Our latest guest mix comes from US producer howse, a little known name I was put onto by Jimmy from Streets of Beige when I guested on the YSK radio show on NTS a couple months back. Jimmy played one of howse’s tracks on the show and I remember my first reaction being one of surprise swiftly followed by ‘this sounds like ambient juke!’ – which is a good thing.

The music in question is freely available to download via howse’s Bandcamp as an EP entitled Undizputed. Feeling that this was some seriously dope music and interesting take on current styles within dance music I hit him up and asked if he’d be down to do a guest mix, which he was kind enough to agree to. As it turns out he’s got a new EP forthcoming on the Astro Nautico label, which will drop towards late August. You can hear a preview from the EP on the latest podcast and expect to hear more on the shows in coming months for sure.

For now though howse graces us with an hour long mixtape of sounds he’s feeling for your listening pleasure. The mix features a nice cross section of both laid back and upfront dance music and more including many Rhythm Inc favourites and friends like Sepalcure, Mike Slott, Kode 9, Addison Groove, Ossie, Peverelist, FaltyDL and more.

Little remains to be said beyond thanking the man for his time and encouraging you to further check his music and support it if you like it. As I said he has what I feel is a real unique and interesting take on certain current trends in dance music and that’s not just refreshing but also makes for fascinating listening.

As always you can download and/or stream the mix below or simply subscribe to our RSS/iTunes feed to get the shows directly to your inbox/reader/iTunes player.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
Pirate Radio Broadcast Intro
Clams Casino – Illest Alive (Main Attraktionz) [Self Released]
Neon Jung – AMEREMIX
Bullion – Crazy Over You [One Handed Music]
Actress – I Can’t Forgive You [Werk Discs]
Howse – Bangsless [Dub]
Oscar McClure – Compost (Teebs’ Never Repeat It Mix) [Leaving Records]
Kode9 – Kryon feat. Flying Lotus [Hyperdub]
ASAP Rock – Wassup [Self Released]
Mike Slott – Home [Fat City]
d’Eon – Transparency [Hippos in Tanks]
Colin Stetson – The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix) [Constellation]
Nocow – Struggle [Alphapup]
Kuhn – Let You Go [Dub]
Arkist & Kidkut – One Year Later [Hotflush]
Ital – One Hit [100% Silk]
Doc Daneeka & Gatto Viola – Backstabbin’ Ange (for a ten bag) [Well Rounded Records]
Sepalcure – Your Love [Hotflush]
Youandewan – Youandme (On My Mind) [Disfigured Dubz]
Voltron – Don’t Stop (xxxy Remix) [Discobelle]
Spectr – Dance 4 Me [Roska Kicks & Snares]
Teeth – CNT [Noppa]
Shortstuff & Mickey Pearce – Tripped Up (Ramadanman Re-Edit) [Ramp]
Nguzunguzu – Mirage (Girl Unit Remix) [Silverback]
Bok Bok – Silo Pass [Night Slugs]
CNDO – Terminator
Obey City – Killa Kam Kam (VIP) [Dub]
DJ Wilson – Nosso Regresso (2011) [Mental Groove]
Addison Groove – Is This It [Tectonic]
Ossie – Creepy Crawlies [Lightworks]
Breach – Fatherless (T Williams Remix) [PTN]
FaltyDL – Hard [Swamp81]
Howse – Need 2 Feel [Dub]
Peverelist – Sun Dance [Hessle Audio]
Shoulda – On My Roost [Dub]

Our first, and only, regular show this month comes from Primus Luta with his monthly RIPL installment. Delayed by our own troubles here in Tokyo, it’s the usual dose of fresh new music, recent favourites and some killer cuts.

Up this month we’ve got recent releases and new music from the Brainfeeder camp with Taylor McFerrin, Mono/Poly, Matthewdavid and Jeremiah Jae (all of which are out now/soon), more from Lopez’s excellent release for Keep Up, Shlohmo, Mophono, 2562, Mexicans with Guns, Robot Koch & John Robinson, Profisee, Damu and Downliners Sekt as well as forthcoming bits from Kode 9 & Spaceape, 1000Names, The Truth, Seefeel and Wagon Christ.

As always you can download and/or stream below or simply subscribe to our RSS/iTunes/newsletter and receive the shows in your inbox automatically. Just press the relevant buttons below to make the magic happen.

We’ll resume normal broadcast in April, with myself and Raid System presenting a joint show from Tokyo. More details soon. We’ll also have a series of exclusive podcasts from Ken One’s recent Skratch Evolution 3 show, featuring live sets from Hifana, Ken One, Raid System, and more. Until then enjoy and remember to buy a copy of the Nihon Kizuna compilation – all proceeds of which go to the Japan Red Cross.

Download RIPL March 2011 (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Mophono – Cut Form Crush Jam – CB Records
Lopez – Kongo Beats – Keep Up
Mono/poly – Punch The Troll In The Neck – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
14KT – Hard Times (Curtis Flip) – Aside Worldwide
Jeremiah Jae – $easons – Brainfeeder
Robot Koch & John Robinson – Smorgasbord – Project Mooncircle
Beans – Electric Eliminator (producer: Bumps) – Anticon
Pharoahe Monch – Shine Ft. Mela Machinko – Duckdown
Money Making Jam Boys – Day Job – 10 Deep
Freddie Gibbs x Mexicans with Guns x Bun B – Highway To Hell (Ridin
Dirty 7″ Mix) – Friends of Friends x Stones Throw (free download)
Elucid – Braking for Zombies – Concrete Sound System
Profisee – This Means (prod by Scharkz) – Phuture Labs
SMD – Apocalypse Now, The Alternative Ending ft. Leah (Prod. SMD) – Universe Keeps Revolving (free download)
Hiatus – Insurrection – Lucky Thunder
Kode9 and Spaceape – Green Smoke – Forthcoming Hyperdub
The Truth – Dreams Can Never Come True – Forthcoming Deep Medi
Damu – Skinnydipper (Jack Dixon Remix) – Silver Back Recordings
2562 – This Is Hardcore – Doubt Records
The Two. Fifteens – I Shake. Now – The Two Fifteens
1000names – Machine City – Forthcoming Svetlana Industries
XTRAH – Solitude – Proximity Recordings
Take – Quartz For Amber (Leonard Dstroy Remix Feat. Reggie B. ) – Alpha Pup
J*DaVeY – Trans – Self Released
Matthewdavid – Today, Same Way – Brainfeeder
Lyle Horowitz – Echo – Self Released
Seefeel – Making – Forthcoming Warp
Taylor McFerrin – Done For – Brainfeeder
Downliners Sekt – Lorem Ipsum – Free download
Galapagoose – Milkwood (w/ Panorama) – Self Released
Wagon Christ – Oh, I’m Tired – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Shlohmo – Things I Lost – Friends of Friends

As announced earlier, this month’s regular podcasts are all cancelled aside from RIPL which will drop on Monday. Despite having been kept busy by our work on the Nihon Kizuna compilation, we’re starting to get back into normal mode here in Tokyo and I’m finally starting to be able to enjoy the holiday and get stuck into the shows I had booked, which are no longer getting cancelled as the city returns to life after a couple of interesting weeks.

This mix was originally going to be a promo mix for the Mo’ Fun party I’m doing next month. Then it also became a mix to promote the Nihon Kizuna release before the work on that kept us too busy and the success proved that additional promotion probably wasn’t that much needed, especially not when we had so much to do. And so it went back to being a mix to promote Mo’ Fun vol.12 though by then it had become a love letter to Japan, a country I feel spiritually connected to and which I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for.

A lot of the music in this mix reminds me of Japan, with many tracks – old and new – having a direct link to the country and its people. For example the Skeng remix which closes it features samples recorded by The Bug and Kode 9 in Kyoto in 2007 when they were visiting/touring. The Baku megamix of Poison Dart was recorded shortly after that same tour. Cut End was a long standing anthem at BTC before Mala released it on Deep Medi. While Yosi Horikawa’s tracks always transport me to Japan whenever I listen to them. Alongside these tracks there’s a bunch of new stuff I’m feeling and the whole thing is joined together and interspersed by recordings I made on the streets of Tokyo in 2008, namely in Ogikubo, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Kiyose.

Mo’ Fun vol.12 is going down on April 9th, at Heavy Sick Zero in Nakano, Tokyo. Full details can be found on the Facebook event page. Many thanks to KK-san for inviting me to play.

If you enjoy this mix then please make a donation to the Japanese Red Cross, or alternatively buy a copy of the Nihon Kizuna compilation – all proceeds from which go to the Japanese Red Cross.

Many thanks to all the artists and labels featuring in this mix. Dedicated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tracklist:
Earthquake intro
2phast – JapaN – Unreleased
Himuro Yoshiteru – Night Shift – Unreleased
Lopez – Leviticus – Forthcoming Keep Up Records
Exile – Distopian Utopia – Forthcoming All City Records
Dilla – In The Streets – Operation Unknown
Eccy – Grease Spot – Slye Records
Krush ft KAN – Mosa – Sony
Paul White – Flying Across Tokyo – One Handed Music
Squeaky Lobster – Turkish Delight – Forthcoming Vlec
Naive Machine – Afrika (Om Unit remix) – Forthcoming Hit & Hope
Jamie Woon – Night Air – Universal
Yosi Horikawa – Passion (live) – Unreleased
Coco b – Date Theory – Unreleased
Yosi Horikawa – Wandering – Unreleased
Artek – We Save Lives (Brey Red Cross Remix) – Unreleased
Daisuke Tanabe – Witch Hunt – Project Mooncircle
Ena – Sign – 7even Recordings
Goth Trad – Cut End – Deep Medi
Om Unit – Searching – Stretched Records
100 Mado – Johnny – Unreleased
The Bug ft. Warrior Queen – Poison Dart (DJ Baku skratch megamix) – Ninja Tune
The Bug ft. Flow Dan – Skeng (Kode 9 remix) – Hyperdub
Ogikubo outro

So with a little delay here comes the February podcast from my good self, aptly retitled to March pt.1 – expect another show end of month as usual. With the shorter amount of days last month and relentless work I’ve had to finish before my upcoming trip (more on that soon) it just wasn’t possible to get the show done in time without rushing it. Add to this the fact that this instalment is a seriously heavy affair and I felt it was only right to take a few more days and give you something worthwhile.

Putting the tracklist together I’ve just realised that out of 41 tracks in this show, 34 are forthcoming – a good reflection of the quality and amount of good music we’ve been privileged to receive in the inbox. And there were another 10 odd tracks I wanted to include. This month’s show is also a reflection of labels we’re feeling this year. Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus’ musical child, is the subject of our mini feature with new music from Mono/Poly, Taylor McFerrin, Matthewdavid and Jerimiah Jae covering the spectrum from blunted beats to smooth, modern jazz. And then we’ve also got the Friends of Friends label (close friends of ours) represented with 3 tracks from upcoming releases by Shlomho, Groundislava and Mexicans with Guns, our other good friends at Project Mooncircle are featured with two recent releases from Robot Koch & John Robinson and Long Arm and then there’s Car Crash Set who’ve sent us new music from Pixelord and John Lemmon (awesome name btw).

Elsewhere we’ve got new music from Uncle Lew & Coco B, Kode 9 & The Spaceape, Julio Bashmore, SCB, Danny Drive Thru, Lorn, Non Projects, Rick Wilhite, Austin Peralta, Subeena, Quantic, Chrissy Murderbot, Om Unit, Nicolas Jaar, Lopez, Siriusmo, Royalty, 1000 Names, Prefuse 73 and more – covering a broad range of music. I somehow feel that this month’s show really lives up to our tagline of discerning music for discerning ears. It changes and moves and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.

As always be sure to check the artists and labels (all linked below) if you feel the music. Download and/or stream below or simply subscribe to the RSS/iTunes/newsletter to get the goodies directly in your inbox.

I’ll be back late march – live from Tokyo as I’ll be in Japan for six weeks from next week. Expect some udpates on the site in that time, guest mixes from our FoF series, Skyence and more including a mega special secret download dropping in the next two weeks. No more details but it will be worth it trust me. I’ll also be joining the Raid System boys on March 25th for a special party in Tokyo that’ll be broadcast on Ustream. More details soon.

Meanwhile enjoy, bump loud and share.

Download Rhythm Incursions – February 2011 (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Austin Peralta – Ode To Love – Brainfeeder
a.d.l.r – Supreme Sunlight – Non Projects
Uncle Lew & Coco B ft. Kid Sublime – Let Me In – Unreleased
Rick Wilhite – Cosmic Jungle – Forthcoming Music4Life
Royalty – Royalty – Five Easy Pieces
Subeena – Wrong For Me – Forthcoming Opit
Quantic – Mas Pan (DJ Day Remix) – Forthcoming Tru Thoughts
Groundislava – Panorama (Clive Tanaka remix) – Forthcoming Friends of Friends
Brainfeeder Mini Feature
Jerimiah Jae – Raw Tape$ – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Mono/Poly – Manifestations – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Matthewdavid – Today, Same Way – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Taylor Mc Ferrin ft. RYAT – Place in My Heart – Brainfeeder
Mini feature ends
Lopez – Kongo Beats – Forthcoming Keep Up
Danny Drive Thru – Psychedelia Smith – Unreleased
1000Names – La Boheme – Forthcoming Svetlana Industries
Debruit – Lil Zuma – Forthcoming Civil Music
Robot Koch & John Robinson – The Planet is My Canvas – Project Mooncircle
Siriusmo – Idiologie – Monkeytown Records
Prefuse 73 ft. Trish Keenan – The Only Trial of 9000 Suns – Forthcoming Warp Records
Long Arm – Dummy – Project Mooncircle
Boxcutter – LOADtime – Forthcoming Hotflush recordings
Kryptic Minds ft. Alys Be – Can’t Sleep – Forthcoming Black Box
Pixelord – Kiwi Dream – Forthcoming Car Crash Set
Take – Paper Garden (Low Limit remix) – Alpha Pup
Daedelus ft. Busdriver – What Can You Do – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Jon Lemmon – Furrr (Coco Bryce remix) – Forthcoming Car Crash Set
Wagon Christ – Sentimental Hardcore – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
SCB – Future Unknown – Forthcoming Aus Music
Kode 9 & The Spaceape ft. Cha Cha – Love Is The Drug – Forthcoming Hyperdub
Julio Bashmore – Batty Knee Dance – Forthcoming 3024
2562 – Aquatic Family Affair – When In Doubt
Shlomho – Places – Forthcoming Friends of Friends
Profisee – Movin’ (prod by Poirier) – Forthcoming PhutureLabs
Ta’Raach – Lemonade (Guru Mix) – Forthcoming All City Records
Lorn – Stranger – Forthcoming Hoya Hoya records
Naive Machine – Afrika – Forthcoming Hit and Hope Records
SCBS – Don’t Drink The Water – CSS
Chrissy Murderbot – Braaaain – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Mexicans with Guns ft. MC Nocando – Got Me F_cked Up – Forthcoming Friends of Friends
Comma – Mezcal Hologram (Om Unit remix) – Forthcoming Frite Nite
Nicolas Jaar – Too Many Kids Finding Rain in The Dust – Circus Company

Another month, another show and we made it just in time this month despite my best intentions. To be fair I did fracture my wrist two weeks ago which is probably the best excuse I’ve had for a late show (look out for those potholes if you’re cycling around town at night!). Following beautifully from our RIPL and RIRS shows earlier in the month I’m very happy to bring another 2 hours of fresh new music and classics selected especially for you, and with the summer on our doorstep round here this month’s selection is on the slightly sunny side.

There was a lot of music to go through for the show this month, so much I had to leave about 10 odd tracks out. We have new and forthcoming bits from the likes of Mochilla and Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Kode 9, Ramp Recordings, Swede:art, DJ Nate, Mount Kimbie, Terror Danjah, Afta1, Goth Trad, Ichiro_, Africa Hitech, Andrea Triana, Skyence and many more. Alongside all this new music this month’s mini feature takes a look at the legendary Berghain nightclub, one of Berlin’s most well known clubbing institution. It’s not often we cover techno or techno related music on this show but this month I really felt some light needed to be shone on the latest Berghain mix CD which is out now mixed by Ben Klock. Along with it came three singles, a track from each of which we’ve put in our mini feature. This is an ideal way to become acquainted with what’s been happening lately on the techno side of things especially if like me you like some techno stuff you’ve heard but aren’t an avid fan. Those who know may not hear anything new but I’d be willing to bet that most of our listeners are probably not too up on their techno. Hopefully this mini feature helps to show a good selection of what’s out there with a killer track from Martyn which has been a firm favourite of mine for the last month.

As always the show is available to download and stream below and directly via our newsletter, RSS and iTunes feeds (links in the righthand column). Full tracklist below with links to all the websites and where you can buy the music.

That’s it for June, stay tuned for our regular shows in July alongside some tasty guest mixes which we’ll be announcing very soon. Oh and a long overdue site revamp!

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Tracklist:
Miguel Atwood Ferguson orchestra – Fall N Love – Mochilla
Caribou – Odessa – City Slang
Jaga Jazzist – One Armed Bandit (Sprutbass mix) – Ninja Tune
Glitch Mob – Bad Wings – Glass Air
Mount Kimbie – Field – Forthcoming Hotflush recordings
Mini feature starts
Martyn – Miniluv – Ostgut Ton
Echologist – Dirt (Ben Klock edit) – Ostgut Ton
Kevin Gorman – 7am Stepper – Ostgut Ton
Mini feature ends
Swede:art – Mosambique – Tokyo Dawn
Machinedrum – It’s That Bass – Forthcoming LuckyMe
Altered Natives – A Thousand Days of Patience – Eye4Eye
Kay Suzuki feat. Fatima – Something to Say – Round in Motion
Skratch Basterds – Violet (2phast remix) – Unreleased
D Gookin – Glad I met You (Mux Mool remix) – Moodgadget, Free download
DJ Nate – Ima Burn Him – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Electric Wire Hustle – Gimme That Kinda – Forthcoming BBE
Mono/Poly – Fireworks – Tastefullicks
SOul Litchfield – G – Saturn Never Sleeps
Aeed – Error Code (Ichiro_ remix) – Error Broadcast
Shlohmo – Spoons (Shigeto remix) – Friends of Friends
Andrea Triana – Lost Where I Belong (acoustic version) – Ninja Tune
Aupheus – Insectoid – 2600 Recordings
Mr Scruff – Pickled Spider – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Africa Hitech – Lash Out – Warp
Foreign Beggars – No Holds Barred (Goth Trad remix) – Forthcoming Dented records
Throwing Snow – Chronos – Forthcoming Ho Tep
Desto – Lost Bits – Upmyalley
Pinch – Qawwali – Tectonic
Terror Danjah – Upton Lane – Forthcoming Planet Mu
FaltyDL – Because You – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Kode 9 – You Don’t Wash – DJ Kicks
Al Tourettes and Appleblim – Lipsmacker (Deadboy remix) – Aus Music
SBTRK and Samba – Break Off – Ramp Recordings
Skyence – Millions of Miles – Stoke
Aardvark – Tot 1 Zonder Toaster – Eat Concrete
PUDGE – Lost AngelLA – Forthcoming Ramp Recordings
Jean Jacques Perrey – Frothy – Forthcoming In Vitro
Afta1 – Become Still – Self Released

It’s with great pleasure that we kick off a new monthly series of guest mixes in conjuction with the Friends of Friends label. FoF should be no stranger to regular listeners, as we’ve been strong supporters of the label ever since it started in late 08/early 09. We’ve worked with them in supporting the releases and spreading the word, and even hooked them up with Om Unit for a forthcoming release, so when Lazy Brow who runs the label got in touch recently about starting a series of guest mixes and asked me to do the first one it was a no-brainer. Not to mention a real honor and pleasure.

Once the mix was wrapped we got chatting about how best to get it out there to as many heads as possible and so the next logical step was to do a Rhythm Inc/FoF team up. So starting this week, once a month we’ll be dropping an exclusive mix as part of the Friends of Friends mix series – each mix will be brought to you by a friend of the label. The next one in the series is already done, but we won’t give out who it is just yet. Expect to be hearing sounds from worldwide producers who are doing things we love. It’s a friend and family thing really.

Each mix will be podcast on Rhythm Inc and also available via FoF’s Soundcloud page and website.

The artwork for this one comes from a friend of FoF, of course. Photographer Oliver Kish snapped this truly incredible picture and had this story to tell regarding how it came about. It is not staged! (click it for a bigger version)

“This photo was taken during my first tip to the blooming poppy fields in Southern California. Thinking the day was over, I turned a corner and there he was, the tinman. I took a quick snap on my original Russian made LC-A, then headed home. I’ve been to the poppy fields since and have never run into the tinman again. Right place, right time, channeling the Wizard…”

As for the mix when I was asked to do this the idea of a theme for it came pretty quickly – showcase music from friends and family worldwide. People I know and have worked with over the years in various music scenes. In my 8 or so years as a music journalist and in various other roles relating to music I’ve had the pleasure to meet and work with some amazing artists, many of whom I feel lucky and honored to call friends, and quite a few who are close personal friends of mine and continually inspire me and drive me on. This mix aims to represent that by showcasing as much of the talent I feel close to – it covers scratch music, jungle, dubstep, beats, hip hop, electro and much more. The mix also reflects the truly worldwide spread of exciting music today and my own times spent in various countries, including the UK, France, Italy and Japan.

The mix itself is a pretty intense ride with 27 tracks in 45 minutes but I hope people get as much enjoyment from it as I did putting it together and that it leads to them checking out the artists and supporting them. The mix features a heap of exclusives, unreleased tracks and forthcoming releases. I have worked with every artist and/or label featured in this mix, so this is truly a snapshot of my friends and family.

So I won’t blabber on much longer and let you enjoy the music. As always embeds for stream and direct download links are below. Subscribers to the RSS or iTunes feeds will have the mix on their way to them now.

I’d like to just thank all the artists for the music but also their support over the years. It’s been a pleasure working with each and everyone of you in whatever capacity and I hope to continue to do so in years to come. And huge thanks to FoF for asking me to do this. It’s truly a pleasure!

Peace

Laurent aka Kper

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Tracklist:
Ken One – Mind Rain – Unreleased (Japan)
Danny Breaks – Hemisphere – Forthcoming Groove Attack (UK)
Dday One – Contamined Energy – Unreleased (USA)
And – Untitled beat – Unreleased (UK)
Onra – Iron – Forthcomig Ubeat (France)
Uncle Lew – Chop Chop remix – Unreleased (Ireland / Canada)
Lorn – Running Ink – Unreleased (USA)
Tatsuki – Kiyasu Breaks – Original Cultures (Japan)
Ernesto Gonzales – Self Awakening (Take remix) – FoF Music (USA)
Othello Grey – Feeling (BJu remix) – Unreleased (Germany)
Fulgeance – Smartbanging – One Handed Music (France)
2phast – MoynaQ – Unreleased (Italy)
Paul White – Body Spirals pt2 – Forthcoming One Handed Music (UK)
Throwing Snow – Elephant Trees – Unreleased (UK)
Grems ft Foreign Beggars – Brockabilly (Machine Drum remix) – Forthcoming (France/UK/USA)
Skyfish – Heso Cha remix – Unreleased (Japan)
Om Unit – Searching – Forthcoming Stretched Records (UK)
ENA – Drop – Unreleased (Japan)
Foreign Beggars – No Holds Barred (Goth Trad remix) – Forthcoming Dented Records (UK/Japan)
Dong – Suzuran (LV + Quarta330 remix) – Hyperdub (UK/Japan)
Lone Wolf – Badman – Unreleased (UK)
100 Mado – Club Asia – Unreleased (Japan)
Jamie Vex’d – Saturn’s Reply – Planet Mu (UK)
The Bug ft. Flowdan and Killa P – Skeng (Kode 9 remix) – Hyperdub (UK)
XLII – Podgy Swing – Raid System/Fubar (Ukraine/Japan)
Om Unit – The Corridor (Shigeto remix) – Forthcoming Terrorhythm (UK/USA)

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)

While it’s been a bit of a quiet month here at Rhythm Inc headquarters (life has a habit of getting in the way like that), the music has kept coming in thick and fast. This month’s show is therefore another slightly extended edition with 70 minutes of fresh new music and exclusives. From the live, funky sounds of El Michels Affair and The Heliocentrics to the dubbed out riddims of Dubterror, T-Woc and Ras G via 21st century gfunk from Joker, Funky stylings from Kode 9 and boom bap headnodders and the new school hip hop flavours of Willie Isz, Paul White, Dorian Concept, Jamie Vex’d, G.O.D and GB.

The mini feature this month looks at the work of West Coast producer Dert, a man who’s produced for KRS One among others and made a name for himself through various beat tapes and mashups releases including the excellent ‘Sometimes I Rhyme Slow’ and his reinterpretation of the Pink Floyd classic ‘Dark Side of The Moon’. For the feature we’ve hand picked 5 beats/tracks from previous releases as well as from his forthcoming CMYK EP, which is out now. Peep the playlist for full details of where to cop everything, and also look for Dert on iTunes where you can buy a few of his albums (can’t seem to find a way to link to the page directly, but it’ll come up if you search for Dert in the iTunes store).

So that’s it for this month, as usual grab the show directly below or subscribe via iTunes or your podcatcher of choice so you never miss a show (and save yourself a few clicks along the way). Subscription details can be found on the right hand side!

And stay tuned for some more guest mixes in May as well as the usual dose of fresh new music. Oh yeah and if you haven’t already be sure to check the Trick and Tom show’s weekly goodness and keep an eye on Turntable Radio for some special video and audio podcasts in coming weeks.

Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
El Michels Affair – CREAM – Fat Beats
Paul White – Hustle (Bullion Remix) – One Handed Music
Floating Points – Love Me Like This (Nonsense Dub) – R2
Flying Lotus – GNGBNG (Blu vocal bootleg) – Download this track
Willie Isz – Georgiavania – Lex records
Three Six Mafia – Stay Fly (Dorian Concept remix) – Kindred Spirits (download free zip file)
Jamie Vex’d – Radiant Industry – Planet Mu
G.O.D – Night of the Flavigator – NozL
Mini feature starts
Dert – Funky New World – Taken from ‘Talk Strange’ beat tape, download
Dert Floyd – Untitled 28 – Taken from ‘West Side of the Moon’ beat tape, download
Dert – You Are Here – Take from ‘The Seattle Situation’ beat tape
Dert – Trucker Hats & P.B.R – Taken from ‘Fledgling’, buy (CDbaby)
Dert – Black ft Surreal – Taken from ‘CMYK’ EP, buy (iTunes)
Mini feature ends
Paul White – Floating Free – One Handed Music
Ras G- Eunice in White – Brainfeeder
Prince Kong – Crossroads (T-Woc remix) – Alphabet Set
Joker – Psychedelic Runway – Kapsize
Kode 9 – Black Sun – Hyperdub
Dubterror – Tetradis dub – Universal Egg
Mulatu Astatke & Heliocentrics – Chinese New Year – Strut
Soundspecies – Brazilya pt 2 – Burntprogress
Little Dragon – After The Rain (GB interpretation) – Unreleased, download
Joker – Digidesign (Om Unit remix) – Unreleased

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

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Playlist:
Subtitle – Restructure Reroute feat Thavius Beck [Alphapup]
Nocando – Wild Ride [24-7 Records]
Boxcutter – Brood [Hot Flush]
Spectre – Time and Space feat MY Werkz [Wordsound]
Maker – Elephant Strut [Bully Records]
Blockhead – The First Snowfall [Ninja Tune]
Machine Drum – Jiggawhy (Juggle Version) [Norm Rex]
The Bug – Jah War [Planet Mu]
Glue – A Lot To Say (Mr Dibbs RMX) [Fat Beats]
Clark – The Autumnal Crash [Warp]
Elektro4 – Nothing Left But Appetite [unreleased]
Crux – Hotair [Wordsound]
Kode9 and Spaceape – Sine [Hyperdub]
David Jack – Chequered Research [?]
Spank Rock – Far Left (Eriksolo RMX) [unreleased]