Qdup, Warp 9 and Flex Matthews get the full lock on the Bodyrock with their new collaborative single, and it’s every bit the slice of twenty-first century synth-drenched slice of bass-funk electric boogaloo you’d expect from the name. On the mic, Matthews lays down the gauntlet for fellow emcees and there’s even a brooding synth dropout to allow the competition to contemplate their game. Warp
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QDUP & WARP 9 feat. FLEX MATTHEWS: Bodyrock (2016)
FORT KNOX FIVE: Reach feat. FLEX MATTHEWS (2016)
The final single to be lifted from Fort Knox Five‘s Pressurize The Cabin LP from last year is Reach featuring DC emcee, Flex Matthews making this, fittingly, a DC thing all round. Equally fittingly, it’s a summery slice of party boom-bap on a De La/ J5 tip turning on a 100 bpm beat replete with horns and funk guitar licks. Also invited to the party are remixers Knight Riderz who turn in both a trap and
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FORT KNOX FIVE feat. FLEX MATTHEWS: Swinging On a Rhyme (2015)
2015 has been something of a year for Fort Knox Five what with the high of the release of their second full-length LP followed by the low of the sad and untimely demise of founder member Jon Horvath. But the show must go on and here DC emcee Flex Matthews joins the party cruise-ship FK5 for mic duties to get the punters doing the Lindy-hop with swing-hop anthem and new single
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QDUP: Let’s Go EP (2013)
“Qdup?”
“This release certainly is! Rather than wait the regulation month or so to drop the remix or instrumental package, they’re all on this at the same time: two originals, three remixes, and instros of all five. More like stacked up really. They’re practically bumming each other from lack of room
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