other people's mixes

[kid cue]

i thought i'd start this thread to point people to nice finds elsewhere on the information superhighway.

here's an African hip-hop mini-mix by Ghislain Poirier (found on DJ /rupture's blog):

1. 37mph - All In The Name Of Fun ( South Africa )
2. Tuks – Clap ( South Africa )
3. Xplastaz - Msimu Kwa Msimu (Tanzania)
4. Peter Miles - Owango RMX ( Uganda )
5. Awadi - Stoppez les criminels feat. Tiken Jah Fakoli ( Senegal )
6. 994 Crew - Bad Boy ( Mauritania )
7. Unathi - Sgubhu Sam’ ( South Africa )
8. Abass - Zibi zibi zaba ( Senegal )

[kid cue]

here's a delicious dubstep/grime/techno/hip-hop mix by Ben UFO (wish i was this smooth @ 145 bpm):

00.00 -- Intro
00.31 1. Sleeparchive – Elephant Island EP A2 (Sleeparchive)
02.31 2. Benga – Middleman (Big Apple)
05.38 3. Monkeysteak – Lighthouse Dub [Pinch remix] (Punch Drunk)
07.51 4. D-Coy – Johnny Was A Badboy feat. Wiley (Unknown Label)
09.25 5. Pangaea – Anti-Static (Unreleased)
11.13 6. Tubby – Tigerstyle (Braindead)
14.41 7. Random trio – Banshi (Unreleased)
16.15 8. Benny Ill and Hatcha – Stand Clear (Tempa)
18.58 9. Kode 9 and Spaceape – Quantum (Hyperdub)
21.25 10. Monolake – Static (Imbalance Recordings)
24.07 11. Reform (Batfink) – Not Mine (Unreleased)
27.15 12. Shackleton – Blood On My Hands (Skull Disco)
29.55 13. Dntel – Fear Of Corners (Plug Research)
33.43 14. Geiom – Feel So Bad (Berkane Sol)
35.03 15. Shots – Creeping Low (Dump Valve)
36.37 16. Phokus – Danger feat. Dirty Danger (MG77)
39.08 17. Parson – Big Killaz (Unreleased)
40.41 18. Sixtoo – Fear Of Flying (Vertical Form)
42.28 19. Skream – Korma (Southside Dubstars)
44.15 20. Wizzbit – Old Skool (Road)
46.02 21. Sileni – Twitchy Droid Leg [Vex’d remix] (Offshore)
49.10 22. Wiley – Scorcher Dis (Southside)
50.57 23. D1 – Cocaine (Tempa)
53.37 24. Benga – Duel (Big Apple)
55.51 25. Ramadanman – Untitled (Unreleased)
57.38 26. Skream and Distance – Wise Men (Ringo Records)
60.31 27. Fat Freddy’s Drop – Cays Crays [Digital Mystikz remix] (Kartel)
63.39 28. Logos – Ghost Map (Unreleased)
65.53 29. Boxcutter – Gave Dub [12” mix] (Planet Mu)
69.12 30. Burial – Gutted (Hyperdub)

[kid cue]

a pretty nice hyphy mix for the uninitiated (Dub-U):

1. Mistah F.A.B. – Metros and Chirpers (Dub-u’s live e- fexx mix)
2. Keak Da Sneak – Citas
3. Hoodstarz- Grown man On Remix
4. E- 40-Da Dummy
5. Turf Talk-Wake Up
6. Messy Marv- Get On My Hype
7. Federation feat. E 40- Stunna Glasses
8. Mistah F.A.B. - Ghost Ride It
9. The Team- This My Song
10. Bailey - U See It
11. E 40 feat Keak Da Sneak and Turf Talk- Muscle Cars (Dub-u’s live e- fexx mix)
12. Traxxamillion feat Mistah F.A.B. and Too Short - Sideshow 2006
13. Turf Talk- Do The Robot
14. Babay Face Assassins - Hyphy iLL
15. Too Short Feat Will I.Am & Snoop Dogg -Keep Bouncing
16. Dj L - Cassie’s Hands In the Air
17. Cassie- Me & U (Dub-u’s live e- fexx mix)
18. Rashad Feat T.I. & Young Dro- Tell Em What They Wanna Hear
19. Hoodstarz feat Turf talk and E 40- Bullshit
20. Keak Da Sneak feat E 40- White T, Blue Jeans And Nikes
21. Nump feat E 40 and The Federation - I Got Grapes
22. Starski Feat The Team- So Turf
23. The A’z - Yadadamean
24. Dj Shadow Feat Federation- Turf Dancin
25. The DB’z - Stewie

[kid cue]

one i can't stop playing: all-Shackleton mix by DubSTa:

01.Stalker
02.Fumes
03.Out of order
04.Qwack (Spell Shackleton remix)
05.In the next world
06.NDoki
07.Eat my word
08.Majestic visions
09.Make me cry
10.New dawn
11.Tala rasa
12.Blood in my hand
13.I want to eat you
14.Tin fail sky
15.Massacre
16.Language of the beast
17.Naked
18.Limb by limb
19.When an else fails (Savage Republic - Shackleton remix)

[BeautifulBurnout]

The Ben UFO mix looks pretty lush. Grabbing it now.

[kid cue]

this one is unreal. avant-classical mix from the Rambler. it's so good i could cry. completely profound, largely because of the music itself, the way it stretches and swells and soars (but the mix itself is crucially well done).

[0:00] Nobukazu Takemura: Conical Flask
[0:45] Read Miller: Mile Zero Hotel
[1:40] Harold Budd, Ruben Garcia, Daniel Lentz: Iris
[2:42] John Adams: Phrygian Gates
[3:17] Krzysztof Penderecki: Actions
[5:51] Brian Ferneyhough: Kurze Schatten II
[6:12] Gérard Grisey: Faux interlude, La mort de la humanité: Quatre chants pour franchir le seul
[7:25] John Cage: 103, part 2
[7:32] John Adams: Hymns and Slews: Shaker Loops
[8:12] A Produce and Ruben Garcia: Last Chance
[9:12] Krzysztof Penderecki: String Quartet no.1
[11:26] Witold Szalonek: Three Sketches, nos.1 and 2
[12:26] Boguslaw Schäffer: Quartet 2+2
[11:37] György Ligeti: Etude no.1
[13:20] Henryk Górecki: Symphony no.2 ‘Copernican’, 2nd movt
[16:50] La Monte Young: The Well-Tempered Piano
[19:55] Harold Budd: Coyote: The White Arcades
[20:50] Olivier Messiaen: Jardin du sommeil d’amour: Turangalîla-Symphonie
[22:02] Daniel Lentz: Dancing on the Sun
[23:45] György Ligeti: Lontano
[27:45] Hans Otte: XI: Das Buch der Klänge
[28:50] Miro Bázlik: Simple Electronic Symphony
[29:50] Morton Feldman: Four Pianos
[30:30] Pauline Oliveros: Beautiful Soop
[30:40] Ivo Malec: Dahovi II
[33:05] Kenneth Kirschner: June 18, 1995
[35:15] Laszlo Melis: Etude for Three Mirrors
[36:45] Tadeusz Baird: Voices from Afar
[41:00] Jaap Vink: Screen
[41:30] Jack Body: Long-ge
[44:30] Murcof: Ulysses: UtopÃ*a
[44:30] Arvo Pärt: Passio
[53:45] Arvo Pärt: Symphony no.2

liner notes here

agh and that $#@$# MURCOF track! the way those glitches sound, after the previous 50 beatless minutes!! best mix ever i swear to god. right up there with DJ Hype's Drum & Bass Selection 3.

[Strangelet]

kid cue, thanks very very much for the links. loving the rambler mix big time.

[GreenPea]

Originally Posted by kid cue

this one is unreal. avant-classical mix from the Rambler. it's so good i could cry. completely profound, largely because of the music itself, the way it stretches and swells and soars (but the mix itself is crucially well done).

Holy shit, this looks awesome. DOWLOADING!

<3<3<3<3<3

[Tom]

Holy fucks thank you.

[King of Snake]

damn our crappy internet connection at work.
gonna check some of this stuff out when I'm back at home.