Just Plain Ant made his first appearance on “netBloc Vol. 17: Refined Excursions For The Discriminating Listener” with his incredible “Revolution (Featuring Precise)” and it’s throw-back classic hip-hop vibe.
That introduction to the music of the Richmond, VA talent was just the beginning of a sonic journey for him and for us as listeners. His first blocSonic album, “Dig Deep”, was released in February the following year and it showed us that Ant was an ARTIST. His growth as a musician was evident.
Over the years he’s returned with albums that expect you to LISTEN, that expect you to grow as a listener along with him as an artist. You do grow… and his music seeps into your soul. When you put away those albums for a while and at a later time return to them, you realize just how much they became a part of you. That’s classic.
With his new album “All Becomes Dust”, he again challenges the listener with his further explorations in downtempo. At times the album teeters on the edge of chaos yet all the while retaining its firm grasp of the funk and pushes music forward.
So now it’s that time again… follow Ant… as he leads you on his latest sonic voyage.
tracklist: 01 - Fade Out (1:59) 02 - A Fine Mess (1:55) 03 - Squirrel Food (2:17) 04 - Dance Of The Dead (2:25) 05 - Take Me Away (2:02) 06 - Acid Trip (Remix) (with The Honorable Sleaze) (2:12) 07 - Comfortindistance (3:08) 08 - Lapse of Memory (2:10) 09 - We Became Stars (2:34) 10 - Selfishness Surfacing (2:11) 11 - Ghosts (2:09) 12 - Stranger Things Have Happened (Pt. I) (1:42) 13 - All Becomes Dust (2:23) 14 - Love(d) (3:38) 15 - citsatnahP (1:50) 16 - Ant! Stop Daydreaming! (3:57) 17 - This Is About You (3:11) 18 - Are We Going Anywhere? (1:19) 19 - Hands (2:03) 20 - If There's A Heaven (3:02) 21 - Ant In Flight (2:36) 22 - Hypnogogia (1:01)
Following up the release of Just Plain Ant´s album “Knowon”, here’s the second single, “Hide”. As always, included are a couple extras that expand on the “Knowon” sound and make this single just as essential for fans as the album and first single. Don’t sleep.
The time for you to let Just Plain Ant take you on another sonic journey. With “Knowon”, Ant’s managed to cook up a fine mixture of introspection, soulful yet funky beats and a healthy dose of visceral textures. Sit back… let the rhythms take you.
Here’s the second single for Just Plain Ant’s “[albumtitle]”. This time around it’s more of an EP with 3 new exclusives! Among which is one of my recent favorites of his, “No Desire To Speak”. Thanks to all who’ve already grabbed the first single “The Bridge (Featuring Sleaze)” and the album. If you haven’t be sure to do so, to make keep your Just Plain Ant collection complete!
The beautiful thing about music, whether you’re a listener or you’re a creator, is the process of discovery. This project was just that for Anthony Gillison aka Just Plain Ant. Along the way, it’s taken him on a journey which ultimately led him to new sonic territory. At times dark, other times fun, still other times down right funky… through and through this album is just as much of a journey for you, the listener. We hope you’ll enjoy the journey as much as we do.
tracklist: 01 - Where To Begin? (1:07) 02 - ThreeEightySixteen (4:14) 03 - Last Minute (Featuring God IV Bid) (3:07) 04 - I Can't Call It (5:11) 05 - Kinda (3:19) 06 - You Crashed Your Bike And I Laughed At You (4:19) 07 - Don't Bring Me That Weak Ass Coffee (1:18) 08 - Sunken City (Featuring God IV Bid) (4:56) 09 - Photoaugliaphobia (4:52) 10 - The Bridge (Featuring Sleaze) (4:37) 11 - Nothing Begets Nothing (5:07) 12 - Glorious Evolution (1:23) 13 - Call It All Off (Exit Sign) (6:15) 14 - Bourne Toulouse (5:43) 15 - Light Of The World, Pt. XIII (Bonus Track) (4:27)
The man who helped blocSonic launch its original series of releases is back with something fresh for true heads to nod to. “The Bridge (Featuring Sleaze)” is the first single from the forthcoming album “[albumtitle]”. If you’ve followed us for any amount of time, you’re most-likely quite familiar with Just Plain Ant’s progressive hip-hop sound.
tracklist: 01 - The Bridge (Featuring Sleaze) (4:42) 02 - The Bridge (Instrumental) (4:42) 03 - The Bridge (Acapella) (4:42) 04 - ThreeEightySixteen (4:13) 05 - Somebody Stole My Neighbor's Cat (2:12)
label: on Bandcamp released: 10 October 2010 style: experimental hiphop glitch
Shouts to Just Plain Ant for letting us know that his new album SeeWhatEyeSee is finally available. Just Plain Ant makes tracks that have a broad range of appeal. Even if you ’re unfamiliar with a certain style or genre of music, Just Plain Ant has a way of making it enjoyable. Take for example, the first track, All I Need (Happy In Three-Four) where he chops up a Surface track and adds some glitch/Grime to it.
tracklist: 1. All I Need (Happy In Three-Four) 04:55 2. Wonder What I'd Do (feat. Joey Ripps) 05:07 3. The Last Of This (Feat. Sleaze) 04:37 4. I'll Be (feat. Samsun and Official Freeze) 04:46 5. Take The World (feat. Jay R&B) 05:23 6. Singing To Myself (feat. Caits Meissner) 03:54 7. Don't Look Back (feat. NOTE) 04:14 8. Sick (feat. Draztiq and Samsun) 04:24 9. Normalcy 03:18 10. Free 2 Be 05:39 11. BeginAgain 04:44 12. Spaces (feat. Alex Murphy) 05:00 13. Shine Your Light 03:38 14. Everything Became Something Else (feat. Mic Jordan) 04:02
label:blocSonic released: August 10, 2010 style: hip-hop
If you haven’t already checked out the excellent Just Plain Ant release “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”, here’s a little reminder for you. This, the final album maxi-single contains a double dose of album cuts with a couple dope remixes and a sneak peek at Ant’s upcoming September 7th release “seewhateyesee”. Special thanks to JFKmusik and Rowan who turned out more of that real stuff for all you hip-hop fiends! Don’t sleep on this.
tracklist: 01 - These Times (Featuring Sleaze and Joey Ripps) (Album Version) 02 - Scream Out (Featuring Braintrust) (Album Version) 03 - Some People Never Learn (JFK Remix) (Featuring NOTE) 04 - This Is Madness (Ol Skool '86 JFK Remix) (Featuring Black Liquid) 05 - Some People Never Learn (Rowan Remix) (Featuring NOTE) 06 - Wonder What I'd Do (Featuring Joey Ripps) (Snippet)
label: blocSonic, on Bandcamp released: July 27, 2010 style: hip hop, electronic, experimental format: 320 kbps mp3
Just Plain Ant is back with another fresh collection of his unique brand of hip-hop — beats, jazzy samples and a host of guests who each add their own flavor to the mix. Among the guests we’ve got blocSonic regulars such as Joey Ripps, Ohbliv and Sleaze. We’ve also got some new names — Black Liquid, Braintrust, Mic Jordan, Gordy Michael, NOTE, Octavion Xcellence, Photosynthesizers and last but not least… the INCREDIBLE… Chuck D! That’s right… the legendary Public Enemy front man took time out of his busy schedule to drop a verse!
tracklist: 1. Take One (feat. Joey Ripps) 02:59 2. This Is Madness (Just Plain Black) (feat. Black Liquid) 03:49 3. I'm Not Lyin' (feat. Octavion Xcellence) 02:35 4. No Title For It (feat. Ohbliv and Gordy Michael) 04:05 5. I Listen 2 Classical (feat. Sleaze) 02:10 6. Request (feat. Barcodez and SamSun of Photosynthesizers) 03:44 7. Primetime Bandit (Remix) (feat. Draztiq) 04:09 8. Way Back When (feat. Chuck D) 01:44 9. Some People Never Learn (feat. NOTE) 02:52 10. These Times (feat. Sleaze and Joey Ripps) 03:43 11. Out Of Here (feat. Mic Jordan) 02:37 12. Scream Out! (feat. Braintrust) 04:40
style: trip hop, funk, groove, downtempo, hip hop, electronic released: 10 November 2009
1.Can't You See 03:53 2.Out Of My Head 03:57 3.Don't Follow Me 03:52 4.Everybody's Got Problems 04:20 5.Heightened Expectations 05:14 6.Right Along 04:03 7.Let's Go Far Away 04:42 8.The Only One You've Got 05:20
Label: BlocSonic Released: Feb 2010 Style: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronic
With the release of “Songs About Something XE” the evolution of blocSonic continues. This edition ofJust Plain Ant’s foray into the world of trip-hop and downtempo delivers over two hours of soulful, chilled beats! Disc one is the original album in it’s entirety and disc two is packed with new Just Plain Ant songs and remixes by RVA (Richmond, Virginia) talents such as Annu, Oh.Bliv, Sleaze and Rowan. So, thanks again for downloading and listening. I hope you enjoy this premiere XE release, there are more on the way! As always, if you dig this release… spread it around… share with friends… share with strangers… share it with anyone.
Tracklisting: Disc 1 (Original Album) 1 - The Day Has Begun (3:30) 2 - Wanderlust (4:55) 3 - Peace Be Unto All Of Mankind (5:42) 4 - Restless (5:47) 5 - Great Pretender, Pts. 1 & 2 (5:28) 6 - One First Step (4:40) 7 - Fly Over Me (3:25) 8 - Epiphany (4:26) 9 - Your Portrait (5:35) 10 - We Are, Now (4:47) 11 - Spin (4:43) 12 - Where We Started (5:12) 13 - Untitled #0 (4:39) 14 - Tomorrow (3:45) 15 - Rain (6:45)
Disc 2 (Xpansion) 1 - As I Tell You (4:10) 2 - We Are, Now (Just Plain Ant Remix) (4:47) 3 - Little Things In Life (2:14) 4 - One First Step (Over The Edge) (Oh.Bliv Remix) (2:53) 5 - Spin (Sleaze Remix) (3:31) 6 - Restless (Just Plain Ant Remix) (3:45) 7 - In Someone's Eyes (3:08) 8 - Wanderlust (Annu Remix) (2:00) 9 - Fly Over Me (Rowan Dub) (2:24) 10 - Every Little Thing (3:00) 11 - Wasted Effort, Pts. 1 and 2 (4:39) 12 - Wake Up & Try Again (5:08) 13 - I Mean You No Harm (5:19)
