Hidden Orchestra - Night Walks On Vinyl Mixtape

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Hidden Orchestra - Night Walks On Vinyl Mixtape

label: ParisDJs, Tru Thoughts Recordings
released: 2011-02-24
style: electronic downtempo jazz beats mix podcast

To celebrate the release of the Night Walks album on deluxe vinyl (thanks to Denovali Records), Joe Acheson of Hidden Orchestra (Tru Thoughts Recordings) has put together this studio mixtape. Like the preceding Footsteps Mix, this carefully-sculpted selection rewards close listening, and contains numerous exclusive tracks, lots of sound design and plenty of spoken word. Catch the band live on their European tour March-April 2011, and throughout the festival season.

tracklist:
00.00 Hidden Orchestra - Antiphon (Tru Thoughts/Denovali)
02.04 Dream of a Strange Land (by Graham Greene) - read by Hugh Burden (Talking Tape Co.)
05.40 MacMaster/Hay - Thograinn Thograinn (Joe Acheson refix(MacMaster/Hay)
07.15 Jeru the Damaja - El Presidente (acapella) (Red Urban Music)
09.21 Hidden Orchestra - Strange (Tru Thoughts/Denovali)
10.08 (anonymous Ukrainian song) - recorded by Matt Thompson in Kiev 2004
12.49 Outi's Favourite Sound - interview in Jyvaskyla 2009
15.20 J-Live - Longevity (acapella) (Groove Attack)
15.21 Jean-Claude Vannier - Les Gardes Volent au Secours du Roi (Finders Keepers)
15.45 Slepton & Public - Jean-Claude (Double Dope)
16.09 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Musst Musst (Joe Acheson refix) (Real World)
17.15 Bounty Killer feat. Jeru the Damaja - Suicide Murder (acapella) (Massive B)
21.32 Araya - The Mast (Benbecula)
22.32 The Pit and the Pendulum (by Edgar Allan Poe) - read by Christopher Lee (Listen For Pleasure)
23.57 DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like (pt.3 (Mo Wax)
25.18 Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces (Nonesuch)
26.05 Hidden Orchestra - Tired & Awake (Tru Thoughts/Denovali)
30.01 Christ. - Ganky (Benbecula)
30.49 BBC R3 drama feat. Owen Teale - Between Two Worlds (by Yolanda Pupo-Thompson)
31.26 Mrs Jynx - Minor Down (remix of Benjamin Dauer) (Planet Mu)
32.02 BBC R3 drama feat. Paul Rhys - The Royal Game (by Stefan Zweig)
32.29 Xploding Plastix - Joyous Insolence (Beatservice)
35.09 Sixtoo - Sidewinders (Ninja Tune)
36.27 Skalpel - Flying Officer (Ninja Tune)
37.56 Architeq - Birds of Prey (Tirk)
38.06 Life - Moviedrome pt.2 (acapella) (Zebra Traffic)
40.33 Shurik'n - Samurai (Delabel)
42.11 CL Smooth - We Specialize (acapella) (Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
42.52 All Natural - Queens Get the Money (All Natural Inc)
43.38 Albert Einstein - (tribute to Ghandi)
45.37 Prefuse 73 - Hideyaface Reprise (Shaolin Finale) (Reminder & Prefuse Notate Small Ensemble Version) (Warp)
45.56 Tajai - (Shout)
47.13 Jake Thackray - Old Molly Metcalfe (EMI)
47.21 Nick Drake - River Man (Joe Acheson refix) (Island)
48.03 Radiohead - Nude (acapella) (XL)
50.45 Lost Twin - Changes (Throw Some Shapes)
53.20 Sixtoo - Chewing on Glass (Ninja Tune)
54.24 Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Rehearsal of Mozart's Symphony no.36 (Joe Acheson refix) (Philips)
56.18 The Galactic Light Orchestra - Dance of Death (Joe Acheson refix) (Polydor)
56.39 DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World (Gab Mix) (Mo Wax)
57.34 DJ Shadow - Building Steam from a Grain of Salt (Mo Wax)
59.15 Kate Tempest - Live at Spike (acapella poetry recital)
61.54 TY in interview with Emily Towers - Blah (Moph Refix
62.28 The Clouds - Elders (Wadadda Refix) (Jahtari)
63.39 Mungo's Hi Fi - Babylon (Scrub-a-Dub)
64.08 Portishead - Glory Box (acapella) (Go! Beat)
67.47 Truth - Terror Planet (Aquatic Lab)
68.28 Life - Moviedrome pt.1 (acapella) (Zebra Traffic)
69.51 Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On (Wadadda 'Shallow Refix') (Drag City)
72.25 Xploding Plastix - Devious Dan (Beatservice)
73.48 Hidden Orchestra - Undergrowth (Tru Thoughts/Denovali)

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Metaharmoniks - Be a King EP

Metaharmoniks - Be a King EP

label: Budabeats
released: 25. 2. 2011
style: nujazz funky electronic downtempo beats
format: 320kbps mp3

The four-member Russian band Metaharmoniks formed in 2009 by the leader, Anton Evtukhovich. Without style-constraints they are creating in different genres, which are connected with lounge, electronica, funky rhythm, mad-women vocal & space sounds. Now here it is their debut EP with two downtempo tracks, and remixes made by Budabeats artists (Artner, Klitbeats, M.W.D.), MustBeat Crew and from the bandleader too.

tracklist:
01. Be A King (3:27)
02. Be A King [Klitbeats remix] (5:59)
03. Be A King [M.W.D. remix] (5:20)
04. Brahma (2:59)
05. Brahma [Artner remix] (2:55)
06. Brahma [MustBeat Crew remix] (4:38)
07. Brahma [Metaharmoniks reedit] (4:00)

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Mobster - Mon sommeil

Mobster - Mon sommeil

label: Digital Pit
released: 2011-02-10
style: downtempo triphop beats
format: 320kbps mp3

Following the very good "My dreams are faded westerns" released in 2008, his second album Book Mobster "My sleep".
Decidedly minimal, the beatmaker was able to focus on the essentials, to achieve a quiet strength in the service of an abstract downtempo uncompromising. No less than three years have served to Mobster, to sharpen his sense of creation, and his musicality, and to share with us once again her dream world.
At the cross of DJ Krush, and the beginnings of DJ Cam, "My Sleep" is a call to insomnia, as the nights you spend traveling on his music, will seem long.
1,2,3 ... dream now!

Tracklist
01.Moon Reflections (Intro) (1:58)
02.Deep Forest (4:36)
03.Le morning (3:13)
04.Earthbreaker (3:31)
05.Ante & post meridiem beats (3:41)
Through Puddles 06.Your Eyes (interlude) (1:36)
07.Our song (4:06)
08.Et air and sea (3:21)
09.End of Machine Age (3:05)
10.Mon sleep (3:05)
11.Ondée urban (featuring Screenatorium) (3:10)
12.Hive (3:23)
13.Lullaby (1:52)

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Good Natured Threat - Short Stories EP

Good Natured Threat - Short Stories EP

label: Melodica
released: 24.02.2011
style: downbeat triphop chillout
format: 320kbps mp3

We would like to introduce Good Natured Threat´s 1st anniversary release called Short Stories
EP which sounds in pleasant and melodic concept. Casual tempo of downbeat and trip-hop allied to electronica elements are filled up with the main guitar concepts. The sound is very calm, and together with the female vocals it creates major "storey post". According to this combination each tracks have emotional figuraton with the emphasis on the turn in the "musical story". The EP is really high- class one, which is supported by the fact that the track "Beacons" got to the semifinal of "The People Music Awards"!


tracklist:
1. Beacons (Original_Mix) (03:45)
2. Until We Have Faces (Original Mix) (03:48)
3. Short Stories (Original Mix) (12:00)

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Leon Somov feat. Jazzu - Offline Remixed

Leon Somov feat. Jazzu - Offline Remixed

label: Sutemos
released: 2008 03 18
style: ambient idm electronic beats remix
format: 256kbps mp3

We are quite sure that these who are now reading this text already know about the project of Leon Somov and Jaazu. Their Offline EP ir probably the best stuff we have released on Sutemos net label so far. We also have mentioned you about Offline Remixed some times before so we don‘t need any big introduction here. But creative process can hardly be forseen so arrival of this project took longer than we have expected at first. But there is something good in all the bad stuff – during this time we have received a pile of remixed from big variety of artists. Actually, final decision about which tracks should be released and which not was the hardest one during the history of our net label. Thus you should be sure that at least part of these tracks which have not entered Offlined Remixed you will find on our future releases.


tracklist:
01 Mano (am boy Remix) .. 4:17
02 Without You (Joel Tammik Remix) .. 5:31
03 Who R U (Sleepy Town Manufacture Remix) .. 3:37
04 Butterfly (Monoceros Remix) .. 5:12
05 Mano (Sabi Remix) .. 5:00
06 Butterfly (Eneftze Remix) .. 3:53
07 Crosses (Raoul Sinier Remix) .. 4:54
08 Without You (Few Nolder Remix) .. 7:18
09 Noughts And Crosses (NazcaMan Remix) .. 5:00
10 Butterfly ((ENV)itre Remix) .. 3:46
11 Who R U (IJO Remix) .. 5:55
12 Mano (Arclab And Near The Parenthesis Remix) .. 4:36
13 Parduodu Savo Muzik� .. 5:00
14 Without You (Instrumental Version) .. 3:53

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Joey Ripps - Can't Stop Livin'

Joey Ripps - Can't Stop Livin'

label: blocSonic
released: February 14, 2011
style: hiphop remix
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC

Yo, here’s more of that real hip-hop for you to nod your head to. The 2nd single from Joey Ripps’ album “Son Of 1,000 Pardons”. Grab it so you don’t miss the two exclusive remixes by the one and only, Sleaze!


tracklist:
01 - Can't Stop Livin' (2:39)
02 - Fuck What You Think (Featuring Sleaze) (4:02)
03 - For The Minute (Featuring Bliss One) (Sleaze Remix) (4:11)
04 - With Me (Sleaze Remix) (3:24)
05 - Can't Stop Livin' (Acapella) (2:42)
06 - Fuck What You Think (Acapella) (4:03)

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Szubrawy Kot – Czarny EP

Szubrawy Kot – Czarny EP

label: Música Vermella
released: february 2011
style: hiphop breakbeats
format: 320kbps mp3

We present you a new Música Vermella incorporation, this time from the Polish branch of music, in a mix between hip hop and breakbeat, inside the imposing sampling culture. We leave you with Szubrawy Kot and his Czarny EP. We hope you enjoy.

tracklist:
01 Spalony John
02 Spalony Lennon
03 Uschniêta Melisa
04 Przepuklina
05 Lewatywa

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Caballo & the Mothafu Kings - Sonidero (pr)evolucionario

Caballo & the Mothafu Kings - Sonidero (pr)evolucionario

label: LCL (LibreCommeLair)
released: february 2011
style: electronic jungle flamenco dubstep
format: 320kbps mp3

This sampler from Caballo's upcoming LP "Sonidero Evolucionario" (july 2011) is an opened window on a world that left conventions and boredom far behind. Could it be flamenco, ragga, cumbia, dubstep or classical, no tags seems to be large enough to contain the energy that lies into his music.


tracklist:
01. Azucah
02. Flame n Co
03. Raggatarra
04. Persistance

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U.Stone - Nice 2 meet you

U.Stone - Nice 2 meet you

label: Original Dub Gathering
released: 18-2-2011
style: dub dubstep electronic
format: 192kbps mp3

How time flies! Indeed Original Dub Gathering already offers you its second release for this year. In fall 2009, U.Stone had presented his terrible "Digital Shadows" on which we could discover a style of dub and electronic music borrowing elements from the Drum n 'Bass culture. This maxi had responded to a physical album, "Digital Youth" released in self-production in spring 2010 still available for sale at concerts. The indefatigable DJ and veteran composer holds many surprises...
Nice 2 meet you is part of the revival of U.Stone. A really contemporary sound, cleverly flirting with a wide range of inspirations, this stylistic weeding does not end with the close relationship between Dub and Dubstep. I spoke a moment of "renewal" because U.Stone became a live project consists of three musicians along with an innovative video show (signed Mysterious Kid). The two instrumentalists, Mael (sax / bass) and Tonio (keyboard / guitar) stain the original tracks with some Reggae grooves and some jazzy air solo. We can also find on this release songs written in association with Dawa Hifi, Blender, Eiko and Paul "Nite Train" & Ockard Riddim. This maxi is the result of this meeting between the meticulous computer programming and calculated instrumental improvisation, you can not prevent you from running to see the Trio in live after listening to it.

tracklist:
01 Turkish Street 05:10
02 Steppin Up 04:52
03 Crazy World 05:39
04 Greetings 04:31
05 Long Way 05:32

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Grant Phabao & Djouls - Cosmic Tropical Disco

Grant Phabao & Djouls - Cosmic Tropical Disco

label: Paris DJs
released: 2011-02-19
style: disco soul afro boogie mix podcast

You might have already heard about people re-editing disco tracks for augmented dancefloor pleasure. You might even have read the latest issue of Wax Poetics and know about Tom Moulton, originator of the remix, the breakdown section, and the 12-inch single vinyl format. You've also probably heard everything about 'Cosmic', 'Tropical' and 'Disco' music... Well, here's our global tribute to this scene. Let's get the party started.
Selected and mixed by Grant Phabao and Djouls.

tracklist:
01. Doc Severinsen - Be With You (DJ Harvey Edit)
(from 'DJ Harvey 12" Cuts' 12 inch, 2010 / Pacific Beach Recording Company)
02. Linkwood Family - Piece Of Mind
(from 'Firecracker EP 3' 10 inch, 2007 / Firecracker Recordings / re-edit of 'I'm Back For More' by Leo's Sunship, 1978)
03. Sir Woolfy - Brooklyn Creams
(from 'Watchawannadoo EP', 2010 / Watchawannadoo / pitched-down (110BPM) version of 'Street Man' by Brooklyn Dreams, 1978)
04. The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (Onur Engin Edit)
(from 'Square Edits EP 2' 12 inch, 2010 / Square)
05. KC & The Sunshine Band - I Get Lifted (Todd Terje Re-Edit)
(from 'I Get Lifted / I'm Chief / High Jack / Night Rider (Tangoterje Mixes)' 12 inch, 2005 / Supreme Records)
06. Lord Echo - Cosmic Echoes
(from 'Melodies' album, 2010 / Economy Records)
07. Teaspoon & The Waves - Oh Yeh Soweto (Sofrito Edit)
(from 'The Soweto Disco EP', 2010 / Sofrito, 1980 cover of 'Going Back To My Roots' by Richie Havens)
08. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got (Onur Engin Edit)
(from 'Square Edits EP' 12 inch, 2010 / Square)
09. Cro-Magnon - Black Mahogani
(from 'Mellow Out & Acoustic' album, 2008 / Lastrum Japan, cover of Moodymann)
10. Rim Kwaku Obeng And Kasa - Love Me For Real (Guynamukat Afro Boogie Disco Go Go Edit)
(from 'Afro Disco Boogie Edits Vol.2', 2010 / Guynamukat, originally released in 1982)
11. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Boots (Killer Funk Disco Allstars Because I Can't Find My Shoes Re-Edit)
(from 'Killer Funk Disco Allstars' 12 inch, 2009 / Killer Funk Disco)
12. Rato Venance - Djaitain ('Music, Music, Only Music' Guynamukat Afro Boogie Edit)
(from 'Afro Disco Boogie Edits Vol.2', 2010 / Guynamukat, originally released in 1978)
13. Kings Go Forth - Don't Take My Shadow (Tom Moulton Remix)
(from 'Don't Take My Shadow' 12 inch, 2010 / Luaka Bop)

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Animalistic - Fauna

Animalistic - Fauna

label: Animalistic
released: 2010
style: instrumental hiphop beats
format: 320kbps mp3

The first album from dutch hiphop duo Animalistic: Fauna!

tracklist:
01 Animal Behavior
02 Animalistic
03 Cipher
04 Frame of Mind
05 Reflections of Light
06 Eye of the Needle
07 Camembert
08 Sarah
09 Lights Out
10 Soul Shadows
11 Antagonism
12 The Half
13 Back to Basics
14 As the Breezes Blow

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Intuiton & Equalibrum - Girls Like Me

Intuiton & Equalibrum - Girls Like Me

label: Hellfyre Club
released: 09 February 2010
style: instrumental hiphop
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

The release of "Girls Like Me" has brought Intuition to the forefront of the blogosphere, with coverage from nearly every major hip hop blog ranging from 2dopeboyz to KevinNottingham and back. Impose Magazine has said the record "will make him the next ugly-ass rapper to be adored by teenage women...[and] single-handedly keep LA hip hop in our thoughts and ears..." With production handled once again by the phenomenal Equalibrum (other than two bangers donated by Dibia$e and Mike Gao) the record has a sense of continuity and flow that is rarely found in modern rap music. Intuition treats song sequencing like the lost art that it is, and it pays off. With a supporting cast consisting of indie rap legend Slug, underground rap journeymen Nocando (whose new record label Hellfyre Club made Intuition its first signee) & Ex-I, and soulful crooning from Raquel Rodriguez and Travis Brown, there are surprises left and right for long time fans of Intuition or first time listeners.

tracklist:
1. Say Hello To Goodbye (Intro) 02:05
2. Hold Your Breath (feat. Raquel Rodriguez) 04:20
3. Otis Redding 02:40
4. Feeling The Emptiness 04:15
5. All I Got (feat. Ex-I & NoCanDo) 04:09
6. Why Would You (Interlude) 01:34
7. Don't Try 04:46
8. Ed McMahon 03:20
9. Homegirl 03:56
10. Lonely 05:03
11. Summer Dreaming (Interlude) 01:45
12. Al Bundy 03:17
13. Future Ex-Wife (feat. Travis Brown) 04:13
14. I Love California 03:51
15. Buzzkill (Feat. Slug) 04:05

Korhymes - Diagnosis

Korhymes - Diagnosis

label: Animalistic
released: 2 February 2011
style: instrumental jazzy hiphop
format: 320kbps mp3

Diagnosis. The first solo tape of Korhymes That Funkee Apeman. It’s all about finding the right balance. This tape was written during a period of my life in which I experienced many emotional roller coaster rides. The highs and lows left me with exhaustion and confusion, and this is what came out. My Diagnosis, my search for myself and balance in my life.

tracklist:
01. Introducing
02. Lady Luck
03. Bubble
04. No Security
05. Fame
06. Muse
07. Slight Hazard (ft. Scarred Beast)
08. Rain
09. Sax in Space
10. Fun Zone
11. Stabilize (ft. Astèr)

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AXMusique - Second. The same

AXMusique - Second. The same

label: Brennnessel
released: 20/10/10
style: electronic rock´n´roll electro
format: 320kbps mp3

A year after first album, AXMusique offers four new songs and shows quite a new face. Until now the whole rock´n´roll attitude had only ideological meaning, but "Second. The same" announces a real change in band´s sound.
All of those tunes are known very well by the live audience but here they are in totally new arrangements. From the first song, we can hear motor guitar niff and quite organic drum arrangement. Then, "Somewhere Something" and "Half Shut Eyes" are shaping up the sound convertion. EP is finished by "Drunkenfly" trancy song which in this scene has also very rocky solution.

tracklist:
01 insipid
02 somewhere something
03 half shut eyes
04 drunken fly

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AXMusique - somewhere something from Sebastian Juszczyk on Vimeo.

Cast-a-Blast - Highlights e​.​p vol 1

Cast-a-Blast - Highlights e​.​p vol 1

label: Cast-a-Blast
released: 07 January 2010
style: hiphop
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

4 tracks from the Cast-a-Blast crew recorded live at bios & sixdogs, Athens (Greece) 2010.

tracklist:
1. Acid Pot & Pills (feat. Blend aka Mishkin, BNC) 02:36
2. Te Lo Entrego (feat. Fernandez mc) 01:16
3. Funk Fanatics (feat. Blend aka Mishkin, BNC, The Kidd & Elephant Phinix) 04:22
4. Τhe Jam (feat. Bnc, The Kidd, Elephant Phinix, Blend, El Pap Chico) 05:57

OneLove Beats - Beats & Dreams

OneLove Beats - Beats & Dreams

label: self released via Bandcamp
relesed: 12 December 2010
style: instrumental hiphop funk soul beats
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

This project is more or less a collection of soulful beats that I've been putting together over the past few months. It was primarily inspired by the stack of records that sit next to my computer and my love for pure hip hop music. This isn't a final project, so check back because I will be adding tracks to it over the next few weeks as inspired. OneLove Beats!!!

tracklist:
1. Welcome To The Show 01:38
2. Somewhere Far Away 03:20
3. Am I A Fool? 03:53
4. Luv 02:58
5. Fresh Air 03:35
6. Heart Beat 01:43
7. Dreams On Jupiter 01:43
8. Grynd 02:45
9. Head In The Clouds 03:51
10. Heartache 02:49
11. GrimyGutterFunk 02:55
12. DreamState 03:05
13. Reminisce 02:25
14. The Way Things Used 2 Be 03:35
15. Season's Greetings 02:57
16. Raw Essentials 02:50
17. Hard To Believe 02:11
18. Another Day In The Bay 02:44
19. Jazz and Coffee 01:23
20. Cosmic Cruise 02:57
21. Heroes and Villians 02:15
22. WeCanMakeItNow 02:07
23. Sunday Morning 01:51
24. History Lesson 02:33
25. And the Rain Came Down 00:53
26. Prayer Request 02:54
27. World Was Mine 03:17

Kisuku ​- ​Time 'N' Space

Kisuku ​- ​Time 'N' Space

label: Synchrovision records
released: 15 January 2011
style: house electronic
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

Kisuku presents first ep on Synchrovision records.

tracklist:
1. 1TK2 05:28
2. R-54 09:28
3. Roll Call.Instumental 09:28

B Szczesny - Beyond Midnight

B Szczesny - Beyond Midnight

label: Brennnessel
released: 21 6 2010
style: nudisco house electronic
format: 320kbps mp3

After taking part in a few Brennnessel Nachts and charming remix of Kamp!s "Cosmological", Bartosz Szczesny is finaly ready to show his first release. "Beyond Midnight" EP consists of four tracks and can be classified as a mixture of nu disco, balearic, house and electro as well.
Each song is a clear-cut dialogue between melodic playfulness and a dance-friendly rhythm. Check it out here and get involved in his positive pulsation and subtle melodies!

tracklist:
01 Nu jork
02 Air
03 Midnight
04 Battleships

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Pretty Lights - Unreleased 2010 Remixes

Pretty Lights - Unreleased 2010 Remixes

label: Pretty Lights
released: 2011
style: electronic breaks beats hiphop remix
format: 320kbps mp3

This collection features previously unreleased tracks from 2010, including exclusive remixes from the NYE shows ins Chicago on December 30th and 31st, 2010.

tracklist:
01 NYE Chicago Bulls Intro Remix
02 Pink Floyd Time Remix
03 Kanye West All Of Mind Remix
04 Jay Z Empire State Of Mind Remix
05 Steve Miller Band Fly Like An Eagle Remix
06 Hot Like Sauce Rustified Remix
07 Finally Moving James Brown Remix

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Eufoteoria - Eufoteoria LP

Eufoteoria - Eufoteoria LP

label: Dusted Wax Kingdom
released: 07-Feb-2011
style: abstract cinematic glitchy hiphop triphop beats
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

Eufoteoria is a project of the polish producer Amadeusz Szczerbowski. The debut album "Eufoteoria" is full of stunning suprises, combining dark cinematic sounds, deep basslines, crispy glitches, compressed drum breaks and splendid organic samples.


tracklist:
1. Time And Bullets
2. 7 am Blue pm
3. Spinal Cord
4. Mantra (Guest: Kidd)
5. Nishino
6. Magic Music
7. Razem Czekamy Na Noc (Guest: Wojtek Cichon)
8. White Mouse
9. Last Verse
10. T&B Lazymix

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Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Free The Robots Vol.2

Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Free The Robots Vol.2

label: Paris DJs
released: 2011-02-06
style: instrumental hiphop beats electronic mix

We've introduced Free The Robots, one of the most interesting DJ/beatmakers around, to more than 10.000 people with our first volume of Paris DJs Soundsystem presents Free The Robots. Nearly two years later the man has released his first album, Ctrl Alt Delete, one of the 10 bests of 2010. That's good reasons enough for us to come back with a second volume of selected instrumental psychedelic hip hop break bits. We've wrote it already, but then again... This is the new thing!

tracklist:
01. Free the Robots - Wandering Gypsy
(from 'Ctrl Alt Delete' album, 2010 / Alpha Pup)
02. Free the Robots - How Is The World?
(from 'The Prototype' promo CD, 2004 / Elsewhere Studios)
03. Mexicans With Guns - Icaros (Free the Robots Remix)
(from 'Friends of Friends Volume 3' album with Robot Koch, 2010 / FoF Music)
04. Mochipet - Complex Players Club (Free The Robots Remix)
(from 'Master P on Atari Transformed Vol.2', 2010 / Daly City)
05. Free the Robots - Clocks and Daggers
(from 'The Killer Robots' digi-EP with The Gaslamp Killer, 2008 / Obey)
06. Free the Robots - Wake Up Or Die feat. The Gaslamp Killer
(from 'Free The Robots' album, 2008 / Easel Records Japan)
07. Busdriver - Least Favorite Rapper feat. Nocando
(from 'Jhelli Beam' album, 2009 / Epitaph)
08. Free the Robots - Jupiter
(from 'Ctrl Alt Delete' album, 2010 / Alpha Pup)
09. Free the Robots - Turkish Voodoo
(from 'Ctrl Alt Delete' album, 2010 / Alpha Pup)
10. Nocando - DSD2 (feat. Iron Mike Eagle)
(from 'Jimmy the Lock' album, 2010 / Alpha Pup)

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VA - Highvory

VA - Highvory

label: Original Dub Gathering, King Dub Records
released: february 2011
style: dub electronic
format: 256kbps mp3

January is already gone and Original Dub Gathering is relatively late in early 2011. Yet it is associated with the sprawling King Dub Records that we now offer our first release of the year but also our first collaborative production. Sprawl because KDR is ubiquitous on the Web, both from his netlabel dedicated to Dub but also through its radio broadcasts on the Internet during which everyone can enjoy Roots & Stepper quality selection.
Highvory is the result of this meeting. A compilation always dedicated to Dub (for those arriving on the site for the first time) and more specifically Stepper, this style that has ravaged the sound system nights for three decades. This thread is a rhythmic axis around which many variations of style. Sounds of "roots" to sample "ethno" each piece brings a story, an emotion of its own. Most of the artists come from France, but we are proud to celebrate the unexpected participation of Johnny Clarke on a riddim of Lord Hissayas without forgot LabFrequency from Italy and the brazilian Dubatack.

tracklist:
intro KingSingha-Forward (Uk)
1 Dubatack-And-Shaky Norman-Jupitah (Brésil/Fr)
2 Injham-Life (Fr)
3 Lord-Hissayas-ft-Johnny Clarke-Uojah (JA/Fr)
4 Tsunami Wazahari-Threemoonsdub (Fr)
5 Massive Dub Corporation-Spiritualwar (Fr)
6 LabFrequency-Stepperchamber (Italy)
7 Panda Dub-Who-Am-I (Fr)
8 Odg-Natty-6millionwayz (Fr)
9 Odg-Artx-Heavy (Fr)
10 Odg-Olo-Runfaraway (Fr)

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Manwel T - Virtual Dub 3

Manwel T - Virtual Dub 3

label: Dubkey
released: 2010
style: dub reggae remix
format: 192kbps mp3

Manwel T returns with another dynamic set of dub remixes. The singers and players on this one are Zion Train (with Lua), Bandulu Dub, John Brown's Body, Dr. RemiX, General Smiley, and Alpha & Omega (with Haji Mike and Jonah Dan).
Steppers and the usual roots reggae vibes dominate proceedings, but we also get to hear original Studio One DJ General Smiley as musician and rhythm creator on two electronic dancehall tunes, and American band John Brown's Body with two splendid numbers that highlight their complex rock reggae style perfectly. The melodic instrumental 'Up 4 Dub' is a real delight. The album ends with three versions of Alpha & Omega's 'This Is My Prayer', the first one featuring Haji Mike narrating Psalm 23 in his unique way.
'Virtual Dub 3' is another grand Dubkey dub freebie. Forward!

tracklist:
01. Forward Ever Lua
02. Forward Ever Dub
03. Sunshine
04. Ghost Notes
05. Zion Triad
06. Up 4 Dub
07. Dub Up
08. Bother Me
09. Wolf
10. Haji Mike's Prayer
11. Jonah Dan's Prayer
12. This Is My Dub

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Photophob - Sounds Of Concrete : Photophob Remixed

Photophob - Sounds Of Concrete : Photophob Remixed

label: laridae
released: 02.2011
style: electronic dubstep ambient idm remix
format: 320kbps mp3

OK - this is gonna be MASSIVE. Photophob's 'Urban Dialectics' gets torn apart by….
Hecq (Hymen Records), Simon/off (Immerse Records), Beitegeuze (laridae.at), Tomoroh Hidari (Isolate / Record Label Records), Dr. Nachtstrom (Mego), Coppice Halifax (Milieu Music / EED) and Firnwald (laridae.at / Miga / tonAtom / Hippocamp …).

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tracklist:
01. The Sound Of Concrete (Hecq Melting Streets Remix) 06:37
02. Backyard Prophet (Simon/Off Remix) 04:21
03. The Sound Of Concrete (Beitegeuze Remix) 04:06
04. Unforeseen (A Remix Of Neon Refuse By Tomoroh Hidari) 08:01
05. The Sounds Of Concrete (Dr. Nachtstrom Remix) 03:09
06. Mighty Metro Monk (Sub Version) 05:41
07. The Sound Of Neon (Coppice Halifax Dub Construct) 07:59
08. The Sound Of Concrete (Firnwald Remix) 06:29

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Joey Ripps — Son Of 1,000 Pardons

Joey Ripps — Son Of 1,000 Pardons

label: blocSonic
released: February 1, 2011
style: hiphop electronic
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC

In the early 80s, while in my teens, I first heard hip-hop music and it was for me… there was simply something about it that spoke to me. It was the future. It was exciting and fresh. A musical genre in its infancy that was finding its way… learning who it was. It grew up over the years… it evolved… still learning about itself. It had a chance to sell out and took it. It embraced the good times and seemed to forget about the important things in life. Eventually it was even used and manipulated by its corporate bosses.
Thankfully hip-hop’s always had a double life. While the mainstream world thought it was one thing, it managed to keep a connection to the underground and was actually another thing. Unbeknownst to all but true heads, it continued to evolve. Today it exists in the form of the many independent EMCEEs, DJs and producers that continue to embrace it and push it and pull it and prod it and mold it and shape it into new forms that explore its past and its future. To the uninitiated, hip-hop is dead… it’s “gangsta”… it’s “jiggy”… it’s about rims… it’s about hoes & bitches… it’s uncreative… it’s stupid… it’s an embarrassment. Not true… well… only partially true… it is those things and so much more.
It’s south… it’s north… it’s east… it’s west… it’s everything in between. It’s malleable and that’s what makes it so incredible! When done well… it’s a thing of beauty. Down in Richmond, VA, there’s a crew called Just Plain Sounds. It’s a crew of talented producers, DJs and EMCEEs who are doing it well… making it beautiful. Real music for real souls to feel and connect with. The cast of creators involved in this Joey Ripps album are mostly from RVA, part of the JPS crew who are making good things happen down there. There’s also 13adluck who makes an appearance on “My Block To Your Block” making the team Luck & Ripps a reality once again.
So I guess what I’m saying is that “Son Of 1,000 Pardons” is hip-hop done well. It’s that stuff that isn’t trying to “keep it real”… only trying to keep it honest.


tracklist:
01 - Introduction (00:55)
02 - First Of Many Pardons (2:17)
03 - For The Minute (Featuring Bliss-One) (4:10)
04 - Crush, Kill, Destroy (Featuring Draztiq & Bliss-One) (2:48)
05 - Blunt Wraps (2:16)
06 - Can't Stop Livin' (2:39)
07 - Fuck What You Think (Featuring Sleaze) (4:02)
08 - My Block To Your Block (Featuring 13adluck) (3:20)
09 - Face Of The City (3:08)
10 - Stubborn Mind (2:57)
11 - With Me (3:01)
12 - Deep (2:59)
13 - Pick Your Weapon (4:07)
14 - Blink (2:04)
15 - My Life (4:00)

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