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MH-060 Deru - Mini-Mini-Me  On the Mini-Mini-Me 7", Deru collaborates with rappers for the first time, turning in sides featuring two Bay Area giants whose work has inspired the downtempo instrumentalist: Casual (Hieroglyphics) and Gift of Gab (Blackalicious). Casual turns “Spliff” into a celebration of his preferred method of getting high while on "Bad Bad Man" Gift of Gab drops his characteristic deep-voiced tongue-twisters over a vicious beat. Without vocals, these tracks wouldn’t be out of place on Deru’s albums. With verses by these two legends, however, Mini-Mini-Me stands apart from the rest of the producer’s catalog. |
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| This is Deru’s first collaboration with rappers, and he couldn’t have picked a better duo - So Much Silence / The music sounds fresh! - Spacelab TV / The recording's an eight-minute appetizer that leaves the listener wanting more, not less - Textura / A healthy dose of glitchy, creeped out hip hop from Chicago native Benjamin Wynn - We Fucking Love Music |
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| This week sees the release of the Deru mini EP titled Mini-Mini-Me on Mush Records, which features the song “Splif (Feat. Casual)” which you can stream above. Its a SoCal affair, with the hip-hop inclined Deru sampling out electronic music from Los Angeles and Casual of Hieroglyphics coming out of Oakland with alt / hip hop vibes. OK, not entirely SoCal with Oakland but we're close. And the music sounds fresh! Deru does double time as a sound designer and film-scorer, and you can hear how he brings that to “Spliff,” so his music becomes a film narrative backdrop for Casual to do his thing. Only 200 copies of the 7" are available on this one, so you might not want to follow Casual's lead on this and move fast instead. - Spacelab TV |
1X7"/Out Of Print