Retro Promenade John Carpenter Mixtape Cover
We going (going) back (back) to mixtapes. Yes it's time once more for your favorite internet roundup of the best damn sounds on the planet--Mixtape Monday is in full effect and we've got a very fine crop of music ready for your week's enjoyment. Lead-off hitting is the latest Beat Junkies Radio mega show, which features guest sets from Dam-Funk, Knxwledge and just about every other Stones Throw selector. Just beyond that madness we've got a rare live recording of DJ Center's Black Messiah release party set, which hits all the necessary funkified bases for D'Angelo fans. Furthermore we're repping an all-new mix of eerie tracks inspired by the work of horror master John Carpenter, brand new Kaytranada, plus Jamie XX and Four Tet chopping it up in tandem. The roundup is live and as strong as ever; Mixtape Monday hit your head so hard your hat won't fit.
Avid Okayplayers will know that this is a mighty big exception we're making. Usually we stray away from including radio shows, but with Dam-Funk, Knxwledge, DJ Babu, Rhettmatic, and J Rocc all stopping by to either talk shop or drop rocks, we knew it'd be a sin not to include the latest Beat Junkies RadioSoundcheck episode and give it pole position. With multiple on-the-fly mixes being crafted on air, the Junkies truly upped the bar for hip-hop radio, online or otherwise. Be sure to catch Knxwledge dropping info on his To Pimp A Butterfly track "Momma," Dam-Funk spinning choice 45s, and the ever-unsung hero J Rocc's subtle, genius work in the second half.
Be sure to tune in to future Soundcheck episodes on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, over at Dash Radio.
Full Show Tracklist:
1st Mix - Dj Babu:
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Earl Sweatshirt - "Huey "
Ludacris - "Charge It To The Rap Game"
Fashawn - "Higher "
Action Bronson - "Falconry "
Jay Electronica - "Road To Perdition "
Rapper Big Pooh - "How I Move"
ALC x Prodigy - "Curb Ya Dog "
Slum village - "Push It Along feat Phife Dawg "
Joey Bada$ - "Paper Trail$"
Guest Knxwledge
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Kendrick Lamar - "Momma" (prod. by Knxwledge)
Mix by Knxwledge
2nd Mix - Rhettmatic
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Knx x Anderson Paak - "Suede"
Nikobeats - "So Fine "
14KT - "Adrenaline "
Jake One - "John Cena Theme"
Dert - "Derty "
Dilated Peoples - "Opinions May Vary feat Gangrene"
Action Bronson - "Terry "
Supa Dave West - "Dave Beats (inst)"
MC Eiht - "Shut Em Down feat The Outlawz"
Killer Ben x Killa Kali - "Thug Kings "
Prodigy x Big Twins - "Champions (remix) "
Consequences - "Tuck Your Release "
Nottz - "Everybody Knows Your Name"
Brown Bag Allstars - "Rhett Committed Murder"
De La Soul - "Get Away"
Supa Dave West - "Dave Beats 14"
Dam Funk Interview & Live In Studio Funk Set
Rhettmatic 2nd Mix
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Dam Funk & Steve Arrington - "Tap That"
Bohannon - "The Beat (part 2) "
Melissa Morgan - "Fools Paradise "
Charme - "George Porgy "
D-Train - "Trying To Get Over "
First Touch - "All Because Of You"
3rd Mix by J Rocc
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Bernard Wright - "Just Chillin Out "
Yancey Boys - "Slippin "
Yasiin Bey - "Yasiin x Dilla Sunshine"
Oh No - "Pure Imagination "
Axel F - "Omega feat Blu "
Dirtydiggs - "Henchmen feat Killa Kali "
Run The Jewels - "Job Well Done "
Nas - "The World Is Yours (Bukas Rollbrett remix)"
Quakers - "RIP feat. Guilty Simpson"
Lootpack - "Frenz vs Endz"
Chanes - "INF "
Kan Zulu - "Sixteen (BDP - Stop The Violence)"
Knx - "Let It Shine "
Prhyme - "U Looz "
Jay Electronica - "We Made It feat Jay Z"
Hard to believe it's been over three months since D'Angelo's monumental Black Messiah made its way into the world, but here we are, living in the post-"Sugah Daddy" era. DJ Center recently uploaded his live mix from the BM release party hosted by Rubber Tracks in Brooklyn. Center's all-wax set of D'Angelo-inspired tunes includes too many R&B greats to list (all we can say is get ready for heavy doses of Sly, Ike & Tina...) and his eclectic, groove-bending choices totally capture the sprawling feel of the record itself. Put it on and enjoy. You can catch more of Center's work over at PushTheFader.
The temperature in here just rose ten degrees. Belgium-based DJ and producer Max Le Daron hit a home run with his "It's An Afrobeat Ting" mixtape, a set that's deceptively modern, despite its name. Full of current club heaters from Kwamz & Flava, Skales and Yemi Alade (not to mention a brand new piece from Le Daron himself), the hour-long mix is a sonic trek through Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire and more. Our family at Okayafrica featured it late last week, and you can read a bit more about both Le Daron and the vibrant state of modern African beats right here.
Tracklist:
Kwamz & Flava - "Wo Onane No
Kooko - "Od3 Remix feat. Guru & Yaa Pono"
Kcee - "Turn By Turn"
Selegobo - "Gon Gon"
Gazza feat Uhuru & DJ Buckz - "Shuna (Original Mix)"
Xibeke - "Frelimo"
Sam Blans - "Shout out Gaia Beat"
DJ Over 12 - "Hyu (Parte 2)"
DJ Lilocox - "La Party"
Davido feat Uhuru - "Skelewu (Uhuru Remix)"
Lizha James - "Quem Te Mandou feat Uhuru"
Big One feat Vagabanda - "Esta a Quencer Bue Mal"
Skales - "Shake Body"
William Py - "Batata Guda"
Presh feat Davido - "Say Dem Say"
Waconzy - "Ekpoh"
Stay Jay - "Formate Girls"
Max le Daron - "Eclipse"
Sabota Music ft. Os Do Momento & Rolex - "Maxuca"
Star Million ft. Emerson Miranda, Ivan Aires, Vava Dji - "Ta Acontecer (Remix)"
Eazzy - Ginger ft. "SK Originale"
Yemi Alade - "Taking Over Me"
ICYMI, NYC music outpost and Okayplayer favorite hang Turntable Lab runs its own radio show, and regularly brings through some of the best DJs in the business. Their most recent session featured Monk Uno who dropped a live set of nothing but choice grooves, from the drum machine funk of Superstructure to an ace flip of D-Train's "Trying to Get Over" (a cut we will never, ever, ever get enough of). A little bit disco, a little bit hip-hop, and in every way dancefloor friendly, Uno's TTL set will set the mood like it's 1986 again and you just got yourself paid.
Check out more of Monk's work over at his label, Names You Can Trust.
Tracklist:
McKinley Jackson - "Tribute to Marvin Gaye"
Skylight - "Boogie Butt"
Rainbow Team - "Dreaming"
Jaymz Bedford - "Happy Music"
D-Train - "Trying To Get Over (Dub)"
Superstructure - "Atlantis"
Takanaka - "Soon Come Sunset"
David Lampell - "Iranian Groove"
Epicentre - "Get Off The Phone"
Tomorrow's Edition - "U Turn Me On"
Congress - "You Gotta Get It"
Hi Gloss - "I'm Totally Yours"
Clarence Jackson - "Wrap It Up"
NY Hustlers - "Fly Island 1978"
Helen - "Witch"
NY Hustlers - "Money Kill The Truth"
With all the (deserved) hubbub over Flying Lotus's Kendrick Lamar-toting BBC Radio 1 show last week, Kaytranada's work got left out of the spotlight. And that's a shame, because the young producer-DJ savant threw down an absolutely first class hour of music, including cuts from Madlib, Odd Futurians The Internet, Stevie Wonder, Todd Terje and OKP favorites Pharrell & The Yessirs (wonder who they could be...). Kaytra made sure to include plenty of his own material as well, including his flip of D'Angelo's "Really Love" and a so-stupid-its-ingenious chop of Hilary Duff's "Come Clean." As with everything else he does, Kaytranada's work here has to be heard to be believed, so get to getting and enjoy this hour of brilliant work.
Tracklist:
Earth, Wind & Fire - "All About Love (Interlude)"
Kool & The Gang - "You Don't Have To Change"
Roy Ayers - "The Memory"
Ned Doheny - "Get It Up For Love"
Kaytradamus - "Punches"
Missy Elliott - "Up In My Grill (Feat. MC Solaar)"
Quasimoto - "Greenery (Instrumental)"
The Internet - "Higher Times (Feat. Jesse Boykins III)"
Kaytranada - "Untitled"
Madlib - "Madness Tempel"
Mobb Deep - "My Block"
Fugees - "How Many Mics"
Guilty Simpson - "Look Alive"
Kaytranada - "Midnight"
Sean Paul - "Haffi Get De Gal Ya (Hot Gal Today)"
D’Angelo - "Really Love (Kaytranada Flip)"
ScHoolboy Q - "My Homie"
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - "Shame (Munoz Remix)"
Kendrick Lamar - "Momma"
Faith Evans - "Goin' Out (Feat. Pharrell & Pusha T)"
Jaylib - "Survival Test"
Freeway - "Alright (Feat. Allen Anthony)"
Stevie Wonder - "That Girl"
René & Angela - "I'll Be Good"
Todd Terje - "Swing Star (Part 2)"
Pharrell & The Yessirs - "Angel"
Percee P - "Throwback (Feat. Karriem Riggins)"
Fonzworth Bentley - "Everybody (Feat. Kanye West & André 3000)"
Bobby Nunn - "Do You Look That Good In The Morning?"
Meli'sa Morgan - "Fool's Paradise"
Loose Ends - "Hangin' On A String"
Disco Boogie Classics - "Leg Over (Uptown Edit)"
Grand Wizard Theodore - "Subway Theme"
Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body (Instrumental)"
Erasmo Carlos - "Cachaça Mecânica"
Kaytranada - "Come Clean"
Over at LargeUp there's a party going on, and Willy Chin is grooving at its helm. The Miami remix master threw down a monstrous new volume of his "Uh Gosh" mixtape series, one that comes loaded with a just-right blend of old school island vibes and newer stlyistics. It's a little bit Soca, a little bit hip-hop and a tad EDM, but if it's good enough for the wise minds at LargeUp it's damn sure worthy of our time. You can read a little more about the mix and check out plenty more fine sounds right over here.
This is exactly the kind of mixtape we love to highlight in this here roundup. Curated by the folks at Retro Promenade, this here is a mix of new, all-original material inspired by the film works of thriller auteur John Carpenter. Carpenter, of course, wrote many of his own scores and developed a sort of woozy, synth-drenched aesthetic that added an extra element of dread to works like Halloween and They Live. It's a style that's gone on to heavily influence composers and musicians alike and now with Retro Promenade's new set we can even enjoy more creepy tones. From the opening blaze of Lazerhawk's "Escape From Germany" to the apropos haze of Fixions' "Fogs," the new set is, truthfully, more of album than mixtape, but is such a creative tribute to Carpenter's unique style that we're more than happy to give it some shine. Avid fans of the album can purchase it right here.
Tracklist:
Lazerhawk - "Escape From Germany"
Irving Force - "Back Alley Creepers"
Who Ha - "That Thing"
GUNSHIP - "Pink Mist"
VHS Glitch - "He Sees You"
Beckett - "I Know I'm Human"
Amplitude Problem - "Tomb of Khufu"
SATORI IN BED - "Escape From Duality"
Synaptyx - "Lawless Streets"
Jon of the Shred - "Obey, Consume... Escape"
Jaunter - "Anti-Hero"
SHIO-Z - "No Bloody Trust"
20SIX Hundred - "Collapse of Classical Reality"
Fixions - "Fogs"
Speed Machine - "Revenge of a Blind In One Eye"
STRSGN - "Full Eclipse (Catherine's Theme)"
Bionic Resistance - "In the Deadly Cold"
Marcon - "MacReady's Last Stand"
Europaweite Aussichten - "Saintanic"
Hide & Sequence - "Ghosts"
We've always wanted a heated pool, and so now here we are. LA DJ duo Pools (aka Morse Code and Thee Mike B) has thrown down a wildly creative mix that draws from international rhythms and local funk in all those just-right ways, putting on a set that's just as bucolic and luxurious as real life heated pools. The 67 minute mix often veers into heavy house territory, but has enough gritty bass and glossy keyboard chords to keep any soul or hip-hop head quite happy. This could be the ideal soundtrack to the best summer party you've ever had, so keep it in your back pocket for a slow and hot summer sunset. We won't blow your cover.
Yes we already showed DJ QBert love in last week's Mixtape Monday. No we will not apologize for doing so this week. The expert turntablist has once again wowed us, this time with hsi brand new Demolition Pumpkin set/album, which blends some of our most beloved rock favorites into the sort of funk and boogie that he's best known for utilizing. James Brown, Rush, The Brothers Johnson (yes please) and Lonnie Liston Smith all sit comfortably beside one another, bathed in the flowing brilliant of QBert's skilled hands and inspired mind. The entire thing has made its way to Youtube, so get your grooves on in every which way below.
Tracklist:
Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
Eddie Bo - "Hook & Sling Pt. 1"
Bill Withers - "Kissin’ My Love"
The Chubukos - "House of the Rising Funk"
Bob James - "Take Me to Mardi Gras"
Rufus Thomas - "Do The Funky Penguin Pt. 2"
7th Wonder - "Daisy Lady"
Galactic Force Band - "Space Dust"
James Brown - "Funky President (People It’s Bad)"
Dexter Wansel - "Theme from the Planets"
Rhythm Heritage - "Theme from “S.W.A.T.”"
The Brothers Johnson - "Ain’t We Funkin’ Now"
Esther Williams - "Last Night Changed it All"
Jackson 5 - "It’s Great To Be Here"
Lowell Fulson - "Tramp"
Lonnie Liston Smith - "Expansions"
The Grass Roots - "You and Love are the Same"
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - "Congas"
Dennis Coffey - "Ride Sally Ride"
Yellow Sunshine - "Yellow Sunshine"
The J.B.’s - "Blow Your Head"
Incredible Bongo Band - "Apache"
Jackie Robinson - "Pussyfooter"
ESG - "U.F.O."
Fab 5 Freddy - "Down By Law"
Gary Numan - "Films"
The Headhunters - "God Made Me Funky"
The Honey Drippers - "Impeach the President"
Funk, Inc. - "Kool is Back"
Ike White - "Love & Affection"
The 5 Stairsteps - "Don’t Change Your Love"
Lamont Dozier - "Take Off Your Makeup"
Roy Ayers - "Boogie Back"
Bo Diddley - "Hit Or Miss"
Roxanne Shanté - "The Def Fresh Crew"
Black Heat - "Zimba Ku"
The Wild Magnolias - "Soul, Soul, Soul"
Banbarra - "Shack Up"
Juice - "Catch a Groove"
Dennis Coffey - "Son of Scorpio"
Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - "2001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra)"
Magic Disco Band - "Scratchin’"
John Davis and the Monster Orchestra - "I Can’t Stop"
Pleasure - "Let’s Dance"
James Brown - "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix)"
The Blackbyrds - "Rock Creek Park"
Wild Sugar - "Bring It Here"
Brother Soul - "Cookies"
Bobby Byrd - "I Know You Got Soul
Z. Z. Hill - "I Think I’d Do It"
Greyboy Allstars - "Tenor Man"
Coke Escovedo - "(Runaway) I Wouldn’t Change A Thing"
Grant Green - "Ain’t it Funky"
James Brown - "Soul Pride Pt. 1"
Too Short - "Freaky Tales"
Finally we bring you one of those mixes that feels so natural it's a shock to think it hasn't already happened. British remix/producer Sirs Jamie XX and Four Tet collided for a BBC Essential Mix that has everything our hearts could desire from these atmospheric, emotive gentlemen. Cuts from Caribou, Jim O'Rourke and Percussions form a pitch-perfect mix, an easy frontrunner for Essential Mix of the year.
Tracklist:
Jamie xx - "Gosh"
Four Tet - "Lion (Jamie XX Remix)"
Dance - "Still"
Percussions - "Digital Arpeggios"
Schatrax - "The Same Fury"
Lutto Lento - "The Boat Can Leave Now"
DREWXHILL - "Powerless (DREWXHILL VIP)"
[unknown] - "Untitled"
Walls - "I Can Only Give You Anything But Love"
Dave DK - "Halma"
Jim O’Rourke - "Despite The Water Supply"
Throwing Snow - "Lumen"
Nhk Yx Koyxen - "Hallucinogenic Doom Steppy Verbs 01"
Caribou - "Mars (Head High's Core Remix)"
Champion & Four Tet - "Disparate"
Wen - "Hailstones"
DJ Wonder - "What Have You Done (feat. Kano) (Instrumental Mix)"
DaVinche - "Phaze"
Designer & Four Tet - "Dark"
Tyondai Braxton - "Amlochley"
Koreless - "TT"
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - "The Dreams"
Roots Manuva - "Facety 2:11"
Rome Fortune - "Leaders"
Thomas Scholz - "Mimesis (Rampue Remix)"
Jamie 3:26 - "Comin' On Strong"
Cool Creations - "Wish Upon Love"
Thesda - "Bongo Lumbo"
Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - "Nobody"
Kandy - "Love Me Tonight"
Jean-Philippe Rykiel - "Tao"
Jamie xx - "Loud Places (feat. Romy)"
Jamie xx - "Alba"
