40 Winks is an instrumental hip hop group made up of two producers - Padmo'… Read Full Bio ↴40 Winks is an instrumental hip hop group made up of two producers - Padmo' and Weedy - from Antwerp, Belgium

No hay banda! (“there is no band”, Mulholland Dr. 2001) pretty much sums up where 40 Winks aims to go with its instrumental hip hop: meticulously chop and paste samples together, to create an atmosphere of beats and vibes which steps beyond unimaginative loops.
Their emphasis on creating vintage organically sounding beats has left people wondering why 40 Winks won’t perform live, the answer simply being: ”there is no band!”.

40 Winks hit the scene in 2002, with a whole slew of laidback beats. Eager to share their sound with the world, they released a couple of albums independently. The attention they got from this, allowed them to build with people from around the world.
One of these independently released albums, More Than Loops, got reissued in Japan on Swamp Records, after that the ball kept rolling.

On their first worldwide release, Extended Pleasure on Escapism Records (2005), they reached listeners well beyond the (instrumental) hip hop community with the song “melancholia”. After appearances on compilations, like Weapons of Hope on Little-D (2006), they got a chance to do their thing on the renowned label, Merck Records with Sound Puzzle (2007).
All these exotic international adventures, led them back to Europe, where the German based Project: Mooncircle welcomed them with a spot on the compilation Heart on the right spot (2007) and a full album The Lucid Effect (2008). In 2009 they took some time off, doing solo stuff and remixes.

In 2011 40 Winks is back with a double LP called It’s The Trip (2011) on Project: Mooncircle.

Discography
•2011: It's the trip (album 2LP - Project: Mooncircle)
•2010: The moon comes closer (album 2LP/digital - Project: Mooncircle)
•2009: In the first place, does digital harinezumi dream? (album CD - Powershovel AUDIO)
•2009: Silent in truth (album CD/2LP - Project: Mooncircle)
•2008: The Lucid Effect (album CD/LP - Project: Mooncircle)
•2007: Heart on the right spot (compilation, 2LP/CD – Project: Mooncircle)
•2007: Sound Puzzle (album, CD/12” – Merck Records)
•2006: Weapons of Hope (compilation, 12” – Little-D)
•2005: Extended Pleasure (EP, 12” – Escapism Records)
•2005: If Luck Would Have It… (compilation, CD – Little-D)
•2005: More Than Loops // Japan (album, CD – Swamp Records)
•2004: Hypu – Listen to the Hype (compilation, CD – Hypu Japan)
•2003: More Than Loops (album, CD)
•2002: Hit the Hay (album, cassette)
•2002: April to July (demo, cd)

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Wise Up
40 Winks Lyrics

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Aesop Rock [now hear this] (it's big aesop rock) [now hear this] …
Aimee Mann It's not What you thought When you first began it You got Wh…
Aimee Mann/Cyndi Lauper/Jeff Bova/Jimmy Bralower/John McCurry/Rick Derringer It's not What you thought When you first began it You got…
Amy Grant Got myself in this situation I'm not sure about Climbing in …
Bold People doing wrong right in my face That's not for me…
Copper Cat Wise Up All youths listen The teacher is here Hear this A …
Don Dixon I've been taking a good long look around, seeing what…
Eva It's not what you thought When you first began it You got…
Huntar You've got doubts and I've got mine You've got temptations a…

Jack in Water It′s not what you thought When you first began it You got…
Judie Tzuke I’m really tired of getting up So that you can push…
Lyricson WISE UP Ghetto youths, wise up and uplift yourself Time f…
mann aimee It's not What you thought When you first began it You got…
Michael Mittermeier Brainsuckers sind unter uns! Erkennt die Zeichen! Glaubt n…
no cops for miles When life grabs you by the balls Walks you down a…
Raid You have to know the difference in wrong and right (x2)…
Satori Why did you scare away your soul? Now every day you…
Somersault It's not What you thought When you first began it You got…
The Bold People doing wrong right in my face That's not for me…
The Gadjits I'll sit forever if it takes you that long To realize…
The Planet Smashers Riding high on a loosing streak out of touch with…
The Waitresses This meeting will now come to order Please take your…
Tsunami Bomb I'll tell you once, won't tell you twice You'd better wise…
Uptown Stomp I'm not giving up, so answer the phone No more messages,…