High Friends In Places

Is the latest 3-tracker EP from CUTmusic's head-honcho DFRNT. Here he's taking modern dub stylings in a different direction. First up with some up-beat synth-led brass-spattered 4-4 dub breaks, moving on to super-low sub, fluttering basslines and filtered horns and the last track finds him in more dubbed-out synth-led territory with a plodding bassline and vocal snippets. Just in Time for the New Year...Free D/L or drop some pennies for the Artist...Gorgeous!!!

Happy Irie

Panditji R.I.P.

(Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012)

On The Run

I’m keeping all the scars you gave me

 I show them to you indirectly

 I’m scratching at the pain within

 Let me show you how the world begins

 I’m so terrified of losing you

 I may be a prophet but I need a clue

 I’ve walked the earth my feet dark with dust

 Is there anything we can trust?

 I’ve been dreaming of a wonderful life

 Live in peace with a child and a beautiful wife

 But life’s a liar baby, life’s a cheat

 Making promises it cannot keep

 I’ve seen the promise, man I’ve seen a light

 I've been breathing in my freedom after such a long fight

 But I’ve been damaged by the damage done

 Now I’m living out my life like I’m on the run..

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1960 What?

A quality remix of the Gregory Porter seminal Classic Jazz tune from Italian DJ/producer Gerardo Frisina....Blinding!

El Zahir

One of those kinds of tunes that keeps on dazzling me..from back in the summer!

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And check out the equally impressive remix.. 

  

The Burg Re-Edit

Something uploaded only just the other day from Ebony Cuts a 2008 re-edit of a classic boogie tune by the Larry McGee Revolution celebrating the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL football team from 1976. Only a few D/L's left, so grab it quick!!

Terry Callier R.I.P.

 May 24, 1945 – October 28, 2012

Very sad this week that we learn of the passing of the great Chicago singer/songwriter Terry Callier, on Saturday 27th, in hospital with his family in at the age of 67.

Check out his 2 hour fireside chat with RedBullMusicAcademy

Close To You

A whole 8 track FREE set from New York City's Wolf+Lamb Go grab it!

  

Let’s Make It Deeper

Looking forward to this debut LP from young house music upstart from Suffolk,UK. Gerry Read who's quietly been building a reputation for himself with his deep damaged take on the genre...Available from Fourth Wave a sub-label of RAMPrecordings on November 13th entitled "Jummy" with 13 original tracks,  if this jazzy sub-bass driven groove is anything to go by should be worth the wait!!!

 

1. Four Miles 
2. Evidence 
3. Give Myself To You 
4. Be Pushin (She) 
5. Moving Forward 
6. Crawl 
7. Idiot 
8. Turn 
9. Purple Fire 
10. Gibbon 
11. Let’s Make It Deeper 
12. Make A Move 
13. Sidecar

Pyramid

One of the greatest electronic music producers of all time is back with a brand new album 'KU:PALM' due for release at the end of October. His 5th and 1st LP since 2007's collection 'Form & Function Vol. 2' as Photek himself says, The new set blends through different styles and sounds, including cinematic scores, ambient electronica and dub inflicted house. He's offered up the track 'Pyramid' as a free promo download and the album is available for pre-order from his site....Get on It!!!





1. Signals 
2. Quadrant 
3. Aviator 
4. Pyramid 
5. Shape Charge 
6. Munich 
7. Quevedo 
8. Mistral 
9. Oshun 
10. Sleepwalking Feat. Linche 
11. One Of A Kind 
12. This Love Feat. Ray La Montagne

Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun

More great shit from the Brainfeeder camp courtesy of Now and Again Records  free D/L of the track "Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun"   lifted from The Gaslamp Killer's recent EP and dropping on his debut full-length album  "Breakthrough" released September 18th...Go grab it for a hi-tech psychedelic trip... HERE!!

 

mixtape - the do-over

Late summer mixtape for your listening pleasure. Nothing deep,rare or obscure just classic covers re-edited, remixed, re-worked.

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Black Magic Woman

Here's a rather tasty re-edit of the Santana classic, that will be dropped into a new mixtape uploaded tomorrow by San Fran's DJ Theory. Lifted from his summa pack of re-edited disco-biscuits and mash-ups, full pack available on tha D/L.

Flowers

Straight outta Forest Hill, London by way of Ghana, Andrew Ashong scats and strums along with Detroit's Theo Parris on the title track of his newly released EP on Sound Signature a late summer basement jam... Shit don't smell like Flowers...LARGE!!!

Boom

Boom is a collab between eclectic partners in crime Suzi ANALOGUE and TOKiMONSTA taking you on a Soulful/Beatz bonanza, a twisted hybrid of hip-hop, psych rock, R&B and electronic grooves to mess with your mind..The duo joined forces to begin this project under the distinct identity pseudonym of AnalogueMonsta, their eclectic musical upbringing and personal styles create a groove like no other!!....Get on it!

History Of Spiritual Jazz Mix

Here's something to get your teeth, ears into....A monumental 12 hour, yeah! half day of Spiritual Jazz taken from the archives to celebrate the art form, courtesy of a dude called 'Black Classical'  You can Stream/DL it HERE and read more about it HERE

All Night Long

A slo-mo bass driven re-work of the Mary Jane Girls classic 'all night long' by Matthewdavid..None of your sweetness of the original...just a heavy speaker rattling groove! Free EP called 'Producers in 2012 Learn to Spread Love' on a click

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Tribute Mix

Check out the awesome tribute mix to the great Qawwali maestro by DJ Pathaan, on the 15th anniversary of his passing.

And Nitin Sawhney's GURU OF PEACE

Orb & Lee 'Scratch' Perry Mix

Essential leftfield bizniz! read more....

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First release from the forthcoming LP

Au Seve

Getting smashed everywhere from Eclectic to House clubs, the epic bass belter from Julio Bashmore....Oh Baby!!!

Lovers Melt 3 Mix

Straight outta the Brainfeeder stable comes astral traveler Flying Lotus latest installment of his lovers melt mixes...now on number 3 a great accompaniment to your summer chilling.

A free D/L On tha Click
 


Just in time before he releases his forthcoming LP 'Until The Quiet Comes', dropping in October on Warp, that will have guest appearances from Thom Yorke & Erykah Badu, as well as the awesome bassist known as Thudercat....Kool as guests!

Rollin'

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I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun

Following on from the great tradition of Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke
comes an amazing young pianist Samuel Yirga with an equally amazing story to tell.
Hot off the press this week and released thru REAL WORLD records, 'Guzo' (which means “journey” in Amharic) is Yirga's debut LP but his second release to date after last years solo release called 'Hager' and continues his journey thru jazz, funk, latin fusing with the traditional musical of Ethiopia and Ethiojazz...Taken from the LP is his re-working of The Rotary Connection's psychedelic soul classic which features guest vocalists The Creole Choir of Cuba, Nicolette (nigerian-british singer, famous for her collaborations with massive attack) and Mel Gara (another british singer whose origins are in iraq) This is one hell of an LP and sure to be a lot more to come from this emerging talent...This track is available for D/L HERE.




  

TRACKLIST
1.Abet AbeT
2.Tiwista
3.Ferma Ena Wereket
4.Ye Bati Koyita
5.Nou Se Soleil/I am the Black Gold of the Sun
6.Dance With the Legend
7.My Head
8.Drop Me There
9.The Blues of Wollo
10.African Diaspora (bonus track)

Available on July 9th from Womadshop

Seven Steps For Better Listening Mix

Here's something that can keep the blues away if your country has left Euro2012 too early.
Created by dj and producer duo Sebo Sellout & Flow One, who have dished up a delicious chopped, looped, cut and paste mix of rare and hard-to-find records from all over the globe varying from scout troop flutes, psychedelic folk and exotic funk served up with amusing vocal clips in what they call a 'modern, multi-track break and sample mix' Apparently 12 months in the making this is the duo's  first mix together and well worth the wait in our opinion....Recommended and a D/L for pimping in ya wheels!


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