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We’ve been using Mixcloud for almost a year now mainly thanks to their usability and handy widget. When they asked us to take part in their “Celebration of Curation” campaign, we felt honoured to be a part of it and so the whole team got together to put together a mix worthy of this celebration. In the playlist you’ll find some brand new, as well as classic, Electronic Beats, Hip Hop, Broken and even some Soulful House music. Some of the biggest editorial voices in the world of music were invited to produce an exclusive Cloudcast for their campaign – 31 days, 31 curators, 31 Cloudcasts. Go check out what we and our colleagues from BBC1xtra, Red Bull Music Academy, Laid Back, XLR8R and others have put together HERE.

DOWNLOAD: Moovmnt Celebration of Curation Mix (rightclick to save)

One of the standout tracks from ‘None An Island‘ combines Lorn’s trademark overt emotionalism, brutality and bleakness into something transcendentally beautiful. Brainfeeder labelmate Samiyam then takes ‘Brainwaves’ and converts it into a lowriding, limping journey into paranoia and fear. Lorn ups the ante yet again by returning with two new original tracks, ‘Never Enough’, which uses a distorted, rasping, alien voice to syncopate its rhythms, and ‘Until There Is No End’, which shows that Ortega’s grasp of melody is never compromised by the sheer heaviness of his tracks. You can buy Lorn’s ‘Nothing Else’ album HERE. None An Island will be released September 13th. Brainfeeder

Lorn X Samiyam – Brainwaves

Dibiase (pronounced Dee-Bee-Ah-See) is releasing his debut album “Machines Hate Me” on Alpha Pup Records next month. The album is an aural amusement ride filled with boom-bap cracks, 8-bit fantasies and half remembered soul chops. Growing up in Watts, the South Los Angeles neighborhood notorious for its race riots and inner city strife, Dibiase turned away from his gang-infested surroundings and resigned to his garage, where he found solace in video games. September 14th is the day of the release so jot it down…oh and for the real heads >> pre-order the album NOW!

Diabiase – Abstract [112kbps stream]

Dibiase – Lumberjack [320kbps free download]

Flying Lotus will follow up ‘Cosmogramma’ with a new EP called Pattern + Grid World released on Warp September 20. The EP will have seven tracks including ‘Camera Day’ and will be released on CD, Digital and Vinyl. Warp

Flying Lotus – Camera Day

Nameless outta Flint, Michigan is back with a new single for you guys. It’s called “Pick Up The Sticks” featuring Clear Soul Forces and will be on his upcoming project “16-Bit: Bonus Stages”. Keep an eye out for this project and others by visiting his Bandcamp page.

Nameless – Pick Up The Sticks Ft. Clear Soul Forces

Dutch producer Koen (from Groningen to be exact) released a free, digital download – “Outputs” – consisting of 7 beats. All beats were produced by Koen except for “681” which was produced by Koen & Jay Hats. Wake up Jay…wake up! I know you sleeping somewhere in your studio, while we’re all anxiously awaiting your debut album. Perhaps 2011 is your year…who knows. Many thanks to Koen for dropping this free download HERE on his Bandcamp.

Koen – 323

Koen & Jay Hats – 681

I’ve been bumping this Quazedelic joint for the longest, but it’s officially coming out. A collaboration between the fonk monk and Doggfather was destiny waiting to be fulfilled. “Hold On”, off Quazedelic’s upcoming debut LP, has Quaz and Snoop combining their smooth, similar styles from separate genres for the album’s first single. On October 5th “Stan Sly: Anuthaworld” will be available via Georgia Anne Muldrow’s and Declaime’s SomeOthasShip Connect.

Quazedelic – Hold On Ft. Snoop Dogg

Out this week the sneak peak to the “Fauna” album by Jneiro Jarel on Kindred Spirits. The full album will be available Fall 2010 and this 7″ includes “Amazonica” plus a non-album vocal mix from the track “See Them Cry” featuring Cilla K. This is a limited release so get you greedy little hands on a copy right HERE!

Jneiro Jarel – See Them Cry Ft. Cilla K [112kbps]

On-Point Records presents this double whammy from Belgian producers Oddlaner & Ducap from the Uphigh Collective. You might remember their first track ‘Blend’ that came out a while ago. While preparing their live show and with new music about to release, now seemed the appropriate time to share more sounds from this dynamic duo. Download EP1: Oddlaner HERE and for EP2: Ducap please click HERE.

Oddlaner – Uno Junk

Ducap – Mellowfunk

No this video is not about adding more Nike shoes to your collection at all! The name “Morenike” (moe-re-knee-ke), in Yoruba means ‘I have found one to cherish’ and is usually bestowed upon a much sought after female child. Taken from Siji‘s sophomore album “Adesiji” this song has earned it’s own videoclip. Special mention should also be made of Laron Land’s brilliant horn arrangements (part Afro, part Jazz/big band swing), which helped to lend significant weight to the feel and mood of the song. The album is available via for those that haven’t bought it yet.