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Pandemonium Jones - Splendid Moments 2008 Mix

As we move into 2009 I thought I’d try and compile a couple of “Best of” mixes that I’ve seen on the interweb. The first is stolen from the Sound Verite’ Blog; “Splendid Moments 2008″ is the work of Pandemonium Jones of the DJ duo Cap & Jones. The mix jumps around a few genres and offers a freakin’ awesome re-cap on what’s been hot this year, from the Philly resident. Its pretty damn nice and I’m ashamed to say it has introduced me to a heap of tracks that I’d missed…

Splendid Moments

Pandemonium Jones has this to say on the the mix:

My friend Khris asked me to contribute a mix of some of my favorite songs for the year to be shared via his blog, Rock The Dub, “the least jiggy and the most no frills” digital thought outpost on the internetto, and I was only too happy to oblige as he is an old and dear chum and he rocks a fine dub. The mix is called “Splendid Moments” and I think it lives up to the title. Many artists and genres of music are conspicuously absent, so it does not reflect my Overall Favorite Songs Hands Down, but it contains a lot of songs that dropped my jaw this year. I’m very pleased with the results and I hope you like it, too.

As usual its all free, if you have spotted any other “Best of 2008″ mixes that deserve attention then drop them in the comments below.

Tracklist:

  1. Soy Un Caballo - Robin
  2. SALEM - Streets Of Philadelphia
  3. Kanye West - Say You Will
  4. Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
  5. Black Mountain - Wucan
  6. Portishead - Magic Doors
  7. No Age - Eraser
  8. Atlas Sound - On Guard
  9. Animal Collective - Cobwebs
  10. Hot Chip - We’re Looking For A Lot Of Love
  11. Nico - I’ll Keep It With Mine (Pocketknife’s Odd Beauty Remix)
  12. Cut Copy - Strangers In The Wind
  13. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
  14. Amadou & Miriam - Sabali
  15. Bon Iver - Lump Sum
  16. Benoit Pioulard - Idyll
  17. Wolf Parade - Language City
  18. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
  19. M83 - Graveyard Girl
  20. Beach House - Gila
  21. Fennesz - Grey Scale
  22. Grouper - Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping
  23. Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron - Voice In Headphones

Download: Pandemonium Jones - Splendid Moments 2008 mix

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December 27th, 2008

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Blunted Presents - BITS! Vol.18 ft. Sam Webster

BITS! is back! At last we break our 6 month drought to bring you an extra special collection of hand-picked tracks from our very good friend Sam Webster (aka Sloth). I can tell you this mix has been a very long time coming, we’ve been badgering Mr Webster for yonks, but its well worth the wait.

Featuring a whole heap of different genre’s it doesn’t try to conform in any way, much like its creator! Artists include Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Gangstarr to The Strokes, Interpol, These New Puritans to Subtle, LCD Soundsystem, Aphex Twin and Arcade Fire.

If you don’t know Sam Webster he makes super-fresh beats, some of which can be found on his myspace. If the artwork looks a bit sketchy is just the compression of the site, its embedded in the .mp3 along with the track-list so it’ll look super crisp on your iPod.

Blunted Presents - BITS! Vol.18 ft. Sam Webster

Tracklist:

  1. Sage Francis – Mullet
  2. The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – The Ecstasy Of Gold
  3. Atmosphere – Puppets
  4. Gangstarr – The Rep Grows Bigger
  5. Dirty Diggers – The Pleasure Is All Mine Intro
  6. Edan ft Dagha – Rock And Roll
  7. The Strokes – Heart In A Cage
  8. Interpol – P.D.A
  9. These New Puritans – Mkk3
  10. Why? – The Vowels Pt. 2
  11. Subtle – She
  12. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
  13. Crystal Castles – Untrust Us
  14. Aphex Twin – Fenix Funk
  15. Saul Williams – Coded Language
  16. Arcade Fire – No Cars Go

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Download: Blunted Presents - BITS! Vol.18 ft. Sam Webster (129)

Hopefully we’ll be kicking the BITS! back into action proper now, if you think you can record a mix than can cut it then get in touch.

Posted
December 23rd, 2008

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Drum Dojo - Jungle Bells Mix

Drum Dojo presents a cheeky little Christmas present for you all to enjoy, reminiscent of Christmasses past the Jungle Bells Mix was record live on Oxford’s 107.9FM on the 20th of December. The “Drum Dojo Audio” radio show is live every Friday from 1:00 till 3:00 am on Oxford’s 107.9FM (that’s Saturday morning really). Tune in on or off-line to catch Rogue spin the freshest Drum & Bass.

Tracklist:

  1. Perfect Combination - ‘Definition of a Track (Passin Groove)’
  2. PFM - ‘The Western’ (Mike’s Ricochet mix)
  3. Wax Doctor - ‘The Spectrum’
  4. Eternity - ‘Joy & Pain’ (Meltdown mix)
  5. Tiefenentzerrer - ‘Subtrakt’
  6. Art of Noise - ‘Something Always Happens’ (Doc Scott mix)
  7. Intense - ‘Sax Lick’
  8. Deep Structure - ‘Lunar’
  9. LTJ Bukem - ‘Music’
  10. 4Hero - ‘Mr Kirk’s Nightmare’ (Immortal Minds ‘95 mix)
  11. Peshay - ‘The Piano Tune’
  12. —> Alex Reece - ‘Pulp Friction’
  13. 3 Way - ‘Sgt General’
  14. Roni Size - ‘Dayz’
  15. Photek - ‘Smoke Rings’

Download: Drum Dojo - Jungle Bells Mix

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December 22nd, 2008

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Jack Beats exclusive FABRICLIVE NYE mix

Great big dirty ‘House’ and ‘Electro’ mix here courtesy of Jack Beats and FABRICLIVE ahead of there appearance at FABRICLIVE New Years Eve. The tracklist features artists such as Digitalism, Hot Chip, Mr Oizo, DJ Mehdi, Audio Bullies, Mystery Jets, Skream, Chase and Status plus loads more, all reincarnated for your pleasure. It’ll be sure to make your ears bleed this one so exercise caution when listening. If you like what you hear then Farbic NYE might be your cup-of-tea. Rave on…

Tracklist:

  1. Digitalism - Home Zone (Proxy Remix)
  2. Laid Back Luke & Atrak - Shake It Down
  3. Hot Chip - Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix)
  4. DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Boy 8 Bit Remix)
  5. DJ Mehdi - Pocket Piano (Joakim “Piano Debout” Remix)
  6. Mr Oizo - Gay Dentists
  7. Mystery Jets - Half In Love (Foamo Remix)
  8. ??Unknown??
  9. Audio Bullies - Dope Fiend (Tommie Sunshine and Udachi Remix)
  10. Project Bassline - Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
  11. Herve - Who Da Champ
  12. AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
  13. TC - Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix : Jack Beats Re-work)
  14. What
  15. Giggle Riddim
  16. Skream - Thik
  17. Chase & Status - Saxon

Download: Jack Beats exclusive FABRICLIVE NYE mix

If you are interested in hitting Fabric New Years Eve then check the line up below and head over to Fabric London for more info…

ROOM ONE: Craig Richards, Terry Francis, Dixon, Âme, Mike Shannon, Matt Tolfrey
ROOM TWO: DJ Yoda, DJ Craze, Scratch Perverts, Jackbeats, Patchwork Pirates
ROOM THREE: Toddla T & MC Serocee, 2562, Tayo, The Heatwave, Moody Boyz

Posted
December 22nd, 2008

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Same old, same old mixes

So you’re bored of the same mixes you’ve managed to get from one of the many sites offering all the essential mixes, you make a point of listening to the ooh, two relevant radio shows the BBC has to offer, you maybe see one mix a week you’re feeling from mates passing it round the internet, you check the Blunted website every so often for the BITS! mixes, and there’s only so much you can listen to when your bored at work.

Fear No More!

RBMA Radio was born out of the Red Bull Music Academy (10 years old this year!). Set up with the assistance of Karen P (after she left Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show) it has gone from strength to strength streaming some amazing artist-led mixes, interviews and even academy lectures from a hugely diverse range of musicians, DJs and producers both established and emerging talents. Seriously, you can literally listen to this 24 hours a day for a year and still not have listened to everything that might interest you. 

So I’ve selected the best of the best for you to search for - listed and linked for you below:

Oh and theres and new dubstep mix pretty much everyday from the likes of Benga, Coki, Skream et al for all the Dubstep heads.

Check out RBMA Radio - Click on ‘Archive’ and search that shit!

This was a guest post by Euan Indecision. To see your own writing here get in touch.

Posted
December 11th, 2008

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texture DJs - Quantum Of Disco

We’ve been spoiling you for tunes and mixes of late. I’m particularly feeling the Dub MD presents Hiphop Renatus mix, the tracklisting is sickening! Anyways, to keep the pace I have something a little special for you all. This time those chaps known as textureDJs provide with aptly titled ‘Quantum Of Disco’ mix. You might think that because they took their influence from the Bond films, this could be a cheesey attempt to ‘cash in’ on the most recent film’s popularity. Indeed one half of textureDJ’s, Cynan admits “yeah, its jumping on the James Bond bandwagon, but I’ve had this great ‘Basie Does Bond’ LP, a £1 charity shop score, sitting on the shelf for a while just begging to be dropped in as an intro. I love some dusty old jazz, and I think that comes through in a couple of tunes in this mix”.

I have to agree, each tune has been picked for it’s artistic and musical merit, all mixed seamlessly.  You got jazz, breaks, soul, disco….basically all the beats they make you want to shake your ass pon the the dancefloor. Nuggets to look out for include The Bamboo’s featuring UK hiphop legend TY, ‘Can’t Help Myself’, ill live funk and breaks with TY’s awesome flow pushing this tune through. I asked Cynan which tune stood out for him on the mix, “there’s one tune in there I fell in love with one Xmas as an eight year old in ‘84, it was a big fluorescent 12″ maxi single, with a ghost on one side, and this amazing THING on the B side called a DUB VERSION without the vocals and this serious electric BEAT that drops in half way through… talk about texture. I’m sure you can figure out which one that is!” Indeed I can, haha.

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Tracklisting:

  1. Alastair Cooke - Talk About America (PYE Records)
  2. Count Basie And His Orchestra - The James Bond Theme (United Artists)
  3. Indigo Jam Unit - Back Shot (Basis Records)
  4. The Bamboos feat TY - Cant Help Myself (Tru Thoughts)
  5. Rephrase - Since 1939 (album version) (Rephrase Music)
  6. Big M Bootie - Your Thing (Big M Bootie)
  7. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Dub Version) (Arista)
  8. Faze Action - Hypnotic (Disco Mix) (Faze Action)
  9. Dmitri From Paris - Madd Luck (Supreme)
  10. Manmade - Beastie Nights (Manmade)
  11. Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2 (Raw Cuts)
  12. FLASHnap - Spooky (Pulver Records)
  13. Hot 8 Brass Band - Listen To Me (Hint Remix) (Tru Thoughts)
  14. Wumni - Work (Serious Assault Recordings)
  15. Parov Stelar - Fleur De Lille (Etage Noir)
  16. Atlantic Conveyor - African Disco Power (Sofrito Specials)
  17. 6ix Toys - Voodoo People (First Word Records)

Download: Quantum Of Disco

The textureDJ’s have a residency on the first Saturday of the month at Thirst Lodge in Oxford. As we always say, if you’re feeling this, make sure you hit up the TextureDJs website, get involved, download the mix, add them as a friend or even drop a comment below! Also, look out for a possible BITS mix from Cynan coming in the New Year…

Posted
December 2nd, 2008

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Zed Bias & Broke’N'£nglish VS MRK 1 & Virus Syndicate

As promised, one for the Dubstep fans this. A recording of the Mary Anne Hobbs show from this October featuring ‘Manc’s on Tour’, Broke’N'£nglish, billed as the Zed Bias & Broke’N'£nglish VS MRK 1 & Virus Syndicate. The show features Zed Bias’ set with brand new material from Zed Bias, Johnny Chimp and others with Strategy and DRS on the mic, with lots of echo. Messy.

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Download: Zed Bias & Broke’N'£nglish VS MRK 1 & Virus Syndicate

Posted
November 23rd, 2008

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