Bobby Corridor

more specials

2010-11-30T14:13:00.002Z

1997:

Gang Starr- You Know My Steez
Defari- Bionic
Non Phixion- 5 Boros
Kukoo- I Heard You Don’t Know
Natural Elements- Bust Mine
Self Scientific- Run the Depth
Dilated Peoples- Third Degree
Mike Zoot- Service (remix)
Rasco- Hip Hop Essentials
DITC- Day One
Kool DJ EQ- Three Emcees
NOTS Click- Larger Than Life
Choclair- What It Takes (remix)
Black Attack- Verbal Attack
Mos Def- Universal Magnetic
Reflection Eternal- Fortified Live
Krumbsnatcha- Closer to God
Jeru- Me or the Papes
Orfeus- Mithalaje
Lyrics Born- Balcony Beach
Peanut Butter Wolf- Run the Line
Mr Complex- Why Don’t Cha?
Organized Konfusion- Somehow Someway
Abstract Rude and Tribe Unique- My Experience
Cage- Agent Orange
Lord Sear- Alcoholic Vibes
The Arsonists- Geembo’s Theme
MF Doom- Hey!
Godfather Don- Styles by the Gram
Divine Styler- Beyond Mecca
Cyclops 4000- Macroscope
Red Foo and Dre’Kroon- The Freshest
Mixmaster Mike- Terrorwrist
All Natural- Writer’s Block
Natural Resource- They Lied (remix)
Pumpkinhead- Dynamic
Atmosphere- Scapegoat
Awol One and Jizzm- Root of All
Sacred Hoop- Panhandlers
Sir Menelik- So Intelligent
Indelible MCs- Fire In Which You Burn
Company Flow- 8 Steps (lost mix)
Brick City Kids- Brick City Kids
Black Reign- Dirty
High and Mighty- Cranial Lumps
Rakim- It’s Been a Long Time
OC- My World
Common- 1 2 Many
Rampage- Wild For Da Night
Diamond D & Cru- Hiatus (remix)

1996:

Special Ed- Freaky Flow (remix)
Camp Lo- Swing
Kukoo- Real Kukoo
KRS One- The MC
Kool Keith- Slide We Fly
Mr Voodoo- Lyrical Tactics
Money Boss Players- Crap Game
Blahzay Blahzay- Pain I Feel
DJ Krush- Meiso (remix)
Redman- It’s Like That (My Big Brother)
PMD- Rugged N Raw
Black Twang- Dettwork South East
Skitz and Roots Manuva- Blessed Be The Manner
London Posse- Style (remix)
Big Shug- Crush
Royal Flush- Worldwide
East Flatbush Project- Tried By 12
Alley High- Voodoo
Mindspace- Life Is Foul
The Roots- Clones
Mobb Deep- Hell On Earth
De La Soul- The Bizness
A Tribe Called Quest- 1nce Again
Keith Murray- The Rhyme (remix)
Outkast- 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac
J Live- Hush the Crowd
Heltah Skeltah- Operation Lockdown
Fierce- Crab
Breeze Tha Evaflowin- Forsaken
Big Kwan- I Don’t Give a Fuck (remix)
Third Sight- Rhymes Like a Scientist
Jungle Brothers- How Ya Want It?
Street Smarts- Metal Thangs
Ras T- Ill Nig
The Prunes- Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
DJ Shadow- Hardcore (Instrumental) Hip Hop
Lateef- The Wreckoning
Dr Octagon- Blue Flowers
Automator- A Better Tomorrow (pt.2)
Organized Konfusion- Bring It On (remix)
The Arsonists- The Session
Scienz of Life- Powers of Nine Ether
Siah and Yeshua Da Po Ed- Gravity
Sacred Hoop- Frrrrnt
Animal Pharm- Oral Fixation
Al Tariq- Do Yo Thang
Artifacts- Art Of Facts
Busta Rhymes- Woo Ha
Large Professor- Mad Scientist
Sadat X- The Lump Lump (remix)
The Funky Man- Check the Method
Paula Perry- Paula’s Jam
Jeru- One Day
Jay-Z- Dead Presidents
Chuck D- Mistachuck
Company Flow- Vital Nerve

1995

1994

1993 Free

2010-11-02T08:48:00.002Z

here

Souls of Mischief- That’s When Ya Lost
Leaders of the Next School- What’s Next (remix)
Redman- Time 4 Sum Aksion (remix)
Rakim- Heat it Up
Public Enemy- Living in a Zoo
MF911- 900
Big Daddy Kane- The Beef Is On
Diamond D- I’m Outta Here (John Doe)
Funkdoobiest- The Funkiest
Capital Tax- Masha (remix)
KRS One- Outta Here
Frankie the Pacemaker- Live and Die Wreck Part 2 (Brooklyn Beats)
LL Cool J- How I’m Comin’
Fatal- Pass the Kronz
Alkaholiks- Make Room
Ice Cube- Really Doe
Boodha and the Bandit- No Haps
Yaggfu Front- Slapping Suckas Silly
Das EFX- Kaught in Da Ak (remix)
Positive K- Ain’t No Crime (remix)
Pharcyde- Soul Flower (remix)
The Beatnuts- World’s Famous
Prime Minister Pete Nice and Daddy Rich- Kick the Bob (remix)
Cypress Hill- When the Shit Goes Down (remix)
Black Moon- Act Like U Want It
Ultramagnetic MCs- One Two One Two
Private Investigators- Who Am I?
Jeru- Come Clean
De La Soul- En Focus
Trends of Culture- Off and On
Y’all So Stupid- Van Full of Pakistans (remix)
Nonce- The Mixtapes
A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation
Jungle Brothers- On the Road Again (remix)
Mysterme and DJ 20 20- Unsolved Mysterme
Original Flavor- Can I Get Open? (remix)
Freestyle Fellowship- Hot Potato
The Principle- Your Rap Machine is Broken
Ice Dog- Shootin’ Deuces
Kurious- Spell it With a J
Mellow T- Keep It Real
UMCs- Set it Straight
Akinyele- Ak Ha Ha! Ak Hoo Hoo?
Big- Party and Bullshit (remix)
ADL- Daddy
Microphone Prince- Smooth Criminal
Run DMC- Down With the King
Now Born Click- Now Born Soldiers
Wu Tang Clan- Protect Ya Neck
MOP- How About Some Hardcore?
Casual- That’s How It Is
Souls of Mischief- ’93 ‘til Infinity

like drums falling down the stairs onto a turntable in dub by the pool at Butlins

1992 too

2010-10-28T20:10:00.000Z

Diamond D- Best Kept Secret
EPMD- Brothers from Brentwood LI
Das EFX- They Want EFX
Demon Boyz- Glimmity Glammity
Gang Starr- Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) (remix)
Chubb Rock- The Big Man (remix)
Kurious- Walk Like a Duck
Nas- Half Time (remix)
Catch 22- Just Asking (Downtempo mix)
3rd Bass- Gladiator
MC Serch- Here It Comes
Prime Minister Pete Nice- Rat Bastard
Eric B and Rakim- Check the Technique
Tung Twista- No Peace Sign (remix)
Showbiz and AG- Soul Clap
Main Source- Fakin’ the Funk (remix)
Fuschnickens- La Schmoove (remix)
Roxanne Shante- Big Mama
Grand Puba- What Goes Around
Apache- Gangsta Bitch
Brand Nubian- Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down (remix)
Black Moon- Who Got the Props
Future Sound- Bop Step (remix)
K Swift- Chicken Scratch (remix)
Boogie Down Productions- Duck Down
Ultramagnetic MCs- Poppa Large (East Coast mix)
Eric B and Rakim- Casualties of War (Militant mix)
ADOR- Let it All Hang Out
K Solo- Letterman (Pete Rock remix)
Lords of the Underground- Psycho
FORCE and K Zee- Rude Beats
Dominant Force- Flex
A Tribe Called Quest- Scenario (remix)
Pete Rock and CL Smooth- They Reminisce Over You
Das EFX- Jussamen (Pete Rock remix)
House of Pain- Jump Around (Pete Rock remix)
Naughty By Nature- Hip Hop Hooray
Gang Starr- Dwyck
Little Shawn- I Made Love (remix)
Redman- Blow Your Mind (remix)
Heavy D- Blue Funk
Digable Planets- Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Nubian Crackers- Two for the Time
Dr Dre- One Eight Seven
Ice Cube- We Had To Tear This Mothafucka Up
Da Lench Mob- Ain’t Got No Class
Public Enemy- Hazy Shade of Criminal
Masta Ace- Jeep Ass Niguh (remix)
Del- Eye Examination
Positive K- Nightshift

HERE IT IS

Fresh Start to the Meek 1991 special

2010-10-19T20:39:00.001Z

and on and on, 3 hours of fine fabrics just thrown together here

NWA- Dayz of Wayback
WC and the Madd Circle- Caught in a Fad
Ghetto Boyz- My Mind’s Playin’ Tricks on Me
OG Style- Sucker
YZ- When the Road is Covered in Snow
Greyson and Jaysun- Livin’ Like a Troopa
Rappinstine- Bang the Drum Slowly
MC Lyte- Search 4 the Lyte
The Jaz- Hypocritters
Queen Latifah- Nature of a Sista
Yo Yo- Make Way for the Motherlode
DJ Quik- Tear It Off
Son of Bazerk- The Band Get Swivey on the Wheels
Public Enemy- Can’t Truss It
Ice T- Ricochet
Cypress Hill- Phuncky Feel One
Downtown Science- This is a Visit
True Culture- So Good It’s Bad
Stetsasonic- Uda Man
Black Sheep- Flavor of the Month
A Tribe Called Quest- Check the Rhime
KMD- Who Me?
UMCs- Anyway the Wind Blows
Prince Rakeem- Deadly Venoms
Del the Funky Homosapien- Ahonetwo
Nice and Smooth- Hip Hop Junkies
EPMD- Rampage (Pete Rock remix)
Kid N Play- Bills at the Door
Heavy D- Don’t Curse
Pete Rock and CL Smooth- The Good Life
Father MC- Lisa Baby (Pete Rock remix)
C Money- Is it Good To Ya?
Renaissance- Flyz in Da Attic
Funkmaster Flex and Nine Double M- Fallin’ (and I Can’t Get Up)
Eric B and Rakim- No Omega (remix)
Massive Attack- Unfinished Sympathy (instrumental)
Laquan- Swing Blue, Sweat Black (remix)
Two Kings in a Cipher- Definition of a King
Tung Twista- Mr Tung Twista
Casper- Adrenaline
Caveman- Cool (‘Cos I Don’t Get Upset) (remix)
Blade- Rough It Up
Dominant Force- Raptivity
Korperayshun- Monkey See, Monkey Do
Gunshot- Crime Story
Hardnoise- Mice in the Presence of the Lion
Son of Noise- Ill Justice
BTX- This Jam is Black
3rd Bass- Portrait of an Artist as a Hood
Brand Nubian- One for All (remix)
Craig G- Here’s the Info
Ed OG and Da Bulldogs- I Got to Have It
Fuschnickens- Ring the Alarm
Main Source- Just Hanging Out (remix)
Gang Starr- Credit is Due

1990, Chubb Rock steps upons the scene

2010-10-12T08:00:00.000Z

A Tribe Called Quest- Pubic Enemy
Chubb Rock- Treat ‘Em Right
Big Daddy Kane- Cause I Can Do It Right
Blvd Mosse- Cause I Can Do It Right
D Nice- Crumbs on the Table (remix)
Boogie Down Productions- Love’s Gonna Getcha
Eric B & Rakim- In the Ghetto
King Tee- Played Like a Piano
King Dee and The Bishop- What’s Your Opinion?
2 Smooth MC’s- The Inventor
Freshco & Miz- Ain’t You Freshco?
Brand Nubian- Drop the Bomb
Public Enemy- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (remix)
Caveman- Victory (remix)
DJ Mink- Can You Relate?
2 the Top- The Matter at Hand
Hardnoise- Untitled
Demon Boyz- International Karate
Blade- Mind of an Ordinary Citizen
Rude Boy Business- Cool Sailing
WBI Red Ninja- Bad Testament
X Clan- Grand Verbalizer (remix)
Lakim Shabazz- Style Wars
The Jaz- The Originators
Movement X- I Deal With Mathematics
Low Profile- Funky Song (remix)
Terminator X- Wanna Be Dancin’
NWA- Sa Prize (pt.2)
Above the Law- Murder Rap
Compton’s Most Wanted- One Time Gaffled ‘Em Up
Master Ace- Go Where I Send Thee
Chill Rob G- Let Me Show You (remix)
Main Source- Lookin’ at the Front Door
L. R.O.C.K.- Let Me Hear Ya Say Yeah
Chill Divine- Long Live the Lyrical
Barsha- Internal Affairs
Kool G Rap- Bad to the Bone (remix)
Nile Kings- Positive Sound
Poor Righteous Teachers- Holy Intellect (remix)
Phase N Rhythm- Hook N Sling
KMD- Peachfuzz
Lord Finesse- Bad Mutha
Intelligent Hoodlum- Microphone Check
A Tribe Called Quest- When the Papes Come (remix)
Ice Cube- Once Upon a Time in the Project (instrumental)

Here

One year later....

2010-10-05T17:45:00.000Z

Public Enemy- Fight the Power
Uptown- Dope on Plastic
3-D- Original Stylin’
Most Wanted- Calm Down
AOK- Shack Up
TDS Mob- TDS Scratch Reaction
Ultramagnetic MCs- Give the Drummer Some (remix)
Big Daddy Kane- Warm It Up Kane
Frescho- Are You Ready?
7A3- Goes Like Dis (remix)
Boogie Down Productions- Jack of Spades
Sir IBU- I’m the Peacemaker
Fascinating Force- Doing the Bang
Brand Nubian- Feels So Good
Blackmale- Keep on Movin’
UTFO- Wanna Rock
Ace and Action- Letter to the Better
Outlaw Posse- Original Dope (remix)
Cash Crew- One Decade
MC Mell O- Bizzie Rhymin’
SL Troopers- Movement
Silver Bullet- Bring Forth the Guillotine
Cookie Crew- Born this Way
Rock N Gee- Dual Tones
Atmospheric- Admit It
The Union- The Union
Markey Fresh- The Mack of Rap
Special Ed- I Got It Made
Big Daddy Kane- Young Gifted and Black
Bizzie Boyz- Droppin’ It
Tony D- Music Makes You Move
Poor Righteous Teachers- Time to Say Peace (remix)
3rd Bass- Steppin’ to the AM
Digital Underground- Doowutchalike
45 King and Lakim Shabazz- The Red, the Black, the Green
Chill Rob G- Court is Now in Session
Craig G- Take the Bait
MC Lyte- Cha Cha Cha
Cool C- I Gotta Habit (remix)
The Prophet L-Cee- Ace of S.P.A.D.E
Stezo- To the Max
King Tee- Can This Be Real?
Poetry- Everything I Do
Prince EZE and Big Fran to the 3rd- Time to Get Funky
Unique- Pure Dynamite
Cash Money and Marvelous- A Real Mutha For Ya (remix)
EPMD- So Whatcha Sayin’
X Clan- Raise the Flag
A Tribe Called Quest- Description of a Fool
Taking Your Business- Show ‘Em How It’s Done
Jungle Brothers- Beyond This World
MC Shan- Juice Crew Law (remix)
Craig G- Dopest Duo
Low Profile- The Dub B U Just Begun
Tuff Crew- Show ‘Em Hell
Black Rock and Ron- Stop the World
Public Enemy- Welcome to the Terrordome

go to get it here

Fresh Start to the Week "podcast"

2010-09-28T08:13:00.002Z

Not really (at all) sure how to do a podcast so here's an mp3 of a three hour '88 special I did recently on my Monday night ustream show. Quite a random selection, messy and plenty of great stuff missing but enjoyable all the same.

It was a good year.

MC Tee & Lord Tasheen- Gangster Nine
Mixmaster Spade- Genius is Back
Prince Quick Mix and Derrick Dee- Good Foot
TDS Mob- Crushin’
Extra Curricular- Go With the Flow
Kid Flash- Ain’t Nuthin’ But a Party
Black by Demand- Can’t Get Enough
Kid N Play- Gittin’ Funky
Steady B- Let the Hustlers Play
Kool D & Technolo G- Go to Work
Scholar 1- Turn up the Radio
Busy Boys- Classical
4-Ever Fresh- Urban Sound Surgeon
Jungle Brothers- Because I Got It Like That
ESP- Get Up and Get Widit
Velore and Double O- We Had Enough
MC Breeze & DJ Trevor- Damn I’m Good
Father MC and the 1st Fleet Crew- I’m Getting Better
Masters of Ceremony- Dynamite
Superlover Cee and Casanova Rudd- Super Casanova
3-D- Greatest Man Alive
Cool C- C is Cool
Schoolly D- Treacherous
Boogie Down Productions- Still #1
Taking Your Business- Long Live Hip Hop
T La Rock- You Got the Time
Mikey D- Out of Control
Boogie Boys- KMD Step Off
The Lover Kool D and DJ Freeze- The Crew (Is In the House)
Level One- Keep the Crowd in Peace
Dose Material- Outlaw
Ill Squad Productions- I’m On a Roll
Deuces is Wild- Five Times the Rhymer
MC Sugar Ray and Stranger D- Knock ‘Em Out Sugar Ray (45 King remix)
Antoinette- Unfinished Business
Chill Rob G- Dope Rhymes
Hot Day Dante- Hot Day’s Turn
Doc Luv and Kev-Ski- Overdose
Tool Kool Posse- Give ‘Em a Sample
Kings of Swing- Stop Jockin’ James
Demon Boyz- Vibes
MC EZ and Troup- Just Rhymin’
Sugar Bear- Ready to Penetrate
Queen Latifah- Wrath of My Madness
MC Lyte- 10% Dis
De La Soul- Potholes in My Lawn
Posr Amojo- No Justice, No Peace
Biz Markie- Biz is Goin’ Off

Get it here

Posr Amojo Posr- An interview

2010-07-11T17:35:00.003Z

As I have previously babbled, I’ve developed a healthy obsession with a little known 12” by Posr Amojo entitled No Justice, No Peace. Released in the well known 1988 on the UAM label it’s an avant-rap monster- all cascading drum machine, vintage computer game FX and an amazing encoded conscious rap, pre-dating the likes of Anti Pop Consortium by nearly a decade.

I’d found some information about a Posr Amojo Posr and made a speculative post about the man and record. I thought that would be as close as I would get until I happened upon a Posr Amojo Posr online. A “I don’t suppose you made a record in 1988 called No Justice, No Peace” and a few subsequent emails later and I am the wiser.

First things first- the name. In 1987 at the time of his wrongful arrest on a march organised by the Listeners Action on Homelessness and Housing, Posr was known as Charles Johnson.

“I changed my name to Posr Amojo Posr in 1989. I went to court and paid for the name, so it is my legal name. Posr is an acronym for Prisoner of Self Respect. I decided to change my name at that time for two reasons- one, I didn't want to have a British name since I am of African descent and two, I was arrested at the homeless march and put in jail and I asked myself "why am I a prisoner?". I answered myself and said "Since I didn't let that cop just push me, like he did everybody else, I am a "Prisoner of Self Respect" thus Posr.

Amojo is from a Jazz song I heard. In the song the singer sings "I got my mojo working and it’s working out tonight"….you see “mojo" is like your rhythm, you know, when like everything is going your way.”

No Justice, No Peace was the first song that Posr committed to vinyl and, although it sounds like the-future-then, it is very much rooted in the events and climate of 1988. One of the recurrent lines I asked Posr about was “for Tijuana you know why”.

“I'm not saying "Tijuana". I am saying "for Tawana"…The rhyme was in support of a female of African descent, lineage North America, who claimed six white high level law enforcement members raped her”

The Tawana Brawley case was both high profile and highly controversial, and it saw a rise in organised black social activism, something Posr also celebrates in No Justice.

“The energy this Black Movement was creating hadn't been seen since the rise of the Black Panthers. A security force was called for and No Justice No Peace to commemorate the atmosphere.

The people in the movement gave the track much love. People not in the movement never really heard it because it didn't sell because I wasn't putting all my time into promoting it. I do believe it was too experimental for the time.

As far as influences, I always liked Schoolly D, Public Enemy, Run DMC, KRS- One.”

In 1991 Posr was awarded $77,000 (not $15,000 as I wrote previously) as a result of his wrongful arrest on the homeless march and he used the proceeds to record and tour (in Germany) an album - The Political Prisoner Tour. At that time he was using the name MC Shank. Unfortunately Posr no longer has a copy of the album so if anyone reading does please let me know and we can re-unite them (plus I’d really like to hear it). He told me about a track on the album- Shootout.

“Shootout was about a guy…Larry Davis. He later changed his name to Adam Abdul Hakeem. The police used him to sell drugs from maybe 11 or 12 years of age to 25 or so. When Adam decided he didn't want to sell drugs for the cops anymore, the cops he was selling drugs for attempted to assassinate him. Instead, with guns in both hands, Wild-West style he shot six cops and escaped. Many people from the ghettos hoped he would never be captured.

Believing he would be killed if caught, he turned himself in. Worse mistake he ever made. He was murdered in prison by another prisoner…Many suspect the killer was put up to it by police and guards who were waiting until a generation forgot about him to have him murdered. He was in a wheel-chair throughout his prison stay…I was a part of his support team.

Some said Adam was not really a political prisoner, but a drug pusher. I think it was a political decision to decide to say “I am not going to sell drugs for you anymore”. He wanted to do music. His story deserves to be known, for his courage.

The music of Shootout was certainly less experimental than No Justice No Peace, so I guess it was a great change of musical style and I liked the direction my music was going in. I was always learning new subtleties”

There have been no subsequent albums since The Political Prisoner Tour, although Posr’s activism has continued including legal work for fellow activists.

“At about that time (1992) I became interested in law. I didn't go to law school, but, dealing with activist people, I started, and still am, assisting them with their legal papers as well as my own, having been active on the level that I was on and still am.

I'm not planning any performances but socially, so much is happening that I feel I have to do something musical, but relevant, because the police state is growing tentacles in leaps and bounds and the youth need guidance through music because that is the news network for the youth; music.”

Of course there once was a time, back where we started when No Justice, No Peace was released, that hip hop was labelled the “black CNN” and a conscious message was as likely as any other. Whatever happened to Edutainment?

“Edutainment was co-opted by the major record companies who, when they realized they could not ignore hip hop into oblivion, paid and rewarded rappers to portray images in the heads of major record companies. Major record companies had negative images of the early rappers and "carrot and stick" led rappers to portray those images. So went edutainment. The early days of rap was so creative in all areas of life, not just gangsterism.”

No Justice, No Peace is a prime example of that creativity. I've said it before but it's an astonishing record so thanks to Posr for that, as well as taking the time to give me the lowdown.

Posr Amojo

2010-06-08T18:54:00.005Z

Now this record has become a bit of an obsession to me, finally got hold of a copy (and there's a sealed one on the way too if the postal service behaves- edit- now have two) for a pretty penny. First time ever I heard its face I knew I needed to make it mine, it's got everything I need, drum machine, bleeps and a pretty out there rap. The first thing that came to mind when I heard it was Sensational without the clouds of smoke. Or Holy war without Synthetic Substitution.

Information on it is scarce though, a few copies are turning up at the moment but not much sign of it on the internets and no discogs entry (edit- there is now, I listed it). The fact it was released in 1988 makes it all the more astonishing to me, even discounting the fact that whole year makes me (go) hard. The record looks a bit like Cool C's Juice Crew Dis which is always a plus.

A google on Posr Amojo brings up a 1991 court report (not far from 1988 date fans) of a Posr Amojo Posr's appeal against a judgement by a NY court following an altercation in 1987 (even nearer to 1988 but, like, the other way) between Posr and "several" police officers when he took part in a protest march organised by Listeners Action on Homelessness and Housing. At the time of the march Posr was known as Charles Johnson. Posr got a little justice and peace from the appeal, being awarded $15,000 in compensation and damages.

Who knows if this is the Posr Amojo, there's nothing explicit in the record that points to it bar the title and talk of the judicial process. He mentions Tijuana a couple of times, and pyramids (but that was a standard for 1988).

I've searched a couple of addresses too, he mentions 460 Marcus Garvey Blvd, a baptist church in Brooklyn. He says later "I wrote this in a church, I won't be doing expletives...". He also says "too black too strength (?) from the heart of Bed Stuy" so lets assume he's from Brooklyn.

The record label UAM, and this seems to be its only release (catalogue # POS-1), has an address 537 E. 13th Street, NYC, an address squatters were evicted from in 1996.

This could all be a OMGZ r@ndom rap wild goose chase cooked up by some hipsters with knowing looks but let's hope not.

And Posr, if you're out there get in touch bruv, give us the real lowdown. Thanks

On my radio

2010-06-04T19:53:00.001Z

well internets radio anyway

going to try to do this as regular as I can, Mondays 8-10pm

records and stuff

Theory 77

2010-04-02T14:49:00.001Z

Some vee vee gud stuff here, well worth checking out. If you like edits and tight scratches then this is for you and you and you

records one after another

2010-04-02T14:47:00.001Z

in the style of a mix

4-Ever Fresh- Urban Sound Surgeon
Velore and Double-O- We Had Enough
ESP- Get Up and Get Widdit
Singing MC Breeze and DJ Trevor- Damn I’m Good
Omega Force- You Can Make It If You Try
TDS Mob- TDS Scratch Reaction
Supreme Nyborn- It’s Like That (remix)
Superlover Cee and Casanova Rud- I Got a Good Thing (remix)
Antoinette- Unfinished Business (inst)
Hakeem X- Hip Hop Reborn
Schoolly D- Housin’ the Joint (extended)
Hostyle- Keep On Movin’
Euro-K- It’s Live (echo-pella)
Rappinstine- Bang the Drum Slowly
OG Style- Kick the Ballistics
Kev-E-Kev and AK-B- Listen to the Man
M Walk and King Saul- I’m the King
Casper- War of Words
Divine Beings- Funky Ultimatum

you're tube

2010-03-23T21:10:00.003Z

And oh yeah.....

2010-03-06T19:39:00.002Z

don't forget to pick up the Scalper album. Picking up good reviews NZ-side. Go here.

An indie hip hop mix

2010-03-06T19:34:00.002Z

A little something to do to keep us off the virtual streets over at the ninja tune forum, a few of us are doing short mixes of records from the indie hip hop era. Think Mr Bongo, "featuring Mike Zoot" and all that type of thing yeah. Here's my effort--------------> here

More to come. This is a strictly interna...erm..outernational effort.

Rasheed- Industrypartybumrusher
Mr Complex- Visualize
Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma- My World Premiere
L Fudge- Gratitude (inst)
Smut Peddlers- One by One (inst)
People Under The Stairs- Youth Explosion (inst)
Mass Influence- Clown Syndrome
Scaramanga- Death Letter
Mind Space- Who Got The Funk?
Dilated Peoples- Third Degree
Self Scientific- Run The Depth
Ace Lover- Lucky 7 (inst)
Jungle Brothers- How U Want It
Rasco- The Unassisted (inst)
Scienz of Life- Powers of Nine Ether
Peanut Butter Wolf and Rasco- Run the Line
Rob Swift- The Ablist
The Isolationist- Timeless Void
Organized Konfusion- Somehow Someway (inst)
Saukrates- Father Time
Mike Zoot- Service (remix)
Big Willie Smith- Keep It Real… Represent ‘96
Kukoo- Real Kukoo
Mister Voodoo- Lyrical Tactics
Black Attack- Verbal Attack
N.O.T.S Click- Larger Than Life
Just Ro and Common- Make It Happen
Choclair- What It Takes (inst)

Plex set

2010-02-10T20:34:00.006Z

I was allowed to play the vinyl records at the wonderful Plex night at Corsica Studios and this is what I played....sort of

Benga- Skank
Headhunter- Sex at the Prom
F- Energy Distortion
Relocate- Origins
Seth- Dawn
Martyn- The Lower Upside Down (Surgeon mix)
Basic Channel- Phylyps Trak
Wax- 10001B (Panamax remix)
Sandoz- Strike Fire
Debruit- Nigeria What?
Wicked A- A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kage (Ramadanman refix)
Dollkraut- Milkmanners
Horizontal Ground- Ghosts on Acid
Zinc- Blunt Edge
Julio Bashmore- Um Bongo’s Revenge
Bubblez- Ice Rink
A Made Up Sound- Closer

If you were there and some of the mixes were going a bit skew-wiff your hearing's buggered mate

Thanks to Tom for the invite, Greg and Amy for making I laugh soaking up the bass vibrations

Sundry mix

2010-02-10T20:22:00.000Z

two half finished things banged together...BOSH

Mobski- Get With It
Lakim Shabazz- No Justice No Peace
Desire- Busted
Chill Rob G- Chillin’
Baby Doll- You Can’t Break a B-boys Heart
Solomon Burke- Get Me Back On Time
MC Tee & Lord Tasheen- Gangster Nine
Roz- A Yo A’ight (Earthling remix)
DJ Krush- A Whim
Rokia Traore- Mouneissa
Kurtis Blow- If I Ruled The World (inst)
Microphone Prince- Smooth Criminal (acap)
Ghosts on Tape- Mogadishu Nightlife
EDMX- Creole 2
Top Cat- Request the Style (acap)
Bass Clef- Ballad of the Broken 606
El Remolon- Escape (dub version)
Daniel Savio- Ohhh!
Ghosts on Tape- Equator Jam
Fulgeance- Haggis

Ragga hip hop mix

2010-02-10T20:15:00.002Z

I look pretty tall but my heels are high

2009-12-20T22:33:00.003Z

Here’s a mix thing what, just tracks using Melvin Blissesese’s’s’s’s’s Synthetic Substitution. Mildly mixed but needed to be done, here’s what’s on it

OG Style- Catch ‘Em Slippin’

Great track from a great album, he even says “we’ve been waiting on this break for a long time”. Clever. I always hears “what about the doubters” as “what about the downloads”. Even before they invented them. Double clever.

De La Soul- Potholes in My Lawn

De La also use the drums in Stone Age and Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa (would have been seasonal) but here they use the piano yeah.

The Pharcyde- Ya Mama

Your mum.

Ghostface Killah- Mighty Healthy

Same break and some of the same lyrics as the next track.

Divine Force- Holy War

As interpolated by Ghostface (^this^). The best thing they did. Got this for 20p.

Ultramagnetic MCs- Ego Trippin’

The oldest track on this? Probably. One of the best? Yes.

Frankie Cutlass- Boriquas on the Set

Fat Joe and stuff.

Bizmarkie- Cool V’s Tribute to Scratching

Biz is also on De La’s Substitution sampling Stone Age. SIX DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON. Big Daddy Kane’s Just Rhymin’ With Biz uses a bit of Substitution too. As does Looks Like a Job For.

Wu-Tang Clan- Clan in da Front

Rza and the Wu love this break. Because it’s good.

Gang Starr- Code of the Streets

Primo with the substitution break. Also using one of my favourite scratch sounds.

Naughty By Nature- OPP (inst)

As heard in the summer of whenever. Yeah, you know how I roll.

Tony D- Adam’s Nightmare

The beat that Naughty by Nature nicked. Another hip hop legend gone this year.

Public Enemy- Don’t Believe the Hype

Reminds me of a 6th form ice skating trip. Oh how we laughed. PE like the break too.

Gang Starr- Dwyck

Primo again. You know the one. The lemonade one.

Prince Rakeem- Deadly Venoms

Pre-Wu Rza. You disagree with me, fuck you mister.

Def Jef- Black to the Future

He’s Def and his name is Jef. He did some alright tracks.

Nice and Smooth- Skill Trade

Just the piano again. Just little bits though.

Supreme Nyborn- Versatile Extension

Let’s remix it. Booom

EMF- Rough Potential

Not that EMF but ^that^ EMF, Electro Motive Force. Incidentally I saw EMF (that EMF) supporting Boo Ya Tribe many years ago. Big boy riddims.

Schoolly D- Saturday Night

How the fluck did he get so cool. Could have also used Saturday Night Live by Masta Ace which uses large bits of the break, and has Premier on it. KEVIN BACON.

Choice MCs- This is the B-Side

Better than the A-side. Pianos and that.

Public Enemy- Brothers Gonna Work It Out (dub)

They did a track called The B-Side Wins again but this was an A-side. Weird. Could have included Miuzi Weighs a Ton too, if it would mix nice.

BTX- This Jam is Black

Super, a sprightly number from the great Select label.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince- Jazzy’s Groove

Final track and cut short before Grover Washington Jr comes in just in case it provoked a facebook group to try to post a mix of shouty rap metal instead.

Listen to it

Does that mean I'm insane

2009-11-27T13:29:00.002Z

As well as hearing the Scalper album, I've had a sneak preview of some new Earthling tracks. Good to hear this thing happening again, I ain't saying nuffink to no-one though, you'll just have to wait.

Scalper- Black Glory/Zero

2009-11-27T13:17:00.002Z

Nepotism aside, having had the pleasure of hearing the forthcoming Scalper album, Flesh and Bones in full I have to say (or type even seeings as I'm not very sociable) that it's one of the best hip hop albums I've heard in a good while. The darkness is toned down from the earlier EPs (that's moving away from Ilford for you) and rather than smacking you round the face it's asking you to come in, have some tea and spend a while. Then you realise you've had so much tea you can't go just yet because you've got a weak bladder. And it's nice here so you stay.

Truly though bruv, thing, yeah, it's a beautiful album, lovely blend of samples and live instrumentation, dark and light, big and small. Just make sure you grab a copy when it's out February 2010. In the meantime two tracks are now available on itunes and amplifier so get them to tide you over.

Bruv

2009-09-24T16:45:00.001Z

come

Backspinning on the turntables

2009-09-03T19:17:00.003Z

I've always loved (LOVED) the I'm On a Roll/Making a Killing 12" by Ill Squad Production, possibly first heard on John Peel's show (as most things were in thems days). It was mixed by Backspin aka Backspin the Vibe Chemist aka Marlon King and by the magic of discogs, rather than being arsed to read the credits on the records, I found he's had a hand in a few other favourites.

He was down with Leaders of the New School in some capacity, producing a few tracks on A Future Without A Past and a couple on T.I.M.E, and Busta Rhymes' first album. He also produced the classic at my house "Wild For The Night" by Rampage (the Last Boyscout), maybe through the Busta Rhymes connection.

Another early production was The Prophet L-Cee's Ace of S.P.A.D.E 12", another cracker from the late '80's.

Not a great deal else though, quality not quantity bruv mate though I guess.

Have a listen to some of them below and go pick them up cheaply.

Forthcoming gig

2009-08-13T12:46:00.004Z

Weak scan pun....

2009-07-25T16:19:00.001Z

Who is the scan with the master plan?

2009-07-25T16:15:00.002Z

Yes We Scan Scan

2009-07-25T16:11:00.002Z

Born In The 'Bridge

2009-07-25T15:52:00.003Z

Looking through the Born In The Bronx book it occurred to me that I had a bag full of old flyers and tickets unseen by the internets. Anyway, scan we kick it?

Where are my beatbox stickers and badges?

2009-07-25T15:46:00.004Z

I've got two letters from Westwood (with slightly different Westwoodisms) but can't find one beatbox sticker or badge. In fact I don't remember ever having a beatbox sticker...

Electro 56

2009-06-24T19:35:00.001Z

condensed

more hip hop goodies

2009-06-22T21:07:00.003Z

More cl@ssics, a couple of my favourites ever on here (Ill Squad Production and Dose Material)

Brand Nubian- Feels So Good
Fascinating Force- Do My Thing
Barsha- Internal Affairs
Schoolly D- Living In The Jungle
Three Times Dope- Greatest Man Alive
Ultramagnetic MCs- Make It Happen (remix)
MC Lyte- Not Wit’ A Dealer (Chuck D & Terminator X remix)
KGB- Big Payback
Choice MC- This Is The B-Side (Tony D mix)
Ill Squad Productions- On A Roll (New York mix)
Dose Material- Outlaw
Kev-E-Kev & AK-B- Listen To The Man
Union- The Union
Level One- (Keep The) Crowd In Peace
Bad Boys- Tear Up Shop
Black By Demand- Can’t Get Enough
Ultramagnetic MCs- Give The Drummer Some (inst)
Ultramagnetic MCs- Feelin’ It
Renaissance- Flyz In Da Attic
Funkmaster Flex & Nine Double M- F.A.L.L.I.N (And Ya Can’t Get Up)
Phase N Rhythm- Hook N Sling
Paris- Break The Grip Of Shame
Overlord X- 2 Bad (inst)
LL Cool J- It Get’s No Rougher

here

Conspiracy Radio mix

2009-06-19T08:16:00.002Z

I did this mix for Soleboy/Tat's show on Conspiracy Worldwide Radio

Business as usual really, a couple of hip hop reggae things salvaged from an abandoned mix, some tasty treats...

Ultimate Force- I’m Not Playin’ (inst)
Poor Righteous Teachers- Strictly Mash’ion (acapella)
Joeski Love- Pee Wee’s Dance (acapella beat)
Funkdoobiest- Shittin’ On ‘Em (inst)
Son House- Motherless Children
Groove Asylum- We Love ‘Em
Cutty Ranks- The Stopper (Main Attraction mix)
Danny Red- Riddim Wize
D.O.C- It’s Funky Enough
Mantronix- Get Stupid Fresh Pt.1
Low Profile- Hip Hop I Crave
ADOR- One For The Trouble (dramapella/inst)
Black Attack- Verbal Attack (inst)
Eric B & Rakim- In The Ghetto (Drums & Rakim)
King Tee- Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)
OG Style- Listen To The Drum
Boogie Down Productions- A Word From Our Sponsor (inst)
Butchy B- Hip Hop Terrorist (acapella)
Dana Dane- Cinderfella Dana Dane (inst)
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rudd- Girls I Got ‘Em Locked
Nine- Whutcha Want (inst)
Capleton- Tour (acapella)
Double XX Posse- On A Mission
True Culture- So Good, It’s Bad
King Tee- At Your Own Risk (5AM mix)
Taking Your Business- Show ‘Em How It’s Done
Kool D & Technolo G- Go To Work
Three Times Dope- Original Stylin’
3rd Bass- Portrait Of An Artist As A Hood (remix)
Freshco- 4 At A Time (Caught In The Middle Mix)

Hip hop- A (slight) mix

2009-06-16T07:05:00.002Z

Been enjoying and buying a lot of old hip hop again, put some of them next to each other with the ends touching. Two of these I don't have- one I will get and one I don't know how to.

Some well known classics, some just off the radar, nothing with really silly secret society soggy biscuit paul c dj ivory r@re prices. Buy some.

And listen some

Stereo MCs- What Is Soul (remix) (Gee Street)
The Fed- Cut Dirge (Randall Records)
Mixmaster Spade and Compton Posse- Genius Is Back (LA Posse)
King Tee- Payback’s A Mutha (Techno Hop)
Steady B- Bring The Beat Back (Pop Art)
Rayrock & KC- Rayrock Kick It (Cutting)
Boogie Boys- Runs It (dub) (Capitol)
Cool C- I Gotta Habit (remix) (Atlantic)
The Lover Kool Dee & DJ Freeze- The Crew (Is In The House) (Next Plateau)
Public Enemy- Tie Goes To The Runner (inst) (Def Jam)
Sugar Bear- Ready To Penetrate (Coslit)
Antoinette- Hit ‘Em With This (Next Plateau)
Word of Mouth ft. DJ Cheese- Coast To Coast (Profile)
T La Rock- Back To Burn (10 Records)
MC Player- The Kid’s A Wizzard (4-Sight)
MC Shy D- Yes Yes Y’all (Luke Skyywalker)
2 Tough MC- Let’s Rock (Milo Records)
Prime Time- So Damn Tough (Suntown Records)
Domination- You Haven’t Heard Nothing (Warner Bros)
Exotic Don & Master Vic- Cutt Loose (4th & Broadway)
D-Nice- Crumbs On The Table (Otis Mix acapella) (Jive)
Mobski- Discription (Zakia)
Massive Attack- Any Love (Massive Attack Records)
Seville & Jazzy J- Envious (Omar Santana edit) (Cutting)
Schoolly D- Treacherous (remix) (Jive)
Ronin- Pure Power (Ronin)
Antoinette- The Girl’s Off On Her Own (remix) (Next Plateau)
Cash Crew- One Decade (Vinyl Solution)

Activitay

2009-05-02T07:41:00.002Z

some things that I've done recently

Pete Rock mix- what I just said

2 hour mix of all sorts- getting rid of a few half done mixes

Autechre- Doctrine
LA Dream Team- The Dream Team is in the House
Steve Masters- Turntable Aktion (acapella)
?- Satosushi
Murcof- Mapa
Uusitalo- Lasi Hajoaa
Sleeparchive- Hospital 04
Tek 9- Space ‘91
Cobblestone Jazz- India In Me
Pelon- No Stunts
Oracy- ?
Shed- That Beats Everything
DJ Naughty- Hear My Sound
Hard House Banton- Reign
Kode 9- 2 Far Gone
Twilight 22- Siberian Nights
B12- Metropolis
Unknown DJ- 808 Beats
D Nice- TR 808 Is Coming
DJ Maxximus- Neo
Third Sight- Will I Get Shot By a Dope Fiend
Joker- Digidesign
2562- Kontrol
Synkro- Hold On
Kontext- Plumes (Relocate mix)
Spatial- 70810
Loco Dice- M Train to Brooklyn
Matias Aguayo- Bondhi
Dollkraut- Milkmanners
Gowentgone- Point Blank (Sven’s Blank Cut mix)
DJ Maxximus- Israhell
Disrupt- THC 1138
El Remolon- Cumbia Bichera
Leonard DStroy- Sweet Dreams
Dam Funk- Indigo
LL Cool J- I Need a Beat
Aardvarck- Smurf
Fulgeance- I Luv You
Eliott Lipp- Beamrider
Poor Righteous Teachers- Strictly Mash’ion (acapella)
Pete Rock- Walk On By
Eugene McDaniels- Cherrystones
Funkdoobiest- Shittin’ On ‘Em (inst)
Son House- Motherless Children
Queen Lisa Lee- I’m a Pioneer
Tipper- Cycleswithcycleswithin
DJ Cheese & Word of Mouth- Coast to Coast (inst)
Mangrove- 77 Riddim
NWA- If It Ain’t Ruff
Dana Dane- Dana Dane With Fame
Downtown Science- Out There But In There (inst)
Ice T- Doggin’ The Wax (inst)
JJ Cale- Don’t Cry Sister
Beatnuts- Fried Chicken (inst)
Krown Rulers- Call Me The New Sire
SWV- I’m So Into You
Jaz O- Foundation (remix)
EPMD- You Gots To Chill (acapella)
Latyrx- Lady Don’t Tek No Words
Fulgeance- Low Club Anthem
Debruit- Gros
Daniel Savio- Diamond Sutra

Record noise- an hour an a bit of records jumping. ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

Some mixes I've done recently (may contain compilations)

2009-03-06T13:33:00.003Z

Female MCs (this is a mixture (aka compilation) rather than a mix,"mixtape" makers)

Marley Marl tribute

Various hip hop that's stood the test of time

more and more and more

2008-12-15T10:18:00.003Z

more mixes

a dubstep many tracks mix from a couple of years back

bobby wins the vauxhall conference

electronica? remember that? here's a mix of cactus island's catalogue

It's a mix

2008-12-15T09:45:00.001Z

some dubby things of many persuasions...recorded on turntables and several takes

listen to it

bringthevibesandthevibesjusreach

2008-10-20T12:38:00.005Z

I'll be dusting off the Music of Life 12"s for this set, it'll be nice to give some of the classics of all time classics an airing...D to the K, Dominant Force...tuck your trousers in your socks and come along

And here is the set I more or less played (sort of type thing)

Market saturation

2008-08-05T12:09:00.003Z

Some old mixings here

Melancholy Flowers

You really should know this by now- sad stuff, big on the internets

Fully Equipped 1

Hip Hop and some electronic stuff, on top of each other

Fully Equipped 2

Hip Hop and some electronic stuff, on top of each other part 2

Headbangingbrickwall

A mix I did a few years back for Solid Steel. Stretches out and reveals its handsome package

While You're Sleeping

Rid yourself of worry

Nice & Easy

Exactly

Vote Me

2008-07-25T21:01:00.002Z

Seems there's been a glitch in the matrix and I'm in the running for a best hip hop DJ award at the...erm..DJ awards

Nice to get a bit of recognition (recognise recognition) amongst other more known names

Vote for me here and you could win a trip to Ibiza where I'll be hanging by the pool with Cox and Tong

I'm being chased through a forest yeah

2008-07-18T10:25:00.002Z

I've been making some noise with jumpy records and a kaoss pad recently

You may like to listen to them, here's a couple

Ishka

Grey

Classic material

2008-07-18T10:22:00.002Z

a new mix, short but stringy

a bit of electronica, a bit of dubstep and some new classical type stuff

get it right----------------golf sale------------->here

B-Boys to Men

2008-06-23T08:17:00.002Z

Just finished this hip hop megamix, 600+ tracks and 90 minutes long

Done partly to have my say in the hip hop megamix arena and prove that they can flow, partly to pay homage to the music I grew up with and partly to make sense of something and maybe, just maybe move on("he'll grow out of it").

I could work on it for daddy long time but need to bid it farewell and release it into the world

*wipes tear*

Get it here

Now what do I do?

Radiohead remix competition

2008-04-07T07:41:00.004Z

I haven't done of proper music in a while and now I've had a go at this Radiohead "Nude" remix malarkey that remains the case

An attempt at a cross between Philip Jeck and bad drum programming

Have a listen and vote if you think it's worthy here

Let's revisit some of the classics...

2007-11-23T08:43:00.000Z

...perhaps some of the blah blah blah

UK UK- lots and loads of old UK hip hop- late '80's to early '90's. RaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Melancholy Flowers 1

Love Theme- Depeche Mode
Hurt- Johnny cash
Bitter Things- Christian Kleine
Sylvia- Jens Leckman
Truth (inst)- Dwele
The Heart Knows Better- David Sylvian
Love’s Gonna Getcha (inst)- Boogie Down Productions
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)- Al Green
Like Today (inst)- Atmosphere
Bitch Niggas (inst)- Dr Dre
(See the Sky) About to Rain- Neil Young
Live Water Bonus Beats- Sole
Ain't No Sunshine- Roland Kirk
Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers
Keep On Movin'- Soul II Soul
Jewlea- Machine Drum
Trouble, Heartache and Sadness- Ann Peebles
First Sleep- Cliff Martinez
Into the Night- Angelo Badalamenti
Stem/Long Stem- DJ Shadow
Glue- Arab Strap
Love is a Piece of Paper Torn to Bits- Charles Bukowski
The Light- Abfarht Hinwil
Over the Hillside- The Blue Nile
Grace- Hajime Mizoguchi
Impulsive Behavior- Xela
Left Only With Love- Smog
All Love Can Be- Beautiful Mind OST
Pearls- Sade
Last Trak- Plastikman
The Other Woman- Nina Simone
Gorecki- Lamb
Tombant- Biosphere
For the Good Times- Elvis Presley
Just Like You- Climber
Are You Lonesome Tonight?- Elvis Presley
Style it Takes- Lou Reed & John Cale
The Eternal- Joy Division
Peace of Mind (Jazz Edit)- Claro Intellecto
Something in the Way- Nirvana
This Love- Craig Armstrong
Peace of Mind- Clara Intelecto
A Wonderul Life- Carl Craig
Never Can Say Goodbye- Isaac Hayes
A Thousand Kisses Deep- Leonard Cohen
A Volume of Typefaces- The Boats
The Story- Maddslinky
Rise- Josh Rouse
J’ai Dormi Sous L’Eau- Air

Melancholy Flowers 2

Alan Watts- Divine Madness
Talk Talk- I Believe In You
Helios- Paper Tiger
Dub Tractor- Faster
Buck 65- Food (inst)
Bob Dylan- Don’t Fall Apart On Me
Stendec- Raine
Marc Almond- Ends In Tears
Manyfingers- Some Shield
Fila Brazilia- Return Of The Red Hot Brethren
Veda Brown- Living A Life Without Love
Eliot Lipp- Real Tragic
Tom Robinson Band- Long Hot Summer
Van Morrison- Warm Love
Sketchie- Suffragist Down
Andre Gurov- Relevation Of Wrath
James and Boby Purify- I’m Your Puppet
Lord Finesse- Yes You May (remix inst)
Lhasa- My Name
Johnny Osbourne- Give A Little Love
Scientist- Give A Little Love Dub
Barry Adamson- Hollywood Sunset
Clem Snide- Find Love
Scritti Politti- Petrococadollar
Billy Childish- The Humility Of Love
Jacob Golden- Dirty Snow
Arab Strap- Phone Me Tonight
Alias & Ehren- Lillian
Esmerine- While She Swallows Bullets and Stones
Hans Appelqvist- Grammofonnummer
Sufjan Stevens- That Dress Looks Nice On You
Savath & Savalas- Two Blues For Marion Brown
Caural- Sipping Snake Blood Wine (Savath & Savalas Mix)
Art Of Noise- Moments In Love
Zane Trow- Thirtithri
Silicon Scally- Toneworks
Brendon Anderegg- They’re Still Here
Jeff Klein- Nobody’s Favourite Girl
Ammoncontact- Barbeque Plate (Telefon Tel Aviv’s Last Supper remix)
John Martyn- Hurt In Your Heart
Bernard Purdie- Summer Melody
George Russell- You Are My Sunshine
Fat Jon- Romantic Misery
Tindersticks- My Oblivion
Aoki Takamasa- Fly Variation
Souad Massi- There’s Worse
2 Tall- Shifting Tides
Mark Eitzel- Anything
Bill Near- Drumin

I don't like reggae (in the summertime)

2007-11-23T08:36:00.000Z

As winter approaches it's time to bring out the reggae flavours (flavas). What better way than me me me me me. New mix here courtesy of spannered.

OLD

2007-11-09T13:09:00.000Z

Official Adventures

Put Me On Water (I'm a Good Floater)

UK UK

Ruler Of Rock, Godfather of Your Stereo

Big Chill 2007

2007-08-09T08:16:00.000Z

I played at the Big Chill last weekend, unfortunately I was on at the same time as the institution that is Norman Jay so most people were off being anthemic at the main stage. Nevertheless, I thought my set was OK (a couple of technical problems but I should have known not to mention that the one of the stylus was a bit jumpy- but that's another story), I managed to do what I meant to do and there weren't too many mistakes (starting a record at the wrong speed towards the start was quite obviously a homage to John Peel what with his son playing after me and all).

Any roads ups, you can have a listen to a home recorded version of the mix here.

Grouper- Cover the Windows and the Walls

2007-04-23T18:54:00.000Z

Just received this today and what a lovely album it is. If you've heard the previous albums you know what to expect-Liz Harris' vocals and guitar (I think) drones hidden under lashings and lashings of reverb heard from the end of a long dark tunnel.

It's limited to 300, vinyl only so be quick before it's gone.

Here's some clips

Cover the Windows and Walls

Heart Current

You Never Came

Buy it

Peter Wright

2007-04-20T12:36:00.000Z

I've really been enjoying various CDs by drone master Peter Wright this week. I ordered Crater Lake and Unvarnished, Untreated, Unzipped from Volcanic Tongue this week (incidentally, the fastest delivery known to man) and, although I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of the noisier drone stuff (and a lot of Peter Wright's earlier material has been pretty gentle), these built up so well that I was more than able to enjoy the ride.

Although these releases have one long track each (Unvarnished has two performances of the same piece) at no time do they get dull, the drones and effects constantly morph and build to the very end and silence. If anything sounded like a snowball hurtling down a hill and off a cliff it's this. Sort of.

Looking forward to the double CD forthcoming on Students Of Decay too.

The Terrible Realisation We Might Be Wrong

Folk Song For Contradiction

Blue Light District

Mixes galore

2007-04-20T12:13:00.000Z

Ninja Forum resident Gas has set up a page with links to various mixes from all over the digital joint. Plenty of mine up there (really though, I run this internet game) and plenty more besides.

Gassssssssssssss

Videho

2007-04-20T11:58:00.000Z

I now have the ability to transfer old video tapes to digital, and have been digging out some old tapes and putting the best bits on Youtube.

Something for everyone really, provided everyone likes '80s hip hop and a bit of under-rated mid '90s (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH)trip hop.

Check them out here and maybe leave a daft comment.

For your watching pleasure, here's one I've uploaded with me in it. Back in the future school days (I date everything using a system devised on the shout outs on PE albums) I used to provide the chiddly-whips for Earthling, and you can see me and my enormously long and winding fingers below.

Movement X

2007-04-19T20:41:00.000Z

Movement X get no love @ the internet, so here's a track from their album called "I Deal With Mathematics". Always loved the scratches on this.

The album's worth picking up if you see it cheap, the 12" "Freedom's Got a Shotgun" was good too.

Head knowledge

Also, it's well worth a go on this track "Zig Zag Zig", again nice scratches and some super science to your dome. I assume the "I wax the fanny" line doesn't mean what I assume it means.

Deep ish

High Performance

2007-04-19T20:38:00.000Z

Here's an old favourite of mine, High Performance's Curtis Mayfield sampling "The Hill". Always used to make me feel a little bit sad and a whole lot GONGSTAR.

Keeping it real

Good Hip House shocker

2007-04-19T20:26:00.000Z

Now most hip hop was un-good, but this track was pretty tasty, KRS One hating Rockwell Noel and the Poet with the one like Massacre. This is the hip hop mix but it still keeps the hip house flavours of the other mixes on the 12" with its Todd Terry keyboards.

Jack the groove here

Funkmaster Flex and Nine Double M

2007-04-19T20:17:00.000Z

Have a listen to this, Funkmaster Flex (of Funkmaster Flex and Westwood sitting in a tree fame) and Nine Double M (later just Nine) F.A.L.L.I.N.G, a nice 12" on Warlock that you may not know.

Anyway, it's a good 'un.

Peep peep here

Janek Schaefer- Recital In The Old Library

2007-02-26T21:17:00.000Z

Janek Schaefer has got a new mp3 only album called Recital In The Old Library. It's a 55 minute track recorded live in South Hill Park, Bracknell in January this year.

Another quality release, only 3.33 (I get it) from Janek's website, and a good taster of his stuff (some bits are familiar from his other releases).

If you like hearing sounds floating into and out of each other and crackly skipping records this is for you.

More MMMike

2007-02-23T22:10:00.000Z

This is Neckthrust One, another of the great tapes Mixmaster Mike had out in the mid '90s.

Henjoy

2007-02-14T08:53:00.000Z

As it's valentine's day why not wallow a bit with these crazy ironic mash-ups. Actually it's part one and two of the infamous Melancholy Flowers mixes.

If you don't have these, get them, enjoy them, cry just a little bit.

Aladdin's on a rampage

2007-02-13T21:14:00.000Z

Here (right here) is one of my favouritist ever DMC sets, DJ Aladdin coming in second to Cutmaster Swift in 1989. He was part of Rhyme Syndicate members Low Profile (with WC) whose We're In This Together album is possibly my favourite album in the He's The Rapper, I'm the DJ style.

Keep it Peel

2007-02-12T21:10:00.000Z

Outside of the big cities, John Peel was one of the only ways to hear hip hop in the mid-'80s (without joining loads of coat hangers together). I can remember hearing so many great tracks on there (MC Shan, Steady B, Tackhead, DJ Cheese and Word Of Mouth, Mantronx etc etc).

He also had some old-school UK hip hop acts on. Here's a selection-

Cookie Crew
3 Wise Men
Overlord X
MC Duke

Actually, some of these may be from Andy Kershaw's show.

We wear black wranglers

2007-02-12T20:27:00.000Z

Public Enemy, the greatest hip hop act of all time? I think so. It's easy to say "blah blah blah" (try it) but that makes no sense. Here they are in all their glory (including Professor Griff going off on a completely mental one about tarring and feathering people that start fights at PE gigs...mmmmmm) in 1988 at the Birmingham Hummingbird.

Capital of hip hop apparently (or was that Peters borough?)

I flow with denial

2007-02-12T20:21:00.000Z

Here's Eric B & Rakim live from 1987 at Hammersmith Odeon (same show as the LL one below).

Scratching to the beat in stereo

2007-02-12T20:14:00.000Z

Check this out (ah yeah), the top four from the 1986 DMC finals. DJ Cheese (winner) with his all scratching set and the others with more of the old-fashioned disco mixes. I assume that Chad Jackson's ropey scratching is because he's using a grandfather clock or something. Of course he went on to better things (an appearance on the Wide Awake Club) while Cheese (as legend has it) had the honour of signing an autograph for John Peel.

Public Enemy- Beats and Places

2007-02-10T16:44:00.000Z

There's a new PE album out, from what I've heard it sounds pretty good. Buy it here.

There's an extra CD with it with videos too and I'm not quite sure why I don't have this yet.

Crushing you like a jellybean

2007-02-10T16:31:00.000Z

Here's LL Cool J at Hammersmith Odeon in 1987 (the same tour as PE and Eric B and Rakim, and the one that is on Nation of Millions). It's easy to forget what a great MC he was back then, after all the oiled up photo shots and smoothed-out hip hop lite, but he was so there.

Westwood introduces him (Dave Pearce won that particular toss of the coin and was immortalised on one of the all-time albums of all-time), lone man shouts "boo...wanker" when LL enters the stage, LL feels good about Canday and rocks the bells. Just listen.

The real nitty gritty

2007-02-04T18:41:00.000Z

Here's a Mantronix gig from ninetyeightysometime, typical bootleg quality, but nice to have and to hold all the same. Take command here

B D P D P D P D P

2007-02-04T14:12:00.000Z

Here's something you won't find anywhere else, Boogie Down Productions live at Essex University in 1990 on the Ghetto Music tour.

I recorded this myself, not the best sound quality but nice and loud. Not sure why it's so short, I do remember there was problems with the motherfucking soundman so they may have not actually played for that much longer.

If you really want world peace, click here

It's the mixmaster

2007-02-04T13:45:00.000Z

Mixmaster Mike did a series of excellent mixes in the mid '90s. This is the first one I heard, The Unidentrified Essential. Typically random styles, there's even a huge chunk of a Rahzel/Roots/Wu-Tang freestyle from a Westwood show in the middle. Check the phone call with Grand Wizard Theodore at the end.

I think Rescue 916 is probably better but this is exceedingly good cake. Get it here

Check his site out here

There were men on the moon but they killed them

2007-02-03T22:13:00.000Z

Here's a nice thing, an Earthling Radio 1 Evening Session.

4 tracks- Ananda's Theme, Nefisa, Infinite M and Planet Of The Apes

Right here

Move With The Quickness

2007-02-03T22:07:00.000Z

From 1991-ish, a 4-track scratch-fest, me and Dom from the Nextmen

Quickness

It was 20 years ago today (nearly)

2007-02-03T21:39:00.000Z

Scary to think it's 20 years this year since Scott La Rock died. I found this on a tape, "Dangerous" Dave Pearce reporting the shooting.

Science yourself up

More shoebox fresh mixes

2007-02-03T21:27:00.000Z

This ones from 1994, multitracked on a Tascam 4 track, I could scratch better in those days. I used to sell this through Dave the Ruf's mail order, and it's the riches from this that let me continue living in the way I've become accustomed. L.A.R.G.E.

Something Like This Vol.2 side 2

Notorious B.I.G- Juicy (remix)
Da Bush Babies- We Run Tings
Common Sense- I Used To Love H.E.R
Fugees- Nappy Heads (remix)
Masters at Work- Get Up (remix)
Black Moon- Buck 'Em Down (remix)
Bizmarkie- Nobody Beats The Biz
Jeru- You Can't Stop The Prophet (remix)
Uptown- Dope On Plastic
Ini Kamoze- Here Comes The Prophet
Frankie Pacemaker- Move To This
Shadz Of Lingo- Mad Flavas (remix)
UMCs- Set It Straight
Fuschnickens- Breakdown (remix)
Keith Murray- Dip Dip Di
Lady of Rage- Afro Puffs
Kirk- Uptown Style
Crooklyn Dodgers- Crooklyn
KRS One- Hip Hop Vs Rap
Keith Murray- How's That
Jeru- Perverted Monks In The House
Gang Starr- The ? Remains
Common Sense- Communism
Screechy Dan- Boomin' In Ya Jeep

Stonecrop Garage Session vol.1

2007-02-03T14:23:00.000Z

A "live" mix, probably similar to what I've played at Wax On in Colchester.

Here

Mathew Jonson- The Girl From LBC
Aoki Takamasa- See That Girl
Grim Dubs- Grim Dubs 4
Brimstone 127- Espionage
Boards Of Canada- Nlogax
Ini Kamoze- Here Comes The Hotstepper
Marley marl- He Cuts So Fresh
DJ Food- Turtle Soup (Wagon Christ mix)
Eric B & Rakim- I Know You Got Soul
October- Ya Know
Syclops- The Fly
Phon.o- 313 Dumpsta Railin’
DJ Food- Your Mother
Jonny Miller- Rise
Horsepower Productions- Marseilles Connection
Ardisson- Stop!
N- Type- The Ring
Diamond Ice- KRTS

Straight out of the shoebox

2007-02-02T21:59:00.000Z

Freshly ripped from cassette, here's a mix I did in 1996, trip hop galore

Side A

Earthling- 1st Transmission (remix)
Mr Scruff- Tubby's Mechanical Friend
Small World- Shuttle 358
DJ Krush- Duality (part 1)
Fugees- Fu-Gee-La (remix)
Herbaliser- A Mother
David Holmes- Gone (remix)
2 Players- Extreme Possibilities (remix)
Spacer- Sad Eyes
Nutsek- Graffiti
Spaceways- Japanese Flute (remix)
Moloko- Fun For Me (remix)

Side B

Luke Vibert- Get Your Head Down
Mighty Bop- Obscure
Propellerheads- Go Faster
Red- Squealer
Sie & N:M Ratio- Deep Blue
Rockmaster Scott- The Roof Is On Fire
Luke Vibert- A Polished Solid
Howie B- Hed West
Information Society- Running
Jenny Devivo- Love Is All I Live For
Obo- Q
Karma- The Best Is Yet To Come

Pass me the Riz there

2007-02-02T21:48:00.000Z

Have a butchers glisten at this DJ Riz mix from '95-'96ish.

It's a classic multitracked mix, loads of well known hip hop, Chris Isaak and some swingbeat. Go inside, you'll love it.

little small mixes

2007-02-02T21:37:00.000Z

tiny little things they are

A Tribe Called Quest

Boogie Down Productions/KRS One

De La Soul

Rakim

Ultramagnetic MCs/Kool Keith

Schoolly D

Mantronix

Steady B

Gang Starr

JU Ice

2007-02-02T20:45:00.000Z

Speaking of the Juice Crew (if you know me it's either that or Quadrophenia) here's a couple of mp3s, one of the Kane (Asiatic, Nobody's Equal) and Biz (the emmas the emmas the ay ar kay aye ee) at Brixton Academy in 1988. This was taken from a Westwood show.

Bit of a hole in the Biz one but hey, it's free

The links effect

2007-02-02T08:29:00.000Z

All the links to mixes and tracks should be working again

Squarepusher mix

2007-01-26T21:51:00.000Z

Did this little Squarepusher mix a while ago for a ninjatune forum thing. 7 or 8 minutes long, lots of different tracks.

He Cuts So Fresh

2007-01-26T21:44:00.000Z

I reckon I'd scream like a girl if I was there. I did see the juice crew tour in 1988 at Brixton Academy with Kane, Shante, Biz and Kool G Rap but I can't remember if Shan was there. Thanks to bloke with knife by the way. How you doing these days?

More Westwood

2007-01-26T21:33:00.000Z

From Bad Meaning Good, this was on BBC2 years ago

Classic materialzes, some early London Posse footage. Obviously before Westwood was pimping rides (after he met Dr. Fox then)

Just because it's Public Enemy

2007-01-26T21:17:00.000Z

now when are all these old PE videos going to end up on DVD?

Return to Mecca

2007-01-26T20:57:00.000Z

All is not lost, there's a new X Clan album out this year. I (and maybe just I (and maybe I)) am looking forward to this. I have a soft spot for their first two albums and all the associates (Professor X, Queen Mother Rage, Isis, Dark Sun Riders)so this is right up my alley alley.

Point your pink caddy this way

There's also some free mp3s on their site

Weapon X

Funkin' Lesson

Grand Verbaliser

Verbal Milk

Heed the Words

With a key....

Dame Tash

2007-01-26T20:44:00.000Z

I found this on my computer, Westwood looking mighty fine

Something I prepared earlier

2007-01-26T20:27:00.000Z

Here's some remixes I did done do from 6 years ago or so, I like them but they may not be good. If they're not, why not enjoy them ironically?

OC- Time's Up (remix)
Alkaholiks & ODB- Hip Hop Drunkies (remix)
ODB- Shimmy Shimmy Ya (remix)
Wu Tang Clan- The Mystery Of Chessboxin' (remix)

all here

Dhilan picks a winner

2007-01-24T21:51:00.000Z

After hours of careful consideration Dhilan's pick this week is William Basinski's Melancholia. A good choice I reckon, even if it is because it's the best teething CD on the market.

Next time he can decide once and for all which is the best De La Soul album. Currently I'm enjoying The Stakes Is High but it's not like I have a say.

An idea

2007-01-24T21:41:00.000Z

Someone (not me) should put together a book of people's favourite record shops. Some nice photos and their memories of them. I nominate Groove Records and Jays Records.

I've got a Groove Records bag if that helps, it's signed by the Boo Yaa Tribe, I wonder what happened to them?

In fact, that's another good idea, a "where are they now" site for hip hop stars of the past. Shante talking about her career in child psychology, Steady B on his career on Death Row (is he still there?) and so on.

Rice and pea

2007-01-24T21:25:00.000Z

You like rice and pea? Mmmm....

Don't know about you, and maybe because I'm a contrary bastard but when winter kicks in I'll have a phase of listening to old reggae and digging out old albums. So many memories going through old albums, a lot of the old favourites (Sir Coxsone Sound, Jah Shaka Vs Fatman in a Dub Confrontation, I Roy's Crisus Time) remind of an old record shop in Cambridge where I got all these. I think it was called Flashback but I may be wrong, it moved about a bit, was on Silver Street and on Mill Road too.

I got to know the owner and discovered a lot of stuff there. Got a lot of Sugarhill 12"s there too, though for some reason gave up first choice on an orginal of T Ski Valley's Catch the Beat. Oh well. Shame shops like that are disappearing superfast superbad, maybe my kids will get the same buzz on Soulseek but I doubt it.

Any road, enough reminiscing, there's some nice shows to download in reggae expert Steve Barrow's On The Wire archives, two hour shows of Lee Perry, Harry Mudie, Keith Hudson, Augustus Pablo, king Tubby and more, as well as regular shows of all sorts.

Have a go here:

http://otwradio.blogspot.com/

Mixes mixes mixes

2007-01-24T21:16:00.000Z

I've got a few mixes around the place, here's links to some of them:

http://www.mediamax.com/bobbycorridor/Links/5EF64683C9

Fuck You and Your Heroes
A Great Pressure
A Glitch Is A Glitch
Wax On Live Mix
Fully Equipped 1 and 2
Remento
Tom Waits For No Man
While You're Sleeping
Never:Not
Headbangingbrickwall (Solid Steel mix)
Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With Bob

http://www.mediamax.com/bobbycorridor/Links/7070A8AC23

Official Adventures
Put Me On Water (I'm A Good Floater)
Nice & Easy
Filthy Dirty
Chickaboom
Hail the Drum
Pressure Sound Mix

http://www.mixdownloads.net/?download=UK_UK.mp3

UK UK

http://www.mixdownloads.net/index.php?download=Melancholy_Flowers.mp3

Melancholy Flowers 1

http://www.b00mb0x.org/wordpress/2007/01/08/melancholy-flowers-2

Melancholy Flowers 2

Plenty more to come from the archives, I might rip some old taped mixes at some point