"bye now! bye now"

So, a couple of mixes I've had kicking about from the net recently...

Tokimonsta, who's signed to Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label, is getting praised for her spacey, sometimes glitchy sounding beats - a perfect fit for her label boss IMO. This is an exclusive mix she did for Donky Pitch ahead of her live set in Brighton on the 26th. If you get a chance, check her out you lucky dogs. And can anybody let me know what the beat that kicks in at 7:48 is? I've heard it before and it's bugging me trying to remember what it is exactly...

Tokimonsta - Donky Pitch Mix
(via Sonic Router)

Something I've been meaning to post about for a minute - this mix from Robot Koch, who I first read about over at Passion of the Weiss, has a reeeeall nice sway to it. Check it out - I played dude's "Death Star Droid" on FLFD the other week there and that has a definite cool vibe behind it. So best get to it, kid. Dude's also done a mix for Brainfeeder - that's cyclical writing, people! Connections!

Robot Koch - Robots Don't Sleep
(via Passion of the Weiss)

And THIS has been kicking about on my flash drive for ages - Jimmy Green, he of "what if Dilla produced The Blueprint" fame, giving the greatest voice of all, Marvin Gaye, the once over. This is dope. Don't sleep on it like I did.

Jimmy Green Presents: The Marvin Gaye Mixtape (ZIP file)
(via Certified Banger)

the rushes

The folks at Sonic Router just upped this, and it's definitely worth checking out. Trust me, this is good shit.

SBTRKT - Kaoss

Follow SBTRKT on Twitter and Myspace. And don't forget to listen tonight (11pm-1am), I'll be playing this!

choooooooon

-Photo courtesy of Natalia Balcerska

So La Roux are on the cover of NME this week due to being in some top 50 most amazing things ever list or something or other. It's weird that they're officially massive because I had known pretty much nothing about them until Alan from Scratchin' the Surface dropped this Skream remix one week. Now when I see Elly Jackson's quiff on billboards and the such, I get amazed like "woah, I can't believe that song went mainstream, it's such a fucking banger" and then have to remind myself it's not the Skream version that everyone loves.

No shots fired to Elly and Ben, but this Skream remix - rather than your okayish original - made you guys superstars in my odd wee world.

La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Lets Get Ravey RMX)

One of 09's best!