Clutchy Hopkins - Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz - Selected by Colored-Inc.

Clutchy Hopkins - Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz - Selected by Colored-Inc.
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-09-13

Clutchy Hopkins has released 8 albums in the last 5 years but his (their?) identity remains a mystery. We got in touch with his first label Crate Diggler Records in january 2009 in order to license a track for the It's The New Hip Hop Thing compilation... Then we recently been contacted by someone from the Clutchy Hopkins Organization who jumped on our proposal to do a special Clutchy Hopkins mix on Paris DJs. But no concrete info leaked, so let's focus on the music: hard to describe, it's blending funk, jazz, hip hop, psychedelia in a groovy cinematic whole that's quite unique... and we're quite sure you're gonna love it!

Tracklisting :
01. Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins - Full Moon
(from 'Clutch Of The Tiger' album, 2008 / Ubiquity)
02. Clutchy Hopkins - Light As A Feather
(from 'The Story Teller' album, 2010 / Ubiquity)
03. Clutchy Hopkins - Nightshade feat. Fat Albert Einstein
(exclusive track from clutchyhopkinsmusic.com, 2010)
04. Clutchy Hopkins - Giraffe Crack
(from 'The Story Teller' album, 2010 / Ubiquity)
05. Misled Children - 2:59
(from 'Peoples Market' album)
06. Clutchy Hopkins - 3:02
(from 'The Life of Clutchy Hopkins' album, 2005 / Crate Digglers)
07. Clutchy Hopkins - Love Of A Women feat. Darondo
(from 'Walking Backwards' album, 2008 / Ubiquity)
08. MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins - Air
(from 'MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins' 12 inch, 2006 / Bootleg)
09. The Misled Children And Odean Pope - Foregone
(from 'The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope' album, 2008 / Porter)
10. Ohmega Watts - Eyes And Ears (Clutchy Hopkins Remix)
(from 'Eyes and Ears' digital single, 2008 / Ubiquity)
11. Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin - Riff Raff Rollin
(from 'Music Is My Medicine' album, 2009 / Ubiquity)
12. Alice Russell - All Alone (DJ Day Meets Clutchy Hopkins Remix)
(from 'Pot Of Gold Remixes' compilation, 2009 / Little Poppet)
13. Clutchy Hopkins and Shawn Lee - Ancient Chinese Secret
(from 'Fascinating Fingers' album, 2009 / Ubiquity)
14. Exile - In Love (Clutchy Hopkins Remix)
(from 'Radio AM/FM' compilation, 2010 / Plug Research)

All the original cover artworks, a video and a complete discography are available on the Paris DJs blog

Credits :
Selected and mixed by Grant Phabao and Djouls / Colored-Inc. (colored-inc.com)
Audio Mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com | myspace.com/grantphabao)
Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com) using a painting from Thabeat Valera (thabeatvalera.blogspot.com)