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something Murphy describes as “a milestone.” A long-time fan of J Dilla and D’Angelo, he recently faced “the most intense musical experience of [his] life” at Melbourne CBD’s Golden Monkey, a live venue he often attends for their neo-soul/jazz house band and hip hop performers. “Last year I saw D’Angelo’s band play a gig after they’d played at the Palace [in St Kilda],” he explains. “It was intimate; they were improvising, just playing random stuff – it was crazy.”

I t’s pretty ideal when a particularly excellent album becomes subconsciously married to an especially sunny period of your life. For Jacob Murphy, his European trip last year is unshakeably nailed to Jordan Rakei’s Cloak . “His voice is like butter – if you could synthesise a voice to butter, it’s probably

himself, Murphy’s love for creating “laid back and wonky” beats is supplemented by his appreciation for jazz, soul and funk, (see: soundcloud.com/lndnbeats). His J Dilla and Flying Lotus-inspired drum loops and samples were recently sought out by a UK company which offers top quality sample packs to producers,

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Amongst his prized Childish Gambino, Rakei and Flying Lotus LPs, Murphy’s pick of his own vinyl crop is Gary Clark Jr’s Live of 2014. “Blues and rock, jazzy moments… there were so many dynamics on that record, it was so raw and intense, and it was captured so well live – there were no overdubs,” he says. “The new one [last month’s Live: North America ] is the same, but the first one stole my heart. I play it every day at work. I almost want to send Gary an email and say ‘Hey man, I just wanna let you know, every week when I play you, someone buys your CD.’”

the closest thing you could get,” he says of the Brisbane-born, UK- based musician. “And the instrumentation… the instruments are all live, but my God, it’s one of the cleanest records I’ve ever heard. It became my soundtrack to travelling; there’re all these sentimental connotations I have to that record. It’s just beautiful, magical.” Rakei lent those caramel vocals to Disclosure’s last record, and has swapped favours with Melbourne rapper Remi (another of Murphy’s favourites). A drummer and producer

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