Future Classics

Future Classic: Jack Dixon “Seventy Six” Original & Sepalcure Remix

I didn’t mean to feature two Sepalcure related tracks back to back (following last week’s Braille‘s EP), but it’s not like I have control over these things. I mean did you plan what music you’d listen to today when you picked out your outfit this morning? I hope not, because …

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Future Classic: Braille “The Year 3000/Leavin’ Without You”

It was love at first hear. I’m talking about Braille‘s Leavin’ Without You. Back in early May I didn’t even get to hear the full track, all I got was about 1-2 minutes of snippet on the Rush Hour website. But that was enough for me to fall for it …

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Future Classic: Lando Kal “Further/Time Out”

Lando Kal, aka Antaeus Roy and half of Lazer Sword, released his solo debut EP last month on Hotflush Recordings. Hailed from the Bay Area (Hello, San Francisco!) and now based in Berlin, Lando Kal brings a broad spectrum of influences from Detroit Techno to House to RnB to UK …

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Music Documentaries

Swindle “Mood Swings” Video

One of the dopest songs of 2011 gets the skitzoid video treatment!

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Lexis “UK Garage Forever Vol. 1″ (2 Step Classics)
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Lexis “UK Garage Forever Vol. 1” (2 Step Classics)

I’ve been planning this one for a little while now. If you want to read the whole back story to the mix, I strongly suggest you read my post. I’ve always had a really deep love for UK Garage so when it was time to record this mix it was …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Deadboy – Here

2010 was an extremely successful year of releases for Deadboy. With the success of the “If U Want Me” his Fact Mix,  Ca$h Antic$ and his remix of Drake’s “Fireworks” under his belt he’s on a roll of hits. Deadboy’s newest release titled “HERE” hasn’t lost that momentum generated last …

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Free Track: Mount Kimbie “Baves Chord”

Kai Campos and Dom Maker—the prolific London duo known as Mount Kimbie—have announced news of their next EP, Carbonated, to be released June 27 on Hotflush. Among the tunes featured on Carbonated are the title track, and previously unreleased numbers “Bave’s Chords” and “Flux,” along with remixes from Airhead, Peter …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Groove Chronicles “Stone Cold” (1997)

Straight up this is probably my favorite 2step track of all time. Yes, it does fall under the whole UK Garage family tree but it is probably one of the few tracks that describe what the whole 2step sub-genre was. Rolling bassline, Skippy beats, Soulful vocal bits. For any of …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Wiley “Numbers in Action”

Ahhhhh. Sigh of relief… Wiley returns to the Ninja Tune / Big Dada label on which he released one of his best records: 2007’s “Playtime is over” The Eskiboy himself is back on top of a really minimal but effective production that follows in the footsteps of his collaboration with …

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Future Classic: Burial “Street Halo”

Yeah, the hardcore heads already know that this has been out for a few days but I like to digest releases for a few days before giving my humble opinion on them. So after almost three years after the last Burial LP – an album that was pretty much hailed …

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Future Classic: Instra:mental “Thomp”

Oooh, calling all true Techno & Garage heads. A preview release for the upcoming INSTRA:MENTAL record on NonPlus Records. Other than the fact that Instra:mental aka Boddika are one of my favorite producers in the genre, this is yet another hot project for the very underrated NonPlus Records. They always …

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Future Classic: Burial & Four Tet & Thom Yorke “Mirror”

A two track collaborative twelve inch from Burial + Four Tet + Thom Yorke… “A-side is titled ‘EGO’, AA-side titled ‘MIRROR’. Plain black house bag and black label. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Four Tet, and dubstep enigma Burial have teamed up for a 12″ on Four Tet’s Text record label. Between …

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