“The NOW Experience tapes are a collection of tapes ranging from ‘86-’97 made in connection with me and my crew, the ICL posse from Leeds, which stands for Inner City Life. The members of that crew are Code Name Tee, Tozz 180, FST, Ten Ton and Thunder. We all used to practice making demos in my mum’s living room from around 87. We used a 4 track cassette and a sampler and these are some of these demo tapes. In between every session I would make these sample tapes which I called Experience. My DJ name is E.A.S.E which stands for Experience-A-Sample-Expert . Hence the EXP. Within the tapes are some crew tracks and some instrumental sample based tracks, Which became the foundations of A Word of Science and Smoker’s Delight etc. I still reference back to these tapes now and again for inspiration. Through these tapes you’ll hear the seed, birth and ingredients of many N.O.W classics. I feel it’s time to share these with the world. Enjoy!”

Che vuol dire tutto questo? Vuol dire che Nightmares On Wax ritorna sulla scena con nuovo, nuovissimo materiale inedito letteralmente “riemerso” dagli scatoloni impolverati di casa sua, quelli dove si tengono i ricordi più cari della gioventù, regalando oggi in free download via bleep.com i primi 8 capitoli della mixtape series “The EXP Tapes 86-97”. Scarichi tutto qui, Experience-A-Sample-Expert! #Enjoythebar!

P.s.: voci di corridoio vogliono NOW al lavoro in studio, che sia imminente un grande ritorno, magari dalle parti di Warp Records?