With this set I want to establish a dialogue between artists and listeners… Let’s go back to the origins of things we consume. Being so used to shop in stores, malls or on the internet, we never bother to think about those who produce the goods. Contact between producers and customers is very important. Music is no exception.

I will briefly introduce you to artists from all over the world, from Brooklyn to Tokyo! You’ll find below interviews of all artists listed in the mix. I feel blessed that I had the opportunity to get in touch with each of them

Thank you all for being part of this project!

One Love!

EW

LDBK: Tell us about yourself.
OLIVER LOWE: My name is Oliver Lowe, I am a MC and producer from the Czech Republic. I released my debut CD “Peníze nebo Život” last year. It is live hip hop (except percussions) with a soul / jazz feel to it. I am currently finishing the second album together with beatmaker Talpas and featuring artists from Japan, US, France, Poland or UK. You can find my music on www.oliverlowe.bandcamp.com. A few years ago, I also launched a label www.everydays.bandcamp.com.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
OLIVER LOWE: I was born in town called Domažlice. I spent my childhood there. When I was 15 years old, I moved to Pilsen, where I studied and worked for 11 years. Nowadays, I’m back in Domažlice. It’s quiet and I’m loving the nature here.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
OLIVER LOWE: My mum, Michael Jackson and 20syl from Hocus Pocus. Haha. I am as creative as my mother is. She is painter, arranger and designer. I think that I inherited her feeling for beautiful things. At 13, I was a Michael Jackson fan. Since then I simply love black music. And 20syl? He is a genius.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
OLIVER LOWE: I listen to tons of music: jazz, soul, funk, hip hop, pop, old disco. I do not have one favorite artist. I could name: James Brown, Miles Davis, Michal Jackson, Roy Hargrove, Soulive, Ovall, Freddie Cruger, Hocus Pocus, JRawls, Kraak & Smaak, Miles Bonny, Movits!, Kero One, Brother Ali, Smoove & Turrel, Krafty Kuts, ASkillz, Kyteman and the list goes on.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
OLIVER LOWE: I live in a house in a small town, close to the nature, with a garden for my dog and with my own studio… this is actually my dream place. A bigger studio to record with the whole live band would be nice. My dream is to travel across Europe.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
OLIVER LOWE: I often listen to:
The Upstarts - The Know How (2007)
Movits! - Ur ur min skalle (2011)
Ovall - Don’t Care Who Knows That (2010)
Miles Bonny - Lumberjack Soul (2011)
Melodiq - Straight From The Soul (2009)

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
OLIVER LOWE: Hello to all fans of Laid Back. You are listening to the right radio. Laid Back is for me one of the few radios, which play the real music without any useless gingerbread. It is not influenced either by trends or policy. I wish it to stay that way. Thank you for the interview.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself.
BUGSEED: I’m Bugseed, beatmaker from Tokyo born in 1989.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
BUGSEED: Nishikasai, it’s small city in ends of the tokyo. near the “tokyo disneyland”.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
BUGSEED: Skateboading. I have been skateboading since I was 16.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
BUGSEED: Myself.

LDBK: Tell about your dream place?
BUGSEED: Amsterdam & Germany. I really wanna go there.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
BUGSEED: My 1st beattape “bohemian beatnik LP”.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
BUGSEED: Check bugseed.bandcamp.com

LDBK: Tell us about yourself?
BTS: Balance And The Traveling Sounds combine a variety of musical tastes, cultural backgrounds, eclectic grooves and lush harmonies to create an innovative, captivating and addicting sound accessible by any music enthusiast. This powerhouse of soul, funk, jazz and hip-hop-inspired grooves is composed of seven diverse musicians from a variety of metropolises up and down the Golden Coast: producer EBO, MC KIRB, vocalist Mike Eddie, drummer Julian Hogan, saxophonist Jeff Kolhede, guitarist Ryan Kern, and bass guitarist Scott Fulton

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
BTS: Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
BTS: Nas, J Dilla, Stevie Wonder, MB 20, Tupac, Motown, …

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
BTS: Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
BTS: Our dream would be traveling the world while being influenced by everything and anyone we meet along the way, then writing about it and recording and sharing our music with anyone who cares to listen.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
BTS: The Roots - How I Got Over, RadioHead - King of Limbs, Oddisee - Rock Creek Park.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
BTS: Thanks to everyone listening and keep soul and hip hop music alive. Visit our website and download our new album “Departure EP” for free at btscentral.com

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
Little Jackie: My name is Imani Coppola. I’m a singer, songwriter, violinist, producer, bad ass who curses a lot.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Little Jackie: I grew up in Long Island a block away from the water.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Little Jackie: I come from a very creative, very musical family… Everyone plays instruments and does art and my mother is a brilliant writer. They all influenced me creatively.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Little Jackie: Ziggy Stardust

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Little Jackie: My dream place? I guess it would be an enchanted forest with all sorts of magical creatures… something like the forest in Avatar.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Little Jackie: I’m way into dubstep at the moment. Skrillex, Noisia. Can’t get enough. It’s like crack.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Little Jackie: I hope this brief interview helped you to feel more laid back. I want you to feel comfortable and relaxed at all times.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
JBMS: We are JBrown & The Mic Smith, we make bluesrapsoulfunkjazz music for the people!

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
JBMS: In Auckland, New Zealand

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
JBMS: Life, culture, art, other music

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
JBMS: To many to name ;) Who’s yours?

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
JBMS: A place of peace, good music, good food

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
JBMS: This

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
JBMS: Greetings from NZ and thank you for the support of JBrown & The Mic Smith

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
PICKWICK: We are six guys from Seattle who play in a basement haunted by Spoon, Chad VanGaalen and Ike & Tina Turner.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
PICKWICK: Seattle, Southern California, Colorado, and Eastern Washington.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
PICKWICK: The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Radiohead. More recently Spoon, The Walkmen, Chad VanGaalen, Damien Jurado.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
PICKWICK: Besides Bob Dylan?… Swamp Dogg.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
PICKWICK: Chad VanGaalen’s backyard, where he makes crazy mechanical drum machines.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
PICKWICK: Mississippi Records Tape Series Vol. 1 and House of Broken Hearts Part 1… Early R&B, Doo Wop Rockabilly & Instrumentals

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
PICKWICK: We would like to say thank you so much for listening and we hope to have the opportunity to visit your fair shores next year when we release our debut record.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
DAPDOWN: We are a duo consisting of a producer / turntablist and a bass-player from a place in Russia which you probably never heard of before.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
DAPDOWN: Grown up in our hometown Omsk, West Siberia.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
DAPDOWN: Influence is absolutely everywhere.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
DAPDOWN: Probably one and only Godfather of soul James Brown.

LDBK: Tell us about your dream place?
DAPDOWN: Yeah! We would love to visit some hot beach, it’s too damn cold in here!

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
DAPDOWN: Will Sessions – Represent

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
DAPDOWN: Keep on supporting your favorite music and don’t forget to take care of your family and yourself

LDBK: Tell us about yourself:
ANONYME: I’m a french beatmaker and dj from France. I’ve been making beats for more than 10 years now. In my music, I mix samples (a lot of jazz) and real instruments played by friends of mine, or by myself. I feel good in downtempo.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
ANONYME: I grew up in Normandy, North of France in a harbor called Le Havre. I love being in the docks at night, It gives a feeling of 70′s movies!

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
ANONYME: Jazz!

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
ANONYME: At this time, I can’t choose between Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ahmad Jamal.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
ANONYME: My dream place is filled with instruments, records and two turntables!

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
ANONYME: Right now, I’m listening to “Jazz from Czechoslovakia”, on Laid Back Radio.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
ANONYME: Keep up the good vibes and big up to Jazz!

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
HAZEL: I’m Häzel aka Hazeldizzy, 28 years old. I’ve been producing for more or less 10 years and I worked in the industry for 4. Still Bangin’

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
HAZEL: I traveled a lot when I was a kid, I grew up in Latin America and Europe

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
HAZEL: Everyday life, the hustle, the love for music, my people and god

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
HAZEL: Jay Dee is my god

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
HAZEL: Probably between forest and beach, with wife and kids.
I found the place, just working on the second part

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
HAZEL: I’m only listening to TFOX at the moment, he is THE man

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
HAZEL: Say wuddup yo? I wanna play in Russia! Thanks for all your support! One love .

LDBK: Tell us about yourself.
LOTUS: The band is split between Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO. We are an instrumental band (guitar, keys, bass, drums), but we incorporate synthesizers and samplers as well for a true live/electronic hybrid. We don’t sing, but occasionally use guest singers in a studio setting.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
LOTUS: I (Jesse Miller - bass/sampler) grew up in Denver, CO but now live in Philadelphia.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
LOTUS: Music just presented itself as the highest form of art. My family wasn’t particularly musical, but I took piano lessons in elementary school. After that I was mostly self-taught until college when I studied music composition. I draw musical influence from everything I hear: music, environmental sounds, machines, sounds of the city.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
LOTUS: David Byrne. He is always pushing himself creatively to do something new.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
LOTUS: Currently on my turntables - T. Rex - The Slider - The Kills - Blood Pressures, !!! - Myth Takes - Siriusmo - Mosaik, Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
LOTUS: Be sure to check out the new Lotus album which just came out. I am very proud of it and think it is our best album yet.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
B.Kun: My name is Fabrizio Pollice, I was born on June 27 1985 in San Marino. I come from a family of musicians. Music is my only passion since I was 5. I played all kind of instruments as drum, bass, guitar and pretty much everything I found in my home. When I was 18 I started scratching and producing electronic music. After a while I started working in recording studios and equipment exhibitions as a demonstrator for Apple (Logic), Digidesign (Pro Tools) and Native instrument (Traktor). In 2008, I decided to focus all my energy on the turntables and got the second place in the Italian “DMC” and “GainSkills” competitions; with Dj Drugo I won the “IDA Italy” and in 2009 the “IDA World”, one of the two most important competitions for turntablists. Lately I took part at the rmx contest for Amalia (Tokyo Dawn Record), and I won over 70 producers from all over the world.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
B.Kun: I listen to many things. I never got stuck on a single music genre, but I love funk and hip hop. I get inspired from every sound that I think is interesting, then I try to mix it up with my music, I think the secret is to build it as a puzzle backward.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
B.Kun: I have many… first that came to my mind is Herbie Hancock.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
B.Kun: It’s an hard question, there is so many amazing places all over… How can I pick just one?

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
B.Kun: The cars running on the freeway in front of my crib, plus the neighbor’s dogs.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
B.Kun: I hope you don’t live between a freeway and a guy with 4 dogs (joking) I say “Hi” to all Laid Back Radio listeners and I hope to listen to more and more serious beats!

LDBK: Tell us about yourself:
The Nothing: Beatmaker and lurker in Oakland California. Been listening to jazz for 32 years and making hip hop for 13.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
The Nothing: I grew up an hour north of the bay area in a sleepy little bubble town called Davis, CA.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
The Nothing: The first hip hop that really got me was from Hieroglyphics “93 till infinite”, and Tribe’s “Midnight Marauders”. It was the 1st time I heard jazz and hip hop mixed together well. KDVS in Davis helped lead me to DJ Shadow, Soulsides, Pete Rock, Prince Paul, De La. These days I listen to 40 Winks, Infinitskills, J-live, Brothers Amor, Beatmakin Troopa, Mr. Cooper, Blu, Exile, Scientist, Kankick, Bugseed, Grooveman Spot, Jazzy Sport Crew, Dr. Oop,

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
The Nothing: My nothing box were thoughts and time can roam freely. A place where people smile at each other and say hello.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
The Nothing: the new J-Live track “Life comes in threes”….makes me walk fast and nod my head slow.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
The Nothing: I was one of you (fan/listener) for so long, downloading and streaming the laid back mixes and artists for years. Creativity inspires creativity and if you are on here also, then we are in the same tribe. Very nice to meet you. I love you

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Pavel Dovgal: Grew up in Vladivostok, then lived in a few places in Ukraine, grew as a musician in Kharkiv. Right now living in St-Petersburg, and really happy about it.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Pavel Dovgal: I guess it was Roma Litvinov (Mujuice) who has had a significant influence on me. Listening to his old tracks encourages me to write good music.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Pavel Dovgal: Madonna

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Pavel Dovgal: A small bungalow on an island, with no internet or other modern facilities. Ocean, sun, and hand-made musical instruments.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Pavel Dovgal: “Tibetan Alphabet Special” for Laid Back Radio

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Pavel Dovgal: Listen to good music/regardless of time and popular trends

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
Loft Produxions established approximately in 2008. There are two producers and sometimes invited musicians. We define our music as Instrumental Intelligent Hip-Hop.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Loft Produxions: We both grow up in Crimea – Ukraine.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Loft Produxions: Damu the Fudgemonk, Funky Drummer, Sinuous Productions

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Loft Produxions: It’s a little bright house somewhere on an island in Mediterranean sea

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Loft Produxions: Rare Soviet jazz ensembles

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Loft Produxions: Let there be more light in our lives.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
Mono:Massive: I am a beatmaker/producer from Innsbruck (Austria). I usually make traditional sample-based hiphop beats, but I am also experimenting with more synthetic stuff and futurized beats. I started making beats in the mid 90s using a windows-computer and some pieces of software. Later i switched to hardware analog production using AKAI MPC and SP1200 legendary hiphop sample machines.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Mono:Massive: i grew up in Salzburg and moved to Innsbruck when I was 6 years old where, until now, I spent most of my life. HereI started making music with friends, some of them still making music and working together in the same studio. In 2005 I joined forces with the chicago hiphop group “vertual vertigo” which I first met on myspace. A few years later I produced a vinyl EP “drink tickets” together with them which was released in 2010 on the Austrian label “duzz down san”. Right now our second EP “stalactites” is just finished and will be released next week on the same label. I also started several new projects which will be announced on my facebook page and on the duzzdownsan website.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Mono:Massive: my influences are well spread over several different music styles, from well known hiphop artists like j-dilla, madlib, DJ premier, kool keith, tribe called quest up to ninjatunes artists like DJ krush, DJ shadow, herbaliser and also things from flying lotus, boards of canada, aphex twin…i also get lots of inspiration from jazz and soul artists that I sample

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Mono:Massive: my personal favorites change very often. Artists from the German label “melting pot music” are one of my favorites at the moment. Same goes for flying lotus. Of course everything from vertual vertigo gets my attention. I also enjoy listening to ninjatunes or stonesthrow artists which are two of the greatest labels ever for me…

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
Grey Sky Appeal: DEFCON, the Boston-based hip-hop group comprised of Subtex and Producer Taj Campman, released their sophomore effort, THE LOST GENERATION in 2010. The album, which featured guest appearances by C-Rayz Walz, J the S, Goretex (formerly of Non-Phixion), Koki-Man and others was met with critical acclaim and mass appeal. Another Boston-based MC, Outwrite, who was also featured on THE LOST GENERATION, released his sophomore effort, HUMAN GARDEN, around the same time. The three artists acknowledged a near-immediate chemistry when working in the studio together and one year later, DEFCON and Outwrite are proud to present GREY SKY APPEAL, a collaborative full-length LP featuring Moe Pope, Singapore Kane, Left Over Wine and others. The trio has been touring tirelessly; performing three shows a week on average, which included a premiere of their upcoming album at the 2011 SXSW Music Festival. GREY SKY APPEAL features a handpicked batch of singles from nearly 40 songs recorded throughout 2010. The songs embody the personal and collective struggles of three artists that have endured great trials over the past year. GREY SKY APPEAL provided an outlet for DEFCON and Outwrite to convey a bittersweet appreciation for the day-to-day challenges that so many of us face.

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Defcon - Brattleboro VT
Outwrite - Newmarket NH

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Grey Sky Appeal: Family freinds and life.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Taj - Amy Winehouse
Outwrite - Father
Subtex - Father

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Grey Sky Appeal: A place where family and friends are always welcome. Where the fridge is always full, worries always empty. Huge BBQ pits, modest sized water-slides, a place to throw outdoor shows without attracting police or shitty neighbors. Fresh running water, in a forest of fruit tree’s. Maybe a roller coaster or two?

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Grey Sky Appeal: Grey Sky Appeal

LDBK: What would you like to sayto our audience?
Grey Sky Appeal: Get some sun in your life, and enjoy our music.

LDBK: Tell us about yourself
Zoen: Hi, my name is Raphaël, I’m making music for the last 10 years. I recently released 2 indie Hip Hop album as “Zoën”. One solo album and one as a “Beatmaker”. But I also produced for people like James P Honey (UK), Noah23 (CA), MC Homeless (US) and Kay the Aquanaut (CA).

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Zoen: I grew up in a small city called “Tours” (France). I’m still living here.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Zoen: I don’t know exactly, I think I need to get out and travel to be happy, so music is perfect for that.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Zoen: I don’t have an icon, but I’m a big big fan of “Why?”

LDBK: Tell us about your dream place?
Zoen: Wow, I don’t know, maybe a house, with a big studio in the basement!
But I love travelling, so my dream places is also, the places where I’ve never been yet!

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Zoen: Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, Bands of Burier, Astronautalis, Dark Time Sunshine.

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Zoen: Support your local scene!

LDBK: Tell us about yourself.
Inkliing : My name is Conrad aka Inkliing. My friends call me Conzo. I am 23 years old and have grown up for the entirety of my life with my family in Shepherds Bush, a lively, vibrant and inspiring place found in the west of London. Ever since a very young age music has been one of the most important things in my life, whether it was the classical piano I was playing as a kid, the heavy metal/hardcore which I played and listened to as a young teenager or the chillout, jazzy and experimental beat based music I got into at around 15 and still love to this day. I’m grateful to my parents who encouraged me as a youngster to take up musical instruments and although at the time I didn’t enjoy waking up at 6.30 in the morning before school to practice piano, now I realize what a great help this has been in the creation of my own music!

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Inkliing: For me, I would have to say Madlib from the amazing Stonesthrow label is my music icon. His masterly use of hardware samplers, jazz samples and chopping was the biggest inspiration for me to have a crack at music production in the first place. Moreover I was hearing so many producers who were getting props for beats which were to be honest, boring. My aim at the time was to make songs which were predominantly loop based but had enough detail/work and change-ups to keep the listener interested. I began to listen to a lot of classic old jazz/soul/funk records, from the likes of Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock to Sun Ra, Roberta Flack and Earth Wind and Fire and true to say, I have sampled a fair few of these in my time. However, a very important element in my music is the selection and blending together of small cuts from different songs and different sources to create a whole new track in its own right. Also the challenge of finding more obscure and untouched samples or manipulating a sample in a certain way as to render it unrecognisable has always been something I have enjoyed to do. Ever since my first purchase of the SP404 at the age of 17 I have not looked back and I am always looking for new bits of hardware to add to the studio. More personally, the sound I create is greatly influenced by my chill and relaxed nature as a person (although not on the tennis court haha!). I was also quite shy growing up so it has been an important means of self expression for me.

There are really too many artists to name who have influenced my music over the years but here are a few: Nightmares On Wax, RJD2, J Dilla, DJ Shadow, Pete Rock, Burial, Portishead, Bonobo, Onra, Chemo, Massive Attack, Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Kankick, Damu the Fudgemunk, Mike Slott, Hudson Mohawke…More recently I have been listening to a lot of dope house music, with the likes of Floating Points, Jaques Greene, Moodyman, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Kyle Hall all on heavy rotation.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Inkliing: I would absolutely love to come to Russia and have heard great things from my friends about the country from their experiences travelling. As a history student I have studied Russia in some detail from the early 1800′s onwards and it would be great finally see first hand the sights of Moscow and St. Petersburg which I have read so much about. Perhaps one day soon I will come and play to you, my Russian friends :)

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Inkliing: My personal soundtrack at the moment would have to be Samiyam’s latest LP ‘Sam Baker’s Album’. It is a fantastic collection of head-nodding beats, big bass, mad compression and of course his signature synth. What more could we want?

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Inkliing: Thanks so much for reading and much love to Laid Back Radio and it’s listeners, I am now one of them! Check out my facebook and myspace for updates on the music. In the very near future I will be releasing a free EP which I am excited about, so be ready!

LDBK: Where did you grow up?
Alf Alpha: I grow up in the California Desert known as Coachella Valley.

LDBK: What or who influenced your musical creativity?
Alf Alpha: Early Hip Hop Djing really inspired me to get into music. I love the art of mixing records and party rocking. I got inspired to started DJing & producing music. Today I continue the get inspired by music both old and new. I love digging thru old records searching for gems just as much as finding new music via internet.

LDBK: Who is your music icon?
Alf Alpha: I would have to say Q-tip from A Tribe Called Quest. He’s one of the Dopest MC, Producer, and DJ ever. Since the early 90′s, Q-tip has continued to put out timeless music. I love his ear for samples and his work with Jay Dee.

LDBK: Tell as about your dream place?
Alf Alpha: 1970′s New York block party featuring the original Hip Hop DJs like Kool Herc & Africa Bambaataa mixing funky breaks on a summer afternoon.

LDBK: What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?
Alf Alpha: Zig Zag - Voyage Voyage & Earl Sweatshirts - Earl

LDBK: What would you like to say to our audience?
Alf Alpha: Thank you for listening & your support. Looking forward to sharing more music with you in the future. Cheers.