
Hot beats + colorful poppy video + Melodee dropping new lyricals = A full package of fuego. We approve!
Aug 02, 2011 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: amsterdam, check out melody, cookin soul, diversidad experience log, doing only crooked shit, graffiti, hip hop, la melody, mc melody, melody, old school, pop champagne, rap, supremos bboy crew, valencia | Leave A Comment »

[Left artwork cover] If you don’t know about Sotu the Traveller, you should. Sotu is a Dutch producer of Turkish descent living in Amsterdam who has been making some sick beats for years now. I got to know him through a mutual friend while I was looking for tracks to license for my Friends We Love CD for Toy’s Factory in Japan. Surely, I loved his collabo with singer Aischa, What’s Going On, which made it on the album.
This week Sotu is releasing Left, his second solo project of deeply moody, bassy and electro-ridden instrumentals that feel like an introspective soundtrack of the future now. We’re including the beautiful video for Hourglass by Judith Veenendaal below and samples of the whole album which you can also purchase. – Moni Pineda
Jun 02, 2010 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: amsterdam, Beats, beautiful, electronica, experimental hip-hop, friends we love, hourglass, instrumental, istanbul, Japan, judith veenendaal, left, moni pineda, Music We Love, netherlands, nu-jazz, sick, solo, sotu, toys factory | Leave A Comment »

Amsterdam soulful hip hop duo, La Melodia, consider themselves world citizens who spread their positive message through their music and live shows.
Oct 08, 2009 | Categories: 120 SECONDS, VIDEO | Tags: 120 seconds, amsterdam, cmj, CMJ 2009, dj moni, friends we love, friendswelove.com, Global, hip hop, La Melodia, M.C., mc, mike vargas, moni pineda, music, nuyorktricity, producer, production company, record, soulful hip hop, tour, video producers, web series | Leave A Comment »

Critically acclaimed and world renown artist, Jose James invites us to witness the Black Magic of his new record with an intimate studio session that reveals the many facets of his creative process.
Jul 29, 2009 | Categories: AXIS, VIDEO | Tags: 120 seconds, amsterdam, artist, AXIS, basement jaxx, Billboard live Tokyo, billie holiday, black magic, brownswood recordings, centro cultural, Chico Hamilton, christian mcbride, code, com, dj moni, elan mehler, flying lotus, friends we love, friendswelove, friendswelove.com, gil scott-heron, gilles petereson, gilles peterson, heritage orchestra, hermitage, jazz, jazzanova, jazzy sport, john coltrane, jon lucien, jose james, junior mance, london, love, lyricist, marvin gaye, mike vargas, moni pineda, moodymann, music, nicola conte, north sea jazz fesival, north sea jazz festival, nuyorktricity, NYC, paridiso, rotterdam, royal festival hall, soil & pimp, songwriter, summerstage, taylor mcferrin, terry callier, the dreamer, toshi matsuura, verve, vocalist | 27 Comments »