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sidewinder · 12-01-2010, 02:04 PM

Foscil - Foscil (2005)

A very nice jazzy instrumental hip-hop album that employs lots of live instrumentation. Probably more like nu-jazz with slow hip-hop beats I guess. They are a Seattle quartet consisting of 3/4th of the electronic group Truckasauras (who I've known about for some time but have never paid much attention to - aside from seeing the end of their set opening for Plaid a few years ago), plus horn/woodwind player Anthony Moore. Very mellow and downtempo at times, while more upbeat, glitchy and hip-hop at others. The overall vibe is pretty chill though, probably good for smoking herb. And it really doesn't feel all that hip-hop at all, it's more of an undertone, a current flowing underneath. Great mellow horns and other percussion. A shame this group is so under the radar - I added the album to RYM in 2006 and I'm still the only owner. The song "Glitter Gulch" is amazing. I would post up a few vids but the only 2 available that represent this album won't play for some reason. Fucking LameTube. Check it out though...very solid stuff. I'd been waiting for a follow-up for a few years and it seems it actually came out last December, but I had difficulty finding it. I see it's listed in Amazon's MP3 shop now though so I'll be grabbing it soon enough.

12-01-2010, 02:04 PM	#6044 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Foscil - Foscil (2005) A very nice jazzy instrumental hip-hop album that employs lots of live instrumentation. Probably more like nu-jazz with slow hip-hop beats I guess. They are a Seattle quartet consisting of 3/4th of the electronic group Truckasauras (who I've known about for some time but have never paid much attention to - aside from seeing the end of their set opening for Plaid a few years ago), plus horn/woodwind player Anthony Moore. Very mellow and downtempo at times, while more upbeat, glitchy and hip-hop at others. The overall vibe is pretty chill though, probably good for smoking herb. And it really doesn't feel all that hip-hop at all, it's more of an undertone, a current flowing underneath. Great mellow horns and other percussion. A shame this group is so under the radar - I added the album to RYM in 2006 and I'm still the only owner. The song "Glitter Gulch" is amazing. I would post up a few vids but the only 2 available that represent this album won't play for some reason. Fucking LameTube. Check it out though...very solid stuff. I'd been waiting for a follow-up for a few years and it seems it actually came out last December, but I had difficulty finding it. I see it's listed in Amazon's MP3 shop now though so I'll be grabbing it soon enough. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.