Throwback Thursdays: Aesop Rock - "Hall Of Game"

For the first Throwback Thursday of 2013 we are going with an unreleased Aesop Rock track by the name of “Hall of Game.” The track was produced by longtime collaborator Blockhead and hails from the Labor Days era back in 2000. This is classic Aesop with its dense and verbose verbal onslaught accompanied by a trademark Blockhead backdrop that reminds us what made Aesop one of the underground’s most exciting characters at the time and really still even to this day. 

Listen: Blockhead - "Never Forget Your Token"

long time AesopRock producer Blockhead is back with a new LP, his fifth overall, titled Interludes After Midnight. Tony Simon, has traveled the globe and emerged with another collection of eclectic songs,  Interludes title comes to us from an afterhours New York City public access show that ran throughout the 80’s and early 90’s and is Blockhead’s ultimate homage to the times and places that defined his upbringing. The LP will be released on April 30th in Europe and May 1st in the US via Ninja Tune Records. Check out the the lead cut "Never Forget Your Token" below…

Video: Blockhead - "The Music Scene"

Back in 2009, beat-master Blockhead released his 4th album The Music Scene (Ninja Tune Records). A year later animator A.F.Schepperd created a video for the title track "The Music Scene" that still has eyes buzzing today. Television is struggling to gain the attention of animals once humans no longer exist, or at least that is my interpretation. Regardless, its awesome. 

You may recognize Schepperd's work from the Rome - "Two Against One" music video, posted earlier.