Last Minute Larrikins for this eve - Block Party & Turnaround

Alrighty, busy old night around town tonight and one that demands a bit of the 'off the couchness' and maybe a touch of the 'on the brewness'.

Of course Block Party is kicking things off right at the Ginger Minx (117, Valley Road, pretty much corner of Dominion Road) from 4pm, when bFM will be doing their Friday Drive live and direct. At 7pm myself, Dave Seeka, and Scratch 22 will be taking over proceedings and running revolving 45/30 minute sets (in that order so I'll be playing 7 ish and 9.15ish before it all hopefully descends into a final fling of free-for-allness around 11ish) out in the alley on the Jagermesiter bus/hummer type arrangement. This should be fun...no excuses..see you there.

After a warm-up like that you know theres got to be more, and indeed there will be at the Turnaround who are maxxing their international status by following Gilles Peterson's exclusive visit last month with the truly brilliant DJ Kentaro tonight. If you missed him at Tiger Translate (or the heat and excessive strobes took the shine off) this will be unmissable. Its very very rare that a DJ has the terrifying turntabilist skills with the sensitivity of selector -this man does all that....

and then some!

Do not miss....seriously! flyer below and as a spesh Friday treat a limited, 192 DL of him rubbing some reggae up the wrong (right!) way from his excellent mixdown for Pressure Sounds 'Tuff Cuts'.

BEWARE EDIT SLIGHT RETURN - DJ KENTARO

Stinky Grooves 19.05.09 and a little Kentaro dubdecks fire

Primo - Chancha Via Circuito (ZZK)

Bad Mind - Hoodz (Lo Dubs)

Broadcaster Version - Lee Perry vs Moody Boyz (On-U Sound)

Verdad (Ghislain Poirier Rmx) - Fedaden (Nacopajaz)

Guachito Gil (Ghislain Poirier Rmx) - Fauna (ZZK)

Bolivia - El Remolon (ZZK)

Kunta Kinte (DJ Kentaro Rmx) - The Revolutionaries (Pressure Sounds)

Trample - RSD (Love Is The Key)

Clash - Hoodz (Lo Dubs)

Together - Breakage ft David Rodigan (Digital Soundboy)

Backwardation - Timeblind (Version)

Truth - FaltyDL (Planet Mu)

Phone Pest - Paul White (One Handed Music)

Smoothest Runes - Thick Business (check Thick Business here)

Polaris (The Time & Space Machine Rmx) - Yellow Moon Band (Static Caravan)

You Clapper - Emperor Machine (DC Recordings)

Kill Surf City (The Oscillation Rmx) - HQ Steeple Remove 

What's Happening In The City - Zombie Zombie (Versatile)

Charteroak Foundation - Tortoise (Thrill Jockey)

Moth - Burial & Four Tet (Text)

Movement Four - Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald (UMG)

Hustle (Bullion Rmx) - Paul White (One Handed Music)

Any Gal Mi Want - Busy Signal

Sixteen - Mavado (Daseca)

Just Mek A Duppy - Bounty Killer (Daseca)

When We Buss It - Aidonia (Daseca)

Sixteen Rhythm - Daseca (Daseca)

Nah Go Dung Deh - Busy Signal

Call Me - 77Klash (Mixpak)

Call Mi - Cham & Santigold (Mad Decent)

Hey Guey - Tzochitl Soundsystem vs. Toy Selectah (Bersa Discos)

Lluvia Haitana Con Cumbia - The Peronists (ZZK)

La Poli - Daleduro (ZZK)

Cumbia Tucumana - Alex Krygier (ZZK)

Kunta Kinte (DJ Kentaro Tuff Cuts Mix) - The Revolutionaries (Pressure Sounds)

Beware (DJ Kentaro Tuff Cuts Mix) - The Revolutionaries (Pressure Sounds)

Down By The Sea - Wooden Shjips (Holy Mountain)

I'm kind of fiending to fling something up from the new ZZK comp (which got a thorough airing tonight) but in the interests of balance (El Hijo De La Cumbia last week, and it probably deserves a post of its own) and because it's a project that surely deserves some serious shine, here's DJ Kentaro taking to some vintage Revolutionaries business. 

There's been more than a few roots and revive mix-ups by hiphoperised turntable wizards, but I reckon Kentaro has bested them all with 'Tuff Cuts'. This is one of only a few tracks where he goes to town on the decks, showing off the truly phenomenal skills that knocked my proverbial socks off when he did a Tiger Translate gig in AK a few years ago. I'd rate him amongst the very best scratch'n'mix and generally make the turnies do un-natural and wonderful things.. DJ's I've ever seen, and crucially he's completely with the music, not just indulging in masturbatory attention seeking behaviour at the expense of the songs, as so many do. That sort of class is well evident on 'Tuff Cuts' which is a brilliant ride from start to finish with a heavy lean on Prince Fari amongst the gems from the Pressure Sounds catalogue.

Enough of my rambling, let's get on with the music..if you will.

Buy the album from the label or locally Southbound have the handle so usual supects.

12" here or locally from Conch, Beat Merchants etc

Pressure Sounds 

Kentarospace

BEWARE (DJ KENTARO TUFF CUTS MIX) - THE REVOLUTIONARIES

New Stinkmix up here in the next week, hopefully before the weekend - time allowing. Different fettle of kish to the Stinkbombs which is still havailable for an evening of delicate DLing and remarkably relaxed re-assembly a post or two down...