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2010: top 50 songs (10-1)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:59:00 +0000

| 10| "Off Angles Edges"
Daedelus

| 9| "Lovesick"
Lindstrom & Christabelle

| 8| "Night Crawler"
Nosaj Thing

| 7| "USA Boys"
HEALTH

| 6| "Field"
Mount Kimbie

| 5| "Klavierwerke"
James Blake

| 4| "Michael Knight"
Curren$y

| 3| "Window Seat"
Erykah Badu

| 2| "Odessa"
Caribou

| 1| "Footcrab"
Addison Groove

2010: top 50 songs (20-11)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:24:00 +0000

| 20| "I'll Quit"
Gigi ft. Owen Pallett

| 19| "Decisions"
How to Dress Well ft. Yuksel Arslan

| 18| "Pressure"
Quadron

| 17| "Heaven's on Fire"
The Radio Dept.

| 16| "Sahara Michael"
Ikonika

| 15| "Helicopter"
Deerhunter

| 14| "So Derobe"
Joy Orbison

| 13| "Candylane"
Gonjasufi

| 12| "Wile Out"
DJ Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite

| 11| "Massive Attack"
Nicki Minaj ft. Sean Garrett

2010: top 50 songs (30-21)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:30:00 +0000

| 30| "Def Surrounds Us"
DJ Shadow

| 29| "Slowdance"
Matthew Dear

| 28| "Taxi"
Ski Beatz ft. Mos Def & Whosane

| 27| "Nobody Gets Me But You"
Spoon

| 26| "Mad Sax"
Guido

| 25| "F.I.L.A."
The-Dream ft. T.I.

| 24| "She Makes Me Feel Alright"
Freeway & Jake One

| 23| "See Birds (Moon)"
Balam Acab

| 22| "Keep It Going"
Blu ft. U-God

| 21| "ZX81" (Ramadanman Remix)
dBridge

2010: top 50 songs (40-31)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:25:00 +0000

| 40| "Rose Garden"
Shad

| 39| "Scarface Nigga"
Roc Marciano

| 38| "Cloud Shadow on the Mountain"
Wolf Parade

| 37| "Waterfall"
The Fresh & Onlys

| 36| "I Rep the Dirty South (Dubbel Dutch Remix)"
Parson

| 35| "Couch"
Earl Sweatshirt ft. Ace Creator

| 34| "Sit Down, Man"
Das Racist ft. El-P

| 33| "Chain Swinging"
Gangrene

| 32| "Dollar$ 4 Dope"
Freddie Gibbs

| 31| "Satelllliiiiiteee"
Flying Lotus

2010: top 50 songs (50-41)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:32:00 +0000

| 50| "Hood Pass Intact"
Dam Funk ft. MC Eiht

| 49| "Our Dreams"
Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon

| 48| "Butter Knives"
Raekwon

| 47| "Murked"
Alex B

| 46| "Hey Cool Kid"
Cloud Nothings

| 45| "Narrow with the Hall"
Women

| 44| "My Angel Lonely"
Wild Nothing

| 43| "Now You See Me"
Emeralds

| 42| "On a Good Day"
Joanna Newsom

| 41| "Me and the Devil"
Gil Scott-Heron

2:39

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:11:00 +0000

2:39 mix (33 minutes, 24 seconds)

+ download via mediafire

Caribou - "Bowls"

Filastine - "The Sinking Ship"

Curren$y - "Airborne Aquarium"

Bruce Haack - "Snow Job"

D'Angelo - "Left & Right" (Sam Champ remix)

dBridge - "ZX81" (Ramadanman refix)

Fiona Apple - "Why Try to Change Me Now?"

Vincent Gallo - "My Beautiful White Dog"

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archer on the beach

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:00:00 +0000

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Destroyer - Archer on the Beach (feat. Tim Hecker) (via)

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painting by Walton Ford

d i s l o c a t i a

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:30:00 +0000

liam singer - "winter weeds"

(via textura)

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suspended in time

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:30:00 +0000

Mad Sex

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Guido/Jeremih - Mad Sax/Birthday Sex (Venom & Damage Remix)
(via word the cat - Summer 010 Mix)

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b/w

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:33:00 +0000

b/w mix (35 minutes, 39 seconds)

+ download via mediafire

songs

1. the flamingos :: i only have eyes for you
2. wild nothing :: my angel lonely
3. crystal antlers :: andrew
4. gorillaz :: empire ants (ft. little dragon)
5. janiece myers :: addicted
6. gonjasufi :: duet
7. dick wolf :: consider these waves chilled (altered zones)
8. the heptones :: guiding star
9. james blake :: postpone
10. jeremy jay :: splash
11. quadron :: tone
12. the roots :: wicked ways

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sources

the flamingos, flamingo serenade

wild nothing, gemini

crystal antlers, tentacles

gorillaz, plastic beach

"addicted" from wiley zip files (1-11)

gonjasufi, a sufi and a killer

"consider these waves chilled" courtesy of b. schwartz

the heptones, journey

james blake, cmyk

jeremy jay, splash

quadron, s/t

"wicked ways" from dilla joints (mixtape)

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king sunny ade

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:30:00 +0000

A piece that I wrote about Nigerian Juju legend King Sunny Ade is over at Passion of the Weiss.* It turned out pretty well considering most of the writing I do these days involves drafting memos for the boss and typing emails with the words "please see attached".

Included with the write-up are about 30 minutes of music, so head over there and have a listen.

My father used to bounce me around on his shoulders to KSA when I was a wee lad, and to this day the reaction I have to the music is almost physical. The warm, dusty tones of Yoruba sung in effortless harmony is one of the most beautiful things in the world.

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*One of my favourite music blogs on the net. I'm still in shock that the authorities are allowing me to contribute to it.

photo by Scott Baker

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:52:00 +0000

Rose Royce - "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

HEART of the ARK

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:30:00 +0000

Bunny "Rugs" Scott - "What's the Use"

from Lee Perry's Heart of the Ark -- last week's treat on You&Me.

It's a very short LP, with only eight tracks, and it's all gorgeous.

On standout track, "What's the Use", Bunny Scott's ritual meditations on loneliness attain a level of beauty that is difficult to match. If ever there was evidence of joy in misery, this would be it.

echo chamber 4: swimming pool

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:32:00 +0000

Echo Chamber 4: Swimming Pool

(37 minutes, 12 seconds)

::tracklist::

Sensible Nectar - "Deadpan" // Beach House - "Walk In the Park" // Think - "All Wet" // Ring Trick - "Euphio" // 2:54 - "Creeping" // Brian Eno - "By This River" // HEALTH - "Nice Girls" (Little Loud Rmx) // Lorn - "Cherry Moon" // RIZ - "Rock the Bed" // Sensible Nectar - "I'm Going to Make Love to Everything Forever"

download

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notes:

1) Sensible Nectar tracks courtesy of rainbow bridge recordings.

2) Download free Remainders EP by Ring Trick.

3)::DISCO 2 (not free, but amazing)

4) Echodub Loves Vol. 2 -- free compilation

Love, / I never had it / so good.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:45:00 +0000

Maximize the volume.

Your laptop speakers will not cut it.

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in a fistfight with the fog

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:04:00 +0000

Toni Braxton - "You're Making Me High" (siik edit)
from Devil's Pie: Siik Edition Live Mix

Please consider this a subtle reminder of one of the greatest songs of all-time.

If one minute and forty-one seconds of bliss is not enough for you, and you want --need more like this, the rest of the mix is over here.

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noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:19:00 +0000


sprawl(ing)- - spilling over

sleepwalked through stages
tempest-tossed
-- alone

wilding on the phone
killing em
-- all night long

GonjaSufi - "Ancestors"

Lagos Disco Inferno

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:20:00 +0000

(via)

MFB - "Boredom Pain" (preview)

Lagos Disco Inferno (Academy LPs, 2010)

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seasonal

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0000

10. HEALTH - "usa boys"

I seem to remember these boys being a lot noisier.

9. balam acab - "see birds"

8. tokimonsta - "this world is ours"

Tokimonsta first caught my attention when she went to town on Tweet's "Call Me", but she's chilling on this track, and on her new Cosmic Intoxication EP. It's a restrained, unhurried record that astounds with quiet brilliance.

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7. inell young - "the next ball game"

Gotta love how saturated this recording sounds, and how the singer's voice just barely stays above the instruments, almost drowning in the crisp drum clatter and horn blasts.

This is whatever the opposite of quiet storm R&B is. The drummer was crazy on this track. (via)

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6. margaret dygas - "frankly"

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5. alex b - "murked"

4. nosaj thing - "night crawler"

3. take - "neon beams" (left click)

Much love for the Alpha Pup roster going on over at Passion of the Weiss. Head over there for all your procurement needs.

Pick your poison*: "Neon Beams" has more bounce, "Murked" more pharmaceuticals. Nosaj Thing might be in a league all of his own.

*Or, you know, sample them all.

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2. robin saville - "an outdoor planetarium" (inch-time remix)

I'll always be a sucker for music with the echoes of Georgio Moroder's work for Hollywood in the 80s. This haunting remix, courtesy of Stefan Panczak aka Inch-time, brings to mind the strangeness of walking through deserted city streets at night. (via)

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1. wordthecat spring 010 mix: "bees and things and flowers" (tracklist)

Always seasonal and always inspired, the wordthecat blog has another effusive, brilliant, sun-struck mix up for Spring.

rock the boat / work the middle / change positions . . .

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chaos

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0000

A Sufi and A Killer, pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:30:00 +0000

The easy way out is to say that A Sufi and A Killer is a strange wonder of an album that evades description, and leave it at that.

Actually, there is no easy way out of this album. My favourite description of the record so far simply hailed it "the new soul"--a beautiful idea, which is pretty vague and nondescript, perhaps even inaccurate, depending on how you look at it. But vague, indeterminate praise, equal parts meaningful and meaningless, seems to suit this particular record.

There's more as more thoughts surface.

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after_the_smoke

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:37:00 +0000

::tracklist::

After the Smoke - "One In a Million"

Gil Scott Heron - "Where Did the Night Go"

Free the Robots - "Jupiter"

Bonnie & Clyde - "Since You've Gone Away"

Kode9 - "Black Sun"

Al Usher - "Lullaby for Robert" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

Groove Armada - "Shameless" (feat. Bryan Ferry)

Killer Mike - "Super Clean, Super Hard" (feat. 8Ball & MJG)

Andreya Triana - "Lost Where I Belong" (Flying Lotus Remix)

Nicole - "Make it Hot"

Noggin Nodders - "Bounce"

>> after the smoke

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b1beatlewoods002

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:05:00 +0000

How To Dress Well - "Decisions" (feat.Yuksel Arslan)

-- cold, distant lamentations

perfect for a day where the sun didn't break through the clouds once;

snowstorms in April are almost as devastating as these two tracks.

How To Dress Well - "Ready for the World"

freakin' baby yeah

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:07:00 +0000

Lucy Pearl - Dance Tonight (siik remix)

(via)

Siik remakes Lucy Pearl's "Dance Tonight" as a deliciously monotonous, slow-riding jam that would fit comfortably alongside the work of Dãm-Funk, trading in the original's swingbeats and strings for lazy synth figures and a vicious snare that bumps more than it bounces.

The soft-focus/iced-out keys and the slow, heavy beat of the drum machine never quite mesh, instead lazily wheeling around each other. It has the feel of being in a room that's spinning in ultra-slow motion. Dazed, multi-tracked vocals collide and topple over each other without ever throwing the groove.

Bonus:

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