Offwhyte - All Told - single & video out March 25th
March 16, 2016 by Jeff

Kicking off a new round of upcoming releases for 2016 on G4 (finally!) is Offwhyte’s single & video "All Told", dropping March 25th on Galapagos4. Even the busiest of cities falls quiet at night. Avenues go empty, historic architecture looms tall, and while wandering around, you can almost let yourself forget exactly what year it is. This is the setting for "All Told", the lead single from Offwhyte’s upcoming full-length album "Dialogue". "All Told" is a smashing new anthem for Offwhyte, a declaration of independence and a return to form for an emcee who carved out a niche for himself based on intelligence and skill. Touching on themes such as racial inclusion, awareness of growing global crises, and using your intellect to get ahead, Offwhyte’s words exude as much confidence here as ever. Every syllable is cut with a quickness and surgical precision only Offwhyte can administer. Produced by veteran Galapagos4 beatsmith Open i, and accompanied by a 1940s style, noir music video, "All Told" features scratches by DJ Touch Nice, selector for Galapagos4 label mates Maxilla Blue.

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Asphate - Closed Doors To An Open Mind - Produced by Maker
March 1, 2015 by Jeff

Asphate Woodhavet is but a shadow’s breath. Rhymin’ since the 90’s and having taken the form of emcee from various angles leading up to Maxilla Blue’s 2006 inception, his rantings of the never were’s and almost somethings of the world as well as the mostly are’s and of course, you wouldn’t place him as a natural fit into navigation of Grey terrain. The travels have helped to calm the thirst, and the hunt has simmered to the thoughtful art of selection. ’Phate is most known for powerful poetics and intense vocal control of live audiences.

Closed Doors To An Open Mind is a 10 track LP from the Maxilla Blue MC, all produced by Maker. Guests MCs are Qwel on 2 cuts, Qwazaar and Hellsent. DJ Touch Nice of Maxilla Blue also features on several tracks. Includes download code with full album and instrumentals, in G4 label jackets with art print.

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Hellsent & Batsauce - Bat Outta Hell - November 18, 2014
September 1, 2014 by Jefe

Southside Chicago MC Hellsent drops his 3rd official full length, this time backed up by beats from super producer Batsauce. This follows Bats recent collaborations with Hellsents fellow Outerlimitz member Qwazaar, which have gained the pair worldwide recognition as keepers of the flame. Hellsent picks right up with his signature low end drawl pairing perfectly with Batsauces dusty fingered backdrops.

Bat Outta Hell will be released as a vinyl LP & digital full length, each containing bonus material. The vinyl features 8 tracks including an exclusive collaboration with Qwazaar, as well as the 8 instrumentals and an acappella. The digital release is 14 tracks, including 5 tracks not on the vinyl version. Both versions feature a cut with Asphate Woodhavet & DJ Touch Nice of Maxilla Blue. The vinyl LP will also include a free download of the digital release.

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Qwazaar & Batsauce - Stress Chasers EP - January 28, 2014
January 14, 2014 by G4

Qwazaar & Batsauce - Stress Chasers EP
Released digitally by Galapagos4 on January 28th 2014.

Qwa & Batsauce’s newest platter, an EP entitled Stress Chasers, begins with "Love Liez", a perfect curve replete with gauzy keys and the indomitable Qwa intoning that he’s "never felt so free, never felt so special..." It’s an unexpected opening for the heroic South Side rhyme champ, a hooky Trojan horse with incisive critique hidden in velvet melody. Undisputable ear candy, "Love Liez" also rebukes those who "never care, never dare to be true". Stress Chasers sees Qwa and Bat crossing the boundary from rap phenoms to great songwriters, genre-bending world-class musicians entering a blue period.

The EP consists of 6 short tracks, the longest clocking in at barely 3 minutes and change, a throwback to the tight songcraft of 60s pop, when entire Beatles albums were only 30 minutes long. Qwa is entering territory where most MCs cannot follow, blending a growing love of psychedelia and a beguiling fluidity with cornerstone golden-era references and dashes of brawn that only serve to punctuate his acuity. One can’t help but think of Roland Kirk playing two saxes at once. In "Pop Smurf" he deadpans "at least a hundred styles / my memory is rough." Batsauce continues to impress, adding another gem to his oeuvre, showing undisputable skill with an impressive array of sounds. "Rough Out There" would be perfectly at home on the first Blueprint album, until Qwa, insistently going against the grain, leans into a deceptively off-accent rhyme pattern that most MCs would drown in. The EP ends with the unhinged uptempo rave-up "Daddy Smokes," Bat neatly twisting rap conventions with a plucky keyboard line, underwater bloops, and taut R&B drums, Qwa singing with fried abandon that "your dad smokes marijuana...and you will, too..." before launching into a precise rapid-fire spit that belies the EP’s stoned ethos. Wild howling wafts through the background and Qwa and Bat manage to sound light-hearted, screwy, and ominous, all at the same time. Essential listening for the vanguard.

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Offwhyte + KK - GO EP: Out August 27, 2013
August 19, 2013 by Offwhyte

New from Galapagos4:
Offwhyte + KK "GO" EP G40064 / LVDD-012
Out August 27, 2013

"GO" is an EP featuring five songs that will pique your artistic curiosity. Meaning "five" in Japanese, "GO" is Offwhyte's first official release in as many years, and on this digital EP he is paired with renowned Japanese beatsmith KK.

Co-released by Galapagos4 and KK's own label Lo-Vibes, the sound on "GO" reflects much of what KK has been doing within his own faction for the past several years. A fixture of the Tokyo music scene, KK aka The Khaosist has been trying to accomplish a bigger sound. On "GO", dubstep and glitch influences are present amongst KK's impeccable sample sequencing.

Themes on the EP shift from Offwhyte's immovable ideology and opinionated stubbornness ("Divider") to current methods of communication via technology ("Mediums"). Offwhyte's usual themes of inner struggle and retaining individuality shine bright on all five tracks here, culminating on the EP's lead single, "Country of Islands", a tribute to his native homeland of the Philippines.

Offwhyte is a founding member of Chicago based independent record label Galapagos4 and has several acclaimed releases and worldwide touring over 10+ years under his belt.

After playing various musical roles such as arranger and keyboardist, KK began his career as a hip hop beat artist around 1996 and was featured on DJ Krush's "Kakusei" in 1998. This lone wolf beat artist based in Tokyo also started his own label Lo-Vibes Recordings as well as the dope beat party "Mo' Fun".

See more at galapagos4.com/go/

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