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about

Technically, Syrup are a hip-hop group with unmistakeable leanings towards soul and jazz. The group consists of an MC (Turt), a pianist/singer (C.Tappin) and a beatmaker (Twit One). Their music is rooted in the tradition of collectives like Native Tongues and Soulquarians, and they have come up with a pretty appropriate term to describe their sound, which is „cool bap“.

But if we put formailties aside and look at the bigger picture, Syrup are also a perfect example of how music can connect people beyond national borders, language and tradition. And furthermore how Afro-American culture has influenced not only the musical taste but the views and opinion-making of generations of young people worldwide.

The sheer extistence of Syrup is also a big fat „Fuck Brexit!“ which makes the group even more likeable.

The story of Syrup begins in 2015 when Twit One is booked to play a dj gig in Bristol. Twit One is a producer, DJ, radio host, record friend and former bass-player from Cologne (where he also co-owns the Groove Attack Record Store). He is a member of a small group of pioneering producers, who during the 2010s lay the foundation for the European beat-scene as we know it today. Inspired by the likes of Dilla and Madlib these guys made it look cool to not be the rapper. And they recorded some pretty dope music too which we had the honour to release via Melting Pot Music as the „Hi-Hat Club“ series (a title that Twit came up with). During that night in Bristol, Twit got acquainted with two young men by the name of Turt and C.Tappin. Two chilhood friends who had moved from London to Bristol for their studies and had been avid fans of Twit's music for some time.

Back in Cologne, Twit told me about these MCs from Bristol with whom he might record some tracks. Needless to say that I never heard about them again until summer 2017 when the annual Radio Love Love boat party was about to happen and Turt and Tappin were actually coming over for the first time, to party and to rock the mic.
A couple of months later we released „Hay Luv“, a new Twit album that featured Turt and Tappin on two songs. On their next visit, the two were accompanied by Turt's brother Slim, a very talented beatmaker and one half of Summers Sons. We spent some quality time while mastering the „Undertones“ EP (including remixes by Twit One, FloFilz and Cap Kendricks) and shooting the album cover at the Groove Attack record store basement. Since then we released two more album by Summers Sons („Uhuru“ - a joint project with Tappin and „The Rain“), C.Tappin's debut EP „Ashes To Ashes“ (with remixes by Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Hulk Hodn & Slim) and a KO-OP beat tape by Slim. During the same time, Twit recorded two albums: „Dispo To Dispo“ as Flatpocket (a project with Lazy Jones) and „Two“, the long awaited follow up to the very first Hi-Hat Club album as Testiculo Y Uno (with Hulk Hodn).

In 2018, Turt and Tappin moved back to London (the Lightworks headquarter is now located in Streatham). They toured with Children of Zeus and shared stages with artists like Melodiesinfonie and FloFilz. But it wasn't until Brexit before the long talked about super group finally became a reality. At the final recording sessions in September 2019 we already knew that the next Eurostar ride would be a different one. Now with Covid-19 we have no clue when all three members of the group will be in the same room again – let alone rock a stage together. But we are sitting on a big pile of great singles that we will release over the summer months, followed by the album „Rosy Lee“ in late September.

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credits

released September 18, 2020

Produced by Twit One.
Vocals by Turt & C.Tappin.
Mastered by Roe Beardie.
Cover photo by Robert Winter.
Lettering by Ramon Backus.

Cat No: MPM 274
Artist: Syrup
Titel: Rosy Lee

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