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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
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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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
Includes unlimited streaming of The Valley of the Kings
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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
supported by 15 fans who also own “The Valley of the Kings”
This is a very diverse album I have trouble picking just one favorite. And that is exactly why I love it. Just his cooperation album, this one just never gets boring. Sarah Kerrigan
Elaquent’s music recalls Oddisee’s instrumental work and Flying Lotus’ Cali-infused electronica. On “Worst Case Scenario,” the composer emotes a pastoral essence. Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 16, 2016