Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2

by Ohbliv

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III this gives me 80's and spirital hip hop breaks and I can't wait for the next project......im a fan4lfe I might need to put in an application @ Bandcamp they're literally right down the street from my house lol favorite tracks: My Heart Can Take, Much 2x

TellyMcLean RT1 was already a masterpiece, but RT2 just made it timeless. Favorite track: High Depth.

omtmn My favorite from volume 1 will always be 94 bubble jacket with the goretex. This new heat though? This volume 2?? Crazy. Loving every bit of it. Improve your love is my new favorite sound. Thank you, Ohbliv.
-(out of my large collection on bandcamp, volume 1 was my 3rd ever purchase on this app. special work indeed) Favorite track: Improve Your Love.

wrightnow26 this whole album is wreckless

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-That good good black vinyl
-Embossed front and back covers
-Obi strip
-Black inner sleeves

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Limited Edition Double Vinyl Test Pressing
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Limited Edition Test Press Cassette
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-Ultra rare, 15 worldwide
-2XCS
-Hand stamped
-Hand numbered

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Limited Edition Orange Crush Double Vinyl
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-Orange Crush colored vinyl, limited to 100 copies
-Embossed front and back covers
-Obi strip
-Black inner sleeves

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Limited Edition White Double Vinyl
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-White vinyl, limited to 100 copies
-Embossed front and back covers
-Obi strip
-Black inner sleeves

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1.	Rugged Tranquility 01:58	buy track
2.	94 Bubble Jacket With The GoreTex 02:35	buy track
3.	Tonight (All Nite Rockin) 02:58	buy track
4.	More2Love 01:11	buy track
5.	Slapboxin' Wit Ya Mama 02:35	buy track
6.	Pennye For Your Thoughts 02:30	buy track
7.	Sharing The Indo 02:25	buy track
8.	Lemme Holla Holla 02:13	buy track
9.	My Heart Can't Take 01:34	buy track
10.	Talk To Your Dog Like The Son Of Sam 03:03	buy track
11.	Jungle Bunnies 02:01	buy track
12.	And The Truth Shall Set You Free 03:45	buy track
13.	Black Brigade 02:37	buy track
14.	In Your Dreams 01:31	buy track
15.	Jaye Miles 02:29	buy track
16.	Freddie Jackson Suit Wearing... 03:03	buy track
17.	Send It On Down 03:51	buy track
18.	Thirst 02:34	buy track
19.	It Will Set You Free 01:45	buy track
20.	Third Times A Charm 03:44	buy track
21.	Staytroolude(Intro) 00:39	buy track
22.	Da 1neWay 02:27	buy track
23.	Much 2x 02:33	buy track
24.	Improve Your Love 01:01	buy track
25.	Thinkin Of U 02:47	buy track
26.	Bone Apple Tea 01:23	buy track
27.	You Know The Gawd 01:56	buy track
28.	The Good Times 01:57	buy track
29.	Essential Qualities 02:59	buy track
30.	Inner Work pt 777 02:18	buy track
31.	Lucky Day 01:09	buy track
32.	Minutes Of Life 02:35	buy track
33.	Krewz 02:50	buy track
34.	My Heart Can Take 01:57	buy track
35.	Home (Come On) 02:39	buy track
36.	High Depth 01:55	buy track

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On Rugged Tranquility Vol. 2, the latest cuts from Virginia keystone Ohbliv serve as a prescription for the ears from Dr. Sample himself. The 16-track expedition remains forward-thinking as Ohbliv paints detailed pictures of a reimagined past, laying brick after brick and beat after beat upon the sample-based works that many of us know him for.

The original Rugged Tranquility handed us the comb with which to style afro-textured sensibility. “Slapboxin’ Wit Ya Momma” has all the bounce of a club-focused beat, with a face-twisting phased guitar / keyline combo that swirls and churns psychedelically atop a crate digger's buffet of two-step drumming.

“Send It On Down” is a beat lover’s bread and butter - richly hued vocals dance atop a solid foot with melodic chops that revolve like a satellite around an addicting rhythm. “Lemme Holla Holla” beckons and calls atop a warped guitar, a delayed tambourine sprinkled atop this dreamy admixture. These are cuts that some heads know good and well - but with RT’s follow-up, Ohbliv takes it a step further.

A partner to his first digital beat tape, RT2 further articulates the funky emotion conveyed in that seminal work. ‘Bliv raises his knuckles straight away in the ring, starting with the hook shot that is “Da 1neWay”; Hot and buttery low end with a satin-lined groove, jumping out of the speakers with a kick drum that rattles bone. Beautifully haunting melodies on “Thinkin of U” take one back to past loves and past mistakes, echoing with the progressive rock sentiment he so often imbues.

“Bone Apple Tea” drips class, with strings that suggest dense sun-drenched environments dotted with free-form key work. Whether it be the lush digital keys on tracks like “Essential Qualities”, or “Lucky Day” with its hard kick drum perforating gentle vocals, Ohbliv’s newest project combines the saturated sonics of his 90’s upbringing with the crack and definition of expertly swung drums. Best believe Rugged Tranquility 2 is deeper than a follow-up.

We at Paxico have taken great care not only to issue Ohbliv's first full-length beat tape onto vinyl, but to accent its rich audio cornerstones with the all-new cuts of Rugged Tranquility Vol. 2. Old favorites are suddenly re-contextualized via Ohbliv's refined chops, imbued with a sense of time and place while always remaining evergreen. The River City don exemplifies Paxico's roots, creating forward-thinking music rooted in its own folkloric mystique that is deeply embedded within the Indigenous Black American experience. Cool out, and hit play.

- Don Lowrie-Morris II

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released April 2, 2021

Audio by Ohbliv
Executive Produced by Ohbliv & Chris Hund
Art, Design & Photography by Chris Hund
Project Management by Josh Hey & Don Lowrie-Morris II

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