WINDMILLS: Stay Golden (2017)

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WINDMILLS: Broken Record (2014)

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REX REY: Different Manifestations Of The Same Thing (2014) Free download

Hurrah! Cali king Rex Rey is back with this free download EP and counterpart to last year’s Play That Shit EP. He describes this release as, “an instrumental beat suite…looking to capture musically, the sense of anxiety and nervousness that I feel most of the time.” What’s that son? Been on the peyote again? And acid and weed? Did nobody tell you never to mix your drugs? It’s trippy shit in other words – right up there with early DJ Shadow and the more singular because rather than …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

REX REY: Play That Shit (2013)

Heads up – new dope from California king, Rex Rey in the shape of 8 track hip-hop instro EP Play That Shit. Expect sample-infused boom-bap – though you should know that Rex Rey‘s own keys, bass and guitar form a significant part of what’s on offer. Cinematic? Chilled? Blunted? He’d be the first man to admit that the core of past instrumental compilations could be described thus. This though? Perhaps the second …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

REX REY: The Raw Deal 2012 (2013) Free download

The Raw Deal 2012 is the latest volume in a series from L.A. hip-hop producer (and one half of psychedelic West Coast hip-hop duo Windmills) Rex Rey. It’s a not dissimilar kind of deal to DOOM’s Special Herbs & Spices beat series and our man describes his latest offering as being, “Beats in various stages for sundry projects down the road.” But don’t listen to him – that makes them sound like half-finished beats with timing issues, dodgy …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

WINDMILLS: As Above, So Below – 2011 - Album review + Free download

WINDMILLS: As Above, So Below – 2011
HIGHLIGHTS:
SOUNDBITE: “Dude come and get it/ You want hip-hop the way that it was/ Then it’d be more fun to hang around instead of killing my buzz/ It’s Windmills motherfucker and we’re happy you came/ Do I expect those to front? That's the way I was raised”
RATING: 5/5
Californian producer Rex Rey has been lurking in the wings of leftfield hip-hop for a long minute now and his Windmills hip-hop/ psychedelia crossover project with Vermont emcee Framework is his most ambitious yet. While the finished LP might be leftfield hip-hop however, it’s far from being leftfield music for it has a deceptively pop sensibility throughout. The closest point of hip-hop reference is probably Edan’s Beauty And The Beat from 2005 but if Edan is Hendrix, Windmills is Love or the Byrds – it’s mellower and more…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CLASSIC HIP-ROCK: Classic Hip Rock presents Coachella Valley Syndrome - 2011

CLASSIC HIP-ROCK: Classic Hip Rock presents Coachella Valley Syndrome - 2011
Zappa-esque hip-hop straight outta the desert...…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

MR CHRISTOPHER / REX REY/ VON HAUSE – NEWS

MR CHRISTOPHER / REX REY/ VON HAUSE – NEWS
Hollywood basement MC Mr Christopher done put new tracks up which means that, once more, you get to hear Old Nerdy Bastard spit hot fire with Rex Rey on the cut. Ode To The Radio and the downloadable Boom Chata Chata find Mr C and cohort Von Hause in full tongue-in-cheek, stream of consciousness rhyme mode while Rex Rey holds it all down with some dusty grooves. Leftfield hip-hop in the beats-that-make-you-get-down Edan sense rather than the occasional-beat-that-brings-you-down Anticon sense. Chek!
LINKS
Listen to Mr Christopher - Ode To The Radio/ Boom Chata Chata
Mr Christopher - Myspace
Rex Rey - Myspace
Von Hause - Myspace