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KOUSHIK - Be With


Be With" CD is 14-tracks, containing: (1) "Be With" the 4-track 12" single which will be released at the same time as the CD version, (2) "One in a Day" EP from 2003, and (3) "Battle Times" EP which came out in 2002. Koushik is planning a fall U.S. tour with Four Tet, and is currently recording a new full-length for Stones Throw.

Koushik specializes in making that hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat sh*t that you could easily compare to contemporaries such as Four Tet (who released Koushik's first single on his Text label), RJD2, and DJ Shadow. What sets Koushik apart from the others is a beautiful '60s psych-pop element that tends to pervade throughout. It shows itself in the spacious panned strings, acoustic guitars, and harpsichords that fall in and out of each other; and the beats have a harder regimented classic true school hip-hop sound, that Fourtet and Prefuse tend to stray away from. But what I truly love about this record is Koushik's voice. His singing is soft and mixed way down in the center of the track, sounding like the voice choirs you'd hear on one of those old Percy Faith or 101 Guitars from the late-'60s. If you're a fan of any of the aforementioned artists, you need this record.

– OTHER MUSIC, NYC

KOUSHIK - Be With is available through Stones Throw / Basement Digs, distributed by Creative Vibes

 

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