I had to tear this hand-glued on covered cardboard sleeve open to find a wizard holding a crystal ball printed on the CDR. A beautiful flowering blend of critical beats composed by Abel Okuguawa chief sound magician at Monkeyclaus studios. This short cut features Loren Oppenheimer on tablas, Rahimah von Briesen and Troy Robuck on vocals. Recorded at Monkeyclaus and in the Bronx, NY. Post-trip hop, East Coast dark dub homebrew.

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Keyboard clairvoyance.
Incantation and anatomy of a beat.
Beat with a capital B.
Soaring female vocals.
Allurement. Captivation. Ritual. Rite.
Charming and glamorous.
Magnetic and street-wise.
Global interactions.
A hex for poseurs and Ponzi schemers.
Six cuts of pure hypnosis.
The magic formula.
Magic Cuts.

Dj Moodring >>>>>>>Ghost Stories

Magic Cuts

Brazil (intro) 00:23

Tropical 03:10

Wale 02:08

Climb 04:06

Petrol 03:28
(fresh city remix)

Morraco 06:53
(live)

all music composed and recorded by Abel..

Vocals by Rahimah von Briesen (trac#3 Wale,#6 Morraco)

Tabla by Loren Oppenheimer (trac#2 Tropical,#4 Climb,#6 Morraco)

Keys & Sampler by Abel Okugawa
Sampled Vocals & Acoustic Guitar by Troy Robuck (#1 Brazil Intro)

#1 trac recorded @ monkeyclaus,va
#2-#6 tracs recorded @ avon st Bronx,ny

Copyright 2005 Abel Okugawa Wright
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“Magic Cuts” is the name of the recent Mini-CD release of a guy named Abel Okugawa Wright which I received not via post but instead of that was given to me by Matthew of Ostinato-fame which I met again after two years while they where playing a show at Hamburg’s ?!fundbureau on may 8th. Musicwise this 3″ disc contains 6 tracks of nice’n'easy organic Ambient / Electronica truely influenced by what was once upon a time known as a genre named TripHop. Floating relaxation guaranteed and due to this a nice piece of musical art.