Rhythm Incursions September 09

We roll firmly into autumn with an extended show, clocking at just under 2 hours. Fear not though as it’s a case of all the good bits and none of the fat, combined with a majority of tracks being longer than usual and my opting to let them play out. Also this month we shine a light on one of our favourite, and often slept on, producers: 2econd Class Citizen.

New music comes from the likes of Breakestra, Kid Koala, Shafiq Husayn, Om Unit, Subeena, Kryptic Minds, Shawn Lee, Dorian Concept, Dextah and more. We’ve got previews of forthcoming albums from Foreign Beggars, Aardvarck, Themselves, Robot Koch and the aforementioned 2econd Class Citizen. From the deeper ends of the dubstep spectrum to cinematic instrumental hip hop via modern boom bap and lush vocals, we’ve got it all nicely covered.

2econd Class Citizen, signed to Equinox Records, is someone who’s been on our radar for years now, since the Needlework days, and ahead of his debut album on the German label we’ve put together a small selection of tracks from his discography, including some favourites like Wishin Well. Fans of instrumental hip hop, especially towards the more cinematic, moody end of things, should definitely pay attention if the name isn’t already familiar to them. Not only that the man has an incredible knack for flipping samples in a haunting fashion as well as blending a certain folk aesthetic into his beats.

As usual check the tracklist below for full details of where to cop the music, how to support the artists and more. Subscribers should have the podcast on its way to their hard drives as we speak, and if you haven’t already then may we suggest you add our RSS feed or iTunes channel to your favourites?

Stay tuned for more guest mixes and some surprises throughout October. Up next it’s back to L.A with DDay One.

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Tracklist:
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – East – Ubiquity
Breakestra – Dark Clouds Rain Soul (dub) – Strut
The Slew – Wrong Side of the Tracks – Download the album from Kid Koala’s site
Cloud Ni9E – Kamiaritsuki – Musou Productions
Paul White – Versus the BBC – One Handed Music
Take aka Sweatson Klank – Self Awakening – Unreleased
Dabrye ft MF Doom – Air (Robot Koch & Flako remix) – Unreleased
Robot Koch ft Manya – While – Robots Don’t Sleep / Project Mooncircle
Alice Russell – All Alone (DJ Day and Clutchy Hopkins remix) – Little Poppet
M64 – In The Pocket (Dert remix) – Recordbreakin
Lambent – Wow Wow Thing – Project Mooncircle
Mini feature starts – 2econd Class Citizen
2econd Class Citizen – Wishing Well (re-wyred mix) – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – For This We’ll Find No End – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – A New Day – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – The Day You’re Lost or Found – Equinox Records
Mini feature ends
Themselves – Daxstrong – Anticon
Kryptic Minds – 768 – Tectonic Recordings
Subeena ft. Jamie Woon and Ommas Keith – Solidify – Planet Mu
Al Haca – Cryptonite (TRG remix) – Unreleased (Free download)
Ikonika – We Could Be Ikons – Planet Mu
Om Unit – Encoded – Unreleased
Thavius Beck – Go! (Offshore remix) – Big Dada
Shafiq Husayn – The U.N Plan – Plug Research
Dorian Concept – Tropical Hands – Affine Records
Architeq ft. Junior Williams – Nothing – Tirk recordings
Robert Logan – Accurate Spit Boy (Bass Clef remix) – Slowfoot
Aardvarck – Tldt – Eat Concrete
Foreign Beggars – No Holes Barred – Dented
Lefty is Uzi Scott – Never Knew Me (prod. by Dextah) – Uzi Records
Raekwon ft Inspectah Deck, Ghostface, Method Man – House of Flying Daggers – Iceal
Vast Aire & MF Doom – Supafriendz (Dabrye remix) – Takeshi Records
Scuba – Symbiosis – Hotflush Recordings

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna 09 mix

Things have been a bit quiet round these parts, as we work away at preparing some exciting shows, but we’ve still got some tricks up our sleeves. First of which is this exclusive mix of the first Original Cultures showcase which took place in Bologna, Italy earlier this year. Featuring the musical talents of Om Unit (aka 2tall), from the UK, Tatsuki, from Japan, and Tayone, from Italy, alongside special guest Bruno Briscik on cello bass, the mix highlights some of the best bits of a 2h30 showcase that was truly unique in many ways.

Why unique I hear you ask? Well because all of the music played on the night (apart from Om Unit’s solo set) was created in the days prior to the showcase in a series of workshops between the 3 artists. They’d never met each other before, barely spoke the same languages (Tayone speaks no English) and communicated primarily through music. In the space of 3 days, and roughly 24 hours of actual workshops, they put together 12 tracks and a one hour showcase. Alongside all this, 3 visual artists from the UK and Italy also worked for 3 days alongside the musicians to create a visual show to compliment the music. The result included live painting, an animation and Chinese-shadow based visual displays, all of which formed an integral part of the showcase alongside the music.

For more information on what happened during the workshops and to listen to a two-part audio documentary from which this mix is taken, check part 1 here and part 2 here. There are also additional mixes from the workshops to download on the Original Cultures site. Also look out for a video documentary at the end of september.

Be sure to check the website for full details and if your curiosity has been piqued than check this exclusive mix and look out for a full digital release of the entire audio from the showcase later this year.

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Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone ft. Bruno Briscik – Live in Bologna 09
Tracklist:
Tatsuki – solo showcase
Om Unit – solo showcase
Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone ft Bruno Briscik – live showcase
Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone ft Bruno Briscik – encore