So after a two month hiatus partly due to earthquakes and other natural disasters we’re back with a regular Rhythm Incursions podcast, unsurprisingly shock full of new music and exclusives as I try and work my way through the backlog accumulated in the last two months.

Over two hours we cover a lot of ground this month with new and forthcoming music from Machinedrum, Cardopusher, Anti-G, Mr Beatnick, Neon Jung, Mark E, Downliners Sekt, Tom Trago, Jon Wayne, Africa Hitech, Shabazz Palaces, Com Truise, DZA, Eliot Lipp, LV and Joshua Idehen, Ossie and much more. We’ve also got some sneak peek exclusives from NastyNasty, Machinedrum’s Juke/Footwork project, our old friend from Amsterdam Coco B, Klic and a few others. Also on this month’s show a preview of the forthcoming Greensleeves dubstep remixes, with The Bug and Goth Trad. As I said a lot to showcase and a varied two hour ride into the freshest sounds we’ve been blessed to receive recently.

As always full tracklist and details are below as well as download and stream options. Or simply subscribe to our RSS/iTunes feed and receive the shows directly in your inbox.

Stay tuned for details of forthcoming guest mixes including live audio from our recent adventures in Japan. Also coming up in June are all our regular podcasts from Primus Luta, Raid System and myself as well as DDay One who’ll be back for one of his sessions. Oh and stay tuned to our Ustream channel for some surprise shows this week and next month!

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Tracklist:
Reprazent – New Forms (MD Juke edit) – Forthcoming
Cedaa – Glen Close – Car Crash Set
Chrissy Murderbot ft. Rubi Dan – New Juke Swing – Planet Mu
NastyNasty – Bleeding – Forthcoming
Young Montana? – Sacre Cool – Alpha Pup
Slugabed – New Krak Swing – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Jon Wayne – Time Trial – Alpha Pup
fLako – Sun Ba – Project Mooncircle
Exile – Distopian Utopia – All City Records
Airliner – None She Is – Self Released
Kan Sano ft. Repeat Pattern – Oops Hops – Circulations
Co.Fee – Kali – My Hollow Drum
InfinitiRock – Glass Balloon – Asthmatic Kitty
Letherette – Hold Close – Ho Tep
Coco B – Date Theory – Unreleased
Throwing Snow – Pyre – Unreleased
Brotto – Grasslands (Railster Remix) – Tea and Cake Records
Ossie – The Power of Love – Forthcoming Hyperdub
LV & Joshua Idehen – Melt – Keysound Recordings
Downliners Sekt – Locked Faces – Self Released
Mark E – Quatro – Ghostly International
Cuthead – The Sinner – Uncanny Valley
Tom Trago ft. Ommas Keith – So Cold – Rush Hour
Mr Beatnick – Synthetes (Architeq Remix) – Forthcomin Don’t Be Afraid
Neon Jung – Just Can’t Leave It Alone – Magic Wire
Medlar – Terrell – Forthcoming Wolf Records
E.S.T – Ajar (Klic Unofficial 2step Edit) – Unreleased
Eskmo – We Got More (Loops Haunt remix) – Ninja Tune
Maga Bo – Ransom – Senseless Records
Ding Dong – Badman Forward (The Bug ft. Flowdan Remix) – Forthcoming Greensleeves
Pampidoo – Synthetizer Voice (Goth Trad Remix) – Forthcoming Greensleeves
Kansas City Prophets ft. Linton Kwesi Johnson – Cams – Kaboogie
Bass Clef – So Cruel – Forthcoming Punch Drunk
Foreign Beggars – LDN (Prod. Alix Perez) – Forthcoming Dented Records
Shabazz Palaces – Free Press and Curl – Forthcoming Sub Pop
Africa Hitech – Gang Slap – Warp
Gucci Mane – My Chain (Jon Wayne’s Basement mix) – Free Download
Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Drive Me Home – Don’t Play Around With That – Forthcoming Citinite
Com Truise – VHS Sex – Forthcoming Ghostly International
DZA – Softgram (Planet Soap remix) – Forthcoming Error Broadcast
The Midnight Eez – Digging In The Crates – All City Records
Eliot Lipp – Baby Tank (Leo123 remix) – Brolabs
Anti-G – Inspiration Meets Bubbling – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Lando Kal – Further – Hotflush recordings
Skyfish ft. Rumi – Judgement (Skyfish 808 remix) – Unreleased
Depakote – Jacob’s Ladder – Fly Definition
Cardopusher ft Juakali – Nice Up – Forthcoming Tigerbeat 6

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

And so the end of year arrives and with it our last show of 2010. The last of our end of year shows, this one follows the 2009 best of mix I did last year though instead of spreading across two shows I tried to squeeze all I could into one session. Make no mistake, despite the naysayers and the doom and gloom surrounding the music industry in general, for me 2010 has been a rather good year music wise. On one side there’s seemingly more music than ever, and with that comes a certain lack of quality control. On the other, this lack of quality control and breakdown of the traditional models within the industry has I believe given various labels and artists in the ‘underground’ a lot more potential for flourishing. As the old saying goes, you’ve just got to look closer to find the gold among all the noise.

I originally had 160 odd tracks earmarked for this show. A couple of days of ruminating and trying things out and I managed to keep it down to 60 or so, as well as the mini feature on All City Records, my label of the year (as you should know by now – they did two guest mixes for us earlier this month). In the process of putting the mix together it first occurred to me that if you consider the amount of music I received this year for the show (at a guess I’d say 500 odd releases, maybe even more) then there really is a big job of sifting through everything to find the stuff that’s actually worthy of a best of mix. Even then I had to leave stuff out that I wished could have been fitted. The criteria (if you will) was a mix of what I’d played on the show in the last 12 months and which I considered to be well above par, as well as tracks that have been staples in my DJ sets and tracks from albums that have barely left my portable player all year. The result is the following tracklist. Apologies to those I missed, but if anything it’s the perfect excuse for you to go over all the shows we’ve put out in the last year (hint hint). I also tried to avoid too much duplication with the previous two end of year shows from Primus Luta and Raid System.

So that’s it for 2010, another year under the belt and onwards. Rhythm Incursions has seen a lot of changes this year – new website, new presenters, new regular guest series. It’s been an absolute blast, and I want to thank everyone who’s made the show what it is and who works out of their own time towards continuing to make this one of the finer podcast series out there. In no specific order much love and thanks to Primus Luta, XLII, Broken Haze, Dday One and Leeor at FoF for their work. A big thank you as well to all the labels, artists and PR who send us stuff and take time to talk to us, sometimes even bowing to our pressures for guest spots. Among them (too many to mention) special thanks to Olan at All City, Gordon at Mooncircle, Marcus at Planet Mu & Hyperdub, Flip at Error Broadcast, Melissa at Tailored, the Outpost, Alex Nut and Alex Chase. Lastly big thanks to my close friends and inspirations Om Unit and Vinilificio.

Right then, enough of the chatter. I’ll let you enjoy the mix. It’s roughly 2h15, with the first 2 hours taken by the mix and the last 15 minutes the All City records megamix celebrating some of their releases from 2010. I was intent on doing a proper megamix of all the releases, but just couldn’t due to time and other engagements. Still this should give you the last push to check their stuff if you haven’t yet. No talking, all mixing and music!

As always stream and/or download below, or simply subscribe to the RSS/iTunes/email. The playlist is so long I can’t find the energy of linking all the labels/websites this time so PLEASE if you like what you hear than check the playlist and go out there and support the artists and the music. You can browse all available shows by artists on this page, and all previous shows have full, linked tracklists.

Love and blessings, see you in 2011!

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Tracklist:
Blundetto – Nautilus – Heavenly Sweetness
Daisuke Tanabe – Artificial Sweetener – Circulations
Dibiase – Skull Crack – Alpha Pup
Lorn – Until There Is No End – Brainfeeder
Recloose – Insomnia in Dub – Rush Hour
Space Dimension Controller – Simmering Emotions – R&S Records
Teebs – Double Fifths – Brainfeeder
Roots Manuva – Witness remix – Ninja Tune
2phast – Crickets – Unreleased
Breakage ft. Roots Manuva – Run Em Out – Digital Soundboy
Scuba – So You Think You’re Special – Hotflush recordings
Wrongtom & Roots Manuva – Tings Proper Juggled – Big Dada
Jose James – Blackmagic – Brownswood
Electric Wire Hustle – Longtime – BBE
Exile – In Love (Kan Kick remix) – Plug Research
Foreign Beggars ft. 2tall and Dabrye – Gravity – Dented Records
Arp101 – Galactic Warriors – Eglo records
Tranqill – Deadly Wintaz – One Handed records
Om Unit – Ether – Terrorhythm
Afrika Hitek – One Two – Warp
Bullion – Say Goodbye to What – One Handed records
Fulgeance – Chopped and Screwed – Musique Large
Miguel Atwood Ferguson Orchestra – Fantastic (Georgia Anne Muldrow remix) – Mochilla
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar – Stones Throw
Soul Litchfield – Autumn – Saturn Never Sleeps
Paul White – Goes to Hollywood – One Handed records
Jneiro Jarel – Wave Trip – Rush Hour
Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete – Ninja Tune
Lazer Sword ft. Turf Talk – I’m Gone – Innovative Leisure
Robot Koch – Cloud City – Project Mooncircle
Chanes – Lights Off – Self Released
Take – Begin End Begin (Take remix) – Alpha Pup
El-p – Drunk with a Loaded Pistol – Gold Dust Media
FaltyDL – Filthy Divinity – Planet Mu
Dimlite – Elbow Flood – Now Again
Jazzneversleeps – Nattevinger – On Point
JSBL – Jimbo (Sam IRL remix) – Affine
Flying Lotus – Do the Astral Plane – Warp
Darkstar – Gold (John Roberts remix) – Hyperdub
Mux Mool – Enceladus – Ghostly
Oriol – The Process – Planet Mu
Aardvark – Re-spoken (Nubian Mindz remix) – Rush Hour
Four Tet – Sing – Domino records
Yosi Horikawa – Cook From South – Ubeat
Mount Kimbie – Mayor – Hotflush recordings
Sepalcure – Every Day of my Life – Hotflush recordings
Caribou – Sun – Merge
Bonobo – Eyesdown – Ninja Tune
Pariah – Railroad – R&S Records
Maddslinky ft. Omar – Special (Simbad 4×4 remix) – Tru Thoughts
Illum Sphere – Sweat the Descent – Fat City
Boddika – Boddika’s House – Naked Lunch
Untold – Mass Dreams of the Future – R&S Records
Harmonimix – Bills, Bills, Bills – White label
Mala – Pop Pop Epic – DMZ
Helixir – Ride the Wind – 7even Recordings
Joe – Claptrap – Hessle Audio
Nocando – Hurry Up and Wait – Alpha Pup
Digi D’Allesio – Morning Jam with Darth Vader – Overknights
LV & Quarta330 – Suzuran – Hyperdub
The Bug ft. Flowdan – Skeng (Autechre remix) – Ninja Tune
Kuedo – Joy Construction – Planet Mu
Mini feature – All City Records, label of 2010
Jordan Rockswell – Winter Warfare – L.A 10×10 Series
Onra – Oper8tor – Long Distance LP
Musinah – Always Smile – 7″
Om Unit – Lightgrids – 7″
Mike Gao – California – L.A 10×10 Series
Ras G – Breakfast Blunts – L.A 10×10 Series
Take – I Miss my Brains – L.A 10×10 Series
Dam Funk – Night Stroll – L.A 10×10 Series
Krystal Klear – Boogie Wan – 12″
Teebs – Anchor Steam – L.A 10×10 Series
Mini feature ends

The last show of the month sees the return of our regular podcast, following the missed October show due to this little thing called life getting in the way. Both Primus Luta and myself missed October, though Raid System held the fort alongside DDay One. Primus came back earlier this month with a bumper 2 hour show and this show does much the same with a lot of forthcoming and exclusive bits and a look over some of my favourites in recent months.

This month we also have a mini feature on the excellent Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space release, forthcoming on Tectonic on the 6th of December. For the occasion we’re showcasing three tracks from the release, and don’t forget you can download the Guido dub in our download section still. The album is killer and I recommend you go cop it when it’s out, definitely the dubstep release of the year.

On top of this we’ve got new music from Sam IRL, The Bug, Kidkanevil, Jacques Greene, Lunice, Bomb Zombies, AD Bourke, Wrongtom, Dbridge & Instra:mental, BD 1982, 1000 Names and more as well as previews of forthcoming releases from Mophono, Salva, Floating Points Ensemble, Andreya Triana, Sepalcure, Exit Records, Illum Sphere and more.

Lastly as is now the norm for November we have our first label of the year mini feature, looking at the work of Planet Mu. Now Mu’s output this year has been extensive, and of outstanding quality in many ways, so rather than a thorough mini feature I’ve opted for a 3 track taster of some of my favourite releases of theirs including Vex’d, Rudi Zygadlo and DJ Roc. Be sure to go and check the rest though including killer tracks from FaltyDL, Oriol, Rossi B and Luca, DJ Nate, DJ Rashad and more. Check their website for all releases and links of where to buy.

I’ve also realised that this month’s show marks the 2 year anniversary of my officially presenting the Rhythm Incursions show, taking over from Mr Trick. Unintentionally this month is also the first time the show comes at you in a semi live format, that is it was recorded in one take on Serato as opposed to the usual Ableton prerecorded sessions. As a result the audio is a little rougher than usual, especially because my set up is in transit and I’ll be hopefully getting a new, shinier set up in the coming month. Still I hope the small technical hiccups don’t distract from the music too much and do let us know your feedback in the comments.

For now though enjoy the music. As always download and/or stream below and remember to subscribe to the RSS/iTunes/Newsletter in order to never miss a show.

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Tracklist:
The Congos – Fisherman – Blood and Fire
Kidkanevil – Setsuko (Bug remix) – First World Records
Bomb Zombies – Payola – Hellfyre Club
Depakote – Jacob’s Ladder – Forthcoming Highpoint Lowlife
Kelpe – Chocolate Money – Fremdtunes
Darkstar – Gold – Hyperdub
AD Bourke – Diff Star – Forthcoming Citinite
Gangrene – Take Drugs – Forthcoming Decon
Lunice ft. Troy Dunnit – The Name Dunnit – LuckyMe
Swede:art ft. Stray – Linguistics (Sam IRL remix) – Tokyo Dawn records
Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser – BBE
Andreya Triana – Far Closer (Tokimonsta remix) – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Tom Trago – Voyage Direct (FS Green remix) – Forthcoming Rush Hour
“Scientist Launches Dubstep into Outer Space” mini feature start
Loefah & Sgt Pokes – Dog Money (Scientist Dub) – Forthcoming Tectonic
Guido – Korg Back (Scientist Dub) – Forthcoming Tectonic
Mala – City Cycle (Scientist Dub) – Forthcoming Tectonic
Mini feature ends
Alfabet – Roundabout – Forthcoming Rush Hour
Shigeto – Look At All The Smiling Faces – Ghostly
1000 Names – Kaleidoscope – Black Acre
Mophono ft. MC Subverse – Rep – Forthcoming CB Records
Jneiro Jarel – Rio de Jneiro – Kindred Spirits
BD1982 – Let’s Talk Math (Brey remix) – Seclusiasis
Arp 101 – Flush – Eglo Records
Krystal Klear – Tried for your Love (Hud Mo rework) – Forthcoming All City
Scuba – So You Think You’re Special (Joe remix) – Hotflush
Floating Points Ensemble – Almost In Profile – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Kid Koala – Skanky Panky (Wrongtom dub) – Ninja Tune
Salva – I’ll Be Your Friend – Forthcoming Friends of Friends
Jacques Greene – The Look – LuckyMe
Sepalcure – Fleur – Forthcoming Hotflush
Yosi Horikawa – Wandering – Unreleased
Helixir – Ride the Wind – Forthcoming 7even recordings
ENA – Sign – Forthcoming 7even recordings
Recloose – Insomnia in Dub – Rush Hour
Label of the year mini feature starts
Vex’d ft. Anneka – Heart Space – Planet Mu
Rudi Zyglado – Song of Praise – Planet Mu
DJ Roc – One Blood – Planet Mu
Mini feature ends
Dan Harbanham – Nu Este Roz – Forthcoming Exit Records
Digi G’alessio – Mara Dona’ – Overknights
Tadd Mulinix & Daniel Mateo – The Good Star – Monkeytown
Ddridge & Instra:mental – Detroid – Autonomic
Illum Sphere – Diablo Day Out – Forthcoming Fat City
The Bug ft. Hitomi – Catch A Fire – Ninja Tune

We finish September with our usual podcast, bringing you once more a 2-hour fill of fresh new music for your ears.

It’s been a rather busy summer for us here in the UK, and the new show reflects that – no mini feature this month as I instead wanted to focus on all the new music I’ve received over the summer, not least following my recent trip to Hoya:Hoya in Manchester at the end of August alongside Lorn and Om Unit.

Up this month we have new and exclusive bits from the likes of Mochilla, Lazer Sword, Computer Jay, Brey, My Dry Wet Mess, Letherette, Teebs, Pariah, The Gaslamp Killer, Krystal Klear, Peverelist, Zed Bias, Take, The Bug (remixed by Autechre!), Slugabed, Offshore, Floating Points Ensemble and many more. Alongside this are some recent favourite bits from Om Unit, Rudi Zygadlo, Sneaky, Darkhouse Family, Themselves, Wrongtom and Aardvark among others.

It’s a busy two hours so without further ado I’ll let you get stuck in. As always the show is available for download/stream below and the easiest way to stay updated is to subscribe to the RSS or iTunes feeds.

Up in October we have guest mixes from Robot Koch, Mweslee and Salva as well as some more goodies to be announced soon alongside our regular shows. Till then, crank up the volume and enjoy!

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Miguel Atwood Ferguson – Fantastic (Georgia Anne Muldrow) – Forthcoming Mochilla
Kordan – Mirror (No Reflection remix by Take) – Forthcoming
Om Unit – The Corridor – Terrorhythm
Sneaky – Toytown Elegy (Danny Drive Thru Re-Do) – Unreleased
Ritchy Pitch – Ye Fre Mi Ritchy Pitch – Forthcoming BBE
Computer Jay – Phantom – Forthcoming All City Records
Letherette – Cherryade – Forthcoming Ho Tep
Ratatat – Drugs – XL
Rudi Zygadlo – Song of Praise – Planet Mu
My Dry Wet Mess – Diagonal People – Forthcoming Magical Properties
LV feat. Okmalumkoolkat – Boomslang – Hyperdub
Pariah – Crossed Out – R&S
Beak – Ears Have Ears – Invada records
Madlib – Further Adventures of Walkman Flavor – Stones Throw
Teebs – While You Doooo – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Floating Points Ensemble – Post Suite – Ninja Tune
Gaslamp Killer feat. Computer Jay – Shattering Inner Journeys – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Themselves – Skinning The Drum (Odd Nosdam remix) – Anticon
DJ G – With U – Self Released (free download)
Wrongtom and Roots Manuva feat. Seanie T – Big Tings Redone – Big Dada
Peverelist and Hyetal – The Hum – Punch Drunk
Artek – We Save Lives (Brey’s Red Cross Remix) – Unreleased
Tropics – Melorr – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Krystal Klear – Greensilver – Forthcoming Dub Organiser
Dam Funk feat. MC Eight – Hood Pass Intact – Stones Throw
Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake remix) – Hemlock
Zed Bias – Lost on Tenori Street – Unreleased
Darkhouse Family – Darkhouse Meditation – Fat City
Jon Wayne – 1 For Kutmah – CDR
Knxwledge – Aromatik – Funraisers
Lazer Sword feat. Turf Talk – I’m Gone – Forthcoming Innovative Leisure
Fulgeance – Vengeance – Forthcoming Musique Large
Pavel Dovgal – Andromeda – Forthcoming Project Mooncircle
Aardvark – Breaking Bad – Forthcoming Eat Concrete
Daedelus – Vous Ites Stereo – All City Records
The Bug – Skeng (Autechre remix) – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
DVA feat. Fatima – Just Vybe – Hyperdub
Offshore – UTG 2 – Big Dada
Dibiase – Clocked Out – Alpha Pup
Slugabed – Donky Stomp – Forthcoming Donky Pitch

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

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)

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)

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

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*.

Sit back and enjoy another installment of your favourite show, this time featuring music from Nosaj Thing, A-Trak (on the remix), “The” Spank Rock, Speech Debelle, K The I??, Xrabit and DMG$ and much more. All new releases this time, because we have so many coming in now we’ve gotta showcase as much as we can. Get listening people!

Click here to download the show (119Mb)

Tracklisting:
Intro: Karl Hector – Sahara Swing
James Pants – KA$H (Trizzy & XXXchange RMX)
Nobody presents Blank Blue – All The Shallow Deep
Radiohead – Reckoner (Nosaj Thing RMX)
Thunderheist – Jerk It (Megasoid RMX)
Asup – Chiffre
Speech Debelle – Searching
Clutchy Hopkins – Percy On The One
Xrabit and DMG$ – Killin’ Them
The Bug – Flying feat. Ricky Ranking
K-The-I??? – Finger Painting
The Spank Rock – Loose
Pete Rock – track 2 from NY’s Finest
MSTRKRFT – Bounce feat Nore (A-Trak RMX)

*OK, slightly over-dramatic there – sorry.