Beat Submission Compilation

The first volume of tracks from the project we blogged about earlier, which feature producers who use Roy Ayers’ catalog to make original beats has been released as a free download...Get on it!

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Essential Mix - Leftfield

Leftfield's Radio1 Essential mix session 1994.

1994.08.06 - Essential Mix - Leftfield by +dB

Tracklist:
1. Leftfield - "Melt" (Hard Hands)
2. PiL - "Radio 4" (Virgin)
3. Jam & Spoon - "Hispanos In Space" (Dance Pool)
4. Beamont Hannant - "Sym-Phone 5" (GPR)
5. Edge Test - "untitled" (white Label)
6. Happy Larry's Big Beat Orchestra Featuring Shaggy Wonder - "Lego Beat" (Beep Distraxion)
7. Cool Breeze - "C'Mon" (Dorado)
8. Danny Red - "Riddimwise" (Columbia)
9. Dust Brothers - "Dope Cal" (Junior Boys Own)
10. Up Bustle & Out - "Too Many Tricksters" (Ninja Tune)
11. Mike Dread - "Machine Codes" (Kosmik Konundrums)
12. Moody Boys - "Fight Back" (Guerilla)
13. Mezzontinto EP - "Dub Experience" (St Germain En Layf)
14. The Disciples - "Prowling Lion" (Boom Shaka Lacka)
15. Alpah & Omega - "Jah Is Calling" (A&O)
16. Kenny Dope Presents - "The Bucketheads" (Tribal Rydims)
17. Disco Drunkard - "Tet" (Vinyl Solution)
18. Dave Clarke - "Red" (Bush)
19. Robert Armani - "Up" (Alternative Current)
20. Flammable - "Dubbin' To The Sond" (Hard Hands)
21. Vinyl Blair - "Dope" (Hard Hands)
22. Leftfield - "Space Shanty" (Hard Hands)
23. EC Groove Society - "Last Elboy" (Prime)
24. Daft Punk - "Alive" (Soma)
25. Oricom - "A Quick SoundAdventure" (MusicMan)
26. Dual Mount - "Sub Bass" (Tesseract)
27. Secret Cinema - "Timeless Altitude" (Music Man)
28. Purpule Plejade - "Realms Of Juman Consciousness" (DJax)
29. Artist Unknown - "untitled" (white Label)
30. Jazz Breaks Vol. 5 - "Consciousness" (Ninja Tune)
31. Basscut - "Paradise Place" (Deep Distraxion)
32. Strange Brew - "Hasashim's Groove" (Robs Records)
33. Renegade Soundwave - "Mash Up" (Mute)
34. Ballistic Bros Vs The Eccentric Afros - "And It Goes Like This" (Delancy Street)
35. Strange Brew - "Burnin' Down" (Robs Records)
36. Smith & Mighty - "Killa" (ffrr)
37. Woodshed - "Tales From The Woodshed" (Cloak & Dagger)
38. Artist Unknown - "untitled" (white Label)
39. Full Moon Scientist - "Monday Morning Dread" (Hard Hands)
40. No Use - "Squong DM" (Oversky)

Release date: Jun 8, 1994

I_Skream U_Skream

As both of dubsteps leading dj/producers have landed on these shores for this weekends UNIT club - Tokyo`s 6th Anniversary party and before Skream releases his second album, "Outside the Box" on August 9, he has been very generous in offering up not 1 but 3 volumes of Freeizm tunes...Download them here...Freeizm Vol.1 - Vol.2 - and the latest installment Vol.3 Niceeee! Just such a shame i won`t be able to catch them @ Unit as i`m at the Beach spinning on saturday nite....Should be a great show, if ya in Tokyo...reach there!

Just heard Benga can't be in TKO tomorrow night the guy has lost his passport..lol!

Elbow to Elbow

John Carraro's wall at the Roosevelt:pic courtesy of waxpoetics

While browsing a few online music mags the other day i came across this story of a recently departed New York record dealer and felt i must re-share it on here so as to get another side of the story about digging around for great music.

Create digging at the Roosevelt by John Carraro.

An eye opening story of a infamous record dealer at New York’s legendary record fairs that were held at Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel located at E. 45th Street in the 8T's, who came to influence a whole generation of music producers, especially the Hip-Hop community.

"This is the tale of a convention where for a few sacred seasons, a certain magic was in the air as dreams were realized and friendships made. The Roosevelt was much more than just a big room filled with people looking for what they wanted. It was a show that for a few seasons actually helped to influence people’s lives and the music that some would create. So let us wind up our metronomes and begin with how it all came to fruition." Read On

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