MOMENTAN - DIE STADTKINDER VOM LANDEI (2007)

The German people! Don't they have some things in common with the people from Japan? At least when it comes to vinyl and hiphop and maybe some other stuff, not suitable to mention here, hehe. If you ask me, Germany is (together with France), europe's metropol of hiphop as much as Japan is in asia.

So, what we have here may be the best of both worlds, this record from a group called "Momentan" based in Cologne in southern germany and released on Goon trax from Japan! I dont really understand the language except in the song "Dare" where Rakaa from Dilated Peoples drop some bars. But it's a worthy pick up anyway, worth every £!

The beats though, is fantastic, made by the german producer "The Saint" who seems to have alot going on theese days. I can highly recommend you to check some more of his work out if you like this. Pure soulful beats!

Listen also to the track "Going Back" on their myspace, it's sooo good!

/ JayWalk

LISTEN

www.myspace.com/momentan

THE 49ERS - BREATH OF FRESH AIR (2007)

Yes! An (almost) new 12"/EP released on japaneese label Goon Trax. Goon trax logo is always a good quality assurance for a good hiphop record containing that extra jazzy sound. About the group, I dont know anything about them that's not on their myspace. They are a group from Delaware, USA, but they seem to have their fame in japan.

They have recently released a CD for the japaneese market and this 12" ,japan only of course, contains three tracks from the full length.

I won't lie if I say that the song "Music" is one of the best i've heard this year, the beat is genius, and the song is about loving music, cute! You just have to check out this group in some way, they seems kind of slept on outside Japan. Sad!

/ JayWalk

LISTEN

http://www.myspace.com/the49ers

http://www.myspace.com/goontrax