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Rucksack Records Amsterdam-based record label. Founded to support mavericks who make heads nod and jaws drop.

04/04/2024

"Musically, BLIP often plays out like a hip-hop spin on 60’s psych and jazz. The Tomorrow Never Knows-esque twangs on Bubble Wrap teasing at the Eastern jam lurking below a boom-bap throwback. Or the baroque psych-rock turned banger of Why Don’t You?. Meanwhile NAHreally’s raps are like conversational ramblings, allowing you to trace his train of thought as he develops his arguments before sneakily dropping epiphanies about our endless pursuit of culture, the ubiquity of bad news, or just the ridiculousness of requisite rap gesticulations."

Much love to No Frills Reviews for the Album Of The Month feature:

A roundup of hip-hop releases from March. The best albums, big name releases, and underground highlights.

28/03/2024

THE BEST HIP-HOP ON BANDCAMP
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-hip-hop/the-best-hip-hop-on-bandcamp-march-2024

"Released via the Netherlands-based Rucksack Records, BLIP pairs the MC prowess of Jersey City spitter NAHreally with the tuneful beats of Dublin producer The Expert. With his wry outlook on life, NAHreally coasts through the album, offering thoughts and asides about the world around him. “You can find me by the palm trees/ Testing out some brand new rhyme schemes/ Uh, placeholder for line three/ Come to my shows, I’m happy to help you find seats,” he raps over rolling bass and languid sitar on “Bubble Wrap.” Lyrical support comes from Atlanta MC Dillon, who riffs on a classic Wu-Tang industry complaint on the smoldering “Push Pressure Points.” Elsewhere, Hemlock Ernst, delves into dawn-and dusk-visions on the lilting “Movement & Light” and Open Mike Eagle blesses the beat-shifting “Breaking Down In Real Time” with a nugget that encapsulates the entire BLIP experience: “What’s it all for? To record our experience/ Why so serious? Get over, please stay curious."

'BLIP' drops at MIDNIGHT:
https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

27/03/2024

OUT IN 2 DAYS!

Vinyl pre-orders are shipping tomorrow:
https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

NAHreally x The Expert. BLIP. Features by Open Mike Eagle, Hemlock Ernst, Dillon, and Jesse The Tree.

06/03/2024

OUT NOW! 🪟

Movement & Light: https://lnk.to/NAHreally-MovementandLight

Featuring the incredible Hemlock Ernst (a.k.a. Samuel T. Herring of
Future Islands)

'Movement & Light' is the last single by NAHreally & The Expert before their album 'BLIP' drops in 3 weeks.

Vinyl pre-orders:
https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

02/02/2024

New look. 💅 New website. 🌐
http://rucksackrecords.com

The 'muted blue/green' colour is a throwback to our old logo originally made by Bobby Obsy in 2019, before Spectacular Diagnostics gave it a new treatment to the black-and-white label logo you've seen since.

15/01/2024

🧠 OUT IN 2 DAYS: "Smarter Than I Am," the first official single off 'BLIP' by NAHreally & The Expert.

Pre-save the single:
https://lnk.to/SmarterThanIAm

Pre-order the record:
https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

Or be smart, and do both.

07/01/2024

"At the very end of last year this total gem was released, and it should have been in our rundown of the best 45s of 2023. I mean, WOW. WHAT. A .45." - 45 Live

https://ltfmusic.bandcamp.com/album/love-like-a-man-ltf-edit-cool-steppin

Damn, missed this beauty from late last year...an absolute killer 45 from Light The Fuse (LTF) on Rucksack Records. Check out the full review here...
https://www.45live.net/magazine/article/helmuth-brandenburg

05/01/2024

💡 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT 💡

‘BLIP,’ an album by NAHreally & The Expert:
https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

🗣️ ‘BLIP’ features Open Mike Eagle, Hemlock Ernst, Dillon & jesse the Tree

Out March 29th. Vinyl pre-orders are NOW live on Bandcamp. The first official single drops in two weeks on all platforms.

15/12/2023

"The Barcelona producer combines the spirit of jazz greats like Pharoah Sanders and Coltrane with a hip-hop sensibility to wonderful effect."

— Bandcamp's New & Notable on 'ESSENTIAL' by Thysenterprise

https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

13/12/2023

"A 1971 record by German artist Helmuth Brandenburg called ‘Big-Beat-Band’ stuck in my crates for YEARS. The original song is killer big band jazz-funk. (...) I decided to make my own edit of ‘Love Like a Man’ to the modern-era club sound." - LTF

PRE-ORDER 45:
https://ltfmusic.bandcamp.com/album/love-like-a-man-ltf-edit-cool-steppin

[SHIPPING FROM AMSTERDAM & RUSSIA]

29/11/2023

🚨 ALBUM RELEASE PARTY🚨

Join us Saturday 9th December at Black Gold Amsterdam for the official release party of ‘ESSENTIAL.’

With a live performance by Thysenterprise together with Nello Biasini on drums and Joel Feldtmann Svedberg on bass.

DJ Propo'88 (Certified Craftsmen / Rucksack Records / Da Shogunz) will bless the decks before and after the gig.

The deluxe gatefold 2LP of ‘ESSENTIAL’ will be available, as well as ‘Lahringen’ bundles and a handful of exclusive test-press editions.

There’s going to be good music, vinyl, drinks, and good people. So mark your calendar and JOIN IN: Saturday 9th December from 17.00 to 20.00 🔥

21/11/2023

Moving a piano on a skateboard. That’s Thysenterprise…

With 3 days to go till the album release of ‘ESSENTIAL,’ here’s a little inside look of some of the various recording sessions in Barcelona (Cosmic Studios) and Amsterdam (Bimhuis and various other locations).

Bandcamp pre-orders of the 2LP + 'Lahringen' bundle + limited test press edition are already shipping! 📦

Get yours early: https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

15/11/2023

TONIGHT!

Join us for an exclusive Bandcamp listening party. Thysenterprise shares stories, inspirations, and live comments on each song in the chat, while we're going to be there to give away a test press edition of the record(!).

RSVP on Bandcamp to get notified when we start:
https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

8PM Barcelona / Amsterdam time
7PM London time
2PM New York time

14/11/2023

Join us TOMORROW for the Bandcamp Listening Party of 'ESSENTIAL'. Get a chance to experience the album 9 days before release AND we will be giving away an exclusive 2LP test press copy of 'ESSENTIAL' during the live stream.

WEDNESDAY, NOV 15th
8PM CET Amsterdam
7PM GMT London
2PM EST New York
11AM PST Los Angeles

💡RSVP here to get notified when the listening party starts:
https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

10/11/2023

No drums, no bass, melody-only. A stripped-down piano theme of 'ESSENTIAL #6' and 'Sounds After the Fade-out.'

Listen to the OG version of the single:
https://lnk.to/Thysenterprise-SoundsAfterTheFade-Out

Thysenterprise. 'ESSENTIAL.' Out November 24th (2LP + digi). Records are in hand: https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

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Look at that! Apple Music selected "Erasmusbrug" by Thysenterprise for their editorial playlist Shapeshifting. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/shapeshifting/pl.8994321992214b979d4885e9a4463f11 The album 'Living Silence' is out now on all platforms w/ downloads and a back catalog vinyl bundle on Bandcamp: https://lnk.to/LivingSilence

The ‘BLIP’ records are IN HAND 🔥 Pre-orders: https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip Out March 29th.

Shabazz Palaces & Danny Brown & Armand Hammer & Abstract Orchestra & Tame One & Chillhop & Kenny Segal & Moderator & NAHreally x The Expert. 'BLIP' is in great company here, creeping into Bandcamp's hip-hop vinyl chart. Pre-orders are available here: https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

NAHreally & The Expert - BLIP

💡 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT 💡 ‘BLIP,’ an album by NAHreally & The Expert: https://theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip 🗣️ ‘BLIP’ features Open Mike Eagle, Hemlock Ernst, Dillon & jesse the Tree Out March 29th. Vinyl pre-orders are NOW live on Bandcamp. The first official single drops in two weeks on all platforms.

'ESSENTIAL' is OUT NOW. Listen: https://lnk.to/Thysenterprise-ESSENTIAL Vinyl / Downloads: https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

TONIGHT! Join us for an exclusive Bandcamp listening party. Thysenterprise shares stories, inspirations, and live comments on each song in the chat, while we're going to be there to give away a test press edition of the record(!). RSVP on Bandcamp to get notified when we start: https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential 8PM Barcelona / Amsterdam time 7PM London time 2PM New York time

No drums, no bass, melody-only. A stripped-down piano theme of 'ESSENTIAL #6' and 'Sounds After the Fade-out.' Listen to the OG version of the single: https://lnk.to/Thysenterprise-SoundsAfterTheFade-Out Thysenterprise. 'ESSENTIAL.' Out November 24th (2LP + digi). Records are in hand: https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

A glimpse into the recording process of "Heit." Loops, loops, loops! "Heit" is out now on all platforms: https://lnk.to/Thysenterprise-Heit Pre-order 2LP vinyl of 'ESSENTIAL': https://thysenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/essential

OUT TOMORROW! "Heit" by Thysenterprise, the first single off 'ESSENTIAL.' Tomorrow the vinyl pre-orders (2LP + Bundles) start on our Bandcamp. Hit the bell button to get notified about the music video for "Heit": https://youtube.com/watch?v=VI0fhHC8phQ

Unsealed On Air 002 w/ SIEPO

Shout-out to Siebrand of record store Black Gold Amsterdam for always supporting what we do 🙌 Check out the new episode of Unsealed. Here's a clip of him talking about 'Raw Lessons' by Spectacular Diagnostics, off which he plays "The Played List" featuring Kid Acne & Sonnyjim later in the episode. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h9bBdswnAA

WOW. Massive shout-out to Chuck D for showing love to Stik Figa & The Expert's "Service" featuring Defcee 🔥 🫡 You can listen to the new episode of his radio show AndYouDon'tStop here: https://mixcloud.com/ChuckDpe/andyoudontstop-062323/ 'Ritual' is out now on vinyl + all platforms: https://lnk.to/StikFigaTheExpert-Ritual

Spectacular Diagnostics - The Played List (ft. SonnyJim & Kid Acne)

OUT NOW! 🔥 "The Played List" featuring Sonnyjim & Kid Acne. The second single off 'Raw Lessons' by Spectacular Diagnostics. Listen: https://lnk.to/SpectabularDiagnostics-ThePlayedList (🎨 Animation by MC Blue Matter)

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