Schlachthofbronx - Too High feat. Big Space & Spoek Mathambo

www.myspace.com/schlachthofbronx
www.myspace.com/spoek
www.myspace.com/spacevein

Aleon Craft >> The Prologue

I haven't actually focused this blog on anything predominantly hip-hop oriented thus far. Sure it's influence is felt throughout my usual postings, but in my general method of genre focus (and I'm sure I'm not alone here) I tend to stick to my faves at the time I was still digging in one style, while exploring other genres for fresh sounds... In my experience, I can't really absorb as much if I focus on, say, more than 3 distinct genres at a time. At any rate, I've definitely been hearing new hip-hop on the regular, but I haven't made it my mission to unearth new sounds in quite awhile. I intend on changing this starting today. (Today's whole Guru tragedy, as well, seems to give this decision some added weight.)

Enter Aleon Craft on a wave of cosmic soul, with carefully and pleasingly blended elements of sampladelic funk, relaxed backpack flows (but still rough edges in all the right places), and lyrical astrology that's as strong of a keystone as you're going to find to hold it all together. At once fresh and familiar, this (SMKA produced effort) is definitely made for good times outside and makes life a bit more vibrant when this is your roving soundtrack.

Grab the Prologues (1 & 2) via Aleon Craft's Bandcamp page.

Dude, Where's Your Unicorn?

After my gig with Lazer Sword on Friday night, it occurred to one of the other DJs (Erik aka Unicorn Fukr) was missing his mascot... It's a 3 foot tall plush unicorn that the crowd usually takes pictures of in various horrible (usually odd sexual) positions.

So we're starting a campaign to reach out to the Unicornappers and see if they might rethink their thieving lives.

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Warmin' up for Sub|Surface tomorrow night! (mini-mix)

Rek's Sub Surface Warmup Mix 03 18 2010 by rekanize

Tracklisting to come, stay tuned!

This is a hasty mini-mix to get you geared up for tomorrow nights madness!




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SAMPLES >> Bump Up Yo Step (WMC 2010 Promo Mix)

Bump Up Yo Step (WMC 2010 Promo Mix) by bensamples

Samples WMC 2010 Promo Mix
Tracklisting
1. Samples - Trouble
2. Samples - Breathe In
3. Samples - Skyscraper
4. Rigorous Intuition - EnCee
5. Ludacris - How Low (Samples Remix)
6. Samples - Naughty Naughty
7. Samples - Tourmaline
8. Samples - Hit the Club
9. No Doubt - Hella Good (Samples Remix)
10. 36 Mafia - Dope Boy Fresh (Samples Remix)
11. Samples - Goose (Lil Jon - Act a Fool)
12. Numan - 7th Key (501 Remix)
13. Samples & Crowdrock - Fallen
14. Sean Kingston - Fire Burning (Samples Remix)

SUB | SURFACE: Lazer Sword, Mux Mool, Gladkill, REKANIZE, Unicorn Fukr -- 3/19/2010, New Orleans

Winter Circle Productions and Action Packer Pro present...
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SUBlSURFACE (underground.bass.culture) feat...
LAZER SWORD, MUX MOOL, GLADKILL, REKANIZE and UNICORN FUKR!!!!!

This night is going to be HUGE!!
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Lazer Sword:

Lazer Sword is the duo of san francisco based LOW LIMIT and LANDO KAL. we like to make music that sounds like your favorite top 40 rap shit chopped up into a tornado filled with razor blades and molasses. or maybe like Frank Zappa rocking the home made Lil John tank-top at the rooftop party... its fun to make and hopefully to listen to as well.


Mux Mool:

Brian Lindgren’s life in music began in Minnesota with a cheap toy sampling keyboard (“I remember being so fascinated by how much a sound changed when you dropped it down several octaves”). Flash forward a few years (and more than a few keyboards), and the teenage Lindgren began recreating his favorite sounds—Dilla’s stutter-step beats, classic video-game music, abstract electronic noise—using software and digital effects, glazing them with tape hiss and vinyl static. An early Mux Mool track, the slinky strut of “Lost and Found,” was discovered by Moodgadget Records and released on their Rorschach Suite compilation, eventually finding its way onto iTunes’ Best of 2006 Electronic list. A string of EPs, tracks, and remixes followed, including the song-a-day project Drum EP, the grimy talkbox anthem “Night Court” on the Ghostly International/[Adult Swim] comp Ghostly Swim in 2007, and the Ritalin-fueled “Ballad of Gloria Featherbottom” on 2009’s Moodgadget-curated Nocturnal Suite on Ghostly. Mux Mool’s 2010 full-length debut, SKULLTASTE, is the culmination of years of toil and experimentation, gathering Lindgren’s myriad talents and obsessions into one gloriously sprawling document.

LIVE ART:

Michael Garfield:

“Super intense and completely focused…his attention to detail
consistently raised the quality bar.”
- Christopher Gaspar, playordownload.com

“Totally unique.”
- Michael Travis (String Cheese Incident, Zilla, EOTO)

Reflecting his years as a scientific illustrator, Michael Garfield’s
improvised freehand live paintings are a field guide to the beings that emerge at the energetic nexuses of live music. Each piece grows according to an evolving visual genome, translated from the throb of the house and the crowd into cross-sections of fireworks and undersea faeries, closed-eye tesselations and luminous fossils…vivid scenes of unabashed intensity, a celebration of verdant and exultant imagery written in the natural language of dreams.

Having only been at it for two years, Michael has painted in a legendary range of situations – from basement dance clubs to field concerts in front of 5000-person crowds – and alongside internationally renowned visionary artists Alex & Allyson Grey, Mark Henson, Kris D, J Garcia, and Mars-1. He was a featured visual artist at the Wakarusa, Sonic Bloom, Rothbury, Global Sound Conference, Trinumeral, Gem & Jam, Burning Man, and Rocky Mountain Crystallization Festivals, and spends much of his free time as de facto journalist and organizer for the growing live art community.

Check out his work, read the stories behind each painting, and connect at all the primo social networks:

Links:
http://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/michaelgarfield

Interviews:
http://maysmachete.blogspot.com/2009/02 ... inter.html

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SPLATINUM >> Der Schplatzl 2010

Thanks in part to the Glitch Hop Forum, I was able to touch base with SPLATINUM, and what they sent for my perusal was STRAIGHT HEAT...

This Daly City release has replaced my car's normal supply of gasoline, and I've been able to propel myself using massive crunky bass. Seriously, do yourself a favor and grab this while you still can, and be on the lookout for the upcoming digital release of the full tracks for your mixing pleasure
(dropping April 20).