Rhythm Incursions – May ’10

Being currently trapped in some sort of odd twilight zone-esque real life situation I’m not very inspired for this month’s accompanying text blurb. So instead I’ll get straight down to business. Rhythm Incursions May 2010 rounds off a very busy month for us here at Rhythm Inc towers, possibly the busiest since we started. We’ve had guest mixes from Cafeteria and Monday Jazz, Fulgeance and Donky Pitch, Marques Lafelt and the Content Label, Throwing Snow and Kper and FoF Music. Alongside this we’ve also debuted new regular shows from two new presenters: Primus Luta over in the US who heads the new RIPL monthly show, and Broken Haze and XLII in Tokyo who head the RIRS monthly show. And now this, our regular 2h monthly show. I’ve never been good at maths but I’m pretty sure that’s close to like 20h of music in one month. Not bad eh? Click here to view all this month’s show, download them, stream them, comment etc…

So this month’s show follows our usual format with 2 hours of new and forthcoming music from the likes of Hightone, Breakage, Ceschi, Kraddy, Si Begg, Paul White, The Bug, The Roots, Houseshoes, Machinedrum, Ital Tek, Digital Mystikz, Danny Breaks, Dday One, Charles Trees, Roots Manuva, Foreign Beggars and Dabrye, The Blessings and many more. Alongside this we’ve got a world premier of the EAN remix of Om Unit’s Searching, which is forthcoming on Stretched Records. The mini feature for this month continues our recent Japanese theme (last one for a while promise!) with a look at the work of Olive Oil, a producer we’ve rated for a long time and who was definitely pioneering the whole beats/electronic hip hop thing since 05/06 in his native Japan. As with many other Japanese producers he’s not that well known outside Japan but his work definitely deserves a closer look so we’ve got four tracks from releases over the last 5 years to give you an idea. And if you like what you hear be sure to check his guest mix for us from last summer.

So that’s about it, as always download links and stream players are below alongside the exhaustive tracklist. If you like what you hear go out and support the artists and labels please, and where available download stuff for free even.

We’ll be back next month alongside our two new shows, RIPL and RIRS. You can also expect some very special guest mixes, the next in our Friends of Friends mix series and a site overhaul and relaunch, which should be late June/early July depending on how busy we are. As always feedback is appreciated so hit us up in the comments and enjoy!

Laurent

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Tracklist:
The Roots – Stars – Dilla Joints Mixtape, download here
Houseshoes – Newports – All City Records
Eccy – Grease Spot – Troop Records
Charles Trees ft. Shigeto – Gratiot Gowanus – Musique Large
Grace Jones – All For Love (Digital Mystikz Remix) – Wall of Sound
Om Unit – Searching (EAN Remix) – Forthcoming Stretched Records *world premiere*
Rudi Zygadlo – Missa Per Brevis – Planet Mu
LV – Early Mob – Keysound Recordings
The Blessings – Moranis Riding Ants – Nod Navigators
Ital Tek – Subgiant – Planet Mu
Jonny Faith – Crimson Ride – Forthcoming Civil Music
Maga Bo ft. K Libre – Nakhil (Kusha Arora and Bakir remix) – Kusha Arora
Ghost Monkey – Who Wouldn’t – Self released
Q4 – Look Again (DDay One remix) – Project Mooncircle
Guilty Simpson ft. MED – Futuristic (Oh No remix) – Stones Throw promo
Paul White – Ride With Me – Forthcoming One Handed Music / Now Again
Danny Breaks – Space Maidens – Groove Attack (re-issue) / Droppin’ Science
Mini feature – Olive Oil
Olive Oil – Super Star – Oilworks (2005)
Olive Oil vs K Bomb – Town After Town – We Nod Records (2009)
Soloal One aka Olive Oil – Positive = Negative – Romz Records (2006)
Olive Oil – I Change U – Oilworks (2009)
Mini feature ends
Ramadanman – Tumble – Hessle Audio
Throwing Snow – Bring Me Back – Unreleased
TWoc ft. Afrikan Simba – Good Father – All City Records
Hightone ft. Ben Sharpa – Space Rodeo – Jarring Effects
2phast – Output 1-2 – Unreleased
The Bug ft. Flowdan – Run – Swamp81
Andreikelos – Call For The Last Stand – Forthcoming Equinox Records
Praveen and Benoit – Embers (Machinedrum Remix) – Moodgadget
Foreign Beggars ft. Dabrye and 2tall – Gravity – Forthcoming Dented Records
Breakage ft. Roots Manuva – Run Em Out – Digital Soundboy
Kraddy – Android Porn (Si Begg and K-The-I??? Remix) – Forthcoming Equinox Records
Prosoulytes – J’Aime (Instrumental) – Feelin’ Music
Houseshoes – The Makings – Do Over
Numaads – Wanting – Forthcoming Project Mooncircle
Funkineven – Must Move – Eglo Records
Ceschi – Bad Jokes – Forthcoming Equinox Records
Oriol – Memories – Forthcoming Planet Mu

Friends of Friends mix series: Kper – My Friends, My Family

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)

Opti – French Dubs In The Mix

We begin our short series of guest mixes to see in the end of the year with France, courtesy of Opti and the Jarring Effects label.

Based in Lyon and providing music and good vibrations since 1993, Jarring Effects have been on our radar for a while but came to front this year when they hit us up with promos for a range of their recent releases including French dub outfits like High Tone and EZ3kiel as well as South African MC Ben Sharpa, British sub bass ‘freak’ Scorn alongside and many more.

We got talking and out came this guest spot. Originally intended to be a label showcase they’ve instead asked Opti to provide a mix of dub-influenced tracks that trace the links between the traditional dub and its many modern, electronic variants. Additionally the mix also links the label’s output in terms of French dub outfits such as High Tone and their primarily UK counterparts such The Bug, Architeq or even Boxcutter.

It’s a real ride into modern dub vibrations that benefits from a crank on the volume knob (or buttons) and some room to skank a leg.

Below are some words from the label as well as some links for both Jarring Effects and Opti:

Jarring Effects is a Lyon-based independent label. Recognized as leading the French dub scene, Jarring Effects’ sound continues to ramify and proliferate, in the process exploring all fields of electronic, urban and bass music.

Over more than a decade, Jarring Effects has released close to a 100 records, from pure live dub (High Tone, EZ3kiel, Brain Damage, Scorn), to underground hip hop with no boundaries (Ben Sharpa, Playdoe, Oddatee, Reverse Engineering) and advanced electronic music (R Zatz, Interlope, Von Magnet).

Beside this main label activity, Jarring Effects also runs a record studio (JFX Studio), organises a yearly festival called Riddim Collision, runs a booking agency and is one the founding members of the platform CD1D, which gathers more than 100 labels to provide digital and physical music.

We are glad to introduce listeners of Rhythm Incursions to our label with a DJ set from Opti (Airflex labs / Jarring Effects crew). We hope you will enjoy this dubwise mix.

For more Jarring Effect related info check the website, as well as the associated Riddim Collision festival and CD1D collective. For more on Opti check the myspace.

Next guest is from Ben One out in Bristol and goes live in 5 days. Stay tuned but for now, as they say, let’s get on with the music. Download link and tracklist below. As usual iTunes and RSS subscribers should have the mix on its way to them and if you’re not yet subscribed be sure to hit the relevant buttons on the right hand side.

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Tracklisting:
Dino feat Pupa Jim – Business of War (DUBPLATE)
Flaba Stone – The Gift of The Gun (Jarring Effects)
High Tone – Keep On Fire (Iration Steppa redub) (Jarring Effects)
Rusko – Sound Guy is my Target (Subsoldiers)
Twelve – The Last Step (Jarring Effects)
Led Piperz – Plan B (Airflex Labs)
Aku Fen – Infected part I (Jarring Effects)
Mungo’s Hi-Fi – Wickedness (Scotch Bonnet)
High Tone – Dehli/Katmandou (Jarring Effects)
Brain Damage – My Father (Hammerbass – Jarring Effects)
O.B.F – Rock De Nation Dub
Architeq – Birds of Dub (Version) (Tirk Recordings)
Mahanee feat Mickey Murka – Police (Police in Helicopter)
Mahanee – No Joke Ting (Phokus remix) (Police in Helicopter)
Led Piperz vs Ben Sharpa – Hegemony Dub (Airflex labs / Jarring Effects)
Digital Mystikz – Changes (Deep Medi Musik)
Brain Damage – Let Me Be (Hammerbass / Jarring Effects)
Skream – Sub Island (Soul Jazz)
The Bug feat Flowdan – Jah War (Loefah remix) (Ninja Tune)
High Tone – Bass Temperature (Jarring Effects)
Augustus Pablo – Jah Rock (Heartbeat)
Boxcutter – Gave Dub (Planet µ)
Jus Wan – Submersive (Scuba version) (Naked Lunch)
MRK1 – Infection (Earwax)
Skream – Auto-Dub (Wire Magazine / Tempa)
Mala – Level Nine (Hyperdub)
Uzul – Airwaves Wobble (Expressillon)
Martyn – Natural Selection (3024)
Natural High – Dub On Air (Jarring Effects)
Basic Channel – Tikiman (Basic Channel)
Highvisators – Pusher Dub (Jarring Effects)
Manutension – Politic Weapon (Hammerbass)

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: November 08

Its a weird time people: here in the UK the population seems to be cutting its time between shitting its pants about the state of the economy and screaming “BURN THE WITCH!!!” in response to some mildly offensive radio moment, whilst in the States people quake at the prospect of The Bradley Effect putting yet another Republican asshole in power and all of us turn yet another blind eye to more human tragedies elsewhere. Panic indeed. So, here’s our offering: another show from my good self to soothe stressed souls as the world burns*.

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We return to the more ‘regular’ Rhythm Incursions shows this week, and with both Trick and Waxfactor unfortunately otherwise engaged and unable to step up as they normally do (real life’s crazy like that!) I’m strapping on my presenter goggles and bringing you an hour of fresh new music. Considering it’s been about 2 months since the last show, there’s quite a few bits to get stuck into from the likes of Mochipet, Mighty Joseph, Uncle Lew, Nosaj Thing, Mweslee, Dilla, Samiyam and Free The Robots. Oh and we’ve got a mini-feature on the excellent Various Production too. Read more

Rhythm Incursions: June 08

So, having dropped a whole free LP and an exclusive mix on your ears, its time to get back to our shows. With us having been away for a while, there’s no end of great stuff to be rolling out here, including new material from Karl Hector and the Malcouns, Bullion, 2tall, Dam Funk, The Bug, DJ C and more. Read more

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