Ras_G and similar artists

Sounds like: Zongo Junction, Fela Kuti, Ras_G

Alsarah & The Nubatones' single "Ya Watan" is bringing east-African retro-pop to the forefront of indie music. This deconstructed single is easil...

Sonnymoon

Fall In Trust (PUDGE Remix)

Sounds like: Mizan, Dakim, Ras_G

Electronic female vocalist electronic remixes experimental pop ras_g

Sonnymoon's 2014 LP, The Courage of Present Times, merits revisiting. A cosmic drama, in my ears it told a story of universal love through warm and ja...

No Zu

Ui Yia Uia

Sounds like: Cut Copy, Parliament, Ras_G

Electronic experimental Experimental electronic electro funk cut copy

Having taken shape in 2007, Melbourne institution No Zu is the epitome of a patient build. The eight-piece band has recently announced release details...

Yuk

Home

Sounds like: Teebs, Ras_G, Boats

beats ambient electronic instrumental hip-hop experimental hip-hop teebs

Chad Valencia keeps cooking up some marvelous shit. That is actually literal. The producer is as passionate about beets as he is about beats (sorry, I...

Guru Quasar

For the Wave {3}

Sounds like: Ras_G, bugseed, Ahnnu

Electronic chillout beats instrumental hip-hop jazzy beats

Between the ads, promoted posts, and major label takedowns, SoundCloud is changing from a platform for emerging artists into, well, a business. Lucki...

Flying Lotus

Eyes Above (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)

Sounds like: Gaslamp Killer, D Prosper, Ras_G

hip-hop electronic hip-hop hip-hop remixes kendrick lamar Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus is currently in the middle of a residency at BBC Radio 1. Of course there have been gems aplenty, but his most recent show was built arou...

Pete Rock

One, Two, A Few More

Sounds like: Madlib, J Dilla, Ras_G

hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop j dilla madlib

Before there was Dilla, Pete Rock was the most popular iteration of hip-hop music that was mellow and groove-driven. His classic albums with Ini and C...

Ras_G & The Koreatown Oddity

Live and Direct

Sounds like: Zeroh, House Shoes, Eagle Nebula

hip-hop underground hip-hop boom-bap house shoes ras_g

Coalescing from a cloud of backwoods smoke are Ras_G and The Koreatown Oddity, formidable in their own standings but other-worldly when merged togethe...

Ras_G

Let G Know... (Keep It A Billion)

Sounds like: Knxwledge, Pete Rock, Black Milk

hip-hop beats instrumental instrumental hip-hop female vocalist remixes

Emerging from a thick cloud of Backwood smoke, Ras_G celebrates his upcoming arrival day (birth day for you earthlings) with the release of Down 2 Ear...

THEESatifaction

Recognition

Sounds like: Shabazz Palaces, Ras_G, Mndsgn

hip-hop experimental experimental hip-hop mndsgn experimental soul

THEESatisfaction's debut album, awE naturalE, was a cosmic exploration in liberation. For the laymen, that shit was hard! Their marriage of hip-hop, s...

Jon Wayne

Good Samaritans (Ft. Samiyam)

Sounds like: Ras_G, Alchemist, SelfSays

hip-hop boom-bap Samiyam ras_g Alchemist

It almost sounds like the premise to a hip-hop joke: Jon Wayne, Samiyam, and Ras_G walk into Alchemist's studio and create a banger. Well, it's real...

River Yarra

Moonlight Disco

Sounds like: Tornado Wallace, Tiger & Woods, Ras_G

Electronic dance instrumental electronica synth

Melbourne creative Raudie McLeod is no stranger to Indie Shuffle; a couple of his previous musical works have been featured here over the past year. I...

Igbo

Exit

Sounds like: Ras_G, Sly5thave, Knxwledge

hip-hop experimental instrumental jazz jazzy beats

Best kept secret Sly 5thave and New York producer Benamin quietly formed a bridge across cultures and sounds by founding Igbo. Named as a nod to Sly's...

Ras_G

Take It Slow

Sounds like: Samiyam, Alchemist, Joey Bada$$

hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop joey bada$$boom-bap

Ras_G, Leimert Park's high priest of boom-bap, is readying a second volume of Down to Earth, a collection of instrumental hip-hop beats. Perhaps known...

Queens D.Light

Love Pistol

Sounds like: Ras_G, Little Simz, Wreckelekt, Red Clay

hip-hop female rapper boom-bap ras_g conscious hip-hop

River Yarra

The Look

Sounds like: Tornado Wallace, Tiger & Woods, Ras_G

Electronic experimental dance beats Experimental electronic

If you're in the mood for eight minutes of pure vibes, then look no further than River Yarra's debut single "The Look." While this is the Melbourne pr...

Queens D.Light

Ze Cool Out (Ft. Brandon Rayson)

Sounds like: Eagle Nebula, Shabazz Palaces, Ras_G

female vocalist hip-hop female rapper experimental hip-hop boom-bap

Queens' recent debut album, California Wildflower, is thick with earnest boom-bap and cosmic exploration. It would be simple to call it a 90's throwba...

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Crossroad

Sounds like: Ras_G, Invincible, Samiyam

Electronic female vocalist hip-hop electronic hip-hop female rapper

When I first heard Georgia Anne Muldrow had released a rap EP, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. She's a prodigious producer and vocalist, bu...

Koreatown Oddity

Film Roll Splices And The Deleted Scenes

Sounds like: Ras_G, Quelle Chris, Blu

hip-hop underground hip-hop boom-bap Blu ras_g

200 Tree Rings is a fantastic piece of work, rabid and frenetic. One of my favorite moments on the LP is a pensive break. On "Film Roll Splices And Th...

Esgar

Shockwave

Sounds like: Flying Lotus, Ras_G, Exile

Electronic experimental instrumental trap bass

The bass can be hypnotic, and a dancefloor can be the setting for a religious experience.  Kutmah has gained fans and prominence by finding the ...