Edan's Radio Show

Edan, the humble magnificent, is one of my favorite rappers, producers, and DJs, (and probably my favorite who does all three) but I'd be lying if I said I've thought much about him recently. That's because he allegedly moved to London and has been laying relatively low as far as musical output and performances. However, I got this exciting bulletin upon logging into myspace today:

SUP Y'ALL...
I'VE STARTED UP MY OWN RADIO SHOW.
IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY WE CAN DO THESE THINGS NOW.
I'VE RECORDED THE FIRST INSTALLMENT. IT WAS MORE LIKE A LOOSE TEST RUN TO SEE HOW SH*T FELT AND I WAS COOL WITH IT, SO I DECIDED TO PUT IT OUT THERE.

FOR NOW, I'LL BE DOING THE SHOW WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT.
ONCE MY WEBSITE GETS RE-VAMPED (SHOULD BE AROUND AUGUST/SEPTEMBER), I'LL BE DOING A NEW SHOW EVERY WEEK AND POSTING IT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE SITE.

HOPEFULLY, THE SHOW WILL IMPROVE AS TIME GOES ON...WITH DROPS, GUEST HOSTS...THE WHOLE NINE.

SO CHECK OUT THIS FIRST INSTALLMENT...
TWO HOURS OF HI-BROW // LO-FI ENTERTAINMENT!

HERE'S THE LINK:

Edan radio show #1

GET BACK TO ME AND LET ME KNOW IF Y'ALL LIKED IT OR WHATEVER...

AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR READING//LISTENING.

-EDAN

There's the link...get it!!!

Tradition in Transition

Tradition in Transition: A Postcard from Cali (TRAILER) from Quantic on Vimeo.
Another quick vid. Trailer from the forthcoming Mochilla/Sonido del Valle production. Shot in Cali and Buenaventura in Colombia. Based around the music of Quantic and his Combo Barbaro from their forthcoming Tradition in Transition album on Tru Thoughts Records featuring the talents of Will Quantic, Alfredito Linares, Nidia Gongora, Freddy Colorado, Arthur Verocai, Joao Comanche Gomes and Malcolm Catto.

El Topo commentary

Happy 4/20 y'all

That COLORADO sound #3 (kind of): Alex B's Mr. Nice Guy mix

This section was intended to highlight a particular style of music coming out of Colorado (a little sound I like to call "that COLORADO sound"), a style to which Alex Botwin has been instrumental (no pun intended) over the last few years. Be it with his band the Pnuma Trio, with his production outfit Alex B, or his Pnuma PA synthesis of the two, this is a guy who makes blunted, live-instrument leaning/ready/featuring music, blending big time Dilla influences with mountain air, skiing, and really good weed to just generally make heads nod.

On his newest mix, a podcast of mainly unreleased tracks that will come out on his debut full length later this year for Tokyo label Made in Glitch, Alex B slowly backs away from that COLORADO sound, putting away his MPC and ski hat and instead sharing some just-plain-dope hip-hop beats that could be coming from any corner of the world right now. Spacy, post-Dilla sounds that move and occasionally even drop pretty hard, this kind of reminds me of Flying Lotus, with more glitch and less soul. Very appropriate music to be listening to on today, this headiest of holidays. Have fun with it.

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54 Perspectives

Another monster mash from the main man Joe Kay. Loads of new shit, all of it dope. Definitely gonna be bumping this on 4/20!

in his own words..

This past month... I gained a huge amount of sounds from all types of artists from all over the world. I threw everything into one big playlist and then narrowed the list down to what I felt was right. I ended up with 54 Perspectives. Furthermore, I came across a really talented artist from France who goes by the name of 96. After seeing his series of art, I had to connect the show to him; in result we came up with collabo. Make sure you Peep his ARTWORK. Once again, thank you to everyone who has been following & BIG ups to all the music artists who contributed as well, you know who you are!!!! Quality will always get played here. This might be really different for you, but trust, come in with open ears, and hear what I hear.
stay up.
Massive Respect.

DEEP THOUGHT INTRO

01.KenLO Craqnuques - No Vembre (Orange)
02.fL∆ko - Hump
03.J Todd - Tempo-Xy
04.Duktus - c64
05.KenLo Craqnuques - untitled
06.Kev Brown - Struggla's Theme (Instrumental)
07.Ad Bourke - TT
08.KenLo Craqnuques -Fils de Flute (Muave)
09.Simo - w o r L d !
10.fL∆ko - Knots
11.Mr Beatnick - I know All the Bitches (Orig.) feat. Ahu Dolly
12.J Todd - Xxcccxx
13.Chase & Status - Take You There feat. Digga
14.Flaco - The Girl can Move
15.Madlib - Smoke Break (Beat Konducta)
16.Slakah the Beatchild - Some Beats
17.Mabanua - Interlude #1 (Orig.)
18.J Dilla - Unreleased
19.Stro the 89th Key - Play This Song
20.KUTMAH - ??//?? (1)
21.Floyd the Locsmif - Fuzzy Navel
22.Häzel - b1//b2 (2)
23.The Roots - New Year's @ Jay Dee's
24.Infinitskills - Morning Lights
25.Dibiase - unreleased
26.fL∆ko- Humming
27.J Dilla - Oh Oh
28.Stevo - Tell It Right
29.Azymuth - Falcon Love Call
30.Dert - Copper Currency
31.Weldon Irvine - Morning Sunrise
32.Cultura Profetica - Momento De Ocio I
33.Pursuit Grooves - Ecosystematics // Solar Panels (3)
34.Häzel - b3//b4 (4)
35.Ad Bourke - Isaac Haayes Tribute
36.Mabanua - Trap
37.Ge-Ology - Superstar (Instrumental)
38.Dam-Funk - Nyghtryder (European Nights)
39.TOM TRAGO - Use Me
40.Lunice - Ante Up
41.Pursuit Grooves - War Crime In Space
42.Mood Schula - Metropolis
43.Comfort Fit - Thursday is Thirsty
44.FLYamSAM - Unreleased
45.Truthird - Breath of a Stare
46.Otherish - Lopsided
47.AFTA-1 - The FACTS (PHASE II)
48.MF DOOM - Licorice
49.Arthur Verocai - O Mapa
50.MONO/POLY - Spring Crossings

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Sketchbook 3-24-09

Another classic, heady dublab session from the dj killer himself, Kutmah freshhhhhhh.

tracklist...

AKELLO-ZACRED FUNGUZ-
E.AHBE-THE WANDERER-THE IZLAND-7′’
THE KARETAKER-DREAM WALTZ-VVM
ATLAZ ZOUND -LET THE BLIND LEAD THOSE CAN SEE BUT CANNOT FEEL
LEE +NANCY-ZOME VELVET MORNING-7′’
DEAD CAN DANCE-EMMELEIA-INTO THE LABRYNTH-4AD
BEAZTIE BOYZ-THE ZOUNDS OF ZCIENCE-PAULZ BOUTIQUE-DEF JAM
MOTHERFUCKING DOOM-CELLZ-BORN LIKE THIZ-LEX
DRUM CIRKUZ-NOW IT HURTS YOU-7′’
FAUZT-PARTY#9-BBC ZESSIONZ-7′’
JOY DIVISION-AUTOZUGGEZTION -ZUBZTANCE
ZCIENTIZT-DANCE OF THE VAMPIREZ-7′’
ZCIENTIZT-THE KORPZE RIZEZ-7′’
E.AHBE-MYNA BIRD-THE ISLAND-7′’
PORTIZHEAD-THREADZ-THIRD-
PREFUZE 73-THE NEW ONE-WARP
KUTMAH-DIE MOND EART-UNRELEAZED
PREFUZE 73-MORE OF THE NEW ONE -WARP
RAS G-ZPEAKER ZMAZH -UNRELEAZED
LORN -TOMORROW-
FLYING LOTUZ-FAT BOY FACE-UNRELEAZED
RAS G-ZUNZPARKZ-UNRELEAZED
KUTMAH-BEAT #9-UNRELEAZED
DICK PRYOR-
ZTARK REALITY-ACTIN,THINKIN,FEEEEELIN-
KUTMAH-THE AWAKENING-UNRELEAZED
ZACKEY FORCE FUNK-BOMBS-UNRELEAZED
BULLION-(I DON’T KNOW THE NAME YO!)
FAUZT-WE ARE THE HOLLOW MEN-7′’
PABLO LIKE PICASSO-FALL TO RIZE-UNRELEAZED
DIBIASE-BEAT # 7
ZACKEY FORCE FUNK-EL KAMINO
AKELLO-THE RIGHT DIREKTION-UNRELEAZED
JOE PASS-A TIME FOR US-7′’
T-REX-MAMBO SUN-7′’
THROBBING GRISTLE-WHAT A DAY!-7′’
FLYING LOTUZ+LAURA DARLINGTON-AUNTIES LOCK-L.A WARP
KUTMAH-GHOZT TOWN-UNRELEAZED-
PABLO LIKE PICASSO-MACROSKOPIC 3-UNRELEAZED
RAS G-FOREVER-UNRELEAZED-
HIM JENSON-UNDERSTANDING-
HIM JENSON-
BOBBY VANDERBILT-MEZZAGE FROM G.O.D-7′’
ILLUM SPHERE-MURKY-UNRELEAZED
DIBIASE-BEAT #4-UNRELEAZED
RAYMOND SCOTT-THE HAPPY WHISTLER-MUSIC FOR BABIEZ-7′’
THROBBING GRISTLE-TANITH-7′’
THE KURE-(SOME DOPE SHIT I GOT FROM DARREN ‘’DAZZA’'HINTON)7′’
SIOUXSIE-HUMRA-7′’
NOSAJTHING-QUEZT-DRIFT-ALPHA PUP
DRUM CIRKUS-LA-SI-DO-7′’
S.J.H-I HEAR VOICES-7′’
MOTHERFUCKING DOOM-ABSOLUTELY-PROD BY:MADLIB-BORN LIKE THIS-LEX
HIM JENSON-SAY HO !-
DAKIM-KONFERZATION-UNRELEAZED-
PABLO LIKE PICASSO-COPY OF BOMBAKLOT4.2-UNRELEAZED
CURRENT 93-CONSIDER-7′’

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Reso-Live at Fuzz 4/09

To me, one of the coolest parts of the whole dubstep thing is the degree of subtlety a lot of these producers are working into their mixes. For a lot of tunes, you need to listen 3 or 4 times to appreciate all the layers in the mix, and it can be really rewarding when you find some hidden sample or random sound.

The other cool thing is that, within the same genre, people like Reso are making the most brutally fierce, crushing music, demanding your headphones to be encased in a helmet of some kind. I mean, jesus, this mix is FIERCE. Techy dubstep with moar wobble than a broken one of those sketchy hotel beds that you put a quarter in, gigantic drops, and some HEADY samples (the first track, which is an unreleased demo, samples the noise that Transformers make when they transform), Reso fills out this mix of his own material (a lot of it unreleased) with venerable tracks from Caspa, Rusko, Starkey, and Benny Page and some evil drum'n'bass for those brave enough to stick around 'til the end. Big mix, cop it. Boh.

And btw, this isn't the flier from this gig, but I would've been remiss if I didn't broadcast this fucking awesome image as often as possible.

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Onra TruMHz BOogie Mix

Fonky l'ill selection of Boogie and FUNK from Onra done for tRUEradio. breezy, bouncy weekend jams. Get Down!

second is another tRUEradio mix from Swass and Haruto (My Hollow Drum). Heavy HEAVY drums mixed smoothly from start to finish. Headbanger's Ball.

I'm also gonna take this moment to re-up Onra's amazing Christmas mix from a couple years back... one of my favorite mixes ever. really turned me on to a lot of this beat music.

Onra - tRUEradio Boogie mix

Onra - Christmas Mix 2007

Haruto and Swass - 'Stabbed in the F*%@ing Face' mix

LEAVING Sonic Agendas + Friends

Some more L.A. love! Nutty new mix from the beautiful boys and girls at Leaving Records.. created for the latest Mary Anne Hobbes show, which you can find here.

credit Felix Jackson Jr. with the sweet artwork.

playlist...

DAK. - WATERBEDWALK OUTRO - STANDTHIS - LEAVING
OSCAR MCCLURE - LABELLE - LEAVING
JULIANNA BARWICK - UNTITLED - SANGUINE - SELF RELEASED
MATTHEWDAVID - KBF LAPTOP FOLK - DISK COLLECTION - SELF RELEASED
URSULA BOGNER - 2TON - RECORDINGS 1969 - 1988
DAK - LEAVING CASSETTE COLLECTION ‘05 SELECTION
DURLIN LURT - UNDERSTAND - HIM JENSON - SELF RELEASED
UNTITLED 1 (A BIT LONG, WORRKING ON IT)
UNTITLED 2 (A BIT SHORT, WRKING ON IT)
DAK SEGUE / TAPE NOISE
LUCKY DRAGONS - SUMMER SWANS - WIDOWS - MARRIAGE
LAGUIS - MOLECULAR - LANGUIS LEAVING MIXES - LEAVING
DAK AND MATTHEWDAVID - WHENTHEDUMPS OUTDOOR CASSETTE - LEAVING
LAPTI - METALFOAM - UNRELEASED
JANE JANE POLLOCK - BORN BITTER - MY KILL EEL ARE COZY - SELF RELEASED / LEAVING
MATTHEWDAVID & OBA - ROOMTHUMPR - DUBLAB PRESENTS : IN THE LOOP VOL. 5
RAS G - BROTHA THERE - SELF RELEASED CD-R / LEAVING
DAK - BITDEPTH - STANDTHIS - LEAVING

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2009.04.05 Kode9 and Flying Lotus at FWD>>

If you read my posts, you know I like to jabber about what I've posted. I guess that's kind of the entire point of music blogging...

Well fuck that. This mix needs no introduction...two of the smartest, most relevant musicians in the world right now made a mix together at Plastic People last weekend. Listen to it or lose at life. That's all I have to say about that.

Except to add that if you're in New England, get ready for next week: Kode 9 at Bassic on Wednesday the 15th, then the Astro Nautico crew heads to NYC for Brainfeeder @ Love with Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Martyn, Mike Slott, Ras_G, and Pursuit Grooves (its $8 taboot) on Thursday the 16th, then back to Love for Dub War NYC the 17th with Ras_G, Finnish producers Clouds, DJG (meh), and newjack Falty DL. Holler atcha boys if you see us.

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KUHN LIVE AT TUFTS 4/3/09!

Ben came up to Tufts this past Friday and absolutely slayed it with this monster mix.
Had to post it up here for everyone to download and enjoy
http://www.mediafire.com/?yyimt3itnmy

here's his description
My mix from last weekend is up on mediafire. It features three originals,

a mega-remix, dance-y mash-ups, wobbly smash-ups, music from four or
five continents and at least five decades: shake! Tracklisting
attached. Go Jumbos!

here's the tracklisting:

Johnny Desmond – It’s a Lonesome Old Town

Big L meets Joao Gilberto – O Barquinho

Outkast meets Kuhn – ‘78

F1 – Marijuana

Cotti & Cluekid – Sensi Dub

Little Jinder – Polyhedron (Supra1 Remix)

Kuhn – Toasted Lightly (Quito Mix)

Montell Jordan meets Erlend Oye – Jolly Music/Prego Amore

Grizzly Bear meets Boards of Canada – Melissa Juice*

Kuhn – Children / Onra Edit

Q-Tip meets Onra – The Anthem

Illustrate meets Dabrye – Special

Steve Winwood – Valerie

Grandmaster Flash meets Metro Area -- Atmosphrique

Steve Winwood and Wu-Tang meet Rustie – Response

Jett meets The Zombies – The Way I Feel Inside*

Obey City – Brush Yo Teeth

Peter, Paul, Mary and Dizzee Rascal – Puff the Magic Grime Star

Enter Doom

Lee “Scratch” Perry and the Upsetters – Jingle Lion

Manu Chao – Clandestino

Honeybus – I Can’t Let Maggie Go

Joker – Snake Eater

Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says

Mt. Desert Island – Before You Go (A.M. Remix)*

Ennio Moricone – The Ecstasy of Gold

*featuring breaks by Cylob

podcast #2

NOBODY and Mike Slott.

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The Lost Generation

Just came across this gem the other day at Milk Crate Breaks. Lush, classic soul from 1970. Here are two choice cuts from the album...

The Lost Generation - Wait a Minute
The Lost Generation - Someday

from allmusic.com...

Heavenly harmonies on vinyl, Chicago's Lost Generation consists of two sets of brothers: Lowrell and Fred Simon, and Jessie and Leslie Dean. They never went platinum or gold but their biggest record Sly, Slick & the Wicked influenced hundreds of groups; a Cleveland, a Californian, and an East Coast group have all named themselves Sly, Slick & Wicked. Ironically, though it was intended as a warning to women, the song appeals more to men. Brunswick wasted the bouncy "You're So Young but You're So True," on the back of "Talking the Teenage Language" (not included). A silky smooth "Wait a Minute," with its hesitating beat, went to #25 in the R&B chart. They do enjoyable renditions of Chairmen of the Boards' "Give Me Just a Little More Time," the Moments' "Love on a Two Way Street," and the Delfonics' "Didn't I Blow Your Mind."

pick up a hard copy here.

NORMREX PRESENTS : THEOPHILUS LONDON & MACHINEDRUM

Copied from a myspace bulletin:

THEOPHILUS LONDON - THIS CHARMING MAN

- EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY IEMERGE (2xDMC WORLD CHAMP)
- FEATURING NORMREX PRODUCERS MACHINEDRUM, JIMMY EDGAR & LETHERETTE
- GUEST APPEARANCES BY NINJASONIK, JESSE BOYKINS III, PETER HADAR & COCO SARII,

Theophilus London's "This Charming Man" is a genre bending journey which takes the listener intro many new sonic territories. The foremost theme of 'exploration & discovery' reveals itself from track to track, returning all the way to the albums conception when Theophilus first began working with Normrex producers in 2007. "This Charming Man' is a definitive statement that Theophilus was bornwith a compulsion to question conformity & there in lies his truest beauty & strength.

MACHINEDRUM - LATE NIGHT OPERATION (FEATURING THEOPHILUS LONDON)

WITH REMIXES BY JIMMY EDGAR, HUDSON MOHAWKE, LETHERETTE, NEONBLACK & BODY LANGUAGE

"Want to 1 2?". Late Night Operation is a hip hop infused electro masterpiece that throws you in the middle of a sweaty NYC dance club haunted by a mysterious energy. Late Night Operation shifts through several moods of Quincy Jones influenced funk to witty lyrics and soulful synth lines with adark twist. Featuring the unique vocal stylings of Brooklyn's own Theophilus London.

BUY ON ITUNES
WWW.THEOPHILUSLONDON.COM
WWW.MACHINEDRUM.NET
WWW.NORMREX.COM

I'm really loving the sound of Machinedrum & co. right now (I guess the Normrex crew) so I definitely suggest you check these records out.

Skream Mishka Mix Vol. 6

Watch out for that WwwWWWwoOooOBBbBBBBBllLLLlLEEEE...

This is kind of an older mix--I think it came out in the beginning of March--but it got lost on my computer and I just resurrected it the other day to discover that it is, in fact, the business. For a while there, it kind of seemed like Skream fell off. Not like he lost his steez or anything, but he wasn't the name-on-everyone's-mouth that he had been after, say, his Essential Mix aired.

This is probably the best Skream mix I've heard since then. Srzly. Of course the favorites--"Simple City," "Filth"--will wobble your head off, but these newer tracks, most of which he's been playing on his Stella Sessions show since the beginning of 2009, are just...well...I don't know what to say about them. "What Did He Say" is one of the biggest tunes I have ever heard, the Silkie remix of "Filth" is just wild, and if you haven't heard Skream's remix of La Roux's "In for the Kill," you are failing to maximize your potential in this world. Its tunes and mixes like these that confirm why this kid is so important to dubstep and electronic music, and make me want to stand in front of a soundsystem for the rest of my life.

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