East Side Supply - Delicatessen / The Bodega 7''

East Side Supply marks the coming together of two producer/multi-instrumentalists; Bay Area’s Chris Lujan (Life Of Grime) and Reno’s Alexander Korostinsky (Whatitdo Archive Group). Known for their genre-bending aesthetics and analog production styles, the two gathered at Korostinsky’s Archive Group Studios where they wrote and rolled tape on two songs worth their weight in gold.

Lujan and Korostisky found common ground in their mutual love of New York’s bustling Upper East Side 1980s-era culinary scene, diving headfirst into the art of the delicatessen. The sounds that emanated out of the studio could easily be the music wafting through the aisles of a New York bodega. Sonically influenced by classic East Coast hip-hop, East Side Supply blends in their sample-ready beats with their long-standing connection with library music a’la Sandro Brugnolini, Rino De Filippi, and other library heavyweights.

The A-side, “Delicatessen” starts off with a heavy drum break complete with electric bongos. A drifty Casiotone keyboard and 12-string electric guitar lead an off-kilter melody while thick bass and fuzz guitar then take center stage for an ear-bending trip. A crunchy, jazz flute solo takes the song to another level.

“The Bodega” opens with Lujan’s guitar Harpsichord and flute enter together with a refreshing melody line floating atop Korostinsky’s bass line. Axelrod-esque hits bring the heavy head nod that you might find in Davide Sorrenti’s 1990s ‘Heroin chic’ photography that was so popular at the time. Finally, fuzzy drums wrap up the groove.

This debut 45 arrives on March 6th courtesy of the infamous New Tape label, an historic music library and now division of Italy’s Sonor Music Editions.