LV – Aural Winter Blanket

Our second guest mix of the year comes courtesy of a London-based trio little of which is known apart from the most important thing – their music is good. LV is the name, and I first heard of them a few years back when Steve Goodman aka Kode 9 released a track of theirs (afaik their first release) on his Hyperdub label. A sweet, dub-tinged ballad called ‘Globetrotting’ it was love at first hearing you could say.

Since then I’ve kept an ear out for them, notably coming across their remix of Willie Isz earlier last year (which we featured on the November 09 show). They’ve released on a variety of other labels, including Ramp, primarily remixes. After all that I bumped into one of the trio, Simon, at the Hyperdub 5 party in November, and the following week once more at the Ramp party. We got chatting, exchanged emails and I mentioned a guest mix would be a welcome addition to the Rhythm Inc catalogue not least because I was a fan and because following our chats I could tell they would fit right at home with our ethos and listeners.

As I returned to the world of the internet this week I thought of hitting Simon back up for the guest mix when, great minds thinking alike, an email popped in with a link and tracklist. I instantly downloaded it, fired it up and as we chatted by email it occurred to me that this was a truly great guest mix and perfect addition to our series – it goes deep, treading territories we don’t often explore with a dubby vibe we absolutely love.

Think back to the beginnings of the show (some 5+ years ago) when Trick and Waxfactor put forward their love of people like Wordsound and the Agriculture as the basis for Rhythm Inc’s birth and you might start to be close to what the guys have delivered. I am well and truly stoked and cannot thank them enough.

Featuring primarily music from other people, including favourites of ours such as Untold and Pole, they’ve also put in an unofficial (but approved) remix they did for Klaus Roeder, and it’s an absolute corker.

The name of the mix comes from Simon, as I asked him for some words for the post he didn’t give me anything but mentioned that the mix was the ‘aural equivalent of a blanket, useful for the winter days’ – and well that’s the perfect description.

For more on LV be sure to check their myspace where you can purchase all previous releases, all of which we heartily recommend especially their Hyperdub plates. Look out for more from them in 2010 on Hyperdub as well as Soul Jazz and Keysound recordings among others. We’ll be sure to let you know and air the new music as it comes. They were also talking about a session they did with Tokyo’s Quarta330 when he was town last November, and I really hope something comes of that as it would be a thoroughly entertaining combo.

So without further ado, grab the mix, sit back, wrap up and prepare to go in deep – this one is a trip.

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Tracklist:
Biosphere – From a solid to a liquid
Pole – Taxi
Hieronymus – Honeydrops
Conjoint – Earprints
Oskar Sala – Klangfarben Caprice [V]
Burnt Friedman and the New Dub Players – Cassock Attack
Klaus Roeder (LV mix) – Kristalisation 9
Sigha – Prayer
Asusu – Taurean
Untold – Yukon (FMF remix)
Flying Lotus – Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum
Zomby – Digital Flora
FaltyDL – To London

Rhythm Incursions – Best of 09 pt 2

We wrap up 2009 with part 2 of our ‘best of’ mix. This is the last show of the year and continues to run down some of our favourite tracks from the last 12 months.

The mix starts with our second ‘Labels of 09′ mini feature looking at Ramp Recordings, a label that for me has had an incredible year and put out good music, consistently without worrying about scenes, genres and things like that. Doing eclectic isn’t necessarily hard though, doing it well however is and for me Ramp is one of those labels who managed to do just that: serve up a truly eclectic mix of releases, artists and styles and do so with a cohesion, quality control and consistency that only makes the music shine that much more. Add to this some quality artwork and an ear for snapping up producers that are bubbling under, like FaltyDL, Shortstuff or Tokimonsta, and you have a label which you need to make time for if you haven’t yet.

As I said they’ve had a rather busy year with something close to ten or so releases so I’ve managed to fit as much as I can in this mini feature with pretty much one track from every release this year, bar one or two. If you like what you hear then check the website and catch up with some seriously good music.

Elsewhere part 2 of the best of 09 features music from the likes of Darkstar, Peverelist, Joker, Dorian Concept, Daedelus, Clutchy Hopkins, Soundspecies, Mount Kimbie, Hudson Mohawke, Floating Points, Machinedrum, Poirier, Blue Daisy, Jamie Vex’d, Quarta330 and many more.

As usual tracklist and download links below. And if you haven’t yet may we suggest you sign up to the newsletter, RSS feed or iTunes feed and this way you’ll never miss a show.

So that’s it for 2009, and the first decade of this century/millenium. Many thanks to all our listeners, all the labels and artists we’ve worked with and who’ve supported us, all our guests, our extended family, DDay One, Mr Trick, 2tall and everyone else. It’s been a great year and here’s to 2010!

Peace

Laurent

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Tracklisting:
Mini feature – Labels of 09: Ramp Recordings
Easy & The Center of the Universe – Legend of Selda – Ramp Recordings
Ras G – Lisa Bonnet – Ramp Recordings
Maxmillion Dunbar – Bare Feet – Ramp Recordings
Declaime and Flying Lotus – Lit Up – Ramp Recordings
Tokimonsta – Let Me Trick U – Ramp Recordings
Computer Jay – Distance – Ramp Recordings
Slugabed – Gritsalt – Ramp Recordings
FaltyDL – To London – Ramp Recordings
FaltyDL – Party – Ramp Recordings
Zomby – Godzilla – Ramp Recordings
Shortstuff – Stuff – Ramp Recordings
Desto – Disappearing Reappearing Ink – Ramp Recordings
Mini feature ends
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience – Affine records
Starkey – Miracles (Jamied Vexd remix) – Planet Mu
Martyn ft dBridge – These Words – 3024
Pangaea – Mosaix – Hotflush
Breakage ft Newham Generals – Hard – Digital Soundboy
Sibian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto – Cruel Intentions (Joker remix) – Free download
Krytics Minds – One of Us – Swamp 81
Peverelist ft Pinch – Revival – Punch Drunk
Jose James – Black Magic (Untold remix) – Brownswood
Mark Pritchard ft. Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up – Hyperdub
Quarta330 – Bleeps from Outer Space – Hyperdub
XLII – Podgy Swing – Raid System
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl is a Computer – Hyperdub
Ben Sharpa – Off the Rails – Jarring Effects
Build An Ark – In Her Smile (Daedelus remix) – Kindred Spirits
Clutchy Hopkins – Tune Traveller – Ubiquity
Pearson Sound – Wad – Hessle Audio
Deadbeat – Lessons in Darkness – Superheadz
Blue Daisy – The Fall – Black Acre
Poirier ft Face-T – Enemies – Ninja Tune
Machinedrum ft Mickey Factz – Freshkids – Norm Rex
Aardvark – Duntit – Eat Concrete
Non+Hermutt Lobby – Saved (Cupp Cave remix) – Catune
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight – Warp records
Mount Kimbie – Serged – Hotflush
Floating Points – Love Me Like This (No Nonsense Dub) – R2
Mos Def – Quiet Dog, Bite Hard – Downtown Records
Shafiq Husayn ft Fatima – Lil’ Girl – Plug Research
Dam Funk – Kill Dat – Stones Throw
Mr Chop and CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y – Five Day Weekend
Toddla T ft Mr Versatile – Rice and Peas – 1965
Soundspecies ft Ahu – Can We Call It Love? – Burntprogress

Rhythm Incursions – October 09

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)

Rhythm Incursions August 09

With September knocking at the door, it’s fair to say summer is well and truly over. And considering how strange it’s been weather wise here in the UK, I think it’s only fitting we end it with a blast of new music. Up this month we have plenty of forthcoming early autumn releases as well as a mini feature on Lorn, one of the producers we think you should definitely be keeping an eye on in the coming months.

Music comes in from all corners of the globe and all styles including Poirier, JS-1, Tiago, Ras G, Antipop Consortium, Luke Vibert, Shafiq Husayn, Milanese, Hessle Audio, Machine Drum, Lambent, Mos Def and more. You also get some previews of the forthcoming Ras G release on Ramp, as well as the new Friends of Friends EP.

The mini feature looks at the work of Lorn, someone who should be familiar to regular listeners as well as those who used to hang around scratch boards at the turn of the century. With an upcoming album on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, a recent release alongside Adoptahighway, plenty of dope free remixes knocking about the internet and more collaborations in the works, I selected five tracks to showcase his work. Over the years Lorn has, for me, definitely developed a sound and approach to his music that is unique and refreshing, as you’ll hopefully hear with this short selection.

So that’s it for august and for the summer, enjoy our last summer selection and we’ll be back as usual in a few weeks for the September show. In the meantime stay tuned for more guest mixes and freebies. Enjoy!

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Tracklist:
oL – Night flight – Unreleased
DJ JS-1 ft. Aesop Rock, C-Rayz Walz and Vast Aire – Karma Killaz – Fat Beats
Thavius Beck – Part 2 – Big Dada
Afta 1 – Nightlight – Melting Pot Music
Untold – Luna – Unreleased
Tiago – Babel Fish – Rush Hour
Mono/Poly – Red and Yellow Toys – Planet Mu
Ras G – Stealth Mode – Dublab
Teeko – Easy Going – Unreleased
The Gaslamp Killer – Anything Worse – Brainfeeder
Lambent – Hook Rip – Project Mooncircle
Denka Nights – War of the Words – Unreleased
Kindred Spirits Ensemble – Ja-mil – Kindred Spirits
Mini feature starts
Omega Clash – Junior – Self released
Lorn – None An Island – Brainfeeder
Lorn – Requiem (ft. Mobb Deep) – Unreleased, download here
Lorn – Outlines – Unreleased
Lorn – Wake up Fucked Up – Unreleased, download here
Mini feature ends
Milanese – The End (Untold remix) – Planet Mu
Pearson Sound – Plsn – Hessle Audio
Terror Danjah – Zumpi Hunter VIP – Planet Mu
Joy Orbison – Wet Look – Hotflush recordings
Machine Drum ft. Theophilius London – Night Operation – Norm Rex
Depakote – Believe That – Self released, download here
Mos Def – Supermagic – Downtown Recordings
MBE – Logon To The Calling – Fullsteam Records
Luke Vibert – De Pimp Act – Planet Mu
Larytta – Promises – Friends of Friends
Poirier ft YT – Let Them Hate – Ninja Tune
Shafiq Hussayn – Rebel Soldier – Plug Research
Ras G – Lisa Bonet – Ramp Recordings
Antipop Consortium – Volcano (Four Tet remix) – Ninja Tune