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Notes & Tones
Hip-Hop · 2023 · 14 tracks · 32m

Notes & Tones

DJ Muggs

A dusty, instrumental fusion of spiritual jazz and noir hip-hop. Muggs trades street aggression for cosmic contemplation and smoked-out, atmospheric loops.

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It sounds like a Sun Ra record that was buried in a Brooklyn basement for forty years.

A quiet, cosmic loneliness that feels both ancient and futuristic.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 32m
01
Notes & Tones Intro
1:28
02
What Planet
3:08
03
Liquid Diamonds
3:58
04
Notes & Tones, Skulls & Bones
0:48
05
It’s Spring Again
3:22
06
Third Planet
1:39
07
Space Is the Place
0:54
08
There Are other Worlds
2:20
09
Who’s Your God?
2:40
10
His Story
2:33
11
Quiet Ecstasy
1:37
12
Nebula
2:53
13
Rocket To Venus
2:45
14
Time Is an Illusion
2:18
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the saxophone on Liquid Diamonds seems to dissolve into a haze of tape hiss and reverb
The jarring transition into Space Is the Place where the cosmic themes take a sharp, experimental turn
The hypnotic, skeletal bassline of Nebula that anchors the track while synths drift like space debris
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