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Not here at least anyway. I’ve moved to kense.co.uk

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Right, so I’m currently laid up with my good arm in a sling, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I can’t put my left to good use occasionally…

I managed to record this selection of tracks from my playlist, and figured there isn’t much point doing that if I can’t share it with you here!

Enjoy tracks from Ben Westbeech‘s new album, Brownswood‘s latest instalment (preview), and the Dego & Jazzy Jeff albums I shared recently.

(Thanks to XLR8R for the inspiration, and to the missus for helping with the typing and artwork!)

Easy! Just a few quick musical selections for you…

Marcellus Pittman’s New Forms Mix (XLR8R Podcast) – Glorious, vinyl-only deep and soulful house mix from the Detroit veteran. Right up my street!

Or how about this, on a completely diff’rent tip? This ‘Paradise Mix’ from “the eastern seaboard’s foremost relaxation specialists”, Vacationer, is an eclectic compilation of beats that will either make you reminisce about the summer you’ve just had, or, if you’re like me and haven’t had a ‘vacation’ this year, it’ll help you feel like you did…

If you enjoyed the previous instalment, then you need to check this out… R&B in it’s finest, purest form: So Soulful presents Sunday Soul Sessions Vol. 2…

On a kinda related, R&B tip… Slakah The Beatchild is sharing his latest single ‘The Cure’ on his recently revamped blog. Cop it here.
(Also worth having a browse through his SoundCloud catalogue…)

I’ll leave you with this little summery mix from DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie… Featuring “laid-back, beach-friendly, top-down, barbeque-rific music from De La Soul, Stevie Wonder, The Fresh Prince (of course!), The Turtles, Slum Village, The Pharcyde, Q-Tip, Slick Rick, The Isley Brothers and more”, this is something you’ll be bumping right through the winter months to keep those summer vibes alive. Click here for the link and more info.

I might not be around for a while, because I’m having a little hip-hoperation on my shoulder, but I’ll be back soon, and I’ve got a new little side-project up my sleeve that I think you’ll enjoy when I get back!

Peace and Love and all that.

One of my favourite bloggers has recently decided to start putting on a monthly event at C.A.M.P. in Shoreditch, London, and will be starting with a hard act to follow!

Put Me On It ‘Live’ will be opening with Dego (4hero / 2000black) performing tracks from his latest album ‘A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?‘ with a full live band! Accompanied by resident Eric Lau, and with performances from Tanya Auclair, it looks set to be a night that visitors to Deviation, Lookout! and Tomorroww will love.

Unfortunately, I’ll be laid up in a hospital bed recovering from a shoulder operation I’m having next week, else I’d be there! Love the flyer too…

Check out the blog for more info. Advance tickets are on sale now.

You may remember me harping on about these tracks when Opolopo’s album Voltage Controlled Feelings was released a couple o’ months back… Well he’s just shared the video for possibly my favourite track from the album, Kobayashi Maru, and naturally I had to share it with you here. I’ve included the video for Ballad For Amalia below it, because it’s equally awesome…

Enjoy!

You can still buy Voltage Controlled Feelings here.

(p.s. I am aware of the double-opolopo I’ve just committed with this blog entry following my last, but I can’t help myself…)

“A nostalgic mixtape to pop in your ironic iPod shuffle you’ve got laying around in your iShuttle Space Roadster Mark II. Galaxy hopping on a Friday night is more fun with a soundtrack from the old world. This is what pre-cyborg humans thought the future would sound like.”

Tracklist:

Tim Blake ft. Carl Sagan – Crystal Presence
Logic System – Intro
Opolopo – Arsia Mons Zinc Mines (forthcoming on Finale Session)
Tomita – The Hollow Vessel Called The Earth
Jean-Michel Jarre – Night In Shanghai
Tangerine Dream – Remote Viewing
Herbie Vs. Drexciya (Opolopo Mash-up)
Chambertronica – Escher
Opolopo Jr. – Mono/Poly
Africa Hitech – Glangslap
Kearley – Everything
Vangelis – I Can’t Take It Any More
Quaid – Spiritual Healing (I Need)
AD Bourke – Jj Adams
Alan Hawkshaw – Eldorado (Opolopo Extra Bass & Space Edit)
Sauveur Mallia – Double Polygone
Cybernet Systems – Circuitry
Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
Giorgio Moroder – The Wheel (Opolopo Hyman Drums Edit)
Mort Garson – Deja Vu (Opolopo 808 Edit)
Sauveur Mallia – Synthetic Geometry
Logic System – XY
Nils Petter Molvaer ft. Carl Sagan – Dead Indeed (Tunnel Mix by Mind Over Midi)
Czeslaw Niemen – Katharsis

http://soundcloud.com/wearereplicants

People put too much thought into graffiti these days…

(Inspired by Bad Graffiti)

Also, I’ve just managed to watch all 16 minutes and 4 seconds of this weird video by Charlemagne Palestine that I found on Ubu… I dare you to do the same.

http://shop.seiji.co.uk/

Double AA side FLAC for £1?! You’d be mad not to really…

Check out his Seiji04 Promo Mix for aural persuasion, which includes awesome tracks from the likes of Kele Le Roc, Friendly Fires, Greenmoney, Jimpster and hotness from Dego’s new album…

(Full tracklist on SoundCloud)