Rhythm Incursions – Best of 09 pt1

And so here we are at the end of the year, and the decade. Let us therefore indulge in this most seasonal of traditions with a two-part, end of year ‘best of’ show for 2009. The idea was to build on last year’s first installment, and then before I knew it I’d sat down in front of the computer with a shortlist of 100+ tracks and the idea of actually doing a proper mix as opposed to a simple selection of tracks. As with last year there is no talking this time round, just pure music selection for your enjoyment.

We start with part 1 and 50 odd tracks which have all been highlights of the year here at Rhythm Inc towers from the likes of Architeq, Paul White, Alice Russell, Raekwon, DOOM, Oh No, Heliocentrics, Loops Haunt, LuckyMe, Robot Koch, Milanese, King Midas Sound, 2nd Class Citizen and many, many more. The selection is a nice representation of this year’s playlists too with a couple of previously un-aired goodies thrown in on top. As always complete tracklist below with link to the mix for those that aren’t subscribed to our feed or iTunes channels (hint hint).

As I said this best of show is more of a ‘mix’ than our normal shows – everything has been mixed and mashed up to allow me to fit as much music as I can in 75 minutes and still give every track a chance to shine.

Part two will be dropping very shortly, either on Christmas eve or Boxing day (the day after xmas) – it all depends on how much I manage to get done tonight. It will feature another 50 or so tracks from our best of 2009 list as well as the second ‘Labels of 09′ mini-feature, this time looking at the output of Ramp Recordings which is by far one of the stand out labels of the year for us. And don’t forget to check last month’s show for part of our ‘Labels of 09′ mini-feature which looked at the excellent One Handed Music.

So I won’t keep you any longer. Get stuck in, lie back, crank up the volume, ignore the family members and enjoy the first half of our best of 09 show!

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Tracklist:
Nasdroic – Room Mist – LuckyMe
The Slew – Robbin Banks, Doin Time – Puget Sound
Kids in Tracksuits ft Non genetic – No Hooks – Fluid Ounce
Dizz1 – Konotakosuke Yaro – Rush Hour
Instra:Mental – Watching You – Non Plus
Scuba – Symbiosis – Hotflush recordings
Stoney Jackson ft Talib Kweli – Get Started – Stones Throw
Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke – Masenqo – Strut
Oh No – When Nah – Stones Throw
DOOM – Ballskin – Lex records
Robot Koch – Heaven – Project Mooncircle
Teebs – Untitled 9 – Self-released
Samiyam – Bonus Mission – Poobah records
B-Ju – Philly Run – Error Broadcast (free release)
G.O.D – Desrunay – NozL recordings
Loops Haunt – Joplin – Black Acre
Exile – The Sound is God – Plug Research
Little Dragon – After The Rain (GB reinterpretation) – Self-released (free download)
Karriem Riggins – 12s in 8s – Scion AV
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Aint Gonna Work Out (Astronote El Camino remix) – Aside Worldwide (free download)
Mono/Poly – The Beatles – Faces Records
Tranqill – Payroll (Paul White clean dub) – One Handed Music
2nd Class Citizen – The Day You’re Lost or Found – Equinox records
King Midas Sound – Lost – Hyperdub
Diamond District – Who I Be – Mellow Music Group
Debruit ft. Om’mas Keith and Jamie Woon – I’m Goin’ Wit You – Civil Music
Erikah Badu – Real Thang (fLako remix) – Unreleased
Nosaj Thing – Quest – Alpha Pup
Joker – Digidesign (Om Unit’s Pop and Lock remix) – White Label
Foreign Beggars ft Kashmere, Jehst and 2tall – No More – Dented records
Leatherette – In July Focus Rite – Norm Rex
Depakote – Lilykoranic – Unreleased
El Michels Affair – Duel of the Iron Mics – Fat Beats
Milanese ft. Ben Sharpa – Disclosure – Planet Mu
Dr. Who Dat? – Viberian Twilight pt2 – Lex records
Lorn – Wake Up Fucked Up – Self-release (free download)
Ras G – Eunice in White – Brainfeeder
Alix Perez ft Yungun – Calm of Cast – Shogun Audio
Disrupt – Sega Beats – Jahtari
Architeq – Birds of Prey (Jackhigh remix) – Tirk recordings
Lambent – Groove Analyse – Project Mooncircle
Mike Slott – 40 Winx – LuckyMe
Alice Russell – All Alone (DJ Day meets Clutchy Hopkins remix) – Little Poppet
Architeq – Babylon – Tirk recordings
Raekwon – House of Flying Daggers – IceH20
Architeq – Sleeping Bear’s Lament (TAKE remix) – Planet Mu
M64 – Rhythm of the Drum (Dert remix) – Record Breakin’

Rhythm Incursions – November 09

We reach the last but one show of the year with yet more exclusives and brand new music for your listening enjoyment. In addition, the mini feature this month is part 1 of a ‘Labels of 2009′ feature as I couldn’t just choose one label this year so instead decided to shine a light on two labels who both deserve it in my opinion.

Music wise we’ve got some exclusive previews of music from Om Unit, Loops Haunt, Debruit, Leatherette and Ernesto Gonzales, all of which will be dropping in the first quarter of 2010. Alongside these we have the usual fresh music from a host of artists and labels including Hyperdub, Ramp Recordings, Tectonic, Dutty Artz, the amazing Mr Chop release on Now Again/Five Day Weekend, the psychedelic new Edan release, Madlib and Strong Arm Steady, Non+Herrmutt Lobby, SA-RA, DJ Food, Ben Sharpa and many more.

As for the mini feature, well part 1 of the ‘Labels of 2009′ shines a light on One Handed MUsic, the London-based independent headed by Alex Chase (also responsible for Stones Throw in Europe). Despite, or most likely because, its small roster of artists, 2009 has been a good year for the label release wise with the Paul White debut album, another 2 EPs from the prolific London beat-maker, an EP from Bullion the label’s other, hugely promising London artist, and an amazing EP from Fulgeance, the French MPC master who does ‘chopped & screwed house’ (as Mr Trick called it) like no one else can. The releases aren’t just the reason why I choose OHM as a label of the year – it’s everything else, like Alex’s obviously on point A&R and the artwork and attention that has gone into every release, whether physical or digital (anyone who’s seen the hand-sewn pillow cases for the Paul White album will testity). So I’ll let the music do the talking with a selection of five tracks from this year’s releases. Look out for OHM to continue their rise in 2010 with more Paul White, a long-awaited Tranquill EP and more.

Part 2 of the mini-feature will be coming next month, looking at Ramp Recordings, which ironically Alex Chase pointed out was also run by someone from Suffolk, that is Tom@Ramp. So looks like Suffolk had it on lock for ’09 then – who would have thought. The December show will most likely be similar to the one I put together last year, ie. a best of 09 mix with the label mini feature included in there. Look out for details soon, it’ll drop just before xmas in time for the seasonal overload.

For now though, sit back, crank up the volume and enjoy. And remember check the tracklist for full details of websites and where to buy the music and go out and support if you like what you hear!

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Tracklist – November 09
2562 – Dinosaur – Tectonic
Jahdan Blackamoor ft Klash77 – She Said – Dutty Artz
Pinch ft Yolanda – Get Up – Tectonic
Dub U – Delia – Unreleased
SA-RA ft Ta’ Raach and Jay Electronica – Love Czars II – Ubiquity/Serato
Touchy Subject – The Kind – Unreleased
Mr Chop – Shut Em Down – Five Day Weekend / Now Again
Dynamites – Kingston Dub Town – Pressure Sounds
Lewis – Mandy’s Uh – Unreleased
Foreign Beggars – Don’t Dhooow It (Machine Drum remix) – Dented Records
Loops Haunt – Huarache – Forthcoming Fortified Audio
Stoney Jackson – Cheeba Cheeba – Stones Throw
Om Unit – Lightgrids – Forthcoming All City Records
Take – Chrome in the Clouds – Powershovel Audio
Mini Feature starts / Labels of 09 pt 1: One Handed Music
Paul White – Synth March – One Handed Music
Bullion – Young Heartache – One Handed Music
Paul White – Vs the BBC – One Handed Music
Paul White – Dream State (Dam Tales) (Extended Version) – One Handed Music
Fulgeance – Ann Arbor – One Handed Music
Mini Feature ends
King Midas Sound – Goodbye Girl – Hyperdub
Debruit – Nigeria What? – Forthcoming Civil Music
Gemmy – Shanti Riddim – Planet Mu
Willie Isz – The Grustle (LV remix) – Unreleased
Alix Perez ft Foreign Beggars – The Cut Deepens – Shogun Audio
Ben Sharpa ft Wordsworth – Why – Jarring Effects
DJ Food ft DK – Sentinel (Shadow Guard) – Ninja Tune
Ernesto Gonzales – Falling Asleep to the Glow of the – Forthcoming Friends of Friends (exclusive premiere)
Ernesto Gonzales – Etchasketch Trees (Yppah Remix) – Friends of Friends
Desto – Disappearing Reappearing – Ramp recordings
Lone – Karen Loves Kate – Werk Discs
Leatherette – Clip Your Wings – Forthcoming Norm Rex
Edan – Echo Party sampler – Five Day Weekend
Mike Slott – 40 Winx – LuckyMe
Non+Hermutt Lobby – Save That Shit – Catune

Rhythm Incursions – October 09

Despite it being nearly one week into November, we’re bringing you the October show which suffered the delaying combo of both my laptop dying and a rather nasty cold hitting me in the same week. The show was actually wrapped 2 weeks ago but we couldn’t get it out till now. Lucky you though, as you’ll be getting another show in a few weeks with our November edition.

I realised as I was putting the tracklist together that for some reason this month features a rather high number of freely available tracks. This is in part a reflection of my own listening habits (and the fact I spend way too much time on the internet) but also I think of the move by artists and labels to make more music available freely as a way to promote paying releases, gigs and other merchandise. Lastly I would also say that the increasing number of free tracks in our playlists this year is a reflection of the increase in quality in free music. Whereas before free tracks where often throwaway material, today an increasing number of artists are releasing bootlegs, remixes and their own tracks for free and keeping a high quality control on it. Again I think this is something that plays into the aforementioned ‘free music as promotion’ vehicle. All the artists with a freely available track in this month’s show also have physical, paying releases and quite a few are actually established artists in their own ‘scenes’.

What about the music though? This month we take in a rather wide range of music, reflecting the diversity of what’s been trickling into our inbox/hands. From the psychedelic meets Afghani traditional music of Ariana Delawari to straight beats (and some incredible flips) from KenLo, fLako, Fulgeance and Dibiase via tribal house vibes from Blue Daisy, 21st century boogie from Dam Funk, hard-hitting hip hop from Kids in Tracksuits and Mr Lif and forward-thinking productions from Om Unit, Mike Slott and Talen. And that’s only part of it, there’s more and it’s all high quality as far as I’m concerned.

This month’s mini-feature is a tie-in with the 5th anniversary of the Hyperdub label. Headed by Kode 9, Hyperdub has long been a favourite at Rhythm Inc, with Trick regularly playing the label’s early releases as both the show and label share roughly the same birthdays. To celebrate their anniversary Hyperdub have curated an incredible compilation, called ’5′, spanning two CDs or 5 12″s and featuring classic material from the label’s archive, unreleased one-offs and 15 or so brand new productions from the label’s artists and friends including names like Flying Lotus, Mala, Martin, Samiyam, Ikonika, Quarta330, and more. It’s fair to say that ’5′ is the final nail in the coffin for lesser labels, if it was even needed, that shows just how influential and forward thinking Hyperdub has been as an independent over the years. From its humble beginnings to its current wide palette of sounds, Hyperdub continues to do what everyone least expects, and that’s just one of many reasons why we love them and their music. For the feature we’ve got four tracks from the compilation taking in The Bug under his King Midas Sound alias, Mala, Kode 9 and Samiyam – music as different as it comes and yet somehow logically intertwined.

So enough with the words, sit back and crank the volume for 2h of the latest and freshest music. And stay tuned for some special shows coming up in the month. For now enjoy!

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Tracklist:
KenLo Craqnuques – Noir 19 – Taken from Noir beatape (free download)
Dday One – Natural Balance – Superdheadz
Ichiro – NarcoSystem – Oil Works
Frank n Dank – Shut It Down (devremix) – Unreleased (free download)
Geiom – Flic en Flac – Fabric (free download)
Reason or Romanza – Seven Uses of Potential Difference (Blue Daisy Tribal Remix) – Civil Music
Ariana Delawari – Laily Jan – David Lynch MC
Erikah Badu – Real Thing (fLako remix) – Unreleased (free download)
Sound Scientists – Evil Violin – DVent
Talen – The Morning Rush, An Oddatee Tale – Mouthwatering Records
Mini feature – Hyperdub 5
King Midas Sound – Meltdown – Hyperdub
Mala – Level Nine – Hyperdub
Kode 9 & Spaceape – Ghost Town – Hyperdub
Samiyam – Return – Hyperdub
Mini feature ends
Aufgang – Barok (Fulgeance remix) – Unreleased (free download)
Loops Haunt – Dusk Mechanics (Samoyed Remix) – Fortified Audio
Om Unit – Lavender – All City
Jose James – Black Magic (Untold remix) – Brownswood
Jose James – Black Eyed Susan – Brownswood
Little Dragon – Fortune (Afta 1 remix) – Unreleased (free download)
Dam Funk – Hood Pass Intact – Stones Throw
Kids in Tracksuit – Zone ft Mr Lif – Fluid Ounce
Filewile – Number One Kid (Robot Koch remix) – Mouthwatering records
Breakage and Skream – Skreakage – Digital Soundboy
Quest – The Unknown – Deep Medi Musik
Hyaku Mado – Red Line (Scorn remix) – Murder Channel
Sibian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker remix) – Unreleased (free download)
Helixir – Convultions – 7even
Sound Species – Psychedelic Xylophone – Unreleased (free download)
Mike Slott – 23 Halfs – LuckyMe (free download)
Jogger – Champing at the bit (live) – Magical Properties
Ave Blaste – Sega – Keep Up
Cignol – Tumnal – Alphabet Set
U-N-I – Castle Vee Re-Up ft Black Milk (prod. by Dibiase) – Taken from ‘Before There was Love’ mixtape (free download)

Rhythm Incursions: May 09

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

Rhythm Incursions: best of 2008 aka ‘get stuffed or die trying’

Right then. You might have been wondering when the hell this mix was going to be online, and rightly too considering we announced it a while back. In the end, with life and other fun things getting in the way we decided to hold it back until the festivities were starting, kind of like a virtual serving of extra stuffing. And being that it’s the season of over indulging and excess, this month’s show is a best of 08 mix special: no talking, just 70 mins of some of the best and our favouritest music of the year. Whether you’re enjoying the festivities with the family, alone or with friends, away or at home, at work or on holiday (I did work last on xmas day so I know it’s not an impossibility, big up those who are!) we hope you enjoy our last show of the year.

Not only does this show include some of our favourite singles and album tracks from 2008, it also comes with a xmas-sized mini feature looking at the ouput of the Hyperdub label, which gets label of the year by a long mile, regardless of genre.

2008 has definitely been an interesting year musically to say the least. Trick remarked earlier on in the month that album wise it hasn’t been an exceptional year, which I’d have to agree with to an extent. A few albums do stand out, like say The Bug’s ‘London Zoo,’ and between putting this mix together and doing the obligatory end of year list thing over on my blog I’ve come to the realisation that this year it’s much more singles, EPs and certain album tracks that stand out for me. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing either.

This end of year special podcast reflects all of this with tracks from some of the year’s stand out albums, singles, EPs, and even a couple of unreleased numbers that have created quite a lot of interest on and offline. This show is also definitely a bit of a who’s who of the artists and the labels that have populated our tracklists on the regular since Rhythm Incursions moved to its podcast-only format back in June, with the likes of Nosaj Thing, Flying Lotus, Kode 9, Maga Bo, The Bug, J Dilla and more.

Another thing reflected in the mix is the return of the producer to the front in certain corners of the hip hop world (see explosion of interest around Flying Lotus for proof of that) and how this return has been distinctively led by a more awkward and experimental approach to instrumental tracks, also echoed in the work of certain producers affiliated with the dubstep, grime and other electronic scenes. While far from encompassing everything that happened this year, these two musical ‘tendencies’ have definitely had a big impact on fans, producers and DJs alike.

So that’s about it. We’re officially done for 08. Massive thanks to you the listeners for your continued support and a big big shout to the entire Rhythm Incursions clique: Mr Trick, Waxfactor, Carlo, Joey Beats, Dday One and the extended fam. Also a big thank you to all the artists and labels who have supported the show this year through their music and guest appearances.

Look out for more of the same in 2009, as we roll out some very tasty guest mixes and new shows from all the regulars in January (who knows Waxfactor might even come out of his hiding lair). If you’re new to the show then be sure to check our archives and the feed where you can find all the previous shows available for download (and there’s been some corkers this year).

And finally if you’re still feeling somewhat hungry or are looking for something else to get stuck into, then check out Turntable Radio’s own festive offering, which is none other than the entire Season’s Beatings series of festive mixes. These went live at the same time as this mix, so get stuck in yo!

See you in 2009.

Peace

Laurent

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Tracklist:
Daedelus – Hours: Mins: Secs – Ninja Tune
Radiohead – Reckoner (Nosaj Thing remix) – Unreleased
Ras G – Jus Feel – Poobah / P Vine
2tall – The Most High ft. Kashmere – Content
Starkey – Gutter Music – Planet Mu
Joker – Gully Brook Lane – Terrorhythm
The Bug – Ganja ft. Flowdan & Killa P – Ninja Tune
Trim – Thief In The Night (prod. Radioclit) – Soulfood
Maga Bo – Fire ft. Xuman – Soot Records
Big Boi – Royal Flush ft. Andre 3000 & Raekwon – La Face Records
Onra – The Anthem – Bo Bun Records
Mayer Hawthorne – Just Aint Gonna Work Out – Stones Throw
Best label of 2008 mini-feature – Hyperdub megamix
Burial – Archangel
Zombie – Test Me For a Reason
King Midas – Cool Out
Kode 9 & Spaceape – Konfusion
Cardopusher – Homeless (Quarta 330 remix)
Ikonika – Please
Kode 9 vs LD – Bad
Ikonika – Millie
Zombie – Spliff Dub (Rustie remix)
King Midas – One Ting (Dabrye remix)
Samiyam – Moon Shoes
Mini-feature ends
Mr Beatnick – I Know All the Bitches ft. Ahu (Simbad slow mix) – Altered Vibes
Afta1 – Honey Dip – Circulations
Paul White – For You and For me – One Handed Music
Mike Slott – Deux, Three ft Muhsinah – All City
Free the Robots – Times Like This – Equinox Records
M.I.A – Paper Planes (Diplo remix) ft. Bun B & Rich Boy – XL Recordings
Madlib – Blow The Horns ft Guilty Simpson – BBE
Flying Lotus – GNGBNG – Warp
Hud Mo – Ooops – LuckyMe x Wireblock
The Roots – Get Busy – Def Jam
Flying Lotus – Infinitum (Exile remix) – Warp
Scuba – Twitch (Jamie Vex’d remix) – Hotflush
J Dilla – Trucks – Stones Throw / MCA

Rhythm Incursions: October 08

We keep it rolling this month with a bag full of fresh music for you while we prepare some seriously big podcasts, so make sure you keep your eyes on the site!

This month’s hour long excursion includes a host of forthcoming releases including remixes of Kind Midas Sound by Flying Lotus, Scuba by Jamie Vex’d, Plastic Little by Nosaj Thing and Lone by Bibio, new music from Count Bass D, Reefer (the new side project of Daddy Kev and The Island’s Nick Thorburn) and some 7″ action from Jahtari, Le N?ko and Paul White. There’s more as well as a mini-feature on French beat maker Onra. Full tracklist and linkage after the jump.

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Rhythm Incursions: Mr Trick Returns…

Goddamn… how long have I been gone? I feel like one of those guys wandering out of the woods who can’t explain how he got there or how long he’s been gone…

HELLO ALL! REMEMBER ME?!?

OK – let’s get back to business here: a new show from yours truly, hopefully to continue in the regular format I promised before life got a bit crazy and reality bit in with work, amongst other things. There’s a raft of goodness to check out on this show, including new material from King Midas Sound (aka The Bug & Roger Robinson), Flying Lotus, Tragedy & Raekwon, Jackson Conti and more. So, don’t delay: grab the show, pump the sound on your player of choice all the way up to 11 and don’t be scared to dance like a mentalist. God knows that Nosaj Thing remix gets me moving in a curious, herky-jerky way… Read more