A State Of Mind - Crown Yard

Year : 2011

Label : Lab'Oratoire

Genre : Hip-Hop

Style : Hip-Hop Funk

A.S.M. are two MCs (Green-T & FP) and DJ Fade from England who performed Hip-Hop, Reggae and Trip-Hop. Revealed by French beatmaker Wax Tailor, they features on "Positively Inclined" extracted from his "HOPE & SORROW" album in 2007 and "Say Yes" from "In the Mood For Life" in 2009. Thereafter, Wax Tailor produced their previous album "Platypus Funk" on his own label "Lab'Oratoire" recruiting DJ Vadim, Sadat X, Wildchild and Bonobo. "Crown Yard" is a pure Hip-Hop Funk album to the James Brown style (check "Don't Look Back") with a dash of Reggae featuring backing band from 6ix Toys and Stab on turntables. Titles include "Give It Up" feat. Esther Cowens, "Hide & Seek" feat. Cornell Campbell, "Testimony" feat. Mattic from The Others & "Rawskank Redemption" feat. Justin Percival. Produced & arranged by Fade.

Wax Tailor - HOPE & SORROW

Year : 2007
Label : Atmosphériques
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Downtempo, Trip-Hop

Second album by french Trip-Hop and Hip-Hop producer featuring Sharon Jones, A.S.M., The Others, Voice, Charlotte Savary & Ursula Rucker. As on "Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies" Wax Tailor is supported by session musicians Hélène Cervero on flute, Marina Quaisse on cello and Mr Gib from La Fine Equipe on turntables. Titles include single "Positively Inclined" feat. A.S.M.,"The Way We Lived" feat. Sharon Jones, three songs performed by Charlotte Savary (The Man With No Soul, To Dry Up & Alien In My Belly) and killer tune "House Of Wax" feat. The Others.