Roots "Star" (Ritchcraft Remix)

A couple months back, I posted some remixes from Ritchcraft, Jansport J and others off an internet collabo LP they released. Go back and find that stuff if you like this. RC is doing a remix per week, and so far, this is the best one he's done, taking "Star" and pairing it up with what sounds like a detuned harpsichord and a real smooth vocal sample.


The Roots - Star (Ritchcraft Remix) from Ritchcraft on Vimeo.

Check out the remixes from the previous two weeks here.

2000 Strong - Help Change Lives

Big up to AWOL, Paragon and everyone who helped bring this project together.

 The billboards are going live tonight on Hodgson Memorial near Spanky's. Check them out. Also check out the campaign launch party at Lulu's Chocolate Bar (42 MLK Jr. Blvd) on 12/6 from 6-9pm. Support a good cause and have some amazing homemade desserts.

Blakroc

So the Black Keys got together with a laundry list of established rappers and put together this Blakroc album. It's out this Friday (11/27), haven't had a chance to listen to much of it yet, but I'm just starting a review for Potholes. Here's a track that popped up on YouTube ft. RZA and Pharoah Monche. It's not the best track on the album, but representative of the project as a whole.

DeeJay TobyGee's Bill Crates Vol 1 Mix

DeeJay TobyGee hit me up a couple of days ago, and I'm really liking this Bill Crates mix. He does all the production and cuts - the results are tasteful: Laidback, dusty beats arranged well for your listening pleasure.

DeeJayTobyGee presents: "Bill Crates Vol. 1" by DeeJayTobyGee

Click on the down arrow button on the right to get a copy for yourself.

Also stop by his page to check out some nice re-edits and a dope Dilla mix.

Onur Engin

Onur Engin created this beautiful Turkish Jazz Mix featuring a diverse range of rarities. Go get a free copy from Monotape, or listen to some now.

Turkish Jazz Mix by Onur Engin

Here's the track list.

Okay Temiz - Mus (Sun/1979)
Erdogan Capli - Uskudara (Time S/1961)
Nukhet Ruacan - Golge (Birnumara/1979)
Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay & Sevda - Tamzara (Caprice/1972)
Durul Gence - Concerto de Aranjuez (EMI-Regal/1968)
Erol Pekcan - Aliyi Gordum Aliyi (Nova/1968)
Burhan Tonguc Ritm Grubu ve ?smet Siral, Fundacik - Du-Bi-Ba (White/1972)
Ilhan Mimaroglu & Freddie Hubbard - Threnody for Sharon Tate (Atlantic/1971)
Arif Mardin - Forms (Wounded Bird/1975)

Amplifya screws disco

Amplifya sent a copy of his Disco Screw EP, and it's pretty awesome. Download a copy here.

From the artist:

i've been sitting on these for a while without doing more so i wanted to put out my favorite ones...theyre not quite "songs" but more than "beats"...i just like it too much to continue to let it sit around without anyone hearing it.

The album is consistent, featuring, as advertised cut up disco laced via sampler (or FL Studio) into some nice beats. It's no stretch to imagine a good emcee ripping over most of these. The screwed part of the title is a little misleading, since none of these cuts are technically run threw the DJ Screw method, but they are definitely chopped up into some hot beats.

This is one of my favorite tracks off the EP, "This is Something New"

Robot Koch

I posted a video called "Hard to Find" by Robot Koch a couple weeks ago, and I got a little wise, because the video itself was hard to find on Youtube. The reason it was so hard to find was because I thought dude's name was Robert. Robot is a much more fitting name though because in the realm of futuristic beats, this man is on point.

Check out "Away from Me"

On a side note, I really like how some dubstep early adopters are starting to move in a more experimental direction that sits at the center of a triangle between hip hop, electro and house. (Listen to "Away from Me", then go find some of Koch's other stuff, and it will make more sense.)

As further evidence, I submit the artist formerly known as MK2 - he has to change his name because a french company holds a trademark on the name MK2 - who is now known as MNUVR. I hope to be getting my hands on some his new stuff pretty soon. His performance at Geekend was awesome.

Windmill "Big Boom" Gentleman Losers Rmx

Wow, here's some sweet fall music for you. This is for driving around contemplating the human condition as a gentle rain falls pushing the last of the leaves from the trees.

Windmill has an album Epcot Starfield that is out now. This remix of "Big Boom" by the Finnish group Gentleman Losers is pretty amazing.

You can check out some more stuff from them on RCRDLBL.

Meet Toro Y Moi

Damn. Don't sleep on Columbia South Carolina. Seriously. It spawned the talents of Danny Swain, who has infinite hustle, I think American Gun is from around there, if you're into the foot stompin' bar rock, and now a new addition - Toro Y Moi. Despite the seemingly plural name, it's one dude, and he makes crazy electronic bedroom indie that - sigh - will probably garner comparison to Animal Collective before the day is over - but who more rightfully belong to the traditions of Atlas Sound, or maybe a less thrashy No Age with a heavy dose of Beach Boys. Expect waves of well-textured samples building on top of each other to provide a podium that the atmospheric vocal tracks peek out from behind.

Check out "Blessa" (right click to download). His LP drops in Feb 2010.

If you're down south, check him out this week in Athens or Chucktown.

11/20 - Athens, GA 40 Watt
11/25 - Charleston, SC Andolini's Pizza

Nite Jewel "Weak For Me"

So I guess the story goes that Dam-Funk found a couple copies of an out of print LP from Nite Jewel, it's amazing, and now Peanut Butter Wolf is rereleasing a 45 with "Weak For Me" b/w "Suburbia". It is semi-spastic 80s spacey lounge funk at its finest. Think Gary Newman singing falsetto.

Listen to "Nite Jewel" (right click to download)

And get more of the story on the record, and hear a streaming version of the b-side.