“downtempo” News

Netlabel Day Arrives! A Day to Celebrate the Culture!

Netlabel Day is here! A day to celebrate the culture of netlabels around the world. A day to listen to great music and discover new artists. A day to support independent creative commons licensed music.… Read “Netlabel Day Arrives! A Day to Celebrate the Culture!”

The first Tha Silent Partner SIX ONNA 7 in 4 years!

Hey kids, today we’ve got a treat for you! Tha Silent Partner continues the SIX ONNA 7 fortyFive sub-series that he invented 12 years ago in 2012. Others have carried on the SO7 legacy, but there’s still nothing like being able to enjoy a TSP original… … Read “The first Tha Silent Partner SIX ONNA 7 in 4 years!”

Tha Silent Partner drops more gems from the vaults!

Today we’ve got more great music by Tha Silent Partner for you to enjoy. This time around, it’s “CAPSULETWO: Plates For Nujabes (Another Platters Intermission)”, a project that he originally cooked up back in the fall of 2007. There’s more to the story, but I’ll let you read all about it in the PDF.…… Read “Tha Silent Partner drops more gems from the vaults!”

An improvBloc by Tha Silent Partner and Donnie & Timezone bring us Tha Bloc Report for April!

Tha Silent Partner releases an improvBloc! Begun back in 2014 by James Dangle, the improvBloc series was created to celebrate improvisational music creation. Each release is 20-40 minutes and improvisational to some degree. Thus far there have only been 2 released, the last one by Eli & The Man…… Read “An improvBloc by Tha Silent Partner and Donnie & Timezone bring us Tha Bloc Report for April!”

Tha Silent Partner takes us Back 2 Act One!

If you don’t know, Tha Silent Partner goes way back with us here at blocSonic. He first arrived via the netBloc series, where we featured “No Mas” from his 2007 independent / Me Life & Music release “Platters Act. 1 (Lounge Music And Exotica)”. We then re-released that album along with Acts 2 an…… Read “Tha Silent Partner takes us Back 2 Act One!”

Nerdicus brings us Themes, Scenes and Soundscapes!

Back in May of this year, we were first introduced to Nerdicus via the dope Cheese N Pot-C album which he produced, “Nerdicus Presents Cheese N Pot-C: The Adventure Begins - Gab to Kag - On The Move”. Well, today, we have his debut solo album for you to enjoy! “Nerdicus Presents: Themes, Scenes and…… Read “Nerdicus brings us Themes, Scenes and Soundscapes!”