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Balam Acab – “Big Boy”

I was recently turned on to Ithaca, NY’s Balam Acab (Alec Koone) by my friend Shaun (thanks!). The new Balam Acab ep See Birds recently came out via Tri Angle Records and features 5 solid tracks of ethereal, downtempo-but-still-head nod-worthy beats. Highly recommended.
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