Jill Scott - 'Golden' (Catching Flies Remix) (Free DL)

A superbly dreamy remix of R&B singer Jill Scotts 2004 hit 'Golden'. Catching Flies, a 21 year old from London produces a deep ambient beat and blends in the vocals perfectly. Grab Free download from his website.

Grimsby Trouser Disco (Free DL)

Bill Brewster has been there and pretty much seen it all. Having been in the game since the 80's, he collects records, writes books (such as 'How to DJ Properly'), co runs DJ History.com, has ran various record labels and throws the Low Life parties in London (For more than 15 years!) and more recently done his thing in the Boiler Room. Fair to say he's basically an encyclopedic of music.

Grab a quality slice of disco funk edited by Bill for free - TCSS - All The Girls In France (Sure Know How To Dance). Following that make sure you listen to his boogielicious Boiler Room Mix.

Rudimental featuring Angel Haze (Free DL)

The Hackney 4-piece ‘Rudimental’ have teamed up with American rapper/singer Angel Haze for a freebie release from their debut album dropping next year.

The track revolves around Hazes vocal talents, mixing heavy rapped verses and laid back vocal chorus. The overall feel is a well-produced future soul, hip house kinda thing.

Listen below and grab it for free from Rudimentals Website.

An Unhealthy Obsession

Some call it stalking, I say walking just extremely close behind
I'm sure if I sat down and asked you, well you really wouldn't mind..
You've got those eyes that drive me crazy, and I've got eyes to watch you sleep
I brought a pack lunch and some coffee for my stakeout in your tree... outside your house..

What lyrics!!! A reeet dark and creepy little gem here, revolving around the merry subject of stalking! Strangely offered up on an orchestral plate!

Blake Robinson usually conjoures up beats of video game music, but here he shows his true musical genius. Check out his soundcloud for some snippets of weird and wonderful 8-bit orchestral quirky shit! Some of the ones that made me smile are listed below...lalalalalala!!!






  

Smile Recordings (Free DL)

Mindless Boogie was a vinyl only label, that released tracks from the likes of Prins Thomas, Inflagranti, Tiago, and Lexx between 2005 & 2009. Now defunct, Smile Recordings are releasing them as free downloads over time. Keep an eye on their Soundcloud.
Two free downloads to get started, A feel good edit of The Turtles - 'Happy Together' by Todd Terje and a big edit of the Rolling Stones - 'Emotional Rescue' by the black belt of lazer disco; Inflagranti.

Mr. Oizo - Unreleased Unfinished Unpleasant

Unreleased Unfinished Unpleasant. Pretty self-explanatory stuff. Quentin Dupieux, more commonly known as Mr. Oizo has released a free album of old material that has never hit public ears before. Crammed full of the usual Oizo biz…..…pots and pans, squeaks and bleeps, obscure jacked up techno beats and glitchy crunk. Listening through the album its fairly clear to see why most of these tracks never left the studio. A couple of tracks are reasonable, such as ‘Pepa & Pepa’ or ‘Duck Guts’ but generally the whole lot is pretty unlistenable. Take '143' for instance, It sounds like a 5 year old has been let loose with a synth. I know Mr. Oizo is well know for his weirdness, but honestly. this is just shite!

Shimmy through it once, pop a couple of ibuprofen to rid yourself of that ghastly headache and then get back to Lambs Anger or Moustache (Half a Scissor).

Check out the two tunes below then if you're satisfied grab a free download of the whole album from www.oizo3000.com

Jamie Woon - Night Air (Felix Nite Till Thee Dawn Remix)

The massive 2010 single 'Night Air' by Jamie Woon which was co-produced by Burial has been given the remix treatment by Chicago house legend Felix Da Housecat.

A classy remix, playing heavily on the vocals. Real good house here and its up for a free download.

A Mix of Mixes!!

As the title says, a mix of mixes. Quite simply a selection of mixes that have been aiding my work shift over the last few days. 

Starting with a little funky number here. Reggae, hip hop and some glitchy vibes by Mr. Joe Revell from way down under. There’s a smashing selection of bumping mash-ups on his soundcloud for free so check him out! 




Arguably one of the best producers/DJs ever DJ Shadow has invited Irn Mnky to produce a mini-mix spanning the whole collection of his tunes. That’s no easy feat considering the vast and incredible discography Shadow has to his name. Irn Mnky, who entered a remix contest hosted by DJ Shadow 3 years ago is really giving a history lesson here; Infusing his own style and blending seamless from the classic ‘Endtroducing.....’ to last year's ‘The Less You Know, the Better’. 



Cut Chemist best known for being the DJ in Juarassic 5 offers a mix recorded in 2011, slightly different to the hip hop, disco, latin or african mixes of recent times. He describes this mix as “A rural psych folk and rock selection”. Responding to a soundcloud comment he says “It is my goal to keep this guidance alive in my music and words. Music is not just music, it is the language of the soul, and when one speaks with soul and LOVE, one gives the most powerful of gifts” Deep.....Listen on.




Foundation Mixtape #8 is a journey of foot tapping nu-disco and electronic sounds compiled by the Supermen Lovers. You’ll remember them from the tune ‘Starlight’ released in 2001 with the weird superstar wannabe potato man and his mouse. Any mix with Daft Punk, Modeselektor, Aeroplane and Ricardo Villalobos should be pretty darned good….. it is!



Always at the forefront of the musical trends, my man Simon Verrill aka Seymour of Me drops a Movemeber mix. Nothing too heavy here as he rolls on a strictly deep house vibe this time around. Personal favourites include Waif and Strays – Eat into My Soul and the weird Jamie Jones track from 2006 Amazon.




Finally, from my current favourite record label ‘Tru Thoughts’ Robert Louis (Nirobi) drops Unfold, his weekly radio show. This show is worth catching week in week out without fail if you like bass, beats, soul, funk, hip hop and everything that’s right in the electronic music industry. This selection comes with a guest mix from Eddie Piller celebrating 25 years of Acid Jazz. Check it.

Tru Thoughts presents Unfold 18.11.12 by Tru Thoughts on Mixcloud

Darkside Live

Ever since I heard the Darkside EP by the musical wonderman Nicolas Jaar and his long-time friend Dave Harrington I was desperate for more. The moody, midtempo, minimalistic, bouncy beats overlaid with Harringtons bluesy guitar create a cosmic atmosphere to completely get submersed in. The two musical styles gel together so incredibly well and we are clearly only just touching the surfaces of their musical abilities. A new release is surely in the pipeline however any news on its whereabouts is sadly non-existent. In the meantime I've stumbled across a fantastic mix by the duo recorded for The LLP Radio show somewhere in France.

This excellent low slung mix, is filled with the Jaar style we’ve come to expect. The musical selection is on a point as ever, seamlessly flowing through dreamy electronica, hip hop (Jaars confirmed main influence), impressionist piano, avant garde jazz and his signature slowed down and stretched out brand of techno.Yet another masterpiece from the 22 year old Clown and Sunset record label head honcho. I guarantee this one goes straight onto the ipod and on repeat.

Funky Ass Friday

Its Friday!! Time to share some free funk to get that weekend mood up and running!!

Setting that funky tone, a seriously cool hip hop jazz mash-up courtesy of Poldoore.



Hobo With a Laptop offers a jazzy-glitchy number. Guaranteed to give you the fever.



Could Eazy-E get any more ghetto? DJ Prime thinks so with this remix of Gangsta Beat 4 Da Street. BIG.



Some swing-hop from Doctor Hooka, this one comes with a sprinkling of KRS-One vocals. Perfect.
 

More swing-hop, you can never go wrong with a bit of swing-hop. S Strong proves that with this solid remix.



A super funky remix of O.V Wright here. Feel these vibes!!



Ghetto-funking-swinging. Simple.
 

If you can't bob to this, you can't bob to anything. Real fucking FUNKY!!



I said Funky Friday, but it appears I'm having a super swinging time. Another mashup, this time by Waggles he be blending Go Miller by Dedy Dread and Neato by Three Loco pretty darned seamlessly. Enjoy.....



Finally a cracking remix by a crazy man from Germany. Minoru really pleases the auditory senses with this heavy glitchy number. And its free!!! Sayonara!!

No Regular Play - 'Endangered Species'

No Regular Plays eagerly awaited album drops on the November 23rd, 2012. They are two childhood friends (Greg Paulus and Nicholas DeBruyn) from Minnesota who are a core of the current Wolf + Lamb family.

Endangered Species is as shape-shifting as nature itself, twisting and evolving with grand pianos, african drums, closed high hats and Greg Paulus trumpet lines.

Preview the album courtsey of Wolf + Lamb

Grab a free 'special' version of the title track below