The Hip Drop: March 2010

Oscillations Part 1

The good peeps over at Apple Juice Break and Just Like Music are giving away 20 exclusive/unreleased joints of goodness.

Y'all can get it hurrrr

To Have & To Hold : Vinyl Documentary

To Have & To Hold - Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.

An inventive showcase of what’s possible when armed with just a sampler, a few studio toys and a fertile imagination, Paul White & The Purple Brain is the intriguing sophomore album from South London producer Paul White – his first for Now-Again. This album will see release in early June.

First single from this album – Ancient Treasure

And while im doing a Paul White post check Tranqill's version of So Far Away

Paul White - So Far Away (Tranqill's Version) by alexchase

Damu The Fudgemunk - How It Should Sound Promo

This EP features some tracks from How It Should Sound Volumes 1 & 2. H.I.S.S. Vol. 1&2 will be available on April 13th via Redefinition Records. http://damuthefudgemunk.bandcamp.com/album/how-it-should-sound-promo-ep

Low Limit & Lando Kal - The Golden Handshake EP

The debut release from new UK record label Numbers is a heavy beat work out well worth checking. There is a mix they put together for Mary Anne Hobbs up on their website NUMBERS you can buy the Vinyl from Rush Hour or there is this fuzzy-ankles over at XLR8R for a minute.

In the works...

If ya haven't heard yet this man will be making his way to Wellington in the near future (May 12th I think). I don't know if its 100% confirmed but i'd give it a 97.3432% likely hood. So big up Ol'Dip. Shit is gon be FUNK!

Remedy - XXXXX

Remedy mailed us his new mix, Check!

XXXXX by Remedy by Remedy

Tobrock & Fella Vaughn - Rockafella

Some interesting things going on here

http://rockafella.bandcamp.com/album/rockafella-3

Dela - The Robert Glasper Beat Tape

Fatima - Soul Glo

After Hours

J DIlla Donut Shop

I WANT THIS!

Szenario - Dreaming in Public

Dreaming in Public is a trip into the mind of Vienna based producer Szenario, where Mozart meets Lynch, John Cage shares macrobiotic food with Sun Ra & Giant Grasshoppers chase after Giulietta Masina.

Gonjasufi - A Sufi And A Killer

Album has arrived, Production from Gaslamp Killer, Mainframe and Flying Lotus.

http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/0/0/84120.html

Made in Queens

GB Interprets Little Dragon - After The Rain

Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon has been killin it for me lately, was really feeling the floating points remix of Scribbled Paper and now GB (Gifted & Bless) does another dope interpretation of After The Rain. Other tracks from the album feature his take on Exile, Fly Lo, Muhsinah and more. Get it hurrrr

while I'm at it I might as well post the Floating Points remix of Scribbled Paper (dispite the clip saying After the Rain, I'm pretty sure its Scribble Paper)

FRESH TO DEFFFF

Lewis McCallum Myspace

Charanga 76 - Music Trance

Just got the new Bob Blank compilation released on Strut (The Blank Generation - Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1985), this is one of the tracks from latino group Charanga 76 which is one of the many bangers

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