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Vol. 1 Side A

by Mossy Projects

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    Contains BOTH Mossy P's EP's, presented on limited edition cassette. Reversible cover, Limited to 100 copies.

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DOPESTERS 03:19
3.
TILL THE END 02:40
4.
CITROEN 03:27
5.
STONE GLANCE 03:34
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7.
MANA 01:17

about

Mossy Projects is the actively chilled hip-hop production duo of Pretty Lights co-founder Michal Menert and James Two of Trophy Beats. Born out of 20 years of friendship that only became a creative partnership five years ago, Mossy Projects has compiled a body of work that carries both the soul sample mastery of The Avalanches with the steadfast hip-hop mindset of Nujabes and nothing embodies that quite like their upcoming album, Vol. 1.

Recorded both at James Two’s Southern Oregon compound in the woods and Menert’s Mendocino coast studio, Vol. 1. stitches together a series of cinematic sample collages that are the offspring of “1,000 records and just as many blunts.” It’s the union of Menert’s production ethos on albums for Pretty Lights, Grateful Dead drummer Micky Hart and others, finding harmony with Two’s hip-hop leanings in the spirit of Diamond D, Thes One, MF DOOM and Paul’s Boutique-era Dust Brothers productions.

You’re as likely to hear sounds on Vol. 1 that pull from blunted soul and jazz samples or live bass and SP-404 drums, just as much as the ghosts of 70’s psych vocalists and wizard rock from another dimension of Middle-Earth altogether. And those dimensions are the signature of Mossy Projects. Every track has multiple portals to unique memories and every time you listen, there’s a new door unlocked in your mind. Portals to a moment you experienced and the song that was playing; it’s been hidden in the back of your brain until the Mossy P’s dug through the crates and helped you find it.

Vol. 1 isn’t just about the sounds of two producer’s lives coming back together on the West Coast (“We’ve been getting high for what? 15 years?” a sample billows on “Dopesters.” It’s music made for the wildly unpredictable moment that we’re living in. How the epic and mood elevating lead single “Last Summer” dropped on the day after the election, an instant salve for the anxiety and uncertainty that’s marred this last year for everybody. And there’s more where that came from, with Vol.1 serving as the red pill into the welcoming world of Mossy Projects. -- Adrian Spinelli, San Francisco Chronicle music columnist

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released March 5, 2021

produced by Mossy Projects
mixed by Jason MacLeod and Mossy Projects
mastered by Jason MacLeod
art layout & design by Michal Menert
* featuring Matthew Jamison on Bass

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Michal Menert and James Two

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