"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)

that's free, that is; that's heavy, that is

Now, UK hardcore label Thirty Days of Night have brought music to the world the following: Bring Me The Horizon, Gallows, Gold Kids, Azriel, D-Rail, November Coming Fire, Send More Paramedics, The Hunt For Ida Wave, The Plight, etc etc etc. That is a lot of bands.

Well, to celebrate the label's fifth birthday, they've got a compilation, TDON EST MMIV, for free download right now from their webstore. Pretty thing, that.

TDON EST MMIV (left-click)

like a bulemic on a seesaw

Another late pass post - an amazingly atmospheric piece of user-created content for Nas' "Queens Get the Money". Remember The Nigger Tape and how good it was and then Untitled came out and it was real disappointing? This intro was a red herring. Insane track.

Oh, and I slept real long on Jay Electronica but paid for it by losing it when I heard "Exhibit C". INSANITY!!!

Jay Electronica - Exhibit C (Radio Rip)

i kinda approve, kinda

Well now, this is an odd song.

Jamie Foxx feat. Gucci Mane - Speak French

Really.

So, late night studying gets you going through some amazing oddities on the internet. Here's some gorgeous psychadelic pop, courtesy of Chimera. Read up here.

If you follow me on Twitter - and let's face it, you probably should - then you would have noticed I like remembering that things are still great. Case in point: Crime In Stereo. Last night I relistened to their last full-length "...Is Dead" (FLFD #2 album of '07) for the first time in a while and yup, still amazing. So if you're not familiar with it, listen to these two highlights then go buy the damn thing. If you're familiar with it, smile at the dopey video above for one of the most affecting punk songs written in living memory, "Small Skeletal".

Crime In Stero - Small Skeletal

Crime In Stereo - Vicious Teeth

The guys have just finished off an amazing-sounding US tour with Polar Bear Club, Strike Anywhere and Ruiner and are putting out the follow up to "...Is Dead" in February, probably on Bridge 9 Records. They are also touring some places in the US with Brand New and Glassjaw so fuck you if you're going, you lucky fucking prick.

these giants are just like all of us

Ghostlimb are fucking great. What, you didn't know that already? Then get on their ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY HERE. Then we'll talk.