The news that Om Unit has a new LP dropping on the ever excellent Civil Music label at the end of the month, is made even more exciting with this taster from it, which features Jinadu on vocals.
Monday not treating you so great? Why not get all Arts & Craft and build a tiny set of decks from matchsticks, sticky backed plastic and bottle lids then place your MP3 player underneath out the way but plugged up to your computer speakers (if you have battery powered ones all the better). Dig out your favourite action figure from the box in the attic to act as a DJ, head out into the garden and use these handy mixtapes as sets to play to all the insects... they'll love it.
Or you could just sit at the computer and listen to this fine selection from Bullion (crate digging, chin stroking and beautiful); 1000names (futuristic, head nodding and seriously left of Saturn); or OM Unit (phat, funkalicious and full of All City releases past present and future, including his very own Lightgrids just released on the label) , they'll sound just as good but it's not quite as fun.
Download: Bullion - FACT Mix 118 via FACT
Tracklisting:
Caravan – Ride
Brainticket – Places Of Light
David Crosby – Orleans
Delaney – Some Things Coming
Kraan – You’re Right
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Adam
Orchestre Veve Star – Bassala Hot
Syreeta – Move It, Do It
Hudson-Ford – Shy Girl
Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria
Paul Hart – Strides
Fleetwood Mac – Coming Home
July – I See
Download: 1000names - Lowriders Mixtape 002 (via Lowriders Collective)
Tracklisting:
01. Bibio – Great are the Piths
02. Black Monk & Ras G – Juju
03. Wankers United – Superfunky
04. Coco Bryce – bit crushing
05. Inko – Alma Parodia
06. Gards from KC – Statement
07. Robot Koch – Gorom Sen (Shlohmo rmx)
08. Kidkanevil – Mega joy
09. Lone – Arcade
10. Yoggy One – Moonwalk
11. Alan Hwakshaw – Technicolor
12. A.Rodionov – Electronic Jokey(horse races)
13. 1000names – Telephony 2000
14. Blue Daisy – Hunters
15. Shafiq Husayn – Evil Man (Flying Lotus rmx)
16. Lapti – Polar Bear
All City Showcase Mixed by Om Unit by allcitydublin
Download: Om Unit - All City Past, Present & Future Showcase
Tracklisting:
Intro
Matthew David - Late Nite Lo Fi For dak
Pudge - Awn My Dawn
Tokimonsta - Park Walks
Heralds Of Change - Work That
Take - warm Ruin
Dimlite - Quiz Tears
Hudson Mohawke - ROot Hands
Pudge - Blips Ahoy Mate
Mweslee - Jamas Jame Jamon
Dibiase - Spacely Sprockets
Fulgeance - Mamie Thè
Heralds Of Change - Ridin Chrome
Musinah - Lose My Fuse
Tokimonsta - Last Nights Blurry Memories
Om Unit - Lightgrids
Snowman - Rise
Onra - Wee Out ft. Buddy Sativa
Krystal Klear - Tried for your love
Devonwho -Keepthefunkalive
Knxwledge - Wait
The 87 Stick Up Kids have blessed many a Troublemaker remix and always make it their own. They work so well together that it's actually quite a suprise that this is the first official collaboration between the LA natives. Taking every era of Hip-hop firmly into the future this could probably fit back to back into any selection of classic bangers.
Download: The 87 Stick Up Kids - Lights, Camera... (produced by Troublemaker) / alt link
Leeds teen producer JSaxton adds some Dubstep dirt to VonStrokes broody Tech-House bubbler.
Download: Claude VonStroke - Whos Afraid Of Detroit (JSaxton's Scared Remix) / alt link
This track from the new Filewile EP on Mouthwatering Records is a blend of crisp and light rhymes, electronic beeps and bouncing bass. Solid in a dreamy sort of way.
Download: Filewile - Number One Kid / alt link
And we can't give this up for download but it's well worth a listen. Om Unit take Joker for a Glitch-hop ride.
Joker - Digidesign (Om Unit's Pop Lock Remix) by omunit
An incredible spaced out mix here from former DMC Champ 2tall (who also produces under the Om Unit moniker)...
(Direct Link) 2tall - The Space Race
Tracklisting
2tall - The Space Race
Architeq - Sleeping Bear (Take Remix)
Onra feat Hazel - Super Genesis
Floating Points - Love me like this
Harmonic 313 - Flaash
010 - Beatdatazz
Daniel Savio - Flogsta Danshall
Beem - The future
Jay Dee - B.B.E (instrumental)
Mr Scruff - Hold The Dub
2tall - Grazing On Empty (King Knut’s 80’s Dub)
Uncle Lew - Mandy’s Uh
Om Unit - Ether
Bullion - Young Hearache
Saul Williams - Coded Language (live at def comedy jam)
Ras G - Sloooooow Doooooowm
Tranquil - Payroll (paul white’s clean dub)
Dr Who Dat - Ghetto Dreaming
Madlib - Left On Silverlake
Sugoisounds - Many Grams
Actress - Hazylude
Afta 1 - The Time In Between
Afta 1 - Honey Dip
Lukid - Time Doing So Mean
Dwilt Sharpp - Will You Tell Me Where You Are
Unless specified, any mp3s linked to on this blog are purely for promotional trial purposes only and should be deleted from a computer within 24 hours. If you like what you hear show respect to the person who made it and go buy the album.
If an artist or label spots material of theirs on this blog and is not pleased by this, contact me and I will remove it immediately.
Mix recorded for Adam Walton's Mystery Tour on BBC Radio Wales (Oct 2009)