until now…
    TNX KENNY! 3
  4. shadow smidge
    Posted April 8, 2009 at 6:43 pm / Permalink
    thanks again
    flying lotus sounds different 4
  5. Dork
    Posted April 9, 2009 at 8:23 am / Permalink
    Those Koreans are definitely on point beatwise. They also got some big support from Lefto from Belgium (Gilles Peterson, Appletree family)

    I’ve been a fan for months now! 5
  6. mello
    Posted April 9, 2009 at 9:23 am / Permalink
    fresh for sure 6
  7. TIMP
    Posted April 9, 2009 at 3:08 pm / Permalink
    dopeness 7
  8. Tazra
    Posted April 9, 2009 at 8:49 pm / Permalink
    FRESHESTselect! 8
  9. mark
    Posted April 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm / Permalink
    damn. korea stand up. ha filthy. 9
  10. charles darwin
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 5:18 am / Permalink
    blurps & unquantized drums in hopes to find some real worthwhile artists these days.

    horribly true,thanks for pointing this guy out 10
  11. porschia
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 11:11 am / Permalink
    yes, im digging the slow grimy trudge of his beats. thanks for feeding me, kenny!!! 11
  12. wow man!
    Posted April 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm / Permalink
    yeah, hey kenny, have you heard the joint which !NSIDE made with Olivier DaySoul? IT IS BANANAS!!! Bilal and Prince can safely go on vocation together with Sa-Ra (nah, of course I’m joking) but WOW, this song left me speechless! here if someone wants to hear: http://olivierdaysoul.blogspot.com/ 12
  13. lefto
    Posted April 13, 2009 at 5:35 pm / Permalink
    that’s family right there, Simo is a killa.
    L 13
  14. Notti
    Posted April 15, 2009 at 1:27 pm / Permalink
    OK! This dude is fresh! no pun intended…

    Might have to keep checking for him! 14
  15. melodee
    Posted April 15, 2009 at 4:02 pm / Permalink
    so..i absolutely LOVE this vibe…its like another branch of AFTA-1 (who is currently my fav producer)…i love this!! Korea betta go head!

    very cosmic

    melodee. 15
  16. lefto
    Posted April 16, 2009 at 4:05 am / Permalink
    you guys need to check all his other stuff, very prolific guy.

    L 16

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