Been gone for a minute

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.

mary anne hobbes guest mixes + comp

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)

Praises and Ballads

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

Grievous Angel - Funky Manifesto

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

Best of Wiley Vol 1.

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

The Ohs is Long

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

to the world!

Gaza Lords Vol 2

Gaza Lords Vol 1