Wolfgang Gartner - Fire Power

Damn this shit is funky... Awesome editing, sampling, 8-bit cheesiness, very well done track.

LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad - Essential Mix (1995)

LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad - Essential Mix
(BBC Radio 1, 1995)

A true gem: liquid funk pioneer LTJ Bukem spins a 2 hour set for BBC's Essential Mix series--in 1995.

Download

Steffi ft. Elif Bicer - Kill Me (Instrumental Dub Mix)

Steffi feat. Elif Bicer - Kill Me
(Ostgut Ton, 2010)

A - Kill Me feat. Elif Bicer
B1 - Kill Me feat. Elif Bicer (Instrumental Dub Mix)
B2 - Kill Me feat. Elif Bicer (Crushed Soul Mix)

B-side from the Panorama Bar resident's excellent new record, "Kill Me," out now on Ostgut Ton, the label from the folks who brought you Berghain.

John Daly - Do It (Album Edit)

Opening track from his highly-recommended album, Sea and Sky (Wave Music, 2009).

The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine

The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine
(Sub Pop, 2006)

A landmark in contemporary "punk."



http://www.mediafire.com/?ytntonz5zwz

Don't Give Up Faith (in Hip-Hop) // On Rotation 04.02.2010

Freddie Gibbs - midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik / The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs
(Self-released/mixtape, 2009)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jjnj5keexoz

Pill - Prescription
(Self-released/mixtape, 2009)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8xhxaa

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On Rotation 04.02.2010
Deadbeat - Roots and Wire (Wagon Repair)
The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine (Sub Pop)
Joy Orbison (Hotflush; Doldrums)
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Dominik Eulberg - Kreucht und Fleucht
Various Artists - Sick Music (Hospital Records)
5 Years of Hyperdub
Various Artists - The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
Seth Troxler - Ibiza Voice Podcast
Nirvana - Live at Reading
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain

Brief Introduction + Nosaj Thing/Plump DJs/Venetian Snares

Everyone is making music these days. The soundscape of current synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders and laptop production sets, i.e. the digital instruments involved in polluting the raging young masses, deceptively attracts audiences via its layered and intricate output. When every track, from downtempo electro to progressive house to dubstep, produces audio orgasms never before experienced, it's easy to be satisfied with production alone.

Yet, amidst the overexposed field of modern electronica, where with each new variation emerges new genres, there are those select few who have innovated new compositional and technical possibilities that aren't mere applications of digital mediums but active meditations on potential.

I'm not about to clutter this blog with shit that sounds sweet, or come to you as an expert on a particular developing genre, the other contributors are probably far more qualified than I. Instead, I'll drop artists who I believe are actively redefining and challenging their respective fields, whatever that may mean....

Nosaj Thing - Fog (album: Drift)
[Music producer from L.A., genres: glitch hop, hip hop, dub]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNV3oYIkepU

Plump DJs - System Addict (Album: Headthrash)
[Two producers, genres: turntablism, breakbeat]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_jQ2XPQg0I

Venetian Snares - Crashing the Yogurt Truck (Album: Filth)
[Electronic musician, Aaron Funk, famous for composing tracks in alternate timing, genres: breakbeat, breakcore, glitchcore]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkrmnxsTuGY



Three different approaches to electronica. Check it, dig it, bump it.