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The Valley of the Kings

by UGLY MAC BEER

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Ugly Mac Beer "The Valley Of The Kings" in vinyl LP version - LIMITED EDITION - Vinyl Color : White - 12 tracks - 2 sides - Album released on January 27, 2023.

    TRACKLISTING :
    SIDE A
    A1. The Valley of the Kings
    A2. Listen to Me
    A3. The New Flame
    A4. Dolce Vita
    A5. Les choeurs perdus
    A6. Fortune & Gloire

    SIDE B
    B1. Resurrection
    B2. Years of Despare
    B3. Ambitious Dream
    B4. Kabylia [Bonus]
    B5. Peace on Acid [Bonus]
    B6. Charming Caravan

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Ugly Mac Beer "The Valley Of The Kings" in vinyl LP version - 12 tracks - 2 sides - Album released on January 27, 2023.

    TRACKLISTING :
    SIDE A
    A1. The Valley of the Kings
    A2. Listen to Me
    A3. The New Flame
    A4. Dolce Vita
    A5. Les choeurs perdus
    A6. Fortune & Gloire

    SIDE B
    B1. Resurrection
    B2. Years of Despare
    B3. Ambitious Dream
    B4. Kabylia [Bonus]
    B5. Peace on Acid [Bonus]
    B6. Charming Caravan

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Valley of the Kings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €20 EUR or more 

     

  • Ugly Mac Beer "The Valley Of The Kings" Cd
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Ugly Mac Beer "The Valley Of The Kings" in cd version - 12 tracks - Album released on January 27, 2023.

    TRACKLISTING :
    1. The Valley of the Kings
    2. Listen to Me
    3. The New Flame
    4. Dolce Vita
    5. Les choeurs perdus
    6. Fortune & Gloire
    7. Kabylia [Bonus]
    8. Years of Despare
    9. Ambitious Dream
    10. Resurrection
    11. Peace on Acid [Bonus]
    12. Charming Caravan

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Resurrection 03:09
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about

Ugly Mac Beer, a key figure in the French breakbeat scene, founder of Beatsqueeze Records and author of the critically acclaimed albums Modonut 1 & 2 alongside Mister Modo, is back with a new solo album "The Valley of the Kings", between lofi hip-hop, abstract hip-hop or even broken beat, which will be released on January 27, 2023.

A digger/beatmaker effort par excellence, very inspired by the 90s productions of masters of the genre such as Madlib, DJ Shadow or RZA, the concept of this instrumental album with oriental sounds is based on the search for the sample of "THE" ultimate and perfectly heady loop, which can be listen to over and over again.

The eponymous title track which opens the album sets the tone with its powerful lofi hip-hop drum on a big cinematic and orchestral sound which evokes an Egyptian peplum of the 60s taking place in the heart of the mythical valley of the kings! Another highlight of the album, the track "Les chœurs perdus" resonates like a children's tale, with its bewitching voices and magical songs set to a catchy beat that evokes the Egyptian goddesses and the mystery of the pyramids. To compose the powerful and rather dark beat of "The New Flame", another essential piece of the album, the beatmaker drew his inspiration from New York hip-hop from the 90s but also from "crime film" soundtracks from the 70s. The sublime interludes “Fortune & Gloire”, “Years of Despare” and “Ambitious Dream” take us from one track to another, each one more powerful than the other.

In a very cinematographic mood, Ugly Mac Beer succeeds in developing its "old film about Egypt" album concept from start to finish and thus manages to tell a real story that takes us on a journey back in pyramids time.

credits

released January 27, 2023

All recorded tapes are peeled and patched by Ugly Mac Beer except "Ambitious Dream" by Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer

Mixed by Yannick Le Leannec

Mastered by Mattéo Loiseau @ One Tribe Studio

Visual artwork by @lolafouilleronbueno

Special thanks to the vinyl diggers : Mister Modo, Uz the Globe Diggah, Superfly Records, Jerk45, Farbice Defeo

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