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Montreal producer Mezraa has made a name for himself as a purveyor of soulful beats and lush production. With his latest EP release Mezraa continues to showcase his talents and highlight the thriving hip hop and R&B scenes in his hometown. The EP features notable collaborations with MED and Kris the $pirit on 'Nothing Else To Claim', a track that seamlessly blends soulful melodies and hard-hitting bars. The production on this track is top-notch, with Mezraa expertly layering samples and synths to create a dynamic and engaging sound. On 'Subtle Games', Mezraa teams up with rising Montreal vocalist jjad to...

"Power Moves" is the new album by brazilian dj and producer SonikCuts. Dj since the early 2000’s SonikCuts is know for his scratching skills, mixtapes and vinyl-released projects for turntablists such as the “Guarana Breaks” record series. For this  studio album SonikCuts invited some of the best rappers of the independent hiphop scene such as Termanology, Skyzoo, Guilty Simpson, Homeboy Sandman, Supastition, Planet Asia among others, to be the voices of the project. In this album composed of 10 tracks of pure hiphop music, we find SonikCuts know-how as a producer through powerful instrumentals and guests of choice, but also as a dj with the countless scratches dotted around throughout the album. The project was mixed in Paris at “Haxo Studio” when SonikCuts used to live there, and mastered at "Elysian Masters Studio" in Los Angeles by Dave Cooley, the engineer who did the mastering of several albums like the classic ‘’Donuts’’ by J Dilla or more recently ‘’Bandana’’ by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. "PowerMoves" is a hiphop album where DJ and MC join their forces to deliver fresh beats,rhymes and scratchs.

After the release of tracks in collaboration with rappers like Guilty Simpson, Skyzoo or Termanology, SonikCuts returns with “Spaceship”, a new song featuring one of the most prolific Mc's on the independent hiphop scene, the rapper Planet Asia. Native of Fresno, California, Planet Asia is known among other things for his countless solo projects and collaborations alongside artists such as Kurupt, Evidence, The Alchemist, Rasco, Strong Arm Steady, GhostaFace Killah and many others... In this collaboration between North and South America, SonikCuts and Planet Asia demonstrate all their skills as MC and DJ and unite their talent to deliver a message of strength and contestation during this period of pandemic. By listening to this title, we understand why Planet Asia is one of the most emblematic MC's of its generation. whether with rhymes, beats or scratchs, they excel in their art, and they demonstrate it in this new track called “Spaceship”.