It's summer time!!! And summer means sun, fun, friends and music. Keep the music and summer flowing and Check out Ropeadope digitals two new releases.

Kicksville: The Results of a Higher Mission.
Release Date: July 4, 2008

Improvisation, painstaking programming, melodic sensibility and bizarre sound effects are only some of the tools used to manufacture Kicksville's aural nuggets of hearty goodness. Kicksville is back and has finally unwrapped and exposed their The Results of a Higher Mission. On this, the band's second recording for Ropeadope Digital, the forces come to life and prove that the road to the White House runs directly through Kicksville.

Black Gold 360: Suite 17
Release Date: July 8, 2008

Black Gold 360, it's a jazz band, but wait, it's a DJ spinnin magic. Suite 17
sweeps and swoons, leaving you dancing under the moon. Black Gold 360 is the late night hang, the post-party, party-in-a-box that takes you from the darkest hours to the promise of a new day. It's all there, thumping upright acoustic bass, skat-a-tat-tat drummer who is two steps ahead at all times, keyboards and horns. Excitement lurks behind every beat!!


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This album is too cool for its own good. An assemblage of some of the
finest luminaries in the uptown jazz scene, The Harlem Experiment
crafts a wildly enjoyable set to the rhythm of the landmark
neighborhood. DJ scratches, spoken word, soul samples and sound bytes
all commingle to create an album that lives up to the hype of legendary
Harlem World itself...
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Check out the entire 'The Harlem Experiment' liner notes from the CD Booklet!

"the harlem experiment is up there with the very best....a must have for anyone yearning for an album that can be played from beginning to end" - roy felgoise, mojo

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Learn & listen about The Harlem Experiment

Independent label Ropeadope Records has announced that Harlem, N.Y.C. will be the focus of the third installment in their Experiment series, bringing together musicians from the same hometown but with different musical styles to create a genre-bending tribute album. The series began in 2001 with Philadelphia Experiment, and was followed shortly thereafter with Detroit Experiment. For Harlem Experiment, which, like the two preceding albums, was masterminded by Grammy-winning producer Aaron Luis Levinson and Ropeadope founder Andy Hurwitz, a host of well-known musicians with Harlem roots was assembled to perform together. The musicians’ backgrounds range from jazz and funk to klezmer and salsa.

Guitarist Carlos Alomar was performing as part of the house band at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem by age 16, and East Harlem native and bassist Ruben Rodriguez brings his salsa music skills to the group. The other performers who comprise the Harlem Experiment house band are Eddy Martinez on keyboards, Don Byron (pictured) on clarinet, Steve Berrios on drums and Steven Bernstein playing trumpet and arranging. The record uses the format of an imaginary radio station hosted by favorite Harlem radio personality Mums, who takes listeners on an exploration of the neighborhood’s different sounds and musical genres. The album also features special guest performances from Taj Mahal, Olu Dara, James Hunter, Queen Esther and Larry Legend.

Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. One for Jackie (featuring the Harlem Experiment House Band)
3. Rigor Mortis (featuring the Harlem Experiment House Band)
4. Reefer Man (featuring Taj Mahal on vocals)
5. Harlem River Drive (featuring Steven Bernstein on trumpet)
6. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (featuring Don Byron on clarinet)
7. Mums Interlude
8. It’s Just Begun (featuring Larry Legend on turntables)
9. Mambo a la Savoy (featuring Carlos Almoar on guitar)
10. A Rose in Spanish Harlem (featuring James Hunter on vocals & guitar)
11. One For Malcolm (featuring Malcolm X)
12. ’Lil Bit (featuring DJ Mums on the mic)
13. Think (featuring Queen Esther on vocals)
14. A Rose in Spanish Harlem (Instrumental)
15. Walking Through Harlem (featuring Olu Dara on vocals, guitar & pocket trumpet)