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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
kfellz
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kfellz tape fulla gems. the fact that vol. 1 came out in 2009 is craaazy. 🔂🙏🏾 Favorite track: My Heart Can Take.
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TellyMcLean RT1 was already a masterpiece, but RT2 just made it timeless. Favorite track: High Depth.
nmtmo
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nmtmo 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.
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wrightnow26 this whole album is wreckless
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    -Obi strip
    -2XCS
    -White shell

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Red Limited Edition Double Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    -Limited to 100 copies
    -Obi strip
    -2XCS
    -Red shell

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Double Vinyl Test Pressing
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    -Ultra rare, 15 worldwide
    -Hand stamped
    -Hand numbered

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Test Press Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    -Ultra rare, 15 worldwide
    -2XCS
    -Hand stamped
    -Hand numbered

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Orange Crush Double Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition White Double Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Yellow Limited Edition Double Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    -Limited to 100 copies
    -Obi strip
    -2XCS
    -Yellow shell

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rugged Tranquility Volume 1 & 2 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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about

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

credits

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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Ohbliv Richmond, Virginia

Oddly hypnotic, mesmeric visions of a musical utopia where hip hop dances with RnB, flirts with Jazz, and travels with ambient music. Timeless, ethereal. Traditional but not purist. Sometimes experimental, these healing tones are visceral cosmic sound therapy for generations. ... more

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