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Paxico Records Limited Edition Cassette Tapes

“Very refreshing, well thought out soulful production.”
–Karriem Riggins

“Exotic cuisines from distant lands. Raw foods for the soul.”
–Mndsgn

“Paxico has been doing great things for awhile now. Malik’s album is another example.”
–House Shoes

“This is the project I hoped he would bless us with.”
–Count Bass D

Kendrick Lamar - "Love + Me + You" [Malik flip]

in the world. don’t forget to RSVP for a very special nite tomorrow.....brought to you by @thepvsh.
quick link up and session by my sister @charlottedossantos_ for @balamii. she over here schoooooooooolin’ me. goodness....
audio + video stream starting soon. playing out the box today 📦 🎶 @darkerthanwax @paxicorecords #lighterthievesunited
38. arrival day. alhamdulillah. taurus. leo rising. moon in aries. time moves. and trust me, young ones, when i say that as you grow thru it, it moves faster and faster. tho that scares me at times, i am ever more grateful to the Most High. grateful for my mistakes. grateful for the hard lessons that i have learned. and grateful for those lessons that i am still learning. recently i am most grateful....so very, very thankful....for the season that i have been growing through and the teachers that have come my way. what’s been most astounding is the fact that so many of those teachers have often been at least ten years younger than me. at least. and they have overwhelmingly been young Women. i cannot express how much they have enriched my life and added value to it. and they are all visionaries. inspirations. believers. nurturers. and massive sources of insight and motivation. amazing DJs, producers, promoters + creatives....all destined for absolute greatness. i am humbled to even be in their presence. to witness even a little of what it is that they are up to. to share my experience with them. and to learn to be a better Man through them. i love you all and thank you for the contribution that you all make to my life. my existence on this plane is truly better because of every one of you. this is your time and i’m here to ensure that it happens for all of you. in some of my darkest moments, you each came through to shine your light on me. i will never forget that. i have some amazing projects in the works and i cannot wait to share them all with you. peace. salaams. namaste. bless. #38 #birthday #anewseasonbegins
tomorrow is my birthday. in celebration of life, and in gratitude for everything that it continually brings to me, i will be playing some things that i have made and things that i like that other friends have made for @darkerthanwax. tune in tomorrow from 12-2pm or drop by @thelotradio for a libation and some good music. going to be playing a lot of unreleased gems from myself and the homies. i’m even gonna slide in some joints from the project that @bandelabandela and i are soon to release. thank you @_mawkus_ for lining this up & @marcoweibel for your patience. so happy that we can finally make this happen and even happier that it just so happened to be on my arrival day. everything happens for a reason. #darkerthanwax #thelotradio #paxicorecords #fieldresearch #lighterthievesunited
flower child. these blossoms outside the living room window have really been taking me back. when i was living in tokyo, i had a tree right outside of the tatami mat room of the house i was renting in higashi-ōme. they were more orange and smelled so intoxicatingly beautiful. these are even more amazing, especially with @byggie standing under them. love you, my dear. sidenote: B got mad style. it’s always been records over clothes/shoes for me, but she’s a G at sniffing out good deals and styling folks. so i’m gonna drop a few bills on her to style me. give her a shout if you (ladies especially) wanna find the ill gear for dumb cheap. she won’t let you down.
taking a moment to throw out some real gratitude and appreciation for my brother @whoisjr + his @pushing_buttons_collective team. if you’ve gone to just about any beat showcase in the city over the past several years, odds are you saw, met or were in the vicinity of this good brother right here. #johnrobinson truly is on ‘national treasure’ status for me, especially where hip hop, beat culture and the education of the art is concerned. though he’s humble, kind and generous, make no mistake about it. this brother has sat in on the genesis of some of the most important relationships + movements within the realm of hip hop for the past two decades. maybe even more. from his work with DOOM + madlib (pre-Madvillainy) to turning DOOM on to who exactly Dilla was (that really happened) to meeting and befriending a teenage steven ellison pre-flying lotus days, this brother’s finger has never strayed from being at the pulse of all of this. if you’re ever privileged enough to sit in on one of his stories about his experiences, be ready. he has insight that will blow your mind. anyway, he has been kind enough to open up his expansive bank of knowledge to share with the youth about certain aspects of the music industry. head to #pbctv on youtube for their #indy102 series where they’ll be building on some important topics for ya’ll to learn from. salute.
#tbt to a week ago with my brother @sebb_bash. we didn’t get much time to dig this trip, but there’ll be more opportunities this summer, i’m sure. head to @fatbeats’ website to cop sebb’s excellent ‘imports’ project on vinyl. and hit up sebb’s bandcamp page for a digital download. salute.
hallowed ground. working here was easily the biggest catalyst in my musical life and set me well on the path to growing into my own in NYC. i’ll forever love + cherish my @a1recordshop familia and appreciate it still going strong. tho i don’t make it back as much as i should, i always leave this place grounded and dialed in. i was mentioning to my brotha @geology365 how crucial physically digging for records has been for me. not simply for finding gems. lord knows i was diggin’ up wood for the longest. but it was what digging did for me on a mental, physical and spiritual level. that’s what it was always about. when i’m depressed i dig. when i’m lost and seeking direction i dig. when i need inspiration i dig. and sure, i find those keepers, at times.....or those dope joints to flip. but more and more i’m realizing it was all about the connection to the music i’ve found. the ‘discovery’ aspect and all that entails. that’s what informs me, what keeps me UP and what i’ll try to express and deliver when i play out. you can catch me spinning some of those finds at @odetobabel this friday, 4/27, starting at 10pm in support of my sister @niarasterling (thank you 🙏🏾). slide through as we dive through the crates for you. bless up + salute.
the hours. when story’s are told, little is written of the hours. the writer malcolm gladwell describes the process of attaining mastery in any given field as a discipline. one that takes, at the very least, 10,000 hours to achieve. 10,000 hours of constant mistakes. constant doubts. constant frustrations. constant starts. stops. and incompletions. while there are those who get a glimpse of that, very few truly achieve it. maybe it’s because of the toll that the path to mastery takes on you. it’s something akin to a monastic order. practicing the same thing day in, day out. it’s the difference between a new + trendy sushi spot in downtown LA and Jiro Ono’s modest sushi stall in the Ginza ward of Tokyo. tucked away at the bottom of a stairwell in a subway station, Ono’s nondescript shop is easily passed up. there are no outwards signs hinting at a master dwelling within. but those who know, know. the sushi that he and his staff prepare - day in, day out - is simply the best. you can taste the work in it. all of those hours mixed down to one bite. just the same, you can taste the work in Sebb’s music. Hussle Crowe. the scientist. a craftsman who spends countless hours in a lab, hidden in a basement in Lausanne, Switzerland, just off Lake Geneva. it’s a most unsuspecting location for a musical master to be situated. it’s not the mecca that LA has become. and certainly not the cultural center point that is NYC. but it serves it’s purpose. and those who know, know. if you know how to hear it. and what to listen for. then you get it. take Gladwell’s 10,000 hours. multiply that a few times. add in some authenticity. a whole bunch of sacrifice. a brain that’s equal parts simple + complex. two golden ears and one monstrous creative drive + output. there you have it. that’s the recipe. that’s Sebb Bash. Sebb’s ‘Imports’ project on @alanthechemist’s ALC imprint is now available on Bandcamp. vinyl available via @fatbeats. cop that. #sebbbash #imports #ALC
this evening. #LettuceTurnUpThaBeets #Imports #Edition celebrating the release of my our brother @sebb_bash 's latest masterpiece. get familiar. audio & live footage to be released soon📢 #lighterthievesunited #LTU #beatsInbklyn #inviteonly
finally, finally made it back to my happy place after four months of waiting and recovering. getting up the stairs at Roosevelt Ave. station wasn’t easy but the strain was well worth it. prior to my accident, i always made time for myself to go on a ‘self date’. those normally involved me getting a newspaper and riding the E train to this part of Queens to my favorite restaurant....Krystal’s. some folks might hate. sure, Tito Rad’s might have a more solid reputation and more expansive menu. but this place feels like home. more precisely, it feels like one of the many living rooms of my many Filipino friends’ grandmother’s homes i ate in when i lived a few years in Guam as a young man. it also feels like many of the places i ate while traveling to Manila + Cebu. maybe it’s the Filipino soap opera’s, with the touching commercials in between of nannies and domestic workers sending out heart warming messages to their families back in the PI. or the uncles in the corner drinking Red Horse and playing cards. or the occasional karaoke parties upstairs. i dunno. i just love this spot and am happy that i’m healthy enough to continue to come back. i haven’t eaten much red meat or chicken the past couple of months. but it was dope to come in, have them remember me, inquire about where i’ve been and ask me for my regular: chicken adobo, two scoops of rice and an extra bowl of adobo sauce on the side. bless up. stop through if you ever get a chance. #queens #woodside #queens #littlemanila #krystalspastryshop #pinoy #filipino #chicken #adobo
i’ll be digging in my crates and spinning a selection of gems that i’ve dug up from around the world this saturday at @secretprojectrobot in support of @awesometapesfromafrica. i’m truly humbled that he asked me to join him and it really does bring us full circle. we first met at SXSW 2011. @byggie was helping run @okayplayer’s online jazz mag called ‘The Revivalist’ and they had done up an early interview of ATFA. we’ve been keeping tabs on each other ever since and seeing his idea grow into the adventure that it is now has been so amazing! the show is sold out online, but i hope to catch some of you there. i don’t blend or mix like that.....but i do enjoy selecting those things that move my soul. hope that you enjoy it if you happen to get in....and hopefully there will be tix at the door. bless.... #awesometapesfromafrica #secretproject
in the world. don’t forget to RSVP for a very special nite tomorrow.....brought to you by @thepvsh.
in the world. don’t forget to RSVP for a very special nite tomorrow.....brought to you by @thepvsh.
blessed return King. may your message continue to Shine through.
quick link up and session by my sister @charlottedossantos_ for @balamii. she over here schoooooooooolin’ me. goodness....
quick link up and session by my sister @charlottedossantos_ for @balamii. she over here schoooooooooolin’ me. goodness....
‘jilly from philly’. from me + @bandelabandela’s upcoming ‘4florrs’ EP. saturday, may 12th, i played this and a whole bunch of other gems straight out of the maschine for @darkerthanwax at @thelotradio. link to that set in my bio.
audio + video stream starting soon. playing out the box today 📦 🎶 @darkerthanwax @paxicorecords #lighterthievesunited
audio + video stream starting soon. playing out the box today 📦 🎶 @darkerthanwax @paxicorecords #lighterthievesunited
38. arrival day. alhamdulillah. taurus. leo rising. moon in aries. time moves. and trust me, young ones, when i say that as you grow thru it, it moves faster and faster. tho that scares me at times, i am ever more grateful to the Most High. grateful for my mistakes. grateful for the hard lessons that i have learned. and grateful for those lessons that i am still learning. recently i am most grateful....so very, very thankful....for the season that i have been growing through and the teachers that have come my way. what’s been most astounding is the fact that so many of those teachers have often been at least ten years younger than me. at least. and they have overwhelmingly been young Women. i cannot express how much they have enriched my life and added value to it. and they are all visionaries. inspirations. believers. nurturers. and massive sources of insight and motivation. amazing DJs, producers, promoters + creatives....all destined for absolute greatness. i am humbled to even be in their presence. to witness even a little of what it is that they are up to. to share my experience with them. and to learn to be a better Man through them. i love you all and thank you for the contribution that you all make to my life. my existence on this plane is truly better because of every one of you. this is your time and i’m here to ensure that it happens for all of you. in some of my darkest moments, you each came through to shine your light on me. i will never forget that. i have some amazing projects in the works and i cannot wait to share them all with you. peace. salaams. namaste. bless. #38 #birthday #anewseasonbegins
38. arrival day. alhamdulillah. taurus. leo rising. moon in aries. time moves. and trust me, young ones, when i say that as you grow thru it, it moves faster and faster. tho that scares me at times, i am ever more grateful to the Most High. grateful for my mistakes. grateful for the hard lessons that i have learned. and grateful for those lessons that i am still learning. recently i am most grateful....so very, very thankful....for the season that i have been growing through and the teachers that have come my way. what’s been most astounding is the fact that so many of those teachers have often been at least ten years younger than me. at least. and they have overwhelmingly been young Women. i cannot express how much they have enriched my life and added value to it. and they are all visionaries. inspirations. believers. nurturers. and massive sources of insight and motivation. amazing DJs, producers, promoters + creatives....all destined for absolute greatness. i am humbled to even be in their presence. to witness even a little of what it is that they are up to. to share my experience with them. and to learn to be a better Man through them. i love you all and thank you for the contribution that you all make to my life. my existence on this plane is truly better because of every one of you. this is your time and i’m here to ensure that it happens for all of you. in some of my darkest moments, you each came through to shine your light on me. i will never forget that. i have some amazing projects in the works and i cannot wait to share them all with you. peace. salaams. namaste. bless. #38 #birthday #anewseasonbegins
tomorrow is my birthday. in celebration of life, and in gratitude for everything that it continually brings to me, i will be playing some things that i have made and things that i like that other friends have made for @darkerthanwax. tune in tomorrow from 12-2pm or drop by @thelotradio for a libation and some good music. going to be playing a lot of unreleased gems from myself and the homies. i’m even gonna slide in some joints from the project that @bandelabandela and i are soon to release. thank you @_mawkus_ for lining this up & @marcoweibel for your patience. so happy that we can finally make this happen and even happier that it just so happened to be on my arrival day. everything happens for a reason. #darkerthanwax #thelotradio #paxicorecords #fieldresearch #lighterthievesunited
tomorrow is my birthday. in celebration of life, and in gratitude for everything that it continually brings to me, i will be playing some things that i have made and things that i like that other friends have made for @darkerthanwax. tune in tomorrow from 12-2pm or drop by @thelotradio for a libation and some good music. going to be playing a lot of unreleased gems from myself and the homies. i’m even gonna slide in some joints from the project that @bandelabandela and i are soon to release. thank you @_mawkus_ for lining this up & @marcoweibel for your patience. so happy that we can finally make this happen and even happier that it just so happened to be on my arrival day. everything happens for a reason. #darkerthanwax #thelotradio #paxicorecords #fieldresearch #lighterthievesunited
slow build from scratch with my brother @stlndrms. long overdue my G. thank you to my brother @opmiller1 + @serato for facilitating.
flower child. these blossoms outside the living room window have really been taking me back. when i was living in tokyo, i had a tree right outside of the tatami mat room of the house i was renting in higashi-ōme. they were more orange and smelled so intoxicatingly beautiful. these are even more amazing, especially with @byggie standing under them. love you, my dear. sidenote: B got mad style. it’s always been records over clothes/shoes for me, but she’s a G at sniffing out good deals and styling folks. so i’m gonna drop a few bills on her to style me. give her a shout if you (ladies especially) wanna find the ill gear for dumb cheap. she won’t let you down.
flower child. these blossoms outside the living room window have really been taking me back. when i was living in tokyo, i had a tree right outside of the tatami mat room of the house i was renting in higashi-ōme. they were more orange and smelled so intoxicatingly beautiful. these are even more amazing, especially with @byggie standing under them. love you, my dear. sidenote: B got mad style. it’s always been records over clothes/shoes for me, but she’s a G at sniffing out good deals and styling folks. so i’m gonna drop a few bills on her to style me. give her a shout if you (ladies especially) wanna find the ill gear for dumb cheap. she won’t let you down.
taking a moment to throw out some real gratitude and appreciation for my brother @whoisjr + his @pushing_buttons_collective team. if you’ve gone to just about any beat showcase in the city over the past several years, odds are you saw, met or were in the vicinity of this good brother right here. #johnrobinson truly is on ‘national treasure’ status for me, especially where hip hop, beat culture and the education of the art is concerned. though he’s humble, kind and generous, make no mistake about it. this brother has sat in on the genesis of some of the most important relationships + movements within the realm of hip hop for the past two decades. maybe even more. from his work with DOOM + madlib (pre-Madvillainy) to turning DOOM on to who exactly Dilla was (that really happened) to meeting and befriending a teenage steven ellison pre-flying lotus days, this brother’s finger has never strayed from being at the pulse of all of this. if you’re ever privileged enough to sit in on one of his stories about his experiences, be ready. he has insight that will blow your mind. anyway, he has been kind enough to open up his expansive bank of knowledge to share with the youth about certain aspects of the music industry. head to #pbctv on youtube for their #indy102 series where they’ll be building on some important topics for ya’ll to learn from. salute.
taking a moment to throw out some real gratitude and appreciation for my brother @whoisjr + his @pushing_buttons_collective team. if you’ve gone to just about any beat showcase in the city over the past several years, odds are you saw, met or were in the vicinity of this good brother right here. #johnrobinson truly is on ‘national treasure’ status for me, especially where hip hop, beat culture and the education of the art is concerned. though he’s humble, kind and generous, make no mistake about it. this brother has sat in on the genesis of some of the most important relationships + movements within the realm of hip hop for the past two decades. maybe even more. from his work with DOOM + madlib (pre-Madvillainy) to turning DOOM on to who exactly Dilla was (that really happened) to meeting and befriending a teenage steven ellison pre-flying lotus days, this brother’s finger has never strayed from being at the pulse of all of this. if you’re ever privileged enough to sit in on one of his stories about his experiences, be ready. he has insight that will blow your mind. anyway, he has been kind enough to open up his expansive bank of knowledge to share with the youth about certain aspects of the music industry. head to #pbctv on youtube for their #indy102 series where they’ll be building on some important topics for ya’ll to learn from. salute.

 

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