Kaoru Inoue

𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥-𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴—𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵.

On *Dr. No’s Ethiopium*, Oh No dives deep into the world of Ethiopian jazz, funk, and soul, flipping rare grooves into 34 instrumental beat sketches. Dusty samples from Mulatu Astatke and other legends are reimagined through raw MPC chops, stuttering rhythms, and thick analog crunch.

There’s no filler here—just hypnotic loops, psychedelic textures, and endless mood shifts. A journey that stands at the intersection of crate-digging tradition and abstract beat science, it’s both a tribute and a recontextualization. For fans of Madlib, Dilla, and deep global cuts.