Bigger Judgement

Been gone for a minute

2010-10-26T20:54:00.002-04:00

Damn,.. What can I say, time flies. A couple projects and the daily grind have been choking my blog game sumthin fierce.

While I was away, I heard a few things worth checking out:

Kode9 and Burial goodbye mix for Mary Anne Hobbes
Some burial dubs, lotta old school girl next door garage and a crazy new terror danjah piece by the sound of it. All stitched together with a crackling radio spectrum sliding dial interlude style. Really feeling this one, mostly for how spacious it feels

Songs for endless cities
Picked up this Brackles mix CD in one of my four-times-a-year let's go buy a physical piece of music and put bread on the artist's table moves. Moves through fly lo and zomby glitch to your more uptothatime uk house, pretty dope.

Diplo on rinse
Yeah well pretty late on this one, but if you haven't heard it yet, go listen to mr lazer's latest throw down.

And can't forget terror danjah and kode nine on the elijah and skilliam show. Danjah talks over all of his own riddims and some how turns an antibootleg precaution into a history lesson... slash lovelines therapy moment. Catch up with this shit pronto.

Matt Shadetek on Mudd UP!

2010-08-23T22:14:00.005-04:00

dr100816.mp3

too many exclusives on here, watch for the jah dan dub at 30 mins in.. big tune!

New Busy Signal Video

2010-07-10T08:23:00.001-04:00

BOOM

2010-05-26T23:20:00.001-04:00

HYPOCRITE + PARASITE / TODAY TOMORROW TODAY
nice to see corleon getting run again

oh snap it's Ears

2010-05-26T21:18:00.003-04:00

this is what Ears is on these days.. I dont know about the 80s nostalgia and the flow is a bit robotic but still he's "going in". I like how the bars are deeper now.

you've got the hunger anyway.

and it's not like you came back on a top 40 electro kick either.

so you get points for that.

taken from jp

don't be late

2010-05-23T21:40:00.005-04:00

ikonika's album is out. dun know the inverted pyramid.

in all seriously seriousness, pure anthems on there, some of the most exciting, genre-defying hypercolor bass i've heard in a minute.

it's kinda strange how when you finally get a hold of tracks that you've only heard in the mix, or in shitty quality, that you've been like HUNTING for.. it's never the same after that. like by finally getting to hear it end to end you killed some of the mystery... it's happened so many times to me with dancehall tracks..

but anyway, serato djs, go cop that shit and burn down the post-everything dance.

ikonika why not mix

2010-04-29T23:35:00.002-04:00

Ikonika_-_Why_Not_Podcast_June_2009.mp3

just found this kinda old mix from Ikonika, and it's been on repeat since. Real dope selection, starts off with what must have been some scloos 09 cooly g dubs and gets into some old garage as well.. big!

skip to 1:15 to get round the rinse promo

dun know the dun know pt 2

2010-04-17T16:31:00.001-04:00

as below, but official.

overly leng.

dun know the dun know

2010-03-25T08:17:00.000-04:00

footsie is still the best

It's 1987 right now

2010-03-21T08:27:00.002-04:00

the heatwave - 25 years of dancehall

everyone everywhere sit down now.

2010-03-16T21:02:00.008-04:00

you are not on this thing like mosca.

I have been hearing these tunes here and there but it took me a minute to figure out who was making them. It doesn't help that there's somebody off in the damn scene who goes by the name roska, and they're pretty decent also.

This pretty much bodies anything I've heard coming out of this type of scene in a while though. dude is goin for it.

mosca - nike

mosca - gold bricks i see you

mosca_-_maryannehobbesmiix-feb-2010.mp3

http://www.myspace.com/deejaymosca
http://soundcloud.com/deejaymosca

Fatima

2010-01-31T14:37:00.001-05:00

ganked from zombo

crunk up for haitian relief

2010-01-15T22:52:00.001-05:00

get to know dj oneman

2009-12-19T11:51:00.005-05:00

if there has been one name that's stuck for me recently, out of all the radio rips and whatnot i've been running thru, it's oneman. this guy has consistently thrown down spontaneous, diverse, hype sets that mix up the old and the new without sounding scattered or all over the place. Serving up a gang of old school garage, funky, grime, dubstep and PURPLE, his sets seldom disappoint. If like me, you're just getting wind of this guy, there is a bunch of material for you to get through:

on rinse Dec 10th 2009

Download

on rinse Nov 19th 2009

Download

on rinse Nov 5th 2009

Download

on rinse May 7th

Download

hotflush podcast:: jus wan

2009-11-29T13:58:00.004-05:00

hotflushpodcast_05_juswan.mp3

another bugged out not quite house not really dubstep either mix. courtesy hotflush.

mary anne hobbes guest mixes + comp

2009-11-05T10:44:00.008-05:00

been knocking these for a minute, but I just got around to cutting them up. three guest mixes on mary anne hobbes' experimental show, from a few weeks back.

airhead+jamesblake

joy orbison

pearson sound

also, I picked up her new CD a while back. very heavy.

mary anne hobbes presents: wild angels (on bleep)

Darkstar Shorty Mix #2

2009-10-17T19:00:00.004-04:00

Darkstar Minimix.mp3
Grab this quick little mix that Darkstar put up on dubstep forum.

Previously: Darkstar shorty mix

Ghetto Palms - Flare / GIants Blend

2009-10-17T13:35:00.002-04:00

gp-giants-flare-blend.mp3

BULLET BULLET BULLET

get the full scoop here. thanks fader.

Wiley on Rinse

2009-10-16T08:37:00.002-04:00

Grab the first radio appearance from Wiley in over a year. Lots of new bars, lots of jokes and vibes on the set. JJ on decks. Wiley is obviously not shy about trying new lyrics and flopping them on the air, which makes for some interesting sequences.. where you get to hear the same piece reloaded 3 times in succession, getting tighter each time, slightly different sound and flow.

JJWiley61009.mp3

Ontological Society Dubplates

2009-10-11T11:13:00.006-04:00

Just got a hold of this quasi-new set from Appleblim and Wedge, recorded on sub fm. I hadn't heard of Wedge before, but am feeling his production, more of this post-dilla, slowish dubstep kind of thing that keeps popping up. It's a little reminiscent of darkstar. Nice to hear radio sets where the djs are blatantly having a laugh in the studio... Vibes!!

wedge_-_spotted-warbler.mp3

wedge_-_detached-reality.mp3

AppleblimandWedge08Sep09SubFM.mp3 (Full set)

pon di earth / hate we

2009-10-11T10:07:00.002-04:00

Blak Ryno - Pon Di Earth

Blak Ryno - Hate We / Gaza Mi Seh

two new pieces from rhyno.. see it deh!

love a come down - official

2009-09-18T01:11:00.002-04:00

Demarco - Love a come Down

more than a lot.. so much. ever so much

mavado - u a mi lover

2009-09-13T13:16:00.001-04:00

newish one from mavado + stephen

keep your friendship / bad man a bad man

2009-09-13T12:44:00.006-04:00

mr vegas - keep yr friendship

Oh man, I am feeling this Vegas tune.. Vegas is quick to draw for the uplifting, brush-your-teeth-and-eat-your-vegetables, sparkle dust in the production, live-up-clean kind of choruses. But sometimes they switch to some raw, straight-ahead business after the drop, like whoa, what happened! Kind of like this one, actually:

mr vegas fr overmars - raging bull

Actually Ele is kind of the originator of the unrelated positivity chorus paired with disco-inferno bars.. Remember this one?

elephant man - bad man a bad man

yep. totally dude.

or this:

elephant man - elephant message

danny scrilla - hold the line rmx

2009-09-13T11:03:00.002-04:00

danny_scrilla_dubstep_remix.mp3

Danny Scrilla is either a part of or affiliated in some way with the riseandshine camp, I can't remember. They got on my radar from making three really solid mixes of uk funky. Here's a remix he's done of major lazer's hold the line.

Via seen
more major lazer remixes

bobbie konders culture + lovers mix

2009-09-06T14:52:00.005-04:00

I found this culture mix posted up on the massive b site, where I was half-heartedly looking for some events popping off last night. It seemed like saturday was the off-night between some mega arena jams at bb kings on friday and later tonight, so I was a little thrown to see bounty + beenie together on the marquee at Roseland - whoops! It was not to be though, I had a date with the russian vodka room which was kind of cool in its own way, and the line looked a little out of hand anyhow.

ps baltika = pretty damn tasty actually.

Bobby_Konders_Culture_Lovers_Mix_2K9.mp3

(tracklist embedded in lyrics tab)

chief boima rewind

2009-08-05T21:19:00.007-04:00

chiefboima_-_descendantsunited.mp3

late on this but after listening to chief boima on mudd up a few weeks back, i decided to pull his mix for fader back out of the vaults. it's big, it's big. the tracklist says it all really.

1.Black Nature, vocal intro (homie of mine that's in the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars) 2. Abdul Tee-Jay, “Ka-Bubu No.1” (Sierra Leonean [in London I Think] bubu music) 3. Chi Boogie, “Move Back” (Chicago juke) 4. Janka Nabay, “Ah Gboleah” (Sierra Leone bubu) 5. Boca Chica y El Presidente, Boca3 (Unknown name and artist, from Boca Chica in Dominican Republic. Boca Chica is a city with a popular beach and DJs sell mixtapes on the beach. These guys were Haitian descendants.. This was from a mixtape by selectas Boca Chica y El Presidente) 6. Ghislain Poirier, “Karnival” (Montreal...electro-soca?) 7. DJ Black, “Los Locos Somos Mas” (Panama... Haitian influenced reggae soca) 8. Silver Star, “Va Canon” (Honduras punta) 9. Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars, “Ya N'Digba” (Sierra Leone [Not sure the style, but traditional from the villages]) 10. Joe y Kello, “Mambo Gaga-Gaga” (Dominican Republic gaga) 11. Zion I, “Geek to the Beat” (Bay Area rap) 12. Didacia, “Misseru” (Mozambique marrabenta) 13. Dj Terrivel, “Danca So” (Angola tarraxa kuBass) 14. Unknown, “Micola” (Angola kuduro) 15. DJ Click, “Bloque Brandy” (Ivory Coast coupe decale) 16. Eedris Abdulkareem, “2 Legs Up” (Nigeria rap) 17. Akon, “Right Now (Na Na Na)” Chief Boima Remix (Sierra Leone, Senegal, Jersey, Oakland, Milwaukee, Atlanta mbalax decale)

also, the chief is one half of bannana clipz. not really sure who the other half is, but they've done a lot.. check them out on myspace.

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Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

2009-08-05T21:11:00.003-04:00

I first heard this tune on joy's mix on low end spasm, but it seems like it's popping up everywhere now. hypnotic shuffling broken, heavyweight... this has gotta be stiff on a real soundsystem.

kingdom + bok bok

2009-07-28T20:41:00.003-04:00

KINGDOM + BOK BOK BACK TO BACK DON'T SLEEP

IT'S LADEN

2009-07-28T20:37:00.002-04:00

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS TUNE UNTIL I WAS WATCHING THIS VIDEO

Laden_-_Really Like You.mp3

Cooly G on Rinse

2009-07-11T16:13:00.002-04:00

Don't sleep. Tons of dubs on there.
CoolyG6709.mp3

tonight!

2009-06-26T11:47:00.004-04:00

word to photoshop. it's going down tonight, this time w/ dj /rupture aka mr. redeye, back in ny.

Zomby - Mecury's Rainbow

2009-06-26T11:37:00.003-04:00

new zomby jam, on youtube

terror danjah + badness live audio

2009-06-15T08:27:00.002-04:00

the folks at L.E.S have kindly posted the audio from the last night slugs, w/ terror danjah and badness. don't sleep.

terror danjah + badness live at night slugs

dj onedrop - what do u call it vol 3

2009-06-14T18:01:00.002-04:00

big, big funky mix from dj onedrop, with a lot of specials and yard vibes thrown in.

via seen

previously: vol 1, vol 2

ah di teacher

2009-06-13T21:21:00.001-04:00

vybzkartel_-_rompin-shop.mp3

not tired of this one yet...

more purple

2009-06-07T09:30:00.002-04:00

GINGER UR SWAGGER

2009-06-01T20:31:00.009-04:00

Oh man. You almost shouldn't be allowed to promote anything which has the word swagger in it at this point, but when these guys do it, it is somehow okay. I am not even sure how this song got on my radar, it just appeared in capture scratch, I am gonna say wayneandwax?

This is the best shit ever.

kcpresh-ft-timaya_-_ginger_yr_swagger.mp3

Skull Riddim

2009-06-01T19:58:00.006-04:00

These've been on constant repeat since i got my hands on them. DRE SKULL, you've done a lot.

Sizzla - Gone Too Far - Skull Riddim (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)

Sizzla - Gone Too Far - Skull Riddim

Vybz Kartel - Kill Them All - Skull Riddim

Check out Klash's smells-like-teen-spirit vibes!

77Klash - call me - skull riddim

http://www.myspace.com/dreskull

Demarco - She Can't Wait

2009-05-25T11:54:00.002-04:00

this riddim almost sounds like funky to me, maybe its the carnival vibes. Demarco's version is the hardest one i've heard so far.

more versions here

witchdoctor - rich + poor

2009-05-20T08:06:00.006-04:00

There was a period.. '1999 maybe? whenever A S.W.A.T Healing Ritual came out, when i was really into witchdoctor. matt shadetek knows what i'm talking about!

Mostly i'm into how random this video feels, and how it all seems to be shot in various parking lots.. is he saying 'rich people call twelve', like 911?

DIDIDONIA

2009-05-19T09:02:00.003-04:00

okay so there is the spectre of some kind of KTU nightmare looming in the background here (ITS ALL ABOUT CLUB EXPO TONIGHT, EXIT 7A, MAYHEM MAYHEM MAYHEM), but it's still a sick tune. Aidonia over a Crazy Couisins production, flipping through a bunch of different flows/approaches. I find it most interesting in the spaces between the big hooks + bars, where the autotune tramples over the sliding phrases, like around the progressions at 1:57.

GANGBANG!

longplayer roundup

2009-05-13T17:46:00.015-04:00

It feels like I have been listening to more london radio sets and mixes than at any other point in recent memory - its hard to keep up. Every day brings an avalanche of new tunes to retrieve, load up and listen to. One look at the rinse playback feed shows that this funky 4x4 thing has completely taken over and whatever you may feel about this latest phase, (or which theory you employ to make sense of it all) it does seems futile to try to pretend it isn't here to stay. Or, to put it another way, you might as well know about it.

Cooly G - FACT mix
Cooly is a new hyperdub signee who produces and sings. This mix is wicked.

Download

LVIS1990 - UK house mix for Curb Crawlers
This mix supposedly focuses on the less nursery rhyme / skank side of things. If you find this distinction confusing, check out what Blackdown has to say about it here. Lvis says to file this under uk house, not funky. Either way the set is a big one.

Download

OneMan - live on rinse
not sure how to file this one, but it is definitely big, drops some new joker pieces, and runs some bars from escobar..

Download

Blackdown and Dusk - live on rinse
Droppin' the NUMM! some heavy throwback stuff at the front, and a short mix of zomby specials in the middle.. Check it out.

Download

Mixed Nuts

2009-05-09T12:34:00.001-04:00

alexander-nut_050209.mp3

Been getting into this fellow Alexander Nut a lot recently, his sets seem to be all about tracing the connections between dusty madlib/dilla style production and the kind of music that joker and zomby make.

Erup - Click Your Finger

2009-05-06T21:18:00.002-04:00

this tune is gotta be a year old, but here's the new new video anyways...

thanks fader

Filastine, "Singularities"

2009-05-02T14:44:00.003-04:00

I'm late on this, but so what.

Dem Alone

2009-04-21T20:38:00.000-04:00

BRAAAND NEW

ITS MUCKY

2009-04-21T20:14:00.006-04:00

I don't know, I might be just about officially hitting my auto-tune threshold, but this is still fire.. Kartel on syrupppy slow reminiscence tip, oddly creepy like many of his girl tunes. Makes you wonder if any of this material will see the light of day past myspace/youtube etc.. There's been like, two albums from the teacher on greensleeves since 2003.. How is that even possible!

Kartel - Without You

Life Sweet

2009-04-21T08:16:00.002-04:00

Kartel - Life Sweet (semiofficial)

Kartel - Nah Hold We Down (bootleg)

RENEGADE YOUTH

2009-04-15T08:20:00.003-04:00

check out this footage of like a hundred kids bombing a highway in broad daylight. via superdutytoughwork.

Kode9 + Flying Lotus in NY

2009-04-14T08:43:00.004-04:00

this friday. twenty-five bones is a bit steep though.

via fader

ghiz speaks

2009-04-13T20:48:00.002-04:00

new microdoc from maga bo, this time, an evening with Ghislain Poirier.

An Interview with Ghislain Poirier from Maga Bo on Vimeo.

previously:

GENERALS ATTIRE PT 2

2009-04-05T16:46:00.001-04:00

GENERALS ATTIRE

2009-04-05T16:39:00.000-04:00

...are no longer around

2009-04-05T12:49:00.009-04:00

This mix is from 2000 or so, and I grabbed it from some now-defunct sound clash aggregator site, and then it was on my hard drive in unsharable realaudio format, and then the hard drive bought it, and then I got it back from a friend around a year ago, and then I ripped it to mp3 so here it is. King Addies to the world.

Like so many live sets, the running commentary, exaltations and chatting over the top have become fused with the mix in my memory, so much so that when listening to these tunes in different contexts, they sound naked, like something is missing.

Not positive, but i think you can hear a pre-superstar tony matterhorn towards the end. Most of these tracks are put down in artist segments so a big chunk of junior reid dubs will be followed by a big chunk of michael rose. Good stuff.

wheel!

king-addies_-_rub-a-dub-style_2000.mp3

Praises and Ballads

2009-03-29T14:04:00.005-04:00

Still reeling from the heavy bass explosion that was tropical dance 3, I finally got a second to listen to the second collabo mix from simon + awesome tapes from africa. It's pretty bananas so far, not exactly on a hit you over the head kick, just in a slow burn, this is is gonna be on repeat forever kind of way. Perfect for shaking out the cobwebs and easing into the day.

If you missed part one, you will surely want to grab it now. I have had a chopped version sitting around for a while, but I haven't gotten around to uploading it, so drop me a line if that's your thing. Otherwise, the single-track version is below.

shout to awesome tapes, and simon, wherever you are, these sets are crazy.

Simon's Records + Awesome Tapes from Africa - Praises and Ballads
Thione Seck - Chauffeur Bi
Alou Fané & Daouda Sangaré - Nambara Mogo
Super Djata de Bamako - Bimoko Magnin
Etoile de Dakar - Aladj
Kojo Mireku's Band - Mepe Me Ho Asem
Ashanti Brothers Band - Odo Afre Me
Dr. T.O. Jazz International Band - Asem Atome
Oko's Guitar Band - Ebeye Yie
Salif Keita & Kante Manflia - Wara-Mana
Ali Farka Toure - Kady
Kassa Tresor Mihindou - Dwimbu
Virtuoses Diabate - N'fa
David Zé - Ngongo Mua Ngola
Balla et ses Balladins - Leydi Mendnin
Celestine Ukwu - Onwu Bu Ugwo
E.T. Mensah and the Tempos Band - Medaho Mao
Cardinal Rex Lawson - Elizer
Lijadu Sisters - Osupa

simons-records_-_praises-and-ballads.mp3

Simon's Records + Awesome Tapes from Africa - Slow Music from West Africa

Paulson Kalu - Dick Tiger A Naa (Nigeria)
Rex Lawson - Osuala Oru Enene (Nigeria)
Yamoah's Band - Saman Me (Ghana)
African Brothers Dance Band - Mmobrowa (Ghana)
Black Dragons - Emalon Ni Hokowo (Benin)
Sorry Bamba - M'makono 'Attends-Moi' (Mali)
Orchestre du Jardin de Guinée - J.R.D.A. (Guinea)
Star Number One - Waalo (Senegal)
Number One du Senegal - Mory (Senegal)
Orchestre Rail Band de Bamako - Koro Koni (Mali)
Camayenne Sofa - Wayalangaï (Guinea)
F. Kenya - Ewule Adoma Kuma (Ghana)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Nous Avons Gagne (Benin)
Achille Johnny - Mede Woui (Benin)
Demba Camara et son Groupe - Exhumation Folklorique (Guinea)

simons-records_-_slow music from west africa.mp3

Really Bad Video from Ruff Skwad

2009-03-27T08:43:00.001-04:00

this isn't so bad it's good, it's just bad.

Kode9 on Benji B

2009-03-18T16:02:00.003-04:00

new kode9 mix, lotsa dubs. get familiar.

kode9_-_benjib-show-022009.mp3

01. Samiyam “Return” Hyperdub
02. Kode 9 “Black Sun” Hyperdub
03. Cooly G “Love Dub (Refix)” Hyperdub
04. Ikonika “Sahara Michael” Hyperdub
05. 2000F & J Kamata “You Don’t Know What Love Is” Hyperdub
06. Darkstar “Digital” Hyperdub
07. Burial “Untitled” Hyperdub
08. LV “Take Away” Hyperdub
09. Burial “Untitled” Hyperdub
10. Kode 9 “Too Far Gone” Hyperdub
11. Terror Danjah “Sonar” Dubplate
12. Lemon D “Manhattan Melody” Dubplate

Grievous Angel - Funky Manifesto

2009-03-17T08:04:00.005-04:00

I am into this. Grevious Angel, big man in the scene, heavy with meticulous mp3 metadata + tracklists, has put together a new uk funky/whatdoyoucallit compilation. Instead of trying to hunt down the crucual tunes, which must be quite a challenge, GA has spliced together bunch of radio sets, and the result is BIG.

This is not a mix. Rather, this is a compilation of the best UK Funky I could find, taken from radio shows. I’m NOT pretending I have these tunes. Rather, I’m showcasing the best in UK Funky. Because, while funky is wonderful, there’s a lot of tunes out there I don’t like that much, and I wanted an hour of music I could point that would say, “this is what I want. This is what I want to make.”

http://blog.grievousangel.net/funky-manifesto-a-compilation-of-superb-uk-funky-radio-rips

Full Hundred

2009-03-06T11:21:00.004-05:00

Don't be a wasteman. Check out the music. Full writeup here.

jahdan_-_full-hundred-0309.mp3

Don't Matter

2009-02-18T08:41:00.002-05:00

Ryan sings the blues, powered by youtube. Via W&W. Too much.

Best of Rapid

2009-02-03T22:15:00.005-05:00

There's a bunch of old bangers on this Best of Rapid comp from Dj Furious, nice blends and sequencing too. I never get tired of Ruff Squad, they have such a distinct sound, and their production always stood out, easily among the best in Grime. It was kind of like they were trying to flip that '03 Dipset/Heatmakers sound, but without samples.

Ruff Squad - Xtra

Ruff Squad - ANNA

what does it take

2009-01-29T20:43:00.010-05:00

Mavado - So Special

I was admittedly not blown away by the new So Special video, what with the random 'in the club' scenes and the weak computer graphic sequences, but I was still bummed to hear that BET canceled its premiere on 106th and Park at the last second. If nothing else the video seemed to be a clear-cut bid to fit in smoothly with the jeezy/t-wayne/omarion-clone chart toppers of the moment. Looks like the reasons for the pull had nothing to do with homophobic lyrics or guntalk - just some scantily clad women and gratuitous alcohol shots.. Come on now BET, fair is fair.. I've seen some way more scandalous hiphop videos than this one in the after-school rotation. Hopefully this will just be a little speed-bump for the gully god, and will keep the hype up for a promising first-quarter release. (Your first chance to cop this track legitimately, almost a year after it started floating around youtube, a primo example of how screwed up/outdated the music retail model is, at least with respect to reggae..)

SURVEY - WHAT PATH WILL MAVADO TAKE IN HIS JOURNEY TO MAINSTREAM SUCCESS?
a) Sign w/ Puff and make exercise dvds, then vanish.
b) Sign w' Dame Dash, move to New York, and cease all output instantly.
c) Do a bunch of watered down rap collabos with miscellaneous hip-hoppers, who will inevitably draw for dubious patoi flows - tony yayo anyone?
d) None of the above.
e) All of the above, with new sneaker deals.

If this is getting you down, here are some old videos that got the lets-reshoot-this-and-make-it-commercially-viable treatment.. Wish I could find the BCAT version of ele's joint, all I can remember is they were standing on some school desks in actual water and it was pretty rad.

Elephant Man - Pon The River

Sean Paul - We'll Be Burning

And here is the proper gullyside one for Last Night:

Serious

2009-01-21T20:47:00.005-05:00

Eddie Stats has profiled the Truck Back Crew in his latest Ghetto Palms installment. It turns out TB get the name from the location of their studio, inside an actual, physical truck in the back of a lot. There has been a lot of noise around Truck Back stemming from Erup's massive 'click my finger' from last year, and it looks like that was the first joint they put out. It's heavy and all, but it was when I heard the next TruckBack/Erup collabo that I started to really feel this camp. Just a deeper vibe from EtotheR on this one.

Erup - Roll Serious (Ol Axel Riddim)

GP Riddim Blend
Interview

Hungry Ghosts and Night Trains

2009-01-18T10:19:00.004-05:00

All I've known about Filastine for the last few is that some of his tracks found their way into /Rupture's latest buyable mix*, which is as good an introduction as any I guess. It turns out Filastine has started a pretty excellent travel blog while touring Aisia. Lots of wild photos and youtube clips over there, documenting everything from his ad-hoc hotel room studio setups to encounters with renegade Vespa conventions in Bali. Can't forget the ubiquitous 'I was shaken down by shady officials at the borderline' story.. Nice.

* Which was recorded in August 07, and languished in LABEL HELL till a few months ago.. Out to all my dot com millionaires stop starting labels if you are not going to release things in a timely manner you wastemen.

Joker + Nomad on Rinse

2009-01-14T19:59:00.006-05:00

Joker + Nomad in session...Too many tunes. Watch for the piece from Loefah at around 11:30.

Joker221208.mp3

Best of Wiley Vol 1.

2009-01-05T20:29:00.007-05:00

Download

What can you say? A gang of william chops, pulled from rinse and what sounds like some live PAs. They are even kind of beatmatched, or at least they come in on the one, with a lot of thought behind the selection. This is infinitely more hype than any major label release could ever be.

More than alot, ever so much.

compiled by grimetapes
on my radar via low end spasm, butterz

Last Man Standing

2009-01-05T07:45:00.004-05:00

Here are some interviews with Kartel and Mavado about their impressions of who won the Sting clash.. A whole heap of controversy over this one, with each side claiming there was some shadiness behind the concert setup, bias in print media etc.. Whatever the motivation was, it clearly doesn't help the Gully God's cause to have left the stage in the middle of the clash, even if he did run back in. Kartel was left with 'nuff ammo after: "Nike has a new sneaker coming out, called gully nike / Sure, he would have won if it was a running clash, but it was a singing clash" etc.

Interview footage via jamaicadancehallmusic.blogspot.com

A new Kartel song about the events at sting

/rupture + dropthelime microdocs

2009-01-03T22:42:00.009-05:00

Recently, I came across Maga Bo's interview/day-in-the-life-of microdocumentary of DJ /rupture on youtube. I was instantly reminded of some old footage of DropTheLime I had seen over a year ago. DTL, probably already pretty much the man as far as all things bassy in nyc at this point, but not yet a full on mega star, comes across as totally humble and down to earth, as he has been in all my real life dealings with the man.. This is most evident when he speaks about starting out trying to mix on American DJ™ belt drive decks, and his producer origins being a blatant attempt to emulate 90s techno band Underworld.

But what I found the most interesting about the DTL interview was the more tangential stuff like an old job he had working in the back of a video dubbing house (spoiler alert: it sucked), or what he thought about music blogs in early 2007 ("There's already too many.. but let's start one more anyway") and what was cool about life in nyc... Which brings us to /Rupture, as it was in watching the Maga Bo piece that I got all flashbacky, particularly when he started running down the good and bad of life in nyc... It seemed to me like the outernational big homey hit a lot of the same points as DTL, a tribeca native.

DTL interview pt 1

DTL interview pt 2

DropTheLime speaks on:

the energy ( true 24 hour pressure, as compared with Berlin which is obviously really hype at night, but totally asleep during the day)
the cultural density
it being possible to walk everywhere

Maga Bo - An Evening with DJ /Rupture

/Rupture speaks on:

"an insane hive of activity, with little to no quality of life"
the cultural density
commercial rap djs at night

There's also some cool bits in there about the glacial rate at which the record biz moves, and on time and lateness being the gift + the curse of a dj. I would have to add that /Rupture was definitely keeping it real about that one, the first time I met him he came over to my basement to meet up with shadetek and play some tunes, and he was on some severe, euro-style lateness.

PURPLE WOW

2009-01-03T21:43:00.010-05:00

I was alerted to this new mix by Joker aka MR TIME TO RESTART aka 2000 and PURPLE by a myspace feed of all things.. See.. new music! The internet totally works!

joker_-_PURPLE-WOW-MIX.mp3

Kartel + Mavado at Sting

2008-12-28T13:02:00.000-05:00

I can't find anything but really crappy footage of the clash between Kartel and Mavado, but it's still worth a quick look. These dudes have been sparring for a few months now and managed to keep it lyrical while sharing the same stage at Sting.

Kartel was ready for the war in full army fatigues, and pulling a coffin onstage with 'barber boy' written on it was pretty heavy. It seems the crowd calls the clash for Mavado though.

Kartel vs Mavado on ustream (choppy clear footage, good audio)

Kartel vs Mavado on youtube (fluid poor footage rough audio)

ramadanman, droid + slug

2008-12-20T15:30:00.000-05:00

Here are two mixes that have been doing a lot for me recently, particularly while trying to get my head right and finish this project I've been working on. Both are pretty chill, good-sized sets that touch on older electronic bits and newish dubstep that doesn't suck.

Bloggariddims #49 - Droid + Slug.

Ramadanman - Dub War Podcast Mix

Lava

2008-12-20T13:21:00.000-05:00

The Ohs is Long

2008-12-03T21:27:00.001-05:00

the aforementioned clipse tape is out..downloadable here, and here.

to the world!

if a sound test

2008-12-03T20:56:00.000-05:00

G REEL - IF A SOUND TEST

boy.. you remember them times there.

from blogtotheoldschool.. check it out, this guy is doing a lot.

Two Away

2008-11-30T13:23:00.000-05:00

Some heat from nicki manaj, a new-ish dancehall/rap artist. Shout to dutty artz for the tip.

nicki manaj - beam me up scotty

nicki manaj - still i rise

Portishead mixed with Elton John

2008-11-28T11:05:00.000-05:00

Kanye West interview on hot97, speaking on life and his new album.

Mirrors Edge

2008-11-25T21:29:00.000-05:00

this game is crazy!

jr reid is everywhere, plus the clipse

2008-11-25T21:04:00.000-05:00

intro.

big dreams.

out december one. via nahright, complex

T_! Lean up pt 2

2008-11-22T12:47:00.001-05:00

Wow. I just got through posting up T_!'s leanup mix from January, and moments later i find out he's got at least one more out with the same name. Haven't listened yet, but it gets a link, just off the strength of the first piece.

T_! [macabre unit/stink like sock]
Title:

june 08 lean up blend
Comment
mixed lean and live on 2 x vestax pdx2000 + 1 stanton s-450

192kbps
Tracklist

kode 9- 9 samurai
rsd- speakerbox
quest- hardfood
martyn-suburbia
benga- pleasure
trg- broken heart (martyns dcm mix)
search & destroy- candyfloss (loefah remix)
benga- addicts
buju banton- champion (kidnappa remix)
kromestar- bloodclart [get up]
goth trad- genesis
peverelist- infinity is now
kulture- cali weed
skandalous unlimited- dark horse
cotti & doctor- rise the temperture (kulture remix)
cluekid- hovercraft
macabre unit- shooting stars
tunnidge- geddeon
monkeydubz- volume
tubby t- tales of the hood
cotti & doctor- calm down
elemental- stompa
horsepower productions- fist of fury
kulture- so rotten
orien- look at my eyes
reso- metal slug
clouds- under the dancing feet
wonder- babylon boxer
jon-e-cash- forward
rusko- get ya cock out
silkie- i said
orbital- the box
noah d- rise
afterdark- k-hole

T_!_-_leanup-blend-june-2008.mp3

via getdarker.

T_! Lean up

2008-11-22T12:12:00.000-05:00

This is a pretty old mix, but it's a big one, so I figured it could do with another mention. I assumed that the artist credit was a typo, but nope, this was put down by none other than dj "t+underscore+explanation-point", back in January... Yep. I'm still trying to understand what the deal is with british neo-bass dudes and cryptic, single letter dj names.

Strange handles aside, this has a real nice energy and flow, flawless mixing, and covers a pretty wide range of tunes. Extra wild was the inclusion of the proto-jungle hardcore joint 'we are e', which I first heard Dara drop in a history-lesson radio set more than ten years ago.. I did not see that coming.

1. Macabre unit- circus (boka jnrs)
2. Dubwoofa- devoilz (dub police)
3. Reso & roguestar- no such thing as fate (urban graffiti)
4. D 1- speed {tempa}
5. Dowee- grew up (unknown)
6. Freq nasty- goose (skint)
7. Macabre unit- cybernet (unknown)
8. Shackleton- blood on my hands (skull disco)
9. Burial- archangel (hyperdub)
10. Distance- feel me (chestplate)
11. Pinch ft, Yolanda- get up (tectonic)
12. Skream- shake it (tempa)
13. Toasty- take it personal (hotflush)
14. Ed solo- sludge (against the grain)
15. kulture- stepping outta babylon (unknown)
16. lenny d ice- we are e (white)
17. hijack- tears (unknown)
18. conquest- forever (dub police)
19. f.s.o.l vs protocol x- papa nu gineau remix (unknown)
20. low deep- straight flush (colourful state)
21. jah cure vs freezin- deep within (unknown)
22. Movado- gangsta 4 life remix (white)
23. Macabre unit- system overload (unknown)
24. The bug ft warrior queen- poison dart (ninja tune)
25. Macabre unit- lift off vip (terrorhythm dub)
26. Walsh & kromestar- panik room (hotflush)
27. Afterdark- my kung fu (unknown)
28. Mala- learn (dmz)
29. Double helix- judgement day (unknown)
30. Benga- drumz west (tempa)
31. Stenchman- kaniving guttersnipe (unknown)
32. Skream & cluekid- sandsnake (disfigured dubs)
33. Unknown- don’t follow Babylon (unknown)
34. Benga & coki- night (tempa)
35. Scuba- inmost (hotflush)
36. Distance- night vision (planet mu)

T_!-leanup-blend-january-2008.mp3

Gaza Lords Vol 2

2008-11-22T12:04:00.001-05:00

Gaza Lords Vol 1

2008-11-22T11:59:00.001-05:00

The End of the World pt 1

2008-11-20T21:47:00.001-05:00

This track is okaaay.. but look at the cover!

So Amazing

2008-11-13T21:23:00.000-05:00

Don't know how I feel about all this White Album Ye bizness, but this one's alright..

So Amazing

Mcneil / Burroughs Show

2008-11-11T11:13:00.001-05:00

Malcolm McNeil, orignal salty dog, returns to nyc for one night only. Man is a talent.

Kode9 and the Spaceape on Radio One

2008-11-10T17:56:00.000-05:00

Download 65MB Mix

millie / phonelines

2008-11-10T00:42:00.000-05:00

a millie

phonelines

two myspace clips from ikonika, whom i've just discovered.

In the Street

2008-11-06T22:31:00.001-05:00

It was hard to gauge the sheer scale of people's reactions to the news, at least from the [relatively] quiet couch I watched the returns on. The next day, as I eased back into my regular work routine, more than a little jammed up, I started to make my way through the sea of posts and youtube clips that had come down the pipe. It's a lot to process, and it's hard to pick any one piece, but this sums up the mood pretty well, I think:

Street Celebration on Ocean Avenue

It's a wrap

2008-11-04T23:36:00.000-05:00

I cut the devil in half/i cut him down to three three three

What?

2008-11-04T22:38:00.009-05:00

Me: Judy got me up at 5:30 to beat the lines at the polls. I had to use an affadavit because they still had me down for the old address.. But I think it went though.

Pop/M: Please re send?

Me: never mind, no big deal. Just up extra early, just voted.

Pop/M: Great! The Republicans crapped in thear pants. Was there a long line at 6?

Me: Not out here, but I think it's pretty likely there's lines now.

Pop/M: Think this was a really book txt from your bro. I was thinking abt a channel 13 show abt the dinosaur comes being found in Alaska. Now this is Daniel:

think before the ice age alaska was all right climate wise.

Pop/M: a really <cool> txt dinosaur <bones>

Skeng

2008-11-03T20:57:00.000-05:00

Slept on this tune for a while, but now I'm into it.

Battery Charge

2008-11-01T20:49:00.001-04:00

I was listening to bok bok's radio show a while back, and this came on. Sounds like shadetek is trying a bassline ting.

Matt Shadetek - Battery Charge (Bok Bok Sub FM mix snippet)

Full Night Slugs Mix

Magazine

2008-10-28T22:48:00.000-04:00

A little late on this but boy.. If you haven't heard this magazine business yet, you want to catch up. A hard exchange of bars from kartel and the gully god over the track, on some war thing again. And this riddim is tough.. slow, snapping drums over hypnotic synths, pure evilness!

Vybez Kartel - Send Fi Di Magazine

killer like kane so fi test mi you no able / drop like the tower of babel

Mavado - Can't Bad Wi Up

see what ya bloodclot mouth get ya inna / you a f** round dogs wha hungry and want dinner/ dem a fret, but not the fret pon guitar / you no see them get thinner

These tunes are out there in a couple different places, but I'm feeling silver star's medley a lot.. Magazine drops at around 36:40.

Silver Star 100708

Badness Maharishi Bars

2008-10-24T08:25:00.000-04:00

Appleblim Mix

2008-10-22T10:18:00.000-04:00

Been vibing to this Appleblim mix for a minute, its pretty tight. There's some sketchy parts (read: electro samba) but the front of the set more than makes up for it.

Less fresh was the part where I had to had to create an account at this kind of over the top portal site just to grab the MP3. It's all too much.

Rehosted below, minus the drama.

Appleblim Mix

Darkstar shorty mix

2008-10-13T20:59:00.008-04:00

An incredible amount of ground gets covered in this tiny mix by darkstar, of mostly his own productions. In a little over eleven minutes, he runs through a gang of weird glitchy tunes on the moodier, plodding side of the whatever-step spectrum. Dude has some serous studio-ninja type contol over the sound, too. I am reminded of listening to burial's teaser mix for the first time, as you get the sense that this guy has a grip of tunes in this style sitting on a hard drive somewhere, waiting to come out. Let's hope so.

Darkstar shortmix

via prancehall, re upped as an mp3.

Joker's a badman

2008-10-11T13:15:00.000-04:00

he is you know..

joker & MC Nomad on mhobbes generation bass

Joker – ‘Stuck In The System’ (Earwax)
2000F & JKamata – ‘You Don’t Know What Love Is’ joker special (Dubplate)
Joker & Rustie – ‘Play Doe’ (Kapsize)
Gemmy – ‘Double Yellow’ (Dubplate)
MR E – ‘Space Invaders’ (Dubplate)
Rustie – ‘Tempered’ (Kapsize)
Joker – ‘80’s’ (Kapsize)
Joker – ‘Gully Brook Lane’ (Terrorhythm)
J@kes & Joker – ‘3K Lane’ (H.E.N.C.H)
Joker – ‘Holly Brook Park’ (Kapsize)
Gemmy – ‘Back 2 The Future’ (Punch drunk)
Joker – ‘Snake Eater’ (Soul motive)

three away

2008-10-08T20:54:00.000-04:00

don't have time to write too much, but here are three joints that have been doin' the business..

KARTEL - LIFE SWEET
another sufferer's anthem from the teacher. heavy, heavy hook w/ deep producky. Shouts fly out to 'Russian' on the intro of this one and the next, is this a new producer?

loosey

Silver Star have also put a slightly odd refix of this tune over Game's "My Life" beat on their latest mix which is growing on me..

KARTEL - GRAVITY NUH HOLD WE DOWN
Another kartel, on a hustle hard tip, another big chorus and just the right amount of autotune. Has some epic trap-rap style rave bits in their just under the surface.. What!

"Me love thug music but if you nah sing that song / you no sing no song.."

loosey

MAVADO - SO BLESSED
What can I say about this tune? For me, stephen's slower, psuedo-rap experiments like 'overcome' have been some of the more exciting tunes of the year. This is another monster in the same vein.

loosey

Don't Sleep

2008-09-28T13:30:00.000-04:00

Busy Signal's new album is out. If the usual rule of thumb for reggae packaging holds true ( the more horrendous the art, the better the music), it should be solid.