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SEE ME (EP)
* The club-friendly tracks on See Me are influenced as much by rap vet Chuck D as by new artists like Major Lazer and Nicki Minaj. Producer Diwon (mastermind behind Shemspeed Records) skillfully blends Middle Eastern beats with clubbed-out hip-hop, giving the EP an entrancing worldly sound ready for the dance floor. Y-Love explores a variety of styles, from dance and world to pop, to express his underlying message of harmony: “Unity builds the world, all divisions destroy the world.”
TYRONE GOSLING (EP)
* “Harlem emcee Kyle Rapps and producer/DJ Diwon have come together with The DJBooth to bring listeners their latest collaborative street release, the Tyrone Gosling FreEP. Inspired by 2011 thriller Drive and built on samples used in 1980’s crime dramas, the project features five original records from the Hood Samaritan cohorts. Included on the tracklist is reader-approved leak “Night Call.” Rapps rocks the mic solo throughout the project, and all production comes courtesy of Diwon.” – The DJ Booth
SERENE POETIC (LP)
* This record by Diwon & Dugans conjures up the aesthetic of James Bond, Prefuse 73, & Pulp Fiction. Each song is the soundtrack to a film in a genre of its own. This is music that exists beyond pop and yet overflows with it. For fans of hip hop, indie, world & psychadelia.
THE TAKEOVER FT. ANDY MILONAKIS (SINGLE)
* “The Takeover,” is the lead single from the forthcoming Y-Love LP, produced by Diwon. The song explodes with African rhythms and clever wordplay, featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Tj Di Hitmaker, and super star comedian/actor, Andy Milonakis (MTV/Jimmy Kimmel). The music video has been featured on AOL, VH1 and MTV and TV Guide recently highlighted it as “What’s Hot.”
HONEY DIJON (EP)
* “After releasing several internet leaks, the emcee x DJ/producer trifecta of Kyle Rapps, Y-Love and Diwon, collectively known as Hood Samaritan, are pleased to release their debut FreEP Honey Dijon to the masses. The four track extended play includes both original composition from the likes of Blockhead, along with remixes of Colourless Colour from La Roux, Riot Rhythm from Sleigh Bells and Janye Zest’s Ni@@as In Paris, courtesy of Diwon.”- 2DOPEBOYZ
SEPHARDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL VOL. 1 (LP)
* A mix of traditional, dance, electro, hip hop, and folk songs from around the Sephardic world makes up the Sephardic Music Festival’s first compilation album. Grammy-nominated artist Matisyahu combines a suite of Middle Eastern inspired hip hop riffs with a time-honored Yemenite chorus sung by Yehuda Solomon. Yasmin Levy’s impassioned song “Mi Korasón” (My Heart) emphasizes the underappreciated romantic side of the Ladino language. Moshav contributes a powerful rendition of the Yemenite wedding song “Abba Shimon” in Judeo Arabic. In addition, the world-renowned , Yair Dalal, offers a memorable interpretation of the classic Shabbat song “Ya Ribon.”
GONNA LIGHT (SINGLE)
* In time for the holidays, Brooklyn based Producer DIWON, drops a Chanukah club track that sounds like its from outer-space. The track titled, “GONNA LIGHT (SHTETL CHANUKAH MIX)”, blends a high energy dance club feel with chopped and screwed vocals from multilingual hip-hop pioneer Y-LOVE, one of the decade’s most dynamic artists and SARAH AROESTE, the international Sephardic Ladino songstress. Imagine Spank Rock does the Hava Nagila with a Judeo-Spanish twist. Shemspeed is releasing the track to the public for a name your own price which means, fans can get it for free or choose to support the movement.
* It isn’t often that an artist in the Hasidic world gets a remix, but Diwon isn’t your typical producer. In his innovative remix of Hasidic superstar Lipa Schmeltzer’s song “Acharon, Acharon, Chaviv” (Hebrew for “last but not least), he bridges the gap between hipster-DJ style and the deep spiritual longing typical of Hasidic music. Add to this mix the reggae-inspired lyrics of rising Hasidic pop and dancehall artist DeScribe, and the timeless yearning for a redeemed world comes alive in a contemporary way.
SABRA SESSIONS VOL. 1 (MIXTAPE)
* A high energy Israeli dance club hip hop influenced mix. Diwon, remixes, chops up, slows down, speeds up, and sampling all types of sounds to create a seamless mix of seemingly disjointed tracks that sound like Israel landed on top of Daft Punk & M.I.A.’s.
SHIR HASHIRIM (LP)
* The music mixes the emotive Moroccan singing of Benyamin Brody in a "call out" to the most high, through the writings and poetry of King Solomon, with Diwon’s and Dugans’ signature walls of sound that bring hip hop, rock, and mizrachi influences to this middle eastern meditative record.
CHANGE (EP)
* The combination of Y-Love’s militant mysticism with the plaintive urgency of DeScribe’s singing creates infectious energy filled songs that the listener can’t get out of their heads. The release includes all 3 singles plus a bonus Remix of "Change" by Diwon and "Make It" by Electro Morocco..
I HEART MIXTAPE (MIXTAPE)
* A mix devoted to what pop music is made of, LOVE. Diwon mixes various languages and genres as well as some of his own sounds into the music of which love is made.
CHULO (MIXTAPE)
* Diwon’s “Chulo” bridges the worlds of electronic music, dancehall and hip hop, blending elements of Diwon’s production into fellow producers, Dillon Francis, Swedish House Mafia, Diplo, Dizzee Rascal & more.
THE BEAT GUIDE TO YIDDISH (MIXTAPE)
* The Beat Guide mixes some of Diwon’s own music into forgotten sounds from Eastern Europe. Hear Yiddish in a way you would have never thought possible.
PSYCHADELICIWON (MIXTAPE)
* A world music enthusiasts dream, Diwon mixes his own psych compositions with rare tracks from Turkey, Brazil, Israel & Japan. For fans of the fuzz and lo fi.
RARITIES & REMIXES (COMP)
* This record give the listener a taste of Diwon’s beats as well as his world famous remixes which bring hip hop and bmore rhythms to Yemenite & Sephardic sounds.
THE Y-LOVE MIXTAPE (MIXTAPE)
* The classic CD that introduced Y-Love to the world. The MC drop his lyrical skills over a genre smashing blended classic mixed by dj handler (Diwon).
SEPHARDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL (MIXTAPE)
* The SMF mixtape is much like the festival. It gives the listener a great taste of all sorts of music, but with an emphasis on beats. All music mixed by the festivals founder and producer, dj handler. (Diwon).
AMY WINEHOUSE TRIBUTE (MINIMIX)
* We were all really sad to hear that Amy Winehouse, the English singer-songwriter known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz passed away two days ago and we wanted to pay tribute with a mini-mix that really shows how incredible of an artist she was. Feel free to share and re-post wherever you would like.
