2tall, Kper and Clockwork – A Boom Bap Continuum

2tall and I came up with the idea for this mix at the beginning of the year. Ten months on it’s finally unleashed on the world. The idea was simple: showcase a genealogy if you will of the evolution of the hip hop production ethics, especially that classic boom bap sound that characterised a lot of the classic hip hop productions that many of us grew up on. Also we wanted to show that the production revolution had been quietly going on for over ten years, and that while in recent years a lot of the producers have gained in reputation and attention, this was nothing new as such, but had deep roots.

In many ways that approach echoes what Rhythm Incursions stands for to me – I remember talking at length to both Trick and Waxfactor when they started the show 5 years ago, back when their motto was ‘picking up where hip hop stops’. This mix very much reflects this ethos too.

So enough of the words, you can read a full breakdown of why, and how, over on the site we set up for the mix, here.

You can download the artwork on the site too, in high res.

I’m going to post the tracklist here, in case some of you are too lazy to go and check it for yourselves, but be warned – it’s LONG. Or as someone mentioned, a mile long.

Download and stream below, or directly from the website – http://www.aboombapcontinuum.com.

Enjoy, and if you do please pass it along to as many people as you can. We want this heard as far and wide as possible. Thanks to all the artists for the music and inspiration.

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2tall, DJ Clockwork and Kper present… A Boom Bap Continuum

Intro ft. Oh No, Waajeed, Dom Sum, Take aka Sweatson Klank and Jay Dee.

1999 – Mixed by 2tall
The Isolationist – Settle Down (prod. Vadim)
Lootpack – Episode IV (prod. Madlib)
Mos Def – Fear Not of Man
Company Flow – Blackout (prod. El-p)
Phi Life Cypher – Last Man Standing (prod. Nappa)
The Isolationist – Hydro Slush (prod. Vadim)
Smut Peddlers – For The Record (prod. Mighty Mi)
Task Force – Force The Resistance (prod. Mark B)
The Creators – Hard Margin
Afu Ra – Equality (prod. Premier)
Group Home – The Legacy (prod. Premier)
Afu Ra – Mic Stance (prod. Premier)
High & Mighty – Dirty Decibels (prod. Mighty Mi)
Consequence ft. Everyone – Nobody (prod. Nick Wiz)
Sir Menelik ft. Grand Puba and Sadat X – 7xl (prod. Spinna)
Sound Providers – Get Down (prod. Soul One)
Busta Rhymes – Rhymes Galore (prod. Rashad Smith)
Nobody – Green Means

2000 – Mixed by Kper
Quasimoto – Microphone Mathematics (prod. Madlib)
Lootpack – Loop Digga (prod. Madlib)
J-Zone – Metrocard Millionaire
Spacek – Eve (Jay Dee remix)
Common – Doin It (prod. Jay Dee)
Cocoa Brovaz – Super Brooklyn (prod. DJ Rob)
El Da Sensei – Keep It Live (prod. P. Original)
Cali Agents – The Good Life (prod. Protest)
Bumpy Knuckles – Stock In The Game (prod. The Alchemist)
Pete Rock – Back on the Block (DJ Krush remix)
Divine Styler – Make it Plain
Slum Village – Raise it Up (prod. Jay Dee)
Skitz – Twilight of the Gods
Lootpack – Weededed (prod. Madlib)
RZA – RZA #7
Ko-Wrek Technique – Metro Dade (Luke Vibert remix)

2001 – Mixed by 2tall
Prefuse 73 – Nuno
Dabrye – So Scientific
Jay Dee ft. Frank n Dank – Pause
Jay Dee – Busta (Much More Re-edit)
Pete Rock – Walk on By
Roots Manuva – Witness (One Hope) (Walworth Road Rockers Dub) (prod. Lord Gosh)
Cannibal Ox – The F Word (RJD2 Remix)
Cannibal Ox – The F Word (prod. El-p)
Masters Of Illusion – We All Over (prod. Kutmaster Kurt)
Mission ft. Mia Doi Todd – Home (prod. Thes One)
Jehst – High Plains Anthem
Skeme – Turning (prod. Skitz)
Maspyke – Truth in Position (prod. Roddy Rod)
Hi Tek – round and round
Kool G Rap – First Nigga (Premier Remix)
Dilated People – Clockwork (prod. Premier)
Erick Sermon – Music
Third Sight – Will I Get Shot by a Dope Fiend? (prod. D-styles)

2002 – Mixed by Kper
Ricci Rucker – Dirt Program
Dj Shadow – Six Days
Daddy Kev – Untitled
Boards of Canada – Sixtyniner
P.U.T.S – Acid Raindrops (prod. Thes One)
Harmonic 33 – Extraordinary World
Craig David – 7 Days (DJ Premier remix)
Non Phixion – The CIA Is Trying to Kill Me (prod. Necro)
Insight – Ghetto Blaster
Gangstarr – Skills (prod. Premier)
J Live – Satisfied (prod. Spinna)
Bumpy Knuckles – Scram (prod. Jazzy Jeff)
D-Styles – The Murder Faktory
DJ Vadim – Till The Sun’s in Our Eyes
Ricci Rucker – Dirty Larry remix
Busdriver – Imaginary Places (prod. Paris Zax)

2003 – Mixed by 2tall
Push Button Objects – 360 degrees (Prefuse 73 remix)
Romanowski – Super Skank
Pharoah Monch – Agent Orange (prod. SA-RA)
Madlib – Please Set Me at Ease (hip hop mix)
Smiley the Ghetto Child – Wake Up Call (prod. Premier)
Medaphor – What You In It For (prod. Oh No)
Jaylib – The Official (prod. Madlib)
Dudley Perkins – Falling (prod. Madlib)
Akrobatik – Remind my Soul (prod. Fakts One)
Prefuse 73 – Uprock and Invogorate
Prefuse 73 – Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing)
DJ Baku ft. Rumi and Primal – Chikusatsu
P-Love – Fop Lights

2004 – Mixed by Kper
Metal Fingered Doom – White Willow
Dj Signify – Winter’s Going
De La Soul ft MF Doom – Rock Co Kane Flow (prod. Jake One)
Metal Fingered Doom – Shallots
Madvillain – Figaro (Prod. Madlib)
Take – The Start of Our Ending (Nordic Soul Instrumental)
El-P – Jukie Skate Rock
Vast Aire – Red Pill (prod. Ayatollah)
Dabrye ft Jay Dee – Game Over
Daedelus – Dumbfound (edIT remix)
Blendcrafters – Melody (prod. DJ Numark)
Machinedrum – Bill o Wads
Danny Breaks – Windscreen Wiper
Thomas Felman – Interstellar
Madvillain – Accordion (prod. Madlib)
Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted (prod. Madlib)
Sixtoo – Boxcutter Emporium pt2
Telefon Tel Aviv – I Lied
Loefah – Horror Show

2005 – Mixed by 2tall
The tape vs. RQM – Minimal
Prefuse 73 – Hide Ya Face
Ghislain Poirier – Dontsmileitspostmodern
The Bug – Fire (Version)
Boom Bip – The Move
Quasimoto – Greenery (prod. Madlib)
Jay Dee – Track 2 (from beat CD 05)
Jay Dilla – Lightworks
Oh No – Keepintime remix
MHE – 008
The Perceptionists ft. Guru – Party Hard (prod. Camu Tao)
Little Brother – Starvation (prod. Khrysis)
Oh No – Move (prod. J Dilla)
Percee P – Put It On The Line (BX remix) (prod. Madlib)
M.E.D – Can’t Hold On (prod. Madlib)

2006 – Mixed by Kper
Kutmah – Warm Like The Sunshine
Ras G – Birth of the Beat
Flying Lotus – 1983
J Dilla – In The Streets
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Hello
Shawn J Period – The Comeback
Nosaj Thing – Aquarium
Dj Krush – Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
Clark – Herr Barr
Flying Lotus – Untitled
Modeselektor – Fake Emotion (Dabrye Remix)
Elliot Lipp – Rhyme War
Exile – Silver Moon
Ras G – Random Selection
Oh No ft. Vast Aire – No Aire
Foreign Beggars – Slow Broiled Ilk (prod. Oh No)
Exile – Planet Ox
Jneiro Jarel – Bboy Portrait in Spain
Para One ft. TTC – Musclor
Loefah – Mud
Hudson Mohawke – ZoOoOoOom

2007 – Mixed by 2tall
Kev Brown – Outside Looking In
Waajeed – Tron
Flyamsam – Green Tea Power
Flying Lotus – Shhh
Heralds of Change – Work That
Blockhead – Do The Tron
Black Milk – Sound The Alarm
Take – Walk Away ft. Gaby Hernandez
J Davey – No More (prod. Brook D’Leau)
Prefuse 73 ft. School of Seven Bells – The Class of 73 Bells
Oh No – Bouncers
Heliocentrics – Distant Star
Aesop Rock – Keep Off The Lawn
Busdriver – (Bloody Paw On The) Kill Floor (prod. Boom Bip)
Matty G – 50,000 Watts
Loefah – Disko Rekah
The Bug – Poison Dart (DJ Baku Scratch Megamix)
The Bug ft. Flowdan and Killa P – Ganja

2008 – Mixed by Kper
Funkenteller feat. The Deepspace 69 – Emulator
Megasoid – Soundbwoy Bass
Mike Slott – Deux Three
Onra – My Comet
Afta1 – Honey Dip
King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye Remix)
Take – Make Believe
Mono/Poly – The Beatles, Bitch
Mweslee – Chandal 500
Maga Bo – Fire
Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms
Guilty Simpson – Bitches (prod Mr Porter)
SA-RA – Talk Sex
Onra – The Anthem
Take – Bouncing Cherries
Onra – Bombs
Ras G – Overcast 78 Beat (Two)
Budamunky – Budamunk Funk
Hudson Mo – Still on It
Bullion – Rude Effort
Samiyam – Beat 4
Rustie – Zig Zag
Flying Lotus – Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum (Quarta 330 remix)
Joker – Gully Brook Lane
Matty G – West Coast Rocks (Glitch Mob remix)

2009 – Mixed by Kper and 2tall
Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5
Tago – Babel Fish
Paul White – Synth March
Machinedrum ft. ie.merg – 911
Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer
Blue Daisy – Space Ex
Bullion – Are You The One
Grandeurs of Delusion – Desrunay (prod. Uncle Lew)
Exile – The Sound is God
Jneiro Jarel – Ghetto Dreaming
Little Dragon – After the Rain (GB re-interpretation)
Ras G – Eunice in White
Diamond District – I Mean Business (prod. Oddissee)
Debruit – I’m Going with You
Samiyam – Rough Copy
Om Unit – Ether
Milanese – Disclosure
Danny Breaks & Adlib – The Sound
Nosaj Thing – FWD
Architeq – Sleeping Bear Lament (Take remix)
Black Milk – Bounce
Computer Jay – Distance
Harmonic 313 – Cyclotron
Dam Funk – Kill Dat
Fulgeance – Smartbanging
GLK – Anything Worse
Omega Clash – Junior
Floating Points – Shangri La
Mos Def – Supermagic (prod. Oh No)
Starkey – Miracles (Jamie Vex’d remix)
Mark Pritchard – Wind It Up
Dorian Concept – Her Marshmallow Secret

Outro ft. KenLo Craqnuques, fLako and Jay Scarlett

All quotes and spoken samples taken from video interviews by XLR8R, Samurai FM, Laurent Fintoni, On Point, some Dutch guys who interviewed J Dilla, Red Bull Music Academy, Color Rising, Monday Jazz TV, Soundwaves KPFK, New Music Box, Vampd Magazine, and NRK.

All additional cuts by DJ Clockwork

Win a copy of Joker – Digidesign (Om Unit’s Pop Lock remix)

Regular listeners of the show will remember this one from a few months back when we gave it an inaugural airing on the show: Joker’s ‘Digidesign’ given the treatment by 2tall aka Om Unit. The original has been one of the tracks of the year for many people, and this remix has also received a fair amount of attention in recent months with its slower take on the original, keeping the same energy-driving melodies but flipping them over a hip hop beat to just as much devastating effect as the original.

Well after a few months of being aired exclusively on this show and elsewhere by the lucky few to have a copy, the remix is coming out as a one-sided white label in December. And we have one test press of the release to give out to one lucky winner. You won’t find another free copy anywhere else!

To win a test press copy of Joker ‘Digidesign (Om Unit’s Pop Lock remix)’ all you have to do is answer the following question about Om Unit’s origins. And make sure you fit the conditions too:

What was the name of 2tall’s DJ crew who won the UK DMC teams back in ’03?

Answers and your postal address by email to laurent at spinscience.org.uk with the title ‘Om Unit competition’. You must have an EU address in order to win. Competition closes at midnight on Sunday November 21, 2009. One winner will be chosen at random from the correct answers on Monday November 22 and contacted directly.

If you haven’t heard the track yet you can stream it below. Those of you who miss out on the chance to win this, then all you have to do is head along to your vinyl pusher (digital or physical) to get your hands on a copy, just in time for the end of year consumer rush too!

In related Om Unit release news, his debut EP for Terrorhythm, titled ‘The Corridor’, should be out very soon. And in the new year there will be a 10″ release on the mighty All City records label in Ireland and an exclusive track on the first Fabric curated producer compilation ‘Elevator Music’. Keep em peeled on the soundcloud and myspace pages for more.

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

Rhythm Incursions July 09 pt2

As promised we round off July (just in time too) with another 80 mins of fresh new music, exclusives and all that good stuff. Summer is generally a quiet time for music, but it’s fair to say that this year is a bit of an exception with quite a few releases worthy of your attention that have either just come out, are about to or will be out once summer ends (that last part not applying to anyone London obviously, as summer seems to have already ended).

In no specific order we’ve got new music Blue Daisy, Foreign Beggarz, Poirier and Face-T, Shackleton, Shortstuff, Floating Points, DJ Buzz, Disrupt, Elaquent, Tranqill, XLII, Nosaj Thing, Lorn, Guilty Simpson, Fulgeance and more.

Having realised that the last few mini features have all been about west coast producers (without meaning to) this month we turn our attention to Europe, and Austria in particular with 5 tracks from the young producer Dorian Concept – a man who’s been a pleasure to discover and follow with a truly unique take on the whole beat/electronic hip hop thing, backed by some of the most ridiculously exhilarating synth melodies. Peep this really good interview with the man by On-Point for further proof/explanation. The 5 tracks span Dorian’s short but fairly intense discography so far.

So that’s about it for July, stay tuned for more guest mixes in August as well as the regular show, sometime towards the end of the month. For now though, sit back, relax and enjoy!

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Tracklist:
Shafiq Husayn – Nirvana – Plug Research
Guilty Simpson – Stress – Stones Throw
DJ Buzz – Stardust ft Frank Nitty Dorian Concept – Personal Records
Floating Points – Truly – Forthcoming Eglo
Moderat – Rusty Nails (Shackleton remix) – Bpitch Control
Shortstuff – Rustling – Ramp Recordings
Martyn – For Lost Relatives – Aus Music
Poirier – enemies ft Face T – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Mount Kimbie – Serged – Hotflush
Foreign beggarz – No More ft. Jehst, Kashmere, 2tall – Forthcoming Dented Records
Om Unit – So Sirius – Unreleased, Om Unit myspace
Diamond District – In The Ruff – Self Released, download from website
Mini feature starts – Dorian Concept
Dorian Concept – Leave Before It’s Too Early – Project 168
Dorian Concept – Two Hour Power – TrebleO
Dorian Concept – Sweet Yard Sale – Nod Navigators
Dorian Concept – Fort Teen – Nod Navigators
Dorian Concept – Seek When is Her – Earstroke records
Mini feature ends
Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms (Daedelus remix) – Alpha Pup Records
Notorious Big – Suicidal Thoughts (Lorn remix) – Unreleased, Lorn myspace
Blue Daisy – Space Ex – Black Acre
Illa J – Sounds like Love (In Space remix) – Delicious Vinyl
Dak – Stand This – Leaving Records
Tranqill – The Supplier – Unreleased, download here
Bretzel Zoo – Shugaring Emrod Baywatch – Eat Concrete Records
Dam Funk – On & On – Stones Throw
XLII – DOn’t Sleep – Forthcoming Fubar Recordings
Elaquent – Ronin Code – Self Released, download from Myspace
Disrupt – Bruce Lee – Jahtari
Architeq – Birds of Prey (Debruit remix) – Tirk
Fulgeance – Sour Soca – One Handed Music

Introducing Original Cultures

Since leaving Japan last year I’ve been working on a project to try and bridge the gap between the art scenes in Japan and Europe. At first I was looking at the music scene, as this is the area I’ve spent the most time working on for the last 7 odd years. The project started taking shape when I was in Italy, it evolved and now it is officially launched. I am very proud and happy to introduce to you Original Cultures: a non-profit project that aims to facilitate and promote cultural exchange between Japan and European countries through the medium of modern performing arts.

The countries currently involved in the project are the UK, Italy and Japan, and the performing arts fields are music and visual arts (painting, street art etc…). The project will hold its first event, our pilot, in the first week of June in Bologna, Italy, from June 3 to 6. Six artists will take part in the pilot, representing each country and taking part in a variety of activities including workshops, seminars, a live showcase and an art installation at the Bologna Music Museum. The artists are: Will Barras (UK), Ericailcane (IT), DEM (IT), 2tall / Om Unit (UK), Tayone (IT), and Tatsuki (JP).

You can view a trailer for the pilot below:

For full details of the project, pilot and more visit the website, www.originalcultures.org and check the links below:
An introduction to Original Cultures
Original Cultures pilot information
Original Cultures activities
Artists bios and info

Any support you can give this would be greatly appreciated – spread it on the internet, tell your friends, tell their friends etc… Become a fan on Facebook, friend us on Myspace, follow us on Twitter, holla on Flickr, view us on Youtube or Vimeo.

Any press/promotional/sponsor related queries can be sent to me. Contact details are on the site or contact me via the blog. You can download a press release for the pilot here.

Rhythm Incursions: February 09

We’ve been quieter than usual this month, but that hasn’t stopped music coming in by the bucket load into our inbox. 2009 already started on a high (see last month’s podcast for more on that) and it’s not showing any signs of stopping with labels and artists gearing up for the first quarter of the year with a lot of interesting projects and releases.

As with January, this month’s show comes with just 2 days left in the month but we reckon the wait’s been worth it. We’ve got lots of new stuff and a few bonus, exclusive treats too. We have new material from Robert Logan, Equinox Records, Bullion, 1000 Names, Mr Scruff, Yppah, Two Fingers, Computer Jay, Uncle Lew, Mr Beatnick and more. And we’ve also got a mini feature on the Warp label, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with a string of releases including a new Prefuse 73 album and quite a few more which are yet to be officially announced.

So strap up and get comfy for 70 minutes of audio goodness. And stay tuned as March will see the return of fellow presenter Dday One and a few guest mixes including one from Parisian producer Onra and more to be announced soon.

Enjoy!

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2tall – Scatterclocks – Bleep
Computer Jay – Distance – Ramp Recordings
Mr Scruff ft Roots Manuva – Nice Up the Function (Remix) – Ninja Tune
Sage Francis, B.Dolan and Sleep ft Buddy Peace – Sea Legs (prod. Aupheus) – Strange Famous Records (free download)
Mobb Deep – G.O.D PtIII (Uncle Lew remix) – Unreleased, Uncle Lew myspace
Two Fingers ft Sway – Straw Men – Big Dada
Robert Logan – Accurate Spit Boy – Slowfoot
Warp Records mini-feature starts
Clark – Growls Garden – Warp, taken from forthcoming ‘Growls Garden’ EP
Harmonic 313 – Don’t Panic – Warp, taken from ‘When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence’ LP
Prefuse – Regalo – Warp, taken from forthcoming ‘Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian’ LP
Warp Records mini-feature ends
Letherette – In July Focus Rite – Normrex
Floating Points – I Wait For You – Eglo Records
Bullion – Time For Us All to Love – One Handed music
1000 Names – Rhythmatic Train Behaviour – Eklektik records
Yppah – They Know What Ghost Know – Ninja Tune
Mr Beatnick – Daily Bread – Unreleased
Kero One – On and On – Plug Research
Deckard – Surgery – Equinox Records
Pangaea – Bear Witness – Hotflush Recordings

2tall – The Space Race

A deep space transmission reached us at Rhythm Incursions this week, coming from somewhere familiar and signed by none other than 2tall, universal astronaut, extended Rhythm Inc family member and producer at large. The sounds of the transmission are warm and comforting, much needed in these cold and snowy times. Once we decoded the transmission, the result was an hour of the latest sounds from across the planet beamed straight into your speakers.

So we suggest you turn it up to 11 and strap up for a race across the universe carried by basslines and some of the finest beats, new and old.

Also look out for 2tall‘s forthcoming release under his Om Unit moniker, which should be incoming on Terrorhythm records in the coming months. It’s been getting support from Benji B on BBC 1xtra and Alexander Nut on Rinse FM and having heard it we can tell you it’s well worth the wait.

Download the show here!

2tall – The Space Race
Architeq – Sleeping Bear (Take Remix)
Onra feat Hazel – Super Genesis
Floating Points – Love me like this
Harmonic 313 – Flaash
010 – Beatdatazz
Daniel Savio – Flogsta Danshall
Beem – The future
Jay Dee – B.B.E (instrumental)
Mr Scruff – Hold The Dub
2tall – Grazing On Empty (King Knut’s 80′s Dub)
Uncle Lew – Mandy’s Uh
Om Unit – Ether
Bullion – Young Hearache
Saul Williams – Coded Language (live at def comedy jam)
Ras G – Sloooooow Doooooowm
Tranquil – Payroll (paul white’s clean dub)
Dr Who Dat – Ghetto Dreaming
Madlib – Left On Silverlake
Sugoisounds – Many Grams
Actress – Hazylude
Afta 1 – The Time In Between
Afta 1 – Honey Dip
Lukid – Time Doing So Mean
Dwilt Sharpp – Will You Tell Me Where You Are

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