Leaving Records

A space for artifacts, tapes, images, and sounds based in Los Angeles. Leaving Records, a genre non-specific outlet for eclectic outsiders from all over the world who catch the ear of L.A. producer MATTHEWDAVID + eye of L.A. visual artist Jesselisa, is a new digital imprint under Plug Research Records.

Transcendental, meditative abstractions floating through space and other dimensions. Be careful... you might lose yourself.

Ras G - 'Brotha There' mix
Oba - Leaving Collage

MONO/POLY vs. Ras G vs. Nosaj Thing on Mary Anne Hobbes, 3.3.09

This pretty much sums up everything that I like in electronic music right now. 3 very different styles, 3 very unique individuals, 3 sounds that I absolutely can't get enough of. With MONO/POLY, you get that whole organic, post-Dilla hip-hop sound that so you'll find from a lot of these Brainfeeder guys, and of the Brainfeeder crew, I'd say that MONO/POLY is maybe the least adventurous, but just there's something about how he does it--it sounds more intimate, like instead of experimenting with his music, he's chasing emotions.

Then you have Ras G, maybe the most blunted motherfucker in LA right now, with these humid, sweaty beats right out of a rainforest that he, Madlib, Chong, and Redman have been hotboxing for two hours. I mean, this shit is REAL blunted, but its awesome. Low-key head-nodders with a lot of atmosphere and good sampling. Big ups Ras G.

And THEN you have Nosaj Thing, the Glitch Mob's worst nightmare--a kid who can do something brand new, completely creative, mindblowing, mindbending, trailblazing, next level shit, with glitches, empty space, and weird sounds all over the mix. MAH says this is a live set of his, meaning not a DJ set, meaning he's both mixing this set and performing it on keyboards and samplers live and direct. I am actually at a loss for how to talk about this guy's music, and Nosaj, if you're reading this, I apologize for the Glitch Mob comparison.

Did you know MONO/POLY is 21 and Nosaj Thing is 22? I'm 22 and I haven't done a goddamn thing. Humiliating.

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Nuit Blanche mix

A live set i put together a couple weeks ago for an art show at my school...

Artists include... jackhigh, flying lotus, dilla, modeselektor, andre 3000, james pants, royksopp, zachey force funk, kutmah, the cool kids, jackson and his computer band, dabrye, missy elliot, siriusmo, etc...

download it here

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also, new Savath and Savalas album coming out soon on Stones Throw... a side project of Guillermo Scott Herren (Prefuse 73, Delarosa and Asora, Piano Overlord), along with Eva Puyuleo Muns and Roberto Carlos Lange, Savath and Savalas might be described as psychedelic electronic folk, with strong brazilian influences and a touch of Herren's signature glitch. An mp3 version of La Llama will be available at Stones Throw on Monday, March 16th, and the hard copy will be released May 19th.






















Beautifully strange music. Here's the title track...

Savath and Savalas - La Lllama

Eliot Lipp-Live from the Beatbunker

BEAMRIDER!

From the confines of his fortified lair, E.Lipp strikes again with this mix of remixes, live edits, and straight bangers of the electro-hip-hop persuasion. After you get done looking at the heady colors behind the letters that spell his name, just look at this track list...not a sleeper in sight. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with the Jasia 10 track (which can also be found on the "Way Pavers" Old Tacoma comp), but all of this bumps. Cop it, and while you're at it, see the man live on his epic spring tour.

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GB Interprets His Contemporaries

A free EP from GB (aka Gifted&Blessed, Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker) with a handful of remixes, including new approaches to Flying Lotus, Exile, Muhsinah and the Beach Boys (yup). Not a bad effort overall... the Little Dragon remix is the standout track for me, though.

Little Dragon - After the Rain (GB remix)

download the EP here

thanks to MOOVMNT for the link.

Landscape and Breath-7.31.2004

What up Astro Nauts. Mr. McCronnellman here, in Boston by way of St. Louis. Paul has graciously asked me to take part in this excellent little experiment going on here, and I'm honored to do so. I like a lot of the same music as the Don, but I hope to bring a little more liquid drum and bass, downtempo, and dubstep to the blahg. As always, let me/us know what you're feeling and I/we'll do our best to oblige, although keep in mind that we have to keep it kosher with the copyrights. The economy sucks for everyone, including all the wonderful musicians that get the Astro Nautico treatment, so lets rob banks and use the proceeds to buy these fools' records. Without further ado, the first post...

Not necessarily a banger, but I dare you to not enjoy this. David Phipps and Hunter Brown from Sound Tribe Sector 9 have a live, quasi-ambient downtempo electronica project called Landscape and Breath and of the handful of (recorded) shows they performed, this is my favorite. I guess its some kind of benefit for something heady in Northern California somewhere. Lush, smooth, and often improvised, it obviously references Boards of Canada and Tortoise (both of whom had a huge impact on STS9 circa 2004) but I think its a little more approachable. For those STS9 fans in the house, peep the early versions of Be Pulse and Arigato.
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Viberian Rhythms

New mix from my man Joe Kay! As should be expected, chock full of chill, bass heavy beats that roll and roll. Spark it up, Turn it up!

tracklist...

Space INTRO
01.SA-RA - Unreleased
02.KenLo Craqnuques - Oiseau (Bleu)
03.Cromagnon - Galactic Mellow (Grooveman Spot re-mix)
04.Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Otherworldly Instr.
05.FLYamSAM - Unreleased
06.Sir OJ - LaLa
07.Shafiq Husayn - Unreleased
08.00Genesis - Lost But Safe
09.Karriem Riggins - Unreleased
10.Elaquent - Graffiti High
11.Dwele - Beep me, Find me
12.J Dilla - Ma' Dukes Instr/Thank You Jay Dee #7
13.Madlib - Unreleased
14.Dibiase - Brazilian Lady Buddah Lounge
15.Moonlite - unreleased
16.Sir OJ - Constant
17.KenLo Craqnuques - Abstracteur (Bleu)
18.Leneko - Akedam
19.Knxwledge - Rite
20.Quasimoto - The Exclusive Instr.
21.D'angelo - Brown Sugar (Alt Vesion)
22.Ceaser Frazier - Sweet Children
23.J Dilla - Reminsce Instr.
24.RLP - Tea Leaf Dancers re-mix (live@exposure)
25.Count Bass D - Dro Grown
26.Madlib - King Chop (Top Line)
27.Bahamadia - True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Shit)
28.Flying Lotus - eTHnics
29.00Genesis - Unreleased
30.Elaquent - Sleep Walking
31.Dakim - The Slop
32.Oddisee - Newtimers
33.Flying Lotus - Slow It Down
34.?? - ??
35.Madlib - Unreleased
36.Arthur Verocai - Na Boca Do Sol
37.Jay Electronica - My World (Nas Salute)
38.SA-RA - Unreleased
39.Muhsinah - Jet Boat (Boozina)

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Dak "thisone" Cassette Collection '05

found this on dublab.. a raw tape of experimental, jazzy textures and beats from the mysterious 'dak', who i believe was first presented on dublab last year as 'dakim' with two nasty untitled tracks... he has at least four different myspace accounts, each one loaded with consistently dope and fuzzy noises. similar in sound to Ras G..

from dublab:

LEAVING RECORDS is assembling the final pieces for the inaugural release, “standthis”, the debut EP from Los Angeles/Detroit producer dak. To excite the minds of experimental beat enthusiasts worldwide, dak has resurfaced and digitized one of many cassettes from his recording archive. This collection of material is essential in the development of dak’s experimental range. From the opening melodic transpositions and subtly swinging rhythms, to the closing collages of noise and acoustic clutter, LEAVING offers you an introduction to one of Los Angeles’ dopest producers.

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dak 1
dak 2
dak 3
dak 4

Oooops!

I know I haven't posted shit in almost a month, but I want to make it up to you. Haven't had a lot of time to be surfing the internet lately, but I have been working on some other sheet. Wasn't able to host any radio shows last month, but I'll be hosting at least one Astro Nautico, and a jazz show in the coming weeks. Also got a mix I'm working on, probably drop it on friday or saturday, when I have some room to breathe.

In the mean time, here's a video clip from Suite for Ma Dukes, which took place a couple weeks back as a tribute to Dilla, and of course, Ma Dukes, who is now sadly battling the same disease that J did. Put together by Carlos Nino and conducted Miguel-Atwood Ferguson, with a full 40-piece orchestra, and plenty of amazing guest MCs and vocalist appearances (including Talib, Posdnous, Bilal, Dwele and more). Wish I coulda been there, looks like it was pretty unbelievable.. maybe a DVD drop of the concert on the way? fingers are crossed..


and yes, that's Karriem Riggins on the set.

Raise it UP for Ma Dukes!

here's a link to a list of the Timeless concerts... I think they already did one with David Axelrod, which I'm sure was mind blowing, and there's one with Arthur Verocai coming up soon, also with a full orchestra! Insane!

p.s. for my Montreal peeps, I'm going to be DJing a short set from 2-3am at Nuit Blanche McGill on thursday, all the way up on University Street if you want to stop by... I'll be selling some homemade compilation CDs before that, too.. Samiyam steez.

more posts to follow... stay tuned.

Animal Collective - My Girls

Animal Collective "My Girls" from Chad von Nau on Vimeo.

Stones Throw x Ed Banger

L.A.'s Stones Throw and Paris's Ed Banger Records will have a live show together in Paris at Bataclan, March 6, 2009, on the first night of Stones Throw's 2009 Europe Tour. Here are label founders Peanut Butter Wolf and Pedro Winter (Busy P), interviewed by Denis from Freeyourfunk.com

Killer Tapes

Jneiro Jarel - WHODAT Radio!! #1



PPP - The Official Abundance Mixtape



Powell - Beatnicks Tape #2


Full Crate & FS Green - Mixing Decembuary

Dusted Soul

Kutmah CRUSHES it with this one.

Just picked it up from Mochilla, I strongly suggest you do the same...

Kutmah - Dusted Soul (snippet)
Kutmah - Zachey Style (w/ Zachey Force Funk)

January CKUT Show

hola.











so, the radio show has become a collective thing, and now i only host it once a month (as opposed to the previous once a week). here is the playlist and link for this morning's show. random assortment of poorly mixed goodness.

1. Intro
2. Slugabed (Sluga 1989) beat tape
3. Onra - Super Genesis feat. Hazel
4. Hudson Mohawke - Bottle Caps
5. DJ Mitsu - Untitled no9
6. Devon - Houston
7. Eliot Lipp - The Intro
8. Karma Stewart - Waiting in The Wings
9. Frank N Dank - Puff Puff Pass
10. Fatima - Wildchild
11. Johnson & Jonson - La La Land (feat. Be Young)
12. Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (instrumental)
13. Hudson Mohawke - You Feeling Hot
14. Dabrye - Monstertruckdriver (Big Truck mix)
15. Slumgullion - Favela
16. Dwight Trible - Antiquity
17. Ad Bourke - Diff Star (ruff)
18. Durlin Lurt - OK
19. Samiyam - Track 10
20. Jay Dee - U-Love
21. Addiquit - White Leather
22. Cupp Cave - Quarth (snippet)
23. Stylistics - Let's Put It Together
24. Dimlite - This is Embracing (Completions)
25. Dudley Perkins - Dear God
26. Blu & Exile - Cold Hearted
27. Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (Dorian Concept remix)
28. Quasimoto - Astro Black
29. Esthero - Superheroes (Afta-1 remix)
30. DJ Frane - Gravitational Communications
31. Telepopmusik - Breathe
32. Powell - In the Air
33. Broadcast - Winter Now
34. Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program - Clair Huxtable
35. Teebs - My Whole Life
36. Outro (from Funky 16 Corners)
37. Morwells - Brain Food
38. Gary Wilson - 6.4 = Make Out

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(skip to 2:30)

Exile

Dublab on KPFK

Dublab radio's debut on KPFK 90.7fm in Los Angeles. The show is on every Friday night from 10pm - 1am PST. Lots of dope sounds being played...

here's the playlist...

1. Hudson Mohawke / “Star Crackout” / Frosty
2. Rio en Medio / “Let’s Groove” / Frosty
3. Onra / “I Wanna Go Back” / Frosty

4. Languis / “Homesick” / Hoseh
5. Peter Thomas / “Oh, oh, ooh, Ei Ei Ei - Wo Immer Es Auch Sei” / Hoseh
6. Stereolab / “The Super-IT” / Hoseh

7. Rock Workshop / “Going Home” / Holloway
8. Dept of Edu / “Cuban Studies” / Holloway
9. Heavy Jeff / ??? Mystery Track=scratched record label / Holloway

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10. Seefeel / “more like space” / Marco Paul
11. 18th Dye / “Ray” / Marco Paul
12. Eternal / “Breathe” / Marco Paul

13. Kendra Smith / “Wheel of the Law” / Ale
14. Harmonia 76 / “Almost” / Ale
15. Harvester / “When the Ligonberries are Ripen” / Ale

16. Kraan / “Die Maschine” / Cantaloupe
17. Bo Hansson / “The Sun (Parallel or 90˙)” / Cantaloupe
18. Françoise Bayle / “Solitioude” / Cantaloupe

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19. Lloyd Lindroth / “Love Story” / Daedelus
20. Para One / “Liege” / Daedelus
21. Computer Jay f/ The Gray Kid / “1000 Fold” / Daedelus

22. Ras G & the African Space Program / “Deep Space 9″ / Ras G
23. Exile / “Coming Down (Shafiq Husayn Remix)” / Dru
24. Mono / Poly / “The Beetleshit CDr” / Ras G
25. Flying Lotus / “Infinitum (Exile Remix)” / Dru
26. Ras G & the African Space Program / “Planet Nu / One for Mr. Becker” / Ras G
27. Flying Lotus / Unreleased Track / Dru

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28. Big Youth / “Natty Dread She Wants” / Katie Byron
29 + 30. Richard Young / “Tr 5″ + protector chapel, tibet / “pt 1 damaru drum” / Katie Byron
31. Wendy & Carl / “My Love” / Katie Byron

32. Cocteau Twins / “Dials” / Jimmy Tamborello
33. Nite Jewel / “Artificial Intelligence” / Jimmy Tamborello
34. Moondog / “Do Your Thing” / Jimmy Tamborello

35. Growing / “Rave Pie Only” / Derelict
36. Fuck Buttons / “Sweet Love for Planet Earth (Andrew Weatherall Remix)” / Derelict

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37. ? / ? Mystery Trak / Kutmah
38. Teebs / “My Whole Life” / Kutmah

39. The Coasters / “Brazil” / Lonesome Cowboy Chad
40. Waylon Jennings / “Sick and Tired” / Lonesome Cowboy Chad

check out the December 26th kick off show here...

every Friday there are rotating guests.. Exile is next weekend, and the last?

Flying Lotus, GLK and Cut Chemist?? What!?

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Ichiro

is a badass mofo. when i listen to ichiro, i feel like i'm falling down a flight of stairs, but as i'm falling, all kinds of vines and flowers reach out from the walls to grab me and ease my descent. exploring the moon with roller blades on, i trip and fall into a purple lake filled with clownfish and typewriters. surfing an avalanche of molasses, i discovered ichiro randomly sometime in the beginning (middle?) of last year, and he has been gracious enough to continously update me with beats he's been working on. he hails from Japan, cuts through jazz like a hot knife through butter, and humbly declined to be interviewed. a mysterious figure, but one of the most exciting artists i have encountered. here are some of the tracks he sent me...

9/5/2008

11/16/2008

Tea Leaf remix

Slugabed

VS.






CUPP CAVE


Who wins??? YOU DO.

The kid Slugabed just put out a beat tape, and a city crumbled.

This shit bangs HARDER THAN DIAMONDS. I can't believe I almost slept!

grab it for free here!



Also, Cupp Cave just put together a ridiculous compilation of his beats... Blunted, Crunked, Funked, Chopped and Killed. A close cousin to Samiyam, but no less dope! not by a long shot. new heavy rotation material!

peep the preview tracks here... definitely gonna cop that asaP.

Cupp Cave Myspace

Slugabed Myspace

my new favorite band



no pun intended.

party people

I'm sure anyone who reads this blog is already acquainted with Classic Drug References, a dope blog filled with mp3s and mixes, run by the man andres. anyways, i was just peepin his last mix (#10), and its pretty nasty.

the playlist:

castles - house shoes

ur eyes - blu & big tone

skit - sa-ra

beat - samiyam

swagger jackson’s revenge - jay electronica & FWMJ

change - shades of brooklyn

who’s gonna save my soul? - gnarles barkley & jota flowers

set - danny brown

the soul provider (OG) - blu & exile

can i get u hi - sa-ra

beat - samiyam

vegetables - quelle

lay you out - redman & oh no

strategies (snowman remix) - shawn jackson & guilty simpson

instrumental - sa-ra

allright - the allmighty jay dilla

papaya - jackson conti

step up - slum village

change ya world - blu

1, 2, 3 - slum village

the link...

Also, Slumgullion has a new beat tape, and it BANGS.

grab it here.

My Man Henri !

just put me on a dope mix he did to bring in the new year.

shit is fiiiiiiire.























1. Intro (Alt.) - J Dilla
2. Exhibit A (Transformations) - Jay Electronica
3. Eff This - Samiyam & Hudson Mohawke
4. Be Acceptable – P.U.D.G.E.
5. Alll Reddaayy - ADAD/KEYS
6. JetBoat (Boozina Remix) - Muhsinah
7. My Comet - Onra
8. Never Fall In Love feat. Stray - Eric L & Cerebral Vortex
9. Nature Sounds (Lavender) - Elaquent
10. Whole Wide World feat. Pattie Blingh - Declaime
11. Soul Power - Common
12. On You - De Javaanse Jongens
13. Ruined My Record – P.U.D.G.E.
14. Color Of The Space - RLP
15. 90% Of Me Is You (midtro) - Gwen McCrae
16. Port Salut - Devon
17. Believe - Afta-1
18. Roberta Flack (Mike Slott's Other Mix) - Flying Lotus
19. Auuu / Imagine - Brenk
20. Knockout Kings - Super Smoky Soul & Guilty Simpson
21. Piece Of Art (rmx) - Lorett Fleur feat. LMNO
22. Second Synth Song v2 - Jay Scarlett
23. She Wanna - Hawthorne Headhunters
24. Rickshaw - Flying Lotus
25. Was, Is, Will Mathematik
26. Call To Arms - Harmonic 313
27. Saturn - Karizma
28. Her Fav Color - BLU
29. Like A Purple Shade - Yann Kesz
30. Shake It Down Pt. 2 - ILLA J
31. SynthaSizey ft Kissey Asplund – P.U.D.G.E.
32. too much nebula - Stevo
33. Apprendre - Leneko
34. Shangrila - Floating Points
35. UFOol u - Dyno
36. Lottahydro – Suff Daddy

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