It has been a long time coming, but it is time for another installment of killer tunes from talented (& generous) dudes. This edition is a bit of grab bag of tunes that I have been feeling over the past couple of months, perfect to set you up for & get you through the weekend.

All of these tunes come from the great RCRD LBL – signing up for their newsletter is well worthwhile.

Shigeto – And We Gonna (Samiyam Chopsticks Remix)

Deerhunter – Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice Remix)

Kanye West – Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj)

Laws – Laws & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Never (feat. Dave Young)

Shy FX – Raver (feat. Kano, Donae’o & Roses Gabor) (MJ Cole Remix)

Spank Rock – What It Look Like (Todd Edwards Remix)

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Usually Free Music Friday is a random collection of tunes that are thrown together from all over the show, this time round though we have a very special edition.

I am sure I don’t need to say anything to hype either of these acts. One of the greatest musical hip hop acts of all time, The Roots, paying tribute by covering some of the biggest hits from the late great J Dilla.

There is no question that this should be in your collection, get amongst.

The Roots – Dilla Joints by Hypetrak

Via hypebeast

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Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Breakage’s Tight Rope Remix)

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Breakage on remix duties for Massive Attack, with one of the tracks from their forthcoming album Heligoland. Lovely little dubsteppy/housey rework.

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Implex & Enei – Full Moon

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Implex & Enei – Grey December

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Implex & Enei are part of the Russian invasion that is currently taking on drum & bass. Their LP Sublife has just been released, and they have put out these two tracks as a little sampler for the album. Nice deep dancefloor vibes on these ones. Both are good, but my pick is Grey December. You can catch an interview with the pair, along with a special guest mix over at Knowledge Mag. The LP is well worth checking too.

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RQ_ – Back in the Day

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RQ_ is an awesomely talented guy making music right here in little old NZ. He has been releasing a whole lot of stuff for free lately, so definitely worth checking his SoundCloud. This is a lovely little jazzy atmospheric number with a cool old school vibe.

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dBridge – Memory Park

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dBridge has been absolutely killing it lately, producing some of the most amazing music ever made. Along with Instra:mental he has been bringing awesome vibes on the Autonomic podcast series, and has just released this tune, which featured on Layer 06, as a free download. Amazing atmosphere on this track, spine tingling stuff.

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Redeyes – Seperate Ways

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Redeyes – Miles Behind (Instrumental)

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Redeyes – Float in Time

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Redeyes – Paralells

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Redeyes – Born with a Headache

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Recent visitor to our shores Redeyes has just released this quality 5 track EP “Seperate Ways” as a free download. All the tunes are great, but my pick is the awesome “Miles Behind”. Lovely stuff from the super suave Frenchman.

Download a zip of the whole EP here [right click, save as]

Michael Jackson – Butterflies (A Sides MJ tribute remix)

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I know that his passing is now well and truly old news, but this is a lovely little rework of one of my favourite MJ tunes from A Sides. Great little number for the d floor, a little something to get people moving.

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Art of Noise – Moments in Love (Caspa Remix)

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I have to admit that until I heard this tune I actually had no idea who Art of Noise was. However wonky man of the moment Caspa delivers a beefed up remix of one of the 80′s avant-garde synthpop groups biggest hits (check the video for the original, it is phenomenal). I am really enjoying these vocal dubstep remixes that seem to be pouring out at the moment, good to see that the crew aren’t taking themselves too seriously, and just making tunes that make you want to lose your sh*t on the d floor. Got hold of this a while ago, but thanks to Nivin for bumping it in my memory.

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Lupe Fiasco – Paris Tokyo (DJ Clart Remix)

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I am quite a fan of Lupe’s brand of infectious pop hop, and this is a nice little drum and bass rework of Paris Tokyo from his 2007 album ‘the Cool’ (courtesy of London based DJ Clart). Nothing like a cheeky little bootleg to get the floor moving. Oh yeah, apparently Lupe has a new album on the way soon.

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Michael Jackson – Human Nature (Makoto & Specialist VIP)

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I had to think pretty hard about posting this one up. The MJ bandwagon has been jumped on by enough people already, without me getting on it too. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is really sad, and I also think we are unlikely to see a talent like his again for a very long time, if ever. I just don’t want to be one of ‘those’ people. Having said all that, this tune is a cracker. The original remix from Makoto & Specialist came out a couple of years back, and stayed in my record bag for a long time. The VIP was given away as a tribute to the king of pop, and features an extended chunk of the the original track. Sure to see plenty of play at parties big and small around the world over the coming few months, and so it should. RIP MJ.

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