No Pain In Pop

In It

We’re proud to present the third NPIP mix from the stalwart Jah Pat, its tracklist reading like a Greatest Hits of the year so far in bassland music. From DVA and HardHouse Banton to FaltyDL and Untold, via Pearson Sound and the totemic centrepiece of Joy Orbison’s ‘Hyph Mango’, his NPIP003 emerges from the dank energised and invincible, looking to throttle.

Full tracklist after the fold.



MP3: Jah Pat - NPIP003

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Sous le dancefloor

The outstanding Rogue’s Foam recently posted Loving Wonky, one of the most interesting things I’ve read on a blog in a while (probably since this).

I would/could never attempt to paraphrase his argument, but the notion of ‘wonky’ as a musical avant-genre seems a strangely pertinent way of placing Manchester’s Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason in context. Whilst they do tread much of the middleground over which Zomby, Joker, Ikonika and Flying Lotus are commonly umbrella’d, there’s something else there - manic, free and nameless.

Their debut 12″ - ‘Plimsoul’ / ‘Bleep Show’ - was out through Hemlock Recordings in March and, before they head to pulsemakers Ramp, they’ve another forthcoming on Black Acre - ‘Fall’ / ‘LO-FI-VE’ - this month. Oh, and re-check Jah Pat’s second No Pain In Pop mix for ‘Bleep Show’ in it’s fullest.



MP3: Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason - Hemlock 12″ mix



MP3: Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason - Black Acre 12″ mix

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NPIP + FACT = WKND

…And it’s heavy. But no standing there with licked finger to the air trying to catch our drift. Go see the magi collective over at FACT magazine for a download link, tracklist after ‘the jump’.

Enormous thanks to the gentleman Jah Pat for a mix that hulks and struts and swells and rattles and bounces and baulks the best. Thanks too to FACT for asking after us.

Enjoy your weekends’.



MP3: Jah Pat - FACT Mix 36: No Pain In Pop

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