Root Sellers EP Drops exclusively on Beatport today!

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The nine track EP from the Root Sellers came out today on Beatport exclusively. Get it here

The Root Sellers music is the result of a unique and imaginative creative process. Urban artists have long sampled and reinterpreted sounds and songs from earlier sources such as records. This process is often called digging in the crates. Music technology has evolved and it is now possible to record musicians and sounds of all kinds both in the field and in home studios. This allows the Root Sellers to create using a simple philosophy: Dig the Planet. The Root Sellers album was created by traveling around the world with a laptop computer and a digital hand recorder and it includes sounds and atmospheres from the forests of Africa, rolling hills of California, rugged beauty of Nova Scotia and the pristine Yukon as well as instrumental and vocal collaborations from some of the top players and singers they have encountered in their travels.

The Root Sellers musical Journey has recently taken them to major performances at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They have continued to record people and atmospheres on beaches in Indonesia, rivers in China and the mighty rainforests of British Columbia. Remixes by Myagi, the Utah Saints, Nick Thayer, DZ and Si Begg have been published on Pop and Lock and Westway Records, reached the charts in Mixmag and IDJ magazines, as well as dance floors around the world, bringing international acclaim to the Root Sellers sound.

Sideways Sandwiches
Conscious political glitch hop meets some old-west style bass womps. Freedom Danish and the Root Sellers put a hurt on some filter banks for this 95 bpm dancefloor rinse-out.

Cityscapes
Constructed from sounds and impressions of the city streets and sky trains of Vancouver, Canada, This reflective headphone nodder takes Detroit hip hop through a looking glass of atmospherics, glitches and bass.

A Burning Star
The original Root Sellers jam featuring the vocal stylings of Cleora Star. Conscious funky hip hop, symphonic strings, and a surprise dancehall rhythm come together in an instant classic.

Happy Fingers
Featuring the sounds of blues guitar master Aylie Sparks and his daughter Teka Rae, this twitchy chiller is perfect for a summer morning or your cold Cervesa at dusk.

Twenty Risings
Written on a farm in Humboldt county California, this Sub infused IDM walkabout will take you through gypsy stirngs, Peruvian flutes, and the twenty moons of the Mayan calendar in six and a half rolling minutes.

All the Days of Yesterday
Can Crunk be Emo? Can Bass Music be sensitive? Well it is now. Myagi calls this one saccharine, but believe us, it will turn your stomach at 50 HZ on a big PA. Glide through the breeze and the bird calls of a Yukon summer morning at 87 BPM, while soaring synths and throbbing bass put your feet on the path to beauty.