Mixtape Monday: King Britt's 'Random Mix' Exclusive Premiere, Bonobo, House Shoes & More!

Welcome one more to Mixtape Monday, where we serve up the very best in sonic constructions, all collated and collected for your convenience. This week is an extra-special electronic session thanks to the world premiere of DJ King Britt's new set of complete "Random" genius. The dancefloor feel continues through Bonobo's new red-hot two hour set for NTS Radio, and then veers into cool, collected hip-hop territory with brand new work from House Shoes. Toss in a bit of vinyl jazz, some French-inspired R&B and great many more assorted treasures and you've got the perfect kick-off to your week. It may be Monday, but that just means you're done day closer to the weekend already. Begin.

For those of you who missed out on King Britt's brilliant set at the 2015 Roots Picnic, here's your chance to breeze back up to speed. The DJ recently threw down a completely random and unscripted live set at home and kept it all on tape; now, that set is here for your listening pleasure, very proudly presented by Okayplayer. "Sometimes just messing around at home while going through new and old stuff, you find yourself making a ʻrandomʼ mixtape," Britt told OKP. "You listen back and your like ʻdamn Iʼm glad I recorded this one.ʼ This mix is one of those times. No track listing because I did it on the fly but so much heat." So much heat indeed.

If you don't often check in with the worlds of house, electro and downtempo, first of all shame on you. Second, take heart, because Simon Green aka Bonobo has shared a sprawling new mix with NTS Radio, and in it we get a top-notch refresher course in the best beat music going 'round today. Green kicks things off with the latest Thundercat before flowing into the moody guitar of Flako, the lush Jacques Greene remix of Vaults' "Premonitions" and off out into the stratosphere. It's two hours of music made equally for drifting or dancing. Bonobo knows best.

Tracklist:

1. Thundercat – Hard times

2. Todd Terje – Alfonso Muskdunder (Bullion Remix)

3. Stray – Movements

4. Flako – Twelve O’Clock Shadow (Feat Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)

5. Vaults – Premonitions (Jacques Greene Remix)

6. Uffe – I Can Show You High

7. Jessy Lanza – You Never Show Your Love

8. Falty DL – Visceral

9. Rival Consoles – Recovery (Vessel Remix)

10. Hot Chip – Need You (Percussion Edit)

11. Clap! Clap! – Camo

12. Tal National – Zoy Zoy

13. Mbongwana Star – Malukayi (Konono No 1)

14. Louiz Banks – Song For My Lady

15. Session Victim – Hyuwee (DJ Koze Edit)

16. Tom Blip – Shekere

17. O’Flynn – Desmonds Empire

18. Tee Mango – Leave You

19. Maribou State – Wallflower

20. Move D – To The Disco 77

21. Throwing Snow – Glower

22. Jaga Jazzist – Oban (Todd Terje Remix)

23. Glenn Astro – Love Is Gone

24. Archie Pelago – Clammy

25. Tsaik – Fuzzy Holo Demoop

26. Bob Moses – Interloper

27. Four Tet – Morning Side

You should know by now what you're going to get from a new House Shoes mixtape. Namely, hard-hitting hip-hop that has a strict "No bullsh*t allowed" policy. Shoes pulled up some Jonwayne, Mndsgn, Knxwledge, Robert Glasper and more for this one, which touches just about every enlightened producer and rhythm bender active in this year's scene. By the time the D'Angelo comes around, you'll be lucky to have not fully broken your neck.

Tracklist:

1. George Braith – Braith-A-Way

2. Iman Omari – Never

3. Chanes – Loving You Today

4. Dert – 068.15

5. Kendrick Lamar – U

6. Jonwayne – Green Light (feat. Anderson Paak)

8. The Lyman Woodard Organization – Joy Road

9. Nottz – Joy Road Parts 1 & 2

10. De La Soul – Trying People

11. Mndsgn – Bweyy (feat. Swarvy)

12. Knxwledge – demskreets.fekts

13. Swarvy – Nana

14. Hiatus Kaiyote – Only Time All the Time: Making Friends with Studio Owl

15. Doc Illingsworth – Everhard

16. DRUGS – Dying

17. Robert Glasper – Intro (live at Capitol Studios)

18. Tsvia Abarnei – Wings of Love

19. Lizard

20. Woima Collective – Caveman’s Revenge

21. Ment Plus – Stormy Nights

22. Tuami – Nanamimiithankthee

23. Jay Dee – Risin

24. Roger Glover – Magician Moth

25. Slum Village – Hoes

26. Quelle – The Ones to Watch

27. Hiatus Kaiyote – Creations Part Two

28. Nas – 2nd Childhood

29. Raj Mahal – One4Smokey (The Transition)

30. Archie Whitewater – Hulk

31. Skillz – FUCK NIGGAS THO

32. Iman Omari – Stick n Move

33. Ohio Players – Pack It Up

34. Raj Mahal – STBB 2

35. 14KT – Holy Moley

36. Knxwledge – shuremng

37. Swarvy – Dewitt

38. House Shoes – Dirt (feat. Oh No, Alchemist, Roc Marciano)

39. Iman Omari – So Mch2Due

40. Gil Scott Heron – Your Daddy loves You (Live)

41. Os Diagonais – Eliana

42. Hanne Huckleberg – Do Not As I Do

43. Wu Tang Clan – Let My Niggas Live (feat. Nas)

44. Robert Glasper – I’m Dying of Thirst (Live at Capitol Studios)

45. Raj Mahal – Msytic Sea Remix

46. Iman Omari – HaveuBeen

47. Jay-Z – This Can’t Be Life

48. Jay-Z – Some How Some Way (feat. Beanie Sigal & Scarface)

49. DJ Soko – Stand Up (feat. Guilty Simpson & Hassan Mackey)

50. D’Angelo & The Vangaurd – Really Love

51. Awesome in Outer Space – close to u song

52. Outkast – E.T. (Extraterrestrial)

53. Quelle – I Asked God

54. Marc Almond – Song for a Sad Musician

55. Keith Jarrett – Eyes of the Heart pt.2

56. Shawn Jackson – On the Radio (feat Ty$)

57. Bilal – Sometimes

58. House Shoes – Castles

Our own dear friendCosmo Baker has been putting together a series of "best of" mixes, blending together current tracks that fit his funky frame of mind, and now he's reached something of a landmark in the series: 18. His little mix venture is old enough to vote!

Cosmo has always done things his own way, and this is what he had to say about this new groove batch, which features plenty of 80s-tinged funk, uptempo neo-R&B, bedroom grooves and more:

The last thing about these mixes is the way I've traditionally approached them. Unlike a lot of the other mixes that I - or most DJs do - they're not about fancy tricks or wicked blends or any of the bells and whistles. I've always approached these mixes more from a curatorial perspective, and to allow that to reflect in the actual mix itself. Going out and finding new tunes, new tunes that I like and can stand behind, and figuring out a way these all work together in one cohesive mix. The mix is always done bare bones, using nothing but two turntables and a mixer, but the music as a whole speaks a lot more in what it contains than how it's presented. Truth be told in my mind's eye it's a version of me being my own John Peel or Pete Tong.

Tracklist:

René & Angela - "I'll Be Good (King Of Nothing Edit)"

Gallant - "Open Up (Neonhund Remix)"

Luca Lush - "Velvet Girls"

Mura Masa - "Firefly feat. Nao"

Dr Packer - "Shared Nights"

Jeremy Glenn - "LIV"

Jean Tonique - "What You Wanna Do feat. Dirty Radio"

Junktion - "I'm Wishing (Original Mix)"

Lion Babe - "Jump Hi feat. Childish Gambino (Todd Edwards Remix)"

Aroop Roy - "Quen Vai Querer"

Enzo Siffredi - "Sometimes (Original Mix)"

Earth People - "Dance (Steve1der 2K15 Edit)"

Chet Faker - "1998 feat. Banks"

What better way to ease into the week than a mixtape of nothing but vintage jazz off of 45 rpm vinyl? Trumpeter/arranger Todd Simon shared a brand new mixtape with our friends at WaxPoetics, digging into cuts from Sonny Stitt, Astrud Gilberto, funk brother Jack McDuff, superfunk brother Grover Washinton Jr, and whole host of other highly-samplable cuts. But the thing is, jazz this great should just be left to luxuriate in its original form.

Tracklist:

1. Art Blakey “Soul Finger” (Limelight/Mercury)

2. Willie Bobo “Soul Foo Young” (Now-Again reissue)

3. Reuben Wilson “Orange Peel” (Blue Note)

4. Sonny Stitt “Rearin’ Back – Pts. 1 & 2” (Argo/Chess)

5. Astrud Gilberto/Quincy Jones “Who Needs Forever?” (Verve)

6. Chico Hamilton “Lady E” (Repertory/SESAC)

7. Freddie McCoy “Peas ’N’ Rice (Prestige)

8. Jack McDuff “Dit Da Dit” (Chess)

9. Freddie Hubbard “Red Clay (Part 1)” (CTI)

10. Grover Washington, Jr. “Black Frost” (Kudu)

11. Eddie Harris “Listen Here” (Atlantic)

12. Art Blakey “Buh’s Bossa” (Limelight/Mercury)

This one's especially close to our hearts. Okayplayer's own Managing Editor Cali Green is teaming up with DJ extraordinaire Raydar Ellis are kicking off a new series of events in NYC, and to commemorate all the fun, they're rolling out some mixtape goods as well. The first installment in their Mixography series is the "Dungeon Family Mini-mix," an Outkast-heavy affair that brings together some of the greatest names of that collective all under one syncopated roof. Green and Ellis will be hosting a number of get-downs (and firing off more mixes to come), so read up on the entire venture via their website and get to stepping to the music below.

Tracklist:

1. Outkast - Rosa Parks

2. Outkast - The Art Of Storytelling

3. Outkast - Funkin Around

4. Janelle Monae - Queen (Prince Remix)

5. Outkast - Roses

6. Gnarls Barkley - The Last Time

7. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

8. The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Spottiottiedopaliscious

9. Purple Ribbon All Stars - Kryptonite

10. Run The Jewels - Oh My Darling Don't Cry

11. Goodie Mob - They Don't Dance No Mo

12. Joi - Techno Pimp

13. Slim Cutta Calhoun - That's Ok (ft. Andre 3000)

14. Outkast - Players Ball (reprise) (ft. Sleepy Brown)

15. Outkast - Benz Or Beamer

16. Goodie Mob - Soul Food

17. Outkast (ft. Cee Lo) - In Due Time

For those looking to get way, way out in front of the culture, allow us to point you in the direction of Film Noir. The label (or is it a "collective"? Just a SoundCloud profile? Who can tell these days) serves as a home to some of the most progressive and productive beatmakers today and counts krs, Mediasin, Oshi, Towki and more amongst its ranks. Every one of their artists is featured on this new introductory mixtape, which pulses and quivers with the sort of neo-progressive-future-beat stuff that always proves so difficult to name but so delightful to listen to.

Tracklist:

Weirdinside – ways up

Romby – mhmk

Krs. x Roy Woods – All of U

Vada – Inside (prod. by R.O.M.)

(dc) – SWITCH

sosari – dusk

Medasin – Brain

Lake Theory – Bones

OSHI – Thank You

Braeden Bailey. – ride.

disfnk – Feel Me?

ShrineMob – Arcade Chun

MadBliss – Lost with you

Tails – u like me (paris jones)

DEFFIE – Halfbreed

Alexander Lewis – Seasons

BNJMN – C'est La Vie

Masego – Esta - Tic Talk X Arbitrary Sax

Towkio – God in Me (whereisalex remix)

A brand new newly-uploaded mixtape of nothing but legendary Gang Starr cuts, from the dearly-missed Matthew Africa. Honestly, it's a thing so proper that you'd be a fool to ask for anything more.

Roving producer Quelle Chris stopped by the Fresh Selects/Tight Songs show and did the damn thing, putting down a mix that featured Black Milk, vintage Kraftwerk, Mos Def, Jean Grae and of course his own material. Choice hip-hop sewn together by one of the finest purveyors of the genre. Yeah, you absolutely want to get into this one.

Tracklist:

1. Smiley Burnette - He Was An Amateur Once

2. Black Milk - Detroit's New Dance Show

3. DJ Godfather - Getchobitch

4. Quelle Chris feat. DJ Groweyez - Ratshit

5. Severed Heads - Elevator

6. DJ Assault - Sex On The Beach

7. Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Timeline

8. Philippe Laurent - Hot Bip

9. Kraftwerk - Home Computer

10. Das Ding - & & ?

11. Old Future Fox Gang - Java

12. Black Milk - Dirt Bells

13. UGLY Boy Modeling feat. $upertoy - Osama Bin Laden

14. Denmark Vessey - How To Know You Are A Hater

15. MosEL - Build With Queens x Knxwledge - letuleave.[geekdop]

16. 87 - Mercy Me

17. Danny Brown feat. Marv Won, Dope Head & Fatt Father - Rainbow Six

18. Clip from Trash Humpers

19. Fresh Daily feat Quelle Chris & MoRuf - That One Girl, That One Time (Quelle Midnight Remix)

20. Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty (Quelle Ms Big Booty Remix)

21. Emotional Violence - Big Balloon

22. Skullmonkeys OST - Little Bonus Room

23. Jean Grae feat. Denmark Vessey - Cliche

24. Dave Bixby - Drug Song

Our good friend LeFtO has put together a compendium of summer jams--tracks that have made key appearances in his regular programs and gone a long way to define the warm months of 2015. There's still plenty of long, bright nights to go, though, so turn this one up and enjoy the Jill Scott, Thundercat, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface, Daphni and more. Until next week, keep on moving it it.

Tracklist:

river tiber - West EXCLUSIVE

the great foat group - time piece

jill scott - lighthouse

ramp - come into knowledge

alchemist ft. action bronson - voodoo

bobbie houston - i want to make it with you

ambiance - atiji

thundercat - hard times (cazal's caztavo remix)

tehbis - windward stomp EXCLUSIVE

quelle chris - where the wild things roam

ghostface killah - resurrection morning ft. raekwon & bilal

kendrick lamar - untitled

LTGL - blue sphere EXCLUSIVE

seven davis jr - try me (mono poly remix)UPCOMING

mick jenkins - get up get down

swindle - london to LA

alix perez & eprom - into light

connie constance - kingdom UPCOMING

river tiber - let you go EXCLUSIVE

milton wright - keep it up

tessie hill - doing all i can

DVA & clara la san - pink22 UPCOMING

theo parrish ugly edits - betray EXCLUSIVE

dego & kaidi - black is key

rick wade - strong arm UPCOMING

chaos in the CBD - observe UPCOMING

daphni - vikram

dayme arocena - stuck

soulparlour - pure (K15 Remix)

LV - jump and reach

falty DL - bookaloo UPCOMING

koreless - love