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.

Matt Shadetek on Mudd UP!

dr100816.mp3

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

ikonika why not mix

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

It's 1987 right now

the heatwave - 25 years of dancehall

everyone everywhere sit down now.

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

hotflush podcast:: jus wan

hotflushpodcast_05_juswan.mp3

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

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)

Darkstar Shorty Mix #2

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

Previously: Darkstar shorty mix

bobbie konders culture + lovers mix

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

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.

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

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

KINGDOM + BOK BOK BACK TO BACK DON'T SLEEP

Cooly G on Rinse

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

terror danjah + badness live audio

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

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

via seen

previously: vol 1, vol 2

longplayer roundup

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

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.

...are no longer around

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

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

Kode9 on Benji B

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