So Especial

01.01.09

Compiled by Kyoto Jazz Massive for Especial Records to mark their 10th anniversary.

I'm gonna throw out a 'wild' prediction on this; It will still be in my virtual cd changer come Spring.

One thing I'm not gonna try and predict however is the japan import price that juno's new erratic-dynamic pricing system slaps on this.

Ft. Jose Carretas, Aaron Jerome, Bakura, Shuya Okino. . And plenty of Domu.

I'l start properly singing and dancing about/with this when it flops through the letterbox.

HappyNew Year and a big thankyou to alll the readers/artists/selectors/like&non-like minded people who I've crossed paths with in '08. Whole lot more to come from here. . so sit tight.

Pangaea MAH Guestmix

I took the liberty of cutting this out of the applicable show. The internal debate rages on as to whether to do so was morally wrong or not.

Regardless, It's beautiful.

Pangaea – ‘Bear Witness’ (Unreleased)
Pangaea – ‘You & I’ (Hessle Audio)
Pearson Sound – ‘Gambetta’ (Unreleased)
Pangaea – ‘Mosaix’ (Unreleased)
Unknown – ‘Unknown’ (Unreleased)
Pangaea – ‘Router’ (Hessle Audio)
Untold – ‘I Can't Stop This Feeling’ (Unreleased)
Pangaea – ‘Memories’ (Unreleased)

MP3: Pangaea - MAH Guestmix (22nd October '08)

Pangaea @ Myspace
Hessle Audio @ Myspace

Oh yeah. And there's the small fact that Ramadanman has started making funky.

In Love with You

It's Here

One Handed Music - £6

Slumberers looka here for details.

I See People

Nothing groundbreaking from Bashy here, but i'l post anyway.

Very important to support artists who have the potential to break through into 'good role model territory', and Bashy is on the brink of doing so. Gave the mixtape a listen 'Bashy.com' - was solid, and as long as it is nothing less than solid I'l keep on supporting.

Hopefully one day. . well, hopefully with his debut 'Catch Me If you Can' (Spring '09) I will be re-paid. All i want is something as powerful as below:



Raw and gritty.

'watch me confuse the dance now'

bongos ----> this. Step 2. of the funky 'mainstream' invasion.

I'l dance to this. . . .

for a while. Can't wait for some hate.


K.I.G Family & Hitty

so many bangers i'm dying to leak 1

picture jammed from prancehall.

MP3: Wiley - Westwood Freestyle R1 (DEC '08)

Tennnn minutes. will make even the un-grime flex.

One Handed Music

Bullion/Tranquill

Funnybones/Payroll (Paul White Clean Dub)

Now i've only heard the latter (here) but ....my.... lord is it fresh...

I'l eat some vinyl if this label hasn't blown half of you away by this time next year.

One Handed Music

guesssing you can pre-order this gold here.

Putmeonit

like skepta said of up and comer c-gritz*, I fully cosign this and everything associated with it.

get to it.

--- * thats probably a private joke, with myself.

Oxford Street Freestyle

doing it like no other.

MP3: Wiley - Oxford Street Freestyle
(zshare)

Deep Space

Special Guest Martyn at Deep Space


Martyn with a choice cut from his forthcoming album while holding the fort for Francois K.

Twice

would be stupid not to jump on this. Aaron Jerome on the remix of swedish outfit Little Dragon.

He also has a load of projects in the works. . with each one sounding rather interesting. Particularly work with Mr. Paul Randolph for Especial & a spellbinding remix for Future Loop Foundation. Theres also some fps goodness in there --> see the explosion below.

But back to the present, pick up the vinyl from usual suspects. but for ease of access, today I will again choose Juno.

Hustling at 02:42.

Goodnight.

Love Me Like This

quite realistically, this track is insane. FLOATINGPOINTS. big ups to Alex, AYK, Eglo. . .fps himself. alll of you.

don't you dare sleep on this.

MP3: Reel People - Love Me Like This (FPTS Remix)

I want people to hype this with me, so let me know what you think.

Search my archives for his guestmix for the blog. THAT was slept on.

HOT COINS

Launch party for this. Big up yourself Red (Orchestrator of this)

More from this camp soon.

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Walking on a Dream

yeah yeah yeah yeah

Introduction to Robert Glasper

Some post-gig-promo video following what most are calling Londons gig of the year.

Props to Kspace.

Violence

Newham generals will come correct in January. we're almost sure this time.