January 2012
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Robert Lippok - redsuperstructure
Liking this album a lot, particularly ‘sugarcubes’ - immaculately timed yet scattershot beats.
Watch“Privatising ‘hoods, knocking down everything good about its history”
Free download from the ever consistent Mello Music Group.
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December 2011
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Teebs ft Rebekah Raff - Verbena Tea
Teebs: “Verbena Tea with Rebekah Raff” (Prefix Premiere) by prefixmag
Teebs with Rebekah Raff on the harp. All over this and Collections 01 right now.
November 2011
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November Mix
November 2011 Mix by jamiepotter on Mixcloud
Quick mix pulling together some techno from now and then. Little bit rough around the edges but sod it :)
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WatchBrand new yU.
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Watch#nowplaying on Mary Anne Hobbs’ XFM show. Not sure why but this takes me back to when I first started DJing ten years ago.
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October 2011
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Watch#nowplaying 10th Letter - Zombie Shopping Spree
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September 2011
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WatchAt this time of the year I slowly start to turn away from a lot of the funky soulful music that goes down so well in the summer and delve into brooding and expansive tracks that suit the longer nights. Here, Nocow of St Petersburg, Russia, delivers a brilliantly dark and dubby rhythm track that whets the winter appetite.
Download the track at XLR8R.
August 2011
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PRS/PPL ProDub Licence
In three years this rubbish has existed, not one venue owner has asked if I own a ProDub licence. Many haven’t even been aware they exist. So, what’s the point?
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WatchSo I was listening to The Rub’s History of Hip-Hop (1990) last weekend and this came on. The production just blows me away.
WatchSummer viiiibes on this free album download from Mello Music Group’s new signing.
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July 2011
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New Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus - lullaby by Flyinglotus
Flying Lotus has been busy lately, sharing a bunch of new tracks on his Soundcloud page. I particularly like Lullaby for its techno dimensions while Heave(n) has a nice smokey, dreamy feel.
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Mix by Hate of Modern Love.
Hatemix by modernlove
A stonking mix of old school hardcore from Modern Love’s Hate.
June 2011
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Four Tet/Daphni - Pinnacles/Ye Ye
Daphni - Ye Ye by Caribouband
Pinnacles by Four Tet
It’s been well over a year since I bought a 12” single but Caribou’s latest project, under the Daphni moniker, tempted me to part with my cash for this hypnotic dancefloor nugget on a vinyl-only release. After rinsing Swim non-stop it’s the least I can do.
Four Tet’s Pinnacles stars on the flip, a smokey,...
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word up
toinedtmd:
thought precedes language. let’s be clear on that. thoughts exist. words are what we use to make sense of our thoughts. words are what we use to clothe our thoughts and give them character. because of this, our words are often what we are judged and measured by…and even then, language has its limitations. some thoughts escape proper terminology, which leaves us to live with...
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May 2011
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Bandshell EP
Teaandcake Records have just released their third EP of leftfield electronica, a self-titled release from Bandshell. I particularly like the eerie techno/glitch of Midas. And the whole thing is FREE!
Download: http://teaandcakerecords.bandcamp.com/
Watchmandaflewaway:
CLICK TO MAKE SOME MUSIC
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Slam - Haçienda Classics
Slam - Haçienda Classics mix [FAC51] by soma
Glasgwegian techno impresarios Slam have put together an hour long mix of some of their favourite records from the Haçienda between 1986 and 1992. Not only is the set an unmissable history lesson for anybody interested in early electronic dance music, it’s also a masterclass in programming; the flow is just superb.
Via @residentadvisor
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Generation Dub and Lenny Fontana
Thought I’d reach into my box and pull out a disc I haven’t listened to in a while. So step right up Fabio and Grooverider’s first ever mix CD, ‘Drum + Bass Revolution’, which they put together for Mixmag in 2004.
This particular track, on Leicester’s finest label, Formation, put quite the smile on my face and evoked memories of listening to the pair on Radio...
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Dam-Funk 'Truth' Mixtape
oki-ni presents TRUTH by DaM-FunK by oki-ni
Dam Funk, purveyor and producer of all things sex, has put out a new mixtape for the Oki-Ni store. Yeah, they’re a svelter than svelte fashion house, but there are some cracking looking mixes on their website, including sets from Marcel Dettmann, Andrew Weatherall and Martyn.
From the horse’s mouth: “All songs were taken from the...
April 2011
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Guru: One Year Anniversary Tribute
Guru 1 Year Anniversary Tribute Live On Hot 97 (04/19/2011) by Dj Premier Blog Radio on Mixcloud
Tuesday marked the first anniversary of Guru’s death, the inimitable MC for Gang Starr. Naturally, DJ Premier has put together a tribute on Mixcloud. Check it out.
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Nihon Kizuna - Compilation for Japan
V.A. - Nihon Kizuna (日本絆) by laurentfintoni
Dozens of artists from around the world have contributed tracks to this immense benefit compilation to raise funds for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The effort was sparked by a group of artists in Tokyo and a visiting European journalist and put together in just five days. Nihon Kizuna roughly translates as ‘bond of friendship...
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Akufen Live Set
Akufen DJ • SAT 19.03.11 • Jena, DE @ Kassablanca by CYN BOOKINGS
It’s sunny, it’s warm and spring is here, so slap this on: a live recording of an Akufen DJ set clocking in at just over three hours. Lots of tight and funky minimal/house grooves, with lashings of click house typical of Akufen, including a few old favourites.
March 2011
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WatchFollowing on from the Austin Peralta/Taylor McFerrin performance, how about a balmy evening in LA with the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble featuring Bilal on vocals for a rendition of Donny Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All Be Free”. Airtight’s Revenge was one of my favourite albums of last year, a superb voice that just never fails to lift my spirits. The Ensemble also...
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TightFace - Treasures of the Five Boroughs
TightFace - Treasures Of The Five Boroughs by alexchase
#nowplaying
A new mixtape from London’s TightFace, mixing his own tight, hypnotic productions with vocals from a range of New York’s finest and street sound samples. First I’ve heard of this guy but reckon I’ll be going back for more.
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The Long Player
Christ T-T has a nice little post on the Morning Star about his love for the LP as an artform. In my eyes, the album can’t die. I’m one of these people, you see, who can rarely just listen to a single on its own. Rather, I have to listen to the whole album, or occasionally mix, it comes from, especially if it’s a much loved collection of music. It’s the context, a record’s situation among...
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WatchThe Glitch Mob - Between Two Points (by Motiphe)
The Glitch Mob have always somewhat passed me by. I’m not sure why, I think my previous experiences of their output have been somewhat ‘meh’, but this feels like one of those tracks you could listen to endlessly, and the visuals from Motiphe are rather nice.
Seen via Put Me On It
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Illum Sphere - Dreamstealin
Dreamstealin’ by Illum Sphere
I am all over this like a particularly bad and itchy rash.
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February 2011
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Hundred20 - Upper Alley
B1. HUNDRED20 - Upper Alley by Faces Records
Chunky, grooving acid house.
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Download: Juan Atkins' new track
Juan Atkins - Dayshift by ScionAV
Lovely, wriggly melody and stark Detroit soundscapes.
Photo by Passetti
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Brokenchord - Orion
Brokenchord - A Girl of 13 Summers / Orion by Black Acre Records
Sweet electronica along the line of Teebs