Month: March 2011

Categories
HipHop Instrumentals

Cuthead – Murdoc

Continuing on from the last post, here’s another guy that I think deserves to be more widely known… Around 2008/2009, a couple of tracks by Cuthead cropped up on last.fm, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they were freely available for download… After a brief investigate, I found they were from an album called Murdoc, 20 tracks of squelchy glitched out hiphop, electro and half tempo bassy dub type joints..

‘Scissorhands’ :

[audio:http://www.4teenth.co.uk/music/Cuthead%20-%20Scissorhands.mp3]

‘Bombay Calling’:

[audio:http://www.4teenth.co.uk/music/Cuthead%20-%20Bombay%20Calling.mp3]

Last year Cuthead released another album, called City Slicker, another amazing collection rammed full of 23 mind meltingly tweaked out tunes, I’ll be making a post on that pretty soon…

In the meantime, you can download Murdoc for free here:

http://www.kunststoffbreakz.de/Cuthead%20-%20Murdoc%20%282008%29.rar

Be sure to check out this site for more stuff: http://kunststoffbreakz.wordpress.com/

And also check out his Soundcloud here : http://soundcloud.com/cuthead/tracks

Categories
HipHop Instrumentals

Crookram

I stumbled aross this guy on mySpace (remember that?) and was absolutely blown away by the track he had up on his player. I sent him a message, and soon after that he sent me what was to be one of my favourite albums of all time. Since mySpace turned into the most horrid piece of crap ever to grace the internet, I lost contact, although that album was still *the* one I put on whenever I wanted to chill.

So there I was, half watching ‘The Omega Man’, with Charlton Heston (actually i was watching it with my girlfriend, but Charlton heston’s in it…) and a little bit of music sparked a tiny bell of recognition… Sure enough, one of the odd spoken word samples from Crookram’s album followed and it jolted me into action. A quick google cropped up his website, http://www.crookram.net and a quick email to him and we’re back in action. Amazingly enough the afformentioned album is available for free download, but also lo and behold there is a new collection of tracks, and unlike Dj Shadow and RJD2 to name but two, this album is equally full of brilliance…

Seriously, check this out:

[audio:http://www.margaretscratcher.co.uk/tunes/crookram%20-%2004%20-%20second%20hand%20dream.mp3]

This track is on the 19/76 EP which you can download at 320kbps here: http://www.crookram.net/1976ep.html

and then this off the more recent album ‘Through Windows’

[audio:http://www.margaretscratcher.co.uk/tunes/14_crookram-a_man_named_ivan.mp3]

Which you can also get for free here: http://store.crookram.net/

Be sure to check out the website here: http://www.crookram.net/ click portfolio and have a listen to the tracks on the player, or check out  http://soundcloud.com/crookram … GOLD!

Categories
Funk HipHop Mixes

Solid Steel Radio Show 18.3.2011 Part 3 + 4 – Dr Rubberfunk

Ace mix from the Nijna Tune camp, well worthy of a sharesies-on….

[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-18-3[/soundcloud]

Dr Rubberfunk _ Solid Steel Intro #3 _ unknown
Little Barrie _ Burned Out’ (DJ Numark Remix) _ Genuine
Beck _ Where It’s At’ (Bonus Beats) _ Geffen
DJ Shadow _ Back To Back Breaks _ Solesides
Public Enemy _ Bring The Noise’ (Instrumental) _ Def Jam
Deee-lite _ Deee-lite Theme’ (Global Village Mix) _ Elektra
Beastie Boys _ And What You Give Is What You Get _ Capitol
Tycoon To$h & Terminator Troops _ Action _ Major Force
A Tribe Called Quest _ 1nce Again’ (Jackin’ For Beats Remix) _ Archives Inc
High & Mighty _ Illadel Jackmove _ Landspeed
Handsome Boy Modeling School _ Holy Calamity _ Tommy Boy
Ice Cube _ Jackin’ For Beats _ 4th & Broadway
Z-Trip _ Listen To The DJ’ (Bonus Beats) _ Hollywood Records
Tycoon To$h & Terminator Troops _ Bed Jam Session _ Major Force
Coldcut _ More Beats & Pieces _ Ninja Tune
DJ Shadow _ Back To Back Breaks _ Solesides
Rhymefest _ Jackin’ (It Got Ugly) _ White
Itsu Uno _ Noise Of The B-Boy _ Fat Hop
Dr Rubberfunk _ Come Back Breaker _ Jalapeno
Liquid Liquid _ Cavern’ (Let’s Hear It For The B-Boy Remix) _ Mo Wax
Mash & Munkee _ Keep On Movin’ (Hero No.7 Remix) _ Hero Records
DJ Spinna _ Rock _ Rawkus
Dr Rubberfunk _ Disco Scene _ GPS Recordings
J-Rocc _ Play These’ (Bonus Beats) _ Stones Throw
The Jets _ Crush On You’ (Acapella) _ DJ Essentials
Whitefield Brothers _ Joyful Exaltation’ (J-Rocc Edit) _ Now Again
Silver Bullet _ Bring Forth The Guillotine’ (D.J. Beats) _ Tam Tam

Download button is in the player…

Plenty more amazing mixes on the Solid Steel website and the  Ninja Tune Soundcloud

Categories
Blues Funk Mixes R&B

Jim’ll Mixit – The Sound of Chess Records

Went round an old friend’s house,  and had a dig through his 45s, and came away with some of his doubles (Thanks Terry!)…

He’s got some seriously rare stuff, I might have to haul my Akai down there at some point and start harvesting. Anyways, I saw a couple of 45s from this label, and it reminded me of this lovely mix from Cambridge’s own Jim’ll Mixit..

In his own words:

This special mix was done for my father, who introduced me to the sound of soul / blues / RnB / Boogie and serious music from his favorite label. I thought I’d return the favor. There is nothing in here that’s earth shatteringly rare. However everything is top draw in my opinion. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had making it.

Much love.

Jim.


Whack this on and brighten up your day:

[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/jimll-mix-it/the-sound-of-chess-records[/soundcloud]

To download hit the button in the player, and be sure to check out Jim’s soundcloud page.