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Secret Frequency Crew

A couple of downtempo nuggets from the recently released debut LP by the NYC-via-Miami trio Secret Frequency Crew. Blending organic instrumentation with breaks definitive of the more electronic side of the downtempo spectrum (think BoC if they were from Chicago), SFC builds instrumentals situated somewhere between the dancefloor and the headphone space. The programming is tight, the energy is raw and the trombone is, well, a trombone. Perhaps one of the most listenable records released in sometime by Schematic, the trio of DJs Matthew Brown, Matt Friedman and Adrian Michna have put together an accomplished debut that hints at some amazing things to come. Plus, they are the crew responsible for the sci-fi robo-dolphin artwork gracing the cover of their "Underwater Adventure Hop Secret Treasure" on Counterflow.