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Hard Times

by Vitamin D

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  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    This release is now sold out in the UK and ships only from the US

    Ferric-oxide Tape
    Full color 1 sided J Card with Double Panel
    Rhodamine Red Cassette
    Clear Norelco Box
    Labels with Color Printing

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  • Limited Edition Double 12 Inch Vinyl Test Pressing
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Only 5 of these exist. 4 are for sale since we need to keep 1 copy to approve the pressing
    12 Inch Vinyl
    White Paper Sleeve
    White Labels with Cold Busted Sticker on Side 1
    Numbered on Side 1
    Black Vinyl
    Limited Edition of Only 5 Copies

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  • Compact Disc
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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  • Limited Edition Double 12 Inch Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This release is now sold out in the US and ships only from the UK

    Double 12 Inch Vinyl
    Full color jackets
    Full color labels
    Brown paper sleeves
    Pressed on black vinyl
    Download card
    Hand written numbered on back

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about

The ‘Hard Times’ LP from Cold Busted label owner Vitamin D is a Trip Hop soulful 20 track experience with original yet vintage sounds and techniques accentuated by the excellent analog Mastering. Done by Mark Dann from NYC, analog gear as well as ½” inch 30 ips analog tape were used in the process, bringing out the warm and overall feel of this LP. Fresh Hip Hop beats and a cunning bass kick off the first track ‘No Love for Hard Times’ with powerful samples and builds. Displaying a keen dexterity of styles throughout the album, Vitamin D hits us with songs like ‘The Drop By’ with suave chilled beats, and an infectious gangster melody. ‘Rumble In the Park’ picks up the tempo with soulful hard breaks, exciting and expressive this is one for the break dancers; as is the following track ‘Something Smells Funky’ with a get down and boogie bass, organ keys and active beats. Enticing and slower songs like ‘Fire Island In Dub’ and ‘Chilling In The Land Of Make Believe’ showcase relaxing rhythms, drums and reggae organic sounds complete with warm analog crackles. ‘That’s One Sly Fox’ showcases energetic, frisky beats and amazing drum work. ‘Rotating the Hips’ has a jazzy bass and subtle beat repeats, filtering and a steel guitar sample making for a relaxing sunny track. Finally, ‘Theme from 1971’ with it’s progressive, soulful feel of clever arrangements ends this vivid, idiosyncratic Trip Hop album. ‘Hard Times’ from Vitamin D is cinematic, well executed, and diverse, encourages and oozes expression all with those much appreciated warm subtle sounds and pops.

credits

released December 10, 2013

Design by Vitamin D
Executive Producer, Derrick Daisey
Mastered by Mark Dann, NYC
All works registered with Some Cutz Up (ASCAP)

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Vitamin D Los Angeles, California

I used to be a DJ. Now running the record label, Cold Busted.

This is the only (legit) place to find tracks released in the past under Vitamin D and all other aliases.

Some of these tracks are found on labels that no longer own the rights but they keep selling them...imagine that.
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