Name: The Valley of the Kings
Brand: Ugly Mac Beer

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XRPVY2301

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Limited edition

Release date

2023-02-17

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Ugly Mac Beer

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Hip Hop

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X-Ray Production

X-Ray Production is a French independent record label, publisher, promoter, and booker that was established in 2003. With a strong presence in the music industry, X-Ray Production has been dedicated to promoting and supporting talented artists from various genres. The label prides itself on its commitment to providing a platform for *emerging musicians* to showcase their creativity and reach a wider audience.

As an independent label, X-Ray Production offers a diverse range of musical styles including *hip-hop*, *electronic*, *rock*, and more. Their catalog features an impressive collection of albums and singles from both well-known acts and up-and-coming talents. By collaborating with talented producers, songwriters, and performers, X-Ray Production consistently delivers high-quality releases that resonate with music lovers worldwide.

In addition to their role as a record label, X-Ray Production also operates as a publisher, ensuring that their artists' work reaches the right audiences through licensing opportunities in film, television, advertising, and other media platforms. Their expertise in promotion and booking further strengthens their commitment to nurturing talent by organizing live performances for their roster of artists at renowned venues across France.

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Ugly Mac Beer, a key figure in the French breakbeat scene, founder of Beatsqueeze Records and author of the critically acclaimed albums Modonut 1 &amp; 2 alongside Mister Modo, is back with a new solo album The Valley of the Kings, between lofi hip-hop, abstract hip-hop or even broken beat, which will be released on January 27, 2023. A digger/beatmaker effort par excellence, very inspired by the 90s productions of masters of the genre such as Madlib, DJ Shadow or RZA, the concept of this instrumental album with oriental sounds is based on the search for the sample of "THE" ultimate and perfectly heady loop, which can be listen to over and over again.

 The eponymous title track which opens the album sets the tone with its powerful lofi hip-hop drum on a big cinematic and orchestral sound which evokes an Egyptian peplum of the 60s taking place in the heart of the mythical valley of the kings! Another highlight of the album, the track "Les chœurs perdus" resonates like a children's tale, with its bewitching voices and magical songs set to a catchy beat that evokes the Egyptian goddesses and the mystery of the pyramids. To compose the powerful and rather dark beat of "The New Flame", another essential piece of the album, the beatmaker drew his inspiration from New York hip-hop from the 90s but also from "crime film" soundtracks from the 70s. 

The sublime interludes “Fortune &amp; Gloire”, “Years of Despare” and “Ambitious Dream” take us from one track to another, each one more powerful than the other. In a very cinematographic mood, Ugly Mac Beer succeeds in developing its "old film about Egypt" album concept from start to finish and thus manages to tell a real story that takes us on a journey back in pyramids time.

The Valley of the Kings

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