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Music, Chicagoans of Note Mar 18, 2021
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Alejandro Ayala, aka King Hippo, DJ and producer

“You bring people together and something will always happen. . . . The how is pretty easy, but the why is more important to me.”
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Chicagoans of Note, Alejandro Ayala, King Hippo, the Whistler, Sleeping Village, COVID-19, Japan, records, radio, Lumpen Radio, Worldwide FM, Royal Sessions, Sura Dupart, Silver Room, Angel Bat Dawid, Isaiah Collier, Julian Otis, Jeremy Warren, Kennedy Banks, Preservation of Fire, Millennium Park at Home: Chicago Jazz, Billy Helmkamp, After School Matters, Sura Dupart, Joe Bryl, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 25, 2019
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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Open Beats, Push Beats, beat scene, Fess Grandiose, Raj Mahal, Cafe Mustache, Uncle El, open mike, live PA, instrumental hip-hop, Kevin Johnson, Mr. Echoes, the Opus, the Whistler, Makaya McCraven, International Anthem, King Hippo, Boombastic, Twilite Tone, Lokal, Sonotheque, Darkroom, Morseland, Subterranean, Rubberoom, Pugslee Atomz, Nacrobats, All Natural, Tone B. Nimble, Flying Lotus, Brainfeeder, Ras G, Gregory Shorter Jr., Low End Theory, lofi, Marcos Rivera, Cos, Needful Things, Cutoff, Innjoy, Choppin’ Block, Silver Room, Rodolfo, Obehko, Live Beats, Azarias, Kinky Yeti, Loony Is Normal, DJ Skoli, Ramon Norwood, Radius, ETC Records, Now U C Me?, Kenny Keys, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Marco Jacobo, Maker, Systematic Soul, Now-Again, Egon, J Dilla, Slot-A, Daddy Kev, Alpha Pup Records, Daedelus, Samiyam, Dibiase, Nosaj Thing, Alejandro Ayala, Madlib, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, The Hip-Hop Project, Sev Seever, WLUW, DJ Scend, Jeff Parker, Raws, Junius Paul, Illiac, Brandon Murphy, Ableton, Push Tuesdays, Adam Bowsman, Abyss, Raj Malosh, Jeremiah Jae, House Shoes, MPC 2000, John Utsler, Elaquent, Knxwledge, Rodan, Door No. 3, Roland SP-404, Aaron Smith, Isle of Weight, Dance to the Drummer's DB, Tall Black Guy, ASR-10, Dover Crib, Molemen, Panik, No ID, Red Kiva, Face Melt, Tronic, Joshua Kleckner, Lokua, Moment Sound, Heartbeats, Fresh Roasted, Highly Rare, In the Moment Remix Tape, Timbuck2, Timothy Jones, Beat Lo-fi Social, Hameedullah, College Music, Chillhop Music, ChilledCow, Life in Lo-Fi . . . Vol. 1, Guilty Simpson, Video

Music, In Rotation May 2, 2019
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DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Harold Washington Library, Cambridge University Press, Popular Music, Marc Fischer, Library Excavations, Respire, Gravity & Grace, Middle-Man, Joshua Virtue, Free Snacks, Udababy, Eat Good Tape, Post Faith Dialogues, Loosey, Alejandro Ayala, King Hippo, Lumpen Radio, London, Sadiq Khan, Emma Warren, Night Czar, Make Some Space, Azymüth, Demos (1973-75), Infinite Spirit Music, Live Without Fear, Jazzman, reissue, Soji Adebayo, Will Miller, Resavoir, Whitney, Broadcast, Trish Keenan, Black Session, La Maison de la Radio, Come on Let’s Go, Nas, MF Doom, Nastradoomus, Nastradamus, Special Herbs, Video

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Alejandro Ayala, aka King Hippo, DJ and producer

“You bring people together and something will always happen. . . . The how is pretty easy, but the why is more important to me.”

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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

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DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more

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Video Alejandro Ayala, aka King Hippo, DJ and producer

“You bring people together and something will always happen. . . . The how is pretty easy, but the why is more important to me.”

Video Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

Video DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz

Plus: Resavoir bandleader Will Miller on a fan-made mashup of Nas and MF Doom, Reader writer Leor Galil on raiding the discards pile at the library, and more

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Alejandro Ayala, aka King Hippo, DJ and producer

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Keeping the beat

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DJ King Hippo on the holy grail of Chicago spiritual jazz