Tom Misch releases his вЂReverieвЂ™ EP July 15th on his own label Beyond The Grove. Tom Misch: вЂњA beautiful beat that IвЂ™ve had on loops for hours at a time. ItвЂ™s just the feeling and vibe I get from the beat.вЂќ For me, it has an eerily Middle Eastern feel to it, but I canвЂ™t really put my finger on it. Tom Misch: вЂњOne of the darker more stranger Dilla beats. J Dilla Ahmad Impresses Me Tom Misch: вЂњThrough this beat Dilla introduced me to Ahmad Jamal вЂ“ a jazz pianist who IвЂ™ve been really into ever since.вЂќ Tom Misch: вЂњA remix of a track which was originally made for Common. Here he samples some disco-esque track with true feel good vibes.вЂќ Tom Misch: вЂњThe diversity of music that he listened to and sampled was crazy. I love the way he uses a filter of some sort to manipulate the sample, which later turns out to be a choir or something.вЂќ Tom Misch: вЂњI didnвЂ™t get this beat until quite late into my Dilla obsession. For me I get road trip vibesвЂ¦a long car journey.вЂќ Tom Misch: вЂњAnother one from вЂVintage Volume 1вЂ™ featuring Jay DeeвЂ™s signature sub bass. I love the switch up half way through also.вЂќ The drum swing is crazy and I feel this joint is appropriate for so many occasions. Tom Misch: вЂњOne of those beats that you can just loop for hours and get lost in it. ItвЂ™s just pure feel good, dreamy, and soulful music. Tom Misch: вЂњAnother joint from вЂVintage Volume 1вЂ™. One of my favourite, if not my favourite, Dilla beat.вЂќ The piano loop is so beautiful and drums are so natural, yet still bang hard. Tom Misch: вЂњA joint from the album вЂVintage Volume 1вЂІ. Read TomвЂ™s selections below and listen seamlessly via our YouTube playlist. IвЂ™ve some discovered amazing music through J Dilla.вЂќ One amazing thing about J DillaвЂ™s work for me is that I hear the beat and IвЂ™m blown away, but then a few years later I often hear the original track he sampled, which this links so many styles of music together. вЂњFirstly, there are so many Dilla tracks that I love equally, so compiling this was hard, but for the moment here are my 10 best. To mark the upcoming release of his four-tracker вЂReverieвЂ™ EP on his own label Beyond The Groove, Tom Misch warms up by sharing 10 of the best beats from one of his biggest inspirations, the late J Dilla. Listening in to MischвЂ™s beatwork and lush soundscapes as both a producer and singer-songwriter, the deep influence Dilla has played on his output is definitely evident. It was a prompt for him to start digging deep and educate himself on the work of James Dewitt Yancey, with Misch also namechecking some of DillaвЂ™s associates and related acts as big inspirations on his sound вЂ“ including Slum Village, Common, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Describing his sound to us in an interview last year as вЂњa mixture of jazzy, hip hop and smooth,вЂќ the multi-faceted South East London resident a purveyor of J Dilla-esque, boom bappy, unassuming beats that float off into some next level realm of relaxation strumming guitars riff off beats you can step to, that float off into the abyss with claps-on-claps-on-claps.ДЄn avid fan of conscious вЂ™90s hip hop, Tom was bitten by the Dilla bug when he first heard the legendary instrumental producerвЂ™s beat for Slum Village track Fall In Love. If youвЂ™re not yet familiar, Tom is a multi-talented musician and beat-maker, playing a wide variety of instruments and often flexing his vocal talents too.

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