Swedish Hip Hop artist releases new funk and jazz inspired album

DJ Devastate has been honing his unique take on jazz infused Hip Hop since the 90s. Now the respected DJ, turntablist and producer has his own full length album out and is revelling in his career’s new and exciting direction.

If you’re blown away by any combination of Hip Hop, jazz and/or funk, you’re going to love “Movement/Silence” from DJ Devastate. Check out the new album now at BBE Music Store or iTunes.

DJ Devastate hails from Helsingborg, a small town in the southern part of Sweden where he creates intricate sounds with classic production techniques. His introduction to Hip Hop culture was back in the mid 90s “golden era”, when the funky beats, rhymes and scratches being channelled inspired him to get involved: a decision he has never regretted.

His skills behind the turntables developed at lightning speed and DJ Devastate ended the 90s on the decks, often showcasing advanced scratching and mixing techniques. Spending a lot of time on stage and in the record stores fuelled his vision of creating and producing music.

Years in the studio led to collaborations and releases with Hip Hop artists such as: Masta Ace, Kut Masta Kurt, Maylay Sparks, Stricklin, Ed O.G and Reef the Lost Cauze, to name a few.

These experiences further inspired DJ Devastate to create a new, more personal and conceptual sound. The deep, soulful chords and harmonies of Jazz combined with the driving and organic sound of Funk were the leading inspiration for his new sound that quickly became a musical adventure. The goal was to create a full length album, an instrumental fusion between Jazz, Funk and Hip Hop. An important factor was to keep the whole project instrumental and to work with musicians instead of vocalists.

The analogue sound of vintage instruments and studio gear combined with the jazzy instrumentation and raw Hip Hop beat programming formed the music and made an idea into an album concept. Ever the perfectionist, DJ Devastate is only now finally ready to present his full length debut album “Movement/Silence”. A record with mellow sounds and harmonies that touches the Jazz listener’s soul, with banging beats and scratches that make the Hip-Hop heads nod.

The strength of Movement/Silence as an album is in the combination, in the duality of the musical concept. DJ Devastate describes the title “Movement/Silence” like this: “Music is all about catching a moment in time. This could be a single frame, a mental picture, a moment of clarity that fuels the feeling to create. To create music is to give birth to movement where there used to be silence.”

Don’t miss out on getting with the DJ Devastate Movement because this is a release you’re going to want in your collection! Movement/Silence is available from many places, including iTunes, Spotify and BBE Store. Alternatively, check out DJ Devastate’s blog: http://djdevastate.blogspot.com/ or MySpace: www.myspace.com/devastatemovement.

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