4AM Mixtape Blog

Norman Jay and 30 years of Good Times

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:24:29 PDT

Norman Jay has a new compilation out to mark 30 years of his Good Times soundsystem.

Here’s a great little snippet on the history of the soundsystem from Terry Walshe’s 2002 doc ‘Good Times’. Check out the comp at the usual places, it’s called “NORMAN JAY MBE PRESENTS GOOD TIMES: 30th Anniversary Edition”

Arkist and Kidkut - Vanilla Imitate

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:49:21 PDT

On countdown now to REWIRE on Saturday, so here’s another little gem to whet the appetites. New on Hot Flush.

Mark E - The Day

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:28:49 PDT

Uncertain Days - REWIRE 4 promo mix

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:01 PDT

Uncertain Days by gnva

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Deadboy - Ain’t Gonna Lie

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Tue, 24 May 2011 05:23:17 PDT

Deadboy’s back!

Neon Jung - Too Many Facets

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Tue, 24 May 2011 04:17:31 PDT

George Fitzgerald - Weakness

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:15:46 PDT

Arp 101 - Korg-A-Tron

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:57:56 PST

Fresh future acid boogie from Eglo artist Arp101.

Morgan Zarate - SP

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:29:41 PST

Just ticking over. Nice little piece from Morgan Zarate’s Hookid EP.

Nicolas Jaar - Mi Mujer

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:13:58 PST

Looking back at much talked about Nicolas Jaar’s first EP, Time for us, as he drops his first full length LP, Space Is Only Noise

Shackleton - Fireworks EP

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:12:21 PST

These are from a double EP drop by Shackleton on Honest Jon’s

The top track is Fireworks from the EP of the same name, with remixes by Mordant Music and T++.

This second one is a King Midas Sound remix of Deadman, first seen on his recent Fabric mix.

“Leaders, you ever think this world is yours?”

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:15:35 PST

This track by William Onyeabor off Strut’s recent Nigeria 70 compilation is my anthem right now.

“Leaders, you ever think this world is yours? You better change your mind.”

Maceo Plex - Life Index

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:28:57 PST

The artist formerly known as Maetrik comes out the gates firing in 2011.

REWIRE2 Promo Mix

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:55:56 PST

REWIRE, the quarterly odd event I put on together with Mick Cross, sees it’s second session this Saturday (13th Nov) from 9pm-3 at The Old Crown Public House, WC1A 1BH.

To get things warmed up a bit during this cold and wet November week, here’s a new promo mix for your listening pleasure…

REWIRE2 Promo Mix by gnva

Tracklisting

Be Tween - Dorian Concept
Negative Green - Downliners Sekt
Al Softly - Black Pocket
Elektricity – AEED
Lumberjack – Dibiase
If U Want Me – Deadboy
Clipper – Rustie
4 Ever My Beat [Beat Bongo Mix] - Stetsasonic
Roks Dogg - WBEEZA featuring Tina Penni Anne
Peoples Potential - Floating Points
Global Warning - Free The Robots
Maze (My Dry Wet Mess Remix) - Actress

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Ninja Tune XX coming Monday 20th September

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:28:49 PDT

CD1

* Two Fingers ‘Fools Rhythm’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘It’s On’ *
* Toddla T ‘Want U Now’ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
* Dorian Concept ‘Her Tears Taste Like Pears’ *
* Zomby ‘The Forest’ *
* Offshore ‘Jen At The Station’ *
* Emika ‘Double Edge’
* Toddla T ‘Sky Surfing’ (Benga Remix) *
* Big Dada Sound ‘Signs’ *
* Coldcut & Hexstatic ‘Timber’ (Seiji Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘Lost Where I Belong’ (Flying Lotus Remix)
* The Bug ‘Catch A Fire’ *
* The Bug ‘Tune In (Version)’ *
* Eskmo ‘Cloudlight’ *
* Daedelus ‘LA Nocturne’

CD2

* Roots Manuva ‘Dub Styles’ (Micachu’s M.A.T.H.E.S. Remix) *
* Diplo ‘Summer’s Gonna Hurt You’ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
* The Heavy ‘How You Like Me Now?’ (Joker Remix)
* Stateless ‘Ariel’ (Rustie Resmak) *
* Diplo ‘Newsflash’ (Metronomy Remix) *
* PRDCTV ‘Metropolis’ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
* Dark Sky ‘Leave’ *
* The Long Lost ‘Woebegone’ (Flying Lotus’ Like Woe Remix)
* Spank Rock ‘What It Look Like’ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
* Shuttle ‘Lion’ *
* Poirier ‘Get Crazy’ (Mark Pritchard Dub) *
* Jammer ‘One Over Me’ *
* Fink ‘This Is The Thing’ (EL-B Digital Edit) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Lost & Found’ *

CD3

* Lou Rhodes ‘One Good Thing’ (The Cinematic Orchestra’s New York Quartet Version) *
* Bonobo & Speech Debelle ‘Sun Will Rise’ *
* Grasscut ‘Blink In The Night’ *
* Bonobo & Andreya Triana ‘Wonder When’
* Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ‘I Hear The Drummer’ (Tunng Edit) *
* Yppah ‘Never Mess With Sunday’ *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Endless Galaxy’ *
* Cougar ‘$64k Rainbow’ *
* Amon Tobin ‘Eight Sum’ *
* DJ Vadim ‘The Terrorist’ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (1 Hope) (Slugabed Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘A Town Called Obsolete’ (Mala Remix) *
* Coldcut ‘Man In A Garage’ (King Jammy Vocal) *
* Lorn ‘Soft Room’ *
* Loka ‘The Beauty In Darkness’ *
* Paris Suit Yourself ‘I’ll Let You Know’ *
* Jono McCleery ‘Tomorrow’ (Edit)
* Floating Points Ensemble ‘Post Suite’ *

CD4

* Eskamon ‘Fine Objects’
* The Bug ‘Skeng’ (Autechre Remix) *
* Emika ‘Drop The Other (Daedelus Fragments Into A Thousand Little Pieces) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Bloodstone’ (King Cannibal Remix) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Foley Versions’ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
* Anti-Pop Consortium ‘Volcano’ (Four Tet Remix)
* DELS ‘Eating Clouds’ *
* Mr Scruff & Kirsty Almeida ‘Pickled Spider’
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Toccata’ (Grasscut Remix) *
* The Death Set ‘Impossible’ (Shuttle Remix)
* Daedelus ‘Trouble With A Capital D’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘Let The Spirit’ (Hot Chip Remix)
* Mr Scruff ‘Believe’ *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
* Shuttle ‘Tunnel’

CD5 (all music only available in the box set, except track 1 also on forthcoming 12”)

* Floating Points Ensemble (Almost In Profile) *
* The Cinematic Orchestra ‘Familiar Ground’ (Solid Steel version) *
* Bonobo ‘Stay The Same’ Welder remix *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ (feat. DELS) *
* Coldcut ‘Sound Mirrors’ (Grasscut Dub) *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Synchronise Your Watches’ *
* Kyle Hall ‘Golden Moments’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘The Falling’ (Doomed remix) *
* The Herbaliser ‘Something Wicked’ (Roots Manuva’s Haunted House Dub) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ *
* Fink ‘See It All’ (Scuba Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘African Rhythms’ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
* Coldcut ‘This Island Earth’ (Joe Goddard Remix)
* The Qemists ‘Don’t Lose It’ *

CD6 (all music only available in the box set)

* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (1 Hope) (Modeselektor’s Troublemaker Rmx) *
* Coldcut ‘True Skool’ (Zomby Remix) *
* The Bug ‘Poison Dart’ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
* DJ Food ‘Dark Lady’ (Alix Perez Remix) *
* Blockhead ‘The Music Scene’ (EL-P Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘20/20 Rhythm’ *
* Clifford Gilberto ‘Deliver The Weird’ (Dorian Concept Remix) *
* Shuttle ‘Rotten Guts’ (Gold Panda Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘Dark Lady’ (808 State Remix) *
* Coldcut & Hexstatic ‘Timber’ (Super Sargasso Orb Mix) *
* King Cannibal ‘The Grind & Crawl’ *
* Wiley ‘My Mistakes’ (JME Remix) *
* DJ Vadim ‘Yea Man They Listening’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘Join The Dots’ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
* Blockhead ‘Ugly Brown’ *
* Cedell Davis ‘Been Through Some Stuff’ (cLOUDDEAD Remix) *
* Kid Koala ‘3 Bit Blues’ *
* The Heavy ‘What’s So Good Bout Goodbye’ *

6 x 7” singles: (all music only available in the box set)

1. Bogus Order ‘Chillin With My Zen’
Bogus Order ‘Zen Bones’
2. Kid Koala ‘Skanky Panky’ (Wrongtom Dub)*
Coldcut ‘Boogieman’ (King Jammy Dub) *
3. King Geedorah ‘Snakecharmer’ (feat. Kurious as Biolante) *
Daedelus ‘Impending Doom’ (Rustie Remix) *
4. Two Fingers ‘Bad Girl’ (The Bug Dub) *
Spank Rock ‘Sweet Talk’ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *
5. Mr Scruff ‘Wriggle’ *
Toddla T ‘Pum Pum’ *
6. Wagon Christ ‘Sloth Gets Paid’ *
Coldcut ‘Not Paid Enough’ (DJ Kentaro Turntable Mix)*

Oriol - Night & Day

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:53:17 PDT

On Planet Mu from July, CDR alumni Oriol keeping the boogie alive.

ARP 101 - Warriors Galactic

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:36:20 PDT

Out on Eglo Records, vinyl at Boomkat, downloads at Juno.

4AM Mixtape Vol2 - Visitor

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:05:49 PDT

At long last, a new mix by gnva to kick start the blog and a little teaser for REWIRE session 2, coming soon.

4AM Mixtape Vol2 - Visitor by gnva

Tracklisting
2222, Nosaj Thing
Fuse, Hudson Mohawke
Bartn Groov, Black Pocket
Greatest Silence, Lorn
Inspirational Jumpsuit, Low Limit
Kaerb, Debruit
Tonewash, Eero Johannes
3D Action Jackson, Lando Kal / Low Limit
Mosambique, Swede:art
Detroit Falls, Pariah
Mogadishu Night Life, Ghosts On Tape
Ectoplasm, Morpheground
Antigravity (Low Limit Remix), Shlohmo
Bad.day, Young Montana?
Android Romance 1 2, Jneiro Jarel
Talk Sex (Instrumental), Circulations and Jay Scarlett Present
Elephants Dance, AEED
Carbonated, Mount Kimbie
Can’t Get Used To Those (Afterlude), Dimlite

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Dimlite - Byrdshot

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:07:41 PDT

As if it was a sunny afternoon!

Young Montana? - Sacré Cool

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:07:09 PDT

Check out the crazy legs on this Youtube video of Young Montana’s Sacre Cool.

Young Montana hails from Coventry and is newly signed to Alpha Pup according to Jeff Weiss.

And some more…

Flying Lotus - 1983

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:49 PDT

You know, cos you gotta go back as well as forward…

Take - Neon Beams

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:54:35 PDT

Oneohtrix Point Never - Preyouandi

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:10:40 PDT

SHLOHMO - Hot Boxing the Cockpit

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:10:11 PDT

Roska - Pyramids

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:11:04 PDT

Mix: Matt McQueen - Superpeople

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:27 PST

Lovin’ this Superpeople mix by Matt McQueen on Sonic Sunset…

http://sonicsunset.com/2008/07/10/superpeople/

Kickstart - Mixtape Show Volume I

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:36:17 PDT

Here’s the first 4AM mixtape, a beats & rhymes feature to get it kickstarted!

This is my first Ableton mix, so a bit sharp in places, roll with it ;)

Download the show

Tracklisting

Modill - “Vacant Rhymes” (mp3) from “Midnight Green Instrumentals” (EV Records) Buy at Amazon
Longshot - “I” (mp3) from “Open Mouths Fed” (EV Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Innerstance.Beatbox - “Tekniques” (mp3) from “Tekniques EP” (The Consumers Research and Development Label) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Kev Brown - “Random Verse” (mp3) from “102 v2 INSTROS” (Mello Music Group) Buy at iTunes Music Store
Copperpot - “Let it Go” (mp3) from “WYLA?” (EV Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Infinito 2017 & Unagi - “Use Your Mind Right” (mp3) from “YOU and EYE” (442 Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
CunninLynguists - “Seasons” (mp3) from “Southernunderground” (QN5, Inc.) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
D. Huston, Rob Swift, Kenn Starr, Kev Brown - “So Good” (mp3) from “So Good (f/ Kenn Starr, Rob Swift, & Kev Brown)” (Mello Music Group) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Kankick - “Blood In I Eye” (mp3) from “SERIOUS BUSINESS THIS!” (Ramp Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
CopperShot - “Save Me” (mp3) from “Issues (Instrumentals)” (EV Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store
Modill - “Change Form” (mp3) from “Midnight Green Instrumentals” (EV Records) Buy at Amazon
Molemen & Memo - “Provin’ em Wrong” (mp3) from “Molemen - Killing Fields - Instrumentals” (Molemen Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Modill - “Gloss” (mp3) from “Outtakes & C Sides” (EV Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Blackalicious - “Alphabet Aerobics” (mp3) from “A2G EP” (Quannum Projects) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Dabrye - “Encoded Flow” (mp3) from “Two/Three Instrumentals” (Ghostly International) More On This Album
Dabrye - “The Lish” (mp3) from “One/Three” (Ghostly International) More On This Album
Molemen & Memo - “Life Sentence” (mp3) from “Molemen - Killing Fields - Instrumentals” (Molemen Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
E.Moss - “Back To The Edit” (mp3) from “Beatboxes At Dawn” (The Consumers Research and Development Label) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon
Michna - “Swiss Glide” (mp3) from “Magic Monday” (Ghostly International) Buy at iTunes Music Store
Molemen, Panik & Longshot - “Never Go Slow” (mp3) from “Sacrifice - Instrumentals” (Molemen Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon

Milk Audio

jaimes@gnva.com (Jaimes) — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:54:00 PDT

My long time favourite online radio site, out of Toronto.

http://www.milkaudio.com