Cripes: 2 mixes from me in 2 weeks, that's got to be a record. This time around it's global bass with the focus shifted away from the organic and traditional to the futuristic and digital. Well mostly. A Moombah-Afro-Kwaito-Funky-Grimey-Kudurave adventure.

DOWNLOAD: andykisaragi - TRANSDIGITAL BASS mix

El Sonidero Quilombo - Cumbia Rockers 14
Missy Elliott - Work it (Go'Nasty Moombah Full Vocal Edit)
Hackney Colliery Band - Africaton (Doc Adam Remix)
Chantelle & Abbas - Tokolezea
Rainbow Arabia - Without You (Nguzunguzu Remix)
Big Nuz - Ubala feat Tira
DJ Sdunkero - Bonke Bonke
The Town - Velvet Tears
Funkystepz - Fuller
Dubbel Dutch - Throwback
Myrryrs - Feel U (Teki Latex & Bambounou Remix)
RL Grime - Hold It
Nader - Bass (Quality Traps Some Kuduro remix)
NaZaretH - Osiris
Deadboy - Afrika Starr

New mix from myself, some mostly Balkan Beats, trying to avoid too many of the usual suspects, with a fair few quick semi-live edits & mashups in there...

Documentary in the form of a mixtape, tracing the roots of some of the big players in the Arab hip hop world and how they and their music relate to - and in cases were catalysts of - the revolutionary goings on in the region earlier this year, how the lyrics move from the satirical to the serious as things become increasingly real. Really interesting stuff, the music itself is a mixed bag to be fair, but there are some wicked tunes on there from the likes of Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst, El General and more.

Check it:

(direct link, cos the embed seems a bit dodgy: Nomadic Wax - Thawra: Youth & Hip Hop in the Arab World)

Tracklist:
1. Intro by Krs One*
2. 25 January by Ali-Loka (Tunisia) *
3. Démoralisé by G.O. Man XtraZik (Tunisia)*
4. Prisoner by Arabian Knightz (Egypt) (Prod. by DJ Caz)
5. Head of State by El General (Tunisia)
6. #Jan25 by Various Artists. Featuring Omar Offendum (Syria/USA), The Narcicyst (Iraq/Canada), Ayah, Sami Mater, and Others.*
7. Rebel by Arabian Knightz (Egypt) (Prod. by Iron Curtain)
8. On Vise Plus Haut by Mr. T & Limbra (Tunisia)*
9. Ego Trip J Represente by Mr. Mustapha & G.O. Man XtraZik (Tunisia)*
10. Egypt 25 by El Far3i (Jordan)
11. Revolution by Rah Zemos (Lebanon/Canada)
12. Where I’m from by Nomadic Massive (Canada/Algeria) ft. The Narcicyst (Iraq/Canada)
13. (Background Instrumental) Shukran by Dj Nio (Italy)
14. Rasallah by Hagage ‘AJ’ Masaed (Yemen)
15. (Background Instrumental) From Rebel to Basement Sad Ins Demoralize pt. 2 by Dj Killa (Tunisia)*
16. Superhero by Omar Offendum (Syria/USA)
17. I am Searching by Alfaress (Morocco) ft. Tameeka Jones

Extra Instrumental Track:
“Africans Don’t Wanna Understand” – Ben Herson and Dan Cantor (Originally part of African Underground Vol.)

*KRS One recorded by Nio @ Trinity International Hip-Hop Festvial, 2010.

So I was in Falmouth on Saturday night for some dancefloor-destroying action at Skank n Stomp... here's my set recorded live on the night

Download: andykisaragi live at Skank n Stomp

Tracklist follows...

Wicked tape here, hip hop in the mid-to-late 90s mould, which still hasn't been improved upon in my opinion... check it

Download Statik Selektah & Frank The Butcher Present Concepts: Selektions

tracklist after the jump:

Cop this free mixtape! London born, raised in Ireland, this dude has a really unique, melodic UK flow. Seems like someone who can come from grime to make radio friendly tunes without being, well, shit. Check it!

(via DJ Semtex)

Man I hardly ever seem to have time when I'm awake to post properly at the moment... been loving this though:

J Period & Black Thought - The Live Mixtape (Illadelph edition)

Half an hour of J Period bussing out classic beats with Black Thought (y'know, from The Roots) bussing out phat rhymes... check it

(via Bama Love Soul)

The world is awash with free music these days!

There was a big discussion lately on a Bristol geeks mailing list I subscribe to about the Digital Economy Bill with the result that several people concluded that they'd be boycotting BPI members music for the foreseeable.

Being active in music-blog-land it's hard to get so passionate about it I find - I haven't bought (except for from charity shop, & car boot sales) any major label music for years. Not because I'm too cool for it or it's too mainstream for my tastes, I love a bit of Dario G, me, but because I'm so completely swamped by the amount of music I can (legitimately) get by bypassing the music 'industry', often for free. Of course, there's still major questions about how independent artists should go about releasing music these days, but I just feel like something like the DEB could not be less relevant to the way we interact with music these days. Let them have their fun making no-longer-applicable rules, lets have ours with some amazing music, shall we?

So anyway, after the jump, here's a whole bunch of free (mostly hip hop based) albums that I've been checking out lately...