Shabazz Palaces – Of Light EP (CD) (2009) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

There’s plenty of hazy, Southern-style funk and bump and boom-bap, plus off-kilter touches of jazz, electro and African music to keep heads guessing. Beats clatter and clunk throughout, and the production is expertly vintage; play these records, turn ‘em up loud, close your eyes and let a vision of spinning vinyl fill your brain.

The whole thing is intentionally mysterious: The CDs have no titles. Shabazz Palaces has no MySpace, no bio on its Web site, no marketing campaign. Word is getting out about who’s behind this music, so if you do a little Googling, you can figure it out, but I’m not going to spoil the surprise here. All I know is that, at a combined 45 minutes running time, I’m counting these two CDs as one release — one release that’s among the best of the year so far.

Tracklist:

1. Gunbeat Falls
2. 100 Sph
3. Hottabatch
4. Chuch
5. Spechol-Analog
6. Sparkles
7. N.Splendored
8. Find Out

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare