Hip Hop Label New Dawn Records joins Bandcamp

First established in 1996, New Dawn Records relaunched in 2019 after a fifteen year hiatus and have had a busy 12 months.

Distributed by Ingrooves / Universal, several EP and album releases featuring artists from the USA, UK and Europe have been made available to stream and download on all major digital platforms, and the most recent development sees the hip hop label launch its new Bandcamp platform

Initially, their entire digital back catalogue has been uploaded and made available to download, whether individual tracks or full EPs and albums. These include some of their classic titles originally released on vinyl and converted to digital format for the first time, together with all of this year's brand new products.

The full discography can be viewed HERE

Here's a sample of what's available

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominated for "Best Independent Album" at this year's AIM Awards, "Panacea" by London rapper / producer duo Phoenix da Icefire & Husky Brown.  A phenomenal piece of work incorporating hip hop, r&b, soul, electro, bass & dub as the music backdrop to a narrative addressing the environment, social justice, racism, mental health, well being and many of the most pressing issues facing society today.

New Jersey verbal assassin Tru Trilla brought the noise on his new album "God of Barz", packed full of raw energy and bangin beats supplied by Chicago's DNA Beatz, Barcelona's Sumerio Square, the UK's Chat One and Jamal Nueve (Clinton Place) originally of Newark and now resident in LA. Featured artists Prince Ak, Middy Murdock, Confucious and Fly Kwa cranked up the intensity even further for an album bursting at the seams with fierce rhymes, lyricism, hard hittin beats and turntablism. An absolute "must have" for the hip hop heads

It was a long awaited return to the hip hop fold for rapper and producer Az Izz of the legendary New Jersey crew The Outsidaz who at one time counted Rah Digga, Pacewon, Young Zee, Slang Ton and D.U. in their numbers, particularly noted for their work with Wu Tang, The Fugees and a new emerging group from Detroit, D12. Largely self produced, "Dopeliss" mixes the sounds of the old to the new, boom bap with electro bangers all with Az's trademark quirky rhyme schemes laced with humour and intensity in equal measure. Featured artists include several of his fellow group members and other Newark natives including Drift, with further production by Qua Z Mo, DJ Profluent and DJ 3rdRell

A classic from the vaults, "18 Showdown", a compilation of all the remixes provided by legendary UK DMC finalst, turntablist and II Tone Committee producer DJ Krash Slaughta for hip hop crew Belles in Monica. Originally all released on vinyl with a further hidden gem unearthed and included, the renowned mix of beat juggling, scratching, and experimental sounds are all in evidence here. Extremely rare and one for the hip hop purists, this EP was the fourth in the label's re-launch series which included Belles in Monica's "Y'All in Meltdown" and "Natsukashii" which themselves include many of the crew's classic joints "Y'All Under Surveillance", "Meltdown", "Skitzophonetic", "Hip Hop" and "Resistance is Futile", all of which has also been made available on Bandcamp

A unique and extremely rare piece of musical hip hop history, Underground Cartel was the brainchild of Belles in Monica producer Kruze, designed to unite the four corners of the hip hop world with a collaboration of male and female rappers standing shoulder to shoulder, each performing in their native tongues. The "Sapientia" EP does just that, the featured artists being from the States, Swiss Precise (Long Beach, Blown Celeb, KBH, Halfway House Emcees), The Yukonn MC (Boston), Black Market (Virginia), Crazy Ballhead aka Mr Hooper (Sacramento), Tone Rome (Baltimore), Lockness (NYC) and Brandon J Atlas (Des Moins). From the UK there is current Rapstation presenter and rapper Mr CRF together with London's Creamo, with a European contingent made up of the late great Primo Brown of Italian crew Cor Veleno, Madrid's El Meswy now resident in Brooklyn, Beni Blanco of French group Originaire du Sud, Bleek Wonder (Holland), Magellano (Croatia), Grizu (Germany), Marya (Italy)....and the African continent is also represented in the shape of Zimbabwe's Dumi Right



Check 'em out today !