Eric Hilton - Put Em’ Down

// Subscribe // // About Present Past and Future // “Music defies time,” says artist/producer Eric Hilton. “It can linger in the present moment, move forwards or backwards. Music can be part of all these realities.” And on his new EP “Present Past & Future”, the Thievery Corporation co-founder takes the listener from inner city sidewalks of the 1970’s to the edges of the Universe….and back. Sonically, “Present Past and Future” shifts between jazz-tinged drum-n-bass and laid-back urban funk, with a dusty ambience throughout that will tick the “trip-hop” genre box for many. But Hilton’s crate-digging vinyl connoisseur aesthetic brought disparate influences into the creation of this new record, with nods to trumpeter Donald Byrd, jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron, and legendary American record production team the Mizell Brothers. The Mizell Brothers, producers of classic 70’s Blue Note jazz fusion albums and huge hits like A Taste of Honey’s dance funk c