COOL GREEN TREES (1999-2005) by STIMULATOR JONES

SKU140075
ArtistSTIMULATOR JONES
TitleCOOL GREEN TREES (1999-2005)
LabelBE WITH RECORDS
Catalog #BEWITH 176LP
Tag
ReleaseW 25 - 2025
FormatVinyl - UKLP
EAN Barcode4251804183949
 € 33,50 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. pharoah jones
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_1_stimulator_jones_-_pharoah_jones.mp3
  2. ghost gospel
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_2_stimulator_jones_-_ghost_gospel.mp3
  3. ill feeling
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_3_stimulator_jones_-_ill_feeling.mp3
  4. capital punishment
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_4_stimulator_jones_-_capital_punishment.mp3
  5. do not adjust
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_5_stimulator_jones_-_do_not_adjust.mp3
  6. cool green trees
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_6_stimulator_jones_-_cool_green_trees.mp3
  7. chill scratch
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_7_stimulator_jones_-_chill_scratch.mp3
  8. poisonous fumes
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_8_stimulator_jones_-_poisonous_fumes.mp3
  9. welcome aboard the starship
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_9_stimulator_jones_-_welcome_aboard_the_starship.mp3
  10. Keep on runnin
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_10_stimulator_jones_-_keep_on_runnin.mp3
  11. sounds impossible
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_11_stimulator_jones_-_sounds_impossible.mp3
  12. painted faces
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_12_stimulator_jones_-_painted_faces.mp3
  13. the knew style
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_13_stimulator_jones_-_the_knew_style.mp3
  14. chicken wing blues sauce
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_14_stimulator_jones_-_chicken_wing_blues_sauce.mp3
  15. kool breeze
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_15_stimulator_jones_-_kool_breeze.mp3
  16. sexx bullets
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_16_stimulator_jones_-_sexx_bullets.mp3
  17. soul child
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_17_stimulator_jones_-_soul_child.mp3
  18. take off runnin
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_18_stimulator_jones_-_take_off_runnin.mp3
  19. centurian
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_19_stimulator_jones_-_centurian.mp3
  20. bozack
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_20_stimulator_jones_-_bozack.mp3
  21. Church
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_21_stimulator_jones_-_church.mp3
  22. splash one
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_22_stimulator_jones_-_splash_one.mp3
  23. hank
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_23_stimulator_jones_-_hank.mp3
  24. 73 goatee
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/b/bewith_176lp_cool_green_trees_1999-2005/1_24_stimulator_jones_-_73_goatee.mp3

Description

December 25th, 2023 - an Instagram post. Stimulator Jones shared half a dozen FIRE tracks from his beat tape archive. We were immediately drawn to the rough hewn boom bap.

"I'd release that", Rob commented.

Hours of material was shared and the result is this: Cool Green Trees (1999-2005). A collection of beats and loops Stimulator Jones created between the ages of 14-20 at home in his basement, bedroom and computer room in Roanoke, Virginia.

You will not believe the profound soulful genius contained within these naive schoolboy melodies.

December 25th, 1998 - 25 years ago to the day and his much-coveted Yamaha SU10 sampler was finally bestowed upon young Stimmy AKA Sam Lunsford: "I immediately hooked up a CD Walkman to the input jack and looped the beginning two bars of Grover Washington Jr.'s "Mercy Mercy Me". I don't know what exactly was so thrilling about hearing two measures of music repeating over and over but it was so infectious and hypnotizing and enthralling to me. I'll never forget that ecstatic rush of making my first loop - an uncontrollable, gleeful smile plastered all over my face." When you hear the pocket breakbeat symphonies featured here on Cool Green Trees, you'll feel the same sense of frisson.

In the wake of his Stones Throw breakthrough - Exotic Worlds & Master Treasures - Stimulator Jones was pegged by many as a 90s throwback artist. However, he literally IS a 90s artist. He's been recording music most of his life and he's now 40. He created the bulk of Cool Green Trees as a teenager. Everything before 2004 was recorded when Sam was still in school. He was in 8th grade when he made the 1999 tracks - he didn't even have his learner's permit. This album is a snapshot of a young man in a simpler time. Things were still mysterious back then and he was flying blind, relying on his ears and having to figure things out for himself: "I had no road map for becoming a beatmaker. I have been collecting music since I was a kid, I am a lifelong digger and seeker of cool and interesting sounds. I was there in the golden age of Hip Hop, and while I may have been a suburban white kid in Roanoke, Virginia, I was tuned in and I bought so many classic albums when they came out. I was attracted to Hip Hop because of the musical and poetic quality. I was hypnotized by the rhythms, partially because I was a drummer. I didn't brag about collecting my breakbeat records or making beats - it was something I did in isolation. It wasn't something I generally wanted to bring attention to and it didn't really score me any cool points. I certainly wasn't flexing on social media about it."

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