October 2009
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Slugabed - Electronic Explorations 082
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I’ve been checking Slugabed for a while now, the guy makes some amazing beats! Anyway finally got round to seeing him play a set the other night and he played a blinder! You should definately try to see him play out, but for the time being here’s a mix he did for Electronic Explorations… Banging! (check the tracklist)
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Lorn - MAH Mix
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It’s not often we post mixes up that have been on the Radio, but Lorn’s latest mix for MAH is so damn good we had to share it with you! I was actually driving back from London listening to this on the radio praying that someone would host it up.. thankfully Brainfeeder came through with the goods. Enjoy!
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The Dene Road - The Dene Road EP
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Fresh from a night out at for Nosaj Thing at Plastic People and a return home only to have to fight my way through a bathroom door, I came across this.
The Dene Road added me on last.fm which lead me to this EP. It’s on some really nice chilled downtempo tip, download it for free and shit back a relax. Perfect for nursing my cut covered arms to!
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Inja - Witness & Deep Within
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I just finished up an article on my boy Inja for Media Contender which is up now! Make sure you head over to check out the freestyle video and full interview as well as find the two tracks we have shared above. One is taken from the Hat Low EP and the other is an exclusive from the new ‘Skuff & Inja...
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Kenlo & Vlooper - Bullesbubbles 2
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Y’all should know about these guys by now really, so check out the newest beat tape from Beat Dimensions Kenlo and Vlooper titled bullesbubbles 2.
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Guilty Simpson & Foreign Beggars - Prove It (Pete...
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Treats for all you peeps…..dropping the remix I did for the Beggars joint with Guilty
Pete Cannon posted this up on his blog and god damn he isn’t lying this is a real treat! Pure fire.. grab it right now… seriously!
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DâM-FunK - Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People...
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Ridiculously hot and seductive mixtape from Los Angeles boogie funk ambassador Dâm-Funk. Clae Footwear sponsored this excellent homage to the swagger of 80s chilled and sleazy synth pop. Also check out some samples from his debut album Toeachizown (buy).
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Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli - Get Started
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Everyone who loves hip-hop knows how good Talib is and also how tight Madlib’s production is. I’ve not heard much of Strong Arm Steady but they certainly hold up on this and so you really need to check it out thanks to Stones Throw. Seriously fresh joint - Enjoy.
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Kryptic Minds - Dissolved
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If you have been into your drum ‘n’ bass you may have heard of Kryptic Minds before.. they have though just released one of the freshest dubstep albums that I have heard and slightly changed their pace. If you’re a fan of Youngsta’s show on Rinse I’m sure you will have heard this deep dark track played many a time and now you...
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Bulimic Orgy (feat. Mile) - Dairy Plant LP
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Fire from the guys over at Dusted Wax! They also have a bunch of other dope releases posted so check them out.
Bulimic Orgy teamed up with Mile for this wonderful LP right before their joint trip to England. Their underground lo-fi chilled beats never sounded so addictive, so emotional, so affecting, so pure… A ‘must...
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Empty Space - Average Speed Check
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Our first true exclusive to the site for you now from Empty Space so please let us know what you think! Some very chilled out dubstep vibes, hope you enjoy!
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Ohbliv - Rugged Tranquility
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The e-mails have been coming in strong today, typical for a day when I should be doing work on my dissertation… ah well, music is better then work!
This beat tape comes to you from Just Plain Sounds (check for other treats) a label ran by Just Plain Ant who we posted up earlier. Ohbliv (part of the Chocolate Milk collective) delivers the heat this...
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Just Plain Ant - Songs About Something
Just Plain Ant e-mailed this morning to say that he had decided to upload the full album of Songs About Something instead of individual volumes. So if you got this yesterday there are 10 new tracks for you today, if you missed it yesterday grab it now.
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We received this gem in an e-mail this morning and it was the perfect way to brighten up an...
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YSK#6 Infinitskills - Polarized
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This weeks You Should Know comes from EricP & Luigi of Infinitskills who run Laid-Back (check for more treats). It came out at the start of this year and hasn’t left my play rotation since. Some really nice soulful beats for ya!
(via Nalden)
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0 - Sound 0
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0 (zero) is part of Indigo Pyramid with Shlohmo, Elan, Infinite Potentials, Nigel One and Billion $ Quartet. Most of whom we’ve featured before on the site. Anyway… the mixtape is proper nice, some lovely beats and rapping on here, I’m a big fan of the second track ‘Sound 0 (It’s O.K)’
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Oddisee - Odd Autumn
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New shit from Oddisee and it’s fire! If you already heard his Odd Summer you’ll know what you’re in store for… if you didn’t hear it already grab that too! Some real nice beats across the two of them!
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Illum Sphere - Hoya:Hoya Session No.1
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Illum Sphere had a really nice EP out on Fat City earlier this year, so when I saw he’d recently done a mix for Dublab I had to grab it… shit is banging! (check the tracklist)
…and while you’re at it why not check through the list of other mixes on Dublab.
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Tweet - Call Me (TOKiMONSTA Remix)
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This is the first time we have posted up some TOKiMONSTA goodness on YSK and I really hope there is more where this came from. Check out her remix of Tweet’s - Call Me courtesy of Brainfeeder!
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Juj - Heheh Beat Tape
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Another beat tape for you today, this time from Juj, who’s a member of the WeDidIt Collective which also contains Shlohmo who we posted earlier. Anyway… the first two beats on here are two of the best beats I’ve heard in ages, fucking bangers mate! The rest are real nice too but those first two… OOOOOFf, so good… makes me do a face...
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Shlohmo - Shlo-Fi EP
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Error Broadcast is seriously the tightest and they just dropped another smasher for you all from Shlohmo. Top quality stuff as ever and be sure to check his tag below this post to browse our site for other Shlohmo releases. Anyway here’s what they had to say..
From across the...
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Fantastic Mr Fox - 5 Free Tracks
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Fantastic Mr Fox had two really nice 12”s out earlier this year with Rich Reason, you should check them out if you haven’t already. …Anyway, he’s giving away 5 of his tracks free for you on his facebook page, I’m really enjoying The Cansecos remix.
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Mr. Grif - Beat Tape Vol.2
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A new beat tape for you today coming from Mr. Grif who is part of the Chocolate Milk collective of beat makers (which also featuers Annu who’s free EP we previously posted) This beat tape is proper nice… I’m really feeling the Neuro Love Machine track off it. So yeah… grab it init!
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MikeTibbert & fLako - Als Dit
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Seriously dope beat with rhymes to match… BOOM!
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fLako X Amenta
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Up My Alley just put out this 2 track promo with fLako on the beats and Amenta taking on vocal duties. 04500 is so nice, well worth a download for this track alone but you get another banger along with it too!
Also while you’re at if you don’t already have it why not grab fLako’s First Space Shit On The Moon too.
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Stenchman & Suspect - Suspicious Stench
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Some Dubstep for your ears this evening courtesy of Stenchman and Suspect, if you’re into that Dubstep wobble this ones for you. I particularly like their remix of Fabolous’ Breathe and there are some other gems tucked away in this too.
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Om Unit - Ghettos Of The Mind
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A nice soulful and chilled out beat for you by the man they call Om Unit (aka: 2tall). Check out his soundcloud page for more music and a couple more free downloads!
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Phaeleh - Within The Emptiness
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Phaeleh is one of my favourite Dubstep producers at the moment and he’s put out a few really nice 12”s earlier this year, Lounge being a particular favourite of mine. He’s just released his new album on Urban Scrumping Records and they have been kinda enough to give away a free 128kbps version of it in order for it to reach as many heads...
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Devonwho - 3P
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I’ve been checking Devonwho’s work for a while now, since I heard his 2088 Archives last year. Anyway… he just put his version of the 3P EP’s that all of the Klip Mode lot have been doing over the past few months. It’s really nice, check it out yo!
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People Under The Stairs - Hit the Top
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One of the best underground rap groups you’ve probably never heard of, Thes One and Double K are about to release their seventh album titled Carried Away on October 13th. So do yourself a favor and check out their first single, Hit the Top.
There are not many hip-hop fans out there who are not into PUTS. Great flow and beats to match I...
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Alex B - Brain Food
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I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing Alex B tear up Low End Theory while living in LA earlier this year. That night he played alongside Eliot Lipp & Co. as part of Lipp Service and I have to say it was probably one of the best musical nights I have ever had. You may know him from his previous beat tape or mixes he has put online, if so you know this mix is...
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Dot Rotten - 50 Beats
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Little something different for you today, I think this is the first Grime we’ve posted on here. Dot Rotten just posted this 50 instrumentals beat tape for free on his twitter earlier today and there are some really nice beats on it.
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YSK#5 Obsidian Blue - Livid Paradox
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This weeks You Should Know comes from Obsidian Blue, one of the internets finest beatmakers. Livid Paradox is one of many free albums he has released on his site and is made up of soulful instrumental beats. Affairs of the Heart and 8 bit Weaponry are two of my personal favorites - enjoy!
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Waajeed - Tetris
Forgot to post this sick beat...
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DâM-FunK - Hood Pass Intact
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When is it going to stop?! MORE free Dam-Funk for your ears, this time via XLR8R. This particular song is taken from toeachizown check below for more..
“Hood Pass Intact” features a deep, one-note bass pulse, a dreamy bell-synth loop, and the gauzy boogie synths that Dam is known for. Add some gunshot sounds and the high frequency...
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Mayer Hawthorne - Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)
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Mayer Hawthorne has been making some treats lately. This is a really nice and atmospheric remix which the peeps over at Stones Throw just put up for us all.
Another remix for Mayer Hawthorne, this one from the forthcoming “Green Eyed Love Remixes” 12-inch. A video for Green Eyed Love is being completed. The 12-inch (on green...
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The Right Thing - A Duck Down Joint
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The real Hip-Hop is over here! With a tracklist like this, need I say more?
Tracklisting:
01. Go Around - Marco Polo ft. Buckshot
02. Start The Revolution - DJ Revolution ft. Boot Camp Clik
03. RuckDown - Sean Price
04. Interlude - Buckshot
05. Survival Skills - KRS-ONE & Buckshot ft. DJ Revolution
06. D.I.R.T. - Heltah Skeltah...
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Pretty Lights - Passing By Behind Your Eyes
Pretty Lights - Passing By Behind Your Eyes (.zip)
I have been jamming away to Pretty Lights older albums “Taking Up Your Precious Time” and “Filling up the skies” for a couple of years now, beautiful melodies, soulful samples, epic build ups and dope beats make them some of my favorite albums to date. So I was juiced to see they just dropped their new album Passing By...
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Lukid - Everybody Make Happy
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Lukid just unleashed this track via his twitter. “heres a song i made a long time ago” it’s sounding nice so check it out!
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Hawthorne Headhunters x DâM-FunK
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In celebration of their 2 year anniversary Deviation is giving away this seriously funked out track by Hawthorne Headhunters and Dam Funk. I can’t get enough of this right now.. and if you can’t either then head down to the party tonight in London to see Dam Funk in action alongside plenty of other names!
Bonus beat!...
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Randomer - Rough Sex
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Randomer just posted up this fresh tune at 320Kbps for you all! He’s making waves right now so keep an ear open for more. (Also today he was featured on the latest episode of the Hospital Podcast)
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Everydayz - Beat Heroes Volume 4
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Stereo Tree just released the fourth volume of their Beats Heroes Collection beat tapes, which we posted about back in day one. This time Everydayz takes up the reins and that shit is fire! Be sure to check out the previous editions too, the Tayreeb one is amazing.
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Alix Perez - Fabric Promo Mix
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This mix by my boy Alix Perez for Fabric is without a doubt my favorite dnb mix of the year. Vocal tracks from Foreign Beggars, hard rollers from Icicle, some nice melodies from Alix himself and so much more makes it a MUST. His album 1984 is out on Shogun next week, go cop it.
Tracklist:
01. Alix Perez & Sabre – Hemlines [SHOGUN]
02. dBridge –...
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YSK#4 Powell - Beatnicks Tape Vol.2
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This week’s You Should Know comes courtesy of Up My Alley and their Beatnicks Tape series. Powell takes up this volume which was released towards the start of the year and has been in constant rotation in my itunes ever since. While you’re at it you should also get Hubert Daviz - Beatnicks Tape Vol.1 which is also really nice and maybe check...
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Hudson Mohawke - Free Mo
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We have been running this deal for about two months now and one thing I keep finding is free legit Hudson Mohawke tunes for you all! LA Record today posted up a classic from his Hudsons Heeters (which is what first helped him to get a name for himself in around 2006) so if you don’t yet have this then give it a listen and check out the hud-mo tag...
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Jimmy Edgar - Billie Jean (Remix)
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Jimmy Edgar today posted up his first free remix which is of Michael Jackson’s classic, Billie Jean. A daring move you might say… well check it out for yourself to see what you think.
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Breakage feat. Skream - Skreakage
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Just Blaze - Let's go In (Orange Breakdown RMX)
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Some fire from Orange Breakdown (aka SirOJ of Slumgullion) posted up today on Nalden.
The talented producer SirOJ send me this Just Blaze - Let’s go In (Remix) he made under his alias Orange Breakdown. A remix of the beat Just Blaze gave away on Twitter, good enough for OJ to make a dubstep remix of it..
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LuckyMe Bundle!
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The Skinny just posted up a dope bundle of tracks from the guys over at LuckyMe. The bundle features the following tracks:
01. Claude Speed – Don’t Ever Antagonize The Horn
02. The Blessings – Go Girl
03. Mike Slott – 23 Halfs
04. Jay Prada – Bunk
05. Respite – Pang
06. American Men – We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire
07. Dema – 10000000
08....
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DâM-FunK - Afterglow Stroll
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Dam Funk can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned. He just dropped “another 1 in my ‘FREE DOWNLOAD’ series 4 my friends that have been down” via his twitter. Enjoy!