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May 31st, 2010
prepare to be inundated with posts, as san francisco experimental artists 666 gangstaz and heartworm, known collectively as necrotic socks, guest curate the hearing test blog… you’ll see new opinons, articles, reveiws and news about music, music, music…
more soon. for now check out the brief bios and sample some music from these guys…
http://www.soundcloud.com/heartworm
http://www.soundcloud.com/666gangstaz
April 24th, 2010
Love this roots reggae refix produced by Shy FX with Dizzee pon di mic. From Dizzee Rascal’s Tongue N Cheek LP, here’s “Can’t Tek No More” of this, No No No…
April 24th, 2010
The latest mix from ( our longtime <3 ) MRK1 is pure EEEEEEVIL! Absolutely nasty bass, head-bangin beats and skull-crushin synths. Reminds me of the set he played @ the Bordello in Oakland last summer…. MRK1 is a MONSTER live!
MRK1 April 2010 Mix
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April 22nd, 2010
KALX Radio 90.7 FM and Bikes N Beats Present:
Battle of The Suits: Mochipet Vs. The Polish Ambassador
10pm-2am Friday May 7th, 2010 at Elbo Room in San Francisco, CA
Artist info:
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April 21st, 2010
Pontone & Simon Reynolds compiled this eclectic eelectronica mixtape for the latest Pontone podcast. Reynolds says the only thing that ties these selections together is a genre he made-up to fit the occasion – “eldritchtronic” music:
“eldritchtronic”, a non-existent genre that cuts across a bunch of zones (hauntology, the trippier end of microhouse, hypnagogic/glo-fi, the Brooklyn school of “ecstatic experimental”, etc). Mostly electronic but rarely intersecting with the dancefloor, this music merges blissy and eerie, the wired and the wyrd. And because the 2000s was when the linear temporality of music definitively dissolved, there’s leakage from the remote past, musique concrete and text-sound by artists I encountered for the first time during the Noughties.
Listen to the mix and read more @ Pontone’s Special Guest: Simon Reynolds – Eldritchtronica and Wyrd Bliss Mixtape.
Eldritchtronica and Wyrd Bliss Mixtape Playlist:
1. Black Moth Super Rainbow Rollerdisco (“Dandelion Gum” Graveface, 2007)
2. Belbury Poly The Willows (“The Willows” Ghost Box, 2005)
3. Ricardo Villalobos Fizheuer Zieheuer (“Fizheuer Zieheuer” Playhouse, 2007)
4. AFX PWSteal.Ldpinch.D (“Analord 8″ Rephlex, 2005)
5. Isolee Text (“Rest” Playhouse, 2000)
6. Mordant Music The Black Crush (“Dead Air” Mordant Music, 2006)
7. Ducktails Neptune City, NJ (“Landscapes” Olde English Spelling Bee, 2009)
8. Dolphins Into The Future B9 (“Mountain Saturnus” Dreamtime Taped Sounds, 2007)
9. Oneohtrix Point Never Physical Memories (“Rifts” No Fun, 2009)
10. High Places From Stardust To Sentience (“high Places” Thrill Jockey, 2008)
11. Henry Sauguet Aspect Sentimental (“Archives GRM” Ina-GRM, 2004)
12. Harrison Birtwistle Chronometer (“Creelsploitation 1″ Creel Pone, 2006)
13. Lily Greenham Experience (“Lingual Music” Paradigm, 2007)
14. Animal Collective Panic (“Here Comes The Indian” Paw Tracks, 2003)
15. Moon Wiring Club Roger’s Ghost (“An Audience Of Art Deco Eyes” Gecophonic, 2007)
16. The Advisory Circle Sundial (“Other Channels” Ghost Box, 2008)
17. Sean McCann Look Out (“Phylum Sigh” DNT Records, 2009)
18. The Focus Group Modern Harp (“Hey Let Loose Your Love” Ghost Box, 2005)
19. Gang Gang Dance Dust (“Saint Dymphna” Warp, 2008)
20. J Dilla Won’t Do (Instrumental) (“The Shining (Instrumentals)” BBE, 2006)
21. Blectum From Blechdom Bastard Child (“Desnaunted Haus” Tigerbeat6, 2001)
22. Ariel Pink Life In L.A. (“Worn Copy” Paw Tracks, 2005)
April 20th, 2010
Just learned the news from DJ Premier’s blog. Definitely go there for the true tribute. Here’s an excerpt:

classic Gang Starr
While in hospital with terminal cancer, Guru wrote a letter, which was provided by Solar, to his fans addressing his illness, his shining music career, his family and loved ones.
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April 14th, 2010
Love this sultry booty bass track from longtime fave Stereotyp (<3 <3 ) and newcomer-to-us Arabyrd. Whoever she is, we’re in love – girl crush all.the.way. Keep this up, love!
DROP it / feat.: ARABYRD by Stereotyp
DROP it / feat.: ARABYRD | Stereotyp.
April 12th, 2010
Buju was originally scheduled to go to trial in Florida next week, but a judge has postponed the trial another 2 months without explanation. Banton is still imprisoned and has been since December 2009. Here is audio of a brief phone call between Buju Banton and IrieFM recorded last month (before finding out the trial would be delayed):
And here’s his lawyer speaking on the case:
And finally, some new-ish music:
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March 29th, 2010
It’s been a minute since i posted anything from dashing dubstep duo Vex’d… I’ve been wearing out Jamie’s solo release In System Travel in the meantime (on vinyl & I drop it every time I play out). But now we get a fresh track off their new/lost album Cloud Seed which comes out next month on Planet Mu. The tune is called “Disposition” featuring Jest pon di mic:
Listen to Vex’d – “Disposition” from Cloud Seed:
Vex’d at Underground SF in San Francisco, photo by Molli Fire
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March 29th, 2010
Kode 9 just announced a new DJ Kicks mix and posted this album art:

The album is due to drop on June 21, 2010
UPDATE: TRACKLIST ANNOUNCED!!
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March 25th, 2010
Jimmy Cliff was indicted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this week (check out how psyched he looks in all the vids)! Wyclef Jean introduced Cliff, repeatedly calling him “The Godfather”:
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March 25th, 2010
What you call it? Dubstep? Dance? 2-Step? It just gets funkier and funkier, like the official new technicolor video for Rusko’s “Woo Boost”:
His debut album O.M.G.! out on Mad Decent, May 2010.
December 26th, 2009
Check out Dorrough’s saucy likkle vid, “I Want (Hood Christmas)” and enjoy the rest of 2009. See you in 2010!!
September 22nd, 2009
September 14th, 2009
via Grievous Angel:
[My] dj mix of dub-pon-dub riddim excursions, all in a grime / dubstep friendly 140bpm format. In a way it presaged the remix album that’s forthcoming on Keysound, where I remixed the whole of the Blackdown and Dusk album and mixed it together.