Lone - Joy Reel BW Sunset Teens

Prime pick from the Werk Discs camp delivering the first 12" from new signing Lone. The more clued up beat heads among you will remember his 'Lemurian' album from last year, a set which recieved critical acclaim from many corners of the industry falling for his sun-shot blend of post-Dilla hip-bop and shimmering synthlines akin to the likes of Flying Lotus or Werk bloke Lukid. 'Joyreel' is eerily reminiscent of prime Boards of Canada and classic ...

label werk
style beat/broken beat/atmospheric/wonky
release 2009

01) Joy Reel
02) Sunset Teens

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Sonar 09 & the mtf'in Gaslamp Killer

Young@Heart

Afta-1

LOVE IS REAL VOL.3 promo from Imani Waddy on Vimeo.

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Martyn & 2562-Yet Bw Kontrol

"Tectonic rope in the talents of 2562 and Martyn for a brand new series of
Tectonic Plates and another dub-tech stepping excursion onto the
dancefloor. Martyn's 'Yet' slots neatly into his well loaded canon
specialized sound, using the signature breaks from his Applepips and 3024
releases to build a floaty stepper with deeply dubbed atmospherics
stripping away much of the melodic excess of previous tracks to leave a
fresh and spacious riddim that just OWNS it. 2562's 'Kontrol' on the flip
sticks with a paucity of elements from a disinfected 808 drum palette to
stealthy subs and melancholy pads to create perfectly spatialized
syncopations ripe for mixing with similarly kinked beats. Needless to say
- it's absolutely deadly. Oh, and special mention to the subs on this one,
make sure you've got a decent speaker setup or you're going to miss half
the fun. KILLER!"


label tectonic
style bass/beat/dubstep
release 2009

01 Martyn - Yet
02 2562 - Kontrol

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Pattie Blingh And The Akebulan 5 2562 & Samiyam Remixes

Seriously sick little 10" here from Pattie Blingh aka Stones Throw's
Georgia Anne Muldrow, remixed by the awesome 2562 and Flying Lotus
collaborator Samiyam. Dave Huismans does his skipping broken
beat-cum-dubstep 2562 thing on his mix of Brother:the point, taking Ms
Blingh's sweet soul vox and encasing them within a fractured broken beat
revision much more velvety than anything else he has produced under this
name to date. The beauty of his 2562 project lies in the bottomless bass
and super sharp beat editing which falls somewhere between the clipped
broken beat styles of 4 hero's Dego and the stripped steppers of Kode 9,
making for a deliciously taut yet utterly loose style that's so easy to
fall into - its just mighty mighty stuff. Samiyam takes the original
into wonky downbeat territory on his mix, turning in a off kilter
killer, full of melting synths and hazy stoned rhythms to beautifully
complement Ms Blingh's vox, but sounding even better on the instrumental
version. Limited copies

label ramp
style dubstep/soul/glitch
release 2008

01 Brother: The Point (2562 Remix)
02 To: Re (Samiyam Vocal Remix)
03 To: Re (Samiyam Instumental Remix)

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Nobody Presents Blankblue- Dive

Lush West coast soul pop from the sunny minstrel
Nobody for Ubiquity with the Dive EP, but what y'all
need to be checking is the killer Flylo remix nestled
on the B-side.

Nobody's Blankblue project is a collaboration with
colleague Niki Randa from the indie record store they
both work at in Long Beach, CA. The project is based
on the idea of an Armageddon initiated by a massive
earthquake off the wets coast of USA set sometime
in the future, and the only survivors are able to live
and breathe in poisoned waters, to paraphrase an
incredibly convoluted and surreal tale from the mind
of Nobody's Elvin Estela. The music itself is a swirling
current of downbeat west coast hiphop psychedelia in
the fine tradition of Nobody's previous outings and is
definitely worth a check for the flower power leftovers
out there.

For all the here-and-now crew, you have to check the
amazing Flying Lotus remix, as the beat machine
manages to morph Nobody's lush composition into dense
layers of unravelled breaks and electrnic gurgles sounding
uncannily like seagulls or possibly psychotropic induced
fish farts, i'm not sure which. The most useful track here is
probably the instrumental Flylo version, which drops Randa's
slightly cloying vocals and allows the full majesty of this
special beat to really take form.

label ubiquity
style folktronica/acustic/hip hop/beat
release 2008

01.sonic what!
02.up (alternative acoustic take)
03.finer grains
04.blank blue (flying lotus remix)
05.blank blue (flying lotus remix instrumental)

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Dimlite - Remixes Of Gaby Y Carlos & Flying Lotus

label ish
style abstract/glitch hop/beat
release 2009

01. Dimlite - Hot Heavy Heat (Dimlites 'Hot Air And Thick Plastic'-Remix)
02. Dimlite - Infinitum (Dimlites Re-finitum)

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Michael Jackson R.I.P

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55O6AK20090625

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Gaslamp Killer & Free The Robots - The Killer Robots

Obey follows up their lauded A-Trak project with this
beats excursion from two of LA's finest: Free The Robots
and Lab's own Gaslamp Killer. Free The Robots starts off
the EP with the maniacal psyche beats of "Clocks and
Daggers." Wicked stuff for the horror-minded. GLK tags in
with "Show Stopper," a heavily Indian flavored track with
that tricky drum programming that we expect from this
dude. FTR tags back with "The Bearded Lady Theme," a
bluesy, playful number that harks back to their first EP
release (also available digitally at the lab). GLK comes
in for the finale, "Zalim," a thick number that will take
you to the back alleys of Mumbai.

label obey
style psyhedelia/broken beat/glitch hop/abstract
release 2008

1 Free The Robots Clocks And Daggers
2 Gaslamp Killer, The Show Stopper
3 Free The Robots The Bearded Lady Theme
4 Gaslamp Killer, The Zalim

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Gonja Sufi -EP

label unknown
style world/glitch hop/beat/abstract/psyhedelia
release 2009

01. Gonja Sufi - Candycanelane
02. Gonja Sufi - Ancestors (prod. Flying Lotus)

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Ras G & The African Space Program - I of the cosmos

label unknown
style experimental/psyhedelia/glitch hop/idm/beat/jazz hop
release 2008

01-sound without.....pan
02-my song 2
03-overtherah
04-5 am spliff
05-crenshaw and king
06-cpu (ruff)
07-neck snap
08-ras g & the african space program-hella grimey
09-lonnie lyn smith
10-kanye vs. 50
11-brasillain dimes
12-be causious
13-orion toys

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James Pants-Psychik Almanack Vol.1

Coming right after the great "Electric Finger" here is the new James Pants cd mix "The Psychic Almanack", proposing this time a 100% psychedelic music trip. Ranging from the early electronic experimentations of de Bruce Haack or Ralph Lundsen, to acid rock, krautrock of Can, or psy folk of Donovan..."The Psychic Almanack" is a sonic artificial paradise that will warm your spirit by this cold and crisis oriented winter.

label liger vision media
style psyhedelia/folktronica/beat
release 2009

1 Pulsar Strands Of The Future (Psychik Almanack Introduction)
2 Bruce Haack Incantation
3 United States Of America* The American Metaphysical Circus
4 Harumi Talk About It
5 Galt MacDermot Net Die, Desire Not
6 Doors, The Not To Touch The Earth
7 Soft Machine, The* Why Are We Sleeping?
8 Gary Wilson In The Midnight Hour
9 Aphrodite's Child Seven Bowls (Psychik Almanack Intermission)
10 Mort Garson I Ching
11 Caldara Virgin Of Virgins
12 Suicide Girl
13 Klaus Bloch Hamburg Ankara
14 Association, The Pandora's Godlern Heebie Jeebies
15 Silver Apples Tango Whiskeyman
16 Can Killer Groove Part Two
17 Glass Family, The House Of Glass
18 Seeds, The Just Let Go
19 Gong Flying Teapot
20 Poppy's* Noel
21 Ralph Lundsten Computerful Love
22 Donovan Get Thy Bearings
23 Cosmic Sounds* Taurus
24 50 Foot Hose* Cauldren
25 Czesław Niemen Z Listu Do M
26 Pierre Laurency* Mecanique (Psychik Almanack Goodbye)


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Build an Ark- You've Gotta Have Freedom

Build An Ark is a Los Angeles based creative soul-jazz ensemble that was formed by producer Carlos Niño (Ammoncontact, Hu Vibrational, Temple Bar Records) and singer Dwight Trible (of the Pharoah Sanders Quintet) during the hysteria that came post 9-11 in an effort to encourage peace and love in the world.

Build An Ark has made a very complete and flowing recording, performing original compositions by members of the collective such as Phil Ranelin’s “Vibes From The Tribe”, Adam Rudolph’s “Conversations” and Derf Reklaw’s “Nu Baya Roots”. Also Improvisational pieces with themes of peace and love and interpretations of tunes that Niño considers “timeless classics” such as Pharoah Sander’s “You’ve Gotta Have Freedom” and Stanley Cowell’s “Equipoise” were recorded. Mixed like a radio show, PEACE WITH EVERY STEP is a concept album that is clear in the title and in the message.

With Trible as lead vocalist, Niño recruited celebrated pianist/composer Nate Morgan (long time member of Horace Tapscot’s Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra,) trombonist/composer Phil Ranelin (co-founder of the legendary Detroit based Tribe Records,) hand drummer/percussionist/composer Derf Reklaw (original member of the Chicago based ensemble The Pharoahs,) hand drummer/percussionist/composer Adam Rudolph (who works extensively with Yusef Lateef,) and a cast of other greats including violinist/composer Lesa Terry, poet Peter Harris, bassist/guitarist/composer Baba Alade, bassist Trevor Ware, percussionist Andres Renteria, and Joshua Spiegelman on flute and saxophone. Along with this group are the Build An Ark singers who also hand clap and play percussion.

label kindred spirit
style spirit jazz/broken beat
release 2004

1 build an ark - you've gotta have freedom (2 banks of 4 visitation)
2 build an ark - the blessing song & guidance


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Carlos Nino And Friends-High With A Little Help From

Fans of Carlos with know from his work with Build An Ark, The Life Force, AmmonContact, Hu Vibrational, What’s The Science?, Carlos Y Gaby, Mia Doi Todd and many more that when we’re talking friends, he’s got access to a whole orchestra stretching from hip-hop atheistic, to acoustic folk, modern classical and minimal ambient; and he manages to squeeze all this into High With A Little Help From.

And fans of his Spaceways Radio Show (Spaceways KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles) will know he’s as likely to play some classical music as The Long Lost, or Mulatu Astatke (don’t forget the FLY podcast HERE) as The Beatles, CSNY as Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders or Arthur Verocai or Joyce or any other Brazilian loveliness; you get the idea. So even as this album is mostly on a relaxed downtempo mood, expect inspiration to come from any musical avenue.

At one extreme, the track ‘Friends’ goes from a tribal percussive to experimental drone (featuring an explosive short burst of the beautiful Dwight Trible) to the gentle acoustic guitar breeze of ‘Rabbit Island’. These two tracks are the longest on the CD with the rest being shorter “collages” of sound as the concept for High With A Little Help From started in 2006 when Carlos was working on new tracks with members of Build An Ark and his other friends that was on Love Is The Answer.

Not that this is a Love Is The Answer Vol 2 as it’s far more ambient and experimental that is more sample based but taken from a live sessions; like outtakes but more cohesive.

Niño is so much of a driving force in the musical community of LA, as much an organizer (like the Luckman shows) as producer, arranger, composer and musician. The African rhythms on ‘Aquarius’ fade into the film score of ‘Lonely Joined By Happy’; ‘With Azul’ is gentle guitar folk (Azul is Carlos’ son) compared to the ‘9 Moons Full’ experimental modal space jam beats. Our man certainly is a cosmic space warrior and there are two wonderful short tracks on this album, ‘Ants And Elephants’ and ‘9 Moons Return’ that nod at a Ra and Alice Coltrane in an ambient way.

This album is the antidote to Dorian Concept’s When Planets Explode and both are destined to be as influential as each other in their different ways; Carlos yes, yes your music is absolutely beautiful.
label kindred spirit
style spirit jazz/psyhedellia
release 2009

1. Thursday, August 9, 2007
Features a stereo field recording of The Universal
Consciousness Orchestra, under the direction of Miguel
Atwood-Ferguson, performing live in tribute to Alice
Coltrane, on the corner of 1st & Central in Little Tokyo,
Los Angeles.

2. 9 Moons Full

3. With Azul
Features Jesse Peterson on Acoustic Guitar and Farfisa
Organ, and Azul Nino on acoustic guitar, produced, arranged,
recorded and mixed by Carlos Nino and Jesse Peterson.

4. Ants And Elephants
Features Rebekah Raff on electric harp, and Miguel
Atwood-Ferguson on violin and viola, string arrangement
by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.

5. Aquarius (Rough Mix)
Features Dexter Story on electric bass, electric guitar,
Micro Korg and Moog Opus 3.

6. Lonely Joined By Happy
Features a stereo field recording of Our Cry For Peace,
recorded during a radio concert at KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles,
November, 2001, and Jesse Peterson on bells and special
effects, bells and special effects recorded by Jesse Peterson.

7. Rosarito
Features Gaby Hernandez on kalimba and Adres Rentaria
on melodica and percussion, kalimba, melodica and percussion
recorded by Gaby Hernandez and Andres Rentaria.

7. Creative Cries
Features a stereo field recording of Build An Ark, (session
unkown), and Gaby Hernandez on Kimball Organ, Kimball Organ
recorded by Gaby Hernandez.

8. Friends
Features a stereo field recording of Dwight Trible & The
Oasis of Peace, performing live at Temple Bar, July, 2001,
a poprtion of "Nino's Deeds". by Otis Jackson Jr.'s Young
Jazz Rebels, Dntel on synths and special effects, Jesse
Peterson on Acoustic Guitar and Farfisa Organ, and James &
Linda Richards on gong.

9. 9 Moons Return

10. Rabbit Island
Features Jesse Peterson on Acoustic Guitar and farfisa Organ,
produced, arranged and mixed by Carlos Nino and Jesse Peterson,
recorded by Jesse Peterson.

11. Wonder Wheel
Dedicated, in love and music:
To Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Miriam Makeba,
John "Mitch" Mitchell, and Heath Ledger.

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Sun Ra Dedication The Myth Lives OnA

Sun Ra was certainly one of the most controversial yet most entertaining personalities of modern jazz. The bandleader, composer and keyboardist who claimed to be an extraterrestrial from the planet Saturn led his Myth-Science Solar Arkestra into zones far removed from standard jazz fare.
Sun Ra was born Herman "Sonny" Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1910 and 1916, maybe 1914 and made an impressive career whilst recording countless albums (for his bio have a look at artistdirect.com or eyeneer.com). As a dedication to Sun Ra and in remembrance of the tenth anniversary of his death on May, 30th 1993, Dutch label Kindred Spirit, a sub-label of Rush Hour Recordings, releases The Myth Lives On.
Even though this project sees musicans and producers from different musical angles doing cover versions of Sun Ra songs the result still sounds coherent and offers an interesting opportunity to get familiar with Sun Ra and his music.
There are the odd and somehow spaced-out Space Chords 1-5, interludes recorded by the Francisco Mora's Outerzone Band, a former drummer of Sun Ra's Arkestra. The Outerzone Band also deliver a straight ahead jazz cover of Suny.
One of the highlights is Door Of The Cosmos by Build An Ark, who deliver a great version with soulful vocals, flute, handclaps and overall great more organic instrumentation. Also very good is Saga Of Resistance by Theo Parrish, although this sounds more like Theo Parrish does on most of his records, i.e. a slow hypnotic house driven beat with some vocal effects.
Offworld turns Astro Black in a timeless modern soul gem with the inclusion of Vanessa Freeman on vocals (and you may remember what a good job Vanessa did for Nathan Haines on his Squire For Hire album).
King Britt brings us a downtempo jazz inspired version of Black (A Shade Of), Recloose ft. Jonathan Crayford has covered Paepulsariki as a laid back lounge influenced version.
Departure Point re-done by Mocky is also more relaxed and downtempo with a nice guitar.
And then there's also a broken beat influenced version of Nuclear War by Mustang and Love In Outta Space by Jimi Tenor and some -in my ears- more discordant versions by Yesterdays New Quintet (who also covered Nuclear War) and Philip Charles with deconStrUctioN of a new eRA, that comes as CD bonus track.
On the whole The Myth Lives On is an interesting offering that shows how much jazz music has evolved in recent years and it gives us some fine music from the borders of jazz, downtempo, lounge, house and soul. If you like your music more left-field this is definitely worth a listen.

label kindred spirit
style spirit jazz/psydellia/beat/glitch hop/deep house/future jazz
release 2003


1 Outerzone Band Space Chord 1 (0:55)
2 Jimi Tenor Love In Outer Space (4:16)
3 Recloose Paepulsariki (6:58)
4 Build An Ark The Stars Are Singing Too (Door Of The Cosmos) (Sunny In LA Mix) (5:21)
5 Outerzone Band Space Chord 2 (0:51)
6 Mustang Nuclear War (6:36)
7 Theo Parrish Saga Of Resistance (7:40)
8 Outerzone Band Suny (5:55)
9 Outerzone Band Space Chord 3 (0:23)
10 Mocky Departure Point (4:33)
11 Offworld Astro Black (5:40)
12 King Britt Black (A Shade Of) (8:12)
13 Outerzone Band Space Chord 4 (0:44)
14 Yesterdays New Quintet Nuclear War (4:00)
15 Outerzone Band Space Chord 5 (0:50)
16 Phillip Charles Deconstruction Of A New Era (5:27)

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Flying Lotus Parisian Goldfish (Take Remix)

Bastards trailer 2

Carlos Y Gaby - Space Hammock EP

label alpha pup
style hip hop/jazz/psyhedellia
release 2007


1 Space Hammock (Awoken At Dawn By The Birds Of Andromeda) (3:32)
2 Space Hammock (Daedelus' PowerCosmic Reprise) (3:19)
3 Hot Heavy Heat (A Chase Theme) (3:59)
4 Hot Heavy Heat (Dimlite's Hot Air & Thick Plastic Remix) (4:38)
5 Happy Summer Solstice (I Love You, I Laugh You) (3:49)

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Daedelus and Jogger -Friends of Friends Vol. 1

Daedelus is back again and whilst some compare his work to Flying Lotus, those in the know, (and if you don’t, check out his last London gig at the Big Chill House HERE), know how varied and eccentric his genre bashing beats are.

Easy for Daedelus as he called up Jogger (from ‘I Sent Off II Sus Percoll’ on the Exquisite Corpse album. Jogger are the duo of Amir Yaghmai (D’s High School friend and live band members of Alfred’s The Long Lost project with wife Laura) and Jonathan Larroquette and this is their first ever release. Not only that, long time friends and cat fans, husband and wife art duo Kozyndan came up with the cover art/t-shirt design; a fabulous five Friends of Friends.

Once again another killer vid by the big D, this time directed by Eli Stonberg

On Saturday he is joined by DJ Kaos who is huge on DFA, producing everything from techno to disco. For Cargo, he’s prepared an exclusive disco set so we’re told to expect deep grooves and mind bending bass lines. And then there’s, K**O (pronounced Kigo) who is another bass legend in Barcelona and is starting to tour the world with his own twists on B’more bass warp and much more. His mixes on the Desparrame blog and Samurai FM have earned him huge respect in the global community and he’ll be providing the link between our two headliners with a bass to disco set, (so he won’t be caught with Barca’s Savath Y Savalas in his set!)

label friends of friends
style idm/electronica/disco/beat
release 2009

1 Daedelus -C'est Super (4:35)
2 Daedelus -LA Nocturn (3:51)
3 Daedelus -Off To The Races (3:06)
4 Jogger - Nice Tights (4:50)
5 Jogger -Litre O' Cola (4:10)
6 Jogger -Nephicide (4:59)

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Richard Devine & Josh Kay from surachai on Vimeo.

demo

The Evolution of Daedelus

Monome

tehn with two fifty six from tehn on Vimeo.

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FlyLo rareties

unreleased


Blank Blue (Flying Lotus Remix)
A Mili remix Robo Tussin Ft. Lil Wayne
Fall in love (Flying Lotus Remix)
Flying Lotus - GNG BNG rmx feat. Blu
TEA LEAF DANCERS (LOW LIMIT REMIX)

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Dove Onslaught[er] from Daniel Bird on Vimeo.

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Carousel from maxime caron on Vimeo.

Citizen infinity

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Flying Lozus-Shhh EP

*STRICTLY LIMITED - 500 COPIES ONLY FOR THE WORLD* Diamond cut R'n'B and bass edits from production behemoth Flylo for all the white label fiending crew. First up is a digitally ground remake of Mr Oizo's 'Stunts', refracted through the psyched mind of Steven Ellison into a evil grinding hiphop number with some butter synth work in the closing stages, before slicing and dicing J Dilla's immense 'lightworks' into a barely recognisable fug of of banging sludge beats, and smacking RJD2's heavy funkwerks into some punchdrunk rhythms reeling with frayed beatwonk for a proper Flylo special. The flipside sets to a killer Madlib joint into a dubstep compatible number with fat bastard bass that will bowl over weak knees on a big rig, but the best is most definitely saved for last. Spinning Nelly Furtado and Timbaland's euphoric R'n'B smasha 'Promiscuous Girl' 180 degrees on it's axis into a far more sinister and affected cut, perhaps backing up the slackness warning more effectively than Timba's dance wilding original. It's an undisputably killer pack and should be out the door faster than Usain Bolt on a mission for more chicken nuggets. Y'all been warned! KILLER!!!!

label unknown (unofficial release)
style glitch hop/tech/downtempo/experimental
release 2008



A1 is a remix of Mr. Oizo's "Stunt"
A2 is a remix of J Dilla's "Lightworks"
A3 is a remix of a track by RJD2
B1 uses the Vocals from Madvillain's "Shadows of tomorrow"
B2 is the instrumental version of B1
B3 is a remix of Nelly Furtado's & Timbaland's "Promiscuous"

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The firestarter

Boon Doc & an Akai mpc

10 Things I Hate About Commandments

Brainfeeder promo 08

label brainfeeder

style beat/abstract/glitch hop/psyhedelia

release 2008

01 - Gaslamp Killer - Show Stopper
02 - Ras G - Ghetto Sci Fi
03 - Samiyam - Quesadilla
04 - Ras G - Jackie Ruff
05 - Samiyam - Flotation Device
06 - Flying Lotus - GNG BNG

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Afta-1-The Time In Between

Lots of crispness in the beats here -- especially on "Time In Between" -- which mixes a spacey vocal bit with slow-stepping beats that have a nice old record sort of crackle! "Nightlight" has these weird stretched-out handclaps over UFO-like pulses -- very cool stuff, and grounded nicely with some rock-solid beats!

label melting pot music
style glitch hop/beat/hip hop
release 2009


A The Time In Between
B Nightlight

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Sound advice: Your Twenties- Caught Wheel (Gold Panda Remix)

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Bullion & Tranqill - funnybones & payroll

Hotly tipped beat-broker Bullion lands a dapper 7" for One-Handed music backed with Paul White's psychstrumental dub of Tranquil's 'Payroll'. Bullion has managed to build a whirlwind of anticipation around each new production despite this being only his second full release, garnering fans from the disparate scene of beat heads centred around artists like Fulgeance, Hudson Mohawke or Lone with a similar blend of crackle crusted beat breaking and swimming synthlines that also emulates the cosmic disco sound of Danielle Baldelli with a slow driving pulse that sets him apart from the rest of the crew. Paul White's dub of Tranquil on the flip far outshines this ace effort with a warped slab of instro beat futurism, letting arpeggiated analogue synths meander over a slack-as-hell head nodders beat for a chilly psychonaut adventure. Heavy fresh gear and very limited, don't sleep!

label one handed music

style beat/glitch hop/downtempo

release 2009

A Bullion- Funnybones
B Tranqill- Payroll (Paul White's Clean Dub)

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Thriller001/Unkown- BBq

Oh yes, it's another anonymous transmission, and it's a goodun. Thriller is the fledgling, bespoke offshoot of a very well known label and features the work of key artists from the wonky/dubstep/bass scene. Making use of raw ingredients supplied by R&B, Disco and Hip Hop, the sound of the label lies somewhere between the malfunctioning wooziness of Rustie, the low-end sentience of Kode 9 and the smartarse plunderphonics of MF Doom. Series opener BBQ has already been causing quite a stir and comes to us from easily one of the most sought-after producers of the moment, flexing his inimitable muscle with a killer late night number that's one part Midnight funk and two parts bassline shocker. Flipside cut 'Genie' has its own tricks up its sleeve and comes from equally enigmatic quarters, employing a shifted R&B, 80's Disco spine only to self destruct in the most glamorous, heavy circumstances imaginable. Enough of standing in the corner nodding yr heads, Thriller are reclaiming the dancefloor. STRICTLY LIMITED TO 300 COPIES ONLY - ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!

"brilliant brilliant brillinat"

label thriller

style downtempo/disco/hip hop/beat

release 2008

01  BBQ                                                   

02  Genie    

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Thriller002/Unknown- Swarm

The first installment in the Thriller series was easily one of our favourite 12"s of 2008, one of those records you could play to anybody into the good stuff and watch their jaw drop instantly. The shadowy collective have again surpassed all expectations with this second platter, shifting their palette from choice electro soul edits to crushed rave hop and psyched slow house delivering absolute dancefloor genius. We'd love to tell you who produced 'Swarm' on the A-side but we're actually unsure ourselves, as we're only informed with a few tantalising clues and as you'll gather from listening to it, it really sounds like nobody obvious but trust us when we say the people behind these productions are about as sought-after as they come in 2009. Cleverly running on a deeply swung 120bpm pace, but mushed into a halftime shift, this cut is purely intensified rave goodness with a jagged hacksaw synthline sounding like the bastard offspring of Belgian New beat force fed Drexciya, Zomby and Rustie records. The energy on this track is compressed into a slow rolling juggernaut of immense heaviness that cannot fail to shock any dancefloor into next week. Beautifully contrasting with the controlled rage of the A-side is the sumptuous 'Hubble' on the flip, again operating on a devastatingly swung rhythmic function sounding equal parts Newworldaquarium, Kassem Mosse and Theo Parrish built by a set of hands and ears with a far wider scope than 99% of the rest of the crowd. Running at a lengthy 8 minutes this is one for the smokers, the cosmic cats and late night trippers to fill your boots with. Shockingly on-it wares - KILLER TWELVE!!!!!!! by bookmat

label thriller

style dubstep/glitch/downtempo/beat

release 2009

1 Swarm

2 Hubble

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Clark-Growls Garden

The EP showcases a killer mix of styles between Body Riddle's rich depth and
some more slamming tracks a la Turning Dragon. It's some of Clark's best
material to date and has everyone here fired up for hearing more new material!

"On last year's 'Turning Dragon' album, Chris Clark shifted from intricate
electronica toward pummelling, Tresor-friendly techno. Now, he has managed to
combine the brute force of 'Turning Dragon' with the melodic sophistication of
his earlier work, and frankly it sounds MASSIVE. The snarling bass, kicking
breaks and waves of sound of the title track could teach the Chemical Bros a
thing or two about stadium sized dynamics, and five other electro, techno and
downtempo grooves are similarly hefty... it's simply awesome ? in every sense
of the word."
4 out of 5 - The Wire

label warp
style idm/abstract/downtempo/glitch
release

1. Growls Garden
2. The Magnet Mine
3. Seaweed
4. Gonk Roughage
5. Distant Father Torch
6. Farewell Mining Town

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Shed- remixes

Given the spotlight on the in-form Martyn, the unwavering interest in the relentless invention of Surgeon, as well as the high regard for Shed's source material, this release suffers a little from the weight of expectation. And while it hardly disappoints, it falls just short of having the final edge necessary to exceed the sum of its parts.

Surgeon's remix begins forcefully enough, with thick analogue bass and whipping high end percussion that leaves no room for air. However, their combined rapid pace and choking density seems almost too fast and too heavy for the atmospherics which are left to toil half-strangulated in the background. This converts the original's soothing ethereal glides into a spooky horror soundtrack without some of the requisite suspense. Organic, messy and T++-esque, Surgeon's mix is complicated and fascinating, but it can also seem like two tracks playing at once rather than a unified whole.

Martyn's remix on the other hand is far more integrated. The emphasis lies on Shed's original mischievous melody with a typically crispy Martyn beat served up front in the mix, in place of the original's low lying scratchy rhythms. Of more variable success is a vocal sample repeating the title, which ranges from being a little overused to adding to the playfulness. The rest of the mix is, however, pure class with Martyn's arrangements and attention-to-detail second to none. by ra

label ostgut ton
style techno/dubstep/minimal
release 2009


A The Lower Upside Down (Surgeon Remix)
B Another Wedged Chicken (Martyn’s 131 Remix)

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DJ Koze - Let's Love

Koze cuts have been far too thin on the ground recently so it's a great pleasure to have this prime new slab on Areal offshoot International Records Recordings. It's very safe to say the man hasn't lost his deft touch when it comes to crafting a wicked little niche in the cracks between deep house, techno and German minimalism but with 'Let's love' he excels himself on a pure detroit house cut with a hefty dose of hi-tech German engineering in killer style. 'I want to sleep' sticks with the dope Detroit vibes ont he flip coming on like a Teutonic Omar-s with precise production and a wickedly deep and tracky rhythm that will be frying some serious heads. Well smart.

label international records recordings
style minimal/tech/abstract/dub
release 2008

A		Let's Love
B		I Want To Sleep

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Berghain 03 Part I

As a teaser for Len Faki's newest Berghain mix, the good folks at Ostgut Ton have paired two of the most prolific producers of recent vintage for an EP of exclusive tracks. On some level, Tony Lionni and Radio Slave couldn't sound more different. Lionni prefers the beautifully melodic, while Radio Slave seemingly has never heard a loop he didn't want to pound out for ten minutes or more. But listen closer and you'll hear that Lionni's trick is much the same: He just does it with a different set of tools.

Lionni's "Found a Place" rubs two loops up against one another for three minutes—one of disembodied vocals, the other a catchy piano. He fades out the piano loop halfway through, brings in another and then loops that for another two minutes while the vocals and a simple house beat pound away unawares. Needless to say, it's brilliant. Radio Slave's "Neverending..." is similarly striking, but focuses its sights on—per usual—the hypnotic power of one loop stretched out into infinity. At nearly 12 minutes, it's almost criminal that this man can hold your attention with a tiny descending bassline and the sound of a steampipe being hit with a velvet hammer. But that's exactly what he does. Two masters of minimalism in one place? Coby residentadvisorunt me in.

label ostgut tontrager

style techno/deep/groove

release 2009

01 Tony Lionni - Found A Place
02 Radio Slave - Neverending

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Ben Westbeech feat Karizma - Hang around remixes

Wahoo and Karizma are the latest pair to remix London soul shaker Ben Westbeech on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings imprint. First up, let me admit that I’m a bit biased – Wahoo, aka Dixon and Georg Levin, still have a special grip on me, especially earlier work such as their remix of ‘That Night’ featuring Vikter Duplaix on vocals. These guys might be getting the media eyeball at the moment, but they’ve been pushing a deeper soul sound much longer than most care to remember.

Which is why I was expecting a little more magic here. Their remix works a funk arrangement into the track alongside dollops of percussion and Âme-esque synth plunges, and the result will fit neat and deep at festivals like The Big Chill or Southport Fest. It’s nice enough, but my bet is that the new Wahoo album will be more exciting – best to hang around for that?

On the AA, ex-Basement Boy Karizma steals the show, stripping the niceties out of the track and leaving the soul and bollocks of it intact. There’s real depth and flavour here, and it just builds and builds: the pads are giddy, the vocal slices are wise and the corrosive beats will make you smile like a little kid with an unlimited supply of Lego. A future classic for true music lovers.


label brownswood
style deep/soulful/tech/groove
release 2007

A Hang Around (Wahoo Main Mix)
AA Hang Around (Karizma's Kaytronic Dub Mix)

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Afefe Iku-Mirror Dance Yoruba Soul

A really hypnotic little groove -- one that more than lives up to its compelling title in the way it folds back and reflects upon itself! The tune pulsates with a bit more energy than the usual single on Yoruba, but it's still got a richly organic feel -- beats that pulse and dip nicely, and these cool melodic moments that almost sound like they're coming from a balafon! The Yoruba Soul mix is a bit fuller, and somewhat deeper -- more dynamic, but still with enough care to keep the simple melody intact.

label yoruba records
style afrobeat/beat/minimal/tech
release 2008

1 mirror dance(original)
2 mirror dance (yoruba soul remix)

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BSTC - Music For A Saturday Evening

BSTC is soul. BSTC is disco. BSTC is hip-hop. BSTC is jazz. BSTC is…you decide. BSTC is all of this and so much more because, like music, BSTC is living and growing. Short for BlackStone Theatre Collective, the name pays homage to Chicago’s historic performing art theatre.
Showcasing a wide musical range the BSTC pull from a variety of influences including: Quincy Jones, Tom Creed, Marvin Gaye, Jay Dilla, Phil Cohran, Norman Connors, Roy Ayers, Anita Baker, Gladys Knight, and Lauryn Hill to name a few.
BSTC breathes. From the first horn stabs on “40 Days” until the final piano keys on self titled track “B.S.T.C.” BSTC is perpetual movement, effortlessly traversing the musical terrain from disco to soul to jazz…never standing still, the music takes you on an international flight from the south side of Chicago across the Atlantic to the dimly lit clubs of Lagos and due west to the thriving Sáo Paulo scene. Never an unwelcomed guest or an out of place intruder, BSTC builds a home in each musical milieu and allows listeners to drop by for visit.
BSTC is freedom. Free of the would-be constraints of definitions and music genres, BSTC does what feels right and what sounds right. This free flow of music was not conceived in a corporate boardroom as part of some dollar-driven marketing plan. BSTC’s music is authentic and true to the deep roots of the genres it envelopes, but it is never confined or caged in to a particular era, feel or aspect of this truly universal language. BSTC’s movement through musical worlds is as natural as the movement of people…always growing, but never forgetting from where we came.
BSTC lives. If music is meant to touch us, to take us places and to teach us, then BSTC fulfills its promise. Songs such as “Jazz In Outer Space” and BSTC’s standard “Agua De Beber” use sound to paint picturesque landscapes, leaving us enriched and better for the experience.
On November 4th the BSTC will move you, soothe you…and most of all, groove you with their debut album Music For A Saturday Evening.

label All Natural

style jazz/groove/soul/beat/disco

release 2008

1. Intro
2. B.S.T.C.
3. Love It
4. Get It
5. Fresh Love
6. Venus and Mars
7. Fly Away
8. Aqua de Beber - BSTC, Jobim, Tom
9. Love and Lust
10. Afrika (Interlude)
11. Suffering and Smiling - BSTC, Kuti, Fela
12. Jazz in Outerspace - BSTC, White, Thomas
13. Forty Days - BSTC, Brooks, Billy
14. Mr. Ac

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Laurent Garnier-Gnanmankoudji

Laurent Garnier flexes his ethno-house muscle with a multi style pile up on 'Gnanmankoudji' in two mixes. The first is made for the housier/techno floors with a steady 4/4 pulse anchoring constantly morphing waves of percussion influenced by various regions of the world, with sax, guitar and trumpet accompaniement. The Broken-Afro mix on the flip caters more towards the Gilles Peterson school of ethno-cool with West London style broken beat rhythms kinking themselves into a rumping frenzy.

label pias

style house/broken beat/beatfunk/minimal/techno

release 2009

1. Gnanmankoudji (Horny Monster Mix) 10:12

2. Gnanmankoudji (Original Broken-Afro Mix) 8:03

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The bombist crew

Bost & Bim - The Bombist
by ducduhall

St Germain - Rose 2 Red

label (not on label)

style future jazz/deep/minimal/tech/bootleg

release 2007

A Untitled (10:35)

B Untitled (15:14)

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Theo Parrish - Levels

The quality of Theo's productions shows no sign of tailing off. This 12" collates sides c&d for catalogue number SS23 ('Capritarious #7') issued a few months back. 'Levels' is a rolling midtempo percussive jam with studio chat and double deep chord drops. 'Dreamers Blues' appeared on the 'Parallel Dimensions' double pack in 2000, the remix brings some wonderous rhodes piano and deep shuffling beats and percussion, a killer track. 'Shifting Sands' is a squelchy bass, mood monster with easy vibed keys, raw patterns and lush minimal piano melodics

label sound signature

style deep house/future jazz

release 2005

C1 Levels
C2 Dreamers Blues (In The Thick Mix)
D Shifting Sands

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3 Chairs - No Drum Machine Pt. 2

The long awaited return of Rick Wilhite, Marcellus Pittman, Theo Parrish and Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann, four of Detroit's hottest musicians jamming on live instruments in one studio.The 3 Chairs are back with three all new tracks - “Camillion”, “Babo” and “Congo Mambo”

label 3 chairs

style deep/tech/groove/future jazz

release 2006

A1 No Drum Machine Pt. 2
A2 Camillion
B1 BABO
B2 Congo Mambo

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3 chairs- Work area

label unknown

style deep house/disco/future jazz

release

1. 3 chairs theme

2.  all over

3. no drum machine

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3 Chairs - All Over

label 3 chairs

style deep house

release 2003


A All Over
B1 3 Chairs Theme
B2 No Drum Machine

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Rick Wilhite, Kenny Dixon Jr. & Theo Parrish Present Three Chairs

The other project of the deepest heads in house, the 3 Chairs, finally drops a triple album after two twelves and a double-pack of liquid soul. Comprising of Malik Pittman, Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, and Rick Wilhite, there’s no shortage of pedigree, and I really shouldn’t have to tell you how good this record is, as the names above speak for themselves - but I like it too much not to. Opening the LP is the ‘3 Chairs Theme’ which sets the moo..

label 3 chairs
style deep
release 1997

A1 Kenny Dixon Jr. Outer Drive
A2 Rick Wilhite Roots Of Detroit (Revise)
B Theo Parrish Rain For Jimmy
C1 Rick Wilhite War On Woodward Ave.
C2 Theo Parrish When The Morning Comes
D Kenny Dixon Jr. Track 2 Track


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Theo Parrish - First Floor

There is a god! After spending most of this summer spinning a borrowed vinyl version of this album, whilst lovingly compiling parts of these lists, Sound Signature and Peacefrog do the right thing, letting us all get our mitts on this bass artefact from the afterfuture. Hearing Theo loud for the first time felt very much like coming home, to an in-house all-night blue jam, spanning deepest moments in jazz, dub, electronics, melody and soul pretty effortlessly. The first thing that strikes you is the space Theo allows his grooves, "Sweet Sticky" just sits an awesome elctronic riff over a bass drum that rearranges buildings, before a classic disco loop edits percussive interest into the smothering rhythm. Thens the bass moves and boy, you better be ready for the effects. "Love is War With Miles" could be an "In A Silent Way" for the 002, and you just know Miles dewey Davis would be talking with Theo on a higher sphere if he was still around. "Heal Yourself and Move" carries the flame direct from Larry Heard and sets off with it, determinedly to the horizon. Reviewing an album this good is easy, but if it doesn't convey how much you need this music in your life, then we haven't made ourselves clear - you need this.

label sound signature

style minimal/deep house

release 1998/2009

1		First Floor Metaphor (9:36)
2		Sweet Sticky (7:15)
3		Paradise Architects (6:02)
4		Love Is War For Miles (9:01)
5		Electric Alleycat (10:01)
6		JB's Edit (5:33)
7		Dark Patterns (11:07)
8		Heal Yourself And Move (10:17)
9		Sky Walking (8:56)

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