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Grooveman Spot's Japanese hip hop crew Enbull -- we may not speak the language, but funky beatcraft is the universal communicative force of hip hop -- and Grooveman's been flooring us with his craft for the past few years! Hip hop is a crucial compent of most of the Grooveman Spot records we've heard, but with Enbull he goes all in with it -- and it's solid stuff! EP 1 includes the tracks "The Letter" feat Coma-Chi, "Understanding" feat Hunger, "Paradise" feat Raythought, plus the instrumentals for each. B-side closes with two bonus beats: "Say Goodbye" and I Luv U.

Grooveman Spot's Japanese hip hop crew Enbull -- we may not speak the language, but funky beatcraft is the universal communicative force of hip hop -- and Grooveman's been flooring us with his craft for the past few years! Hip hop is a crucial compent of most of the Grooveman Spot records we've heard, but with Enbull he goes all in with it -- and it's solid stuff! EP 2 includes the tracks "Come Back Home" (voc & inst), "Let's Get Ready To Rumble (voc & inst), "Supa Bad" feat Dabo (voc & inst), "Number One" (voc & inst) and "Flashback" (inst).

A sterling batch of remixes and more from Grooveman Spot's Eternal Development LP -- a blend of groovy soul jazz styled keys and beats that range from lightly percolating to more of a boom bap vibe -- fronted by diverse roster of guest vocalists! Guests include OC, Count Bass D, Mayha and more on the lyrical tip and Cro-Magnon and others in the production realm. Really nice work all around, from soundtracky instrumental bits to sweet hip hop groove! Tracks include "In Search Of. . .Part 3", "Maintain" feat OC (Trip Inside mix), "Rude Fantastic" (Cro-Magnon Happy mix), "Hadesugiru" feat Count Bass D (Blues & Pants mix), "Bits Of Groove Part 4", "Something Like A. . ." feat Mahya (breakthrough rmx), "Love Is In The Way" feat Yoshika (mirrorball mix), "Message To The Future" feat Iona and more.

The dancefloor jazz funk of the Cro-Magnon crew gets the remix treatment -- groovy takes on their style by Jazzy Sport Japan labelmates and other friends including Grooveman Spot, Yukihiro Fukutomi, DJ Mitsu The Beats and others! The remixers are wise to keep the Cro-Magnon atmosphere largely intact, blending with funky and guaranteed floor shaking grooves. The keyboards are kept way out in front, with beats ranging from programmed club funk to more earthy touches, a really fine blend of the Cro-Magnon humanity and more celestial funk flourishes. Titles include "Garactic Mellow" (Grooveman Spot mountain mix), "Space Love" (Yuki Fukutomi rmx), "Eclipse" (DJ Mitsu The Beats rmx), "Riding The Storm" (Foog rmx), "Take Me Higher" (Foolish Felix rmx)", "Cro-Magnon Live Remix At Warp" and more.