Category: mixtapes
Happy New Year! 1. Eternity Now (2006) – The Bear Quartet 2. Vespertine (2001) – Björk 3. Dimanche a Bamako (2005) – Amadou & Mariam 4. Silent Shout (2006) – The Knife 5. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) – Animal Collective 6. Ny Våg (2002) – The Bear Quartet 7. Funeral (2004) – Arcade Fire 8. [...]
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tentopalbums2000-2009 - Listen now |
So, this mix started some months back under the glow of an Indian summer. Finally it sees the light of day – just in time for what these Americans call The Holidays. I’ve been digging back into the past with wisps of drum and bass and old skool trance (303 workouts), mixed up with some [...]
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fadingshineofsummer2 - Listen now |
In terms of rappers that have been around the block, there are few that have traveled further than Rakim. From the early days with Eric B, The R established himself as one of the true legends behind the mic. Blentwell feature a great showcase from Elmattic tracing the history of this boy with the golden [...]
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RakimTheOneTrueGod - Listen now |
Imagine a sufi version of Animal Collective’s ‘My girls’, sung by Victoria Bergsman (previously the singer of the Concretes and the female voice on Peter Bjorn & John’s ‘Young folks’) – how amazing would that be?! This is exactly what Victoria did – she went to Pakistan, found a group of sufi musicians and recorded [...]
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northernlightsXVIII - Listen now |
This mix owes some gratitude to Tim Everest. Frozen, wandering down Haight, promising myself I won’t hand over any more money to those Amoeba bastards (a previous altercation with a snobby buyer – don’t ask), I’m quite happy to pass a cursory glance, toss up my head and walk on. But oh no, Tim. You [...]
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opround_HarryCovert_mr_wobbletone - Listen now |
I’ve had this compilation in my head for over a year, so I’m really pleased to finally put it somewhere else. Not sure why these two bands merged in my mind – musically they don’t have a great deal in common, apart from being filed in the ‘indie’ or ‘alternative rock’ section. I suppose what [...]
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BearQuartet_vs_Fall - Listen now |
A bit of a departure this week from the normal fare of house music and its variants. On a recent visit to the mighty Amoeba Records on Haight Street in SF, I picked up a mix by J. Period.Checking out his bio, this guy has played with everyone from Lauren Hill and Q-Tip to more [...]
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d_JPeriod_SoundclashDancehallVol2 - Listen now |
Thanks to Tim from theargus.co.uk for pointing me in the direction of this mix from Brighton’s own Matty, a graphic designer who doubles up as a house DJ involved with the free underground movement that is Glock’N’Spiel. This is a tight little mix that really get’s going about 15 minutes in. A jacking undercurrent keeps [...]
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So, finally, after about 18 months I may finally get out to Kontrol – one of SF’s prime house/techno nights. Agnès is due to be headlining tonight. A Swiss producer with a penchant for dubbed out minimal productions. For some reason I don’t get to check out much minimal these days, so looking forward to [...]
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agnes-live-at-hidden - Listen now |
There’s a point where tech house meets techno (or the lighter side of techno) and I get really confused on definitions. Although I know the less-pedantic amongst you would yell ‘who cares???’. Still, the pedant in me yearns to call this techno, at least in structure if not in song. The building in the mix [...]
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DRamirezDJMixJuly2009 - Listen now |
