EBC005
KenLo Craqnuques / Cailloux Germés
Info:
All music by KenLo Craqnuques
Artwork by Étienne Bossé
KenLo picture by Ryan McMaster
2010-04-12
Error Broadcast Collective
Some Rights Reserved
CC BY-NC 3.0
bit.ly/kenlo
Press:
"Aside from having one of the dopest rap names in the game, homegrown producer KenLo also packs some of the most soulful and futuristic beats heard in a minute"
"Expect the non-standard, hyperfuturistic, sidechained, nintendo-ed-out hiphopstuff you might know from guys like Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Blue Daisy and so on. Al tough this guy stands out from it's illusive colleagues because of the use of soulfull glitchy basslines and laidback samplemelodies which puts stuff another way around you might expect."
"Cailloux germés montre KenLo toujours aussi fermement engagé dans la voie de J. Dilla: rythmes irréguliers mais indécrottablement hoche-tête, collages spontanés de mélodies légères et de samples ludiques."
"I knew there was something special about KenLo's beats the instant my ears met the soundwaves . His beats just have so much life to them... The way he mixes down and masters his beats is in a class of its own. Keep your ear out for KenLo."
"KenLo Craqnuques Mischung aus 8-Bit, annährend traditioneller Hip Hop Rhythmik und Soul-Elemente, dürften dem ein oder anderen doch zu sperrig sein, aber es gibt einen interessanten Ausblick darauf, wie das, was wir als Hip Hop kennen, im 2010 klingen kann."
"Supercompression, synths and snapping drum sequences form together like a delicious aural meal. After more beattapes than I can count while intoxicated, dude’s referring to this one as his first “official” album & it sounds fucking delicious."
"Even if you don't know French, who cares you don't need to know in order to love what this guy does. These beats are airy and deep and wait cuz the snare comes when you're not looking like pow. Just peep this shit he's been the Don of the Nord so check."
"The acclaim of Kenlo Craqnuques' work is well documented, so i'll spare you the filler."
From across the big waters we are delighted to welcome KenLo Craqnuques in the bosom of the Error Broadcast family. This Africa-born, Montreal-based beat conductor blessed the scene with five beat tapes and just recently debuted under his all-digital moniker Qwerty Musique. He has two tapes with fellow producer Vlooper and kicks a rhyme every once a while. “Cailloux Germés” is the first official KenLo Craqnuques release.
Stand out amongst the flood of new producers, KenLo Craqnuques manages to inject a huge amount of classic Soul and Boom Bap Rap into his hypermodern beats. His songs breathe the history of Black Music without looking back. What has been true ever since “Noir” is eventually obvious on “Cailloux Germés”: the Craqnuques music pushes the borders of 21. Century beat music. Real big.

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Comments
#24 / 2010-08-01 / Ras Kegan
I want this on Vinyl!!!! Big Respect KenLo
#23 / 2010-06-09 / kenlocraqnuques
artwork is a collab btween painter LP Boivin & Étienne Bossé (bosslabdesign.com) peace peace
#22 / 2010-06-09 / speekup
Dope stuff, who did the Artwork ??
#21 / 2010-06-02 / Snuff The Ablist
dope dope dope
#20 / 2010-05-09 / London Crack Massive
KEn Lo got that something we're all looking for plus a plus.. Woord. I wanna see him on stages, in clubs anything ... world tour baby !!!!!! Come see yo boy in tha U.K. hay !
#19 / 2010-05-09 / EB
thanks for all the words ppl. the tape definetly deserves it!
#18 / 2010-05-08 / ADEEL
DAAAYYUM!
#17 / 2010-05-07 / brone
relax song! good music
From south america Santiago of Chile
Great!
#16 / 2010-05-02 / Modebom
EB, you guys are killin' it. one day soon i'll make a beat that deserves to be on this blog.
nice one KenLo! quite ill quite messy quite nice
#15 / 2010-05-02 / kenlocraqnuques
merci de l'écoute
aksanti sana
1
#14 / 2010-04-29 / Mac
Superb......Respect
#13 / 2010-04-29 / tom2k
nice job, mad propzzz
#12 / 2010-04-28 / The Peacock Revolution
dope beat Craqnuques !!!!!
big ups from Denver !!!!!
#11 / 2010-04-26 / 3L
MIND DESTRUCTIVE BEATS
#10 / 2010-04-22 / V.Bomb
Great beats!!! As usual! One!
#9 / 2010-04-19 / jolin
STOKED! Excellent travail!
#8 / 2010-04-18 / Francois G Couillard
Hey merci Kenlo! Beau boulot.
#7 / 2010-04-18 / Eddie Maz
congrats kenLo... love from philly
#6 / 2010-04-18 / blanco
...what a badman!
#5 / 2010-04-18 / ViNyL.oNe
gracias por tus beats kenlo un saludo desde mexico ¡¡
#4 / 2010-04-17 / Dj Pound
Big Ups KenLo ! You've been knockin some heat out for quite some time now ! You're next in line , G !
#3 / 2010-04-16 / G-AnalPhatBeat
Solid project, another great EB release ! clap clap clap !
#2 / 2010-04-14 / Manzo
Nice job Kenlo see you soon !
#1 / 2010-04-13 / Simon Roy
I'm glad the album is out, I have been waiting for it for a while. Thanks for this great release !