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.

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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)

It’s Halloween season and we’re not about to be undone for participating in the ‘festive’ spirit. Rhythm Inc regular DJ Zedvantz charges in head first with a Halloween-themed mix which should fit the ghoulish needs of music fans, while also doubling up nicely as a mix you can also listen to outside of the Halloween season.

He dropped us a line over the weekend, explaining that he’d just finished a ‘Death Mix’ which went something like (and we quote) ‘Turntablism meets Hardcore/Metal meets Hip-Hop meets everything else under the sun’. That already had us open and listening. He added, ‘lots of evil dialog scattered through the mix… perfect for the halloween vibe but listenable anytime of the year!’

And with the likes of Kid Koala, Marilyn Manson, Kurt Cobain, Dibbs, Jel and more all rubbing shoulders (or should that be severed limbs?) in there we couldn’t agree more and hope you’ll enjoy this early Halloween treat. Perfect as a soundtrack for the kids’ trick or treat round (if you’re the kind of person who likes to freak out kids that is) or getting ready for whatever Halloween activity you’ll be partaking in.

In related Halloween news I’d be hoping to drop a creepy/evil dub mix for Halloween too, unfortunately my laptop decided to pack it in over the weekend so unless I can pull something out the bag in time before saturday it’ll have to wait till a little later.

For now though, sit back, crank the volume to 11 and rock the f*ck on.

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Tracklist:
01. Kurt Cobain – At The End Of My Rope (zedvantz rmx)
02. The Slew – Battle Between Heaven & Hell
03. Mr. Dibbs – Taste Of Death*
04. Johnny Cash – Thirteen*
05. Gaslamp Killer – Afterall
06. Kid Koala – Wrong Side Of The Tracks
07. Prince Paul – Beautiful Night
08. Reanimator – Abigail/Summer Turns To Snow
09. Presage – Unseen Force
10. Jel – Changing Patterns
11. Dj Scientist – Atarius
12. Mr. Dibbs – Chaos*
13. Marilyn Manson – Fight Song*
14. Eddie Noack – Psycho*

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.

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