18.12.08

Dâm-​Funk + stolen library records

Dâm-​Funk's new Rhythm Trax Vol.4 EP on Stones Throw is crazy. Says the label:
On Rhythm Trax Vol. 4 Dam maintains the instrumental theme, displaying his technical mastery of old school drum machines and early 80s analog synthesizers. The soundscapes of this Rhythm Trax contribution provide enough bass to rattle trunks while maintaining colorful melodies perfect for even the most intimate moments.

Here's the track "Purple" from the EP over some Out Run.

Dam-Funk x Outrun from stonesthrow on Vimeo.

Hearing this EP made me finally rip one track from a record I'm currently "borrowing forever" from a junior high school mini-library.

Yuji Toriyama & Ken Morimura-"Night Together"

5.12.08

Taliesin: Apricity Mix for Bassfaced








Another solid and varied mix from Taliesin...Cop the download right hyyyeah!



TRACKLIST:
NGUZUNGUZA - HATE2WAIT (Kingdom Refix)
"?????" - Kubo Remix
Dev79 - In Ya Face
CardoPusher - Low End Legacy
Vybz Kartel - Empire Army
Dead Prez - Politrikkks
Wisp - Whisper
Thark - Apatia
BD-1982 - Seeing Orange
Connor- Belles
Aleister Crowley - Gnostic Mass
Duran Duran Duran - Unholy Dracula Vagina Alien
Flying Lo - RobertaFlack (feat. Dolly)
David Banner - Shawty Say (feat. Weezy)
Saigon - Come on Baby (Inst.)Bi
Mali - Pale Twop
Shit Mat - Big Ben's Big Remix
Jahdan Blakkamoore - Bus it Pon Dem
Small Professor - Kelis

4.12.08

Nerd shit


So I guess I can watch this video and find those last goddamn scrolls...later.

1.12.08

Menus

I think I've pretty much gotten over the vast amounts of Janglish ridiculousness that can be seen and read everywhere everyday. But sometimes there's still beacons of hope waiting at out of the way cafes in Ebisu...Don't stop the hope!


Young L


Young L ( Of The Pack ) - In Here from Colin Tilley DIRECTOR on Vimeo.
It took a minute for me to get into The Pack when "Vans" first popped up but they've been upping the levels recently. This track is ok but dude's got the sickest chain since Ghostface's Wonder Woman Arm.

29.11.08

Newham Generals



Never really got into Newham Generals too much, though big tracks are obviously good. The new material that's been poppin up is enough to get psyched for the record that supposedly will never drop. This one is Brickman with NG produced by Footsie.

28.11.08

Street Cannibals


From almost a year ago...damn!

Cassablanca-MZO BULLET


!

9.10.08

Starkey's "Ephemeral Exhibits"

Starkey is ready to blow shit up with his album "Ephemeral Exhibits" out November 10th on Planet Mu Records. Check out clips from the album at the links above and also part of dude's crazy set at Mary Anne Hobb's Generation Bass show....

30.9.08

Fluorescent turtles, mini-Guinness, Arashiyama, old Jungle and some other stuff

First off...

Code 071-"A London Sumtin(Tek 9 Remix)"



Weird glowing turtle in Center-Kita...They had tons of snakes, lizards and marsupials too but this turtle looked the happiest.


Also in Center-Kita, which has a mini-bubble land kind of vibe anyway, pretty decent Irish pub with mini-Guinness and regular size for only twice the price as Woodside!


Spider and cloud are the same word in Japan.


Arashiyama never gets old...we walked across the river after some tofu ice cream.


This chicken-duck was in Maruyama Park.


I'm tryin to get a whole room with these walls just to chill out in.


Tried to get a video of this badass mantis turning its head at me but no go...


Maruyama Park is pretty wide I guess and there's a huge row of old sports cars lined up on one side that look like they belong to a mob family that takes care of the giant sakura tree.


Pirate cat in Yokohama.


These motherfuckers are everywhere in the summer.


The Foreign Cemetery in Yokohama close to where I went to the dentist.

30.8.08

Chainsaw Maid!



What up to Freqs Viscera with the heads up!

30.7.08

Catch up

Been a minute here's some stuff...

Pick up the dude Kotchy's sick Tricky remix for"Council Estate." Kotchy's album coming soon on Seclusiasis/Civil Music

Ricky Blaze is doin a lot in Brooklyn right now...


Also lookin forward to the Badness/Lava U-Init mixtape with this track...

15.7.08

In The Summertime


Its hot as fuck in Japan right now. 60-70% humidity rates + air-conditioned lacking junior high schools = some sweat shit.
Wiley's follow up to "Wearing My Rolex" samples that one Daft Punk track from their 2nd album....sounding good.

Wiley-"In The Summertime"

2.7.08

Skulls

I started working at a couple JHSs around Yokohama station...pretty sweet so far I think its gonna work out nice.

this video is awesome.

22.6.08

Saturday Rave Tent in Yokohama

We stumbled into this outdoor port-themed festival with a lot of old people, live opera, and high school kids selling matcha cake. Then there were these dudes Kamome Sound System in the corner blasting techno the whole day. Actually I said what's up to this dude who was wearing a Skull Disco shirt so I'm assuming there was dubstep played at some point and then later on there was a couple dudes rhyming over some DJ Cam-ish beats.

17.6.08

Sleestaks!

There's a new Land Of The Lost movie coming out next year and the Sleestaks look sick!


Piece of an episode from the original series...


And "Sleestak Dub v.3" slightly alternate taken from The Bigfoot EP

16.6.08

Beds, Brides, Bread, Bells, and Bitches


I saw this bed hanging out the window of an aparto down the street today.



I saw this bride a few weeks ago before wasting time for a few hours.



Melissa showed us this bread machine on the way to eat curry in Kichijoji.



We saw this bell tree in Shizuoka on Lover's Mountain.


Kode9 vs. Dillinja-"Backwards vs Thugged Out Bitch"
I got this track from Mad Decent.

3.6.08

Randoms #1






past few days or so...

2.6.08

Best ramen ever

Ichiran is my shit. The shops are set up so that you eat by yourself to focus on the ramen, kind've like an SAT exam with the booths and even customizable ordering cards.

1.6.08

Burn Dem



Big tune. Funny editing.

29.5.08

There's No Place Like Home



I am a goddamn nerd when it comes to Lost even though I could be nerdier about it. I'm so fuckin psyched to watch the season 4 final episode and I'm really glad that torrents are international. I heard this song from a now in-operable Lost fansite when I was first getting into the show around the start of Season 2. Try not to think about the beginning of the Darjeeling Limited and instead think about the Season 1 story arc.

28.5.08

...and with Mel Ferrer as Murchison

Yesterday I was in Tokyo on a few job interviews/information sessions. Japan as a whole is ripe with places looking for english teachers and lot of these companies are pretty similar. It's hard to tell straight off the bat what the working environment is gonna be like without knowing someone who already works for that company. I did meet with another company that deals with job recruiting for mostly pharmaceutical industries which would pay a shit-ton of ¥ and would allow me to save also a shit-ton. Not sure if that's gonna work out seeing as I have no previous experience in a a traditional paint-by-the-#'s "business" job but I would be down to try it out for a while and get some stacks.

There's no lack of stimuli in Tokyo though obviously. Just walkin around you can tell the energy here is much different than New York though there are a lot of similarities between the two. Dunno why but I kept thinking about this classic while wandering around yesterday.

Definitely worth checking out as I've noted before on Like Like.

26.5.08

Record find #1



Went to Gloria in Shibuya a few days ago and picked up a used, but very decent copy of the Sly & Robbie Taxi Gang LP. Recommended for humid, pixelated days of summer 08.

Horse training and Grimetapes

get your horse riding on in the dept. store mang...


a continually updated source of old grime radio rips and some studio sets!

23.5.08

So far...

so good. Got in last night...new spot is nice and easy on the 円. Walked around an subwayed a bit mostly in Yokohama def. alot to be checkin out but first things first gettin that gaijin card before makin some careering moves. Also on the list is to go to an indoor water park with wave machine and also vist this izakaya with a monkey waiter...

21.5.08

Yokohama on the radar


leaving for japan tomorrow...here's a pre-empted piece of an upcoming Symbiosis Radio podcast

Tracklist:

Savage – “I Want It All (BD1982 refix)” (dub)
Demarco –“Duppy Know Who To Frighten” (John John)
Spank Rock – “Backyard Betty (Zomby Tropical Bass Mix)” (dub)
Teriyaki Boyz –“Zock On! (Instrumental)” ((B)Ape Sounds)
Crime Mob –“Shine Cause I Grind (BD1982 remix)” (dub)
Wiley –“The Gerkin Tower” (Eskibeat Recordings)
Delinquent –“Chalace Man” (unknown)
Jammer feat. Kaos, Slickman, C.Gritz, Skepta & Badness –“Shake It” (Neckle Records)
Skinny Friedman –“Uzi (demo version)” (dub)
El Carnicero feat. Warrior Queen –“Next Kingdom (Dev79 remix” (Slit Jockey Records)
Michna –“Triple Chrome Dipped” (Ghostly International)
Kotchy –“1 For the Money (BD1982 remix)” (Seclusiasis)
Tinchy Stryder –“Mainstream Money” (TakeOverEntertainment)
Trimski –“Money Up Front (Cash Till Mix) Instrumental” (Soul Food)
Cataracs feat. The Pack –“Blueberry Afghani (BD1982 remix)” (dub)
BD1982 –“Street Cannibals” (dub)
Starkey –“Gutter Music” (dub)
Badness feat. Chipmunk –“When We Rize” (Aftershock)
Kode9 & The Spaceape –“Konfusion (Dub)” (Hyperdub)
BD1982 –“Globos (demo version)” (dub)
Mavado –“Weh Dem A Do (Acappella)” (VP)
The Daega Sound System –“Pathway”(DPR Recordings)
Vybz Kartel –“Nuh Permission” (VP)
BD1982 –“Blubby” (dub)
DJ Unk –“In Yo Face (Acappella)” (Big Oomp/Koch)

19.5.08

Taliesin promo



just got this mix from the dude Tally who works with dj/Rupture on his radio show on WMFU...my Cataracts remix is up in there along with a bunch sick dubwise bangers...

Taliesin Summer Promo Mix

Tracklist:


Lazer Sword- Gucci $weat$shirt
Juelz/Wayne/ Make it Work
Grimey String Tune that runs at 80
Oizo- H.A.L.
Missy- The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Cauto- Shy Fx Remix(unrel)
Trill Bass- save me from myself (unrel)
Styles P- Blow Ya Mind (Starkey Remix)
Distance- V
Rusko- Gone 2 far
Cardopusher- Green Disorder (unrel)
Iron shirt- All my Love (Matt Shadetek's all my dub remix)(unrel)
Cataracts ft pack- Blueberry (BD1982 remix)(unrel)
Zomby- Spliff Dub (rustie remix)
T.I What you know about that

13.5.08

don't know why i liked this so much

NaS-"Surviving The Times (BD1982 Remix)"


Killer B's (minus Bruza)


This video's been floating around for a minute but I'm definitely looking forward to this Killer B's project with Badness, Mz Bratt and Bruza.

I'll pick ya brain like the archives



Getting ready to move back to Japan and deciding on what gear to bring and what to look forward to picking up once there after racking up a decent shit ton of teaching hours...A lot of these tunes were done in the Kyoto spot, hopefully the archives will double up on this second time around.

The Ten Second Test

10-Second Test
–noun
1. the means of listening or viewing by which the presence, quality, genuineness, or long-lastingness of anything is determined.
2. how to tell if some shit is dope in a short amount of time.