Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State: A Love Story

This mixtape turned up on the internetz a couple of months back, but I've only just now gotten around to listening to it. I've never really thought of Lupe as a freestyler, but given the quality of everything else he's done, I shouldn't be surprised at how good this is.

Grab this and listen as Lupe flexes lyrically over the course of 20-some-odd minutes, on everything from synth pop to dirty south rap to Radiohead.


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http://www.lupefiasco.com/

[edit: you can download all of Lupe's mixtape's here]

Bullion - Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee

London's Bullion is one of the dopest producers in left-field hip hop period. Over the last few years, he and his One-Handed Music label-mate Paul White have been churning out groundbreaking, hallucinatory psych-hop like it ain't no thang.

This is the "mixtape" that announced Bullion's presence as a serious creative force back in '07. And yes, the execution is every bit as good as the premise.

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Oh, and if you're a collector or jockularly inclined, be sure to check Bullion's latest single Say Good Bye to What out now.

http://www.myspace.com/bullionness

http://onehandedmusic.com/

El-B's Mundo Musica Cumbia Mix

Ever wonder where El-B - the man who's drums inspired Burial to start producing - got his rhythm from?

Well if you're a fan and you've pondered the origin of that deadly syncopated swing he injects into his tracks (it's not anywhere in the EU that's for sure) then this probably makes a lot sense, like it did for me.

I love Cumbia and i know absolutely nothing about it, other than it's almost impossible to sit still through.

Cut up dance hall style with air horns and shout-outs, this 55 minute mix is a perfect intro to Cumbia and ideal for walking through the Mission, or any other sunny Latino-filled place, on a day like today.

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http://www.myspace.com/ghostrecordings

Bun B - No Mix Tape

Bun serves up this appetizer (which actually is a mixtape) just ahead of the release of Trill OG: installment three in his triad of trillness.

If you're familiar with the man then I probably don't need to convince you check this out. And if not, here's your chance to clock one of the dirty south's best.

...uh, the first beat is actually pretty weak, but after that shit gets stupid trill son.

DOWNLOAD

http://www.myspace.com/bunbofugk

Ronin - Best Laid Plans

When artists give their music away it tends to arouse certain preconceptions - i.e. the quality of said music is suspect and thus not worth paying for (which is why it's being offered for free).

This is an exception to the rule; a full-length album's worth of moody, cinematic trip-hop with a dark, jagged edge; think DJ Shadow crossed with Amon Tobin circa Supermodified. Sinister atmospherics, dusty hip-hop drums, touches of jazz, orchestral samples and dialog from obscure film noir, swirl together in a sonic cauldron of claustrophobic urban dread.

Ronin's a turntabilist which means:
A) that his work leans heavily on the art of creative sampling to achieve it's affect. This could be a well placed orchestral horn stab, paranoia-inducing strings or nicking a piece of a Hitchcock movie. It also means scratching everything from Chuck D to a recording of someone reading Edgar Allen Poe.
B) a keen ear for transitions and overall flow of composition. The seamless blending of tracks is reminiscent of a proper DJ mix and also a well scored film.

Great concept and damn near flawless execution.

Grab it while you can

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http://www.myspace.com/roninonetwo

DJ Jazzy Jeff presents: He's the King, I'm the DJ

2009 was a banner year for celebrity deaths. And that being said, none were more ballyhooed than Michael Jackson.

Considering the nature of his relationship with the media, I suppose the circus was inevitable (the shady doctor and babies mama drama couldn't have helped matters).

Still the endless analysis and sudden posthumous fawning in which the press engaged was nauseating.

With this tribute Jazzy Jeff reminds us why regardless of his personal life, Mike's contribution to music is beyond question. Culled from 4 decades in the game, this mix of almost fifty jams includes the all the obligatory highlights as well as some exclusive remixes.

Props to Jeff for giving the King of Pop a royal send off.

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10 Years of Flying Lotus Mixed by The Gas Lamp Killer

My favorite DJ compiling and blending a retrospective of one of my favorite Producers.

Thank you again Brainfeeder, this was a nice Christmas surprise,

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A Boom-Bap Continuum mixed by Clockwork, 2tall & Kyper

Practically exhaustive documentation of post-2k hip-hop from the perspective of the beatsmith, the tracklist of this 80-minute mix needs to be seen or (better yet heard) to be believed.

The ten sections (1 for each year), feature everyone worth mentioning - from Premier and Pete Rock to Dilla to Prefuse 73; from Def Jux to London Grime/Dubstep to the latest in LA wonk - and are cut up with exclusive interview dialog from the the producers themselves (Madlib talking about the birth of Quasimoto for example).


Intro ft. Oh No, Waajeed, Dom Sum, Take aka Sweatson Klank and Jay Dee.

1999 – Mixed by 2tall
The Isolationist – Settle Down (prod. Vadim)
Lootpack – Episode IV (prod. Madlib)
Mos Def – Fear Not of Man
Company Flow – Blackout (prod. El-p)
Phi Life Cypher – Last Man Standing (prod. Nappa)
The Isolationist – Hydro Slush (prod. Vadim)
Smut Peddlers – For The Record (prod. Mighty Mi)
Task Force – Force The Resistance (prod. Mark B)
The Creators – Hard Margin
Afu Ra – Equality (prod. Premier)
Group Home – The Legacy (prod. Premier)
Afu Ra – Mic Stance (prod. Premier)
High & Mighty – Dirty Decibels (prod. Mighty Mi)
Consequence ft. Everyone – Nobody (prod. Nick Wiz)
Sir Menelik ft. Grand Puba and Sadat X – 7xl (prod. Spinna)
Sound Providers – Get Down (prod. Soul One)
Busta Rhymes – Rhymes Galore (prod. Rashad Smith)
Nobody – Green Means

2000 – Mixed by Kper
Quasimoto – Microphone Mathematics (prod. Madlib)
Lootpack – Loop Digga (prod. Madlib)
J-Zone – Metrocard Millionaire
Spacek – Eve (Jay Dee remix)
Common – Doin It (prod. Jay Dee)
Cocoa Brovaz – Super Brooklyn (prod. DJ Rob)
El Da Sensei – Keep It Live (prod. P. Original)
Cali Agents – The Good Life (prod. Protest)
Bumpy Knuckles – Stock In The Game (prod. The Alchemist)
Pete Rock – Back on the Block (DJ Krush remix)
Divine Styler – Make it Plain
Slum Village – Raise it Up (prod. Jay Dee)
Skitz – Twilight of the Gods
Lootpack – Weededed (prod. Madlib)
RZA – RZA #7
Ko-Wrek Technique – Metro Dade (Luke Vibert remix)

2001 – Mixed by 2tall
Prefuse 73 – Nuno
Dabrye – So Scientific
Jay Dee ft. Frank n Dank – Pause
Jay Dee – Busta (Much More Re-edit)
Pete Rock – Walk on By
Roots Manuva – Witness (One Hope) (Walworth Road Rockers Dub) (prod. Lord Gosh)
Cannibal Ox – The F Word (RJD2 Remix)
Cannibal Ox – The F Word (prod. El-p)
Masters Of Illusion – We All Over (prod. Kutmaster Kurt)
Mission ft. Mia Doi Todd – Home (prod. Thes One)
Jehst – High Plains Anthem
Skeme – Turning (prod. Skitz)
Maspyke – Truth in Position (prod. Roddy Rod)
Hi Tek – round and round
Kool G Rap – First Nigga (Premier Remix)
Dilated People – Clockwork (prod. Premier)
Erick Sermon – Music
Third Sight – Will I Get Shot by a Dope Fiend? (prod. D-styles)

2002 – Mixed by Kper
Ricci Rucker – Dirt Program
Dj Shadow – Six Days
Daddy Kev – Untitled
Boards of Canada – Sixtyniner
P.U.T.S – Acid Raindrops (prod. Thes One)
Harmonic 33 – Extraordinary World
Craig David – 7 Days (DJ Premier remix)
Non Phixion – The CIA Is Trying to Kill Me (prod. Necro)
Insight – Ghetto Blaster
Gangstarr – Skills (prod. Premier)
J Live – Satisfied (prod. Spinna)
Bumpy Knuckles – Scram (prod. Jazzy Jeff)
D-Styles – The Murder Faktory
DJ Vadim – Till The Sun’s in Our Eyes
Ricci Rucker – Dirty Larry remix
Busdriver – Imaginary Places (prod. Paris Zax)

2003 – Mixed by 2tall
Push Button Objects – 360 degrees (Prefuse 73 remix)
Romanowski – Super Skank
Pharoah Monch – Agent Orange (prod. SA-RA)
Madlib – Please Set Me at Ease (hip hop mix)
Smiley the Ghetto Child – Wake Up Call (prod. Premier)
Medaphor – What You In It For (prod. Oh No)
Jaylib – The Official (prod. Madlib)
Dudley Perkins – Falling (prod. Madlib)
Akrobatik – Remind my Soul (prod. Fakts One)
Prefuse 73 – Uprock and Invogorate
Prefuse 73 – Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing)
DJ Baku ft. Rumi and Primal – Chikusatsu
P-Love – Fop Lights

2004 – Mixed by Kper
Metal Fingered Doom – White Willow
Dj Signify – Winter’s Going
De La Soul ft MF Doom – Rock Co Kane Flow (prod. Jake One)
Metal Fingered Doom – Shallots
Madvillain – Figaro (Prod. Madlib)
Take – The Start of Our Ending (Nordic Soul Instrumental)
El-P – Jukie Skate Rock
Vast Aire – Red Pill (prod. Ayatollah)
Dabrye ft Jay Dee – Game Over
Daedelus – Dumbfound (edIT remix)
Blendcrafters – Melody (prod. DJ Numark)
Machinedrum – Bill o Wads
Danny Breaks – Windscreen Wiper
Thomas Felman – Interstellar
Madvillain – Accordion (prod. Madlib)
Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted (prod. Madlib)
Sixtoo – Boxcutter Emporium pt2
Telefon Tel Aviv – I Lied
Loefah – Horror Show

2005 – Mixed by 2tall
The tape vs. RQM – Minimal
Prefuse 73 – Hide Ya Face
Ghislain Poirier – Dontsmileitspostmodern
The Bug – Fire (Version)
Boom Bip – The Move
Quasimoto – Greenery (prod. Madlib)
Jay Dee – Track 2 (from beat CD 05)
Jay Dilla – Lightworks
Oh No – Keepintime remix
MHE – 008
The Perceptionists ft. Guru – Party Hard (prod. Camu Tao)
Little Brother – Starvation (prod. Khrysis)
Oh No – Move (prod. J Dilla)
Percee P – Put It On The Line (BX remix) (prod. Madlib)
M.E.D – Can’t Hold On (prod. Madlib)

2006 – Mixed by Kper
Kutmah – Warm Like The Sunshine
Ras G – Birth of the Beat
Flying Lotus – 1983
J Dilla – In The Streets
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Hello
Shawn J Period – The Comeback
Nosaj Thing – Aquarium
Dj Krush – Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
Clark – Herr Barr
Flying Lotus – Untitled
Modeselektor – Fake Emotion (Dabrye Remix)
Elliot Lipp – Rhyme War
Exile – Silver Moon
Ras G – Random Selection
Oh No ft. Vast Aire – No Aire
Foreign Beggars – Slow Broiled Ilk (prod. Oh No)
Exile – Planet Ox
Jneiro Jarel – Bboy Portrait in Spain
Para One ft. TTC – Musclor
Loefah – Mud
Hudson Mohawke – ZoOoOoOom

2007 – Mixed by 2tall
Kev Brown – Outside Looking In
Waajeed – Tron
Flyamsam – Green Tea Power
Flying Lotus – Shhh
Heralds of Change – Work That
Blockhead – Do The Tron
Black Milk – Sound The Alarm
Take – Walk Away ft. Gaby Hernandez
J Davey – No More (prod. Brook D’Leau)
Prefuse 73 ft. School of Seven Bells – The Class of 73 Bells
Oh No – Bouncers
Heliocentrics – Distant Star
Aesop Rock – Keep Off The Lawn
Busdriver – (Bloody Paw On The) Kill Floor (prod. Boom Bip)
Matty G – 50,000 Watts
Loefah – Disko Rekah
The Bug – Poison Dart (DJ Baku Scratch Megamix)
The Bug ft. Flowdan and Killa P – Ganja

2008 – Mixed by Kper
Funkenteller feat. The Deepspace 69 – Emulator
Megasoid – Soundbwoy Bass
Mike Slott – Deux Three
Onra – My Comet
Afta1 – Honey Dip
King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye Remix)
Take – Make Believe
Mono/Poly – The Beatles, Bitch
Mweslee – Chandal 500
Maga Bo – Fire
Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms
Guilty Simpson – Bitches (prod Mr Porter)
SA-RA – Talk Sex
Onra – The Anthem
Take – Bouncing Cherries
Onra – Bombs
Ras G – Overcast 78 Beat (Two)
Budamunky – Budamunk Funk
Hudson Mo – Still on It
Bullion – Rude Effort
Samiyam – Beat 4
Rustie – Zig Zag
Flying Lotus – Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum (Quarta 330 remix)
Joker – Gully Brook Lane
Matty G – West Coast Rocks (Glitch Mob remix)

2009 – Mixed by Kper and 2tall
Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5
Tago – Babel Fish
Paul White – Synth March
Machinedrum ft. ie.merg – 911
Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer
Blue Daisy – Space Ex
Bullion – Are You The One
Grandeurs of Delusion – Desrunay (prod. Uncle Lew)
Exile – The Sound is God
Jneiro Jarel – Ghetto Dreaming
Little Dragon – After the Rain (GB re-interpretation)
Ras G – Eunice in White
Diamond District – I Mean Business (prod. Oddissee)
Debruit – I’m Going with You
Samiyam – Rough Copy
Om Unit – Ether
Milanese – Disclosure
Danny Breaks & Adlib – The Sound
Nosaj Thing – FWD
Architeq – Sleeping Bear Lament (Take remix)
Black Milk – Bounce
Computer Jay – Distance
Harmonic 313 – Cyclotron
Dam Funk – Kill Dat
Fulgeance – Smartbanging
GLK – Anything Worse
Omega Clash – Junior
Floating Points – Shangri La
Mos Def – Supermagic (prod. Oh No)
Starkey – Miracles (Jamie Vex’d remix)
Mark Pritchard – Wind It Up
Dorian Concept – Her Marshmallow Secret

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DJ Yoda's How to Cut & Paste: Country & Western Edition

Those familiar with DJ Yoda know of his preponderance for cartoony weirdness, but this is messed up even by his standards.

Basically a 54-minute cultural blaspheme of hip-hop a Cappellas over bluegrass, and country songs with break beats; this latest volume of the How to Cut & Paste series is as uncomfortably funny as a B-boy battle at a square dance or a hoedown in the Bronx (just check the track list).

Some particularly WTF? moments include: a soul/reggae cover of Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire, a bluegrass cover of Andre 3000's Roses and a drum & bass & banjo twist-up.


1. Intro
2. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
3. Country Delight - Country Mike (Beastie Boys)
4. Soul Hoedown
5. Country Rap - Treacherous Three
6. Hoedown - Special Ed
7. Country Harmonica
8. I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch
9. Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
10. Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
11. Squeal Like A Pig (from the film Deliverance)
12. Kenny Rogers/Pharoahe Monch Dub Plate - Wyclef Jean
13. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
14. Children's Story - Everlast
15. Rosa Parks - OutKast
16. To See You Coming 'round The Bend - Yonder Mountain String Band/Comin' Round - Bubba Sparxxx
17. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
18. Piece for Banjo (Drum and bass Mix)
19. Dirty South (What It's About) Feat. Toe Down
20. Hillbilly Rap - Neal McCoy
21. Bridging The Gap - Nas (Feat. Olu Dara)
22. Rambling On My Mind - Lucinda Williams/Hip-Hop - Dead Prez
23. Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys
24. Sucker DJs - Dimples D.
25. Maybe Tomorrow (Theme From The Littlest Hobo) - Terry Bush
26. Jolene - Dolly Parton/Superstition - Stevie Wonder
27. On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
28. Creepin' In - Norah Jones (Feat. Dolly Parton)
29. Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
30. Square Dance Rap - Sir Mix-A-Lot
31. Gin And Juice - The Gourds
32. Roses - Hayseed Dixie
33. Outro

Download mp3

[Thanks to Data Transmission for hooking it up]

http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/

http://www.djyoda.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/djyodauk

THE HOOD INTERNET

Do you like mash-ups?

Do you like free music?

Have you heard of The Hood Internet?

If you answered yes to the first two questions and no to the third, you definitely need these guys in your life. Their site is a monument to the digital age and pretty much the mother-load as far as the nascent quasi-genre of mash-ups is concerned.

Besides running a huge blog and giving all their stuff away for free, what sets ABX and STV SLV apart from the rest of the pack is source material. The stuff they use tends toward the independent as opposed to the blatantly obvious like some other who are actually asking for money. *cough* Girl Talk *cough*

They like to squish stuff like Juvenile & Passion Pit , Dead Prez & Grizzly Bear and MF Doom & Ladytron together into confusingly awesome dance music.

For these aural alloys, they create fun photoshopped images of the artists and clever names like Two Weeks of Hip-hop, My Favorite Ladytrons, and Back that Sleepyhead Up.

For the jockeys, all bastardizations can be obtained individually. And for everyone else, there are CD length mastications affectionately called "mixtapes" (they'r now up to vol. four) that can be downloaded as single Mp3's or tracked out .zip files.


http://www.thehoodinternet.com/


*Even if you don't really like mash-up at all, this is worth checking out just for the novelty aspect. I mean, it's free and you can delete it from your hard drive so why not?

[Thanks goes to Evander Hologram for turning me onto these guys]

ESKMO - Colorbrain

Another fantastic Podcast from the good folks at Brainfeeder. San Francisco's ESKMO helms a seriously dope 30 minute minutes of Dubstep.

Consisting entirely of his remixes and original production this exclusive showcase confirms ESKMO as one of the best this side of the Atlantic. If you like your beats deep, hypnotic and bottom heavy, you're definitely gonna dig this.

Grab it directly from Brainfeeder HERE

http://www.eskmo.com/

http://www.myspace.com/eskmo

Hudson Mohawke Essential Mix 11/29

[seems to have been some confusion w/ the original post]


What is it about Radio 1 and saving their best shit for the month of November? If you'll recall, it was around this time last year that they gave us a two-hour barrage of dopeness from Flying Lotus to punctuate a year's worth of generally bland house and techno.

For those who don't know Hudson Mohawke is a 23 year-old Scottish DMC champ. As part of that loosely defined (read: catch all for journalists) LA/UK axis of young urban producers, he traffics in an ADHD-influenced hybrid of skewed electro and chunky 8-bit hip-hop that the lazy (or unimaginative) are calling "wonky."

Being a DMC champ, dude's technical skills are locked. And selection wise, this mix's got everything from the latest genre bending of Joy Orbison to the early '90s 'ardkore of Manix**. It's basically a two-hour, transcontinental throw-down urban bass that thoroughly scrambles dirty-south crunk and glitchy R & B with chopped & screwed-up electro, grime and dancehall.

Get it while it's hot!

Tracklist:
Loops Haunt – Dusk Mechanics
Machine Drum – Sakatak
Red – I should tell ya momma on you
Hudson Mohawke – Bopgunn V1 Instrumental
Dorian Concept & Lil Filip – I’m A Balla [Patchwork Pirates Edit]
Hudson Mohawke – Fuse
Tiago – Babelfish
Rustie – Nekoo
Starkey – Ok Luv
Hudson Mohawke – Ice Viper
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight Celebrity
Hudson Mohawke – Start of A Story
Hudson Mohawke – Are You Feeling Hot
Hudson Mohawke – Take my hand
Hudson Mohawke – Still on it
Hudson Mohawke – Pipes
Hudson Mohawke – Chorduroy
Hudson Mohawke – Photo 2
Hudson Mohawke – Waldo’s Gift
Harmonic 313 – Scar (ft. Wiley)
Princess – Say Im your number one
Markis Sage – Creature of Lagoon
Redinho – Mo Brap
Krystal Klear – Boogie Wan
Midnight Star & Usher – Touch that midas Girl
Becoming Real – Get Hype
Free School – Grey Goose (ft. Kelis)
Ludacris – How low can you go
Redhino – Banger
Hudson Mohawke – Stay Fresh
Lazersword – Trapperkeeper
Lil Wayne – I Feel like dying [Flying Lotus remix]
KGB Man – Africa
Ply Firls – I Could Give You Reasons
James Pants – Lickin”Stick
Hudson Mohawke – Twistclip Loop
Carl Cox – Let’s do it
Apple – Die Siegalizer
DJ Seduction – Imp002
Becoming Real – New Kids
Manix – Heads in the clouds
Jjak Hogan – Frequency
Machindrum – Carry the Weight
Fatima Yamaha – What’s a girl to do
Nacho Patrol – Futuriscic Abeba [Hudson Mohawke Remix)
Slum Villega - Dirty [ft. ODB)
The Pharcyde - Passin Me By [FlyAsPie Remix]
Cloud One & Madlib – Unknown Interlude Track
SciFi Stu – The Will (ft. Vast Aire)
Terror Danjah – Bipolar
Joy Orbison – J.Doe
Lone – Sharpest View of the sun
Mwëslee – Eurocame Snips Track 4
Hudson Mohawke – Monde
Mike SLott – Snow Birds
Dimilite – Cotdam [ft. Pharrell]
American Men – AM System

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

If you likey the steez, be sure and check out Butter, his debut LP out now on Warp.

http://hudsonmohawke.com

http://www.myspace.com/hudsonmo

http://warp.net/records/hudson-mohawke

**this kind of vibe is especially promising to me. Could it be that this gratuitous gang-raping of 80's style and culture is finally on the wane?

Ghost - Remixes from the Edge

Wow, thanks Band Camp for hooking it up! First some new Paul White and now this Ghost thing.

I'd never heard of Ghost before, but apparently he's a fairly successful producer/engineer/DJ across the pond. Since he's giving away an album's worth of remixes he did for folks like At Jazz, Bonobo and Dabrye, I figured I could at least give it a listen. I'm Glad I did 'cause this shit, which runs the gamut from smooth, spaced-out grooves to bouncy club music to straight up grime, is tight.







Download It Here


http://musicbyghost.com

http://bandcamp.com/




I've now gone back and clocked this summers Freedom of Thought and I'm really into it. It's a collection of mostly instrumental Mo' Wax-style sounds that you can procure for a reasonable price on his his site. Hazah for the internetz!

Paul White - Sounds from the Skylight (Side A)

Of all the stuff I've discovered this year, nothing has been more unexpected or enjoyable than Paul White. I can't even remember exactly how I stumbled upon the London beat maker, but I do know it was blind chance.

White's Strange Dreams of..., released this summer on One Handed Music,
is a bizarre, Alice-In-Wondererland amalgamation of prog-rock, BBC programming, vintage psychedelia and Saturday television. A loopy, avant garde take on formula-plagued hip hop construction.

Now he's giving away half of his forthcoming album for FREE!.





Download it here

http://www.myspace.com/paulmw

http://www.myspace.com/onehanded

http://bandcamp.com/

Alex B - Brainfood

If you frequent my blog, you've no doubt gathered I'm a fan of LA's Brainfeeder crew. Flying Lotus, Samiyam, GLK, Ras G, et al are making some of the finest left-field hip-hop around right now.

Alex, like his colleagues, excels in the kind of lopsided ADHD hip hop, that journalists are trying to classify as "Wonky."

It's a kitchen sink approach to beat making where the traditional influences of funk and jazz mingle with dreamy atmospheric pads, electro bass-lines, g-funk synthesizers, and video-game melodies to form a sound equally suited for the club or your headphones.

This podcast is a showcase for exclusive productions from himself and some friends.

Go on, nourish your intellect.

1. 0:00 Introducing
2. 1:25 Alex B- At Channel One (Unreleased)
3. 4:25 Ziploc- Sushi Caps (Unreleased)
4. 5:40 Knxwledge- Petaluma (Unreleased)
5. 6:45 Count Bass D- Aurul S(ECT)s (Dwight Spitz)
6. 8:04 Devonwho- Zelda (Unreleased)
7. 9:00 Alex B- Wallin (Unreleased)
8. 12:40 Alex B- Metameme STS9 REMIX (Make it Right)
9. 15:21 AFTA 1- Believe (Aftathoughts)
10. 16:16 Alex B- Show Me (Unreleased)
11. 18:10 Get Nice Interlude
12. 18:40 Viktor Vaughn- GMC W/ Eucalyptus (Super Villian)
13. 21:25 Devonwho- Shut it down Remix (WAVES)
14. 24:30 Alex B- You and I Both Know (Unreleased)
15. 27:00 Alex B- Players J Dilla REMAKE (alexbeats.com)
16. 29:35 Alex B- Frankenstein (Unreleased)
17. 32:40 Alex B- Nothing is Always something (Unreleased)
18. 35:10 Heralds Of Change- Asswank (Puzzles EP)
19. 36:15 Alex B- SB (Unreleased)
20. 38:20 Alex B- Hide Extension (Unreleased)
21. 41:35 Alex B- Spain (Unreleased)
22. 44:45 Dibia$e- Be fly (Unreleased)
23. 46:10 OUTRO

LINK

http://www.brainfeedersite.com/

http://www.alexbeats.com/

http://www.myspace.com/spadra99

Badmammal - Poleng Sets 1 & 2

Bad man might be an even more fitting moniker for San Francisco-based artist/musician Chris Matule.

Both these live recordings consist entirely of original material from his three albums. The first set could be classed as something between IDM and downtempo. There's lots of live instrumentation and general weirdness which gives it an experimental uniquely folk-y kinda vibe.

The second set is a bit more straight forward electronic music, but still quality - gets especially good about halfway in.

Both the recordings were produced in connection with the Poleng Lounge (though not sure how exactly), located in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood.


Set 1
1) i know you well
2) gixon
3) retratos
4) novel/enterprises/little stranger/promise
5) ella
6) blue boy
7) dying digital hero

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Set 2
1) toppled statues
2) tide acid
3) we need breeze
4) shake funk/principio funk/papaya
5) memorial
6) kinky operator
7) my steam
8) blue 88s
9) ghetto bird
10) emergency

DOWNLOAD


http://www.myspace.com/badmammal

http://virb.com/badmammal

http://goodluckbadluck.net

Domu - Bootsy 9/09 Mix

West London's Domu is at the fore front of the broken beat sound, a propulsive mixture of funk, jazz, house and fractured rhythm. He's a great producer and an even better DJ. I've listened to a bunch of his mixes over the years and I think this is the best one I've ever heard. He moves so smoothly from instrumental hip-hop through Stax Records soul to the cutting edge of broken-beat and urban London underground. This is a great party mix. (The Leon Ware song is ridiculously catchy, I can't believe I'd never heard it before.)

Summer Sun - Sweatson Klank (AKA Take Remix) - CDR
DJ Devestate - Spinnin' - BBE
Leon Ware - Why I Came To California - Elektra
N'Dambi - The World Is A Beat - Stax
Jenny Burton - Bad Habit - Atlantic
Seiji - ...Can't Let You Go - CDR
Foreign Beggers - Don't Dwooh It (Machinedrum remix?) - Dented
Ilijia Rudman - Night People (Garage Mix) - OOFT Music
Shafiyq Hussain - Nirvana (Mark De Clive Lowe Remix) - Dublab
The Revenge - Forever In Their Debt (Red Rack 'em remix) - OOFT music
Linkwood - Fudge Boogie - Prime Numbers
Rachel Claudio - Gotcha (new mix from Nassua) - Jaffa Music
William Orbit - Purdy (Greenmoney Riddim Dub) - Just Music
Doc Daneeka - Deadly Rhythm - CDR
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo - Hot Flush
Domu - Low Pass - CDR

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Marina Faib

No doubt the Burial comparisons I heard piqued my interest. But it was learning that this "Faib" people were talking about was teenage girl that really compelled me to see what the fuss was about.

I'm here to report that the music of Russia's Marina Tovkach is quality though comparing it to Burial is a bit overboard and I feel, kind of a disservice to both parties. Sure, comparatively her sound lacks the atmospheric depth and shear rawness of the anomalous South London don, but damn, she's only 19 - give her a few years.

Those who like it deep and melodic should be well into this stuff as it threads a neat line through the intersection of dub ambiance, minimal techno, 2-Step Garage and Grime.

But don't just take my word, grab this promotional thing and judge for yourself.

(yeah she did produce the tracks perform the vocals and mix it all flawlessly)


WORN OUT PLACES
1. Faib - cold rain (Mindset dubplate)
2. Lostlojic and Faib - breath of spring
3. Faib - whisper of trees (ranking dubplate)
4. Faib - the silence
5. Faib - somewhere far away
6. Faib - one love
7. Okapi and Faib - nirvana
8. Faib - ticking clocks
9. Synkro and Faib - inhale
10.Faib - invisible light
11.Faib - my game
12.Faib - thrust in
13.Faib - broken mirror

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http://www.myspace.com/faibdnb

DJ Loxy CX3 Podcast

As an OG member of London's notorious Metalheadz crew, DJ Loxy, has been championing Drum & Bass since it's heyday in the 90's. Known for his ninja like dexterity and efficiency as well as his machine-like consistency in wrecking dance floors, Loxy has attained near mythical status as a DJ within D&B circles.

Admittedly, D&B has bored the shit out of me for years and as such I've not paid much attention to it for sometime. But, I came across this podcast- the third in a series done in conjunction between his Cylon and Xtinction Labels- and I have to say, it's pretty dope!

It's on a hypnotic, minimal tip- in a similar vein as Plastikman or Ricardo Villalobos or Basic Channel, but the rhythms are more fractured. Full of brittle drum programming and percussive clicks and pops which frame pristine melodies, atmospheric washes of synthesizer and cavernous technoid bass.

Though no official monker exists this yet, I'm liking Micro-Bass as it seems to sum up the vibe quite nicely.


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http://www.myspace.com/loxydj

Joy Orbison

UK urban music is at an interesting junction right now. After 2-Step splintered around the turn of the millennium, we got Dubstep, Grime and Bassline House. Now we have Funky, the latest permutation in the dynamic continuum London's sonic culture

This nascent scene is essentially a Frankensteining of 2-Steps offshoots peppered with some dancehall flavor and, interestingly enough, some classic New York style house ala Masters At Work (it's been about 20 years after all- so it can be officially considered retro).

Joy Orbison, with the eminent release of summertime anthem Hyph Mngo on Hotflush, has positioned himself at the center of this swirling nexus of this trans-generational new sound.



Check out this smoking mix, he did for a preview of what is sure to be a huge sound in the coming year.

1. Pearson Sound – Indelible // Aus
2. Karizma – Drumz Nightmare // R2
3. Nu-Birth – Anytime // Locked On
4. Tonya Renee – About You (Karizma Boucha Remix) // Home Recordings
5. Altered Natives – Rass Out // Fresh Minute Music
6. Joy Orbison – Smother // DOLDRUMS
7. Efdemin – Acid Bells (Martyn Remix) // Curle
8. Shed – Selection One // Soloaction
9. Ultramarine – Hooter (Carl Craig Remix/JORb EdiT) // Real Soon
10. Joy Orbison – Tentative Bidding // DOLDRUMS
11. Martyn – Hear Me // 3024
12. Joy Orbison – J. Doe // DOLDRUMS
13. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo // Hotflush

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http://www.myspace.com/joyorbison