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dm stiths songs have a fascinating, intangible, inexplicable charm like no others:

music of the year

flying lotus - cosmogramma
joker/terror danjah - gully goon estate
big boi - sir lucious left foot the son of chico dusty
lorn - nothing else
guido - anidea
drake - fireworks (deadboy slo mo house edit)
pariah - detroit falls/orpheus
mono/poly - paramatma
curren$y - pilot talk
ikonika - contact, love, want, have
blue daisy vs TOKiMONSTA
wavves - king of the beach
american men - ccccccccooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllll world
deerhunter - halcyon digest
girl talk - all day.
blue daisy + anneka - raindrops

el-p - weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3
freddie gibbs - national anthem
gonjasufi - sheep
rustie - sunburst
illum sphere - titan
das racist - sit down, man
v/a - shangaan electro: new wave dance music from south africa
becoming real is the most exciting new producer i've heard this year.

some sweet cassie remixes, for free:

http://www.localactionrecords.co.uk/

wake up in the pm, compose a beat.

did this beat this afternoon:

Stranger by ovaratchay
generally everything i make sounds weird as hell, this is my attempt at something listenable/normal.

late to the party, all the drinks been drunk.

das racist are dope. i know i'm late to this one. some of their more well known/comedic shit is weak, see:


but Sit Down, Man has been on constant rotation on my system for the last week. for some reason i get the feeling i got when i first heard DOOM. these guys are coming at rap from a previously unknown angle, their ethnicity and background obviously is key to this, they're college kids. i'd rather hear them rap about what they know forever (like getting lost in a pizza hut/taco bell combo) than hear another lil wayne or eminem album or any of the miriad of rappers who regurgitate the same old shit ever again. don't worry, i'm not trying to be controversial.
they reference shit that resonates, like the streets masterpiece original pirate material, they condense their empirical and online experiences into weird flows and rhymes that make you say 'wha?'. anyone that references crass, sage francis, j dilla and sister sledge on the same mixtape gets the seal of approval from me.
enjoy:

take care of yourselves.

so good, they named it twice.

my favourite club night in the world has started its own record label. the first release (HOYA001) features 3 tracks from three resident djs at the club night. illum sphere, manchester's finest, delivers a kind of fucked up beat driven track, both complex and dance floor ruining at the same time. recent manchester inmigrant and general all round shiny house-based produce Lone drops another headfuck of a dancefloor smash 'Let The Music Play' with samples sure to send even the most straight edge kids west. To round it up Krystal Klear drops a delicious slice of future disco, definitely one for the ladies.
you can pick it up here from probably the best independent record store in the country here. of and here's the art:

two word review? 'a treat'.

Down for the dibs and gazelles and suede pumas

I don't normally post here about club nights on here but felt like i'd make an exception for this as it looks like an extra special duo of nights.
Vice and Puma have hooked up to bring you, the people, two extra special nights bringing fun and games in Manchester and London.
you can find all the details here: http://viceland.com/afterhours/events_london.php

i dun did a remix if egyptian hip hop, i hope you like it.

Rad Pitt (Ovaratchay Reconstruction) by ovaratchay

everything is too obvious.

the vivian girls are going to split up soon

shhhhhhhhh

the xsex

the xx have 'done an mgmt'. doing mgmt involves having a few good songs that are overplayed by almost everyone to the extent where they are no longer enjoyable and then producing a lack lustre album. kinda feel sorry for them, but i can no longer enjoy their music. give it a year or two till the buzz has died down and they might be fun again.

it's been a while (again). here's a remix i did of my friends awesome musical project ursine vulpine: http://rapidshare.com/files/372233537/raijin_4.rar
you can here the original along with plenty of other of his tunes here: http://www.myspace.com/ursinevulpine

D/R/U/G/S

are the next big thing.

spotifucked.

i would make you all a spotify playlist but my internet connection is too slow for spotify to work so just listen to these in order:

THERE IS A COLDEST DAY IN EVERY YEAR.

it's been a while....

haven't posted for ages, been dead busy with uni/making music/helping people out. anyway keep yr selves occupied with this beauty:

http://hoya-hoya.blogspot.com/2010/03/do-not-fear.html

haven't got time to say much about it but what I will say is:

Illum Sphere

80 minutes

80's boogie.

Trilingual Dance Sexperience

i've found the party flat in my halls. it's genius.
a couple guys off my course live there, as I type most of them haven't been to sleep for two nights, they make their money trading drugs and generally party all the time.
They still do all uni work and turn up to more lecture than me and have brilliant taste in TV and music. It kinda reminds me of a friends house towards the end of last summer - always welcome, always a good time to be had and always someone interesting there to talk to. It's awesome although i'm glad I don't live there, nowhere near hardcore enough. anyway here's some vids.
Nice track, ace vid. Dorian Concept's Trilingual Dance Sexperience:

this is one of my favourite songs of all time. it's close to perfect. The National - Secret Meeting: