Toppings... by Jules Chaz

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The debut album by Jules Chaz from 2010 for the first time ever on cassette tape!

Reviews:

"Great beat-smithing is an art coveted by many yet executed perfectly by few and timeless when done right. Chaz may be a new name to many, but don't let that fool you; he rolls with good company in his hometown of Victoria, BC, where he shares studio space with members of Cobblestone Jazz, Tyger Dhula and Danuel Tate. It's cultivation ground for a highly creative community that has spawned world-renowned music of the highest calibre. Toppings, the first full-length from Chaz, instantly puts him in the same league as Godlike beat chefs Flying Lotus, Pete Rock and J Dilla. Staying left of centre with wonky, off-the-grid drumbeats and tasteful snippets of soulful vocals is the bread and butter of Toppings. Danuel Tate lends his superb vocoding skills to "Yes I Do," which will surely be on repeat in your mind for a long time to come."
Published Sep 26, 2010 by Bryan Wells at: https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jules_chaz-toppings

"Hailing from British Columbia Jules Chaz brings a new flavor of combined electronic, jazz and hip hop elements and so much more with Toppings. With 21 tracks to choose from you’ll be welcomed with sample heavy tracks in trip hop form with ‘Could Happen’. The ghetto styled rap lyrics summon a time of hardships while you slip in and out of the sliding hip hop groove. Turning to a more electronic style ‘Blak Lodge’ drives a droning arrangement of lo fi keys with a background of sporadic acid stabs and a haunting guitar slap similar to the Twin Peaks TV show. Rising in and out of the familiar styles of broken beat comes something different and catchy with a new twist. ‘Whipits’ stirs up the jah vibes with a reggae dub jam. The horns and rhythm guitar licks string along a cosmic and almost psychedelic tone leaving you in the mind frame that you don’t want to leave this island. What would seem like another sample heavy arrangement of ghoulish yelps ‘Liteball’ drums up an imaginative blend of scratchy record grooves and creepy sounds. With such a diverse collection of musical styles this album can be great for the loungers and also the folks that want something different or familiar like the groups like Portishead & Massive Attack that have created sounds like this from years past but now with a more diverse jazzy sound."
Published Aug 17, 2010 by Marc 'Oxide' LaCasse at:
https://www.earshot-online.com/reviews/DisplayReview.cfm?DiscID=102305#.ZDAeo__bVqw.link

Tracklist

1.	Hey	1:21

2.	93 Million Miles	2:14

3.	Yes I Do (feat. Danuel Tate)	2:53

4.	Teerash	2:18

5.	Could Happen (feat. Ishkan)	2:06

6.	Clap	2:05

7.	Blak Lodge	3:01

8.	Smile (It's U)	2:24

9.	The La	2:25

10.	Whipits	4:00

11.	Saysumthin	2:58

12.	Break	0:52

13.	Bewdley B. Chaz	2:41

14.	A Pariah	2:20

15.	Liteball	3:03

16.	Big Room	2:26

17.	Invisible Glasses	2:29

18.	Ludes	1:48

19.	Realaxing	2:45

20.	Winter Pieces	1:51

21.	Red Eye (Likkle Mo....)	3:57