Happy Effing christmas

Well it's Christmas again and my little brother woke me up so early that I was emotional enough to cry at fucking Muppet Christmas Carol so laugh all you want.. I haven't posted for ages accepted apologies as a present with plenty more to follow but for now here are some Beatles remixes packed with cheer, if not the Christmas variety  ,something that's widening my Christmas smile.

Raj

Raj Mahal is originally from Detroit but says that now he moves from place to place. His is soulful and at times very bass heavy brand of hip-hop or as quoted on his soundcloud "APOCALYPTIC SOUL MUSIC!". As always here are a few of my favourite.

Tired of you by Raj Mahal

Eritrean Silk by Raj Mahal

Discursive Flips by Raj Mahal

BONUS:
A nice little Kanye remix by a guy called Nick Dean
Kanye West- Diamonds (Nick Dean Remix) by NickTheQuick

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

I've been overdosing on the hip-hop and electronic based music in general recently so I've been relaxing with some nice folk and a tea (or three) tonight. I've got a divshare account so I can post tracks without them being big clunky Youtube videos and can give you guys a download. It requires a bit more time and effort per track but seeing as the writing on this blog is lacking in both of those things I'm sure I can manage it. So here's some of the relaxing folk music I was talking about. Click titles for download.

Mountain Goats - Woke Up New


Mason Jennings - The Flood


Mason Jennings - Memphis Tennessee


Joanna Newsom - Bridges and Balloons

Bach

Mmmm

Tasty track dedicated to a tasty drink.




  Mango Rubicon - Kona Triangle by FutureVision

Pogo

Nick Bertke AKA Pogo is a electronic music producer from Austalia, most, if not all his work consists of samples from one film or scene of a film including a quite a few disney and pixar based tracks. His amazing track 'Alice' got a shit load of attention so you may know it. Here are a couple of other really nice tracks, one using Snow White clips and the other using bits from Up which is a personal favourite film of mine and the track is almost as good. You can download a fair few tracks at pogomix.net

Saki

More hip-hop this time from NegroSaki from Florida who really loves his samples. I just stumbled across his soundcloud today, I'm loving his tracks and this picture by him which you can find on his deviantart. He also has a track entirely of Super Smash Bros Brawl sound clips along with Tekken and Final Fantasy remix albums which is pretty damn cool.

Short Bump Series 2: Part 4 - Saki Has His Way by NegroSaki
Would You Be Mine (Mr. Rogers Tribute) by NegroSaki Ninten-Dough (2008) by NegroSaki

Sub Swara

Sub Swara make glitchy dubstep, hip-hop and dancehall with the occasional ethnic drum beat woven in. I heard about these guys a while ago on www.bwompbeats.com which is a great blog well worth checking out. Here are a few of my favourite heavier tracks and a nice picture for you all.

Traffic Jam (Sub Swara refix) by Sub Swara

Bird of Paradise by Sub Swara

Glitterstep (Sub Swara Remix) by Sub Swara

Clappp

More from Japanese hip-hop producer bugseed, I cannot fault this guy's beats, his Bohemian Beatnik LP I posted a while back sounds like Miles Davis with an MPC, if you didn't pick that up get it at his bandcamp. These few tracks are of equal quality, Japan seems to never stop giving us great producers!

control by bugseed.

clappppppp by bugseed.

sex in the car pt.2 by bugseed.

dance on the concrete by bugseed.

B-Ju

I know literally nothing about this guys apart from his wonky brand of hip-hop is sick, so that's all I'm going to write.
Green Hearse (2008) by B-Ju
Guilty Simpson - Before The Verdict (B-Ju Remix) by B-Ju
Habit In Your Redlight by B-Ju

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Today's the day that we celebrate the foiling of one of the most famous terrorist plots ever by burning oversized dolls of one of the plotters on large fires. Plus there are loads of pretty fireworks! I could post a load of songs related to bonfire night but I can't really think of enough off the top of my head. So instead I'm just going to post a few songs I've been listening to a lot recently. Also we have our first follower that isn't someone I know which is pretty exciting so thanks to Jules for reading and thanks to everyone else reading we are starting to get quite a few hits from outside the UK!

Click the link to listen to mp3 or right click to download.
Black Ant - Boomerang

Take: Neon Beams by ALPHA PUP

Some Halloween Themed Basss

One Screamin' Jay Hawkins remix from SPLATINUM that I've loved since I first heard a while ago and a couple of free halloween special download tracks from bass-lover Double Oh No. I reckon they are some his best tunes yet so don't miss out while they are up for download.

Double Oh No - Dead Rising *FREE HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!!!* by Double Oh No
Double Oh No - Scared Shirtless *FREE HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!!!* by Double Oh No

McMash Clan

Heard these guys on a Kanji mix on mixcloud and had little flick through their soundcloud and turns out they are pretty damn good. Do a variety of dancefloor genres and always fun listen and download a few of their tunes below. You may have seeing them before at Glastonbury playing the awesome fiery spider that is the Arcadia stage!

The McMash Clan - Djs Unite by The McMash Clan
The McMash Clan - Fool by The McMash Clan
The McMash Clan - Liquid Wonderment by The McMash Clan

Malefique!

Stumbled across this Russian Hip-Hop producer and was really impressed with his stuff. Loads of dope material FREE on his Last.fm page so grab all that shit HERE. He's a few tasters for you all.


Jesus Iced ( Kyddio Beat) by Malefique

You Can Tell Me Later by Malefique

Happy Halloween

I'm off out tonight for halloween for a spooky one with Ed Cox and some dub, ska, gypsy and electro swing bands which should be wicked. It's 8 quid to get in at coalition so head down. Here's a taster:

That's Something I Do

Apologies for slacking on the posting recently but I've been doing other stuff, aiming to get posting properly from tomorrow but for now here's a song I love.

Instrumentals?

One of those albums to just chill to, be sure to check this one out!!



http://freddyfinger.bandcamp.com/album/luminous

Dj Premier & Lord Finesse To Release New Big L Album

Dj Premier has announced he will be working with Lord Finesse on a third and final full-length album from the legendary Big L. According to a blog i read, Mother of the late Big L found a lot of unreleased acappellas in his closet that were recorded into pro tools. Dj Premier & Finesse plan to take all this unreleased stuff and put it into one last album in memory of Big L. Should be very exciting! BIG L REST IN PEACE

Tom Waits

Only in the last couple of months have I really discovered Tom Waits, I'd known about him of course, but never given him a fair chance until I got given the compilation CD he did for Mojo magazine a while ago. It's an amazing mix of old blues, folk and bar tunes and stayed on repeat for 3 or 4 weeks in my bedroom. Small Change has to be my favourite album, here are some tunes you have to listen to.

Icky Sticky Stuff

Was just looking around soundcloud and found these bangers.
Fuck Acid by Sticky Disco
Kanji Kinetic - W-ITEM GLITCH by Maltine Records
madmaid - telstar by Maltine Records

Change is coming

Heralds Of Change are Hudson Mohawke and Mike Slott so I can't believe I didn't listen to their stuff properly until the other week. I had heard some stuff on a HudMo EP but wasn't that impressed. These two tracks more than converted me.

Robot Koch in the house.

Robot Koch is arguably one of the finest producers around at the moment. Hailing from Berlin, seemingly a hub of quality beat producers, his music manages to be dancey and intelligent as well as ambient and accessible. I highly recommend his album Death Star Droid, said by John Peel to be pop music from the future. Check out a few of my favourite tunes. robot koch - gorom sen by robot koch robot koch - hard to find by robot koch robot koch_away from by robot koch

Z-Kat

Some good electro-bassline tracks here by Z-Kat, long time friend and collaborator with the one and only Kanji Kinetic. Check out the awesome music video as well. Infra-Red Lights by Z-Kat Kurva Riddim VIP by Z-Kat On The Iron Road (dub) [clip] by Z-Kat DJ Tuco - Disco Kicks (Z-Kat Remix) by Z-Kat

Mos Dub

OK so I already posted this a few days ago but I tried to edit it using my PS3 and it managed to delete half the post. Mos Dub is a remix album by Max Tannone who you may know from the Jaydiohead album he did a while ago, if not then it's well worth checking that out too. If you didn't know that Mos Def was a sick rapper (and a massive MF Doom fan according to my friend) then you might recognise him from his role in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film. Anyone this album is his vocals put to beats made up of classic reggae, ska and dub and if that doesn't sell it to you then maybe the fact that its completely free will. Mos Dub by Max Tannone

Oh No - Ethiopium

Not a recent album, but one I thought needed posting. Oh No (Younger Brother of Madlib) created this album using samples strictly from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock. Got to be one of my favorite instrumental LP's out there.
Here's a zip to the album, and a few tracks below for you to get an idea of what it's about.

Jazz Liberatorz

If you like hip hop and jazz..then look no further for the combination. Three wild producers from France who have bagged a load of dope rappers including Mos Def and Fatlip (Pharcyde) for a couple of albums, both on wax for all you diggers out there! Free download of one of the albums HERE

Ta-ku - Tribute

I had never heard of this guys before a couple of days ago and still don't know much about him. This album is 27 tracks of heavily Dilla influenced beats, in tribute to his legacy. Making good use of chopped up soul samples and heavy kick drums I reckon there are a few tracks on this album that Dilla himself would be proud of. Download FREE in high quality HERE. He has also done a Nujabes tribute album called Tribute to Jun available on iTunes worth checking out.

Here's a little taster. Click the arrow to download.

Taku - Yes (Tribute To Jun) by Hypetrak

A to Jump?

Basically, I don't like the blog name so we want suggestions on a better name. Comment on this post with suggestions, if you don't know how to do that; click on the post title and scroll down a bit. I have just made it so non-members can post but that doesn't mean you shouldn't sign up.

bugseed

So you might have noticed that the last post says by Jesse Doyle at the bottom, Jesse is gonna be posting a load (hopefully) of hip-hop on here seeing as he knows his shit a lot more than me. I called posting this one though and I'll probably sneak another hip-hop post later today.
So this ones from japanese producer bugseed, it's one of the best hip-hop albums I've heard in a while, jazzy beats with really heavy bass. FREE download at his bandcamp HERE.

A Few Random Tracks

Just thought I'd posted a few tracks I've been listening to recently, mostly folk and indie and that.

First up is my favourite Bob Dylan track and one that I could not find any links on the internet apart from covers on Youtube so I decided to upload it especially for you guys.
Bob Dylan - I Was Young When I Left Home

More tracks after the jump

Erik Lau Drops New Instrumental LP "Makin' Sound"

Erik Lau is a London-based producer, who is relatively new on the scene. One of those producers that you may well of heard, but not heard of. Through production for the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Guilty Simpson, Wildchild and many more. Anyway here's an interview and full preview of his latest LP..really liking this one! Slick instrumentals, have a listen.

http://strictlybeats.blogspot.com/2010/09/eric-lau-makin-sound-full-album-preview.html

Timonkey

Got this album a while ago purely because I am a massive fan of Muti records, I gave it a quick listen and wasn't that impressed probably because I was after some more upbeat stuff similar to Heyoka or Mimosa. I came back to it a couple of weeks ago and couldn't believe I'd dismissed it at first listen. It's an awesome, laid back hip-hop/dubstep album with some intricate glitchy beats thrown in there.

Here's a download for you all thanks to some dude on funkysouls forum: Timonkey - Cerulea

Dubstep II

Yesterday I promised some more interesting dubstep. For me this is the most exciting side of the genre at the moment, there have been tons of great releases in the last year or so from labels such as Warp, Hessle Audio and Planet Mu which have really been pushing the boundaries of dubstep.

First up is James Blake, a man who seems to be able to do no wrong on evidence of his releases so far. Signed up on Hessle Audio here are a few of my favourite tracks.



Tracks after the jump

Golden Brown

Ok I don't know why I hadn't heard this before, I guess I need to get listening to more James Brown.

The Stuyvesants

The Stuyvesants consist of a music producer and a record collector from Brooklyn, New York. They say they wanted their name to pay homage to the 70's which makes sense considering the particularly soulful brand of hip-hop created on their album Brooklyn's Finest. The album has a very warm feeling to it making great use of grainy vocal samples and keeping the beats as smooth as Barry White's bottom. Definatley worth a listen especially seeing as you can grab it FREE here.

Personal favourite tracks include Brooklyn's Finest, Coming Around and After Rain. You can grab t-shirts or show them love at their website http://thestuyvesants.com/

Dubstep

So dubstep has been around for a good while now and has become ridiculously massive in the last year or two. It's been in the most part great for the scene with loads of sick club nights, new producers and different styles, dubstep has gone from being a pretty limited sound to being hugely varied, the housey stabs of Joy Orbison being a million miles away from the filthy synths of producers such as Borgore or Shekel. The downside of this explosion into the mainstream is the sheer volume of boring samey music coming out, most of it designed for money making and club nights full of people who will shout at you for looking at their kebab the wrong way to impress 'some fit bird' in a mini skirt and half a jar of foundation.

Anyway...here's a few tracks I'm feeling at the moment, bangers for today, if its all abit too dirty and mindless for you then check tomorrow I'll post some more soulful dubstep.


Unicorn Kid - Dream Catcher by Ministry of Sound

Travel In Bunny's Ass (Reedition) by LebelgeElectrod / Anecdot

FLeCK - September by FLeCK

16bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy (Kanji Kinetic Remix) by kanji

These two are releases from Off Me Nut Records, a small Sheffield based record label, all EPs are free so check out their website for crazy party vibes.

The Beginning

Well, I decided to start a music blog seeing as a I have a lot of time on my hands during my gap year. It seems silly to even post anything seeing as I have officially zero readership but you gotta start somewhere. The site looks really bad at the moment but I will work on that once I get to grips with things. Will be posting tracks or events that I'm feeling at the time, I'm not a great writer so content is likely to be short and not so sweet but I can guarantee quality of music will be high. Expect regular free (legal) downloads.

To start us off I have to mention the Ninja Tune XX release this month, a box set bursting with quality celebrating 20 years of the label. Ninja Tune have always been at the forefront of electronic music with long term signings such as Mr. Scruff and Coldcut. If you haven't already the order it at the Ninja Tune shop. Preview on the Soundcloud below.

Ninja Tune XX Box Set Previews (CDs 1-4 only) by Ninja Tune XX