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Bok Bok’s thrown a big mix over at Lower End Spasm - blows hot and cold on brains like fever (grime ice + tropical ardour). Highlights come in the bounce of Aphrodisiax‘ ‘Unfinished Business’, Egyptrixx‘ ‘The Only Way Up’ and Jam City’s still murderous refix of ‘Ecstasy’ by Endgames.

Given the latter pair are due out on a tooled up Night Slugs label (releases from Mosca, Kingdom, Greena, Girl Unit, as well as Bok Bok and L-vis 1990 are also in the pipes) it looks like 2010’s mostly gonna be spent throwing roses their way. Snag the mix here, tracklist after the fold.



Bok Bok - Jan 2010 Mix

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Tags: 2562, aphrodisiax, bad autopsy, beezy, blunted robots, bok bok, bubbz, cooly g, d.o.k., dva, egyptrixx, endgames, fool's gold, geeneus, girl unit, greena, hyperdub, jahdan, jam city, kingdom, l-vis 1990, mosca, mr mageeka, night slugs, numbers, terror danjah, untold

Hallowe’en

Tags: cooly g, deep shit, doldrums, flow dan, gold panda, goldsmiths, hallowe'en, jah pat, joy orbison, off modern, split tapes, teengirl fantasy, the bug, transparent

OCHIBA

This has been out there a few weeks now, but we’ve been slack. It doesn’t get any more astute than this coming together of heads, lead by S.E.F. and T. Williams, backed by Don Morris and Cooly G. Deep Teknologi will be putting out some releases “in the next few months”, but for now there’s Mix 1.0. Listen to them dismissing Funky dilettantes with MA1 before talking up Fingaprint, Fuzzy Logik and Morris’s forthcoming DT Records number ‘Inda Groove’; gems that sit gloriously alongside the likes of Dope and Dokes, muscular yet not quite as militant as the likes of Lil Silva, further showcasing how healthy House’s netherregions are at the moment. So, about as dramatic as it gets, S.E.F.’s Deep Teknologi Mix 1.0:

MP3: Deep Teknologi - Mix 1.0
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Probably worth mentioning the new Karizma compilation that’s coming out on R2 in a few weeks whilst we’re talking these tongues, while another of his R2 releases - ‘Necessary Madness’ b/w ‘Drumz Nightmare’ - is well worth getting teeth into, particularly for the B-.

Tags: cooly g, deep teknologi, don morris, dt records, mix, s.e.f., t. williams

Hyperdubbing

Bassland barometer Kode9 was on Benji B’s 1Xtra show in the early hours of this morning, as around an hour was dedicated to showcasing his pioneering Hyperdub label, the ranks of which guarantee fine listening. Kode plays out tracks from Ikonika, Darkstar, Cooly G and LV, as well as a new vinyl cut of his own, ‘Black Sun’ out in March. Oh, there’s a couple of world exclusive first plays of new Burial tracks, too.

Listen here; full tracklist after ‘the jump’.

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