Knxwledge
Hud Dreems 2LP vinyl

Released in 2015 on Stones Throw Records, Hud Dreems is the landmark debut album from Los Angeles-based producer Knxwledge (Glen Boothe), a densely layered and deeply personal collection of beat sketches, chopped samples and hazy instrumental grooves. Built from fragments of soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop and R&B, the album turns imperfections, repetition and lo-fi texture into part of its unique character.

Across its many short tracks, Hud Dreems feels less like a traditional album and more like stepping inside Knxwledge’s stream of consciousness. Samples appear, disappear and return in altered forms, drums stumble and swing, bass lines drift beneath dusty loops, and melodies seem to emerge almost accidentally. Yet beneath the deliberately rough surface is an extraordinary attention to rhythm, texture and detail.

The album’s title is a nod to Knxwledge’s upbringing in New Jersey, while its sound reflects the producer’s fascination with the golden age of sample-based hip-hop and the possibilities of modern beat-making. There is a strong sense of nostalgia throughout Hud Dreems, but it never feels trapped in the past — Knxwledge reshapes his influences into something distinctly his own.

With its fragmented structures, warm samples and endlessly repeatable grooves, Hud Dreems became a defining record for the instrumental beat scene of the 2010s and helped establish Knxwledge as one of the most distinctive producers of his generation.

A hazy, soulful and endlessly inventive beat masterpiece — raw, intimate and impossible to listen to just once.

NEW /  Released in 2015

Tracklist:

A1 Kometostai Aintreallynootherwaytoputitro

A2 Time&tide

A3 Tkekareofit

A4 Mylife

A5 Shuremng

A6 Noflowrs[instrw]

A7 Dntfall

A8 Frmnowhere

A9 Thtroll

A10 Letuleave [geekdop]

B1 Onlijournitro

B2 Thtbodi

B3 Bodies [totw]

B4 Behindme

B5 Faraway

B6 Flyinglizrds

B7 Mydesire[fortwin] [vanuys]

B8 Trsh

B9 Jstowee

C1 Nvrending

C2 Stilluhme

C3 Aintitovr

C4 Demskreets Fekts

C5 Beleeveibne

C6 Rightaftr [thk]

C7 Okaiokai

D1 Track 27

D2 Track 28

D3 Track 29