Palms Out Remix Sundays – not the whack
Hola! What a beautiful Sunday ’twas in the 206! You know what puts the sugar in my Sunday coffee? Palms Out Sounds dope blog – that’s what. Honestly I love visiting this site. It feels like these folks keep a finely tuned ear to all that’s good and forward-thinking in the intermingling worlds of house, techno, dubstep, dancehall, electro-hop etc. etc.
Each Sunday Palms Out also posts up a new “Remix Sunday” compilation/mix that’s guaranteed get it percolating. Tasteful selectahs transform cuts from artists as diverse as Busy Signal, Cherish, Prodigy, Massive Attack to Bill Withers, Blaqstarr, Debruit, Band of Horses, Udachi and yes -Jefferson Airplane.
Step your electronic game up with some grown folks techno – download these mixes and hit up the site – Peace.
Download Remix Sunday-Feb 21,2010 #143
image: Jelle Martens
Download Djuna – “Hippie not Hippie_3 – the heroin edition” Tracklisting after the jump
Grey Area podcast Vol.1
Good evening fair LxNxM denizens. In addition to being a prolific local beatmaker, WD40 also holds down a nightly called Grey Area a the local bar/artspace Grey Gallery. If experimentaldubglitchbreakhopstep is what you seek – or if it sounds compelling Grey area is the spot.
Here is the first ever Grey Area Podcast to give you taste of what you might hear. Kicking it off with resident blapster Dead Noise and a bunch of his original tracks, mixed with some of his favorite tunes of the day. Rounding things out, Ill Cosby (Car/Crash/Set) brings a fine selection of glitchy, wonky sounds from the future!
If you can make it out to Grey Area this Friday, Feb.12 – you can catch LxNxM’s very own Toast and Tang on the decks as special guests. Peace.
Bullion: psychadelicious
Hailing from West London, and the One Handed Music squad along with Paul White, Nathan “Bullion” Jenkins sneaks mushrooms into your hip hop dance party and shames you off the decks. Apparently this beat savant piqued many an ear with a mix called Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee, a remix project that remixed The Beach Boys in the style of the late and beloved Dilla. This was followed by the well received Young Heartache EP.
Now Bullion packs more flava for ya ear with the new single “Say Goodbye to What” along with a free mix composed in cahoots with the freshcheckers at FACT magazine. The single and mix are a gumbo of Krautrock, afro-funk, avant-garde electronics and dreamy 70s rock. For god’s sakes have the friends over for a potluck and dance already… Download the Bullion FACT magazine mix
Digable Planets: Sounds from the 7th dimension
Granted that the Shabazz Palaces show at Neumos in Seattle earlier this month went off like a supernova, we figured some of the neophytes might be hungry for some past works. Dj.Alex J, cooked up this mixtape to promote the digable planets tour that kicked off in Oct.09′. The tape includes exclusive rare remixes of classic Digable Planets material, and also includes (then) unreleased music from Butterfly and Doodlebug. There is a smattering of other classic cuts mixed in, with Busta, Talib, MF DOOM, Pete Rock&CL, Chali 2na… which can’t hurt. Download Sounds from the 7th Dimensions. peace to okayplayer where I scooped this.
Buck 65- The Dirtbike Project
For many folks Buck 65 might be an acquired taste, which is cool because listening to Buck a.k.a. Rich Terfy, is sometimes like talking to a whiskey-breathed oracle. Still the gruffy voiced hip hop troubadour has stayed prolific and continually forays into collaborations with outstanding artists in crazy different genres, not to mention holding down a dope radio show, Radio 2 Drive on CBC.
Enter the Dirtbike project, Buck calls it a woodshed demo – 3 albums worth of material in 3 months! and free for people? holla! download the ‘Dirtbike’ project via e-mail.
Here is sample of the lo-fi goodness off of Dirtbike
…EMPOWER
Dang y’all life is precious, and Haiti needs our help. We here at LxNxM hope you find it in your hearts to pull out a little scratch and direct it to your local red-cross or pull your people together on something creative like stand up artist Bun B of UGK is and use your talents and influence to help out…
On that note here is the EMPOWER mix from those classy heads over at Blind I For The Kids. Here is a statement they posted with the mix that I hope we all take to heart. Download Blind I for the Kids presents..EMPOWER.
A persons spirit is the power that propels us past our mental and physical limitations….limitations that often define our human condition. To empower another is to inspire and to inspire is to be in spirit. Like each record on this compilation, you play a part in the whole. You have the power of spirit, mind,and body let the music speak to ya soul.The collaborative family at Blind I is daring you to EMPOWER and be EMPOWERED in 2010 and beyond…here is your soundtrack to always be present with you. We trust in your path.”
BLK JKS: propelling afro futurism
Santa came through today fresh from South Africa. Over some milk and cookies, he put me on this dope band he has on repeat in the sleigh: the originally Johannesburg based BLK JKS . Snooping around the Secretly Canadian website- the label that also signed the currently hot Yeasayer, I came across this cut Molalatladi (meaning, Rainbow). The song elucidates what BLK JKS band bio describes as an “entangling of township blues, fringe jazz and renegade dub — into the DNA of prog”. I get excited thinking about the kind of live show these guys must throw down (hint hint Seattle promoters) . Cop their album After Robots at Secretly Canadian, and be easy with that egg-nog….
Here is the recently released video for Molalatladi
Dj Chorizo Funk: tweet tape Vol 1.
Although a brother is currently tryin on a vegetarian steez, as a joven I could put a hurtin on some Chorizo. Why? Chorizo, like hip hop – is all about the ill spice and flavor, and putting the throw-away parts together with some essence. Word to my abuela. My lady, a pura East-Austin Chicana, a has been tryin to put me onto Dj Chorizo Funk for a minute. I’ll be jumpin a plane in about 3 hours to the ATX so I figured I would leave y’all with this parting gift.
A friend of the noted Table Manners Crew, Dj Chorizo has put together a recipe capturing some wholesome indie-hop selections from 2009. This mezcla is simply solid. I am definitely feelin the nacho- libre esque Dj Chooorrriiiizzzzzo drops in between mixes. Enjoy people, I’ll see what other treats I can sniff out in Austin for y’all….
“p.s. bump this in a system with some knock! all these damn ear buds nowadayz smh…Yall are missing out on the knock” – Dj Chorizo
tracklist after the jump (more…)
Macklemore x Ryan Lewis: The VS. EP
What’s the best thing about being up at 1:30 in the am on a Monday when you gotta work bright and early tues? Nothing- Except being one of the early birds to unearth this gem from emerald city’s own Macklemore. I can honestly say it’s art like this that makes me excited about hip hop. I was in the whip listening to KEXP at 12:32 and heard this lush choir of horns & Mack sounding like he was channeling the spirit on this track called The End and realized that Mack and Ryan Lewis were really on some breakthrough ish- so I hurried back to the homebase to research – Good timing…
This project has been anticipated for a minute now… people laying early praise some of the teaser tracks; the visceral honesty of Otherside - detailing the downward spiral of addiction within hip hop culture – and the raucous reverie of Irish Celebration. The range is stretched by the epic asphalt grit rap on Kings, not sure who the guest emcees are but they are nasty. Listening through I feel like Macklemore, though always honest – is more present and authentic than ever – both thematically and by the way he seems to be in the pocket – weaving himself into some eclectic sonic backdrops. Anyway, word to Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and the other folks who contributed to the project. SEATOWN STAND UP!
Download The VS. EP (direct download link)
Dj Swervewon: the GO! machine mixtape
My dude Swervewon, a.k.a Louis, has been payin dues and catchin wreck on the 1’s and 2’s ever since relocating to the Seattle from Big Sky country- Montana. Without getting too far into detail, but to give love and props, I have to say Swerve has maneuvered through mad hardship and professional setbacks – and consistently emerges more committed to quality hip hop music and performance – all the while maintaining a generous spirit. For a hot sec he was the Dj in my old crew estrella with Taybot, I always appreciated his hustle and love for the music.
Now to this mixtape. Anyone who has seen Swerve knows he can turn a party out. The GO! machine mixtape showcases his taste and connection to the Seattle Hip Hop Scene- which, for those of you sleepin, is currently percolating like a french press in the mornintime. The buzz on this mix lasts throughout – and the track list includes some diverse MVP’s from the emerald city’s varsity squad of 09. Shouts to raindrophustla, and of course Swervewon for this dope mix.
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