November 2009
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Rustie - Keesha Resmak
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Been hearing this floating about in sets from the likes of Hud Mo and others for a while now so it’s a nice treat for us all that Rustie has just dropped this for free! Seriously catchy business..
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Breakage - Fact Mix
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Fact magazine has been putting out mixes weekly from the best artists for a while now. I literally download all of them, but we can’t possibly post them all up on the site.. this week though I thought I would drop a reminder to you guys to keep an eye out and posted this smasher from the man they call Breakage. His name is popping up all over the shops...
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YSK#11 Dert - Talk Strange
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This is without doubt one of the best thing’s I’ve heard in 2009! Dert is a genius when it comes to chopping and slicing in a remix fashion and this download proves that once again. Talk Strange is 17 tracks sampling original tunes and remixes by Bjork and although using samples sounds totally original and fresh to the ear. The anchor beat has to be...
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Ghost - Remixes from the Edge
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This album is compilation of remixes i decided to give away for free. All tracks remixed by Ghost, a big thanks to all the artists for letting me remix there great work, support the artists and buy there official releases.
HEAVY remix selection from Ghost! Featuring remixes of Foreign Beggars, The Heavy, Dabrye feat Doom, Bonobo, AT Jazz and more. This...
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SNS Sampler No.1
Fresh little download of tracks from King Britt & Rucyl, Sarah White, Ras G, Afta-1, Stef Eye. Totally against the put in your email to get the download even if I can unsubscribe, it’s a pain.. but it’s worth it for the nice tracks so I do recommend it. More information can be found on SNS.
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Dimlite - Strikedelic Mix
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Dimlite is AWESOME. He just posted up a link to his 15 minute mix which was recently aired on Mary-Ann Hobbs show. Seriously check out this trailer for his up coming release - nuts video, nuts tunes… hyped!
*Oh and side note we were both at the Dj Magazine awards tonight where MAH won the best radio show award, so congrats Mary-Anne!
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Baobinga & I.D. - Man Down
Download: Baobinga & I.D. - Man Down ( 320kbps / .mp3 )
To celebrate the first release on Baobinga’s new label ‘Build’ the guys are giving away ‘Man Down’ for free! It’s definitely a bit different from the majority of posts we have made before this and is quite new to the both of us as well so we thought we would post it to see what you guys think! The...
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Get To Know #1: My Dry Wet Mess
Download: My Dry Wet Mess - Where (.mp3)
Download: My Dry Wet Mess - Blues 251 (.mp3)
Today we’re starting a new feature here on You’ll Soon Know called Get To Know. Which will aim to showcase up and coming music makers from all over the world.
Today’s Get To Know is My Dry Wet Mess, he got in contact with us over e-mail to share some beats he had up on his soundcloud...
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Paul White - Sounds From The Skylight (Side A)
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It’s been too long since I heard some fresh Paul White sounds, but today that changed! Alex Chase just tweeted with the details. Be sure to support and purchase the vinyl if you desire and Side B will be free for you to download in a week’s time! Not a huge fan of the bandcamp website and how it works but just filling out...
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Portformat – The Repeat Factor LP (Purple Planet)
Download: Portformat – Purple Planet (320kbps / .mp3)
A few days ago I had the pleasure of checking out Portformats new ‘The Repeat Factor LP’ which will be dropping on the 3rd of December. I’ve had it on constant rotation in my itunes ever since and decided, thanks to Tokyo Dawn, to drop an exclusive track from the album up for you guys to have a taster!
I had previously...
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YSK#10 Cuthead - Murdoc
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This weeks You Should Know comes from German based producer, Cuthead. His album Murdoc was given out for free last year and has been receiving constant plays by me ever since! Mixing both beats and dubstep it’s on a similar vibe to Danny Breaks so is a must for any fans of him! My particular favorite tracks are Scissorhands and Jacques Cousteau, but all of it...
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Low End Theory - Japan Mix
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Don’t know much about this other than it’s on Low End Theory’s server but not their website. I saw MAH tweeted about it and checked it out for myself, it’s banging, so here it is for you guys to check it out! As far as I can tell it is Daddy Kev mixing live for 45 minutes.. Enjoy!
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Andrew Meza - LuckyMe £ and Pancakes Mixtape
Download: Andrew Meza - LuckyMe £ and Pancakes Mixtape (97MB : Running Time: 42 minutes)
BTS Radio is the illest. Without BTS radio I probably wouldn’t be into so much of the great music I listen to now daily and this site wouldn’t exist. Andrew Meza knows music - seriously if you don’t know, you’ll soon know. LuckyMe is also popping off lately so be sure to check...
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Skream - What Did He Say?
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To celebrate the upcoming Why Not? Event Rinse has dropped this nice 320kbps mp3 of the smasher by Skream entitled ‘What Did He Say?”. You will have no doubt already heard this tear up the club.. but now you can have it for free! Be sure to support Skream’s ‘Stella Sessions’ and check out the other Rinse shows and radio stream...
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Bluntspeakers - Alaska
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Beat M Up member Blunspeakers just put out this two track single for free to rep for the winter! I’m a big fan of the So Subzero track but Alaska is damn nice too! Check it… also check out his blog for a few more free treats.
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Powerstrip Circus Vol.1
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The people over at Powerstrip Circus put together this collection of beats from some of their favourite artists a few months back. I know it’s been out for a while but I’ve never saw it mentioned much and with free beats from artists such as Robot Koch, The Great Mundane, Pursuit Grooves and Caural, amongst overs, I thought it well deserved an...
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SWEDE:ART – La Mixette 14
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Damn we have posted a lot of mixes in the last few days but there is no way we can miss any of these smashers out as they are all so good! SWEDE:ART from Tokyo Dawn Records & Error Broadcast brings to us this latest mix and it is an absolute gem, which once again features many of my personal favorite artists. Pretty sure you’re gonna love...
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YSK#9 The Rub - History Of Hip-Hop
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I grew up listening to hip-hop in the nineties, I loved it then and I still love it now. The Rub’s 21 installment ‘History of Hip-Hop Series’ puts together the best songs of a select year into one mix and brings back plenty of memories with great mixing and the best tunes. The Rub also...
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Low End Theory Podcast 9: Daddy Kev & Dibiase
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A fresh edition of the Low End Theory podcast, courtesy of the best club night there is (In my opinion!). Fresh beat’s and dope sounds as ever from the fam out in LA - Enjoy!
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Paul Pre – La Mixette 13
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Paul Pre just dropped another dope mix which is part of Musique Large’s La Mixette series. Not a bad song or mix in this one which features so many of my person favorite artists and tracks. Definitely a pick of the moment for me.
Bonus: Paul Pre Moovmnt Mix!
The Clonious - Emora
Electrons Libres - Hoog
fLako - Footprints
Low Limit -...
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Sweatson Klank - What'd I Play Mix
Download: Sweatson Klank- What’d I Play Mix (.mp3 / 54min)
Straight fire from LA’s Take, also known as Sweatson Klank. Take is another artist I’ve had the pleasure of seeing play in both LA and the UK, if you get a chance to see one of these set’s live I highly suggest you do!
Dirty Doughnut Squishing, Bom Bap slapping, Extraterrestrial calling, Los Angeles Sketchbook...
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Roof Light - EDUBF002
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The guys over at Echodub have great site and have just dropped another free release for you all. This download is from Roof Light has a quite unique sound coming in on a ambient garage / dubstep tip. Seriously melodic and calm sounds really make a great listen, I’m looking forward to hearing more from this guy. Oh and be sure to sign up to their...
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Teebs - 2am Wine Mix
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Cosmopolyphonic Radio just dropped this tight new mix from Brainfeeders Teebs. Lots of nice beats which I’m sure you’ll recognise from the LA scene but also plenty of other nice sounds and music which is well worth a listen. Definitely kept my head bopping while working today. Enjoy.
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Abby Lee Tee - From The Hill Sphere
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Dope new beat tape from Abby Lee Tee.
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Mike Slott - 40 Winx
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I was lucky enough to catch Mike Slott playing while I was in NYC last year and have been grabbing his tunes for a while now. Awesome sounds mixed with dope beats make him a must know in the hip-hoppy / beats scene so check out this tune and get to know! (via)
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DJ Hatcha Mix CD 2002
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Blackdown of Dusk and Blackdown just uploaded an old DJ Hatcha mix from roughly 2002 to celebrate his blog reaching 5 years. It contains lots of early Skream and Benga tracks and is well worth a listen for new and old dubstep heads alike! Click for more info and an intresting read.
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Jus Wan - Hotflush Podcast 5
Download: Jus Wan - Hotflush Podcast 5 (.mp3)
I really like dubstep, but I also really hate it at the same time. It’s expanding so quickly that a lot of it is becoming saturated and stale.. I guess this is always a problem with any ‘in’ genre. But that’s not to say there aren’t some incredible sounds appearing each week which are pushing boundaries in the way...
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YSK#8 Bullion - Pet Sounds (In The Key of Dee)
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A fresh You Should Know for this weekend and it’s a classic for sure. We both went down and caught him at Plastic People last week, but I must say it was this release which first introduced me to Bullion. The release dropped online in 2007 and fuses The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds with J Dilla style beats and I could ramble on about how...
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Beat M Up Mayer Hawthorne Flips
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Some of the Beat M Up members have flipped a few Mayer Hawthorne tracks to promote his show put on by Strange Fruit this weekend. Some nice flips in here, I’m really feeling the Bluntspeakers and the Presto ones, check em out!
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Marlow - Colossus & Scum
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Download: Marlow - Scum
Marlow has been making dope dubstep beats for a hot minute, these two are free for all now the vinyl is out of print.. so grab them and enjoy! (via)
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Static the Movement 1.3
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The new volume of Static the Movement is up, volume 1.3 and this time the theme is the 1980’s. I’ve been waiting on this for some time, if you’ve not got any of the previous volumes you need to jump on them. Get the previous 3 here!
Fans of J Dilla, Waajeed , Madlib and Sa-Ra Creative Partners .Static’ The movement...
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Zomby - Digital Flora & Digital Fauna
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Always a treat when you see a tweet like this!
ZombyLDN: Bullshit label…you can have these free.
Sucks about the label but plenty of people will be glad to get their hands on these smashing tracks. They end quite abruptly but I’m pretty sure they are the full deals so enjoy! Oh and support the artists, we post...
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Mux Mool - Ballad of Gloria Featherbottom
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I’ve been a big fan of Mux Mool for a while now so this track came as a nice surprise. Dope beats and awesome sounds in this one courtesy of XLR8R.
Brooklyn’s Mux Mool makes some truly idiosyncratic music, layering synth sounds that belong in off-kilter Italo tracks with beats that come straight from hip-hop....
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Illingsworth Presents - Randomz
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In the words of Doctor Illingsworth himself.
A random collection of beats, random styles, random arrangements, random solos…..random durations….random….It was also randomly released. These beats were previously STREAM ONLY, now you can DOWNLOAD. Please enjoy.
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Dok - Taste!
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“After the Slumgullion - Disko release and produced a track on Kraantje Pappie’s ‘Boulimia EP’, Dok now releases his first solo beattape called Taste! The idea behind the tape is to let everybody know what Dok already did and what he is up to in the future. The tape contains 21 old and new beats and are all mixed down by SirOJ in 1 beattape. SirOJ...
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Mono/Poly - SR Mix
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Sonic Router is a website you all should be checking out daily… they always have lot’s of fresh content and today they posted up this sick mix and interview from LA’s Mono/Poly. I had the pleasure of seeing him shred Low End Theory a few times while living out in LA earlier this year and have been addicted to his music since. If you like your...
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YSK#7 Cook Classics - The New Classics
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This weeks You Should Know comes from Cook Classics an LA based producer. This is the split up version of mixtape which features orginal tracks by Pac Div, Sean Price, UNI, Shawn Jackson and many more. Well worth a download if you’re into any of these rappers or just dope beats!