Rhythm Inc special on Radio Citta del Capo

A short advance notice to let you know that Rhythm Inc will be doing a special live broadcast on Radio Citta del Capo, based in Bologna, Italy, next wednesday, June 3rd. We’ll be airing as part of the Lains for Laions show, which is run by good friend of ours Cris Adamo (the man behind ITF Italy and T-Turn among other things).

This special show will take place during the Original Cultures pilot event, as Rhythm Incursions is an official media partner for the project. We’ll have special guests in the studio with us including 2tall / Om Unit, Tatsuki and Tayone. So tune in for 2h of fresh music and a few surprises!

To recap: Wednesday 3rd June, from 21.30 to 23.30 GMT. To stream live on the internet go to the Radio Citta del Capo website and click the ‘ASCOLTA LIVE’ button located on the top-left hand side of the screen underneath the logo. Hell we might even Twitter the proceedings so make sure you follow us too.

Finale – Issues

Finale is an MC from Detroit who recently released his first album, ‘A Pipe Dream and a Promise’, which features production from the likes of Nottz, Flying Lotus, Oddisee, Jay Dee, Black Milk as well as Switzlerland-based Dimlite, better known for his electronic music/hip hop experimentations.

You can download the Dimlite-produced track ‘Issues’ below. Here’s the official word on it:
“The latest track from Finale’s debut album A Pipe Dream & A Promise, “Issues,” traces the difficulties of growing up in a less than ideal situation and doing what you have to do to make the best of it. Supported by the electronic beat of Swiss producer Dimlite, Finale spits verses of true stories about those who have had to face adversity in their life. Finale offered this explanation of the track: “When I got the beat, Dimlite just sent me the drums and I wrote it within an hour. I thought of the craziest and most real stories. I think rappers forget to show the moral of the story. I think they are so used to telling the outlandish, most gangsteriffic crap, they forget to tell the stories that people can relate to, like teen pregnancy, like my mom was 15 when she had me.”

Personally it’s growing on me a lot, much more than the Jay Dee produced one which was leaked a few weeks back. The album, ‘A Pipe Dream and a Promise’, is out now. Buy it from iTunes here (iTunes link).

Thanks to Audible Treats for the hook up.

Download the track here (right click and save as)

Rhythm Incursions: May 09

Right then, we roll into the summer months like a heatwave with a show packed to the rafters with new music, exclusives and a few old favourites. In a bit of a departure from our normal shows, I opted for more of a mix feel to the show this month. With so much music to showcase that was the logical option, though you still have the pleasure of my unimmitable presenting style, complete with dodgy French accent.

On the show this month we have new music from Nadsroic, Mike Slott, Dimlite, Danny Breaks, Scienz of Life, 2nd Class Citizen, Ceschi, Dizz1, Mad EP, DJ Food, King Midas Sound, Architeq, Om Unit, Memory9, Wrongtom vs Roots Manuva, Loops Haunt, Paul White, Fulgeance, FaltyDL, Joker, The Grouch, Busdriver, Ben Sharpa, Machine Drum, Waajeed, Dorian Concept, and more.

And if all that wasn’t enough we’ve also got two mini features this month: one on the excellent new Beat Dimensions vol2 compilation from Jay Scarlett and Cinnaman and the other on Nosaj Thing, who releases his debut album this month on Alpha Pup. The Nosaj Thing feature was long overdue considering how much we’ve enjoyed and supported his music on the show over the last year.

So without further ado, get stuck in with Rhythm Incursions May, 75 minutes of musical goodness to help bring in the summer vibes. Full details on where to buy all the releases can be found in the playlist.

As a last note a big thank you to all the listeners and visitors who have made Rhythm Incursions such a popular show according to our stats: we’re clocking an average of 1200 downloads a day across the site, which is no mean feat and a pleasure to know considering Rhythm Incursions is a totally independent show run by ourselves in our own time. The best reward is to know that people are enjoying what we do, so once more a big thank you to all listeners past, present and future.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
Illa J – Timeless – Delicious Vinyl
fLako x Noir – Milky Way – Kwatro, download EP here
Diamond District – I Mean Business – Self released, download the LP here
Dizz1 – Konotakosuke Yaro – Rush Hour, taken from Beat Dimensions vol2, Ep2
Ceschi ft. 2mex and Awol One – Same Old Love Song – Equinox records
Fulgeance – Smartbanging – One Handed Music
Dimlite – Quiz Tears – All City Records
Mike Slott – Home – Fat City Recordings
Danny Breaks + Adlib – The Sound – Rush Hour, taken from Beat Dimensions vol2, Ep1
2nd Class Citizen – The Day You’re Lost or Found – Equinox records
Scienz of Life – Galactic BBoy – Project Mooncircle
Mad EP – eb minor – Acroplane, download LP here
Lorn – Running Ink – Brainfeeder
Mini feature starts
Plastic Little ft MF Doom – More Tongue Less Teeth (Nosaj rmx) – Download here
Daedelus – It’s Madness (Nosaj rmx) – Alpha Pup
Nosaj Thing – FWD – Rush Hour, taken from Beat Dimensions vol2, Ep1
Nosaj Thing – IOIO – Alpha Pup
Mini feature ends
DJ Food – A Trick of the Ear – Ninja Tune
King Midas Sound – Ting Dub – Hyperdub
Arquiteq – Birds of Dub (Architeq version) – Tirk Recordings
Roots Manuva – Do No Bodda Mi (Wrongtom version) – Ninja Tune
Memory9 – GeoDub – Memory9
Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer – Unreleased
Nadsroic – Room Mist – LuckyMe
Paul White – Flying Across Tokyo – One Handed Music
The Grouch and Eligh ft Blu – Old Souls – Legendary Music
Easy & The Center of the Universe – Legend of Selda – Ramp Recordings
FaltyDL – To London – Ramp Recordings
Starkey – Miracles (Jamie Vexd remix) – Planet Mu
Joker – Untitled RSN – Tectonic Recordings
Busdriver – Me Time (With The Pulmonary Palimpsets) – Anti Recordings
Ben Sharpa – Hegemony – Jarring Effects
Om Unit – Ether – Terrorhythm
Machine Drum ft Marisa Champoonote – Thisgo Ball – Norm Rex
Waajeed – Tetris – Scion
Fatima, Cohen, Cuthead and Dorian Concept – Do I Know You? – Red Bull Music Academy

Win a limited edition Paul White album!

Its no secret we’re huge fans of both Paul White and his label One-Handed Music, whose releases have been consistently excellent to date. So, to celebrate the release of Paul’s excellent new album “The Strange Dreams of Paul White” we thought we’d shake down the label for one of the deluxe copies of the album that comes in a screen-printed pillowcase. All you need to do is this: email us the name of one other artist on One-Handed Music, sending your entry to paulwhitecontest@rhythm-incursions.com. That’s it. Simple eh? Deadline for entries is Friday, 5th June.

If you’ve not heard Paul’s album, head over to his excellent Bandcamp page where you can preview all tracks on the spot. I’d also recommend you check his other releases, where you can buy both digital downloads (on a very fair “name your price” basis) and CD copies if you prefer.

Oh and someone was saying to me the other day that he never enters contests because he never thinks he’ll win. Now, not to give too much away here, but trust us, the entries for this aren’t as huge in number as you’d think, so your chances of winning are excellent indeed. Go!

DDay One – In Session no.5

Our man in L.A returns for another dose of musical therapy including plenty of exclusive forthcoming tracks. It’s over to him.

“Hope all is well y’all….

You already know the deal Rhythm Squadron keeps it coming! PLAY IT LOUD! + Support the artists

Rest in peace Tony D, your sound lives on through the Universal selector….

HIT ME UP – www.myspace.com/ddayone + www.twitter/ddayone + myspace.com/contentlabel”

Download the show here (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Marques Lafelt – Headgames ft. Honick (exclusive)
Outkast – Ain’t No Thang
Glue Kids – Where Have All the Flowers gone
Dj Premier – Sing Like Bilal
Dj Vadim – Game Tight
Mr. Cooper – Inertia (Dday One Remix)
Harmonic 313 – Falling Away ft. Steve Spacek
Jazz Not Jazz – Unchained Reaction
Nocando – Other ft. Busdriver
Escher – Snap Dub
Glen Porter – Um
Two Fingers – Not Perfect
Boxcutter – Sidetrack
Luke Vibert – London
Art of Noise – Moments in Love (Caspa Remix)
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
Skull – Crash
Aupheus – Fourth Dimension (www.myspace.com/aupheus) ***
Ital Tek – Tokyo Freeze
Antti Szurawitzki – Muistinpano
Ital Tek – Slow Step in 97

Peace**
Dday One
May 09

The beat generation interprets Sun Ra

Regardless of what you might think of the current beat/instrumental hip hop movement, one of the most interesting things about it is just how well the whole thing lends itself to the reinterpretation of other genres and classics. It’s no surprise considering that reinterpretation has been a cornerstone of hip hop production since the beginning, when loops and breaks were getting chopped up. Today though the new generation of producers are taking things further thanks in no small part to the internet and modern technology allowing people to link together regardless of distance and make use of a wealth of recorded music.

With this in mind, it was a surprise to see something pop up on twitter yesterday about a bunch of producers, including L.A’s Ras G, having released a mix of reinterpretations of Sun Ra. The surprise quickly turned to pleasure when I started listening to it. There isn’t a wealth of information about it, beyond a tracklist, some art (one of which is used in this post) and a link to a myspace page for Re:source who seem to be the mastermind behind this effort. Looking at the tracklist it features quite a few known names to us, such as the aforementioned Ras G, Powell from Paris, Elaquent from Canada and Ichiro from Tokyo. Can’t say I’m too familiar with all the others though a few names ring a bell. See below for yourself.

As for the music, as I said it’s definitely worthy of your time and a keeper as far as I’m aware. It’s easy to see the inspiration that all the producers drew from, Sun Ra’s music, and yet they’ve all managed to come through with different takes, sounds, moods and atmospheres resulting in a 1h30 of instrumental goodness. Definitely a fitting tribute to an artist who I think would no doubt approve of such a project.

Looking on the myspace it seems the good people over at Monday Jazz are going to be airing this on their show, but in the meantime you can download it from the link below. Big thanks to @scaloni for the tip!

Download the mix here (via sendspace, zip file)

Alternative link:
Download the zip here

Tracklist:
Electric Egypt the invisible spectrum
Ras_G jouful noise!!!
Space Monk hello sun ra
Afro Bluu all systems go
SoulJim sun ra beat
Ichiro mori
Movementss cosmos
Powell popcorn contact
Skipless sometimes the universe speech
Samon Kawamura antique black
Sauce travel
SK.ILL 5:49 in the a.m.
Blak Maul china gate
Space Monk majestic waves
Stevo into the sun
Sudan Life what i learned from le sony’r
Elaquent calling planet earth
The Billion Dollar Quartet sun ra project
Cozmos one for the sun
Infinite Potentials not like planet earth
SK.ILL graveyard planet
-G-R-A-D-E- summer in paris
Ravage Beats 2012 sun ra 2012 mix
Don Bo anhk
Blunted Monks lars vertoht de sun ra et
Samon Kawamura imagination
Soul Kid shine like the sun
SoulJim Moon Shoes
-G-R-A-D-E- bad character
Dank Grooves the final sun
Jomac sun rawness
The Samurai i am sun ra
Depakote one for the sun
Sun Ra space is the place (Live)

Beat Dimensions continues sonic explorations with vol2

Two years ago Beat Dimensions vol1 was released. Compiled by Jay Scarlett and Cinnaman (based in/around the UK, Germany and Holland) it was a particularly accurate and representative snapshot of a growing undercurrent in hip hop toward a return to focus on the beats and the producer. Not only that, it was more than a euro- or american-centric view of this producing renaissance taking in work from across the globe and spotlighting certain producers who in the subsequent years would go on to receive a fair bit of attention and critical acclaim.

In the two years since its release, Beat Dimensions has become a real point of reference and accordingly the follow-up has been quite anticipated. The wait is over as Beat Dimensions vol2 is upon us – split across 3 EPs and both vinyl and digital formats. EP 1 drops this week, while EP 2 will drop next week both on vinyl. The digital releases of each will follow a week later. Following this EP 3 and a 7″ release will be available after the summer, most likely around September, and there is then talk of an album release too. So as you can see the wait has been for a reason with Jay and Cinnaman putting in some serious work to try and ensure the series lives up to the high standards it set itself. All releases are distributed by Rush Hour, full tracklist and details below.

I met Cinnaman in Amsterdam earlier this year and he mentioned how keen both he and Jay were to not rush the release and to ensure that they actually upped the quality of the series rather than just cash in on its previous success and the current trendyness and popularity of the beat scene and the whole hip hop meets electronic music movement. Having heard the first 2 EPs I’d say they’ve definitely managed that; once more their selection is varied, taking in established names as well as upcoming producers from around the globe (including Pakistan, not your first port of call for upcoming producers), and there is a distinct feel of progression from the first volume. The only downside may well be that with the current excess of attention surrounding the beat scene and the resulting copycat mentality that has led to too many people sounding the same in the last few years, the impact of vol2 is unlikely to be anywhere near as ‘powerful’ as vol1 though that was always a given I guess. More importantly the guys are obviously aware of this and have aimed to put together something that can actually show the quality of music being made amid the mass of copycats and throwaway beats.

Beat Dimensions vol2 features quite a few of our own favourites producers of recent times including Nosaj Thing, Mono/Poly and Fulgeance and the return of the one and only Danny Breaks, somebody who we’ve been fans of for years and who is an often forgotten ‘pioneer’ of this whole beat thing. For that reason alone it’s great to see him included on there, alongside Adlib from the Noisy Stylus crew, who should be no stranger to regular listeners of Turntable Radio.

I’ll be airing a couple of cuts from the first 2 volumes on the May show which goes live next week. In the meantime though get your pre-order/order on via Rush Hour or any reputable physical or online shop (UK people may want to try Juno or Boomkat for example). More info about the other releases on the Beat Dimensions myspace page.

Beat Dimensions vol 2 EP 1
Dalt Wisney – R2FUX
Danny Breaks and Dj Adlib – The Sound
Kenlo Craqnuques – Zoed
Mono/Poly – Distant From
Nosaj Thing – FWD

Beat Dimensions vol 2 EP 2
Dimlite – Ravemond’s Young Problems
Dizz1 – Konotakosuke Yaro
Dorian Concept – Be Tween
Fulgeance – Haggis
Samiyam – Swamp Tarts

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