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Guest blog: Barry on DJ Tu-Ki, Captain Moonlight & The Hot Rats

tu-ki Occasionally Barry Healy pops up to recommend three albums that may be under your radar. Here are his latest selections.

Tu-Ki – Pre: Seed
Tu-ki’s pedigree as a DJ is pretty formidable. His achievements and reputation as a turntablist DJ speak for themselves. He’s a four time Irish DMC champion, winner of the 2007 Molvida World Mixing Championships, which makes it all the more embarrassing that this chump hadn’t been aware of him until now. All that aside, this is one hell of a mixtape which pays particular homage to old skool electro and hip-hop which are also represented on this 80 minute jaunt.

The age of mixtapes (albeit on CD) is certainly alive and kicking and it’s all the more valuable today as we have such easy access to a lot of mixes and podcasts etc. which are often pretty lacking in skill and record collection depth. This mixtape doesn’t suffer from the aforementioned afflictions. It sounds organic and natural managing to keep an astonishing flow and continuity while drawing from a vast vault of tunes from decades with apparent effortless ease.

It’s difficult to single out any one of the many high points on here but ‘Inspection Dirt’, Leftfield mixed with Wu-Tang gets the thumb’s up every time. The sheer brilliance of this turntable mastery will either inspire you to DJ in a hope of reaching this level or on the other hand like me, leave it to the masters and just enjoy their work.

Download the mix / purchase it on CD from All City.

Barry on Captain Moonlight & The Hot Rats »

Gonzales’ Pianist Envy mixtape

Amazing mixtape from Gonzales who is now calling himself Chilly Gonzales. The entire thing is made up of piano remixes of songs like ‘A Milli’ by Lil Wayne, ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyonce, ‘Rollin’ and Scratchin’ by Daft Punk and ‘Grindin’ by Clipse. It’s a deconstructive/ reconstructive mixtape of sorts.

It’s called Pianist Envy and it’s oddly brilliant. Gonzales is currently doing a series of “Piano Talk Shows” in Joe’s Pub in NYC where he is joined by people like Sia, A-Trak, Andrew WK and Princess Superstar. It should come as no surprise after all, this is the man who set the world record for longest solo performance clocking in at 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds at Paris’s Ciné 13 Théâtre last year. He recently joined Marina and the Diamonds in Estonia for this performance.

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Martyn Fabric 50 promo mix

Lovely new promo mix by Martyn for Fabric after the jump with tracks from Om Unit, Gil Scott Heron, Levon Vincent, DJ Killer, Renaissance Man and Martyn’s own tunes. Before you get to the mix itself though, here’s a killer AFX-esque remix from the man of Efdemin’s ‘Acid Bells’ from last year.

MP3: Efdemin – Acid Bells (Martyn’s Dark Mix)

Conor McCaffrey’s review of the released Fabric mix for State is here. More..»

Autechre FACT mix / Dublin gig

While I can’t say their new album Oversteps does anything for me at the moment (Autechre are mostly something to be appreciated not loved*) this rare FACT mix indeed does push all the right buttons.

A surefire mix of everything the duo love, it’s got hip-hop from the Wu Tang, Q-Tip to drill and bass, sub-quaking distortion and a metal song interlude. No tracklisting is available as yet. Autechre play The Button Factory with Rob Hall on April 23rd thanks to U:Mack.

MP3: FACT mix 122: Autechre

* Some individual tracks from Amber and Tri Repeatae are amazing examples of ’90s electronica at its best like Tri Repeatae’s ‘Clipper’:

MP3: Autechre – Clipper

Here is a related mix from Irish act Solen who mashed up The Wu-Tang with Autechre over the course of 30 minutes to breathless effect.

RAPIDSHARE ZIP: Solen – Wutechre mix

Also, remember the glorious headfuck of a video for ‘Gantz Graf’? See it after the jump. More..»

Happy 36th Birthday J Dilla

Today would have been the legendary hip-hop producer J Dilla’s 36th Birthday. Here are some videos and mixes in his honour. More..»

Farewell Def Jux 1999 – 2010

With the news that Def Jux, home to Aesop Rock, Cage, El-P, Rob Sonic, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif and more is winding down as a traditional label, The Crypt posted a 62 tune 350MB mixtape by Vega of Def Jux tunes to mark the occasion. Tracklisting after the jump.

ZIP: Def Jux Mixtape (Alternative link)

Before Def Jux disappears in its current form they’ve scheduled some releases including a posthumous album from Camu Tao, a remix compilation, a 10th year anniversary and other goodies. Hopefully, as detailed in El-P’s statement, they can “turn this hoopty in to a hovercraft”. Here are some of my own personal favourite tunes from the label:

MP3: Aesop Rock – Facemelter

MP3: RJD2 – The Horror

MP3: El-P – Poisenville Kids No Win (feat. Cat Power)

MP3: Cannibal Ox – Vein

MP3: Mr. Lif – Brothaz

And a related classic:

MP3: Company Flow – End to End Burner

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Donal Dineen’s First Fifteen mix

A perfect Friday mix from Today FM’s Donal Dineen including some of my favourite tunes from Joy Orbison, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Floating Points, the Jape remix of Patrick Kelleher, Darkstar’s ‘Aidy’s Girls a Computer’ and more good stuff.

First Fifteen by fresh_air

I Am The Cosmos State Mix

Ross Turner aka I Am The Cosmos delivered this great 37 minute mix for State and it went live today. Check it. It’s super.

Yamasuki Singers – Yama Yama
Mariah – Shinzo No Tobira
Dr. Dunks – Love Savage
Ginny – Can’t Be
Chris Bell – Speed of Sound
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
Arthur Russell – How We Walk On The Moon (Youth Return to Base Edit)
CFCF – Big Love (Fleetwood Mac cover)
The Revenge – Just Be Good To Me feat. Danielle Moore

State Mix January 2010 by I Am The Cosmos

Download it at State.ie and while you are there check out the other mixes from Nakatomi Towers, The Vinny Club, Talulah Does the Hula, Handsome Paddy, Shit Robot, Arveene, Pivot and more.

While we’re talking mixes check out Jessie Luv Action’s All-Irish mix.

Four Tet BBC Essential Mix 2010

Now that There Is Love In You is most likely seeping into your ear canal, you’ll probably be experiencing a lot of love for the record.

If you’re still looking for more, Mr. Hebden graced the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 with an outstanding two hour Essential Mix over the weekend to promote the release. It starts with my favourite track at the moment, ‘Angel Echoes’ and goes on to include tracks from Floating Points, Joy Orbison, Moodymann and is pretty much a must-hear from start to finish. Tracklisting below.

You can grab it on Hotfile via Core.

MP3: Four Tet – Angel Echoes

Also, this Bullion FACT mix is rather excellent.
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All-City Records 2010 preview mix

The label (and shop) that brought you the fantastic 7×7 series last year with tunes from and Onra reveals its plans for 2010 with this 30 minute preview mix by OmUnit.

Taking in beats from Take, Hud Mo, Dimlite, Onra, Snowman, Pudgem, Mweslee and more, it’s a great taster of what’s to come from them.

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All-Irish Eomac Electronic Mix

Eomac rounds up his dozen mixes series with the best one yet as it focuses exclusively on Irish producers or “comrades-in-riddim”. This is a great overview of what’s happening in the Irish electronica and beats right now. You get labels like !Kaboogie, Planet Mu, Alphabet Set, Acroplane, Go Away Recordings and Mantrap with artists like Sunken Foal, Prince Kong, Automatic Tasty, T-Woc, Cignol, Bluefood, A-Force, Sunil Sharpe and Kachanski.