WINDMILLS & CELSIUS 7: California Sunshine/ Dry Skin (Vinyl 7″)

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WINDMILLS: Stay Golden (2017)

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WINDMILLS: Broken Record (2014)

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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