Samiyam

Littlebig welcomes Samiyam! Coming out with one of the most anticipated and long-awaited albums so far on Brainfeeder is Samiyam aka Sam Baker. “Sam Baker’s Debut Album” is 40 minutes of pure listening pleasure, a series of woozy, off-centre hip hop instrumentals drawing heavily on Baker’s love of electronic funk but never in hock to it. Intensely detailed and carrying considerable emotional weight, this is not “Rap Beats Volume 2” but an album of fully-realised pieces of music which stand on their own without the need for an MC’s intervention.

Ann Arbor native, Samiyam (born Sam Baker) moved to Los Angeles in 2006. In his short time out West, he has become one of the city’s most progressive and recognized producers, a man who has spearheaded the revival of interest in instrumental hip-hop music over the last few years. Baker’s “Rap Beats Vol.1” collection was the very first release on Brainfeeder. He has also collaborated with old friend Flying Lotus as Flyamsam as well as having releases on Hyperdub and Poo-Bah records.

Samiyam describes the work contained in his “Debut album” simply as, “my favourite stuff” – and what could be better than that?

Press:

"The intellectual offspring of David Cronenberg and the RZA, but specially touched by Michael Jackson." - LA Record

"Hip Hop beats filled with snippets of Soul, Funk, 70's Italian horror flick soundtracks, Nintendo bonus level music, and 90's Hip Hop. Somehow, with this much content, the beats still manage to sound gloriously minimal and disjointed." - Dazed and Confused

"Warped out and offbeat, his beats are a piece of art."- Jneiro Jarel (Shape Of Broad Minds, Lex Records)

PRESS:

"The best collection of boom bap beats you'll see receive a full release this year." FACT
"A psychedelic odyssey." NME
"Successfully applies his creativity to making funk-derived sample-based hip hop sound fresh." BBC
"Bursting with ideas, oozing with soul and laced with humour , this is an album that both demands and repas repeated listens." iDJ
"Imagine Quincy Jones, Dario Argento and Flaying Lotus playing a good humoured but still competitive board game. A big wonky wonder." Clash
"A body-snatching wall of sound." Dazed + Confused
"Demonstrates impressive ingenuity." Skinny
"This debut is a definite success." Echoes (Hip Hop album of month)
"Bakers style is physical, thick, dense: woozy bass, murky keys and drums that kick hard enough to stir up dust and gleam in the dim light coming in through the basement windows." Wire
"Sam Baker's album is compelling progression in beat-making and one which will sound current for a long time." Little White Ear Buds