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Welcome to Sip o' That, a taste of new independent music put on for you by Off Licence Magazine.

In 50 words or less per review, Offie Mag Editor-in-chief Greg Stanley namedrops Mozart's dad, re-lives after school routines and retells vivid dreams. In other words, new Ms. Boogie, new MIKE and new Demuja.

oym - Meet the Stainers

Unlike Stiller and Deniro's early-2000s box office hits, Meet the Stainers from oym does not rely on high-budget slapstick comedy and a Barbara Streisand feature. Such is the quality of the production on this cosmic rap voyage, the lead role can afford to pick his moments, success potion in hand.

MIKE & Tony Seltzer - R&B

Let's talk about the video. Square format, soft transitions, Autumn leaves falling in slow-motion. Those old enough to remember Channel U may as well be sat in the crew neck jumper and white polo shirt you had to wear to secondary school. Flick through channels until it comes on again.

BbyMutha - go!

The Southern rapper dropped the song of Valentine's Day 2024 and possibly every Valentine's Day from here on. Celebrate by doing the 'Try And Listen To BbyMutha Without Screwing Up Your Face In Approval Challenge.'

Stalley & LNDN DRGS - Waffle House

A song as instantly addictive as the DRGS that it's lyrically laced with, it's hard to imagine a scenario where putting this on won't feel right. Imagine being passed the aux in a BlaBlaCar full of strangers and whacking this on. 'So, you got much planned in Bucharest?'

Ms. Boogie - The Breakdown

Track 3, 'Aight Boom', is the best thing to happen to classical music since Leopold Mozart bought his kid a violin. Listen to the entirety of The Breakdown for a full list of Ms. Boogie's achievements.

Ol' Burger Beats - 74: Out of Time

lojii, Philadelphia's patron saint of keeping it real, Ill Camille, LA's complex rhymer, and Oslo's meticulous producer Ol' Burger Beats, prove Hip Hop's global potential on the opening track of the latter's album. An album that features Quelle Chris, Pink Siifu, Yungmorpheus, billy woods, Tha God Fahim, Lil B and more.

David Versace - With Time

Jasper Gundersen on Drums. Curtis Scibilia on Trumpet. Luis Manuel Basulto on Congas. And on Piano, Synths, Bass & Aux Percussion, it's Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Live In Paris (1970)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk is said to have once played a nonstop circular-breathing sax solo for two hours and 21 minutes in front of a roomful of witnesses in a London jazz club in the early '70s. Find out what he and The Vibration Society got up to in Paris.

JD. REID - plug

Lifted from Bandcamp exclusive tape sometimes i wonder 001, 'plug' is a project of its own. The birds chirping you hear are part of it and not outside your window, but the dense layers of this heavy track clattering could have woken up the sleepiest of common wood pigeons.

Demuja - Take Me Back

I had the weirdest dream. I entered a nightclub, got my hand stamped, stumbled through the smoke machines and this song was playing. Teyana Taylor was pounding the dancefloor with her fist and midriff, and the bald gurning man was there, too. He bought me a drink. 'Take Me Back.'

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