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40 Winks
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Antwerp, Belgium (2002 – present)
40 Winks is an instrumental hip hop group made up of two producers -Padmo’ and Weedy - from Antwerp, Belgium
No hay banda! (“there is no band”, Mulholland Dr. 2001) pretty much sums up where 40 Winks aims to go with its instrumental hip hop: meticulously chop and paste samples together, to create an atmosphere of beats and vibes which steps beyond unimaginative loops.
Their emphasis on creating vintage organically sounding beats has left people wondering why 40 Winks won’t perform live, the answer simply being: ”there is no band!”.
40 Winks hit the scene in 2002, with a whole slew of laidback beats. Eager to share their sound with the world, they released a couple of albums independently. The attention they got from this, allowed them to build with people from around the world.
One of these independently released albums, More Than Loops, got reissued in Japan on Swamp Records, after that the ball kept rolling.
On their first worldwide release, Extended Pleasure on Escapism Records (2005), they reached listeners well beyond the (instrumental) hip hop community with the song “melancholia”. After appearances on compilations, like Weapons of Hope on Little-D (2006), they got a chance to do their thing on the renowned label, Merck Records with Sound Puzzle (2007).
All these exotic international adventures, led them back to Europe, where the German based Project: Mooncircle welcomed them with a spot on the compilation Heart on the right spot (2007).
No hay banda! (“there is no band”, Mulholland Dr. 2001) pretty much sums up where 40 Winks aims to go with its instrumental hip hop: meticulously chop and paste samples together, to create an atmosphere of beats and vibes which steps beyond unimaginative loops.
Their emphasis on creating vintage organically sounding beats has left people wondering why 40 Winks won’t perform live, the answer simply being: ”there is no band!”.
40 Winks hit the scene in 2002, with a whole slew of laidback beats. Eager to share their sound with the world, they released a couple of albums independently. The attention they got from this, allowed them to build with people from around the world.
One of these independently released albums, More Than Loops, got reissued in Japan on Swamp Records, after that the ball kept rolling.
On their first worldwide release, Extended Pleasure on Escapism Records (2005), they reached listeners well beyond the (instrumental) hip hop community with the song “melancholia”. After appearances on compilations, like Weapons of Hope on Little-D (2006), they got a chance to do their thing on the renowned label, Merck Records with Sound Puzzle (2007).
All these exotic international adventures, led them back to Europe, where the German based Project: Mooncircle welcomed them with a spot on the compilation Heart on the right spot (2007).
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Sound Puzzle
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More Than Loops (Japanese Version)
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Top Tracks
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Sketch
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For The Traveller
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Progress
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Way Past Bedtime (outro)
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Sleep Rock
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go ahead Bobby (interlude)
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Egyptian Love Poems
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goodmorning (intro)
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Wise Up
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Planet Anvers
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Soulful Sensitivity
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I Bring You Dreams
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Wizardry
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New Day (introlude)
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Melancholia
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Shoutbox
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DavidBN wrote:
Merry Christmas For All 40 Winks Listeners! ;]
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Grenouille_ wrote:
~_~ smoke and mirrors rap about that
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DavidBN wrote:
amazing stuff which may be sounding like background... i like this music it helps me to think =]
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em2wice wrote:
Selecta LARRRRGE!
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john-peter wrote:
Well, I would tag this as Trip Hop... dunno about ya.
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jhyog wrote:
yes Brilliant !!!!
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fiftyseven wrote:
april to july!
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Grenouille_ wrote:
wonderful n beautiful music ♥
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StigmatiX wrote:
<3
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lokuelo wrote:
Nice sound ;-)
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Listek86 wrote:
brilliant ;]
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ellotwo wrote:
Melancholia and Progress are absolutely awesome, besides the album ( !!!! ) i think know the one of the samples in melancholia, good sampling !! :)
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ktotamjest wrote:
crazy aboute this shit. Can't stop listening
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Balinsky wrote:
that padmo is free and you should prob check it
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MINUStheHEAT wrote:
For The Traveller is an excellent song.
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ubik74 wrote:
So nice! Jazzy, groovy, sensual! perfect sound ! great!
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Smartypants101 wrote:
i love the word "wizardry." the lucid effect is on some real shit.
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lootpacker wrote:
I love their sounds, perfect for falling a sleep.
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BurntFingers wrote:
i forget how good these guys are. I still need to get a hold of The Lucid Effect.
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wosicz wrote:
I looooove The Lucid Effect! Great sound!!!
Videos
News
New Weedy-flavoured 40 Winks
7 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/40winks
New Weedy-flavoured 40 Winks out there!
Weedy gets back to basics with this DIY project, everything handmade including the custom cardboard cd case.
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デジタルハリネズミは、そもそも夢を見るのか?
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40 Winks on Silent in truth compilation (Project: Mooncircle)
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40 Winks on Silent in truth compilation (Project: Mooncircle)
21 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/40winks
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tyshowers tagged 40 Winks with ‘the java exchange cafe’. Tuesday evening
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Serge_L, leylay, ViktoriaWade and 1 other person added 40 Winks to their libraries. Monday afternoon
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CopaPhotography, nsteady, Maat19 and 4 other people added 40 Winks to their libraries. 7 days ago
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Listek86 connected 40 Winks to the group Wysrane w kosmos. 19 days ago
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ykronos tagged 40 Winks with organic treats, jitgrooves, dope jits and 3 other tags. 22 days ago
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orbeone and GregOrRee added 40 Winks to their libraries. 22 days ago
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kila-mila tagged 40 Winks with downtempo and instrumental hip-hop. 24 days ago
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kilshock, silviemagsmusik and woterj added 40 Winks to their libraries. 25 days ago
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