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Dub isn’t a heavy-handed bass line or some person pounding drums like a rock musician or anything that sounds like “reggae,” but more of a way of thinking, of cracking songs open and having the edges bleed together.

Jace Clayton

I AM SO EXCITED! See you there!.

Kyle Hall – Kaychunk (buy)

Or check him out live (on video).

1. Bob Marley, Exodus
2. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lie Down In The Light

Previous installments: 1 and 2

FREE GUCCI!

…remixes and covers are pretty good too.

Carl Bradney – Slipping into Darkness (buy)
Nicolas Jaar – Billy Jean (Nico’s Rework)
Shinehead – Billy Jean (buy)
Snares – Electric Funeral (buy)

Edits, unlike remixes, reveal the underlying majesty of the original work. They make it alright to indulge in guilty pleasures.

Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Soul Clap Edit) (buy on mp3 or vinyl; and I recommend you do because the edit of “Wicked Game” is similarly amazing)

The Bee Gees – Love You Inside Out (Cole Medina’s Col Loves Your Insides Out Edit) (buy; and yes, the edit of Olivia Newton-John’s “Magic” is also really really good)

The last time SALEM graced these pages it was for a mix of several styles, many of them not hip-hop. But the south is powerful within them and it leaks out as heavy sludge:

Gucci Mane – Round One (SALEM Remix)
SALEM – Trapdoor

Meanwhile Busdriver has been here for years.

Busdriver – Least Favorite Rapper (Anti-Pop Consortium Remix)

Last year for his birthday my dad asked everyone for mixtapes. I tried putting one together in Audacity. It was a lesson in software crashes, followed by a lesson in awkward pauses during track changes.

Fed up I sent it off then didn’t listen to it until two weeks ago while driving 1200 miles over 5 days. Despite the flaws, it’s a decent driving mix. It’s also a nice picture of what I was listening to a year ago; plus I managed to sneak a Megaman sound effect in there somewhere. Happy hunting!

Happy Birthday mixtape (2008)

1. Joanna Newsome – The Book of Right On (Pocketknife’s Scowling Owl Remix) (buy)
2. John Lennon – Oh Yoko (Pocketknife’s Numero Ono Refix) (buy)
3. Gil Scott Heron – The Bottle (Live Version, Daz-I-Kue Remix) (buy)
4. Moodymann – KDJ16 Track 1 (buy)
5. Moodymann – KDJ16 Track 2 (buy)
6. Daniel Wang – Berlin Sunrise (Die Nacht) (buy)
7. Black Devil Disco Club – Coach Me (Again and Again) (In Flagranti Remix) (buy)
8. Forces of Nature – Afroshock (buy)
9. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – Battle of Species (buy)
10. DJ Day – Gone Bad (Hawkeye Remix) (buy)
11. Lyn Collins – Rock Me Again and Again and Again (6 Times) (buy)
12. The JB’s – Blow Your Head (buy)
13. Controller 7 – Get Ready for the Young Folks (buy)
14. Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks (Diplo Remix) (buy)
15. Hollertronix – Hanged Up (Diplo Remix) (buy)
16. Scotty B, King Tut & Will Roc – The Almighty Unruly Simon Joint (buy)
17. The Who – Teenage Wasteland (Bird Peterson Remix) (buy)

I had originally planned to go more funk/dance hall, here’s the tracklist from the outtakes CD (listed alphabetically):

1. Banda Uniao Black – Everyone’s a Winner
2. Big Youth – Streets in Africa
3. Bonde Do Role – Divine Gosa
4. Capleton – Hits Pon Top A Hits
5. Cham – Ghetto Story
6. Daft Punk – Aerodynamic (Slum Village Remix)
7. DJ Day – A Place To Go
8. Incredible Bongo Band – Last Bongo in Belgium (Breakers Mix)
9. James Brown – Funky Drummer
10. James Brown – Get On The Good Foot
11. Lefties Soul Connection – Organ Donor (Hawkeye Hyphy Edit)
12. Leroy Smart – Love and Happiness
13. Maceo and the Macks – ‘Cross the Track (We Better Go Back) (Extended Version)
14. Shaggy – Heathen
15. Sizzla – Solid as a Rock
16. Tony Allen – Ole (A Remix by Moritz von Oswald)
17. Turbulence – Notorious (Wabenzi Vocal Version)

In the run-up to the G-20 I was surprised at how many people I knew expressed completely leotarded opinions. They drastically over-simplified the issues: “Capitalism is poison!”, “Protesters should be shot!”, “Cops evil!”. At the time I felt like should write a blog post and set the record straight. It was going to both point out that global capitalism helped drag the world from the stagnation of feudalism as well as question the assumption that wealth disparity is always a problem. It was to remind people that constitutional rights are meant to protect unpopular opinions and that these rights are eroded quietly, relying on the complicity of a quiet populace. It was to reinforce that we are all flawed people with flawed opinions and that the principle of charity also applies IRL.

Instead I did nothing.

So now I present my views in three words:

Shit is complicated

That’s actually the edited version. The director’s cut is twice as long.

Shit is complicated.
And you’re dumb.

The G-20 itself is nicely summarized in this image (a Failblog’ed version of ccbarr’s photo)

If you actually want to learn more, you can check out some actual reporting:

• Oakland’s Long Night
• What Happened at Pitt?
• DA won’t charge some arrested at G-20 protests
• Men arrested for G-20 Twittering say it’s free speech

War Songs

I was reminded of the G-20 when I saw Mother Courage at Duquesne. Not bad, though in the age of movies I question a three hour play. It did make me run home and listen to one of my favorite “found in a used bin for $6″ CD’s: Let No One Deceive You: The Songs of Bertolt Brecht

Frankie Armstrong – Lullabies I, II, III-To My Countrymen-Lullaby IV
Dave Van Ronk – The Legend of the Dead Soldier

The arrangements are sparse, relying on the voices & Brecht’s lyrics.

Then I listened to all the Crass albums.

Crass – Yes Sir, I Will Track 7 (buy)
Crass – Shaved Women (buy)

The Yes Sir, I Will track is 20 minutes of abstract ranting, I think the entire B-side of the original record. Yes Sir is my favorite Crass album because of it’s insanity.

Shaved Women isn’t about war, but it is amazing: Eve Libertine’s wailing, the train samples, the “screaming babies” chant, the sparse main guitar… It’s hard to imagine that people’s heads didn’t explode in 1979, especially when you consider that Reality Asylum [Youtube] was the A-side.

PS

And if you’re looking for something to read, I recommend Joe Sacco’s Palestine. The first 8/9th’s are amazing. The last chapter probably is too, I just haven’t read it yet.

I listened to the new Kid Cudi album and thought of a term I’d heard describing Heartless [Youtube]: Emo Rap.

Kid Cudi – Soundtrack 2 My Life (buy)

That reminded me of the white emo rap from my formative hip-hop years, namely Anticon. I haven’t listened to anything on the label since The Makeshift Patriot EP in 2003, but Music for the Advancement of Hip-Hop was pretty bananas 10 years ago.

Slug – Nothing But Sunshine (buy on Anticon comp or on the Lucy Ford EPs)
Sole – Suicide Song (buy)

As a special bonus here’s non-emo Slug wrecking things:

Atmosphere – Scapegoat (buy)

PS: if you’re fast you can still make it to see WHY? at the William Pitt Union.

Via Alain Finkielkrautrock:

Johanna Billig – This Is How We Walk On The Moon (buy)

And a special bonus:

Arthur Russell – Shes The Star (Pocketknifes Continual Cornfield Remix) (buy)

Everything’s wrong and it keeps gettin’ worse. You said it’s just a product of aging but that’s not true, it’s really all gettin’ worse.

Malcolm Middleton

Malcom Middleton – Carry Me (buy)
Belle & Sebastian – Lazy Line Painter Jane (buy)

Gianni Rossi – Gutterballs (buy the MP3 or the movie)
GraveDiggaz – Diary of a Madman (buy)
Talking Heads – Gotta Tape I Wanna Play (Greg Wilson Edit) (buy)

Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black (buy)
James Brown – Say It Loud I’m Black And I’m Proud (Parts 1 & 2) (buy)

Sendin’ big shouts to John. Maximum respect for having us inside the place. This is DJ Cameo right now I’m representing 1Xtra on the big Radio 1. And we’re going to be stepping inside the mix with the DJ Eastwood, DJ Krafty–representing Black Magick records–and also the lyrical talents from the MC’s Purple, G Double E, I.E. and I.Q. And trust me this is going to be absolutely big. Big sound for 2004 from the UK, London. It’s all about the Urban Vibe.

Take it away.

DJ Cameo

DJ Eastwood & DJ Krafty feat. MC’s Purple, I.Q, G Double E and I.E. – John Peel Radio 1 Grime Session (2005-04-26)

(via Mad Decent)

I was helping someone look through records today and was reminded of something I told my sister: I like music that makes me feel a little crazy. Thus, via 20JFG, a Salem mix:

Salem – XXJFG Mix (mixtape) (or buy their s/t EP)

It’s a little juke, a little chopped and screwed and a little–as Mary Mack once commented about Ceephax Acid Crew–”tweaker music”. Mmm.

Trax:

1. PEARL – Pearl’s Dream
2. NEOPHYTE – I will have that power
3. DJ NATE – I’m a Burn
4. DJ NATE – Ghostmix
5. YOUNG CREAM – Angie Juke
6. AiDS 3D – Back Once Again (Forever)
7. THA POPE – Track 41
8. UNKNOWN – Track 20 Chicago Juke
9. NEOPHYTE – Catastrophe
10. THREAT MISSES – Juke that Girl

Halifax future rap circa 2000. As it says on the Old German bottle: “The world knows no finer.”

Sebutones – Nibiru (buy used for way too much money)

Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For A Hero (buy)

vs.

Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero (Extended Mix) (buy)

WINNER

Thanks to Casey from Spokepunchers for this link to an awesome disco funk song about Pittsburgh. Unfortunately it was strangely named and without any ID3 tags so I might have the name completely wrong. Let me know if you’ve got any information. It’s also encoded at about 16 Kbps, so the audio quality is a little rough.

Sep – The Burgh

Jared Wilson – Drug Related Stories (buy used)
Jody ‘Fingers’ Finch – Jack Your Big Booty (buy)
Jesse Saunders – On And On (buy used)
Abe Duque – What Happened (buy)