Is it cause they like my Gangster Walk? Gangster Walk?

Mr.1der finally delivers the mix to celebrate all things nate dogg with. . been a long time in the works by the sound of things, but its completely flawless. hit after hit. unknown, & commercial. & obviously the perfect way to celebrate the mans talent. The ultimate and original hook man. 

Trust he pulls through his recent medical trouble. . 

MP3: Steve 1der - Nate in '08

. . beware the faint hearted. Nate says it like it is. 

TSS Interview with steve 1der detailing the making of process.

Brilliant piece of work. . so my congratulations to the man. 

The Renaissance

It's still coming. 

Akedam

In stores now. . 

P.Y.T

I guess every one got one. . (at the risk of sounding like your local FM sweet talking disc jockey).

Seriously good album for the groovers. . could post a number of tracks. shades of Anthony Hamilton but more accessible to the money market. 

MP3: Noel Gourdin - PYT

(zshare)

Essential #?

one of my Itunes staples for the last couple of weeks has been the debut from ladbroke groves jose carretas on  Jus'House. Also a member of the Restless Soul collective (huge things). . Jose Carretas has quickly been building the portfolio with a slew of releases over the last 2 years. 

However the track in question, 'Cutting Me Up' is probably my favourite yet. . with the *esteemed* Kaidi Tatham on keys and the seriously slept on sounds of vocalist Marcus Begg this certainly has the potential to light up those autumn/winter dances. 

Been on vinyl for a while. . (juno) & a digital release will be soon coming. Snippets available on the myspaces, & both the label and jose should be watched - forthcoming Mike Dunn material for the former, and something brilliant from the latter on Especial jp. Expect me to be singing the praises for that once I know the details. 

I N F L U E N C E S

October 6th. .

Dj Marky bringing together the cuts that have shaped his sets and productions over the years. Packaged by BBE. & trust me, I am never let down by anything this man touches, even though I'm not on my d&b these days..

01. Cal Tjader - Aquarius
02. Luiz Carlos Vinhas - Nem o Mar Sabia
03. Gabor Szabo - Little Boat (O Barquinho)
04. Tamba 4 - Samba Blim
05. Sambalanco Trio - Sambinha
06. Raphael Saadiq - Skyy, Can You Feel M
07. The Style Council - The Lodgers (Club Mix)
08. Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe - The Masterplan
09. Wood Brass & Steel - Funkanova
10. Aquarian Dream - Look Ahead
11. Rufus & Chaka - Any Love
12. Kingpin Cartel - Ghetto
13. Needs - Forever You
14. Skyy - Here's To You
15. Manix - You Held My Hand
16. DJ Zinc - Casino Royale

A Mutual Antipathy (REMIXES)

Scuba, the head of hotflush recordings has called in what looks like more than a few favours for the Mutual Antipathy remix package. . Coming out in consecutive weeks october/november time. Particularly liking the rustie sound of the Jamie Vex'd work, and obviously Martyns twist on the upside. 

HFRMX003

Scuba - Ruptured (Surgeon Remix)

Scuba - Poppies (Substance dub Version)

HFRMX004

Scuba - The Upside (Martyns Down Mix)

Scuba - Twitch (Jamie Vex'd Remix)

HFRMX005

Scuba - From Within (Marcell Dettman Remix)

Scuba - Hard Boiled (SCB Edit) 

If all this is looking foreign to you. . you need a session with this. . then you'l be ready. 

On the Speakers. . . Appleblim RA Podcast. Never ever ever gets old. 

Tinchy vs. Maniac

coming soooon. 

NDM Vol. 1: Packing the dishwasher mix

A huge, huge thankyou to floatingpoints for the mix. . You'l see its a supreme listen - a definite one for the burners.

myspace myspace myspace

need to check the player. Can't stress that enough.

MP3: NDM Vol. 1 - Floatingpoints - Packing The Dishwasher Mix

re-uppppp for the sleepers..

Lata mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar - Salam-e-Ishq (EMI)

Dharam Kanta - Yeh Gotey Dar Lahenga (EMI)

Floatingpoints - ashby preview

?-? (CDR) <---if anyone knows i'd be very greatful.....

K15 - Circles of Smoke (CDR)

Edo G - too much to live for instr (Ground Control)

D'Angelo - The Root (Virgin)

Mos Def - Universal Magnetic instr (Rawkus)

Bad FX feat Hey! Zeus - Zippaflow n Zeus (CDR)

Tight Face - That Feeling (CDR)

Hey! Zeus - Agave instru (CDR)

Floatingpoints & fatima - ollld beat

House of Pain - Heart full of Sorrow instr (Tommy Boy)

Braintax, lewis parker, Supa T - Life & breath (Low life)

DJ Muggs & Planet Asia - Drama (gold dust)

Stacy Epps - Addicted (Japanubia)

Flying Lotus - Flattery (Sympathy For The Biters) (planet mu)

Mala - Alicia (white)

Georgia - Brother: The Point (2562 rmx) (ramp)

Floatingpoints - Ligeti Preview

Yaw - Where Would You Be (Brownswood)

Clarke/Boland big band - Sakara (polydor)

grime runnings

Listen Again this morning brought me last nights westwood show in all its glory. .  Alien Music

, Trim and Lee Brasco were in attendance. 

For the former, it was certainly Rude Kid's production that was shining - & having provided tracks for new projects from Skepta, Tinie Tempah and P money his buzz isn't going to diminish any time soon. UFO remix is definitely worth listening out for! As far as the emcees were concerned, I wasn't too hot on them - saying that I will be going for the Little Nasty mixtape Hungry Season which came out a while back. Thoughts on that soon. . 

Getting 2 spins was Chipmunk's lead off single from the forthcoming album. . 'Beast' featuring Loick Essien (?) on the hook. It grew on me. 

chips head's too big for his crown

I'm a huge fan of trim, and he, in all fairness, was the only reason I checked the show . . the chat with Westwood was amusing from both sides of the equipment, particularly when Westwood's origins (norwich..) were discussed. (also got a laugh from me when Westwood implied that alien music's dj hadn't appeared because of ramadan).. but yeah Trim, the art work for the last soulfood volume is up above. . and is clearly the most impressive to date. I hope the music is the same but I find it hard to believe he will top the last volume which was just toooo good. won't believe it until it's been in my ears for several months. The production is still far from the norm with t spark and jerzey heavily involved - ( jerzeys myspace for some really nice new bits) , And trim always finds new ways to spin words. . - its almost kinda cute. 

As I said last soulfood before the album, then another mixtape series. 

'mixtape' doesn't do the work credit. 

Listen Again is up if your that way inclined. 

I feel I fell away from grime in the last month, but last night (this morning), despite the lack of any realll quality sets, has whetted the appetite. . Any recommendations will be happily received. 

Synedoche, New York Trailer

Out Monday!

digitals at the store now. . £1.79

7" hitting monday. 

Mixed Nutz!

A demain. . 1 - 3pm. Rinse FM

Tony Nwachukwu + Gavin Alexander will be representing CDR (plastic people. . ) alongside host Alex Nut. 

Last week's session with Stacey Epps can be found here.

I Will

Mixtape About Nothing is still one of the greatest listens in the 08.

this isn't from it. .  but its the realest thing he's ever made in his whole life. 

Album in March. 

MP3: Wale - I Will (Ft. Xscape)

(zshare)

London... Now!

no ummmming or ahhhhhhing. . 

just go. 

Mike Slott - Soul Investigators Video

Made by Cinema Stereo.

Tronic

1. Long Story Short ft. Dwele
2. Bounce
3. Give The Drummer Su
4. Without U ft. Colin Munroe
5. Hold It Down
6. Losing Out ft. Royce da 5′9
7. Hell Yeah ft. Fat Ray
8. Overdose
9. Reppin For U ft. AB
10. The Matrix ft. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, & Dj Premier
11. Try
12. Tronic Summe
13. Bond 4 Life ft. Melanie Rutherford
14. Elec (OUTRO)

Slow Day

for all of you with an extreme lack of concentration. . Saadiq - Be Here (Ft. D'Angelo)

major labels continue their offensive against themselves, blocking video embedding on youtube ?!

Mother of all juicebox's on this.

Beyond

I'm expecting big things of this one...should be key in pushing the sound forward . 

Wishing all the best to Geeneus for it. . + it's in West. 

The Month in Grime/Dubstep

Martin Clark delivers a stunning write up of the latest going's on in the city's music. . Touching on the evolution of dubstep, peckham emcee Giggs, grimes crossover to Funky & that jammer fuckery. 

Article Here

Caught me off guard

Daykeeper

seriously beautiful track. . Muhsinah sounding absolutely gorgeous, Phonte slightly less so but he's holding his own. 

get it free from the web-site. 

*sending to my girl*

Mixed Nutz!!

Would be stupid to have to wait until the podcast. . 

... but i'l bring you the podcast in due time anyway. 

rinse FM

Weekend Runnings

ttttttokyoyoyo & mimi fresh doing the work this week. .

New Worlds

Beat fans stay tuned. . . 

props to Dai. 

Modular Lovedrum Safari

Let the esteemed Georgia Anne Muldrow take you on a journey..

Someothaship.podomatic.com

big thankyou to Eric @ putmeonit.com for tipping us all off. 

You really won't find anything on a higher level than this. . 

Bill Gates X Seinfield

ready for some browser wars?

Mike Slott Vs. Gaslamp Killer

I only got wind of this kinda late. . so this is more a shout for the listen again rather than catching it live. . 

only listened to Mike's half of this so far. . . so much to take in though. I have no idea how he makes some of those squeaks & bleeps. 

...see the set as a showcase for future releases; 'Gardening EP' on Luckyme, 'Flunky' with Muhsinah on All City aaaaand some flylo remix work coming on the next Ltd. 12 that Warp put out. 

this is kinda fractured as i'm doing the day job at the same time so please bear with it. 

& go hit up Listen Again to experience it yourself. 

time for gaslamp to see if he can move me in the same way. 

Mike Slott @ Myspace

Taste

I gotta lotta love for those on that independent hustle.

Pacific Division for those that dont know. .

news of a blendtape should come soon. .

When We Dance

maybe a slightly feminine picture to pick?

but wait till you hear. the. instrumental. 

MP3: Ryan Leslie - When We Dance

(zshare)

Lockdown @ the VMA's

CHECK the drums. . 

Y3 Fall/Winter

..........Via Hypebeast.

Hustler

KA

1st video from 140 grime st.

return to form?

Surprise Mercury Winners....?

....TIMES Article.

Take You There

Ain't even funny how 90's this is.

Hands up who remembers this...? I don't but I feel like i was there.

Essentially, you're dealing with a Mecca affair/so anywhere you wanna go, you know, il take you there.

goodNight.

Follow The Meaning

Say I couldn't find the new Matthew Herbert track I have on my hard drive somewhere, would you be content with something slightly older?

Say track 7 from 2003's 'Goodbye Swingtime' . . ?

MP3: Matthew Herberts Big Band - Follow The Meaning
(Zshare)

anyone want to let me know the vocalist on this. .

Love those horn samples.

I'm A Professional

sod the words, find me some energy to rival what you get with grime...?

MP3: Dot Rotten - I'm A Proffessional
(zshare)

albums only £6

We Here

Illa J - We Here (@ HipHop Kemp Festival)

Guess who's on buttons?

The tracks on itunes, along with 'R U Listening' ft. guilty & the 2 instrumentals.

Yancey Boys coming soon. (November i've been led to believe...)

Theres Me & Theres You

It's late, i'm still at my desk doing the day job so il probably keep this short.

new project from Matthew Herbert is completed and heading our way via the beautiful accidental records (or possibly on k7!). . I don't care. Either way it will be with us on the 28th.

He's teamed up with a big band & a number of vocalists, so taking it somewhere different, and he, in interviews, has labelled this a protest record. Hence the artwork, which I must say i think is pretty unique.

...here's where the fatigue kicks. . . Pitchfork have more.

.......I'l post the tune with eska sometime tomorow.

Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind (3rd Preview)

FE-LIAB-3


What i posted back here was actually the 2nd preview. What i'm posting now is the 3rd preview.

Muhsinah. . !

what does kay do while nicolay is away?

Love LockDown

...is to be the first single from the new Kanye album coming in December. And according to MTV. It's dropping on Monday.

Props to semtex.

.....be back l8a.

Take It To The Top

cassidy, saigon & Termanology off the new Statik Selektah album.

Air you out like a ceiling fan.

dir. Rik Cordero.

Where's My Brother

no-one knows whats happening any more.

MP3: Wiley - Wheres My Brother

+ bonus

MP3: Wiley - Stop Being Silly (Dizzee Diss) *

* They say it's a diss. . .

will re-up if needs be, so dont be afraid to ask.

Silkie & Quest @ Generation Bass

15 minutes of bliss. really works on you... If you download (or even stream..) one thing off here today, make it this.

MP3: Silkie & Quest Set @ Generation Bass
(zshare)

MYSPACE

KUNIYUKI Remixed

Mule Musiq are going to be packaging all the Kuniyuki remixes that you may have seen on vinyl with some brand new remixes yet to see the light of the day. The project will be out on the 25th of October. Not sure if we're talking vinyl. . think it'l probably be CD.

I thought the last release 'All These Things' was a brilliant listen - so the tracklisting for this has left me pretty excited. much more uptempo than previous work navigating aspects of soulful house and the sound horribly coined 'future jazz'... eugh. the mix works though - really can't wait now. In the mean time though, its worth searching out the 12's - available from all the usual spots and featuring remixes from theo parrish and henrik schwarz. it's pretty much an allstar cast from hereon.

TL;

01. Touch (A Mountain Of One Peyote Remix)
02. All These Things (Theo Parrish Remix)
03. Dear African Sky (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
04. The Session (Kuniyuki Self Remix)
05. Birds (Tony Lionni Remix)
06. Rain Of Ocean (Exclusive New Song)
07. The Session (Cobblestone Jazz Remix)
08. Earth Beats (Chateau Flight Remix)
09. All These Things (Kuniyuki Self Remix)

so i repeat - Kuniyuki Remixed coming from Mule Musiq. 25th October.

For You And For Me

Coming soon!

Leave It All Behind

info & picture taken from Nahright.

Foreign Exchange are Phonte from LilBrother & Nicolay (the producer). . Album due on the 7th of October digitally, and double cd including the instrumentals due a week later. Remix 12's too.

01. Daykeeper
02. Take Off The Blues
03. All Or Nothing/Coming Home To You
04. I Wanna Know
05. House Of Cards
06. Sweeter Than You
07. Valediction
08. If She Breaks Your Heart
09. If This Is Love
10. Something To Behold
11. Leave It All Behind

Township Funk

it's late. potentially my video of the year.

single out on vinyl september 15th.

crazy.

more money driven craziness in the premier league. . And thats not slating Man City.

congratulations to their fans, its going to be brilliant for any fan of football seeing a player as exciting as robinho doing it week in week out on british soil. But one must ask the question, what's will happen if the sheikhs & Oligarchs continue to use the league as a rich boys playground? I just hope for footballs sake that something is done about the growing inequality in british football, before it becomes solely about money. The transfer window should be scrapped as well.

other congratulations should go out to my team, everton, for finally breaking the transfer duck in the last few days. . fellaini should give the whole squad a boost although I think most of us are unsure as to how good he is. . Also a rumour that we've pre-booked the services of Wagner Love starting January. . ?

& finally an end to the berbatov-united saga. Both teams proving that honesty, and decent business conduct pretty much flies out the window when money is involved. Daniel Levy & Alex Ferguson particularly. Berbasulk gets his way though.

Despite all my complaints -those voiced and those unvoiced, I'm definitely looking forward to the re-commencing of the league after the international break. . . And i'm sure most of you football fans are too.

to non-football fans, I do apologize.

Deviation Tomorow night. .

The deviation crew seem to be going to town on tomorow nights party. . theres a beat-tape for download, and plenty of videos. If your in the area, definitely worth popping your head in I would say.

hit up the deviation blog for more details on the party

also worth checking RBMA's interview with Dorian Concept. . someone who we've all been following for a while here. Seems like he has a number of releases heading to the shelves.

Elzhi

After all the hype i inflicted on you about this - i still haven't checked it. Gasp. 'Europass' is the reason for this - and while that work has got listens left in it, I won't be moving on along to this. His wordplay demands multiple listens full stop.

As soon as I've ive given 'the preface' the attention it deserves, you will be hearing from me on the subject, but at this rate, I wouldnt sit at the pc hitting refresh. It could be weeks, months. .

But in the meantime why don't you provide me with the hype for a change. . Who's checked it? And who's still checking it? > than europass?

MichiganHipHop have a very nice interview with him where he talks about the slum, working with royce, working on the preface. . and in general his plans for the future. Definitely head over via the link, have a read, and give them some props because its the second time they've more than delivered (in my memory) with their interviews (...see Dwele).

Normal service resumed this week.