I got reminded a couple of times last week that I haven’t posted any music lately. Here I was thinking that no one paid any attention to what I was posting up. I promised those people that I would get back into it on the regular, so this is my first mix of the month in about 6 months. It’s not a new mix, but it has been on high rotation for me since I got hold of it last year.
This mix comes from remixer-in-demand and one third of The XX, Jamie XX. Apparently he was commissioned by uber-cool Parisian/online store Colette to produce this, and it was given away free with purchase.
There is a reasonably chunky vein of dubstep running through this mix, but it also has enough UK garage and more downbeat electronic vibes thrown in to keep it interesting. I totally love that track from The Streets he drops at the beginning, which is apparently an old B-side on one of the single versions of ‘Has it Come to This?’. There are plenty of other highlights. Check the track list below and get amongst it.
Jamie XX – Mix for Colette 2010
- Electrelane – I Only Always Think
- The Streets – Streets Score
- The XX – Crystalised (DarkSky Remix)
- Silentone – Beat For
- Rossi B & Luca – Jah No Dead
- Clubroot – Lucid Dream
- Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is a Computer
- Burial – Unite
- Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason – Lo-Fi-Ve
- Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
- Skream – Trapped In a Dark Bubble
- Silentone – Dub Plate 1
- Aardvarck – One1
- James Blake – Sparing The Horse
- Boogaloo Crew – Hedgehog Sound
- Zomby – Expert Tuition
- Deadboy – Heartbreaker
- Bad Autopsy – Psionic Terror
- Cooly G – Narst
- zed bias – To the left (test)
- MJ Cole feat. Serocee – AO (MJ’s Open Your Gob Dubb)
- DJ Champion – Motherboard
- Bertrand Dupart – Ketokole (Boddhi Satva Ancestrial Mix)
- Fantastic Mr Fox – Plimsoul
- Emvee – Glitch Dub
- Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
- The XX – Islands (Jamie XX Remix)
- Silentone – You’ve Got No Love (Feat. Nigh)
- Egypt – In The Morning (Original Club Mix)
Grab the Jamie XX mix for Colette [right click, save as]
If you dig this I can thoroughly recommend you pick up Jamie XX’s remix album that he did with Gil Scott-Heron, We’re New Here.
It is fair to say that November got a little out of hand. Between getting stuck in at &some & version3.0 taking a week long unplanned (& extremely frustrating) outage I completely neglected the November mix of the month. Never the less, we have got there eventually.
It seems fitting that a month into which I crammed so much stuff I made Girl Talk’s brand new mashup opus the mix of the month. All Day, Girl Talk’s follow up to the extremely popular ‘Feed the Animals’ that saw him become the party DJ du jour, was released mid-November and has been getting a tonne of play. You have probably heard, or at least are aware of Girl Talk’s sound by now. It isn’t subtle. It tends to divide people. Provided you don’t take it too seriously there isn’t too much here to get upset about. I find it is hard not to smile at the audacity of some of his combination’s.
Whatever you think about Girl Talk, this mix is a definite crowd pleaser. Those who don’t enjoy it probably don’t enjoy much.
Girl Talk – All Day
There isn’t much point in posting a tracklist (despite the fact there is a version that splits it into 12 distinct tracks), with the whole album clocking in at 373 different samples. Just run the whole thing, it is worth it.
Right click and stick this in your computer.
If you are interested, you can see the full list of samples over on Illegal Art, or check out the excellent All Day Samples which breaks each track down by the samples that make it up in real time.
If you have a chance you should also check out the excellent RIP: A remix manifesto which takes a critical look at copyright, using Girl Talk as the subject matter.
I can’t remember who told me to check Mosca, but whoever it was, thank you.
Mosca is one of the dudes bringing serious heat in the ‘kinda dubstep, but you best believe it don’t always sound like dubstep, mostly just banging party tunes’ genre that seems to be blowing up huge right now.
This mix is one he put together as a little promo for a recent appearance at Fabric and it is bonkers. Serious tribal riddims, horns galore, massive bass, and a serious groove. It is full of huge tunes, standouts for me are Mosca’s own wicked tracks ‘Tilt Shift’ & ‘Brand New Polaroid’, DJ Technic’s ‘Hoody Hood Rat’, & the Ramadanman joints. But it is all killer. Look out for the sweet acapellas rolling over some tunes – the JME & Tempz one in particular is banging. Get it in your headphones (or better yet, on your big system) ASAP.
Mosca – FABRICLIVE Promo Mix 2010
- Blawan – Potchla Vee [Unreleased]
- Rubi Dan – Pelvic Floor (Acapella) [Unreleased]
- Mosca – Tilt Shift [Forthcoming Fat City]
- Deamonds – Tilt Shift Crooks [Unreleased]
- Keke Palmer – Super Jerkin’
- Equinoxx – Infantry Riddim (Version)
- T’Nez – Normal Day (Infantry Riddim)
- Kemikal – Hear Mi Nuh (Infantry Riddim)
- Navino – Put It On (Infantry Riddim)
- Terre Thaemlitz – Radio Freedom
- Ramadanman – Grab Somebody [Unreleased]
- G.O.D Limited – Bounce
- Kismet – Loose Screw [Unreleased]
- DJ Deekline & Red Polo – Let It Bump (Hydroz Remix)
- Menta – Sounds Of Da Future
- Braiden – The Alps [Forthcoming Doldrums]
- Seany B – Bass Release
- DJ Technics – Hoody Hood Rat
- Riva Starr – Maria
- Funkystepz – Leave With You [Unreleased]
- Dwongo Lab – 60 Seconds
- Pariah – Crossed Out
- Ramadanman & Midland – More Than You Know
- Alison Hinds – Roll It Gal (Acapella)
- Doc Daneeka – Hold On [Forthcoming Ramp]
- T Williams – Drumstrumental [Unreleased]
- Imran Khan – Amplifier
- Frankie Bones – Beware
- J2K Ft Roses Gabor – Don’t Let It Go [Unreleased]
- Mosca – Brand New Polaroid
- Loefah – Fire Elements
- Jaimeson – Urban Hero
- Darqwan – Confused
- Tubby vs Footsie – Tiger Style
- Joe – Digest
- JME Ft Tempz – CD Is Dead (Acapella)
- Youngstar – The Formula
- TRC Ft Z.O & Bonez – Bang (DJ Q Remix) [Unreleased]
- General LOK – Elmo Riddem
- CRST – Dance (Mosca Remix) [Forthcoming No Hats No Hoods]
Get hold of it for your own self right here [right click, save as]
You can also check an interview with the man himself over on the Fabric site.
Random bonus fact: apparently Mosca is Italian, Spanish & Portuguese for fly.
