Time for something a little bit different! Some Brighton hip-hop with a twist; the beats are made up from sampled folk music. Discovered in my wanderings through the tangled webs that make up the internets, on the recommendation of a certain Professor Elemental, whose work I have very much enjoyed, I decided to check out the works of Tom Caruana, the man behind the beats for The Menagerie (see 19th December post). It seems his works are quite prolific, and you can find more of them on his website Tea Sea Records (see what he's done there? Clever eh). Haven't listened to much of it yet as there is much there! However, I am very much enjoying Bombadeal and the Green Men of the Mythical Forest and recommend everyone to go download it and listen in! The description from Tea Sea Records website follows:Tom Bombadeal was conceived in 2004 while I lived in Forest Row. I started work producing new tracks sampling folk music and rapping as the merry fellow that is Bombadeal.
The story is set in a mythical land where Bombadeal and his friends live in a woodland village. All is good for the villagers until they hear word that their village has been targeted for a violent rampage for the precious crystals that lie beneath the village.
In the run up to releasing the album I have put out 'Songs From The Wood' which is free to download!!!!
It's a collection of bits n bobs I've done since 2004.
The main album has all been made in the last 2 years and features Tom Caruana as Tom Bombadeal, Sadie Jemmmett as Goldberry, Flake Brown as the Scene Setter, Longusto as Longfellow the Blacksmith, Vecks as Jack Lumber, Elemental as Papa-Quar, Dizraeli as Goo, See as Agur The Seer, Baba Brinkman, Joncept, Mole (character names unknown).
192Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Tea Sea Records
Bombadeal and the Green Men of the Mythical Forest at Myspace
