Three likkle mixes here, one from me and two from friends.

First is my joint for Straight Up in Australia. Brother B contacted me and a lot of the mixes that were already on the site were pointing in directions that I was thinking about at the time, but also thought I was thinking about in a different way. So I created The End of Dub mix for him. I wanted to thread the dub through a lot of genres that aren’t traditionally seen as being strickly dub, but that if you go off and ask some of the producers in, they always list Tubby/Professor/Perry/Scientist as an influence. Pretty proud of it actually, favorite moments including how the Amit and Rupture fuse into each other almost in tune, how the Touchin’ Bass track and the Rhythm and Sound mix meld so precisely, and the fact that I got that I finally got that Xhale track on something because it’s so beautiful and Civik was never a label that received much attention as far as I could ever tell. In away this is the alternate history to the party party thread of the XLR8R column, although the idea of reaching into different genres and pulling out the hidden representations still holds. Just here it’s dub whereas there it’s, I don’t know what, good party music I suppose.

Tracklist is just below with a link to the page at Straight Up which has the mix. Right now it’s just streaming from them since that’s the way they do it and because I’m maxxed on bandwidth at the moment from the 12 Years mix and the post NYE Beat Research mix. If you want a copy for download, by all means holla at me on e-mail (see top right) and I’ll send you the link.

Kid Kameleon – The End of Dub (Click the Listen button)

Track (mix) – Artist [Artist]
1. Echolectrics – Alter Echo & ERS1 [Unreleased]
2. Thugaadub – JSt*r [JSt*r Music]
3. MK Ultra – Amit [Commercial Suicide5]
4. Little More Oil (Taking over Venusuala to fuel our SUVs mix) – dj rupture Sister Nancy and Kid606 [Souljazz]
5. Going Away (Dubplex Inc. remix) – Hilltribe vs. Staple Singers [Hilltribe]
6. Hang On – We [Home Entertainment]
7. Windows – CMA [Up Above Records]
8. Cissy Strut – Pablo [Redhook]
9. Killer in Tunisia (Latin Remix: Grubby) – La Sonara Poncena & Elephant Man [Noisybunch]
10. Mistake – Framix [Toolbox]
11. Dub for Lazy Loafters – Chocolate Weasel [Ninja Tune]
12. Nlogax – Boards of Canada [Skam]
13. Entomodub 2 – Lena [Quartermass]
14. Texas Tea Deadbeat [~scape]
15. Rebiana Sand Sea – Hiss and Buzz [Skor]
16. Let we Go – Rhythm & Sound w/ Ras Donovan & Ras Perez [Burial Mix]
17. Phantom Movements – SoulWeaver [Touchin' Bass]
18. Ali Mc Bills – Jahcoozi [Kitty-Yo]
19. Synergistic Effect – DJ Spooky, TCDSS and Alter Echo [M Records]
20. Long Bone – Sofa Surfers [ESL]
21. Everything Criss (Dub) – Horace Andy [Bam Salute]
22. People of the Book (Swayzak remix) – Systemwide [Select Cuts]
23. Traitor – Skream [Ital]
24. Officer – Coki [DMZ]
25. 28g – Loefah & Skream [Tectonic]
26. Cheat I – Appleblim [Skull Disco]
27. Money Honey (remix) – Pressure feat. Warrior Queen [Hyperdub]
28. Bulldozer – 2nd II None [Road]
29. Tokyo Ghost Stories – Aarovane [City Centre Offices]
30. Light Red – Xhale [Civik]

Really happy to do this one for Oz, it’s my strong desire to get back there in ’07 I guess (I was there at an influential time and have lots of friends there still … plus Brother B lives one neighborhood over from where I did). BUT, given the nature of this mix and the last few I’ve posted, one of the next mixes I do MUST showcase the harder stuff… I realized it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten a chance to get out some of the breakcore that I’ve been keeping up with, Aaron Spectre and Math Head and dev/null and Enduser and such, and I got to get some of that down on the 0s and 1s. Don’t want people thinking I’ve gone all soft eh?

If you’re still in need of a hip-hop fix, got two other little mixes for you. One: definitely peep Who the Fuck is RQM!

(Click for Mix)
RQM is the voice of Al Haca, who we hope to be doing lots of business with this summer. He’s compiled 9 of his best joints, including a couple new exclusives in there, and I hear Robert of The Tape’s production hand in there a lot (my favorite producer of the moment). Also of course the usual cast of characters from Al Haca and the Tolcha fam. Minimal was the standout track from Autoreverse and it sounds like the new Tape vs. RQM album is gettin’ on the done side, so we’ve got that to look forward to after this. Peep it.

Also, just a little thing from Dear Friend, #1 Dad, and all round music soul of the Triangle One Duran. Just his latest mix, bit of this and that all along the hip-hop and just outside of hip-hop track. Don’t have a track list (OD holler at me in the comments if you want to post it), but listen anyway, it’ll make time fly. Get it here.
UPDATE: Here’s the page on WXYC for the mix, complete with tracklist.

Heading to Mexico this weekend!!!!!!! I adore the desert and it’ll be awesome to spend some time in it. I’ll take lots of photos, should make for some good stories.

Ripley, C, and I’s tour page for the summer is up here. Like I said before, if you’re interested in booking us or know anyone who might be, check it and get in touch: Riddim Abroad 06. We’re especially looking for leads on some festivals that we might still be able to get in on at this late date. Doesn’t have to be giants like Sonar, can be smaller stuff, but we know in Summer all the traditional promoters get shy about doing events, and festivals are a safer shot.

That’s it for now, except to say to friends who might be wondering, I’ve got a new home. I’m pleased as pie.

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