New Music: Christoph El Truento - What We Used To Know

Local beats man Christoph El Truento dropped an album's worth of new material last week, grouping together 11 ethereal cuts into an album that's perfect for laying back and getting a bit lost in.

Seriously, there's spacey vibes a-go-go on this bad boy, What We Used To Know, which was recorded way back in the dark ages of 2011, and owes as much to abstract jazz as it does hip hop.

According to Christoph (who's based in my newish home, Auckland), this release is "an earthly journey through what we used to know//from the mind of a modern man in a dream state travelling back through the paths//knowledge//of our ancestors."

I don't need to explain everything, do I? Make your own mind up as to what that means.

That's also the excuse I commonly use when I don't know what something means myself... but hey, the music sounds good, that's what matters.

You can check a few of my personal favourites from What We Used To Know out below, or head to Bandcamp and name your price. Don't be as tightfisted as me, cough up some $$$ for this.