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Tokyo Dawn Records – The Heart

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Swede:art – Emotional Colors

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Portformat – The Repeat Factor Remixes

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Comfort Fit – Polyshufflez Remixes

Fabien TDR — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:21:19 +0000

Comfort Fit’s masterpiece long player “Polyshufflez” goes into the second round with fourteen impressive and unique re-interpretations by Laurent Garnier, Domu, Opolopo, Atjazz, Boom Clap Bachelors, Robot Koch, Jay Scarlett and more brilliant artists.

Techno superstar Laurent Garnier and UK house don Atjazz (Innervisions/Sonar Kollektiv) remixed Comfort Fit’s “Ask the Devil” featuring the bestselling book author Howard Marks, philosophizing about God, the Devil and the smoke inbetween.

Further dancefloor crashing remixes come from Comfort Fit himself, Sweden’s finest funkateer Opolopo (Especial/Tokyo Dawn Records), Germany’s house newcomer Jacob Korn (Running Back/Permanent Vacation), global bass buccaneer Tim Turbo from Berlin and finally a very special remix from UK breakbeat guru Domu (Treble O/Tru Thoughts). He recently announced his retirement from the music business to the shock of the worldwide music scene, but we hope this won’t be his last output.

More headnodders are contributed by Jay Scarlett, best known for his work with Spacek and the Beat Dimensions compilations, Death Star Lazer Trooper Robot Koch (Robots Don’t Sleep), brilliant beat-maker Swede:art (new album on Tokyo Dawn 2010!) Singing Statues (aka Jack High, Ghostly International) and Germany’s up and coming Hip-Hop producer fLako (Kwatro). Denmark’s finest Boom Clap Bachelors and last but not least Portformat, who has just released his well received debut album ‘The Repeat Factor’ featuring Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gajah, Blaktroniks and more on Tokyo Dawn Records (TDR09-002).

Out now!

Grab it here: iTunes | Amazon | Juno | Digital Tunes

TRACKLIST

Next Incarnation feat. Caits Meissner (Boom Clap Bachelors remix) 3.10 min
Seen Not Heard feat. NOTE (Jay Scarlett remix) 4.02 min
Yer Daddy feat. Wallis Bird (Domu remix) 5.11 min
Peter Pan (Portformat remix) 2.12 min
Exabyte (Singing Statues remix) 3.39 min
Exabyte (fLako remix) 3.14 min
Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Opolopo remix) 4.27 min
Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Atjazz Deeper remix) 5.34 min
Seen not heard feat. NOTE (Tim Turbo remix) 5.16 min
Wicked Game (Swede:art remix) 6.46 min
Fired up! feat. Blaktroniks (Robot Koch remix) 3.30 min
Superposition (Comfort Fit remix) 7.43 min
Snare Wars (Jacob Korn remix) 5.57 min
Ask The Devil feat. Howard Marks (Laurent Garnier remix) 11.24 min

Total running time: 72:04 min

Original Polyshufflez LP compositions by Boris Mezga (Comfort Fit)
Track 1 prod. by Ronni Vindahl
Track 14 prod. Laurent Garnier at Jean l’Orfévre studio in Greenwall, mixed by Scan X

A&R by Marc Wallowy
Mastering by Fabien Schivre at Tokyo Dawn Labs
Cover illustrations by Kid Vector

Release date: December 17, 2009
Label catalogue index: TDR09-003
Copyright © 2009 Tokyo Dawn Records
All rights reserved

Portformat – The Repeat Factor

Fabien TDR — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:54:53 +0000

Shooting to Sirius and beyond, the intense and intergalactic slowmotion grooves of Portformat finally hit space!

NASA-compatible Hip Hop Funkadelica is what to expect on Portformat’s debut album released into orbit, musically combining space themes of the 70s with the golden moments of 90s R’n'B.

R’n'B shooting stars such as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shuanise and Suzi Analogue shine on Portformat’s beats from his Repeat Factory. Rappers such as Madlib-vocalist Dudley Perkins, Blaktroniks, Obey The Altar Native, Bless1, Gajah and Thesaurus Rex also join the ride. The album was even mixed by Comfort Fit for an extra galactic boom!

Grab it here: iTunes | Amazon | Juno | Digital Tunes

“Love this release! MY kind of hip hop!! Just relaxed and jazzy and bold at the same time. Some amazing rappers on there!” Andreas Saag aka Swell Session

“Damn this album is good” Simon Harrison/Basic Soul

“Following the great album of Comfort Fit was not easy, it’s done! Tokyo Dawn strikes again with the fantastic Portformat album, it seems that everything Tokyo Dawn touches turn to gold! we want some more…” Ben G/righton.fm

“Yes, liking this album loads, great cosmic beats and an amazing roster of vocalists. Nice work – keep em coming.” Global Souljah Radio

“One of the dopest releases of 09″ Anthony Gillison aka JustPlainAnt

“it’s SO dope!” George Solar / N.O.W. Records

“If you thought hip hop was dead and neo-soul long buried, in comes PF to prove you wrong. “The Repeat Factor” is pure electronic soul for our generation. Thick basslines over head-nodding drums, melodic raps accompanied with swaying chorus-vocalism and smooth pads laying the ground for raw synths.” thebeats.nl

TRACKLIST

Knock Knock (feat. Bless1) 3.15 min
U Gotta Find (feat. Shuanise) 3.13 min
Purple Planet 3.24 min
Mothership (feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow) 3.30 min
Provide Everything (feat. Obey The Altar Native & Denone) 4.30 min
Thunder and Lightning 3.35 min
Fairy Child (feat. Shuanise) 3.35 min
Bionic Arms 3.42 min
The Myth (feat. Caits Meissner & Yarrow Lutz) 3.04 min
Everything U Change (feat. Obey The Altar Native) 3.36 min
37 Degrees 1.49 min
It’s On (feat. Blaktroniks) 3.15 min
Put Your Love To The Test (feat. Joe Kickass) 3.11 min
Life Water (feat. Thesaurus Rex) 3.17 min
For The Hungry Cats 3.38 min
U$ (feat. Suzi Analogue) 3.44 min
So Thankful (feat. Gajah & Olmeca) 3.29 min

Comfort Fit – Polyshufflez

Fabien TDR — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:40:28 +0000

Comfort Fit’s album ‘Polyshufflez’ holds 72 minutes of explosive polyrhythmics and postmodern pop perspectives set to change your view on modern day music. Wisely using music codes of genres such as hiphop, dubstep and techno as a mere comic template, Comfort Fit inspires music enthusiasts around the world with his unique and heavy beat techniques. Critical thoughts on capitalism, conversations with the devil, famous chess games and dozens of other unusual ideas set to high fidelity let this album leave all comparisons behind.

Artists like Howard Marks (best known for his worldwide bestseller book ‘Mr Nice’), Blaktroniks, Wallis Bird, Gajah, Anita Tijoux, Naboobia and Caitlin Meissner collaborated with Comfort Fit to create this opus magnum of modern mind music.

“It’s been a long time since i’ve heard a hip hop/pop/nu soul/dope beats/electronic album with such a quality level. This is absolutely stunning. Really fresh, really futuristic, raw, funky, organic. This is a pure moment of music.”
Laurent Garnier

“Love it love it love it!! The entire album is superb!”
Osunlade

“Inspirational for me … I like what you have done here.”
Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir

“ive been waiting time for new comfort fit gear! this is future perfection! everyone into hip hop & soul need this in their collection! 10/ 10”
atjazz

“Mad album. Really quirky.”
Ben Westbeech

“Comfort Fit are more then stage leaders in this beat game. To me they are one of the many influences like Cezzane to Picasso why i exist in this particular scene, thier movement from solid textures to song play make it a great album to portray what’s going on in the void of beat music today.”
Jay Scarlett

So don’t miss this future classic if you happen to like dirty soul claps, monster basslines, organic dubs and growling synth annihilations. Order your oversize collector’s edition CD here (strictly limited to 100 copies!) or check your favourite mp3 shop!

i-Tunes | Amazon | Juno | Digital Tunes

Track listing for Comfort Fit – Polyshufflez

Ask the Devil (feat. Howard Marks) 4.04 min
Exabyte 2.43 min
Yer Daddy (feat. Wallis Bird) 3.20 min
Oh I don’t know (feat. Dyno) 2.03 min
Nu Metropolis 3.29 min
A Veces (feat. Anita Tijoux & Hordatoj) 3.23 min
Fuh Real (feat. Dyno & Naboobia) 5.32 min
Bit by Bit 4.10 min
Rendezvous / Dub (feat. Mishoo the Drumkit & Mr. Nnaji) 3.12 min
Rock da Dam (feat. Portformat) 3.48 min
Fired up! (feat. Blaktroniks) 3.10 min
Hanham vs. Steinitz / Blitz Chess Edit (feat. Klangstabil) 3.16 min
Snare Wars 3.13 min
Seen not heard (feat. NOTE) 4.06 min
Holyshufflez 0.44 min
Superposition 3.17 min
Ear is the Key (feat. Gajah) 2.46 min
Peter Pan 1.20 min
Wicked Game 2.56 min
Your next Incarnation (feat. Caitlin Meissner) 4.08 min
Elmo 3.48 min
Drift to the Center 3.41 min

Release date: 14th August 2009
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Boris Mezga @ Headroom (Mannheim/Germany).
Mastered @ Tokyo Dawn Labs.

Track 01: Vocals by Howard Marks aka Mr Nice. The forthcoming Howard Marks film “God smoked” produced by Camelot Films will also feature Comfort Fit music.
Track 03: Vocals by Wallis Bird.
Track 04: Vocals by Dyno.
Track 06: Original version available on Anita Tijoux‘ album “Kaos”.
Track 07: Vocals by Naboobia.
Track 09: Original version available on Mishoo the Drumkit‘s album “Born in the Land of a Thousand Hills”.
Track 10: Introducing Portformat, who will release his next album on Tokyo Dawn.
Track 11: Vocals by Blaktroniks.
Track 12: Extended version available on Klangstabil‘s “Math & Emotion” album (Ant-Zen and MHz Records).
Track 14: Vocals by NOTE.
Track 17: Vocals by Gajah.
Track 20: Vocals by Caitlin Meissner.
Additional vocals on Track 02, 08, 10, 15, 16, 21 by Boris Mezga.

Cover illustrations by KidVector (Adam Cain).

Label Catalogue index: TDR09-001
Copyright © 2009 Tokyo Dawn Records. All rights reserved.

Tokyo Dawn Records – Margin London 2005

Fabien TDR — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:00:34 +0000

This is a very special compilation exclusively made for the fashion trade fair Margin in London 2005.

These Fifteen unique tracks are perfectly in line with the Practice Avoiding Mistakes compilation we released two years before. You know: Dirty clapping Soul, Hip-Hop and finest House music from the hottest producers around.

You can stream the full release here, but we currently can’t offer any download of this release, sorry!

TRACKLIST

Theriak feat. Blue Eyes – The crush (5:17)
Mercury Waters – Pavement Pain (4:59)
Comfort Fit – Something To Do (4:20)
Causes & Forces – Another This, Another That (4:15)
Project Delos – A saturday night on the moon (7:36)
Mentz – Frames (1:42)
Dirty Star – Dedication (2:26)
Causes & Forces – Reality Drop (Aleem Sahild Ivory Remix) (4:23)
Saine – listen up (instrumental) (2:11)
E The Hot – To The Place (3:41)
Brownsville – Smoke Punk (Club Remix) (3:41)
Comfort Fit – Freeze The Cut (Opolopo’s Emotional Draft Remix) (7:36)
E The Hot – Watchudoo (6:31)
Kim Mantz – the very thought of you (5:07)
Fujah – Timeles Supermoving (4:21)

Total 68:06

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Comfort Fit – Forget and Remember

Fabien TDR — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:00:49 +0000

These cripsy beats are ripe with thumping funk and techno influences, sample wizardry and daring shuffles. Composed with the help of unique sound plugins which were especially programmed to measure Comfort Fit’s needs and wishes, we think the chances aren’t bad that you’ll fall in love with the unique sound signature, bounce and elegance of this tight Hip Hop production.

Like the best mixtapes this thing plays strongly as a whole – no matter if it’s about classic Jazz impressions (‘Miles of Smiles’), Theo Parrish references (‘Take a Look’), Hip Hop bouncers (‘True Form’, ‘Hairy Crushed Nuts’, ‘The Hunt’), scarily deep intergalactic grooves (‘Planetary Picknick’) or love themes (‘She Knows Me Now’), all the album tracks are locked together closely and must be seen as a whole.

“Really love this music.”
Ltj bukem / Good looking Rec., UK

“Wow! Superbes album, SA-RA in Germany?”
Tom Wieland / Les Gammas

“Hatte die CD sehr lange im Auto und sie gefällt mir immer besser.Schönes Album. Vor allem der Track „Take a look“ hat’s mir extrem angetan. Respekt!”
Rainer Trüby / Compost Rec.

“Super Album, sehr schöner, deeper vibe, sehr abwechslungsreich”
Yannick / Groove Mag, Needs Music

“Awesome job he’s done…overall production is dope”
Velanche / XLR8R, UK

“Brilliant!!! The beats and the basslines are baaaaaaaaad.Fantastic rhymes, quirky jazzy moments. You’re on a winner”
Paul Gamblin / Black’n'blue, Australia

“Woooooooooowwwww…WHAT THE FUCK. THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKIN ABOUT. My neck hurts from nodding my head to hard. It’s like someone read my mind. I love this sort of stuff a la prefuse 73, Dabya, etc….Comfort Fit is in a league of his own though. Very impressive, wish I knew about him sooner.”
Kwesi / BBE Music, UK

Skipping through this album is not allowed. ‘Forget and Remember’ is more than just beat fodder for your next mixtape, “it’s a very personal diary of mine. I feel music is my natural form of expression, not words”, as Comfort Fit says. “It is very important for me to escape from the noise pollution of the cities and from the media hypes going on. I’d rather create my own”.

Eat This Raw.

LISTEN

Comfort Fit – Sorry
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Comfort Fit – Planetary Picknick
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DOWNLOAD

Click here to download the full album (120MB Zip MP3 CBR 320kbps)

TRACKLIST

Can I Help U? (1.42 min)
Planetary Picknick (5.58 min)
Sorry (3.21 min)
Freeze The Cut (2.48 min)
Take A Look (3.52 min)
True Form (3.12 min)
Thursday Is Thursty (1.32 min)
Whenever You Wanna Call Me (3.10 min)
As Pure As Possible (2.10 min)
She Knows Me Now (re-edit) (3.31 min)
Remember Something I Forgot (2.43 min)
Don’t Show This Message Again (3.17 min)
Kurz Vor Danach Ganz ’05 (4.06 min)
Emotional Draft (6.18 min)
Hairy Crushed Nuts (4.27 min)
The Hunt (3.46 min)
Something To Do (4.22 min)
Go On, Take It Further (1.11 min)
Swabian Sound System (4.41 min)
Miles Of Smiles (4.50 min)

Total running time: 70.57 min

Written and produced by Boris Mezga @ the Cotton Field Studios.
Plugins and mastering by Fabien Schivre (stuttgart).
Cover design by boompje.com (Utrecht).
‘Freeze The Cut’ and ‘Something To Do’ feature Blaktroniks (Oakland).
‘She Knows Me Now’ features Mercury Waters (Washington).
‘Whenever You Wanna Call Me’ and ‘She Knows Me Now’ feature Prymer.

Official release date: 14/05/05.

Tokyo Dawn Records – Practice Avoiding Mistakes

admin — Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:00:53 +0000

Our first hardware release distributed by Groove Attack and Caroline. Artists like Anthony Baguette, Comfort Fit, Saine, Mentz, Blaktroniks and others contributed their wonderful music to create this unique Jazz-Soul-Hip-Hop compilation. Enjoy these 20 timeless pieces of music ranging from smooth, chilled jazz to experimental hip-hop.

All vinyl and CDs sold out quickly, it can be difficult to grab one these days. That’s why we finally decided to make your life easier: The compilation is now available for free, download and spread the love!

LISTEN

Anthony Baggette – Brown Said
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Blaktroniks – Pimp Knowledgy
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Dharma One vs. Jukka Eskola – The Waves
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DOWNLOAD

Full Compilation MP3 VBR 61MB

TRACKLIST

Causes & Forces – There’ll Be a New Purpose (1.06)
Comfort Fit – Walls and Shells and Flexibility (3:18)
Anthony Baggette – Summer in the Hood (3:51)
Twice and Fedeb – Yellowstar (2:01)
The Groove Guerrilla – That Day (4:20)
Opossum – Mamaronie (feat. Bazooka Joe Gotti and Leeroy Brown) (3:38)
Krii – Too Good to Waste (feat. Charlie One) (4:00)
Comfort Fit – Kurz Vor Danach Ganz (4:03)
Sherlock – Good Morning City (0:43)
Blue Eyes – Phenomenal Man (2:58)
Opossum – Too Late (feat. Missamadina) (2:06)
Comfort Fit – Go On, Take It Further (1:09)
Saine – Equanimity (3:55)
Prymer & Blaktroniks – Pimp Knowledgy (Krii Remix) (3:57)
Looza – Known (2:26)
Mentz – (A)part From Footsteps (1:20)
Lashawn – Of the Essence (5:21)
Anthony Baggette – Brown Said (3:15)
Prymer – Daydreamer (feat. Claudia Nehls) (3:32)
Dharma One vs. Jukka Eskola – The Waves (4:20)

Total time 61:19

(This is not a Creative Commons release)