Another exclusive post that i feel privileged about. However this one comes from a local melbourne producer, Thief (aka DJ gsan). I’ve only ever really known him as a DJ who supported at like almost every hip hop show and etc i’d go to see down here. Now i’ve been introduced to him as a producer, and as a good one at that.

He’s just released the Thief EP (cover above). It takes you on a cooled out downtempo hip-hopy kinda vibe, with a lil more. He says he wanted something that has a sense of journey to it, that would reflect styles true to his heart, “sample heavy, soul driven down tempo broken beats.” And that’s kinda how it turns out, smooth tunes, cool samples and nice flow.

The track we’ve given here is kinda different than some of the others, but fits into the piece real well too. It even hits a bit of a nutter drum n bassy breakdown towards the end of the track which is real fun. Like i’m not the biggest DnB fan but when there’s a nice lick used well that fits with the track, (much like the sinden lady sov remix posted the other week) i can easily get down to it. There’s some really nice cello sounds in there too, provided by Ben Shamen of Miso.

Anyway this is another track i’ve been going on a bit of repeat session with. Grab the track, it’s a high quality mp3. Make sure you check out Thief’s myspace to peek more tracks, or just grab the album, cause it’s worth listening to as a whole.

Also keep on the lookout for some mad sounding live shows. Apparently Raskool (aka Dreadford, drummer for Shapeshifter) drums away with Thief, and there’s scratching and sampling involved (2 mpcs and some turnies) plus MC Kye & Pdigss get down to vocalise sometimes too.

You can currently grab the album exclusively at my favorite record store in melbourne, Northised Records, and if you’re from sydney you can grab it from The Record Store. Internationals i think can get it shipped from Northside and The Record Store, or you can maybe drop Thief a msg and see what he says.