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Colm K – Beats Rhymes and Features mix

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… or it’s full title of “Beats, Rhymes & Features – The Extensive Adventures Of The Abstract Poetic Q Tip mixed by Colm K”.

Colm K, Irish DJ and producer extraordinaire has taken time out to lace us with this great little mix of Q-Tip’s solo work.

Some gems on here featuring Q on the mic and behind the boards.  You can’t beat an emcee that rhymes, produces and collects records.  It’s the epitome of hiphop and something you don’t see too much of these days but then again there’s not many emcees who can stand up to Q-Tip in terms of rhymes, production and overall legacy.  Old school and New school – the mix below speaks for itself.  (re-blogged from ChoiceCuts’ website, home of this mix)

Download here (right click and “save as”) – 109mb, 1 hour 20 minutes, .mp3 format

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Doc Martin – Afterglow Visions of Paradise 1-4

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Doc Martin is one of the most revered DJ’s in the American house music scene.  His career goes back to the earliest days of rave culture, and he has toured the world many times over and held numerous residencies at top dance clubs.  His many recorded mixes are collected in a number of places around the web: Rave Archive, Ezeskankin, and MPiii to name a few.  This particular one is a favorite of mine, collecting many of my favorite house and deep house anthems in one epic journey.  This recording combines all four parts of the Visions of Paradise set into one long mix, which was originally spread across two cassettes.  I don’t know the year it was recorded, but given the track selections, I would say it was sometime in the late 1990’s.

Stream it here

Download here  (163mb, 179 minutes, 128kbps .mp3)

Greg Wilson live at DEMF 2012

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Greg Wilson has been a pioneer in electronic music ever since the early 1980s. Specializing in jazz-funk and disco, Wilson is known for being the first DJ to ever mix live on British television, as well as the teacher of a young Fatboy Slim. Yet perhaps the British producer is most famous for his DJ sets, in which he scratches and mixes using two reel to reel tape machines.  I’ve posted about him before, specifically his awesome BBC Radio Essential Mix and later an except from his essay on the roots of electro.

His set in May 2012 at the Movement festival in Detroit was a tour-de-force of disco dancing and seamless remixing.  Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Garbage, and many others get a disco rework that’s both surprisingly funky and faithful to the originals.  I’ve been listening to it constantly since May and have to share it here:

Download here  (79 minutes, 145 mb, 256kbps .mp3)

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1990 Bridgestone RB-1 w/ Shimano Sante

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I’ve had this bike for a couple of months now, but I only recently got around to taking some pictures.  It’s an original Grant Petersen-designed Bridgestone RB-1 from 1990, and when I found it on eBay, it came with all the stock parts: Suntour GPX drivetrain, Hatta Vesta headset, Dia-Compe BRS 400 brakes and levers, and Sansin hubs with Wolber rims.

A month ago I switched the groupset to a NOS Shimano Santé group I pieced together.  Santé is a rare and misunderstood groupset – in 1987 Shimano created it with the idea of appealing to consumers who wanted pro-quality parts with a slicker design.  Perhaps due to the cheesy name and white powdercoated parts, many people assume Santé is low-end stuff – not so!  Mechanically, it sits between Ultegra and Dura-Ace., and the Disraeli Gears site enthusiastically calls it “most innovative and influential derailleurs in recent history.”

Santé performs beautifully – after switching the groupset this bike went from “very good” to a truly remarkable and amazing ride.  It’s now my favorite bike, the kind you look forward to riding, regardless of the weather.  The shifters are set to friction and it shifts and coasts smoothly and nearly silently.

I held onto the original parts for the RB-1 in case I ever decide to sell it, but it will take a pretty special bike to replace this one.  More pictures after the jump…

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Kenny Dope – Soul Trippin’

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Anyone who reads this blog for the music posts will know I am big fan of Kenny Dope, especially the series of mixes he did through the first half of the last decade.  “Breakbeats,” “Hiphop Forever,” and “Roller Boogie 80’s” are all some of my most favorite mixes ever.  Now Kenny’s got himself a Soundcloud account, he’s been uploading some great stuff.  Soul Trippin’ is a perfect throwback mix, bubbling with all kind of rare funk and soul gems.

Download a RAR file with all the individual tracks here

Tracklist and artwork after the jump…

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J-Star – The Herbalist Mix Pts. 1 & 2

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I’ve been a big fan of J-Star’s DJ mixes for a couple of years.  The Herbalist series of mixes are all reggae songs about smoking weed.  So, if you’re into that, J-Star brings the hottness!  The songs are a mix of modern tracks and classic anthems, quite a few of which can be found on volumes 1-3 of the great “Big Blunts” series of compilations on the Tommy Boy label.

You can stream or download J-Star’s Herbalist mixes from the Soundcloud widgets below.  Hint – click the “down arrow” to download the mix.  Also check out J-Star’s Soundcloud account for more great mixes as well his own remixes of reggae classics.

Herbalist mix Part1 by Jstar

Herbalist Mix Part 2 by Jstar

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Catnap – Meow Mix 4

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The latest edition of the Meow Mix takes you to the beach!  In keeping with the Meow Mix tradition, it features lots of uplifting, melodic tunes with some Latin spice and a couple classic anthems.  It kicks off with a rare live jam by BT & Danny Tenaglia called “Blue Skies,” a longtime favorite of mine.  Other highlights include funky workouts  by Herbie Hancock and War, Aly-Us’s unforgettable “Follow Me,” Pete Heller’s “Big Love” and a little Daft Punk.  Bob Sinclair, Basement Jaxx, and DJ Gregory are all in the mix, too.

***Update***  I added six more songs to this mix on December 26th, 2010.  See tracklist for update.

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173mb /// 1 hr 15min /// 320kbps .mp3

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