69-60 of '08

Has been busy, and this post is well overdue, but I think this week could be even worse. Flying Lotus was ridiculous last week, I can't remember the last time a DJ turned my ears out like that....Hanyways on we go..

69. Last Days Of Magic - The Kills (Domino)

Rawking gear probably doesn't get as much shine as it should on this list with the year's radio  playlists dominating the saucy source-ology. However this a track that simply couldn't be denied...monstrous!
(buy) 7" from Domino, and cheap as chups.
(Killspace)
(KillsTV/bloggy type thing)




68. W.C.T.B.L. – Pilooski (Blue)

We have spoken about Pilooski before, please do refresh your memory tanks right ear. This Northern Souly stomper gets razored to buggery by the French fandangler, hurrah. 

(buy)
(Pilooskispace

67. Royal Flush - Big Boi, Andre 3000 & Raekwon (LaFace)

Away from all the heated discussions about trouser tightness and levels of the hipsterati hiphoperation, Big Boi reminded us what it's all about dropping a depth charge of a single,  utilising the Isley Brothers 'Voyage To Atlantis' and his own considerable lyrical largesse. Admirable back-up from his copie and his right Raeyal Cheflyness but BB owns this one.
(buy)



66. Router/You & I - Pangeaea (Hessle Audio)

Impossible to pick between sides, this 12" is the full package. Thrashed to within an inch of its life on Stinky Grooves, and justifiably so..
(buy)
(Pangeaspace)
(HessleAudiospace)



65. People So Evil - Busy Signal (VP)

Nah, I'm not even going to link to the multiple Busy posts, consider Stink Inc a shrine to Mr  Gordon if you will.
(BusySignalspace)





64 Den Of Drumz - Badawi vs Kode 9 (ROIR)

I still reckon Kode 9 got a right raw deal, when the first Burial album overshadowed the superb Memories Of The Future. His instrumental remix of Badawi is a scorching standalone, that is downright scary on a big rig. 
(buy)
(Badawispace)
(ROIRweb)


DEN OF DRUMZ - KODE 9 vs BADAWI

63. Death Is Not Final/T++ Remix - Shackleton (Skull Disco)

Another impossible to separate doubled headed 12" of magnificent doomlyness. The 'Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals' double-disc has both of these unfathomably deep tracks on it and the 12" is still havailable, no excuses................
(buy)
(Skull Disco web)


DEATH IS NOT FINAL - SHACKLETON

62 Day'n'Nite - Kid Cudi (10 Deep)
Links to the mixtape, and more on the Cleveland Kid and serial list offender, a few posts down. Couldn't resist sticking New Jersey dubstepper Widdler's take on it, he's got a new 12" on Thorpe's Studio Rockers label which I'm currently a-waiting on.

DAY'N'NITE - KID CUDI

DAY'N'NITE (WIDDLER DUBSTEP REMIX) - KID CUDI


61. CCTV – LV & Dandelion (Hyperdub)

This should be a statutory lesson for the BBQ dub crowd, carrying all the mellow vibes but real bite and purpose throughout. Proper oper stuff, and LV's recent remix of Zomyby's 'The Lie' and other bits and pieces rate him as a bit of a potential player for '09. 
(Dandelionspace)
(LVspace)
(Hyperdubspace)

CCTV – LV & DANDELION

60 Calypso-On-Seng - Dubdub-On-Seng (Japonica)
see this post


the rest soon, but don't hold your breath......

Nipponese Niceness Pt 1

Here's a couple of records from people I know next to nothing about, which is often the way with Japanese gear, and in this over-saturated information age where every shred of everything seems to be accessible to everyone, a bit of mystery is not necessarily a bad thing. Both of these tracks slightly remind me, in different ways, of 'Sandanista'-era Clash, and I'm certainly not mad at that. Without the power of Japanese script and via a little stenchworthy sleuthing I have managed to ascertain that Dubdub On-Seng are Yasuhiko Tanaka aka Marron on guitar and vocals with Manabu Sakata taking care of drums, electronics, acoustic guitar, mukkuri (a tension jaw harp of the Ainu people of Hokkaido in Northern Japan, generally played by women... so they say) and vocals. At least that's what they were on their 2006 album 'Spring',  which is pretty standard fare, and not a patch on this steel drum fuelled gentle stomper. Buying this, alongside a pile of recent dancehall sevens, I couldn't help but notice that the 120ish militaristic drums are not so far away from a lot of the better gear coming out of JA, I'm definitely looking forward to lurching out, or in, to some Jam 2 or SSMG rhythms at some future engagement with this pan-tastic, distinctive depth charge designed for the deviant dancefloor. 

Conversely Dachambo have their own website and allsorts, and I kind of wish they didn't. The DJ Quiet Storm (great name, makes me think of Mobb Deep and soulful slow-jams from the white suit days of yore) remix of the curiously titled 'Brrrrrappi!' just sits on the right side of indulgent (especially in the guitar department), while the original definitely doesn't. The revelation that they're a jam band (uh oh) and a right bunch of far eastern hippies isn't too much of a surprise, yet I can still get with Quiet Storm's mix, especially when it slides into some sampled 'Swing Easy' towards the end. The vocal snippets are delightfully kitsch in the way that only Japanese reggae vocalists can get away with, and have caused me to wander around the house inexplicably muttering 'ragga lagga' (whatever that means) 'pam pam' etc for a couple of weeks. Luxuriate in these lengthy mp3's, then please click your way to a purchase. I have found Jet Set's service to be excellent (they also have their own label as well as three shops, check them out) and their prices pretty reasonable, but Juno are also good on the Japanese biz if you can handle the bill. 

(Buy) from Jetset
(Buy) from Juno
(Japonicaspace)
(Website)
(DubMarronicsspace)

DUBDUB ON-SENG - CALYPSO ON-SENG
(Buy) from Jet Set
(Buy) from Juno
(Dachambaspace)
(Website)

DACHAMBO - BRRRRRAPPI! (DJ QUIET STORM REMIX)


More oddities from up there to come....