Particularly necessary and appropriate...

Massive funk soul brotha type shit...the Diesler LP "Tie Breakers" arrived in my inbox from the good kids at Jus Like Music this morning - what a tasty way to start the holiday. After neglecting many things - this blog for instance, and catching up on new beats - due to university constraints, it's just plain nice to have global riddims such like deeze turn up unexpectedly. Anyway, enough gush - give the album a whirl on Mr Diesaler's Soundcloud. And if that's not enough to get you excited, try a free 320 mp3 ...here. Right click, save as on the link named Diesler, Deepest Cut...

Jus Like Music said good things, as follows...

Tie Breakers encompasses elements of nu-jazz, funk, hip-hop and electronica. Imagine the wild offspring of the more recent Mr Scruff material and the infectious horn and rhythm stylings of Quantic - then you'd be getting closer. But, comparisons aside, the UK's Diesler (AKA: Jonathan Radford) has managed to strike a golden balance between amazing instrumentation and dancefloor rhythms. Incredibly well constructed tracks that would be just at home on your headphones as they would in a club.

Cheerfully tasty stuff. Anyway, 'ave a go at this one folks...



Exciting stuff - fruitbeat is well and truly still alive in Auckland shitty - rockin' many a morsel at the Ginger Minx for Slipper Sessions on a Wednesday, radio on Saturday, and, shockingly, even a gig from time to time. Who'da thunk?

I've been giving the first Warren G album a good going over - it's really something else. Nothing sounds like summer like a big stonking swelling synth to me. G funk captures my favourite nitty grittys in rap music, and I wish there were more like it!



What else have I to say? Probably more later when the stainage commences propa...

Whoa! Ch-ch-check this one...!

So one week or so after discovering the how awesome the Jus Like Music compilation is - which has been on repeat on my system allllll week - they bring out another one, which you can find here. What a choice thing to stumble across as soon as you wake up when you really should be writing an ethics essay...

This one features ill beats from the likes of me ol' fave Slugabed, the very cool 8Bitch, and a whole bunch more. It probably won't leave the speakers for some time.

Been playing loads off the first compilation up at radio and at the Ginger Minx on Wednesdays, the ultra synth flavoured, bass-heavy wonky goodness is just awful hard to pass up on!



So anyway, THIS IS THIS SATURDAY! DON'T FORGET! COME ALONG, IT WILL INDEED BE THE THE FUNNEST OF TIMES IN THE MOST GLORIOUS OF SURROUNDINGS WITH THE MOST ENTERTAINING OF PEEPS!

"Vibes inside the ride!"? - Thats me sounding like a real promoter, not the pretend one I actually am...!

Another Free Album

Alright, so the ID and Baobinga behemoth was ballistically bangin' and buckwild, well, I found another free album, ironically linked from the very cool bassmusicblog where the Binga & ID beats originated...how gloriously convoluted!

Anyway, here it is, one of the wickedest in wonky, worry-free wonderful warthogs I've come across. Download it for free. Beats from that man Om Unit again, Le N?ko, T. Hemingway...gosh it really does just go on.

Also incoming is the crazy, strange, weird and wonderful combination of Gonjasufi - A Sufi & A Killer. Pitchfork had this to say on the matter...

And, looking a little deeper, I found you can get free download of their track "Ancestors", at the Warp Music site here. The Realness!

And because, whats a blog post without a video, I bring you this:



If you find yourself in the Pacific Northwest for the NZ winter, then make sure you keep an eye on Photosynthesis Festival...this may or may not be related to the above vid...

Shouts to Patricio for the Raglan fest, big up all the crew who made it down...shit I hate to think when the next outdoor frivolity may be...might have to head south for a bit of mid winter psy! (couldn't find any decent quality videos...take my word for it)

What am I going to do today? get deep into some free music at the free music archive...linked is the Polka section...