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Koushik is a Canadian electronic musician from Dundas, Ontario.
Koushik is signed to Stones Throw Records and has released Be With (2005), a collection of singles and EPs from 2002-2005; and Out My Window (September 30th 2008). He has worked with Four Tet, Caribou (aka Manitoba) and Madvillain.
The son of Indian immigrants, Koushik attended classical Indian singing classes with his mother as a child. His interest in other genres, more specifically hip-hop, also came at a young age while visiting record shops during trips to the farmers market in Hamilton, Ontario
Koushik specializes in making that hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat sh*t that you could easily compare to contemporaries such as Four Tet (who released Koushik’s first single on his Text label), RJD2, and DJ Shadow. What sets Koushik apart from the others is a beautiful ’60s psych-pop element that tends to pervade throughout. It shows itself in the spacious panned strings, acoustic guitars, and harpsichords that fall in and out of each other; and the beats have a harder regimented classic true school hip-hop sound, that Four Tet and Prefuse 73 tend to stray away from. But what I truly love about this record is Koushik’s voice. His singing is soft and mixed way down in the center of the track, sounding like the voice choirs you’d hear on one of those old Percy Faith or 101 Guitars from the late-’60s. But more importantly, causes the listener to focus more on the music than the lyrical content. If you’re a fan of any of the aforementioned artists, you need this record. – OTHER MUSIC, NYC
Koushik is signed to Stones Throw Records and has released Be With (2005), a collection of singles and EPs from 2002-2005; and Out My Window (September 30th 2008). He has worked with Four Tet, Caribou (aka Manitoba) and Madvillain.
The son of Indian immigrants, Koushik attended classical Indian singing classes with his mother as a child. His interest in other genres, more specifically hip-hop, also came at a young age while visiting record shops during trips to the farmers market in Hamilton, Ontario
Koushik specializes in making that hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat sh*t that you could easily compare to contemporaries such as Four Tet (who released Koushik’s first single on his Text label), RJD2, and DJ Shadow. What sets Koushik apart from the others is a beautiful ’60s psych-pop element that tends to pervade throughout. It shows itself in the spacious panned strings, acoustic guitars, and harpsichords that fall in and out of each other; and the beats have a harder regimented classic true school hip-hop sound, that Four Tet and Prefuse 73 tend to stray away from. But what I truly love about this record is Koushik’s voice. His singing is soft and mixed way down in the center of the track, sounding like the voice choirs you’d hear on one of those old Percy Faith or 101 Guitars from the late-’60s. But more importantly, causes the listener to focus more on the music than the lyrical content. If you’re a fan of any of the aforementioned artists, you need this record. – OTHER MUSIC, NYC
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Be With
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Out My Window
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Be With EP
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One In A Day
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Coolin
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Nothing's The Same
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Battle Rhymes for Battle Times
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None In Mind
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forest loop
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buttaflybeat
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corner of your smile
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Welcome
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In a Green Space
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See You
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bright and shining
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Shoutbox
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theyefan wrote:
gorgeous music!
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rymdvarelse wrote:
if koushik was a food dish it'd be delicious. i'm thinking green apples and peanut butter mixup? koushik koushik perhaps? the food so good they named it twice.
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btwiP wrote:
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OptimusPunx wrote:
<3
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jot_ wrote:
@beatfanatic, Caribou and Koushik went to school together
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finger_trip wrote:
sample of Green Eyed Lady on Beep 20 is ill to the max
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chilichow wrote:
beep?
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ffxi_frohike wrote:
Love the vocals.
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beatfanatic wrote:
I love Out My Window in its original form but I always wanted to listen to the intrumentals also. Gotta thank him for the freebie. Now without the vocals, Koushik sounds eerily similar to Caribou.
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songorocosongo wrote:
wow, just when i thought that the beep tape was about to take over koushik's charts for the near future he drops another free gem for the masses.
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Madlawyer wrote:
Beep
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listentojustin wrote:
out my window is 10 times better instrumental. i can smoke to it now
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senorwoohoo wrote:
Lookie here: http://potholesinmyblog.com/download-koushik-out-my-window-album/ Another free album!
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SaloMusic wrote:
None In Mind is hip hop? )
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Mo-Dilla wrote:
A HipHop artist from Hamilton? Holy Shit. Im a fan now.
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anydaynow wrote:
recently discovered this guy, really impressive.
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songorocosongo wrote:
The Beep Tape is bangin
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Arne78 wrote:
rockin' to the beep
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senorwoohoo wrote:
Free album from Koushik up for one week only. Check it: http://potholesinmyblog.com/download-koushik-beep-tape-album/
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Giba-G wrote:
Ага
Videos
Events
- Nov 17 Koushik The Garrison, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Nov 17 KOUSHIK Live w/ VOWLS The Mansion House, St Catharines, ON, Canada
- Nov 18 KOUSHIK Live w/ VOWLS The Garrison, Toronto, ON, Canada
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bbipolaratnight, JembeMusic, nthato and 6 other people added Koushik to their libraries. yesterday evening
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VOWLS added Koushik to the lineup of KOUSHIK Live w/ VOWLS at The Mansion House. Tuesday afternoon
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VOWLS added Koushik to the lineup of Koushik at The Garrison. Tuesday afternoon
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VOWLS added Koushik to the lineup of KOUSHIK Live w/ VOWLS at The Garrison. Tuesday afternoon
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