The Witzard

Last we heard from Los Angeles -based Common Good Records , they were gearing up to release Drtysoap 's festive beat tape, MERRY CHRITHMITH and if you'll remember correctly, co-founder The Ologist AKA J.D. actually, sequenced and arranged Mitchell Kezin 's Mitchell's 'SOUL SISTA' Holiday Mix for The Witzard . Following the releases of Te'Amir Sweeney 's Tiger Breaks 7-inch and brother Tutu Sweeney 's "Party In The Ghetto" B/W "Walking Forward" J.D. 's When Crates Create imprint folded and quickly joined forces with Jason McGuiness ' LA -based Analog Burners to collectively, form Common Good Records . Now, Common Good Records are back with their first proper release of 2018: Unown & DJ Ragz 's Pasta & Wings , described as "a concept project with a 90's era Hip-Hop instrumental vibe that finds Unown handling the beat duties on the MPC and DJ Ragz cutting up on the turntables." Pasta ...

Let's just get right into it: it's that special time of year where everyone readily flaunts their holiday cheer for everyone to hear! Jingle Bell Rocks! director and Christmas record collector Mitchell Kezin (@mabooshi) curated an especially festive mix full of Alt. Christmas songs, Hanukkah hymns, and obscure holiday jams entitled Mitchell's 'SOUL SISTA' Holiday Mix for The Witzard . Thanks again to Mitchell for sharing his special brand of holiday cheer and a very special thanks goes out to The Ologiest AKA JD at Common Good Records —his old imprint, When Crates Create combined with Analog Burners . In addition to my personal 2017 holiday favorite, Jumbled's Christmas comp. Merry Christmess , there has been quite the influx of festive musical cheer spread by your favorite musicians, emcees, and producers just in time for your last-minute shopping and wrapping sessions. Now, without further ado, I'm proud to present to you: The Witzard 's 2017...

Tiger Breaks (Vinyl / Producer Drum Kit) by Te'Amir Sweeney Los Angeles -based drummer and producer Te'Amir Sweeney has frequently toured and recorded with Stones Throw -affiliated Soul singer and Emanon emcee Aloe Blacc . Sweeney has additionally played with a wide array of musicians, mainly affiliated with LA 's burgeoning Hip-Hop , beat-making, Jazz , and Neo-Soul scenes including, but not limited to Sa-Ra Creative Partners , Mark de Clive-Lowe, Kamasi Washington , Kadhja Bonet, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson , YG, Wondem , and Ethic-Cali. Te'Amir Sweeney has recorded extensively with "LA All Day" musician and producer Jason McGuiness (AKA Analog Burners ) contributing drums to his Bandcamp-released collections: Masterpiece EP: A Whitfield​-​Strong Tribute , "We Could Be" with High Science Project/"Empyrean Tones" with Keyon Harrold, and ConSoul 's 2017 "I Need You"/"Ball of Confusion" 7-inch. The Ologist (@Olo...