“The story goes that he threw the demo tape of this onto stage at a Jill Scott show, and her manager promptly threw it back at him. After a few repeats of the tape being tossed from stage to crowd, Jill intervened, took it home and liked it so much she left the endearing answer phone message you hear at the start of the vinyl version. This is Theo reshaping a neo-soul record into a lush slice of 4am warehouse music, chopping the Moe Kaufmann sample that drives the original into a slow, pulsating groove that rises and falls like waves, a prototype for the “slow house” music of recent years.”

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Quoted from Hyperdub’s blog…

Darkstar in 2010 are an upgraded model of the Darkstar which released the much loved single ‘Aidy’s Girl is A Computer’ at the end of 2009. That song and previous singles ‘Need you’ and ‘Squeeze my lime’ hinted at a nascent song writing talent and a mastery of oozing synth drones.

The synths remain, but since then, the band have adjusted their focus, and added a lead singer James Buttery to the production and writing team of James Young and Aiden Whalley. The result is a brave, low-key pop masterpiece, which discards with the cheap thrills and treadmill ideas that many deploy to access success. Instead, ‘North’ will creep up on you with each listen, seducing you with achingly gorgeous, synthesized song writing.

From the intro track ‘In The Wings’, right through to the closing song, a lush new version of ‘Squeeze My Lime’ now called ‘When It’s Gone’, the album blends their crunchy, citric synths, baroque strings, piano and tender guitar with vocal harmonies, gently laced with glitches and noise. Vocally here, Darkstar have subtly found the beauty in distortion.

The first single from the album, the catchy ‘Gold’, is a cover of a little known Human League song ‘You remind me of Gold’ inspired by hearing the original slowed to 33rpm. Insectoid drum machine rhythms carry the song along accompanied by a chilly piano. ‘Deadness’, ‘Dear Heartbeat’, ‘Two Chords’ and ‘North’ impress with their icy radiance, the rich, wafting strings, dreamy guitar and keys bury the otherwise snowy-white sonics, the crunch of the drums and the translucent vocals sounding as if they’re sung by a hologram. Some tracks, like ‘Ostkreuz’ and aspects of ‘Under One Roof’ conjure up a soundtrack to Twin Peaks if it was set in the North of England. Mini-anthem of 2009,’Aidy’s Girl is a Computer’ also earns a slot among the new material.

As their first long player, Darkstar have produced an album many bands with many more releases and experience under their belt can only dream of. Elegant, downbeat, breezy, sometimes melancholy and bleak, sometimes optimistic, ‘North’ will surprise many, a classic record for short days and long nights.

Check the full interview, tracklisting release date etc. over here ———> Hyperdub

via XLR8R

It may be a little early to start handing out Label of the Year nominations, but as it stands now, it would be hard to omit London’s Night Slugs imprint from serious consideration. Label bosses Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 may get the lion’s share of the attention, but the artist roster they’ve assembled is just as impressive, perhaps none more so than 24-year-old DJ, producer, and recent Bubblin’ subject Girl Unit. With only one official release and a smattering of remixes and other tracks to his name, he nonetheless displays a keen ear for US street sounds, whether it be ghettotech and juke or radio-ready hip-hop and R&B. This week, the London-based artist is embarking on his first US tour, during which he’ll hopefully be able to take in some of these sounds first-hand while playing a smattering of dates on both coasts. To celebrate, he’s put together this mix for the XLR8R podcast series, which literally came in at the last minute because he wanted to make extra sure to fill it with the latest dubplates and unreleased tunes.

01 DJ Pierre “Feeling On Me”
02 Bok Bok “Say Stupid Things” (Monkeytown)
03 Ramadanman “Grab Somebody” (white)
04 Damu “Mermaid” (Local Action)
05 Velour “Booty Slammer” (Night Slugs)
06 Jam City “Shut The Lights Off (Devil Mix)” (Night Slugs)
07 Nguzunguzu “Rec Loose” (Silverback)
08 Kingdom “Bust Broke” (Night Slugs)
09 C.R.S.T. “The Bells (Girl Unit Remix)” (Car Crash Set)
10 Melanie Fiona “It Kills Me (Breakage Remix)” (Universal Motown)
11 Jacques Greene “(Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want” (Night Slugs)
12 Johnny Moog “Fantastic Lover (Girl Unit VIP)”
13 Optimum “Max Power” (Planet Mu)
14 Addison Groove “Work It” (Swamp 81)
15 Terror Danjah “Menace” (Planet Mu)
16 Bobby Valentino “Anonymous Instrumental (Prod. Timbaland)” (Def Jam)
17 Ikonika “Millie” (Hyperdub)
18 Girl Unit “Every Time” (Night Slugs)
19 Cedaa “Justine”
20 Mr De’ “Whonleeone” (Electrofunk)
21 DJ Nate “Find Your Dreams”

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Tracklisting:

Shackleton – Slow Train Coming
Kowton – Drunk On Sunday
Kevin Mc Phee – Sleep
Zomby – Untitled
Skudge – Remixes 1 (Aardvark Remix)
TRG- Breton Brut
Braiden – The Alps
A Made Up Sound – Demons(Reprise)
L-Vis 1990 – Forever U
Kevin Mc Phee – Let Me
Peverelist & Hyetal – RRRR
Boddika – Syn Chron
A Made Up Sound – Demons
Cooly G – Dis Boy Pt4
Dj Duke – Blow Your Whistle
Roy Davis Jr – All I Do
Boddika – Bodikka’s House
Justin Martin – Thug Love

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Mix 2… Jungle dust off;

Trinity – I Selassie I – Chronic
DJ Hype – Roll The Beats – Suburban Bass
The Invisible Man – The Beginning – Timeless
Plasmic Life – Water baby – Brain
Studio Pressure – Presha III – Certificate 18
Brain Killers – Screwface – Kemet
Slipmatt – Hear Me – Awesome
Invisible Man – Skyliner – Timeless Recordings
Natural Mystic – Lazy Pt2 – Fresh 86
The Truper – Vol3 -Streetbeats
System X – Metamorphasis – 3rd Eye Records
Source Direct – Secret Liaison – Goodlooking
Adam F – Light Years

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LHF vs Silver Space- “Day 2 Day”
Low Density Matter- “Heat Wave”
Amen Ra- “Vital Essence”
Double Helix- ??
Double Helix- “Omni”
Amen Ra feat No Fixed Abode- “Dog Star”
Amen Ra feat NFA- “The Law of 3″
Solar Man vs Bongolious- “Dark Carnival Spirit”
Amen Ra- “Listen To The Planet”
Double Helix- “Type1 Civilization”
Double Helix- “The Power 2010″
Double Helix feat Low Density Matter- “Rush”
Amen Ra- “Motion To The Ocean”
Low Density Matter- “Transparency”
Double Helix- “Dance Hall Massive”
Amen Ra – “Invisible Side”
Amen Ra- Untitled old thing
Double Helix vs Silver Space- “We Nah Rude Boy” (The Arches)
Amen Ra- “One Toke Wonder”
No Fixed Abode- “Sunset” (Rio Favela Edition)
Amen Ra- “Simple Tings”

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Interview/Feature

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Commix – Re:Call To Mind by Commix

Full tracklisting:

1. Clay
2. Kill Your Co-Workers
3. PieFace
4. Time Vampires
5. Jurassic Notion/M Theory
6. Camera Day (preview below)
7. Physics For Everyone!

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DJ Scholar b2b DJ Vader

MCs: Tinchy Stryder, Slicks, Dirty Danger, Shifty Rydos, Hot Stepper

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\\\Recorded 2004///

Big up Militant again on the recording.

Peverelist & Hyetal ‘rrrr’ by Punch Drunk Records

Podcast number 9 is mixed by Klaus from South London. Recorded in a shed up North whilst London sick and surrounded by moths.

Tracklist:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Antennas to Heaven (excerpt) [Constellation]
Murderers’ Home – Leave Camp Roller/Early in the Morning [Pye Golden Guinea Jazz Series]
Theo Parrish – When I’m Gone [New & Rare Music]
Ramadanman – Tempest [Hemlock]
Klaus – Strafe [Unreleased]
Watchtower – Help [Unreleased]
James Blake – Don’t You Think I Do [forthcoming R&S]
Genesis – Bipolar [Psychostasia]
Joy Orbison – GR Etiquette [Unreleased]
Appleblim & Ramadanman – Justify [Applepips]
De Souza – Keep it Coming (Dem 2 Remix) [Locked On]
Scott Grooves – Old Skool [From The Studio Of Scott Grooves]
Breakbeat Era – Bullitproof (Steve Gurley Remix) [1500 Records]
His Name Is Alive – One Year (Four Tet Remix) [Domino]
Valerie M – Tingles (Steve Gurley Remix) [DFL]
Joe – Level Crossing [Hessle Audio]
Hypa Hypa & Julius – Congo Fever [Shelflife]
Burial – Distant Lights [Hyperdub]
Digital Mystikz – Da Wrath [Big Apple]
Eric Martin – Emergency (Steve Poindexter Edit) [Muzique]
Steve Poindexter – Faces Drums 2 [Muzique]
Klaus – Pim [Unreleased]
Fennesz – Happy Audio [Mego]
Untold – Sweat [Hotflush]
Burial – Pirates [Hyperdub]
Ricardo Villalobos – Sieso [Cadenza]
Shackleton – Massacre [Hotflush]
Do Make Say Think – Chinatown [Constellation]

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