Ta-ku & Raashan Ahmad - Low Fidelity, High Quality (Free Album)

Berlin-based Jakarta Records has prepped a nice little treat today as they unveil the free downloadable joint album, titled Low Fidelity, High Quality, by their rising artists Ta-ku and Raashan Ahmad. The piece contains 16 songs that have been recorded during Ahmad’s Australian tour. Check out the written recap of the project from the label’s perspective and grab Low Fidelity, High Quality down below.

Raashan Ahmad was on a euro tour some weeks ago and during his stop in Berlin we were talking music over dinner. I told Raashan that we are about to release an album with Ta-ku (which has happened in the meantime, check out the “DOWHATYOULOVE” album) and he asked me whether I knew that he recorded a full album with him some time ago during his last australian tour. No, I didn’t know that and getting my hand on the album turned out to be not too easy as it couldn’t be located for quite a while. In the end Raashan found it on an old hard drive and I was a fan of the album instantly. It’s raw hip hop in the truest sense. None of the songs are longer then 3 minutes, quite some are around the 2 minute mark. Nothing but dope beats and raps with some unreleased Ta-ku instrumentals sprinkled in between.