New joint from a new group called 84.85. Here’s more info:
With the release Good Problems, 84.85’s latest is triggered by the percussive breaks of Hip Hop, the reverberant sub-frequencies of Dubstep and the melodic curves of Deep House.
DJ/Producer Jay Jolliffe curates a spectral sound, taking nostalgic cues from Detroit and London’s basement anthems. The sleek sometimes haunting backdrop paves way for MC Colin Maciver’s rolling rhyme delivery, which fuses the hubris to the dispirited; a deftly constructed testimonial of personal day-to-day authenticity.
The instantly, undeniable hook of the track Weekend Money is steered by the dulcet bounce of a Rhodes and slippery high-hat, that may (or may not) be a salute to Aloe Blacc’s I Need A Dollar. In its entirety, Good Problems feels a little like those hazy, aching epiphanies that arise once your dopamine drops from a New Year’s hangover.
History
84.85 spent the greater part of the last two years busting into Toronto’s live urban music scene, fueled by audience demands that only the contagion of word of mouth can inspire. They have shared stages with Egyptrixx, Ed Lover, Skratch Bastid, Team Canada and Ninjasonik among others. This quick climb up the underground ladder had them headlining NOW Magazine’s 2009 NXNE Showcase and the renowned Under Pressure graffiti festival in Montreal as well as being selected out of more than 500 acts as one of the top fifteen at last years NXNE.
And now, with Good Problems, 84.85 displays some impressive growth since their 2010 single “Breakin’ My Back” (Intellegenix Records), a track that peaked at number three on the Juno Download’s UK/Garage charts. Good Problems is now available online at www.84-85.com
Heeeere we go! Luda gives Untitled the official co-sign on what looks to be their first official leak as DTP/Def Jam signees. Official leak? Does that even make sense? Meh, you know what I mean lol. Anyways…shouts to the whole fam who’ve def come a LONG way since running The Megacity Countdown back in 2008.
Made possible with help from: J Coop; Y-Not (Soundsmith); pHoenix Paglicci;
Sunny Diamonds of Diamond Factory Studios; KR Moore; and The Remix Project.
