2016 reissue - "I just want to do hip-hop the way I hear it in my head. It’s about a mood and what records I find: I love digging and finding things that I want people to hear. That’s the beauty of this art form to me. I have a bit of every great producer rolled into me and it’s their approach to manipulating drum breaks and samples that really opened up my ear. I really don’t consider my sound a throwback; I consider it a method of production, a distinct approach to making music." - Damu The Fudgemunk
Redefinition Records is proud to present these timeless instrumentals from Washington D.C.’s finest, Damu The Fudgemunk. Produced mostly between 2004 and 2007, ""How It Should Sound"" brings together archived material that as yet has only existed on floppy disks stacked in between an oft-frequented MPC and an ever-expanding library of vintage vinyl.
Don’t get it twisted though: What you now have in your possession is far more than a collection of sketches. HISS represent a body of lovingly crafted material that bears all the hallmarks of Damu’s signature aesthetic. Crunchy drums bolster intricately woven narratives of soul-infused samples in compositions that thump and groove all at the same time. Horns appear from nowhere before dissolving sumptuously into the mix. Layers are steadily unveiled only to gradually fold back in on themselves. But hey, you knew that already, right? Welcome. In case you hadn’t noticed, this is how it should sound.A1 Start Here A2 Another Introduction A3 Tea Thyme A4 Clap & Form Your Soul A5 Figment A6 Home Seek Home A7 Straight From The Harp A8 Rock Climbing (Byte 1) A9 Its Called Chill Out A10 Gone With The Sunset A11 Bills Be Gone (Pawt 2) A12 Only One Me A13 Judgement Day A14 Dream Catcher B1 How It Should Sound B2 You Know Who! B3 Movin' On B4 Not So Young Anymore (Byte 2) B5 Fabrega's Discotecas B6 Gestation B7 Don't Fail Me Now B8 Man With Bindle (Pawt 1) B9 Hogs On The Hill (Pretty Sneaky) B10 At Your Request (Spinna VS Joc) B11 It Wasn't On Earth B12 Boomerang Luck
