However you have to be quick, the Madlib track was only up for 10 minutes and the James Brown is only a preview of a full mix coming soon so he will probably take that down soon too.
Monday, 12 April 2010
J Rocc on Soundcloud
However you have to be quick, the Madlib track was only up for 10 minutes and the James Brown is only a preview of a full mix coming soon so he will probably take that down soon too.
Songs of Praise 11.4.10
Best of 2010: Part 1 January - April
Following the huge success of the best of the year show me and Colin did last December, we thought we would do a few more collaborative special retrospective shows this year, approximately one every 4 months. This one is actually all my choices so if you are annoyed something is missing - blame me. Oh and Footcrab didn't make the cut. Because it's insane insane insane insane insane insane insane insane insane insane... Hopefully it shows that 2010 already has more quality than the gloomy, naysayers might have you believe.
Richard Skelton - Voice of the Book
Tapes - Lab Sound 01
Mark Pritchard - Heavy As Stone
Pangaea - Because Of You
Kuedo - Starfox
Greymatter - Believe In Something ft. Heidi Vogel (TRG Remix)
Zomby & Actress - Nothing
The Arcade - Dubchip
Krystal Klear - Since Then
Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade
Erykah Badu feat. Lil Wayne & Bilal - Jump In The Air (Stay There)
Trina Featuring Lil' Wayne - Don't Trip (WeezyTrina 8bitch booty)
Om Unit - Lightgrids
Shafiq Husayn - Evil Man (Flying Lotus Remix)
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Osborne - Afrika (Bullion Remix)
8Bitch - Orpheus
Floating Points - People's Potential
The XX - VCR (Matthew Dear remix)
Caribou - Odessa
Singing Statues - Off the Axis
Architeq - Mind Games (Samoyed Remix)
Burial (feat. El-B) - 1
Bake - Onestly Unfinished4
DVA - Natty
Four Tet - Plastic People
Zomby - Galapogos
Scuba - Before
Teebs - Grannies Away Present
Fauxhemian - Nepenthe
Roska - I Need Love feat. Anesha
Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow
Samoyed - Message From The East (Lost In Translation)
Lukid - Spiller
Autechre - D-sho Qub
Four Tet - Sing (Floating Points Remix)
Big news! Due to me and Colin both being busy for the next few weeks or so (well in Colin's case, for the next 18 years or so at least), starting next week we will have a few guests dropping mixes for us every other week. There are some interesting names lined-up so get your tapes, reel to reels and 8-tracks lined up for the keepers.
Download track from the show: DVA - Natty http://www.mediafire.com/?yw1oqzwajyz
Listen again to the show:
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Sun Ra Batman Re-edit
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Mos Def Dubbed
Mighty Mos Def meets rockers uptown. Produced by the guy that brought us Jaydiohead, Max Tannone, its a very clever mix of classic reggae riddims and dubs with Mos Def accapellas. One particular favourite so far is History with Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007 Shanty Town. Love that track! And is that Ms Fat Booty with Michael Prophet - You Are No Good? Works for me!
Erykah Edit
Found this rework of Erykah Badu's "Didn't Cha Know" on Soundcloud by graphic designer / part time remixer out of NYC, Matthew McDonald as No Requests. Check his other edits too, some really good stuff from Feist, Indeep and Biggie to name but a few. Also, I assume everyone already has but if you haven't yet, you do need to check out Erykah Badu's new LP.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Great lost album or a wind up?
The story around this record could be some late April fools wind-up or a hoax. Apparently recorded in Bombay in 1982, this album of classical India ragas to a disco beat - as the title suggests - must have been as far removed from anything else at the time. It's all Moroder-esque arpeggios, synthesizers and squelchy Roland basslines. It is almost Aphex Twin at times (could it really be him?) or as the story goes, a Bollywood soundtrack composer and session musician.
Think Chicago Trax, think Kraftwerk, think 303 and 808, think you know about house music - think again.
If it is genuine, DJ Pierre must be listening to this and be pissed someone got there first but even if it isn't and was actually made last week, it still sounds good. Let's not be cynical though and then it becomes both remarkable AND important.
It has just been re-issued on limited double vinyl at the usual spots including: Juno, Boomkat, Fat City.
Download the opening track here: Raga Bhairav
Monday, 5 April 2010
Svetlana Industries
The second release from my favourite Serbian label, Svetlana, follows up the excellent Filtercutter from earlier this year with the debut release from Teebs and Jackhigh - a 7 track mini album called Tropics.
Anyone who has been keeping an ear to the ground over the past year cannot have failed to spot the rise of the multi talented producer Jackhigh in one of his many guises; Singing Statues coming through Ghostly, Bnjmn on Rush Hour or his extraordinarily out-there, serious digging ustream dj sets as Ben Thomas.
Beat maker and artist Teebs from LA first came to my attention through his paintings but has been making a big name with associations with Flying Lotus and Samiyam. He too has more tracks coming soon with a forthcoming lp on Brainfeeder.
Their method of collaborating together reminded me of the group Postal Service, where one part of a track was worked on and then send back and forth being tweaked and flipped from each side. The guys have still apparently not yet met in person and yet without knowing the backstory, you could eaily be forgiven for thinking it is all one cohesive idea of one person. There is no clash of ideas and I have no idea which bits you could even say sounded British or American.
Finally, keep your eyes peeled for more releases from Svetlana, with the debut from the8bitch upcoming amongst others and check out their bi-weekly radio shows on Friday afternoons called Thunderloops Radio on http://radio.elektrana.net/
Buy the vinyl and grab the free track 'Clutch' from the bandcamp site: http://shop.svetlanaindustries.com/
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