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This track has been floating around for a while for those lucky enough to catch it but now it's the first official leak from Caspa's forthcoming album. We've always got a soft spot for Dynamite MC here at Chrome Kids, you're kind of guaranteed a beats gonna be banging if he's bothered to bless it. Thankfully after one or two disappointing excursions we're also pleased to say we wholly approve of this rather Crunkish offering from Caspa, who gives a spooky spin on it in keeping with his friendly ghost moniker.

Download: Caspa feat. Dynamite MC - The TakeOver / alt link

Not sure quite when it dropped, but just been made aware of this free album from Error Broadcast Collective, an Experimental Hip-hop label who have sourced some great glitchy, minimal beats from every corner of the globe for this release and also plan a limited edition of vinyl 7''s to correspond.

You can download the whole album in high quality MP3 or FLAC files here, which we highly recommend but there's also a few of our choice cuts below.

(YSI) Lambent - Biscuits / alt link

(YSI) B-Ju - Philly Run / alt link

(YSI) Himuro - Diefaultiere / alt link

(YSI) Comfort Fit - Bag Of Nothingness / alt link

Our favourite dubiously adopted Welshman Daedelus has just dropped a great disco-esque mini album on the new Friends Of Friends label. The album is split with fellow muso pal Jogger, who on the next edition will then invite somebody else, and so on and so forth.

Buy the album

He has also recorded a video for one of the tracks from the album which has just been premiered on XLR8R.com... and here tis.



If you happen to be cruising by XLR8R.com it's also worth checking out their latest Podcast from Meanest Man Contest, one for the grown ups on a summer evening.

Watch out for a new album on San Francisco's Clocktower Collective label called Who Killed Jiminy Cricket from Midwest / West Coast Hip hop crew Blackout Sands.

Dusty melancholic, Blues ridden production def-juxtaposed with razor sharp rhyming that thankfully comes off poetic without being pretentious. For us the stand out tracks are its less moody affairs such as the relentlessly pile-driving Blackout or the dubbed out Blues bounce of Rhythm In Your Soul, but the album works as a whole (which is rare these days) and is definitely worth a listen in its entirety.

Check the opium funk and inner city aggression of this track from the album.

(YSI) Blackout Sands - Cement Flowers / alt link

Think I might have to install a hotline to Daly City Records if they keep up their current high level of quality output. No sooner have you finished downloading the new Flying Skulls stuff when these rather impressive gems come rolling in like Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom or something. Some may remember we put up a post with the DJ 0.000001 mixtape, Whirled Fusion. A prequel to the new album from Th' Mole which features some of the album tracks along with a mash up of medleys that saw the likes of Rush, Skream, Too Short & Wild Sugar running side by side. It eventually clicked slowly that DJ 0.000001 was infact Th’ Mole himself,another addition to a growing army of alter-egos such as: Captain Daydream; Pierre Johnson; Johnny Sunshine; Turbo Punx; and Experimental Man which punctuate his releases back to 1994.

It is perhaps surprising that within the middle of these personalities lies an endearing honesty in the music and a sound that whilst impossible to pin down, brings a punk ethos a Hip-hop attitude and the weight from the best of the new skool West Coast bass scene. His new album Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha) Vol. 1 is a fine combination of classics, remixes and fresh out the box which ranges from the Gypsy stompin’ of Heart Phire to the slow rolling melancholy of Sonny Boy, maintaining an off the wall eclecticism without losing its way at any point.



What’s good about Greatest Hits is it works as a whole album rather than just a loose collection of tracks, although the stand out inclusion for us is probably Jump Jack, where the first lady of Bass herself Warrior Queen orders the listener to “Jump Motherf**ker”. Makes sense then that this is the first single off the album that also comes with a dirty Breaks remix from Daly City head honcho Mochipet, if for some strange reason you weren’t jumping the first time then this mix leaves you no other choice. There’s also a Turbo Crunk remix of Heart Phire from Bearmod which completely flips it on its head, and a crazy home-made video using the Baile Funk remix of Go Horsie from Brazilian legend DJ Amazing Clay . You can grab the whole single package for free from the link below, and keep an eye out for the album dropping sometime soon.

Download the Jump Jack Single Package

(YSI) Th’ Mole ft Warrior Queen – Jump Jack (Mochipet Remix)

This excellent collaboration between [Adult Swim] and Ghostly International was originally released early last year but seeing as we weren’t up and running back then and they’ve just decided to re-release it both digitally and as a free CD when you spend over $20 at the Ghostly International store seems a perfect opportunity for us to upload some of our favourites from the album.

(YSI) 1032 – Blue Little

(YSI) Dabrye – Temper

(YSI) FLYamSAM – The Offbeat

Download the whole 20 Track album which also includes tracks by Michna, Dark Party and Mux Mool here

Finally picked up a copy of Mos Def's 'marvelous' new single, taken from the muchly anticipated forthcoming album 'The Ecstatic'. Then of course today RCRD LBL offer it up for free download. Grab it now!

Mos Def - Live In Marvelous Times on RCRD LBL

Don’t know much about Leoparden except that: he’s from Stockholm; makes exceptionally good Glitch ridden beats that range from atmospheric to optimistic; and has two other fantastically named music projects called :ö: and soonmoonsoon (with fellow Swede Suzywan).

He is also giving away his new album oneone absolutely free – download it here...

Leoparden – oneone

Or check out a couple of choice cuts first...

(YSI) Leoparden – Matsi

(YSI) Leoparden – La Romance Quoi!

(YSI) Leoparden - I Can’t Wait (feat Hiyoko Mame and Infinite Livez)