DāM-FunK - “Inside of You”

L.A.’s master of Funkster, DāM-FunK, teamed up with Scion A/V for the release of his latest “InnaFocusedDaze” EP which will be available as an October tour 10-inch vinyl release. The digital version is being given away as a free download and the 10″ will be out shortly as a warm up to his next full length album dropping on Stones Throw in 2012. 

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J Dilla - “Last Donut of the Night”

Venerable West Coast hip-hop indie Stones Throw is holding a video contest, inviting amateur filmmakers to craft visuals for any track from the label’s catalog. For their entry, Tuomas Vauhkonen and Jeremias Nieminen have made a clip for “Last Donut of the Night”, a track from the late J Dilla’s classic instrumental beat tape Donuts. Watch the video below.

Dam-Funk - “I Like Your Big Azz (Girl)”

“New” album recorded 1988-1992, coming October 26 on Stones Throw

Dam-Funk, to many, is a new name from the past year or two, but what we see and hear from him is a great deal more interesting than a new and emerging artist with a sound influenced from the golden era of electro-funk.  Dam-Funk is the real deal.  He has been recording for himself for two decades, developing his work to his own taste, and using equipment like the Korg M1, Linn Drum, and Casio SK-1 since the days when many other musicians considered them novelty electronics rather than instruments. 

At the request of Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam went through many of these recordings, all made on cassette, going back to his teenage years.  As Wolf tells it, “Dam told me, ‘this is your project Wolf.  Do whatever you want with it.  I leave it in your hands.  I don’t even wanna see it til it’s done.  Have fun.’”

The result is Dam-Fun’s Adolescent Funk, a 14-track album recorded between 1988 and 1992.  This will be released October 26 on LP, CD and digital.  Two tracks, It’s My Life/I Like Your Big Azz (Girl) were released on 7-inch earlier this year. via

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Matthew Larkin Cassell – “Ecoutez Moi”

This anthology collects Bay Area soul-jazz singer/songwriter Matthew Larkin Cassell’s complete works (comprising his Pieces album, an EP entitiled Matt The Cat, a 7” single and a recently recorded and issued vinyl EP). CD contains a 20 page booklet containing never before seen photos, liner notes, annotation and an extensive interview with Cassell; gatefold LP contains the interview only and does NOT contain the three songs from the most recent vinyl EP. Contains “Heaven,” as sampled by Madlib for Madvillain “3.214.” Purchase album HERE

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Dam-Funk – “Hood Pass Intact” Ft. MC Eiht

The ambassador of boogie funk – DâM-FunK – is dropping another hot 12-inch EP with vocal versions of “Hood Pass Intact” featuring MC Eiht and “4 My Homies” featuring Steve Arrington (of Slave). Rounding out the four-track Hood Pass Intact are contributions from Devonwho on the instrumental re-edit of Toeachizown’s “Come On Outside” and JT Donaldson and TK co-producing the non-album single “How It Be Between U & Me?”. Keep an eye out for this late summer release on Stones Throw.

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James Pants – “Driftwood” 

Stones Throw just dropped a new “New Tropical” EP by James Pants, it’s a 6-track electro/dance EP, custom-made for summer. Sounding like a follow-up to his debut album “Welcome“. Also, they gave away a single of the EP for free, it’s called “Driftwood“. Just peep out those phat bangin snares below and preview/buy the whole EP

Finally some NEW James Pants stuff!