We return to L.A for our next regular installment of Dday One’s ‘In Session’ series. This latest episode is dedicated to the memory of the late Keith ‘Guru’ Elam who sadly left us too soon last week. Mixed in with Gangstarr and Guru classics are new and older joints from The Q4, Dabrye, Asusu, The Prunes, Prince Paul and even a sneak preview of a Flying Lotus track from the new Cosmogramma LP.

Not much else to say on this, it’s the usual hour of goodness from our man in L.A and requires your ears’ attention and complete immersion to enjoy it to the fullest. Don’t forget to check the latest from Dday and the Content Label on their website and if you haven’t yet check our news and downloads feed for a free EP from Marques Lafelt which we posted earlier today.

Download Dday One – In Session no 9 Dedicated to Guru (right click and save as)

Intro: GIFTED UNLIMITED RHYMES UNIVERSAL
Gang Starr – Credit is due
Inner Science – Till
Gang Starr – Words I Manifest (Remix)
Eskamon – Fine Objects
Guru feat Mc Solar – Le Bien, Le Mal
The Q4 – Beer Goggle Blues (Project Mooncircle)
Dabrye – Temper
Dj Krush feat. Guru – Bboy Mastermind
45 King – Kool
Gang Starr – Yo Know my Steez
Eskmo – Sister, You Have Got To Listen
Gang Starr – Positivty
Robot Koch feat Grace – Listen To Them Fade (Project Mooncircle)
Asusu – Small Hours
Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep (M. Fusion remix)
Pharcyde – Pandemonium
The Prunes / mixed with Olde soul’s Wild card (Exclusive)
Flying Lotus – Do the Astral Plane
Bonobo – We could Forever / Gang Starr’s Meaning of the Name
Dday One – Untitled – (World Premier)**
Price Paul – Beautiful Night
Mumbles – Lakysha boodha (feat rebecca Klei)
Guru – Trust Me
Mad Doctor X – Realism
Gang Starr – In Memory of
Outro: It’s Universal!

Thanks for listening….rest in peace Keith Elam (The Guru)

Continuing the Japanese theme we started last week with our guest mix from Olive Oil, here’s a mix from another Japanese friend and collaborator of ours, Tatsuki. Originally put together for the Original Cultures podcast series, I’m using the slow, quiet summer months to give it another push and put it out for those who might have missed it first time round.

Regular listeners might remember Tatsuki from a guest mix he did on Turntable Radio back in 06. Since then he’s been rather quiet, working R&D at Korg (he’s the man responsible for the Korg Zero4 mixer) and quietly doing bits here and there for friends. He’s probably most well known for his featuring on Krush’s ‘Decks-A-Thron’ from the 2004 Jaku album as well as his work with Danish band Blue Foundation.

This year Tatsuki is taking part in the first Original Cultures series of events, representing Japan in the field of music and for this occasion put together a mix showcasing influences and favourites. Tracklist and download links are below. For more info on the man hit up his myspace, and for more info on Original Cultures check the newly redesigned site.

Also look out for some exclusive audio from the Original Cultures pilot event in Bologna very soon featuring Tatsuki, 2tall / Om Unit and Tayone. Oh and be sure to subscribe to the Original Cultures feed and/or iTunes podcast feed to make sure you get all the mixes coming through – there’s some tasty ones forthcoming.

Download the mix here! (right click and save as)

Tatsuki – Original Cultures radio mix

1. Intro
2. Vice Verzen Instrumental
3. tatsuki* Loop 1
4. Ekaj – Enmap
5. Apes on Tapes – Grand 5
6. Goth-Trad – Acid Steps
7. Dj Baku – Element for Perfect
8. Dj Krush feat Mc Kan – Mosa
9. Dj Shadow x Depeche Mode – Painkiller
10.Dj Krush feat Tatsuki – Deck’s Athron
11.Dj Krush – Kemuri Untouchable Mix

We stay stateside with our latest guest mix, a 40 minute journey into instrumental hip hop and beats courtesy of Primus Luta. We hooked up with Primus thanks to the ‘social’ wonder that is twitter, and he offered to put together a mix for us which would be looking at some of the foundations of the current electronic music/hip hop crossover and movements that have been gaining track over the last 5-10 years.

In his own words:

‘This is a mix called “BeatConstruction.” 40+ minutes of instrumental madness from 1979-2000. My goal was to present a variety of stuff that shows the early groundwork laid for the instrumental electronic and hip-hop scene we’re seeing today. The other exciting thing about this mix is that it is a live mix created using the scrtch application which I developed for my Heads Project. scrtch is a two deck turntable emulation application developed for the monome in Bidule. Originally designed just for turntabilist effects (audio manipulation), as I started working on the live rig for the Heads Project I decided to modify it so that full fledged mixing could be achieved, this mix being the first result. I’m only using scrtch here so it isn’t the full live rig, but it is completely live (mistakes and all). Where my live set will be more about building extended grooves, this mix is a rapid fire assault of over forty tracks in just over forty minutes. Enjoy.

FEATURING: Africa Bambatta, AFX, Anti-Pop Consortium, Audio Two, The Ballistic Brothers, The B-Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Bomb Squad, Buckshot LeFongue, Chris Stein, DJ Food, DJ Krush, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Drexciya, El P, Fab 5 Freddy, Full Force, Invisible Skratch Piklez, Jigsaw Productions, Jay Dee, Kraftwerk, La Funk Mob, Large Professor, Larry Smith, Mantronix, Mark the 45 King, Meat Beat Manifesto, Midnight Funk Association, Miles Davis, Peter Brown, Pete Rock, Prince Paul, Reload, The Sabres of Paradise, The Ummah, Unkle, Urban Tribe, X-Ecutioners.’

So not only is this mix full of the productions which are very dear to us here at Rhythm Inc, it’s also a pretty original live mix using one of the most interesting live interface/instruments of recent years.

No tracklisting as such, but if you like what you hear than be sure to check Primus’ site, Avanturb where you can keep up to date with the Heads Project as well as his live manipulations and music. Massive thanks to him for taking the time to put this together for us, and in a slightly freaky coincidence look out for a mix from 2tall and myself in the coming months which will be looking at the whole evolution of the beat/electronic hip hop thing from 1999 to 2009, picking up where Primus’ mix leaves off.

Download the mix here (right click and save as)

We return to L.A with Dday One once more taking control of the Rhythm Incursions airwaves with his first show of 2009. I’ll let the man himself give you the lowdown, and you’ll find tracklist and links at the bottom. Trust this one is a keeper once more.

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(((F O U R)))

Hello and welcome to another installment of Rhythm Incursions. For me, this is session 4 and mix 1 of 2009, Happy New Years. Hope all is well.

Once again broadcasting from Los Angeles and It’s a pleasure to be here mixing for you. No specific theme this time, just a fusion of exclusives and classics. One exclusive comes from producer Gone Beyond of S.E.V.A. with partner Mumbles (Mush). I played a track from his upcoming self-titled Content Label Album due out mid 09’ and also dropped some unreleased beats. Check it out.

Hit me up at http://www. myspace. com/ddayone + www.samplist.com

The Rhythm squad will keep it coming!!!!!!

Peace**
Dday One
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Download the show right here!

Tracklist:
(00:00) Dday One – Incursions Theme
(02:17) 2tall – Scatter Clocks
(05:20) Jon Kennedy – Sand People + Edan & Cut Chemist – Mean Greene
(06:50) Big J & Dj Cid – Meditation (www. myspace. com/heroesforhire88)
(08:00) Mark the 45 King – The 900 Number
(08:30) 7A3 – Cooling in Cali
(10:05) Wally Badarou – Keys
(12:20) Gone Beyond – Ghosts of Tomorrow (Content Label) ** (World Premier) Out mid – 09’ **
(15:40) Dday One – Untitled **Exclusive**
(18:10) Omid – Khodahafez (Raw Version) **Exclusive**
(20:20) Dday One – Losing It **Exclusive**
(24:15) Abcnt Mnded- North Star
(25:50) La Funk Mob – 21 Degrees
(27:30) Dj Krush – But the World Moves On featuring D-Madness & Masato Nakamura
(30:52) Aamir (Escape Artists) w/ Dday One – Contaminated Energy **Exclusive**(World Premier)
(34:00) Yello – Oh Yeah!
(36:50) Dj Signify w/ Matt Kelly – Delight to the Sadist
(40:48) Tipper – A Touch of the Vapors
(42:00) A.R Rahman – Riots (Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack)
(43:15) Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
(44:20) Protassov – Steam and Oil
(47:55) Poets of Rhythm- Flight to St. Vincent
(49:15) Amon Tobin – Sordid
(51:00) Las Flores Project – Nyro’s Blues (myspace. com/lasfloresproject)
(54:10) U.S Dpt. of Health and Human Services P. SA (1988) – A.I.D.S Rap
(55:00) Nobody – SVIIB Trance Figure Nobody Remix
(56:20) I am the hottest guy in the club with my Tommy Hilfiger! YEAH!!!
(57:40) Los Angeles Negros – Aplaude Mi Final
(1:01:44) END / Till Next Time! Peace***