Wrapping up November in fine style, Laurent returns for a two-hour session after a hiatus over the last few months. Originally planned for October, the show takes in the latest and freshest music from around the globe that has been ticking all the right boxes at Rhythm Inc towers.

Up this month we’ve got new music from EAN, Mungo’s Hi Fi, Kuedo, Baconhead, Sepalcure, DVA, Arp101, Greymatter, Medlar, Om Unit, Kromestar, Damu, fLako, Kahn, LV and more as well as the return of the mini feature with not one but two mini features focusing on the one and only Dimlite – in celebration of his brand new Grimm Reality LP on Now Again records – and the Jarring Effects label – who celebrated their hundredth release these past months. From hip hop beats to dancefloor vibes, dubbed out riddims to acoustic jams Rhythm Incursions’ November session takes in a world of sound for your ears and pleasure.

As always you can download and/or stream the show below or simply subscribe to our RSS/iTunes feeds and receive the shows directly to your inbox.

Enjoy this month’s selection and stay tuned for the end of year celebrations on Rhythm Inc including some special guest mixes from friends worldwide.

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Tracklist:
Throwing Snow ft. Jesse Moncrieff – In My Mind’s Eye – A Future Without
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Every Man Different – Scotch Bonnet
RL Grime – Hold It – Free download
Damu ft Trim – Ridin The Hype – Keysound Recordings
LPZ – Problems – Keep Up
Revere – They Always Knock Twice (EAN remix) – Free download
Kidkanevil – KanZeOn ReIndication – KanZeOn
Mini feature starts – Dimlite
Dimlite – Sun Sized Twinkles – Now Again
Dimlite – Fridge Note – Now Again
Dimlite – Backdoors Bustin – Sonar Kollektive
Mini feature ends
Loops Haunt – Ark – Black Acre
Madlib and Frank Nitt – Go There (Remix) – Stones Throw
Strand – Caetano – Lowriders
Danny Brown – Radiohead – Free download
Onra – Remember the Name – All City Records
Om Unit – Vibrations – Civil Music
Ichiro_ – Sun Dong Yeo – Oilworks
Jonwayne – Immobile – Alpha Pup
1000 Names – La Boheme – Svetlana Industries
Arp101 – Groove – Eglo Records
Om Unit – The Corridor (Kromestar Classroom 7 remix) – Free download
fLako – Inner Trouble – Project Mooncircle
Dachshund Skank – Forwards (Greymatter remix) – Hit and Hope
DVA – Polyphonic Dreams – Hyperdub
Kissey – Cry – Free download
Medlar – Floor – Wolf Music
Saturn Never Sleeps – Bit by Bit – SNS
Mini feature starts – Jarring Effects
Kaly Live Dub – Infection – Jarring Effects
Filastine Y La Bamba – Juniper (Filastine remix) – Jarring Effects
Ben Sharpa and Thavius Beck – Blame Game – Jarring Effects
Mini feature ends
Darkhouse Family – Thick Thighs (Ear Ache) – Unreleased
Dusk – Fraction (Kowtown remix) – Keysound Recordings
Salva ft. B Bravo – Obsession – Friends of Friends
Kahn – Tehran – Punch Drunk
Terror Danjah ft. DOK – Morph2 – Hyperdub
Kush Arora ft. Juakali – Bla – Kush Arora
Fulgeance – London Falling – Melting Pot Music
Sepalcure – Yuh Nuh See – Hotflush recordings
Brattz – Tear It Down (LV remix) – Atlantic Records
Kuedo – Scissors – Planet Mu
Baconhead – Blaze Out – Eat Concrete

Having made it safe and sound to Tokyo after 20h on planes, I’m posting this before I pass out from jetlag and exhaustion. Our FoF mix series returns after a month hiatus with a guest mix from London’s Streets of Beige – purveyors of some of the more interesting London line ups in recent months including live appearances from Letherette and My Dry Wet Mess.

Bare Girls from Streets of Beige put together this guest mix continuing the tradition of the series reflecting his own tastes and some of the more underrated producers out there from Japan, the U.S and Belgium among others. Here’s some text from the man himself about the mix, a photo to accompany it above and full links to download/stream and tracklist below that:

The journey of being asked to make this mixtape through to sending in the finished product has been riddled with as much excitement as it has complexities and also isolation, caused largely by significant changes that all of us in the team are currently going through on various levels.

When making this mix I was thinking about the sensitive precipice we straddle whenever we’re flung into a period of rapid and unavoidable change – between embracing the emergence of opportunity, or being weighed down by the unfamiliarity of our position and the uncertainty we face. And how finding the inspiration and courage to avoid the sometimes bleak void that manifests itself in the later can be an intense emotional struggle.

This resulted in the tender, organic and touching moments at the beginning of this mix that are given a timely shock awakening by a hit of full on sample-chopping mastery courtesy of Cupp Cave a good ten songs in. Along with his take on modern beats I’ve tried to cast light on a range of producers who I feel are criminally underrepresented. This includes (in no particular order) Knxwledge, Lapalux, Blank & Kytt, Monkey_sequence.19, Morpheground, Duke Hugh and several more who you can ogle on the tracklisting.

Of course there are some seasoned producers on there too (and a selection of field recordings from recent adventures with the 404), and having melded these elements together on a sleepy Sunday afternoon this set just the right tone for a more mellow and laid-back selection, but one that was still so vital and exciting that you can practically smell the fresh blood here.

Big thanks to Leeor and Streets of Beige for the mix. Check SoB’s Facebook page for more on them and upcoming parties. And look out for killer releases from FoF in the coming months including the Salva LP (out now) and forthcoming LPs from Groundislava and Mexicans with Guns – check out the latest show for previews or head to their website for more.

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Tracklist:
1. B&Gs – Kitchen Mixer (Field Excerpt)
2. Mndsgn – Bananacase ft Knxwledge and Suzi Analogue
3. Dynooo – Tranch
4. heRobust – Shark Howard
5. B&Gs – Ziplock Pt I (Field Excerpt)
6. Oscar McClure – Grass Cuttings
7. Lapalux – Yellow 90′s
8. Groundislava – Panorama ft Weary
9. Monkey_sequence.19 – Are You Gonna Love Me
10. Knxwledge – Youneedme.Xtro
11. Cupp Cave – Talk Over
12. Cupp Cave – Discrete Mathematics
13. Morpheground – Supernova
14. Flying Lotus – Pet Monster Shotglass (DTCPU Microwave)
15. B&Gs – Belly Of The Bag (Field Excerpt)
16. Fur – Witches
17. Dimlite – Kalimba Deathswamp ft Kurt Feelings
18. Blank & Kytt – Ain’t Nothing Wrong
19. Shlohmo – Sippy Cup (DTCPU Microwave)
20. Samiyam – Lookin
21. Kuhn – Quiet Nights (+weed Version)
22. Olivier Daysoul – Labor (Duke Hugh Futuresoul Remix)
23. Wiseblood – 2 the Bitter End (K-Ci & Jo Jo Rework)
24. B&Gs – Chewy Kerb (Field Excerpt)
25. Sleep∞Over – Sun Spots

Following on from our first guest mix of the year from the Overknights crew in Florence, Italy, we have the first regular show of the year from our man on the U.S East coast Primus Luta.

As always with the RIPL shows you can expect over an hour of fresh new sounds and older favourites/classics covering the spectrum of electronic and post-hip hop sounds. This month includes quite a few forthcoming releases we’re very excited about including Morgan Zarate, Himuro Yoshiteru, Dimlite, Sepalcure, Virtual Boy, Long Arm and James Blake alongside the likes of Prefuse 73, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Com Truise, Blue Daisy, fLako, Mux Mool and more.

You can download and/or stream the show below or simply subscribe to our RSS/iTunes/newsletter (links below or in sidebar).

Next up we’ve got more guest mixes from Snatchatec, Danny Drive Thru and Mophono as well as our RIRS show from Tokyo.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
SoiSong – Koi Ru – Self-released
Himuro Yoshiteru – The Angle – Forthcoming
Mr Lager – Kailis – Various Production
Jimmy the Hideous Penguin – Grain – Forthcoming
Nerve – Grey Market – Self-released
Prefuse 73 – Enfermo Abrazos – Asthmatic Kitty
fLako – Doldrums – Project Mooncircle
Ghostband – Mongols (Mux Mool Remix) – Forthcoming
Cepia – Ithaca – Cepia Music
Raja The Resident Alien – CopaSetIcFlowin – Self-released
Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (Mexicans with Guns remix) – Friends of Friends (free download)
Sensational meets Koyxen – Sensational – Skam
Morgan Zarate – Buy Bye – Forthcoming Hyperdub
Blue Daisy Vs TOKiMONSTA – USD – Team Acre
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Strike – SomeOthaShip Connect
Virtual Boy – Mass – Forthcoming Alpha Pup
Dark Party – Pilot – Old Tacoma
Space Invadas – Done It Again – BBE
Com Truise – Tripyra – Self released
Cyrus – Decisions – Forthcoming Deep Medi Musik
Shigeto – Relentless Drag – Ghostly International
Dorian Concept – Toe Games Made Her Giggle – Nod Navigators
Dimlite – Kitty Cradle Fog – Forthcoming Now Again
Jaytram – Joy me – Asthmatic Kitty
Afta-1 – Tuesday – Love Is
Sepalcure – No Think – Forthcoming Hotflush Recordings
James Blake – I Never Learnt To Share – Forthcoming ?
Long Arm – When Children Sleep – Forthcoming Project Mooncircle
Sun Araw and Matthew David

And so the end of year arrives and with it our last show of 2010. The last of our end of year shows, this one follows the 2009 best of mix I did last year though instead of spreading across two shows I tried to squeeze all I could into one session. Make no mistake, despite the naysayers and the doom and gloom surrounding the music industry in general, for me 2010 has been a rather good year music wise. On one side there’s seemingly more music than ever, and with that comes a certain lack of quality control. On the other, this lack of quality control and breakdown of the traditional models within the industry has I believe given various labels and artists in the ‘underground’ a lot more potential for flourishing. As the old saying goes, you’ve just got to look closer to find the gold among all the noise.

I originally had 160 odd tracks earmarked for this show. A couple of days of ruminating and trying things out and I managed to keep it down to 60 or so, as well as the mini feature on All City Records, my label of the year (as you should know by now – they did two guest mixes for us earlier this month). In the process of putting the mix together it first occurred to me that if you consider the amount of music I received this year for the show (at a guess I’d say 500 odd releases, maybe even more) then there really is a big job of sifting through everything to find the stuff that’s actually worthy of a best of mix. Even then I had to leave stuff out that I wished could have been fitted. The criteria (if you will) was a mix of what I’d played on the show in the last 12 months and which I considered to be well above par, as well as tracks that have been staples in my DJ sets and tracks from albums that have barely left my portable player all year. The result is the following tracklist. Apologies to those I missed, but if anything it’s the perfect excuse for you to go over all the shows we’ve put out in the last year (hint hint). I also tried to avoid too much duplication with the previous two end of year shows from Primus Luta and Raid System.

So that’s it for 2010, another year under the belt and onwards. Rhythm Incursions has seen a lot of changes this year – new website, new presenters, new regular guest series. It’s been an absolute blast, and I want to thank everyone who’s made the show what it is and who works out of their own time towards continuing to make this one of the finer podcast series out there. In no specific order much love and thanks to Primus Luta, XLII, Broken Haze, Dday One and Leeor at FoF for their work. A big thank you as well to all the labels, artists and PR who send us stuff and take time to talk to us, sometimes even bowing to our pressures for guest spots. Among them (too many to mention) special thanks to Olan at All City, Gordon at Mooncircle, Marcus at Planet Mu & Hyperdub, Flip at Error Broadcast, Melissa at Tailored, the Outpost, Alex Nut and Alex Chase. Lastly big thanks to my close friends and inspirations Om Unit and Vinilificio.

Right then, enough of the chatter. I’ll let you enjoy the mix. It’s roughly 2h15, with the first 2 hours taken by the mix and the last 15 minutes the All City records megamix celebrating some of their releases from 2010. I was intent on doing a proper megamix of all the releases, but just couldn’t due to time and other engagements. Still this should give you the last push to check their stuff if you haven’t yet. No talking, all mixing and music!

As always stream and/or download below, or simply subscribe to the RSS/iTunes/email. The playlist is so long I can’t find the energy of linking all the labels/websites this time so PLEASE if you like what you hear than check the playlist and go out there and support the artists and the music. You can browse all available shows by artists on this page, and all previous shows have full, linked tracklists.

Love and blessings, see you in 2011!

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Tracklist:
Blundetto – Nautilus – Heavenly Sweetness
Daisuke Tanabe – Artificial Sweetener – Circulations
Dibiase – Skull Crack – Alpha Pup
Lorn – Until There Is No End – Brainfeeder
Recloose – Insomnia in Dub – Rush Hour
Space Dimension Controller – Simmering Emotions – R&S Records
Teebs – Double Fifths – Brainfeeder
Roots Manuva – Witness remix – Ninja Tune
2phast – Crickets – Unreleased
Breakage ft. Roots Manuva – Run Em Out – Digital Soundboy
Scuba – So You Think You’re Special – Hotflush recordings
Wrongtom & Roots Manuva – Tings Proper Juggled – Big Dada
Jose James – Blackmagic – Brownswood
Electric Wire Hustle – Longtime – BBE
Exile – In Love (Kan Kick remix) – Plug Research
Foreign Beggars ft. 2tall and Dabrye – Gravity – Dented Records
Arp101 – Galactic Warriors – Eglo records
Tranqill – Deadly Wintaz – One Handed records
Om Unit – Ether – Terrorhythm
Afrika Hitek – One Two – Warp
Bullion – Say Goodbye to What – One Handed records
Fulgeance – Chopped and Screwed – Musique Large
Miguel Atwood Ferguson Orchestra – Fantastic (Georgia Anne Muldrow remix) – Mochilla
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar – Stones Throw
Soul Litchfield – Autumn – Saturn Never Sleeps
Paul White – Goes to Hollywood – One Handed records
Jneiro Jarel – Wave Trip – Rush Hour
Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete – Ninja Tune
Lazer Sword ft. Turf Talk – I’m Gone – Innovative Leisure
Robot Koch – Cloud City – Project Mooncircle
Chanes – Lights Off – Self Released
Take – Begin End Begin (Take remix) – Alpha Pup
El-p – Drunk with a Loaded Pistol – Gold Dust Media
FaltyDL – Filthy Divinity – Planet Mu
Dimlite – Elbow Flood – Now Again
Jazzneversleeps – Nattevinger – On Point
JSBL – Jimbo (Sam IRL remix) – Affine
Flying Lotus – Do the Astral Plane – Warp
Darkstar – Gold (John Roberts remix) – Hyperdub
Mux Mool – Enceladus – Ghostly
Oriol – The Process – Planet Mu
Aardvark – Re-spoken (Nubian Mindz remix) – Rush Hour
Four Tet – Sing – Domino records
Yosi Horikawa – Cook From South – Ubeat
Mount Kimbie – Mayor – Hotflush recordings
Sepalcure – Every Day of my Life – Hotflush recordings
Caribou – Sun – Merge
Bonobo – Eyesdown – Ninja Tune
Pariah – Railroad – R&S Records
Maddslinky ft. Omar – Special (Simbad 4×4 remix) – Tru Thoughts
Illum Sphere – Sweat the Descent – Fat City
Boddika – Boddika’s House – Naked Lunch
Untold – Mass Dreams of the Future – R&S Records
Harmonimix – Bills, Bills, Bills – White label
Mala – Pop Pop Epic – DMZ
Helixir – Ride the Wind – 7even Recordings
Joe – Claptrap – Hessle Audio
Nocando – Hurry Up and Wait – Alpha Pup
Digi D’Allesio – Morning Jam with Darth Vader – Overknights
LV & Quarta330 – Suzuran – Hyperdub
The Bug ft. Flowdan – Skeng (Autechre remix) – Ninja Tune
Kuedo – Joy Construction – Planet Mu
Mini feature – All City Records, label of 2010
Jordan Rockswell – Winter Warfare – L.A 10×10 Series
Onra – Oper8tor – Long Distance LP
Musinah – Always Smile – 7″
Om Unit – Lightgrids – 7″
Mike Gao – California – L.A 10×10 Series
Ras G – Breakfast Blunts – L.A 10×10 Series
Take – I Miss my Brains – L.A 10×10 Series
Dam Funk – Night Stroll – L.A 10×10 Series
Krystal Klear – Boogie Wan – 12″
Teebs – Anchor Steam – L.A 10×10 Series
Mini feature ends

Following from the inaugural mix of our Friends of Friends series last month (here if you missed it) we swiftly follow it up with an exclusive mix from L.A’s Asura, a producer who’s slowly but surely making a name for himself as part of the city’s ever growing, open-minded music scene that encompasses beats, electronic, hip hop, atmospheric and more. Entitled ‘I Am The Homonculus’ it’s a lovely ride through the man’s musical tree as he calls it.

For those new to this series, the FoF mix series features an exclusive mix every month from a close friend of the label complete with an exclusive picture from another close friend of the label. The mixes go out exclusively on Rhythm Incursions and also via FoF’s Soundcloud page (embed below). The picture this month comes from Shaun ‘Sodapop’ Koplow, and has the following story attached to it:

This photo was the result of luck while messing around with my new Panasonic Lumix – GF1. While setting up camp in Joshua Tree for Lazy Brow’s bachelor party, I figured I’d attempt to document things with a few long exposures. I came up with a few shots that seemed exemplary of that night’s bro-motions just fine… this being one of them.

As for the mix, Asura had the following to say about it:

My musical tree spanning the past five years, full of old ones, friends’ ones, and my ones. Los Angeles is represented deep while paying special attention to certain very very important tracks in my development (especially pay attention to “The Big Ship”, “Outdoor Miner”, “I Am A Scientist”, and “Tommib”). Searching for the oppositions of melody/noise, order/chaos, pop/non-pop, and all that good bullshit. Mostly just enjoy, I know I did.

For more on Asura you can check Nonprojects.net and his myspace. Look out for a new split release between the man and Non Project’s Anenon, which should be out later this month via the label and Alpha Pup distribution.

For now though sit back and enjoy this lush musical ride into the influences of one of L.A’s best kept secrets!

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Asura – I Am The Homonculus – Friends of Friends Mix by FoFMusic

Tracklist:
Asura – All Our Favorite Colors
Gyorgy Ligeti – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra-1. Praeludium Vivacissimo Luminoso
Masanka Sankayi – Le Laboureur
Dimlite – On The Same Picture (feat. Elan Tamara)
Joji Hirota – Fire Dragon
Arthur Russell – Answers Me
Aco – Machi
Supersilent – 6.4
Fennesz – Glide
Brian Eno – The Big Ship
Dak – Rolling Hills
Baths – Hall (Asura Remix)
Kate Bush – Suspended In Gaffa
Matthewdavid – Know You’re Not Alone
Can – Vitamin C
Anenon – Damiel
Grouper – Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping
Four tet/Burial – Moth (feat. Ana Caravelle and Bjork)
Wire – Outdoor Miner
Guided By Voices – I Am Scientist
Squarepusher – Tommib
Ana Caravelle – Blackberries (Asura Source)
Asura – Silver Trees
Arthur Russell – A Sudden Chill

After nearly a week of blue, planeless skies here in London I guess we can confidently say that spring has arrived – and hopefully summer isn’t too far behind. So as we do every month let us celebrate with some music and another 2 hours of new, upcoming, old and unreleased bits for discerning ears.

On the show this month we’ve got new and forthcoming music from B-Ju, Ras G, Robot Koch Lando Kal, Lorn, Jahcoozi, FaltyDL, Om Unit, Letherette, Uncle Lew, Alex B, Take, Deru, LV and Quarta330, Shigeto, Skitz, Tokimonsta, Space Invadas, Yosi Horikawa, Dimlite and more alongside some favourites of recent times from RSD, James Blake, Uyama Hiroto, Mount Kimbie, Daisuke Tanabe and Flying Lotus among others.

This month’s mini feature meanwhile looks at the work of Japanese producer O.N.O. Probably best know as the producer for Tha Blue Herb, one of Japan’s most famous rap crews, and hailing from the northern island of Hokkaido, O.N.O has also been releasing under his name as a solo artist for well over ten years now. And it’s his work as a solo artist that’s always fascinated me since I discovered him thanks to Waxfactor about five years ago. This mini feature aims to shine a little light on the man’s incredible production range which runs from hip hop to dub, jungle to house, ambient to abstract and at times crazy electronic music. The constant in a lot of his music is his use of machines to create the sounds, something which really takes meaning when you see his live shows (youtube here and here) where equipped with 2 MPCs, a sequencer and effects units he puts on one of the most fascinating and enjoyable live electronic music shows I’ve ever seen. On the mini feature we’ve got 4 tracks from releases spanning most of his solo career and which as I said gives a nice idea of his diverse output. For more on the man check his website and those of you in/around Tokyo can catch him playing with Flying Lotus for a Tokyo Brainfeeder session soon – hopefully this might help shine some more light on his work outside Japan.

For now though sit back and enjoy another two hours of discerning music for discerning ears. As always you can grab the show directly at the link below, stream at the bottom of this post, or subscribe to our iTunes and/or RSS feed and you won’t even have to click through and read through all this every time we drop a new show. Look out for more guest mixes coming up next and some news regarding the shows. Until then enjoy!

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Tracklist:
Flying Lotus – I Feel Like Dying – Bootleg, free download
Robot Koch – True – Forthcoming Project Mooncircle
UpHigh Collective – Blend – On Point
Tycho – Adrift (Shigeto’s A Dream Mix) – Ghostly International
Jahcoozi ft. M. Sayyid – Powerdown Blackout – Bpitch Control
Foals – Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie Remix) – Free download
Dong – Suzuran (LV and Quarta330 remix) – Forthcoming Hyperdub
RSD – Naked Mario Kart part 2 – Black Box
Sepalcure – Down – Forthcoming Hotflush recordings
Uncle Lew – Little Wolf – Unreleased
Letherette – On Video – Unreleased
Onra – Oper8tor – All City Records
Mini feature starts
O.N.O – KRK – TBHR
O.N.O – Light Velocity – TBHR
O.N.O – Hazed Over – Nike Run
O.N.O – Night Scene – Rambling records
Mini feature ends
Daisuke Tanabe – Artificial Sweetener – Circulations
Tokimonsta – Smoke and Mirrors – Ramp Recordings
Alex B – You and I Both Know – Elm and Oak
Take – Neon Beams – Alpha Pup
James Blake – Harmonimix (Bills, Bills, Bills) – White Label
Mount Kimbie – Serged (FaltyDL remix) – Hotflush recordings
Lazer Sword – Shot In The Nite – Innovative Leisure
Self Says – Same Space (Just Easy) – Self Says (free download)
Uyama Hiroto – Ribbon In The Sea – Hyde Out Recordings
Deru – Cottonmouth Lothario – Mush Records
Lando Kal – Fuzzy Ankles – Numbers
Lorn – Bretagne – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Vex’d – Fire (Blood 1 remix) – CSM (free download)
B-Ju – Dog Day – Error Broadcast
Skitz – Born Inna System – Forthcoming Dragon Drop
Foreign Beggars – Move Higher (Om Unit’s Lights Down mix) – Forthcoming Dented Records (exclusive premiere)
Portformat ft. Blaktronics – It’s On (Swedeart Remix) – Forthcoming Tokyo Dawn
Yosi Horikawa – Cook From South – Forthcoming Ubeat Records
Dimlite – Elbow Flood – Forthcoming Now Again (free download)
Space Invadas – Imaginist – Invada records
Antipop Consortium – Lift (Audace Remix) – Unreleased
Aquadrop – Strong Vibes – Unreleased (free download)
Ras G – Discipline 1 – Forthcoming Leaving Records

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.

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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