Tal Rosenberg, Reader digital content editor
CDs I mostly skew toward vinyl and MP3s, but I recently unearthed my CD collection after moving, and it’s been a blast to revisit the format. Also, I popped into Reckless, and apparently used CDs (most of which are in really good condition) are like four bucks now. They’re practically giving these things away!
Dave Mata, DJ with Impala Sound Champions and Soul Summit Chicago
Danny Akalepse, Some Things I Never Said I first heard of Danny Akalepse of the Truth & Soul label a couple years back through a graffiti artist, Tyrue “Slang” Jones, who lived across the street from me. Slang would tell me dude was super nice with it on the decks and that I had to get him to Soul Summit. We brought him out here a couple of times over the course of a year or two, and he never even mentioned that he’d casually been collecting beats of his own for a mixtape called Some Things I Never Said—an impressive collection of beats, loops, and skits going back to the 90s. Great for bumpin’ in the whip or spacin’ out at the crib.
Brett Naucke, Seed The new collection of modular-synth jams from Chicagoan Brett Naucke. Textures and rhythms galore. Great cover too. Strictly for the heads.
