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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
