Well shit, snoozed on this one. Considering my obsession with Dilla’s Donuts, you’d think I’d have an ear open when an album comes out that’s just as flavorful. So to cut to the chase, your collection of instrumental hip-hop is busted if it doesn’t include Parisian beat maestro Onra’s 2007 release Chinoiseries. Similar to the recently dropped Ethiopium, this project focuses it’s sample source on a geographic location, mining the vinyl era of Chinese and Vietnamese music exclusively. If you like your beats staggering, erratic, and sweet, this is 32 tracks of top shelf, Adult Swim worthy jams. Chopped, layered, and ready to serve. Stop reading this, go buy it.
You can cop Chinoiseries here.
For fans of: J Dilla, Madlib, Oh No
MP3:::
Onra – One Day
Onra – What Up Duyet?
