Hollie Cook
Hollie Cook

Brainpower is a multi-platinum, pioneering bilingual Hip Hop artist, songwriter and producer from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After performing in Jamaica with Yellowman (aka the original King of Dancehall) Brainpower wanted to create a record with reggae versions of some of his greatest hits. He teamed up with Black Star Foundation, worked with producer Asher E. and the world-renowned Firehouse Crew and together they made it happen. The Dub & Dwars record was well received, and reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Reggae Charts on iTunes. One of the mixed riddims from these sessions was also used for Anthony B's recent single 'Negus'. Having released eight albums, Brainpower is an established recording artist in a league of his own. After many hit records in Holland & Belgium, his recent single All The Same made it to the number four spot on the National Rapnetwork Record Breakers chart in the USA. The single has picked up a Global Peace Song Award, which will be presented in LA this year. Dub & Dwars is available for the first time on vinyl, newly remastered and available on clear red vinyl, in a limited run of 350 individually numbered copies.

In the early 1980s Ahmed Malek was already in his 50s when he discovered synthesizers and electronic music for himself and started to experiment with sounds. The result was a mixture of ambient synth music field recordings he made in Cuba and a wide variation of different sound experiments that he also presented as different avanguarde music festivals in Cuba and the US. None of it was ever released but we got a huge box of master tapes from his family and were happy to present this different side of Ahmed Maleks music. It was compiled and co-produced by Flako a fan of early electronic and synth music. This is not a remix album though Flakos aim was to create an album out of 2 hours of material that sounds like it might have if Mr. Malek would have finished it himself before of his death. Fully approved and licensed from the artists family. The album comes with an informative booklet with liner notes an interview with Flako regarding his approach towards the production and unseen photos. We will also release a third album by Ahmed Malek which will be more in the vein again of the music he is known for and this album will also be previously unreleased.