ORGONE DONOR

2008-09-03T18:56:00.002-05:00

DOMINATRIX - "THE DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT"

ANGELA BOFILL - "CAN'T SLOW DOWN"

FAD GADGET - "COLLAPSING NEW PEOPLE"

KOOL

2008-07-10T13:29:00.003-05:00

Brightly colored plumes of thick smoke a la the wicked witch of the west.

Darryl Pandy 4 Life.

Art of Noise - Moments in Love

SALEM - "YES I SMOKE CRACK" LIMITED EDITION WHITE VINYL AVAILABLE AT ROUGH TRADE
GET IT.
SALEM ON MYSPACE

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Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

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Section 25 - "Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix)"

Da Posse - "In The Heat Of The Night (Acid Mix)"

MULTI-CULTURAL

2008-06-12T15:51:00.002-05:00

I'VE BEEN AWAY FAR TOO LONG.

THIS POST WILL BE PARTICULARLY SCATTERBRAINED/MULTICULTURAL BECAUSE OF MY LONG ABSENCE. NORMALLY, THESE GEMS WOULD WARRANT THEIR OWN ENTRIES, BUT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO READ THIS THANG EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, I MUST GIVE YOU MORE:

"MUSIC IS THE LOVE THAT GETS ME THROUGH EVERYTHING"
- MARCEL KING

THIS SONG IS SUPPOSEDLY SEAN RYDER'S FAVORTIE FACTORY RECORDS SINGLE OF ALL TIME.
FIND OUT WHY:

MARCEL KING - "REACH FOR LOVE"

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JUNGLE FEVER:
WHEN I SAW THIS VIDEO I WAS COMPLETELY IN LOVE. JUNGLISTS BOUNCING AROUND IN TOGAS AND HEAD-WREATHS WITH NEON-LIT BUST SCULPTURES AT EITHER END OF THE DJ BOOTH. AND OF COURSE, THE MUSIC IS THE SHIT. WICKED:

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CHEEKY HERBERT:

HERBIE HANCOCK KICKS IT WITH QUINCY JONES. THEY DISCUSS THE WONDERS OF SYNTHESIS.

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THERE'S A LOT MORE STUFF I'VE BEEN MEANING TO POST ON HERE, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME. ZSHARE IS BEING TROUBLESOME.
SOON!

CAMILLE

2008-05-13T15:36:00.003-05:00

I read years ago about Prince's gender-ambiguous alter-ego "Camille" who did the lead vocal for "If I Was Your Girlfriend."
You know that song. It's pretty much the best Prince song.
I know what you're saying. "Yeah, Prince is cool or whateva, but isn't he kinda... just like... PLAYED?"

No.

So it turns out Prince made an entire album under the name Camille, which came out as a promo, but was subsequently aborted. Some of the songs made it onto "Sign 'O' The Times" but possibly the best one, "Good Love," was left off for some reason. Here's a line-up of the Camille classics:

If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince

It should be obvious to anyone listening to these songs that Prince had at this point reached a peak unmatched by any other part of his career. "Sign 'O' The Times" is such a fucking great album, and Prince uses the legendary Fairlight CMI synthesizer throughout the whole thing.
Will someone PLEASE get on this level?
There would have been some amazing videos of Prince rolling around half naked on a piano, but I suspect Prince demanded that his visage be entirely erased from Youtube. He exists simply as a digital spirit. A very sexy digital spirit.

BREATHER

2008-05-08T22:39:00.005-05:00

Finally a free moment.

Discovery:

HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT

I found this blog through DJ Rupture, as he's the reigning emperor of dance music theory. There are some interesting posts about gender and sexuality in dance music culture, focusing primarily on House.

Bookmark it.

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This is pretty much how I envision this summer unfolding:

(DIRTY SOUTH STAND UP.)

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - "ROAR"

SNOOP ft. KELLZ - "That's That"

LIL KIM & LIL CEASE - "Crush On You"

MARTYN - "Twenty Four"

THE FORCE WILL BE WITH U. ALWAYS.

2008-05-06T00:40:00.002-05:00

THAT'S THAT SHIT.

RAIDERZ OF THE DARK-BLACK-STARLINER GET JUICE

2008-04-28T13:58:00.007-05:00

THIS WEEK'S YOUTUBE RAID:
When Foxy (Bad Girl of the year, 96 Pam Grier) samples Jamaican classics, the people come together:

FOXY BROWN - "OH YEAH"

I've been watching a wide assortment of full-length gangsta classics on youtube; blast from my past=lots of raiders caps; start here:

Some really nice garage-y dub lamentation from new Hyperdub draft-pick DARKSTAR:
Darkstar - Need You

And my new #1 summer jam rescued from winter, courtesy of the benevolent WORD THE CAT:
Squeezer f/ Nature - Yote Ni Yale Yale (Word The Cat Screw)

(Note: Mr. C, if you're not down with me posting this link, don't worry, no one reads this blog.)

Balanced out by recent exploration of past obsessions (I guess I never became un-obsessed):

THE SMITHS - "THE QUEEN IS DEAD" (Directed by Derek Jarman)

DUH.

FLEX BRAIDS/TRUE FACTS

2008-04-24T14:53:00.009-05:00

R. KELLY'S new single "HAIR BRAIDER"-- --
I really dig the subject matter and some of the lyrics, but the pitch correction is way too intense. It's starting to give me the creeps a little bit. Any thoughts on the decision of the artist to mask the nature of their talent? I understand the appeal for a subtle contrast at times, but this is a bit much. Flex your head and leave thoughts if you wish.

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Shawty LaForge?

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CHING-A-LING IS THE JOINT.

MISSY IS THE MAC
AND THAT'S A TRU FACT

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MPEGLAYER3:

KEVIN SAUNDERSON (TRONIK HOUSE) - UPTEMPO

BURMA/BADBOY/ARGYLEWATERFALL

2008-04-20T16:49:00.009-05:00

My friend Delilah Rose Knuckley-if-you-Buckley is in Chicago repping Space 1026 in Philly. One of the other members (JHSU?) went to Burma and posted pictures. I had to repost forrealz.:

somewhat akin to
PANORAMIC MEDINA:

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HOLY KAABA STONE:

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JAPANESE DEKOTORA TRUX:

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BAD BWOY TIME: "ALL THA CHICKEN-HEADS FROM PASADENA 2 MEDINA"

DIDDY:

ELEPHANT MAN:

DUN NEED NUH INTRO:

BURTON:

LEGENDS OF HOUSE MUSIC
FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008:::::::::
FRANKIE KNUCKLES

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I THINK I MET THESE PEOPLE AT A GALLERY OPENING LAST NIGHT:

HA, JK, BUT I WISH I MET THIS GUY:

RAINFOREST/K SWIZZ

2008-04-14T20:40:00.004-05:00

(Photo taken at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory.)

Lowkey - Rainforest
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2008-04-12T18:50:00.002-05:00

JUKETASTRAFE

2008-04-04T01:25:00.003-05:00

DJ PIERRE aka Juketastrafe is going to conquer the UK. He deleted "Yaa" though, I'm pissed. That was my track.

DJ PIERRE'S MYSPACE

Go on catch yo breath, then pause.

Now bend yo back & drop:

DJ ROC - THE CAPONE SLIDE

DJ ROC ON MYSPACE

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GATEKEEPER - LET GO

TENNIS HERO - ALONE

Mind Map?

2008-03-28T13:11:00.004-05:00

Bruce Conner --

Untitled, May 27, 1995

Untitled, June 7, 1998

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Alhambra --

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Komar V. and Melamid A. (in collaboration with beavers and termites) --

Architectural Fantasies, 1998

"In our new project, "Environmental Installation – A Collaboration", we plan to collaborate with beavers and termites to create outdoor installations in their natural habitats. We have long admired the mysterious architecture of these animals who are driven by genetically-based creative instincts that we still do not fully understand.
We propose a symbolic dialogue between the expressive organic forms of beaver dams and termite towers and the elemental geometric forms discovered by ancient cultures, particularly the Egyptians and ancient Greeks. Throughout the history, artists and thinkers from Plato and Pythagoras to Goethe and to Cezanne have postulated the existence of certain ideal geometric forms underlying the apparent chaos of the visual world. We believe these essential forms also pattern the remarkable organic creations of animal architects. This approach to art will become a symbol of the ecological co-existence of different forms of life, different minds, and different creativities."

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Remy Ma just posted this on Myspace --

"Please write letters about how Remy and her music has positively affected you, influenced you, inspired you, etc.,. in hopes that the judge will be lenient in Remy's upcoming sentencing. Thank you all for your support.

Submit all emails to: LettersforRemy@gmail.com"

Please help the Queen of NY with your tender anecdotes.

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Jonathan Velardi --

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Brooklyn Zoo --

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The Rolex Sweep --

NINTENDUB

2008-03-26T14:17:00.004-05:00

I DO NOT LIKE CRYSTAL CASTLES

So crunk-step is alive and well in the mystikal land of 8 Bit. DJ C is on top of this game! Big Up Chi-Town!

This is going to be all over the blogs today:

SQUINCY JONES - NINTENDUB MIX

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The Boredoms are playing down the street from my house tonight. This has never been a possibility in my life until now.

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Last week I found the cover from a bootleg of Lil' Wayne's new album sitting outside my front door, like it was trying to tell me something. I haven't figured it out yet, but I think I like the molasses "Lollipop" better than the original:

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I'm feeling this new Wayne track, lyrically way more interesting than "Lollipop", but I think the hype dude who drowned out the new Remy Ma mixtape with his hooting and laughing has invaded all of hip-hop:

FLOPPY DISKETTE/4,000

2008-03-23T20:04:00.005-05:00

IKONIKA - PLEASE
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - IRIS
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ - ANTI WAR DUB
SOUL II SOUL - BACK TO LIFE (acapella)

City 2 City

2008-03-22T10:55:00.004-05:00

I just returned from NYC. here's a pic:

jk it was nice.

I got finger-snap blisters from the dutty artz party the other night, which was the most fun i've had in a while. The whole crew killed it + it was star studded and wild!

I have lots of videos to share. Too many.
This is my first Chicago themed post, with help from my buddy TP. Evanston stand up!

Crucial Conflict - "Hay"

3 Piece - "Ooh Ahh"

DJ Diamond - "Footwork, Twist 'em Up"

as we proceed to twist em up:

Twista ft. Lil Wayne - "Whip Game Proper"

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While I was in NYC I had this track stuck in my head the whole time, but I couldn't remember what it was:

SWV - "Weak" (Dexplicit remix)

It's on the new Kingdom mixtape, and appropriately I just noticed that he's scheduled to play Bok Bok & Manara's Night Slugs party in LDN in April (w/ Dexplicit & Zomby! Show is going to be HUGE).

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I found time yesterday to trek uptown to Park Avenue Armory, taken over by the Whitney for their Biennial. Gang Gang Dance's installation piece (along with what I read about the action that occurred at the opening) was a highlight:

Fairytales CAN come true.

Grey ft. Debbie Harry - "So Far So Real"

Shouts to my friends in NY, old & new.

Ready 4 dem lights n shit.

2008-03-18T02:00:00.002-05:00

Wiley Prod. by Bless Beats - Wearing My Rolex (visual aid.)

The last thing I heard Wiley & Bless Beats collaborate on was "Spirit in the Beat", which was so unbelievably good, and I just found out that apparently Bless actually produced this track, too. (See "Styles Upon Styles" post for a free download.) This dream team is on the ups.

(So I rip from dutty artz sometimez. Or does dutty artz rip from me?....)

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I know Wiley's LDN official, but I also know he loves NYC a whole lot. It seems like a wave of people from the grime and dubstep scenes are getting their first tastes of the states (i.e.: NY) and totally loving it. I'm still a little sour about being there the week before Benga plays (still obsessed with his new record), and having to miss out on it. Definitely won't miss THESE, though!:

New Yorkers: if you read this, get at me, ok?

PLEASURE

2008-03-12T17:12:00.002-05:00

I'm getting a great deal of pleasure from the new Benga album...

"Pleasure"

"26 Basslines"

Benga - Emotions

DIARY OF AN AFRO WARRIOR.
GET IT.

And if you're in NYC, go see him at Trouble & Bass! NY gets everything...

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Quick post cuz i'm busy, but I felt the urge...

Pyr @ Mi Mids

2008-03-06T14:50:00.008-05:00

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Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - "Low"

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Kelz atop Mt. Hira?

Crystalline Punctuation?

March Mixtape MADNESS (Styles Upon Styles)

2008-03-02T23:51:00.012-05:00

I like to imagine different styles colliding and becoming one, styles upon styles, etc. Two favorites, being that I'm from the d-d-dirty dirty 110%, are crunk-step (like ten thugs [or fem-cee's, totally interchangeable] chanting uncontrollably over ferocious dubstep/grime basslines and intensive snares) and crunk-rave (same vocal element, but with massive dancefloor NRG, trance and house synths, and infinite strobe lights flashing on a platinum floor.) I think Princess (of CRIME MOB) is tapping into this second scenario with this track from her new mixtape "Class Is In Session":

Princess - Pretty Rave Girl

Check her fly-space for more FREE tracks:

PRINCESSpace

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MORE SICK STYLES:

Bubblin' 4x4 dancefloor-grime from Wiley:

Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex" (DJ Friendly Ikon refix)

+ An NRGetic Erykah Badu remix:

Erykah Badu - "Honey" (Letroset Erykazoo Blend by Luminfire)

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The new KINGDOM mixtape [featuring a DJ Mujava/Aaliyah mashup!] is streaming now on his myspace, and it's the JOINT.

(See "DODECAHEDRON OF CRYSTALLINE BANISHMENT" post for DJ Mujava's "Township Funk" video.)

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"My flow just grew legs and walked out.
bye."

Honey Danish

2008-02-29T01:29:00.004-05:00

SYG NOK RECORDS

Click above for a treasure trove of free music from Denmark's totally incredible SYG NOK RECORDS camp
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Watch the video for Kid Kishore's "Ska vi slås":

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Erykah Badu's new video, and album, are SO AWESOME.

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I hear the next installment in her "New Amerykah" series is going to be called "Return of the Ankh." I'm ridiculously excited.

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I just read this on beattrend.com:

"Lil Wayne was supposed to perform at a North Carolina high school a few nights ago but the rapper failed to show up which left an auditorium of kids without a promised show. The concert was originally set last month but was canceled after the New Hanover County School Board pulled the plug due to safety concerns.It may be due to the chaos at a 2006 Morgan State University show where the rapper rained money on the crowd which resulted in two lawsuits from injuries sustained when people scrambled for the cash."

Currently Feeling...

2008-02-25T19:33:00.003-05:00

MC Smear's video for Aa's "Uracle":

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Kingdom's new NGUZUNGUZU remix:

NGUZUNGUZU - Oxxygeneration (Kingdom remix)

...And I'm definitely feeling summertime cook-out boom-box vibez a la:

and OF COURSE:

I'll take the honies in high top jellies, Moet, Alize, fruit vendorz and Steely Dan samplez over the slush any day. (Damn slush is fuckin' up my classics.) And to be honest, I'm getting pretty tired of the red and black lumberjacks.

(Bookend graphikz by MC Smear)

First Ladiez

2008-02-23T18:56:00.007-05:00

Bitch, You Don't Know Michelle...

...Obama.

Look at those mic skillz. You know you know she's fly. She might even eclipse the ultra-positivity of Nomad (see CLOUDZ). There may be a little mud being slung, but it's laced with so much h o p e.

OMG MICHELLE live @ the annex nyc (Jan. 08)

If you don't know these ladiez yet, you're slippin'. They might argue that no one knows them. My theory is that this tune (produced by KINGDOM) is, IN FACT, a diss to Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Plz, stop the hate, Hilz...

omg MICHELLE! on myspace
"they're all gay, you know"

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Two of my fav. peoplez, the venerable DJ RUPTURE and the vicious LEIF have been kickin' k-nowledge of South Africa's Sweat X crew, and I can't help but join in:

Sweat X - Pop The Coochie (Live)

Irresistably dirty. FREE tracks all over the webz! myspace.com/sweatx

Who Let The Blogs Out

2008-02-21T13:31:00.006-05:00

Posting this video might be slightly irrelevant at this point, but it's no less hilarious. And completely baffling.

Mitt is so street. Unfortunately, he is the opposite of what I would consider a good presidential candidate. So, with that, let's all savor the new irrelevance of this video as a propaganda tool.

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My friend "Jefferson Mayday Mayday" (Quotes necessary due to the multiplicity of names by which he''s known) is a truly illuminated individual, repping hard for the land of my birth, the deep dirty. Here's a beautiful video he made at the world famous South of the Border, located in luscious Dillon, SC, with sounds to stain your eardrums by a distinguished cast of southern gentlemen.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER (Pure Enjoyment Archives 2007)

[SOUTH OF THE BORDER was intended to be a second Disney~World* In 2001 visionare Alan Schaefer passed away & threats to tear down a relic from yesteryear is at constant bay* South of the Border in its hay day had become self contained, having its own fire department & police station* One could even buy a car at BORDER automotive* Schaefer went into secrecy & kept unknown apartments in back his shops and diners, and began building interconnected houses just outside Dillon South Scarolina where Border is located* Dillon is just "South of the Border" to North Carolina* Many think there should be only one Carolina and it should be its capital* Video document features many stores, such as an "African Store", as South of the Border has a world theme, yet its central theme is Western Mexico* Document also features sights from an elevator ride up to a giant sombrero, which is what one first sees from an interstate, similar to how one sees a Mickey Mouse water tower on their way to Disney~World* Yet roughly 40 miles prior, there are phenomenal bill boards to hype one up roughly every half mile which have everything one could fit on a bill board, even an old beat up car which is frequently hit up by local graffiti artests* Soundtrack features much early 80's world olympics peace inspiring sounds which one may sense in South of the Border's forgotten age invoking powers, but it also features a local Scarolina group LARb, from their LARb/FLUME 12 inch split* LARb was a group which featured moog/theramin/sax/& samplers and played in Columbia Scarolina from early 90's til just after millenium* Song is taken from a telephone recording where a man was trying to convince sax player he had "control over his mental state" Often people who can no longer "take it", meaning Scarolina government's backwards ways due to its confederacy pride have to leave to a great fantasy just upstate so they can regain control over their mental state* A place where you can buy an American flag where an eagle is shattering through it like glass* A flag you wash after it touches ground* For all whom go on tour up and down eastern coasts, it is imperative to take I~95, becuase "you never sausage a place!"] - JMM

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I recently bought the Skull Disco "Soundboy Punishments" album, and Shackleton's "Blood On My Hands" is on my brain.
It's an interesting track. The lyrics are cryptic in the way they build the identity of the speaker, who seems to be either a terrorist or someone slowly coming to terms with the realities of a violent world. Almost a resignation, it feels like a deeply personal experience. The music to me somehow represents a quieting of the mind, with occasional bursts like the volcanic tension below the surface.
It's beautiful... a little bit evil. One of the only songs I've heard that explores this subject matter in a mature and thoughtful way.

SHACKLETON - BLOOD ON MY HANDS (2007, Skull Disco)

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Dodecahedron of Crystalline Banishment

2008-02-18T23:22:00.004-05:00

If you've been feeling down, try to find one of these:

Put all of your troubles in it, then throw it into the nearest large body of water.

If you can't make this happen, try Chris Brown remixed by DEXPLICIT (administered aurally):

Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss (Dexplicit Remix)

Or try a spoonful of top shelf global futurism (thanks to pictureplane):

DJ Mujava - Township Funk (South Africa)

Get Madd TV featuring Shadetek's "Brooklyn Anthem" aka "Craziest Riddim" (BKNY)

If you're in Chicago, a night-time non-drowsy cure for your love hangover :

But before entering a crowded club, an audio Airborne:

Sterling Void with Paris Brightledge - It's Alright (Original 12" House Mix)

CLOUDZ

2008-02-17T13:56:00.007-05:00

Plastician - Cloudz feat. Nomad [4.61 MB]

Recently I've looked to Nomad's mic skills to act as that little flicker of hope we all seek in our lives. This is in an effort to extract all formsof negativity from my life. And, of course, Horsemouth's soliloquy tacked onto the end is an endless well of righteousness. 2008NOTIME2H8 / CONSTANTLYPOSITIVEVIBEZ /

NEXTLEVELSHIT.

ex.:

Laidback Luke & Steve Angello Vs. Soulja Boy - Crank Dat Vs. Be [13.79 MB]

I feel a NEXTLEVEL sort of kinship with BOK BOK & MANARA (linked to your right) out of London (SE, duh). There's something about these London kids that is CONTINUOUSLY BLOWING MY MIND. Check their myspace page and mek friends, respect, one blood. Here's their latest offering, the newest in new WHAT'S A NICHE? mix for Mad Decent, bubblin' right now.

BOK BOK & MANARA - WHAT'S A NICHE? (Mad Decent worldwide radio #24)

Oh, and who is Hercules & Love Affair? Superstarz, it seems.

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Relisten to BEYOND THE CLOUDS by Mr. Fingers.

That's it.

Poison Darts 2 the brain.

2008-02-16T12:47:00.004-05:00

Just found the music video for Poison Dart, wicked tune by The Bug and Warrior Queen. And it's totally space age.

Babylon shall fall:

No SUBstitute for the soundsystem (Kode9 on decks at Sonar 2007):

and something entirely unrelated (AlRubo3, Sudanese futurism):

اخييييييييي.....عليك الله دا فن دا
يا حليلك يا سودان محمد وردي ومحمد الامين
ومصطفى سيد احمد
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mek we forward within this time.
More to come at another time.

Chopped & Screwed for V-DAY

2008-02-13T17:46:00.002-05:00

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Just to quote a couple of responses:

"Jumpoff323:
you play sumthin like this in da club da ladies will goes crazy.shout out to whoever c&s this.time 2 pop them patron bottles 2 this"
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I could sooooo fuck the shit out my girl to this...."

I concur.

And finally:

R.I.P., baby girl.

Hood By Air

2008-02-13T01:48:00.001-05:00