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stormy posted the Access Hip Hop Forums Newsletter 2-26-09, with a short review of 5signs "left handed acquisitions"

These days I just don't think listeners are taking enough chances with names unfamiliar to them... but this is some pretty promising stuff, dope downtempo jazzy and soulful beats, just a well rounded releases when you put it all together.

http://stormyhere.vox.com/

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check out photos from our 1st show @grandstar.
thanks to gari askew for his amazing photography.

in case you missed the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36202012@N04/

Who are the 5signs? words, pictures and clips...

The 5 signs are a creative partnership of producers aimed at advancing their group and individual agendas. Formed in a living room in Silverlake in early 2008, it was a meeting that was for years in the making.
Accrete (Manny) and ABF (mbela) met through mutual friend Bittah Munk in Pasadena CA in 2006, they worked on a couple of projects that never came through all the while building their individual chops. A year later ABF met Troy (Alcendor) through another mutual friend, a french musician by the name of Crespel (Spel). After an intense jam session the two became really good friends and went through some tough times in both their personal lives.
In mid 2007 ABF moved into an apartment with an interesting individual named Kyle (NSOK). Kyle turned out to be one of the founders of the Anodyne electric co., a record label started in Chicago with a satellite in NY. On a mission to bring the Anodyne movement to LA, Kyle proposed a super group of producers to put a compilation together. At this point ABF was re-united with old college buddy and former KCPR DJ, Chad (FONIKS) and the 5 started on a journey that has lead them here, with a promise for more adventure in the future. Special shout outs to our close friends and collaborators: Lyric Catalyst, Voice of God, Re27, DJ lady Sha, Peter, Sev, SOMBFAB, the mountain bar, the Mandrake bar, Golden Scarab Music and the list goes on for days. MAD LA love....

Alcendor

Foniks

ABF

AccReTe

NSOK

rehearsal, good times...




ABF live at the dakota lounge.

Left Handed Acquisitions FREE REMIX EP! will be out by midnite!

3/10/09: 5Signs "REMIX EP" (ano011)

Hot on the heels of "Left Handed Acquisitions"
5signs' debut (vinyl only release) comes a FREE 5track download of songs from the album remixed by the 5signs themselves.

Featuring remixes of Georgia by ABF, Carandiru lockdown by Foniks and Sugar cubes on Zero Gravity by NSOK....Keep an eye out for download link....

Left Handed Acquisitions

crosstalk from chicago: making it happen

"5 Producers with many different styles. Foniks, Alcendor, Accrete, Abstract Butta Fingas and New Systems Of Knowledge, have set a high bar in the alternative L.A. hip hop movement with their debut compilation, "Left Handed Acquisitions."

10 Tracks in all, some sample driven, some purely new compositions, but all able to keep your attention one way or the other. From NSOK’s drum driven "Carandiru Lockdown" to ABF’s elastic bass riffs on "Sugar Cubes in Zero Gravity," the listener will be in a world of music where classically trained ears or conventionally guided minds may find slightly askew but refreshing non-the same.

This project also includes guest appearances from Chicago’s Kid Static, Los Angeles’ Def Sound and 310. These lyrical maestros give the songs the official seal of the hip-hop underground community.

"Left Handed Acquisitions" proves itself to be quite the voyage, and that should be no surprise, because it is as multifaceted as the line up of artists involved in its creation"

buy the record online!

accesshiphop.com
hhv.de
djshop.de
plastid.ru
decks.de
loop23.de
juno.co.uk
xxxpercepto.com
rushhour.nl
all-cityrecords.com
hi-hat-records.com
deejay.de
grooveattackrecordstore.com
calamel.jp
bouncerecords.biz
jazzysport.com

the album covers old school, dilla-esque, downtempo, new school, boom bap (and bipp), with nods to idm, funk, soul and classic rock.

"Left-Handed Acquisitions"

now available for sale at these fine record stores.

HALCYON - BROOKLYN

The cult of Halcyon. Practicing discretion since 9999
57 Pearl Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
at the corner of Pearl & Water Streets in Dumbo

Mon/Wed/Sat noon-8pm
Tue/Thu/Fri noon-9pm
Sun noon-6pm

(718) 260-WAXY
http://www.halcyonline.com/

AMOEBA MUSIC - SAN FRANCISCO

"The Best Record Store in the Country" - SF Chronicle 2001-2005

1855 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117

Mon-Sat 10:30am - 10pm
Sun 11am - 9pm

Telephone: (415) 831-1200
http://www.amoeba.com/

AMOEBA MUSIC - HOLLYWOOD

The World's Largest Independent Music Store
6400 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90018

Mon-Sat 10:30am - 11pm
Sun 11am-9pm

Telephone: (323) 245-6400
http://www.amoeba.com/

ETHEREA - MANHATTAN

Independent record store open in the east village since 1995
66 Avenue A, between 4th and 5th Streets

Sun-Thurs 12:00-10:00pm
Fri-Sat 12:00-11:00pm

(212) 358-1126
http://ethereanyc.blogspot.com/

POOBAH - PASADENA

Pasadena's source for underground music since 1971
2636 E. Colorado Blvd. 91107

Mon-Sat 10-9
Sun 10-7

(626)449-3359
http://poobah.com/