We’re always happy to make new friends, specially friends with our same taste in music. Crackling Claps is a fresh new imprint based in London founded just last year. An art based record label, the project is seriously focused in providing quality music without having to worry about the latest sub-genre or fad sweeping some trendy scene. Their philosophy is that as long as it sounds good, anything goes. That, and they’re pretty committed to showcasing sounds from young new artists that are doing their own thing. And guess what? That’s pretty alright in our book.

‘$lu$h’ will be Cohoba’s first full-blown EP outside of his home crew of Stereoptico, and his first release in quite a bit of time. However, you get to sample some sounds from some other crew members, as featured on this release are his long time studio partner n6el, as well as Ronald K, each lending their talents to a track. The overall vibe is very Cohoba, ranging from footwork to downtempo, experimental to very damn danceable. The EP drops this April 29th, 2013, but in the meantime, you can check out some snippets in the player below, as well as browse around the rest of the Crackling Claps catalogue.

Sound n3t EP

For our very first drop of 2013, it makes sense we’d go with something fresh, a new member of the crew who’s got his own way of making sounds and rhythm that we’re really into. We made some noise a while back for his banger ‘UHHU’, so now we’re happy to give you the full-on release.

Grab it, jam to it, share it. We hope you enjoy what this young Puerto-Rican producer brings to the table, as we’re sure you’ll be hearing more from him in the months to come.

Sound n3t EP

For our very first drop of 2013, it makes sense we’d go with something fresh, a new member of the crew who’s got his own way of making sounds and rhythm that we’re really into. We made some noise a while back for his banger ‘UHHU’, so now we’re happy to give you the full-on release.

Grab it, jam to it, share it. We hope you enjoy what this young Puerto-Rican producer brings to the table, as we’re sure you’ll be hearing more from him in the months to come.

I Like Doing EP

Happy Halloween. Whatever it is you are planning for tonight, and be your poison candy or booze, you can definitely use a soundtrack.

Marvin Marlyn is a young cat who just keeps at it. We are very happy to drop this new funk-filled 5-cut EP, serving as a taste of things to come, namely Marvin’s next album. He’s going hard at this modern funk thing and it shows. Grab this now and boogie for a bit, while you wait for another deep look into the sound of Marvin Marlyn.

I Like Doing EP

Happy Halloween. Whatever it is you are planning for tonight, and be your poison candy or booze, you can definitely use a soundtrack.

Marvin Marlyn is a young cat who just keeps at it. We are very happy to drop this new funk-filled 5-cut EP, serving as a taste of things to come, namely Marvin’s next album. He’s going hard at this modern funk thing and it shows. Grab this now and boogie for a bit, while you wait for another deep look into the sound of Marvin Marlyn.

Teaser for the upcoming release of Marvin Marlyn’s new funk-filled EP, “I Like Doing”.

We’ll be dropping this gem as a Halloween present, so keeps your eyes peeled for this and more upcoming new bits. Marvin’s also planning a new album which is still in the works, so think of this as an appetizer.

Marvin Marlyn – I Like Doing [STOP_022] by Stereoptico

The 2X2 series is alive and kicking harder than ever. After a bit of a hiatus, we bring you back a nice batch of beats cooked up by 2 very creative Dominican producers.

We have XK, a guy who’s tried his hand at this whole beatmaking thing and can show off some of the fruits to his labor. You know we’re ones to always try and showcase talent, so enjoy 2 very special cuts by this new friend of the fam. Then we got Moduloktopus, the eclectic multi-styled project of one of our boys who we know from way back. He’s a producer, guitar player and Berklee graduate, that from the looks of it is trying to get every single genre out there under his belt.

We’re proud to bring back the 2X2 series in a beautiful fashion with “Drip”, so cop these bass heavy tracks and enjoy.

The 2X2 series is alive and kicking harder than ever. After a bit of a hiatus, we bring you back a nice batch of beats cooked up by 2 very creative Dominican producers.

We have XK, a guy who’s tried his hand at this whole beatmaking thing and can show off some of the fruits to his labor. You know we’re ones to always try and showcase talent, so enjoy 2 very special cuts by this new friend of the fam. Then we got Moduloktopus, the eclectic multi-styled project of one of our boys who we know from way back. He’s a producer, guitar player and Berklee graduate, that from the looks of it is trying to get every single genre out there under his belt.

We’re proud to bring back the 2X2 series in a beautiful fashion with “Drip”, so cop these bass heavy tracks and enjoy.

We got a couple of things in store, the first of which is an upcoming Marvin Marlyn EP. The chilean funkster is at it again and shows no signs of having slowed down. Just to warm you up, we bring you this serious demonstration of the art of refunking at the hands of our boy so you can get a feel for where his funk is at.

DJ Raff - Break it Like U 1 (Marvin Marlyn Refunk)