January 2010
38 posts
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Eliphino - Seasons EP
Download: ELIPHINO – Seasons EP (.zip)
Shouts to Analog Giant for bringing Leeds-based producer Eliphino to my attention. His self-released 2007 debut LP entitled ‘Out of Phase’ eventually got picked up by First Word Records after it caused a stir in the local hip hop scene. And although I’m pretty late on it, in 2008 he released the Seasons EP for free download, which well worth checking out...
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Starkey - Building The Beat
Download: STARKEY – “Building The Beat” (.mp3)
A couple weeks back Starkey was over in the UK, and whilst he was in London he dropped by Mary Anne Hobbs’ show on BBC Radio 1, faced with quite a substantial challenge.
We challenged producer Starkey (fresh over from Philadelphia) to build us a track from scratch - using samples supplied by Radio 1 DJs, dubstep artists and listeners - and put it...
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Mux Mool - Lady Linda
Download: Mux Mool - Lady Linda
I’ve seen this track floating around a few sites in the last week but wasn’t 100% sure on if it was legit. But XLR8R dropped it up on their site today so I figured I would link you all to that as XLR8R is dope! Mux Mool happens to be on my my favorite artists, I especially like his ‘Drum EP’, this track stands up to that quality and...
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Hidden - After 2 A.M
Download: Hidden - After 2 A.M
A beat tape coming to you from Budapest today. Hidden’s After 2 A.M contains some bangers. A couple of instrumentals and a some remixes includng Dilla and Doom too! Check here for more free treats too!
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Bitesize Beats - Synthesize Me Mix
Download: LA MIXETTE vol24 / BITESIZE BEATS “Synthesize Me” (.mp3)
If you peeped our first podcast you will have heard how dope Bitesize’s mixes are, so we had to link you all to his new one for La Mixette! Musique Large is a blog you should be checking on the reg as they are dropping fresh mixes most weeks, here is what they had to say..
So, now let’s introduce...
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DâM-FunK - Speak The Truth
Download: DâM-FunK - “Speak The Truth” (Tentatively Unreleased) (.mp3)
You can never have yourself too much Dam Funk and here’s another hot one thanks to Stones Throw!
Besides putting together the forthcoming STEVE ARRINGTON (Formerly of SLAVE) LP for Stones Throw as well as collaborations with NITE JEWEL, production for JODY WATLEY, various remixes for XX & the...
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Diploide - I Love Diploide
Download: Diploide - I Love Diploide
Thanks a lot to Abel Galleta for getting in touch to tell us about Diploide. We are big fans of Niño (who’s Deep Space Night we posted a little while back) so it seems fitting to mention this release. The music is quite different to a lot of stuff I have heard before, especially the Spanish vocals, but without doubt the beats are so dope even if I...
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House Shoes & J.Rocc mix Strong Arm Steady
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Stones Throw Podcast 55: Where’s Stoney? (.mp3)
Another dope podcast from Stones Throw! Subscribe on iTunes here.
House Shoes & J.Rocc put together a collection of Strong Arm Steady & Madlib tracks on the eve of the release date for their album In Search of Stoney Jackson. Some of these songs are off the album, others are not. Strong Arm hosts the mix.
Strong Arm...
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Kwatro x Dj LeFtOoo
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Kwatro x Dj LeFtOoo
Lève Tôt. This name should ring in your ears, if like your mama was calling for dinner. Everytime I hear Lefto in the mix, there is something I have never heard before and I am eager to find out more about that tune that keeps looping in my ear. He used to host ‘The Hop’ at Studio Brussels for many many years and now has his own...
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Madonna - Like a Virgin (BMU Flips)
Download: Madonna - Like a Virgin (BMU Flips)
Bluntspeakers and Fes of the Beat M Up collective remixed Madonna’s Like a Virgin and are giving them to you for free… both beats are fire so get on it!
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Letherette - Beat Showcase
Download: LETHERETTE (W-TON, UK)
BEAT SHOWCASE #003
BTS Radio is back with a bang and one of their first posts is this dope beat showcase from Letherette. Being from the UK I had still not heard of these guys before seeing this on BTS but I’m sure we will be hearing a lot more from him in the future! Huge tracklist and large up BTS as always!
Who to watch in 2010? Letherette.
The...
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Erick Arc Elliott - Noir
Download: Erick Arc Elliott - Noir
Spotted this Erick Arc Elliott mixtape over at Yes Yes Yall and it’s a proper nice like! Dope beats, a mix of new and old productions, and dope rapping… get on that shit init!
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Lone - BFBM1
Download: Lone - BFBM1
URB just posted up a dope interview with the UKs musical mystro Lone. The track is super tight as always from Lone, great melodies and sounds, I’m all about it. If you have not checked out his latest album yet I suggest you do so, one of my most played LPs of 2009 without doubt. Enjoy
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Chits - Junt
Download: Chits - Junt
Chits sent us this beat tape via e-mail a few weeks back. Only just got time to listen due to exams and christmas and all that jazz. It’s a banger, 17 beats all well worth the download!
Also if you’ve sent us anything in an e-mail over the last month or so keep your eyes open cause we’re just getting through them now!
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MA1 feat. Sophia - I’m Right Here (N-Type Remix)
Download: MA1 feat. Sophia - I’m Right Here (N–Type Remix) (320/mp3)
You may remember us posting those great Skream and Benga tracks a few months ago. Now Rinse is giving away another great freebie, this time from N-Type! It’s in celebration of Rinse at Matter on the 29th of January so be sure to pop over to their site to find out more on that.
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Gaslamp Killer - Akuma No Chi Ga Odoru
Download: Gaslamp Killer - Akuma No Chi Ga Odoru (Japan Tour 2009 Mix)
BIG! (via)
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Gucci Mane - Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of...
Download: Gucci Mane – Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of The Cold War Mixtapes)
Free Gucci Mane remix mixtape for you today featuring remixes by Zomby, Flying Lotus, Diplo, DZ and more… check it out!
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Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Numan’s Zapper Remix)
Download: Major Lazer – Hold the Line (Numan’s Zapper Remix)
We try post music where the links will be active ‘forever’ and you can constantly go back and download them. Sometimes though there are exceptions when a track is only free for a few days. Fact magazine just posted up one of these exceptions which is is Numans remix of Major Lazer, although it’s only live for 7...
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Music For Our Future Compliation
Download: Music For Our Future (.zip)
XLR8R just posted up this great digital compilation featuring some serious sounds! A no brainer this one, cop it and enjoy!
1. Lusine - Gravity
2. Atlas Sound - Walkabout
3. Hudson Mohawke - Fuse
4. King Midas Sound - Outta Space (Slow Version)
5. Low Limit - Turf Day
6. Willits & Sakamoto - Toward Water
7. The Field - I...
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SirOJ - Vruchtvlees Mixtape No.6
Download: SirOJ - Vruchtvlees Mixtape No.6
Vruchtvlees just put out number 6 in their mixtape series, this time the mix is being handled by SirOJ of Slumgullion. Dope music plus tits… everyone’s a winner!
Tracklist and stream after the jump…
Tracklist
1. Vruchtvlees intro
2. Drake & Kanye West – Forever (Orange Breakdown RMX) *
3. Donnis – Gone
4. Hudson...
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Outkast - Bombs Over Bagdad (Stenchman Remix)
Download: Outkast - Bombs Over Bagdad (Stenchman Remix)
Nice little remix of the classic Outkast tune from Stenchman for you this evening… bang it in the jam init!
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YSK Podcast Episode 2: Sven Swift
Download: YSK Podcast Episode 2: Sven Swift - In the Niteside Eclipze
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Episode 2 of our podcast, this time from Error Broadcast’s Sven Swift. Part A takes you from an ambient chilled vibe up to club bangers… ready for a night out. Check Part B coming sometime in the following months for the come down! We are loving this so big up to Sven, if...
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Guru - Jazzmatazz Vol. 4
Download: Guru’s Jazzmatazz Vol.4 - Back To the Future
Everyone knows how much of a Hip-Hop legend Guru is and everyone should have heard a Jazzmatazz by now. But if you haven’t for some reason then check out Vol. 4 for free now courtesy of Guru himself! Read the full details and information here for more on that, enjoy!
1. Cuz I’m Jazzy - feat. Slum Village
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S.P.Y - ESP Agency Mix
Download: S.P.Y - ESP Agency Mix
Something a bit ravey for you to end the week (or start it?) from S.P.Y., who is smashing it right now with his deep drum’n’bass sounds. Looks like he is now on the ESP agency so look out for gig dates near you soon and check the mix for some fire that’s sure to get ya moving!
1. Krakota & Judda - Solid Shout - DUB
2. S.P.Y - Dark...
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Four Tet - Much Love To The Plastic People
Download: Four Tet - Much Love To The Plastic People
Four Tet is just dope. Work with Dilla, Burial and plenty more, the guy’s stuff is a must listen. Here is a new mix he dropped a few days ago which we couldn’t pass up on.
I’ve put the mix CD I gave out at Plastic People in London last month up on Soundcloud for people to check out who couldn’t make it down to get a...
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Om Unit - All City Past, Present & Future Showcase
Download: Om Unit - All City Past, Present & Future Showcase (.mp3)
Great mix for All City Records by Om Unit, a producer you are going to see a lot more of in 2010!
Intro
Matthew David - Late Nite Lo Fi For dak
Pudge - Awn My Dawn
Tokimonsta - Park Walks
Heralds Of Change - Work That
Take - warm Ruin
Dimlite - Quiz Tears
Hudson Mohawke - ROot Hands
Pudge - Blips Ahoy Mate...
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Kit Knows - First Kit On The Moon
Download: Kit Knows - First Kit On The Moon (.zip)
Found this absolute gem today via kwatro by Kit Knows. You may have seen our previous posts on Flako, who is without doubt one of our favorite beat makers. Anyway this download is a rap version of Flako’s awesome first beat tape which was entitled “first space shit on the moon”. Really really good. Enjoy.
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The XX - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Download: The XX - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Nosaj Thing remix of The XX… Bangin!!! …Done with any info init!
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June Miller - Kmag Mix
Download: June Miller - Kmag Mix
June Miller are making some big moves in the 140 & 170bpm spectrums right now. This is a dope mix starting off with some amazing dubstep and shifting up to dnb towards the end. You can also read the interview up on Kmag, check it out.
1. Data - The Fall of Phaeton (Beaten Track)
2. Irrelevant - Grains (Myrkur RMX)
3. Juswan - Azure (Pushing...
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Dam-Funk - DX Heaven
Download: Dam-Funk - DX Heaven
The Dam-Funk free download series continues! No more need be said… It’s Dam-Funk! (via his twitter)
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Slidecamp - Jumplog
Download: Slidecamp - Jumplog
Slidecamp is made up of Boreta and Comma. This track is an oldie from circa 2006 but still sounds dope (and crazy as hell)!
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Arousal - 404 Mixtape
Download: Arousal - 404 Mixtape
Error Broadcast coming through with yet more heat!
Error Broadcast’s first move in 2010 is 404 mixtape assembled under my aka Arousal for the MondayJazz collective with precious help from ASA~AMA on graphic design.
This one features some of the freshest material ready in our bag for 2010 and some of the best from 2009. Get into it and taste forthcoming...
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Shlohmo - Birthday Beat
Download: Shlohmo - Birthday Beat
Shlohmo just posted up a nice free birthday beat for y’all!
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Headhunter - Juke Mix
Download: Headhunter - Juke Mix
Headhunter is a pioneer of the deeper sound of dubstep. This mix goes a little left-field of what you would normally hear from the man with some ‘GhettoTek’ but it’s still funky and fresh! Enjoy this something a little different..
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Devonwho - ELM&OAK Podcast Volume: 1
Download: Devonwho - ELM&OAK Podcast Volume: 1
Devonwho is a badman, such dope beats. This mix showcases some of the finest of his own and various other artists music. Check out more on Elm&Oak and Enjoy!
devonwho – blueline – CDR
illum sphere – psycho (samiyam remix) – fat city
monopoly – glow – CDR
hi-res – funkshuns – freshselects
dibiase – keep on runnin – CDR...
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Klipkast 1 - Waterballoons
Download: Klipkast 1: Waterballoons. 29.21 min.
Spotted this dope new blog today on Tumblr from Klipm0de. If you didn’t know Klipm0de is made up of mndsgn, suzi analogue, knxwledge and devonwho - most of which we have already featured on YSK. Anyway be sure to check out their blog and the other mixes they have already posted, this is a great first episode!
klipkasts:
Klipm0de’s...