Monday, May 07, 2007

Okay to get things started here's a lovely mix by dubstep up n comer Grievous Angel.
Grievous Angel presents Blogariddims 21: fusion dub. A mix of Miles Davis-inspired jazz, funk and soul, in dub.
Track listing: 0:00 Miles Davis: Bitches Brew intro
0:59: Miles Davis: Agharta Prelude Dub
5:06: Miles Davis: Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (Edit)
12:19: Parliament: Dr Funkenstein (Live) (edit)
19:10: Miles Davis: What If
22:44: Curtis Mayfield: Stone Junkie (Live)
28:28: Miles Davis: Billy Preston
33:51: Headhunters: God Made Me Funky (Edit)
39:21: Miles Davis: Black Satin
43:14: Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Edit)
46:59: Miles Davis: In A Silent Way / Shhh Peaceful (Bill Laswell dub)
54:49: Curtis Mayfield: I Plan To Stay a Believer (Live)
57:30: Miles Davis: It’s About That Time
Here's what Grievous Angel has to say about the mix and you can go check out his blog and read liner notes for each track and why he chose it and whatnot here.
This time last year I was waaaaay deep into a series of pilgrimages deep into dubstep, a process that is still ongoing, though not as spiritually all-encompassing as it was. And part of my response to the influx of dubstep vibrations that have been flowing into me since 2005 has been a re-connection with deep dub sounds of… Miles Davis. My connection with Miles has always crossed over with dub, electronics and industrial. I got heavily into Miles, especially the electric period but also the Gil Evans orchestral period, at the same time as I got into Cabaret Voltaire – when I was 13, almost 14. It was only a year or so later that I realised how much of an influence he was on Richard Kirk and Stephen Malinder; all I knew was that the sonics and spaces of 2 X 45 were identical to On the Corner. In the same way as the threads connecting from the Cabs to acid to ardkore and thence to dubstep are obvious, for me, the thematic connection from Miles to dubstep is also clear, but it’s more a matter of influence than direct connection.
So it was that when I was asked to do a solo outing in the brilliant Blogariddims series, I almost immediately decided to go on a voyage into Miles – in dub. I was going to include a lot of other fusion artists, but not much that I have in that genre really made the grade, so instead I threw in some of the soul and funk that influenced Miles in this period. And naturally, I used as my raw material much of Bill Laswell’s fabulous Panthalassa CD, which adds a layer of dub and re-edits to Miles’ originals. I simply re-edited and re-dubbed what Laswell did. All in all it’s an appropriate way for Blogariddims series to greet Beltane. I hope you enjoy it.
Next we have a new mix by Various Production. Quite short at 22 mins but full of goodness. The whole gamut from beautiful melodies and vocals through crazy heavy, dirty riddims.
Various Mix on Resonance 17/04/2006. Choose one of the links below -
Tracklist: Took
Hater mix 3
scanner
Goodbooks remix
Mench
Vexille cutz
Emma’s mix 1
Gerry mitchell & Little Sparta remix
Hater mix 1
Luton
Finally one of my favourite mixes from the past few months. Christine Vaccine's 'Medicate With Bass Weight'. Pure vibes all the way through.
Tracklist: (00:00) Helios - "Velius" (remix) [Unreleased, original Merck]
(02:43) Boxcutter - "Gave Dub" (12" mix) [Planet Mu]
(06:20) Vaccine - "Anaesthetic" [forthcoming TBA]
(09:46) One - "Kontrafunk" (Scuba remix) [forthcoming Kontramusik]
(14:15) Scuba - "If I Don't" (dub mix) [Unreleased]
(16:29) Burial - "Gutted" [Hyperdub]
(19:40) Gravious - "Wormsign" [Scuba]
(22:49) Scuba - "Subaqueous" [forthcoming Soul Jazz]
(26:23) Intex Systems - "Titan" (Scuba remix) [forthcoming Dubline]
(30:27) Sileni - "Twitchy Droid Leg" (Vex'd remix) [Offshore]
(34:03) Intex Systems & Ezeekil - "Transfer" (Gravious remix) [forthcoming TBA]
(38:00) Gravious - "Temple Ball" [forthcoming Hotflush]
(40:47) Helios - "Sons of Light and Darkness" [Type]
(43:42) Scuba - "Brown" [forthcoming Scuba] >>> The Killers - "Read My Mind" [Island] (47:49) Scuba - "If I Don't" (rockstep mix) [Unreleased] >>> Vaccine - "Wishful Thinking" [forthcoming Scuba]
(51:50) Scuba - "Braille Diving" [forthcoming Hotshore]
(56:13) Marlow - "Road Kill" [forthcoming Hotflush]
(59:44) Toasty - "The Knowledge" [Hotflush]
(63:46) Boxcutter - "Bad You Do" (halfstep mix) [Planet Mu]
(68:47) Vaccine - "Wishful Thinking" (VIP) [Unreleased, original forthcoming Scuba]