With over 40 musicians across 28 tracks, Essentials Spring 2023 might be our most treasured one yet. Featuring a who’s who of some of our favorite musicians in the community, we present a 2xLP to keep everyone vibrant and alive as the seasons change and days start to warm.
Essentials Spring 2023 features recent Chillhop beat tape alumni like El Train, Evil Needle, illiterate, and Mr. Slipz, while also showcasing songs from familiars like Oatmello, SwuM, Toonorth, Blue Wednesday, HM Surf, The Doppelgangaz, and dozens of others.
This album features over 70 minutes of chillhop, jazzhop, lofi hip-hop, downtempo R&B, lounge jazz, soulful beats, boom bap, old school. However you might like to classify this. Study beats? Sure. Beats to go on a road trip to? Absolutely. Gaming beats, coding beats, beats to daydream to? You betcha.
The essentials return for 2023, adding to the ever growing collection of limited edition seasonal releases on vinyl!
| A1 | El. Train, Paal Singh - Over You |
| A2 | Nokiaa, Philanthrope - Friction |
| A3 | Ben Bada Boom, +ma - Cabriolet |
| A4 | Yasper, sonofmark - Yellowblue |
| A5 | Evil Needle, Styles Davis (2) - Star Gazing |
| A6 | Kreatev - Sunset Drive |
| A7 | HM Surf, Mama Aiuto - Expeditions |
| B1 | chromonicci - Shimmer |
| B2 | invention_ - Chance Of Rain |
| B3 | The Doppelgangaz - Quietude |
| B4 | Ian Ewing - Hold On |
| B5 | Drips Zacheer - Carefree |
| B6 | Masked Man (2) - Lush |
| B7 | Afroham - Dahri |
| C1 | Middle School - Delicate |
| C2 | Psalm//Trees - Honey |
| C3 | Makzo, Axian, Kydual - Grove |
| C4 | C Y G N - Warm Heart, Cold Solitude |
| C5 | Toonorth - Radiant |
| C6 | Kendall Miles, Enluv - Solar Beam |
| C7 | Blue Wednesday - Overgrown |
| D1 | Dotlights - Zen Headbutt |
| D2 | Swum, Oatmello - Flooded |
| D3 | Mr.Slipz - Bloom |
| D4 | Illiterate - The Strangest Thing |
| D5 | When Mountains Move - Perched |
| D6 | less.people - A Heartfelt Goodbye |
| D7 | ASO (3) - Sidewalks |
