We continue our July installments with the latest RIRS, aka Rhythm Incursions x Raid System, show from Tokyo, presented as always by the dynamic duo that is XLII and Broken Haze. This month the guys are bringing another heavy selection to the table, wider in its styles palette than in previous months and featuring quite a few forthcoming bits from the likes of Eccy, 1000 Names and XLII himself alongside recent and new releases from Blundetto, American Men, Erik L, RLP, Project Mooncircle, edIT, Freddy Todd and more.

As always RIRS comes to you in both English and Japanese and features 4 rounds of selection, 2 from each presenter. Direct download link, tracklist and stream player below. If you like what you hear be sure to go out there and support the artists.

Stay tuned for a guest mix from Mr Beatnick this friday followed by our regular show next week and the last guest spot of the month which will be an exclusive live recording of Draco, from Japan. Full details soon.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
XLII selection
Blundetto – Mustang – Heavenly Sweetness
John Robinson & Lewis Parker feat. East Koast, Tah Born, I.D. 4 Windz & Dynas – Godz Illa – Project Mooncircle
RLP – Bits N .Dots 2 – Oilworks
Erik L feat. Frank & Dank – Push It Up – Soularp Records
1000 Names – Machine City – Forthcoming Svetlana Industries

Broken Haze selection
AEED – Error Code (Ichiro_remix) – Error Broadcast
Fancy Mike – Death Proof – Stereoptico
SPLATINUM – Pumping Quarterz (Mochipet remix) – Daly City records
Knight Riderz – Voodoo – Free download
Freddy Todd – Grind Baby – Car Crash Set
Mux Mool – Get Better John – Ghostly
Bil Bless – Toothgut II – Self released
edIT – Pound 4 Pound – Free download

XLII Selection 2
XLII – G-Funk Cosmology – Forthcoming
Papuga – Spaceman – Unreleased
Schlachthofbronx – Ayoba (KU BO Remix) – Man Recordings
Eccy – High Society Groove – Forthcoming
Noisia – Split The Atom – Vision
Wolfgang Gartner – Fire Power – Kindergarten
Aaren San – Apes From Space (Dirtyloud Remix) – Aelaektropopp

Broken Haze Selection 2
Nit Grit – Abandoned (Sloth Logic Remix) – Self Released
DJ Fresh – Gold Dust (Flux Pavillion Remix) – MoS (free download)
Bassnectar – Magical World feat. Nelly Furtado – Free download
TORQUX/TWIST – 2012 (NumberNin6 remix) – Wicky Lindows
Freddy Todd – Space 5 Penthouse – Car Crash Set
Zeds Dead – White Satin – Self Released
B.Bravo – Computer love – Frite Nite
Jimmy Edgar – Hot Raw Sex (Machinedrum remix) – !K7, free download
American Men – AM System (Hudson Mohawke remix) – LuckyMe

We roll into the summer with another RIPL show from our man on the East Coast, Primus Luta. With the heatwaves blasting on all continents (well unless you’re south of the hemisphere I guess) he comes correct with 85 minutes of audio delicacies including new and recent releases from the likes of Oriol, FaltyDL, 1000 Names, Machinedrum, Eccy, Mux Mool, Throwing Snow, Darkwan, Erik L, Teebs & Jackhigh, Kuedo and many more.

He also takes time this month to shine a little light on Free the Robots, with an extensive mini feature that works as the perfect primer for anyone not familiar with this Californian producer. A favourite of Rhythm Inc since his first self-released EP 3 years ago, his official debut on Alpha Pup earlier this year has been in heavy rotation since it dropped and Primus Luta shines a light on this releease mainly with a seven track selection that will definitely leave you a fan by the end of it. Free The Robots’ ‘Ctr Alt Del’ is out now on Alpha Pup.

So that’s about it for this month, don’t think you need much more to convince to get on this so I’ll leave you in the capable hands of Primus Luta and stay tuned for guest mixes from Mr Beatnick, Draco and our FoF mix series later this month as well as the usual shows.

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Tracklist:
Oriol – LW – Planet Mu
Falty DL – Because You – Planet Mu
Machine Drum – Mean Mean – Forthcoming LuckyMe
1000 Names – La Boheme – Forthcoming Svetlana Industries
Beautiful Swimmers – Touch Base – Future Times
Hudson Mohawke – Snapdragon – Warp
Gold Panda – You – Ghostly
Say Uhns – A-Team – Say Uhns
Mux Mool – Goblin Town – Ghostly
Qua – Circles (Deru Remix) – Mush Records
Darkwan – JahWon – Tectonic
Africa Hitech – One Two – Warp
LennySlitz – Middle Management – The LennySlitz Project
Black Milk – Welcom (Gotta Go) – Free download
Throwing Snow – Cronos – Forthcoming Ho Tep
Free the Robots Mini-Feature
Free the Robots – Listen to the Future – Alpha Pup
Free the Robots – Turbulence – Alpha Pup
Mochipet – Complex Players (Free the Robots Remix) – Daly City Records
Free the Robots – Jupiter – Alpha Pup
Free the Robots – Word to your Mothership – Alpha Pup
Free the Robots – Lonely Traveler – Alpha Pup
Free the Robots – The Eye (feat. Ikey Owens) – Alpha Pup
Mini-Feature ends
Eccy – Refuse – Slye records
Take – Warm Ruin – All City Records
Teebs & Jackhigh – Comes To Mind (Josip Klobucar Remix) – Svetlana Industries (free download)
AEED – Perfect Flashing (feat Railster) – Error Broadcast
Erik L – Freaky Deaky – Soularp
Arp 101 – Dead Leaf – Eglo
Kuedo – Glow – Planet Mu
Slugabed – Quantum Leap – Planet Mu
Shlohmo – Tomato Smash – FoF Music
Blackpocket – Ura A Sta (Dbridge Remix) – Exit Records
Afta1 – The Time in Between Suite – LOVE
James Blake – I’ll Stay – R&S

We continue June’s installments with our new regular Rhythm Incursions x Raid System show aka RIRS. Presented by the dynamic duo of XLII and Broken Haze from the depths of the Tokyo undergound, or more accurately the comfort of the former’s rather nice studio in the Tokyo suburbs, RIRS June continues the good work they started last month by delivering over 60 mins of new and recently released tracks peppered with exclusives and remixes from their vaults.

For those who weren’t here last month when we announced our new shows, RIRS is presented in both English and Japanese by the Raid System crew and follows our regular show format with a tracklist of recent releases, favourites and forthcoming tracks going out every 3rd week of the month. Each month they’re joined by Primus Luta for the RIPL show (second week of the month) and ourselves for the regular Rhythm Incursions show (last week of the month).

As usual direct download links and stream below, and if you don’t want to have to download each time why not grab our RSS or iTunes feeds?

For now though sit back and enjoy another fresh selection which includes newness from Tokyo Dawn, Africa Hightech, Ital Tek, Soul Litchfield, Starkey, UpMyAlley, Steve Spacek, Himuro Yoshiteru, Poirier, Oilworks, Hessle Audio, Roska, Guido, Rustie, Freddy Todd and many more.

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Tracklist:
XLII’s selection
Swede:art – Wonkybikez – Tokyo Dawn
Ital Tek – Babel – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Slugabed – Titans – Planet Mu
Swede:art – I’m a R.O.B.O.T feat. Blaktroniks – Tokyo Dawn
Soul Litchfield – Myers – Saturn Never Sleeps
Africa Hightech – One Two – Warp
Funkineven – She’s Acid – Eglo records

Broken Haze’s selection
Big Gigantic – Get Your RowDY ON – 1320 Records (free download)
JSBL – The Flu (Dorian Concept Remix) – Affine Records
Blackpocket – Ur A Sta (dBridge Remix) – Exit Records
Lapti – Ghost With Motor (Demokracy In The Shell Mix) – Unreleased
fLako & Berghem – Put Chur Hand Up – Up My Alley
RLP – bits n .dots. 1 – Oilworks
Himuro Yoshiteru – Pay For What – Bedroom Research (free download)
Ramb Camp – B-Boy Shit (Tommy Wealth Remix) – Ramb Camp

XLII’s selection 2
Loops Haunt – Dusk Mechanics (Samoyed Mix) – Fortified Audio
Poirier – Enemies feat. Face-T (Sticky Remix) – Ninja Tune
Poirier – Gyal Secret Pictures feat. MC Zulu (Baobinga Remix) – Ninja Tune
Roska – Squark – Rinse Recordings
Virus Syndicate – Me and my ghetto blaster (Starkey Radio Edit) – Contagious Music
Jammer feat. Skepta, JME, C Gritz & Frisco – 10 Man Roll – Big Dada
Joe – Claptrap – Hessle audio
High Tone – Ollie Bible – Jarring Effects
Guido – You Do It Right – Punch Drunk
Mochipet – Turbo Thizz Petnation (Mindelixir) – Daly City Records

Broken Haze’s selection 2
RQM – Color Fade (Broken Haze remix) – Forthcoming Baby Sumo
Ikonika – Look(Final Boss Stage) – Hyperdub
Mr.Rodgers – Bird Box (Starkey Remix) – Innerflight
8Bitch – G41 (Rustie Remix) – Slit Jockey
Flux Pavillion – Normalize – Circus
Freddy Todd – Exponential Time ft.Rihanna – Bootleg
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead (Borgore Remix) – Passion Pit Jams
The Infesticons – Bombs Anthem (Kraddy Remix) – Big Dada

Primus Luta returns for the latest installment of his RIPL monthly show, and once more it’s a killer selection with 100 mins of fresh new sounds and recent favourites.

This month’s RIPL brings you new and forthcoming bits from Breakage, Charless Trees, 8Bitch, High Tone, Deru, Killer Mike, Lopez, Swede:art, Africa Hitech, Quest, Rudi Zygadlo, Soul Lichtfield, Ital Tek, Homeboy Sandman and more while we check in with recent favourites from Mike Slott, Ikonika, Venetian Snares, Four Tet and more. From pop-minded hip hop to heard hitting beats and disjointed electronica to sub bubblers we cover a lot of ground for an exhilarating ride.

Look out for a brand new RIPL logo and a full site revamp next month that will make it easier to follow all our new regular shows and guest mixes and in the meantime get comfy and get stuck into RIPL June 2010. Next up is the June edition of RIRS next week and then our regular Rhythm Inc show in two weeks.

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Tracklist:
Breakage – Together (f/ Elucid) – Digital Soundboy
Africa Hitech – Blen – Warp
Mexicans With Guns – Me Gusto (f/ Chico Mann) – FoF Music
High Tone – Liquordub – Jarring Effects
Quest – Wind Tunnel – Forthcoming Deep Medi Musik
Mochipet – Ghetto Puddin Pet (Lilyliver Remix) – Daly City Records
Slugabed – Clunk Clunk – Astro:Dynamics
Himuro Yoshiteru – We, Mess-Age – Murder Channel
Swede:art – Wonkybikez – Forthcoming Tokyo Dawn
Mono/Poly – Black Box Matrix Death – Tasteful Licks
Actress – The Kettle Men – Honest Jon’s
Venetian Snares – Chainsaw Fellatio – Planet Mu
Nerve – Ghost Life – Nerve
Rudi Zigadlo – Magic in the Afternoon – Planet Mu
Ki En Ra – Ghanacondor – Forthcoming Up My Alley
Ital Tek – Infinite – Planet Mu
Soul Litchfield – G – Saturn Never Sleeps
Leonard Dstroy – Latitude – Self released
Homeboy Sandman – The Essence – Self released
Killer Mike – Swimming (prod. Flying Lotus) – SMC (free download)
The Groove – Jordan Rockswell – All City
Charles Trees – Mahjongg – Musique Large
Mike Slott – Amanallah – LuckyMe
Lopez – Neon Lights – Keep Up
Ellen Allien – Dream – Bpitch Control
Subeena – Morphic Chaos – Opit
Ikonika – Psoriasis – Hyperdub
8Bitch – G41 – Slit Jockey
Jose James – Warrior (Rockwell Remix) – Brownswood Recordings
Robot Koch – Now – Project Mooncircle
Jade<3 - He Needs Me - Jade Is Music
Sonnymoon – Houstatlantavegas – Sonnymoon Music
TOKiMONSTA – Line to Dot – Ramp Recordings
Deru – Days, Then… – Mush
Justin Deremo – Blue Whale – Unreleased
Four Tet – Love Cry – Domino

We start the last week of what has been a very busy month here on Rhythm Inc with the first show from our second new team of presenters all the way live (well sort of) from Tokyo, Japan. Following the debut of Primus Luta last week with his new regular RIPL show (peep it here if you missed it) we’re very happy to welcome XLII and Broken Haze to the Rhythm Inc family for a new monthly podcast under the banner of their Raid System label and collective. Seeing as how I’m feeling highly inspired for names, we decided to take Primus’ idea of RIPL and make this new show RIRS. Bit more of a mouth full that’s for sure but hey. If you have a better idea answers on the back of a postcard in the comments below please.

Regular listeners will remember Raid System from a series of guest mixes we aired earlier this year featuring Broken Haze, XLII and Ken One. Following this we got talking with XLII and much like happened with Primus Luta it felt like a very logical thing to invite the guys on board for a regular show. So every month the dynamic duo of XLII and Broken Haze will be bringing you some fresh new music, exclusives and more from their label, friends and artists worldwide alongside some light hearted banter and presentation styles in English and Japanese. Considering that Japan is now our third biggest country for visits it’s only right for us to rep a show for the Japanese massive. 日本人のみんなさんよろしくおねがいします！

As with Primus’ first show, this is a test run of sort while we iron out all the kinks before officially launching our new schedule in June and over the summer. So please do let us know of any feedback in the comments section.

XLII and Broken Haze have put together a selection of new and forthcoming releases for you this month. Each show will feature segments presented by each of them, going back to back. This first show features a selection of new music from many of our favourites like Starkey, Paul White, Planet Mu and Lorn alongside many new artists who we haven’t featured in the past.

So without further ado please welcome our latest presenters to the Rhythm Incursions family – XLII and Broken Haze. As usual direct download link and stream are below. If you don’t want to miss a show please subscribe via our RSS or iTunes feeds (links in the sidebar).

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Tracklist:
XLII’s selection
Decepticon Bootleg Machine – Orbit162 – Juslikemusic (free download)
Pretty Lights – Fly Away Another Day – Self Released (free download)
Paul White – Marshen Signals – One Handed Music
Janet Jackson – Discipline (Remix)

Broken Haze’s selection
Shlohmo – My Neck My Back (Khia Remix) – My N3ck My B4ck Remixes (free download)
Rihanna – Rude Boy (Hovatron remix) – Self Released (free download)
Krazy Baldhead – The 4th Movement (The Glitch Mob Remix) – Ed Banger
Alex B – Nothing is Always Something – Elm & Oak
Jneiro Jarel – Space Balls – Label Who?

XLII’s selection 2
Dub Gabriel – Luv & Liv (Ming Vs Subatomic Soundsystem Remix) – Destroy All Concepts
Datsik – Gizmo – Forthcoming
Brown & Gammon – Painkillers – Circus Dubstep
Nego – Tayutafu (XLII Remix) – Dub Phalanx
Starkey – Murderous Words feat. Cerebral Vortex – Planet Mu
DB1982 – Shotta Pon De Corner feat. 77Klash – Seclusiasis
Kidkanevil – ZoOOOOOP!!! feat. Oddisee – Juslikemusic (free download)

Broken Haze’s selection 2
Rudi Zygadlo – Resealable Friendship (Starkey remix) – Planet Mu
Lorn – Cherry Moon – forthcoming Brainfeeder
Numbernin6 – Nebulous – Absolve
Nero – Innocence (Original Mix) – Electron
Swindle – Airmiles – Planet Mu
B.Bravo – Swing my way Remix – Free download
Ital Tek – Moment In Blue (Ikonika Remix) – Planet Mu
Flying Lotus – Satelllliiiiiteee – Warp

I’m very happy to introduce our first (of two) brand new regular presenters to the Rhythm Incursions airwaves. Primus Luta from AvantUrb joins us for a new monthly show direct from the East coast of the United states. Alongside DDay One’s semi-regular show from L.A we’ve now got two presenters repping both sides of the country.

Regular listeners will remember the name as he’s guested on the show quite a few times in the last year, first with the retrospective Beat Construction mix in April, and then with 3 parts of his four-part The Vanguard series earlier this year. An avid music fan and musician, he holds the same interest in new music as we do and brings to the show the same open minded and embracing attitude that we try and put into ours. After chatting by email, following his work and putting his mixes on the show for the best part of a year, it felt like a natural progression to bring him on board.

Here’s some words from the man himself regarding the new show, which has been dubbed RIPL:

For the first episode of RIPL the aim was to give a broad idea of the type of stuff you can expect to hear over the coming months. This is an incredible period in music, with folk from the four corners really representing at the leading edge, where sounds and styles are being born every minute. We like to umbrella these into singular genres for simplicity, but the truth of the matter is that genre’s themselves have become modular.

Each genre, each sub-genre, is like a pebble dropping into the ocean of sound sending out ripples in concentric circles. They bounce off of each other, absorb one another’s energy, intersect, and create new ripples, new sounds, new genres, new sub genres. This show is all about the ripples. Okay I just made that up. It sounded good though, nowhere near as good as the music itself. Bring on the RIPL!!

Primus Luta will be holding it down on the second week of each month starting next month with his RIPL show. He will be followed by our other new presenters XLII and Broken Haze from Raid System in Tokyo – who regular listeners will remember we featured recently in a 3-part special – who will hold down the third week of the month starting in June (their debut show goes out next week). And then on the last week of the month our regular show will continue to go out. So that’ll be 3 times the amount of regular music coming your way each month, each from a different continent but with the same aim of bringing discerning music to discerning ears.

Please leave your feedback on this show so we can continue to build and take in your input as well.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
Pariah – Detroit Falls – R&S
The Glitch Mob – Beyond Monday – Forthcoming Glass Air
Dark Party – Status – Mush Records
Free the Robots – Orion’s Belt Buckle – Alpha Pup
Shlohmo – Hot Boxing The Cockpit (Tokimonsta Remix) – Friends of Friends
Take – Quartz for Amber – Alpha Pup
Lorn – Army of Fear – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
RJD2 – A Spaceship for Now – RJ’s Electrical Connections
Paul White – Unnamed Beat – One Handed Music
Phat Kat – Katakombs (Demo) – Look Records (free download)
Busdriver – Least Favorite Rapper (Anti-Pop Consortium/Mega Man Remix) – Anti (free download)
Jahcoozi – Powerdown Blackout – Bpitch Control
H Prizm – Unnamed Beat – Unreleased
Ras G – Discipline 09-3 – Leaving Records
Alex B – Hot Chop – Elm & Oak
Pretty Lights – Still Rockin – Self Released
Blockhead – Only Sequences Change – Ninja Tune
Prefuse 73 – Return From Home – Beat Records
Scuba – Before – Hotflush Recordings
Electric Wire Hustle – Thank You Steve – EWH
Onra – Jeeps – All City records
Bonobo – All in Forms – Ninja Tune
Lusine – Think Of It – Ghostly International
Portformat – U$ (Dandario Remix) – Tokyo Dawn Records
Jneiro Jarel – Android Romance 2 – Who?
Baths – Mecha Joy – Forthcoming Anticon
Shlohmo – Post Atmosphere – Friends of Friends
Autechre – Treale – Warp
Tim Exile – A Little Bit More – Warp
Jogger – Superman – Magical Properties
Shafiq Husayn – Rebel Sawyer – Plug Research
Flying Lotus – Mmmhmmm – Warp

I discovered Benjamin One via Soundcloud, not sure how or when but that’s where I first heard his music. At one point, listening to his new beats and remixes it became clear that he also knew people I’d known/worked with over the years from around Bristol way. So I continued to check his stuff throughout the year, liking his penchant for headnodding beats and the odd, over-the-top bass indulgence.

About 3 weeks or so ago, as I was listening to another one of new tracks I thought his music would be a perfect fit for the show – a message request later and he’d kindly agreed to do a little guest mix for us.

So without further ado I’ll leave you in the very capable hands of Benjamin One, with a short but very sweet mix of work he’s done this year and things that have inspired him. A few words from the man himself before the jump…

Hip hop producer from the south west UK, inspired by hip hop culture and artists like Depth Charge, Photek, Dynametrix, Red Ninja, Dillinger, Hardnoise, Katch 22, MC Mello, Kold Sweat Records, Music of Life Records and a with very live show on my MPC sampler and beat machines that has let me share stages with Gaslampkiller, Anti Pop Consortium, Dose One and Jel, Bullion, Edan, Sole, Slugabed, Rekordah and many more both as a solo artist and as part of the Vertebrae and Root Elevation collectives

For full info and details of forthcoming releases head over to his website, www.benjaminone.com.

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Tracklist:
Intro – Weather Report
Benjamin One – Realise – CDR
Stepchild – Back – CDR
John Kennedy – Space o Matic (benjamin one remix) – Organik records
Btol and Benjamin One – Four Twelve – CDR
Dobie – New Madness (benjamin one remix) – CDR
Beastie Boys – Too Many Rappers (accapella)
Benjamin One – We Can Try (26 letters) – CDR
Juice Aleem – Rock my Hologram – Ninja Tune
E.a.r.l – Gymps – CDR
Benjamin One – Bison Beat – CDR
Ernesto Gonzales – Self Awakening (Take remix) – Friends of Friends
Freestyle Fellowship – Tolerate (Awkward remix) – CDR
Dj Rogue – Dreams (benjamin one remix) – CDR
Unison – Brothers and Sisters (Awkward remix) – CDR
Harmonic 313 – Cyclotron c16 – Warp
Abacus – On Meeting – CDR

So: whilst on his latest European tour, we finally got him in (when he should have been in court defending a $24k lawsuit, no less) for some time to take us through his favourite tracks of late, including a good few teasers from his own very excellent Sleazetone label. Taking in juke tracks, horn-led junglism and even some UR, this is a fine step inside the man’s mind…

Click here to download the show! (135Mb, 256k MP3)

Tracklisting:
1. Monkey Steak – Warpath (Sleazetone)
2. Murderbot & Hawatha Hurd – Roll Another One (Sleazetone)
3. Hoodz – Bad Mind (Lodubs)
4. Juketastrafe – Work Baby (white label)
5. DJ Rashad – Get It Shorty (Juketrax)
6. Murderbot & Miles Bonnie – Thighs (Sleazetone)
7. DJ Mark Flash – Sao Paolo (Underground Resistance)

I can’t lie: its always a pleasure when I get an email from Joe saying “here’s the next show”. Why? Because I can’t second-guess what he’s going to deliver, and I like that. The first show he did as a permanent presenter for us threw in some real curveballs; blues and soul that I thought only I tended to listen to regularly. This time around, Joe steps up with an admirable show theme, celebrating the unsung heroes of modern soul music; those singer/songwriters who tend to fly under the radar but who are capable of delivering music every bit as nice as those classic soul years of the 60s and 70s.

As Joe himself says: “some of you hip hoppers may not like this, but you know what? TFB”. Whilst I’d like to think he has a point, I’d beg to differ for the simple reason that I think the people who listen to Rhythm Incursions have broad tastes, and in this instance the selection is so stellar, you won’t fail but to love it. Some real surprises lurk in there too; who’d have though Ray LaMontagne had a track like Three More Days in his output? Maybe you did… but I know I didn’t.

But enough talk; grab the show and take a listen. If you’re anything like me you’ll be making notes from the tracklisting below and feeling good that you have a bunch of awesome artists to go learn about. Go!

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Tracklisting:
(00:00) Siji -Yearning For Home
(05:07) Intro
(06:49) Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Be Easy
(09:43) Ray Lamontagne – Three More Day
(13:10) Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators –Blues Downtown
(18:18) Al Green – What More Do You Want From Me?
(22:22) Break # 1
(24:20) Esperanza Spalding – Precious
(28:43) Matthew Larkin Cassell – Blind As Love Can Be
(33:28) Corrine Bailey Rae – I’d Like To
(37:32) Break # 2
(39:55) Res – 700 Mile Situation
(44:03) Meshell Ndegeocello – Come Smoke My Herb
(47:55) Citizen Cope – Hurricane Waters
(52:10) Outro
(55:47) Nikka Costa – Lovin You
(58:38) Joe Beats & Blak – Lovin You (Demo Version)

A word from Trick: As a massive fan of Joe Beats’ productions, we were delighted when he stepped up last time to present a special show for us. In fact, we liked it so much that we invited Joe to join the presenting team on Rhythm Incursions and do more regular shows for us. To be honest, we thought he’d say “nah…”, but quite the opposite occurred; we got an enthusiastic “yes” and Joe set about doing his first show as a more regular presence on the team. And now, here it is, online for your listening pleasure. At this point I’ll hand over to Joe himself…


I normally do a big un-paused mix of exclusives and originals but….meh….I wasn’t really in the mood for any of that this time out. It’s summer. I’m busy. It’s humid. I’m weening myself onto a fish diet. Cutting the chocolate is making me cranky – haha. Whatever the excuse, it’s not always a well planned out party. I hit points -like now- where I’m completely exhausted by music and am forced to find new and interesting ways to keep myself enthusiastic. I guess it’s all about being patient. I hate how pretentious this all sounds but ehhh…if it is, is.

As the tracklisting goes on, particularly in the middle, a common theme is redemption and compensation. Great lyrics and music will be sacrificed by a corny, almost comical, voice (David Amram). On the inverse, a downer and dragger will be saved by an extraordinaty vocal (The Savage Rose). Cynical tones will be matched and trumped by beautiful music (Denny Guy). There are tracks with bacon so thick, I would never normally play them in such condition unless I felt they were stellar (Smokestack Lightning, Electric Prunes). Included are songs whose opening minute deceive you in a way that almost makes you mad because it naturally captures the one (and only) thing about 60′s California innocence Brian Wilson couldn’t (Wendy & Bonnie). Others that repeatedly abuse your attention span with jam session hooks only to reward you handsomely with incredible breakdown after breakdown right as you’re about to give up on it (Linn County). Can you hang?

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Here is the tracklisting:
(00:00) B B King – Chains And Things
(04:53) Introduction
(06:04) Steve Parks – Still Thinking Of You
(09:12) Smokestack Lightning – Idolize You
(13:49) Electric Prunes – I
(19:01) Music Machine – Hey Joe
(23:10) Break 1
(24:08) David Amram – Credo
(27:37) Denny Guy – Say You’ll Be With Me
(30:15) The Savage Rose – Your Daily Gift
(36:11) Break 2
(36:55) Wool – They Left Us Alone Now
(40:25) Wendy & Bonnie – Paisley Window Pane
(43:24) D.R. Hooker – Forge Your Own Chains
(47:51) Linn County – Suspended
(56:08) Joe E. Covington – Mama Neptune (edit)
(60:00) END

Joe Beats pic by Jenny Lederer