You might gave heard about Africa HiTech on the low or heard some exclusives on Benji B‘s Deviation. I’ve always loved “Too Late” which was on the RBMA “Various Assets” CD and last year Warp released a compilation (2010 from Warp Records) with “Blen” on it. Both were probably the fruit of a remarkable cooperation between Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek at the Red Bull Music Academy 2007 in Toronto….thus forming Africa HiTech. This contemporary mix of Dubstep and Soultronica has people going nuts and of course we’ve been pumping this for a minute. I can easily say this is one of the most anticipated releases coming out this year.
Their first official 12″ is a fact and will be dropping next week on Warp. It contains a “Blen”, plus a remix and a brand new track called “The Sound of Tomorrow”. It’s already available on vinyl at Rush Hour for the early birds with a craving for vinyl instead of worms. Expect their EP to drop soon as well, but in the meantime lets focus on the 12″ and let it take you there.
Africa HiTech – The Sound of Tomorrow (snippet)
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Eventhough Belgians are a strange species…I like them. We met one of their kind that goes by the name Alex from On-Point last month at Plastic People (Theo Parrish). To my big surprise Alex shot me a message this weekend saying: “If you sleep on this one, you’d better stop blogging”. I was shocked to have received this threat and got ready to pack up my stuff, shut the website down and go find another hobby untill I decided to actually listen to what Alex sent me
I must admit these alien sounds did take some getting used to, but my peoples from UpHigh Collective managed to “Blend” me over. On the flip you can find Title with “Caravan” and in case you need any more info on this double sided 7″…it can be found HERE. If you were wondering where to buy this foreign product…please visit Rush Hour to pre-order. Remember this is a limited release (only 500 copies) and it drops this weekend.
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Recently we received some heavy hitters on Circulations and I can tell you they’re not standing still. This Japanese label just released Busy‘s now album “M0ths” and asked we would like to share this low quality, free download with you all. Give “A Camphoraceous Elixir” a listen and if you like what you hear head over to and BUY the new album or pre-order the vinyl at Rush Hour.
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In just two more weeks the third installment of the L.A. Series drops. This time you get Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program (Poobah) and Samiyam (Brainfeeder/Hyperdub) on the same EP. Shout out to Olan and the other at All City Records for providing us with a shitload of music these past few months. Our friends at RBMA dropped this new joint “Fishsticks” (low-res) today, so we decided to share it as well. My favourite joint is “Space” by Sam so pre-order the EP at Rush Hour if you want the whole shebang..
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Floating Points aka Sam the Scientist is back with another 12″ on Eglo Records. On the A-side we find “Peoples Potential” which was already out on a limited white label and is now officially released with “Shark chase” on the flip side. We urge you to buy good music and especially when it’s a vinyl only release like this. Our friends over at Rush Hour have it in stock so hurry up and BUY!
Floating Points – Peoples Potential (snippet)
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London connect baby! We met Nick from Spine TV before Theo Parrish played at Plastic People last week. Homegirl Fatima who’s “Mind Travellin’ EP just dropped gets nothing but love. Check out this dope documentary about the Eglo fam and why Fatima is missing some hair. Big ups to Alex, Steve and Sam of course.
Young Jazz Rebels is a Madlib jazz group from the Yesterdays Universe collective. Their debut album “Slave Riot” is an avant-garde free jazz record, a style Madlib has been developing with Young Jazz Rebels since their debut on 2006′s Chrome Children compilation with the track “Nino’s Deed”.
Inspired primarily by independent and experimental jazz vinyl from the late 60s, 70s and 80s, Slave Riot begins and ends with audible vinyl static, and it’s packaged uniform with Madlib’s other new jazz release, Miles Away: CD with heavy-boarded mini-gatefold LP-style package with a “tip-on” gatefold photo and inner sleeve. The double LP is printed with a duo-tone black panther on front & back. The Young Jazz Rebels: Melvin Hampson, Juggy Lewis, Lena Hamilton, Mary Jane, Tyrone Crumb, Lamont Parker, Monk Hughes, Brother Dave L. Produced & Arranged by Madlib.
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My oh my, what a year this is promising to be. So many good releases when it comes to Electronic Beats. We have the new Mr. Dibiase“Cakeology” release on Fat City and what a selection of goodness this is. A few joints on here are nothing less than amazing! “Brazilian Lady” is just mind-boggling and even comes close to a Pete Rock production in my book. A few of you might have snagged this from his Myspace already, but it’s official now. Another favourite of mine is “Be Fly” which is soothing and eases ones mind. All in all a quality EP with some heavy hitters on it if you ask me. You can BUY the vinyl at our friends at Rushhour so you’d better order while supllies last.
Mr. Dibiase – Brazilian Lady
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Mr. Dibiase – Be Fly
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You might know Tom Trago from his banging “Fluorgreen Legged Gangster” track on Beat Dimensions or you might have heard some of his more recent, housey style of music. Either way, you have to check out his new “Voyage Direct” remix EP via Rushhour containing some dope remixes. The first remix we wanted to share is by FS Green and the second is by Sotu the Traveller. Please enjoy these and support your local artist by making a purchase if you like the EP.
UPDATE: Just got word from FS Green that Rushhour is going to release the FS Green remix of “Voyage Direct” on a 7″ and the b-side will contain an extra FS remix. Mo money, mo Green…what you know about that?
Tom Trago – Voyage Direct (FS Green Remix)
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Tom Trago – Voyage Direct (Sotu the Traveller Remix)
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I know we’ve all been waiting for Georgia Anne Muldrow‘s latest album “King’s Ballad” to drop and here it is at last! I browsed through it myself rather quickly, but I think it’s definately worth taking a listen to. You can hear she went her own way on this album and for those that love the old Georgia Anne…you might not love this album that much. I do think that this is a more mature album and eventhough it sounds more poppy, it has a couple of heavy hitters on it! Take this ballad with Dudley Perkins“Summer Love” for instance. That right there is my summer 2010 joint fo sho. Head on over to Rushhour to buy the CD or get yourself a copy on vinyl!
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Summer Love
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