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Christ all-mighty, I’m stumped.  Wax Tailor’s music embodies so many things to gush about that I don’t even know where to begin.  I have to give all the credit to Jason (and dude’s got some street cred, yo) for turning me on to him.

His tracks possess both elements of hip hop and downtempo. I haven’t heard someone do this so well since DJ Cam was at his peak in the late 90s. The music is haunting. It echoes, resonates, churns. He uses a lot of samples from old movies, which only enhance its malefic sound. If they aren’t samples, he constructs them well enough to have me absolutely fooled into thinking they are.

His new album, Hope & Sorrow, is ridden with flirtatious female vocals and a few tracks with great hip hop flow. Although I like it tremendously, I find it a little less varied and original than Tales of the Forgotten Melodies. I’ve posted tracks from both albums for your enjoyment because though they are very different animals, they are both gems.

Hope & Sorrow:
The Man With No Soul
Positively Inclined - ft. ASM & Marina Quaisse
House of Wax - ft. The Others

Tales of the Forgotten Melodies:
Que Sera
Hypnosis Theme - ft Marina Quaisse
How I Feel