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Nightmares on Wax presents: Wax Da Box June 2012

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DJ E.A.S.E. aka George Evelyn is known as the positive force behind Nightmares on Wax. Since 2009, he has been hosting the weekly WAX ON records radio show called WAX DA BOX, streaming worldwide via IBIZA SONICA radio every thursday 6-7pm CET – with the repeat going out every saturday 2-3pm CET. You can check out the full archive of Wax Da Box mixes at their Soundcloud account.

This particular mix is my favorite one of all.  some of the tracks in the mix include Waldeck’s dubby “Our Day Will Come”, “Dreamer” by B.B.&Q Band, the “Soul Clap” instrumental by Showbiz & AG, “Rocking Chair” by Mr. Scruff, “Mas Pan (DJ Day Remix)” by Quantic, the “Luck of Lucien” instrumental by A Tribe Called Quest, and a rare old-school hiphop nugget from Jibri the Wise One, “The House the Dog Built”.  Quite a mix of rare and classic tracks with newer selections – truly worthy of the Nightmares on Wax name.   Check out the full tracklist after the jump…

Alternate download link – 136mb, 58 minutes, 320kbps .mp3 file

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Skratch Bastid & The Gaff – Soul Sisters STAND UP!

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Beyond being acclaimed Canadian DJs, Skratch Bastid and the Gaff share a love for ’60s- and ’70s-era soul music. Over the past couple of years, the pair spent two years in the lab concocting Soul Sisters, Stand Up! – a funky as hell 80-minute mix of sister funk n’ soul tunes. In Scratch Bastid’s own words:

Well, here it is. Soul Sisters, Stand Up! is our long awaited, brand new 80-minute mix filled with 100% Female Funk/Soul/R&B/Breaks. 2 DJs. 2 years in the making. Featuring the sounds of soulful ladies from the mid-60s & mid-70s – a snapshot of love, pain, happiness, oppression, strength, struggle and more from an era where records were the primary outlet for these voices. These messages are driven home by the beats and grooves from what is undeniably the funkiest decade in music history. From Freda, Aretha, Nina & Diana to Betty Everett, Lavette & Davis, we take you on a journey to a mindset, using tunes both classic and criminally overlooked to tell the story. Mixed together in classic mixtape fashion… you know, with mixing.

The selections are funky, sequenced and blended flawlessly, showcasing the voices of Marlena Shaw, Lyn Collins, Merry Clayton, Etta James, Aretha and many more. Some of the O.G. samples are looped live, recreating the classics on the fly in the context of the mix without losing momentum.  Stream the tape to preview if you must, but smart money says a download might be in order as this is likely to get repeat listens from any avid fan of quality music.

Download here (both parts 1 & 2 together in one mp3) – 105mb, 1 hour 27 minutes, .mp3 format

(article source credits to Smokingsection and Totallyfuzzy)

MF Doom – Supervillain Blends

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Mmmmmmmm… FOOD!  This is some tasty stuff.   DJ Food Stamp blends tracks from Outkast, KRS One, The Game, Perceptionists, Method Man and more with MF Doom instrumentals.  Yeah, you need this.

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49.9 mb /// 58 minutes /// 192kbps .mp3

Tracklist:

1.Outkast-Wheelz Of Steel (MF DOOM REMIX)
2.Mc Lyte-Paper Thin (MF DOOM REMIX)
3.People Under The Stairs-Tuxedo Rap (MF DOOM REMIX)
4.Method Man-Release Yo Delf ft Mary J Blige (MF DOOM REMIX)
5.KRS-One-Mortal Thought (MF DOOM REMIX)
6.3rd Bass-Derelict Of Dialect (MF DOOM REMIX)
7.Mobb Deep-Survival Of The Fittest (MF DOOM)
8.Pep Love-Crooked Angles (MF DOOM REMIX)
9.Eminem-Any Man (MF DOOM REMIX)
10.Cocoa Brovaz-Super Brooklyn (MF DOOM REMIX)
11.Jeru The Damaja-El Presidente (MF DOOM REMIX)
12.Charizma-My World Premier (MF DOOM REMIX)
13.The Game-Wouldnt Get Far (MF DOOM REMIX)
14.Defari-Say It Twice (MF DOOM REMIX)
15.Common-Carhorn (MF DOOM REMIX)
16.East Flatbush Project-Tried By 12 (MF DOOM REMIX)
17.Perceptionists-Memorial Day (MF DOOM REMIX)
18.Lord Finesse-Soul Plan (MF DOOM REMIX)
19.II Unorthodox-Just A Little Flava (MF DOOM REMIX)
20.Outkast-So Fresh So Clean (MF DOOM REMIX)

Coldcut – 2006 Essential Mix

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The following is excerpted from a larger article, found here:

Matt Black and Jonathon Moore have been creating tracks since the mid-80’s. It wasn’t until they came together as Coldcut and formed the highly innovative label Ninja Tune that they really started to have any success. With tracks such as “Mo Beats”, “Beats and Pieces”, and “Greedy Beat” they helped lay the foundation for hip-hop instrumentalists like DJ Shadow and RJD2. The Ninja Tune label has released albums and singles from DJs and producers such as the deep hip-hop of DJ Food, turntablist extraordinare Kid Koala and Russia’s DJ Vadim.

The mix starts off with some classic hip-hop, including Sweet Tee and A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?” with the original Lou Reed vocal over it. The mix then moves in to expiremental electro-house territory, before starting the second hour with some drum-n-bass like DJ Zinc’s “Super Sharp Shooter” and Krust’s infamous roller “Warhead”. Laced in between is Wayne Smith’s heavy “Under Me Sleng Teng”. Finally rounding out the mix is Franz Ferdinand’s “This Fire” over a floating dub reggae track, they then put Bjork’s “Hidden Place” with a backing track that consists of reggae guitar, 808 drums and opera-like vocals.

This is an entertaining mix that keeps you nodding your head the whole time and leaves you in awe at some of the things Coldcut come up with — they prove that even in an era when a kid with a computer can create “Jay-Zeezer” it still takes talent and a knowledge of music and DJing to create truly beautiful music using . It is rare that you get a DJ mix that contains creativity. It is even rarer to find an Essential Mix with longevity that doesn’t just contain the newest and hottest tunes.

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124 minutes /// 170.21 mb /// 192 kbps .mp3

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DJ Dopeshoes – Sole Food: Cold Bolgona Mayonnaise And Bread

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DJ Dopeshoes is a member of the Hometown Blends crew and a selector with an excellent taste in hiphop, funk, breaks, and soul.  Sole Food: Cold Bologna, Mayonnaise, & Bread features a lot of her personal favorites in both old school, and recent hip hop as well as funk and soul.  In her own words “This is a largely retrospective mixtape for afternoons, bbqs, and whenever the hell else you feel like it.”  I will definitely be rocking it at my next BBQ, and so should you.

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66 minutes 31 sec. /// 153mb /// 320kbps .mp3

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Kenny Dope – Break Beats

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More old-school goodness from Mr. Dope.  In the words of DJ Ayres:

This Breakbeats CD is a reissued classic in the Bronx tradition of doubling hard funk, disco & early rap breaks with precision. The production is impeccable, and manages a lot of multitracking to keep it interesting, without sacrificing a live feel. But that’s just one level of appreciation; it’s a digging tape too. Everything is on here, from obvious “my first breakbeat” records (James Brown, Headhunters, Meters) to that james flames rare shit that djs like Language and Roctakon cream their panties over. And apparently he’s only rocking original copies, scratching the shit out of $200+ 12″ singles. 37 tracks total, with a couple of extended live remixes at the end and a lot of composition throughout (39 records are listed on the back, but I would guess he used more like 70-80 joints total). I know we hype a lot of music up in our reviews, but honestly, this is a desert island pick.

Listen now: [audio:http://www.djcatnap.com/myoozick/KennyDope-BreakBeats2004.mp3]

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Time: 72:20 /// 99.3mb /// 192kbps .mp3

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Kenny Dope – Roller Boogie 80’s

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Kenny Dope, one half of New York City’s legendary Masters At Work team, released this mix back in 2004 as part of a series of fantastic disco and 80’s mixes.  This mix is required listening for fans of the old-school!  Here’s a few excerpts from an excellent review I found by Michael Gill at Stylus Magazine:

As disco went back underground at the beginning of the ‘80s, it went through a bit of a stylistic makeover. Boogie, a slower take on disco with a thicker back beat, became popular in clubs, and disco labels like Salsoul, West End, and Prelude continued to flourish with a mass of underground hits. These labels reduced the diva and the orchestral quotient of disco, and added in an array of synthesizers as well as a stronger soul/R&B vibe to their tracks. The effect was that a lot of post-disco dance music had a breezy, gliding quality to it instead of feeling bombastic and excessive. A gliding quality that is similar to, you guessed it, roller skating.

All of this leads to Roller Boogie ‘80s, the first in a series of limited edition mixes by Kenny Dope, who is one-half of the production team Masters At Work. If you are a fan of underground disco, you’ll probably recognize a lot of the tracks here, as many are still staples for DJs today. Kenny is not digging too deep into his crates here, and the result is almost akin to a greatest hits selection of laid-back disco in the early ‘80s.

The big hits include Taana Gardner’s million-selling single “Heartbeat,” Junior’s throaty R&B smash “Mama Used To Say,” and Slave’s smooth funk jam “Watching You” (which later was appropriated by Snoop Dogg for “Gin & Juice.”) Just about every other track is a perennial underground classic that has been included on numerous disco compilations throughout the years, like the irresistible “I Like What You Are Doing To Me” by Young & Co., the jubilant “Walking Into Sunshine” by Central Line, and the still devastating soul-funk of “Just A Touch of Love” by Slave.

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time: 73:59 /// 102mb /// 192kbps .mp3

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