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’

We roll firmly into autumn with an extended show, clocking at just under 2 hours. Fear not though as it’s a case of all the good bits and none of the fat, combined with a majority of tracks being longer than usual and my opting to let them play out. Also this month we shine a light on one of our favourite, and often slept on, producers: 2econd Class Citizen.

New music comes from the likes of Breakestra, Kid Koala, Shafiq Husayn, Om Unit, Subeena, Kryptic Minds, Shawn Lee, Dorian Concept, Dextah and more. We’ve got previews of forthcoming albums from Foreign Beggars, Aardvarck, Themselves, Robot Koch and the aforementioned 2econd Class Citizen. From the deeper ends of the dubstep spectrum to cinematic instrumental hip hop via modern boom bap and lush vocals, we’ve got it all nicely covered.

2econd Class Citizen, signed to Equinox Records, is someone who’s been on our radar for years now, since the Needlework days, and ahead of his debut album on the German label we’ve put together a small selection of tracks from his discography, including some favourites like Wishin Well. Fans of instrumental hip hop, especially towards the more cinematic, moody end of things, should definitely pay attention if the name isn’t already familiar to them. Not only that the man has an incredible knack for flipping samples in a haunting fashion as well as blending a certain folk aesthetic into his beats.

As usual check the tracklist below for full details of where to cop the music, how to support the artists and more. Subscribers should have the podcast on its way to their hard drives as we speak, and if you haven’t already then may we suggest you add our RSS feed or iTunes channel to your favourites?

Stay tuned for more guest mixes and some surprises throughout October. Up next it’s back to L.A with DDay One.

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Tracklist:
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – East – Ubiquity
Breakestra – Dark Clouds Rain Soul (dub) – Strut
The Slew – Wrong Side of the Tracks – Download the album from Kid Koala’s site
Cloud Ni9E – Kamiaritsuki – Musou Productions
Paul White – Versus the BBC – One Handed Music
Take aka Sweatson Klank – Self Awakening – Unreleased
Dabrye ft MF Doom – Air (Robot Koch & Flako remix) – Unreleased
Robot Koch ft Manya – While – Robots Don’t Sleep / Project Mooncircle
Alice Russell – All Alone (DJ Day and Clutchy Hopkins remix) – Little Poppet
M64 – In The Pocket (Dert remix) – Recordbreakin
Lambent – Wow Wow Thing – Project Mooncircle
Mini feature starts – 2econd Class Citizen
2econd Class Citizen – Wishing Well (re-wyred mix) – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – For This We’ll Find No End – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – A New Day – Equinox Records
2econd Class Citizen – The Day You’re Lost or Found – Equinox Records
Mini feature ends
Themselves – Daxstrong – Anticon
Kryptic Minds – 768 – Tectonic Recordings
Subeena ft. Jamie Woon and Ommas Keith – Solidify – Planet Mu
Al Haca – Cryptonite (TRG remix) – Unreleased (Free download)
Ikonika – We Could Be Ikons – Planet Mu
Om Unit – Encoded – Unreleased
Thavius Beck – Go! (Offshore remix) – Big Dada
Shafiq Husayn – The U.N Plan – Plug Research
Dorian Concept – Tropical Hands – Affine Records
Architeq ft. Junior Williams – Nothing – Tirk recordings
Robert Logan – Accurate Spit Boy (Bass Clef remix) – Slowfoot
Aardvarck – Tldt – Eat Concrete
Foreign Beggars – No Holes Barred – Dented
Lefty is Uzi Scott – Never Knew Me (prod. by Dextah) – Uzi Records
Raekwon ft Inspectah Deck, Ghostface, Method Man – House of Flying Daggers – Iceal
Vast Aire & MF Doom – Supafriendz (Dabrye remix) – Takeshi Records
Scuba – Symbiosis – Hotflush Recordings

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…

Download Rhythm Incursions presented by Mr Trick here! (114Mb, 256k mp3)

Tracklisting:
Intro: Karl Hecto – Sahara Swing
Tragedy & Raekwon – Gorilla Raps
Health – Tabloid Sores (Nosaj Thing RMX)
King Midas Sound – Cool Out
Daedalus – Woebegone (FlyLo’s Luckiest Charm RMX)
The Night Session – La Mirage
Jackson Conti – Upa Neguinho
The Best Ever & Muhammad Ali – The People’s Choice
King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye RMX)
Aupheus – Frozen Surface
RSD – Overit
Beenie Man vs Wiley – Rolex It Up (Heatwave boot)
2tall feat. Kashmere – The Most High

Enjoy! Oh, and look out for new shows from myself and Wrongtom too; we’re recording em next week so one will doubtless be online shortly after… Keep an eye on www.mrtrick.net for more info.