We never intended on this blog becoming an obituary but a glance back through the archives would suggest otherwise, I have endeavoured to write about something other than death but when the news broke that Rammellzee had passed I couldn’t let it go without at least saying a couple of words.

There’s little to no info about this terrible news as yet, bar Fab Five Freddy tweeting about it earlier this evening but whatever the facts are I’m more gutted about this than most of the others we’ve covered.

I’m guessing if you’re reading this there’s nothing I could tell you about Rammell that you don’t know already and by now various social networking sites and blogs are no doubt inundated with links to Beat Bop, Crazy Sneaker or Death Comet Crew so instead I thought I’d share a snippet of a rare cinematic siting of the former Getovett who once rode a bus talking to our friend Long Distance Dan about Iconic Panzerisms much to the bewilderment of the local grannies hoping for a quiet trip back to Raynes Park.

This is a quick glimpse of Rammellzee on the hustle in Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise, which also featured fellow lower east siders John Lurie and Richard Edson from The Lounge Lizards and Konk/Sonic Youth respectively, Jarmusch himself having a brief stint on the downtown music circuit with The Del Byzantines who appear alongside Rammell & Death Comet Crew on the excellent Anti NY compilation.

Anyway, I’ve got work to do and quite frankly I’m sad so I’ll leave you to watch this…

Rammellzee in Stranger Than Paradise

It’s sad that my 1st post on here in months is yet another about death but as ever I’ll sidestep the morbid facts of Frank Sidebottom’s demise in favour of some FANTASTIC music.

For those unaware of his work, Frank started life as Chris Sievey, his music career kicking off with Manc-punks The Freshies who shaved the never regions of the UK charts with the really really fantastically titled “I’m In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk” back in 1981.

Sievey’s scope went way beyond his band, what with running DIY label Razz records, and releasing the Spectrum game The Biz which introduced Frank to the world with his confusing combination of working man’s club cabaret whilst looking like The Residents’ road manager.

After the Freshies disbanded Sievey continued his recording career with Frank turning out fantastic versions of Sex Pistols songs, Beatles classics and as you’re about to hear, quasi-post-punk-funk-rap songs about abstaining from eating pork.

“The Oink Psycho Rap” was a reworked version of the Uncle Pigg Rap originally released as a pink flexi on the cover of the curious Oink magazine published in the mid 80’s in the UK. Only available to Oink readers who’d cut out and sent off a voucher, featuring 3 songs produced by Frank, this 7″ was among my 1st handful of purchases back in 1986, maybe not what you’d expect of your average UK rap fair but still a little piece of forgotten history and one more fantastic feather in Frank’s cap.

Mr Sidebottom, we at Trick n Tom towers salute you…

The Oink Psycho Rap

Kool Keith once asked “is the world made of plastic?” but as far as I can work out the world’s made of shit these days, and I’m sorry to be so crass but for those in the know London’s clubland is facing very sorry days to say the least.

It was announced at the weekend that the East London institution that is Plastic People is facing possible imminent closure at the hands of Hackney’s police force who wish to revoke PP’s license to prevent “public nuisance” and “crime and disorder”.

I could be completely mistaken and maybe there’s something more sinister at play here but in a town littered with what seems like an endless array of soulless drinking dens frequented by shit-faced city-boys and “going up London Gary” weekenders, why would one of the few venues dedicated to the cause of pushing new music face closure?

Remember The Spitz? Only a few years back you could have been one of a handful of people watching anything from outsider punk rock to Restiform Bodies wrestling both nasty hangovers and their Gameboys live on stage but sadly not any more because now Spitalfields, thanks to a mediocre makeover, is now a lifeless sack of nothing out of the ordinary. Has anyone noticed there’s now a tex-mex restaurant bankrolled by depressing hen night’s on Brick Lane? What’s really happening to this part of town?

Just to set some records straight this isn’t self centred gushing, I’m by no means bias, and will be the first to admit that Plastic People could often attract a cliquey crowd who to quote a nameless patron “would show up to the opening of an envelope” but I’d hardly associate rowdiness with the place or the people. Anyone that’s been to CDR can vouch for a crowd gathered together to explore the wonders of music so fresh it might have come off the mixing desk barely an hour before it was aired, in fact It’d be hard to name an event held there in the past decade which wasn’t solely about the music. So put simply, what on earth are the Met thinking?

Have the slew of strip clubs been issued with such an order? What about that BNP pub up Hackney Road? There are so many places which clearly contribute to the piss and vomit stained pavements of shitty Shoreditch that pointing the finger at the one place which doubtfully contributes to the local stench seems downright ludicrous.

As I say though maybe I’m gravely mistaken and there’s something we don’t know going on behind the scenes, or maybe the council for some mad reason want a Walkabout in it’s place, either way if you give a damn about one of the last bastions of creative clubland then get involved over on facebook.

On a personal level I’ve enjoyed many a night there from Big Dada’s Gosh! nights to testing out tracks on their amazing rig at CDR and hope this wont spell the last of these People and their fantastic Plastic.

It would seem that by design or by oversight the Mr Trick & Wrongtom Show has been summarily dropped from the Resonance FM schedule. Sadly, the first we learned of this was when someone forwarded us a newsletter they’d received from the show replacing us; nobody from the station has contacted us and hence we’re still none the wiser as to whether this is some kind of mistake on the station’s part, or a case of “we thought we’d rest you – did nobody tell you??”.

Either way, this means that the show we’d prepared for tonight will not now happen.

Personally, I’m gutted; having missed the final two shows of the year in December through illness, and then having to cancel last week’s show because we were snowed in, I was beyond excited to be getting back on air tonight. We love doing this show and particularly hearing from all our listeners – even when they’re telling us to shut up and move on, or stop playing Meshuggah. Again. Having gained a somewhat sturdy following that reached as far as Portland Oregon (yes Jen – that means you!), we felt we were onto something.

For now though, we would only ask one thing of you: if you would like to see us back on-air, please do drop Ed Baxter, the station manager for Resonance FM, a polite email enquiring why the show is no longer on-air. Please don’t get abusive; that won’t help us – quite the opposite. We just feel this should be positive: if you want the show back, let ‘em know and maybe they’ll reconsider the situation. You can email Ed on ed@resonancefm.com

Alternatively, if you’re a radio station looking for two presenters… drop us a line!

here’s to the future – er, preferably one where we are still on air somewhere

all the best

Mr Trick

Well, we aren’t going to lie: after the rather damp squib of a close to 2009 with me off sick for the last two shows of the year, we were all pumped up and ready for our EXPLOSIVE* return to the airwaves tonight.

And then it snowed.

A lot.

And, true to British form, the world ground to a halt.

So sadly tonight’s show is cancelled, much to our frustration. Back in the Days Of Yore™, in the event of a power outage, a band would spontaneously jam in the dark, determined to entertain the fans. Well, with the lights going out on our show this evening Tom has stepped forward with his own busking skills for your delectation… if by “busking” we mean “rare, unreleased remix with an uncannily coincidental title given the snowy weather”.

This is actually (according to Tom) his first reggae production as Stoneleigh Mountain Rockers, dating back to about 2005. While the vocal version saw the light of day, this one did not. So, re-light your pipe, pinch up your twills and sit down to enjoy a fine slice of our Wrongest one in action…

Click here to download Jay Bharadia – Snowy Day (Wrongtom SMR Dub)

We will be back next week on pain of death with our first show of 2010. Until then, Tom will be out back making a snowman effigy of Kid Creole and I shall be using this as an excuse to drink brandy and muse on my Hendrix bootleg collection. See you on the other side people!

*note by “explosive” we mean “reasonably energetic”

With Trick suddenly bed ridden with a vicious case of the sniffles, the original plan for a decade rundown show was scuppered. Fortunately all was not lost as Santa’s little helper dropped by in the shape of our irregular regular Ed Zed who suggested a last minute ’spiky dread’ special. Cue a deluge of dub and reggae music made by punks and new wavers, all giving their unique twist to the scruffy skank.

It may sound like a one trick pony of a show but we can assure you that this is no less varied than our usual fare. From the mechanical skank of Basement 5 to the Danish distortion drenched Sods, Ed & Tom prove that punks knew a thing or two about the one drop, the three foot skank and doing the rocksteady.

Plus there’s more of the same idle chit chat, erroneous facts (replace “Thomas Dolby” with “Howard Jones” when listening) and shameless self promotion, not to mention possibly one of the best band names we’ve aired yet in the shape of I-Jog and the Tracksuits.

Tracklisting:
Basement 5 “Immigrant: Dub”
Dangerous Girls “Dangerous Girls”
Red Beat “More Or Less Cut”
The Flesheaters “Cry Baby Killer”
The Clash “Crooked Beat”
The Ruts “Love In Vain”
In2xs “Too Many”
The Sods “Copenhagen”
Return Of The Panthers “Calling Captain Nemo”
I-Jog and the Tracksuits “Worrying Man”

Soundbed -- Wrongtom Meets The Rockers “Lost In The Supermarket” from Shatter The Hotel.

Click here to download the show! (113Mb, 256k MP3)

This week’s featured video -- Basement 5: “Riot”

Well I’ve just got off the blower with Mr Trick who’s still in the throws of some dastardly sickness, leaving him sounding like he should be doing voice overs for horror trailers rather than present a show of seasonal sundries. We’re therefore sorry to inform you that tonight’s Christmas special has been canceled, however Trick’s on the case making sure they air one of our previous yuletide podcasts from yesteryear so tune in at 10pm GMT with your humbugs in hand and you will soon be visited by the ghosts of Trick & Tom past.

Of course if you normally podcast the show and you somehow missed them…

Christmas Special 2007

Christmas Special 2008 (part 1)

Christmas Special 2008 (part 2)

For the final installment of my sex-blog trilogy I’ve decided to pen a few words about my favourite film with the usual rambling and eventual link to the soundtrack, hopefully qualifying it as relevant to a music blog…

Hi, Mom! is not a porno, though someone sought to market it as one with misleading alternative titles such as Blue Manhattan and Confessions Of A Peeping John, however the John in question is simply trying his luck in the porn industry. Hi, Mom! is in fact a satire, made in 1969 by Brian DePalma as a standalone sequel to his previous Greetings which featured an unknown actor by the name of Bob DeNiro exploring what he dubs ‘peep art’ before getting drafted into the Vietnam war.

Hi, Mom! follows up with John (Bob) returning to NYC trying to pick up the pieces of his post war life. The parallels with Taxi Driver end there as he sells his peep art idea to a porn baron who quickly pulls the plug on the project leaving Bob roaming the streets til he stumbles upon a group of black activists staging an off-Broadway play called Be Black Baby.

Funk & soul fans may have an idea of where I’m going with this as Grady Tate recorded a song called Be Black Baby back in ‘69, sampled by the likes of Main Source and Big Daddy Kane for the spotters amongst you. What you may not know is Tate made the track for Hi, Mom! specifically to accompany various sequences revolving around the militant theatre group as they attempt to spread their Black Power message to the middle class population of Greenwich Village…

A word of warning: the following sequences contain acts of violence which some may find upsetting, if you are of a delicate temperament or you don’t get jokes then I’d advise you go straight to the 4th video and simply listen to the Grady Tate track in full.

Be Black Baby Part 1

Be Black Baby Part 2

Grady Tate “Be Black Baby”

I’ve been in two minds about posting this because of the subject matter but bad taste outweighed good sense so here it is. I wont mince my words here, I’m talking about porn and not simply porn but hardcore porn, though this isn’t any old grunting stag movie, no, Waterpower is arguably a masterpiece, or maybe an accidental artistic anomaly in a field of filth.

Though this entry isn’t strictly about the film it’s best that I give you a brief run down on the unsettling subject matter. Waterpower also often goes by the high concept title The Enema Bandit, and if we’re gonna be reductionist about this, it is about a bandit that applies enemas but, and this is a big BUT with no pun intended I assure you, this is so much more than a marginalised piece of exploitation.

The short version of the story goes -- Mafia boss calls up director to make speciality porn film, mafia boss wants nothing more to do with the project, director seizes opportunity to make what he wants assuming no one funding the film would watch it and sets about making the sex industry’s answer to Taxi Driver. Of course there’s much more to it than that and I urge you to read director Shaun Costello’s personal account which gives the film the further unique accolade of being possibly the only picture to have a behind the scenes explanation in place of a plot on IMDB.com.

You might be wondering why I’m sharing this or worse still why I even came to be watching such a monstrosity, and for the latter you can blame the unlikely duo of Jonathan Ross and my Mum -- Ross for including a chapter on the film in his Incredibly Strange Film Book, and my mum for buying me the book in the first place. Setting about searching for The Enema Bandit (Ross failed to mention it was also known as Waterpower) led me to a fair few unsavoury encounters and raised more eyebrows than the time I went on the hunt around NYC for Sexual Harassment. Finally I came across a guy who discreetly dubbed me a fuzzy VHS copy which I swiftly slipped home with and was soon staring at in abject horror.

So here’s why I’m telling you about it (aside the fact it’s a must for those of you that like bizarre films). While I was picking tracks for the show last week I wondered if I could track down Waterpower’s soundtrack. Alas it’s rare that a hardcore flick has an official OST and I gather much of this one was culled from other films including Thompson’s Cape Fear and of course Taxi Driver but amongst the rubber piping and hammocked between hookie motifs is a wealth of bizarre synth work and ambient noise akin to the Eno output of the time. There now follows the only clip I could find online which is both very short and not remotely filthy…

See what I mean about the soundtrack? If anyone reading knows anything more about it please get in touch as I would love to listen without having to wade through flushed bowels and ham acting (as appealing as that obviously might sound).

I couldn’t leave it at that though as whilst having a scout about for more info, I stumbled upon this clip from the equally Ronseal named New Wave Hookers which stars the Enema Bandit himself Jamie Gillis dressed like Darby Crash if he shopped in the Camden branch of Argos. I warn you, this one gets a bit sweary but I gather if you’re still reading, colourful language will be the last thing to phase you.

We start September in fine style with an exclusive guest mix from one of our presenters, Primus Luta under the new guise of his Concréte Sound System (CSS) live setup. The mix is a retrospective/homage to Autechre and the 90′s IDM scene (regardless of what you make of the name). It’s quite a superb mix that deserves your full attention especially if, like me, your knowledge of Autechre’s back catalogue isn’t extensive.

Here’s what Primus had to say on the subject:

In the coming years the importance of the 90′s era IDM will become more and more relevant to the music of today. Then like now were a bunch of artists unaffected by trends and fashions, freed from the typical concepts of musical success to work within the realm of technology based music in means few before had ever explored. Today many of the sounds which they uncovered have become the catalyst for genres, trends and fashions. Making it my prediction that as those genres, trends and fashions consume themselves it will be the aesthetic as much as the music which proves to be the legacy of the era.

Picking out one artist to represent any era of music is fundamentally impossible to do objectively. So make no mistake that the choice of Autechre here is quite the subjective one. Perhaps the most influential artists upon my own work it was a pleasure going through their massive catalog to pull together this mix. bÆts is a collection which aims to show that the two perhaps better known for their ambient and melodic work can throw down block rocking beats with the rest of them. Of course since we’re talking Autechre nothing is quite straight forward, but be clear it makes for one helluva ride.

This mix also inaugurates my new live set Concréte Sound System (CSS). Like the mix itself you can expect the future of CSS to be breathtakingly relentless.

So there you have it, an hour long ride into the world of Autechre done in a way you’re unlikely to have heard before. As always the mix is available to download and/or stream below or just subscribe via RSS/iTunes and you’ll never miss a show.

Stay tuned for more guest mixes next week from Ol in Russia and SATO in Japan before the regular shows kick in the following week.

Download CSS – autechre.bÆts (right click and save as)

We round off the summer with our regular podcast, the perfect end to a busy two months that have seen guest mixes from DJ Pain, Vangel, Katzuma, My Dry Wet Mess, Sven Swift, Mr Beatnick, B-Ju and a live set from Draco alongside the regular shows from Primus Luta in the US, Raid System in Tokyo and our goodselves in London. If you missed any of those the show archives are the best place to start.

This month’s show features plenty of forthcoming releases for the autumn as well as some of highlights from the year so far including FaltyDL, Actress, Blundetto, Mount Kimbie, Lorn, Teebs, Blue Daisy, Hint, Skream, Om Unit, Hyperdub, King Midas Sound, Shigeto, Sideshow, Kelpe and many more.

No mini feature as such this month but instead we’ve got two tracks from the latest releases on the A Future Without label, who gave us an exclusive download from Baba Yaga last week in case you missed it, and Exile’s Radio remix project including one from the free album and one from the official AM/FM remix album.

Not much else to say apart from enjoy! As usual the show can be download and streamed below – or just subscribe via RSS or iTunes to receive the shows directly to your inbox/desktop/reader.

Thanks as always to the artists and labels – if you like what you hear be sure to click the links and support the music.

Stay tuned for more guest mixes in September, from Russia and Japan among other places. The long overdue site redesign should also happen sometime next month.

Download Rhythm Incursions August 2010 (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Lorn – Until There Is No End – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
Ana Caravelle – Black Canyon (Shigeto’s As I Inhale remix) – Non Projects, free download
Robot Koch vs Charles Mingus – Moanin’ – Free download
Cooly G – Phat Si – Hyperdub
Doc Daneeka – Hold On – Forthcoming Ramp Recordings
Will Saul and Mike Monday – Sequence 1 – Forthcoming Aus Music
Actress – Maze – Honest Jon’s
CV313 – Subtraktive (King Midas Sound Mix) – Echospace
Pupajim – Frequencies – Forthcoming Hyperdub
Pure Phase – The Silent (Om Unit remix) – Forthcoming
Skream – Listening to the records on my wall – Tempa
Aquadrop – Hyper – Eight:FX
FaltyDL – Endeavour – Forthcoming Planet Mu
Aloe Blacc – Femme Fatale – Stones Throw
Baba Yaga – Circe – A Future Without
Memotone – Friend – A Future Without
Chanes feat Karen O – Lights Off – Self released, free download
Kelpe – Margins – Forthcoming Team Acre
Exile – In Love (Kan Kick remix) – Dirty Science, free download
Exile feat. The Grouch and Eligh – Population Control – Plug Research
Eskmo – We Have Invisible Friends (Washed mix) – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Funkineven – A Heart Pound – Eglo Records
Oriol – The Process – Planet Mu
Hint feat. Josie Stingray and 1OAK – Give It Up – Tru Thoughts
Mount Kimbie – Mayor – Hotflush Recordings
Shed – Atmo Action – Forthcoming Ostgut Ton
Fink – Q&A (Sideshow remix) – Forthcoming Aus Music
Teebs – Wind Loop – Forthcoming Brainfeeder
DJ Krust – Self Belief (Benjamin One remix) – Free download
Pieces of Shh – Diablo Riddim – Forthcoming Svetlana Industries
DVA – 32DA4 – Forthcoming DVA Music
Dibiase – Skullcrack – Forthcoming Alpha Pup Records
Ahu – To:Love – Forthcoming One Handed Music
Blundeto feat. Hindi Zahra – Voices – Heavenly Sweetness
Foreign Beggars feat. Audra Nishita – Breakfree (Blue Daisy remix) – Forthcoming Dented Records
Robot Koch vs Boxcutter – Cloud City – Forthcoming Project Mooncircle
Sam IRL – Beat Tape #1 – Unreleased

The latest installment of our joint mix series with the Friends of Friends label comes from Barcelona based producer My Dry Wet Mess, who’s the latest signing to Daedelus’ Magical Properties label. The young producer has been popping up on everyone’s radars as of late, and made it onto mine a few days ago (late I know) when Om Unit played me his unofficial remix of Actress’ ‘Maze’ – my mind was suitably blown. With this in mind I’m rather chuffed to have the man drop by for our series with a tasty mix.

Here’s what he had to say on the mix…

I made this mixtape with the same attitude of recording a tape for a trip by car back in the days… when I couldn’t wait to be on the road and play my most recent discoveries to my friends (over and over). So it’s mostly songs I’ve been listening to non stop in the last few days plus a couple of tracks I’ve been working on. MDWM

The man obvioulsy has great musical tastes in line with our own considering half the tracklist has also been on loop in my iPod for the last month or so. Alongside Rhythm Inc favourites like Mweslee, Hud Mo, Mount Kimbie, Dorian Concept, Kan Kick and American Men, the man’s own productions stand out most for me – hinting at what’s to come hopefully.

As with previous mixes in this series the photo was also sourced especially for the occasion by Leeor at FoF, and once more it comes courtesy of Oliver Kish. Massive thanks to Leeor and MDWM for this. Stay tuned for the next episode next month!

Download My Dry Wet Mess – Girl You Know It’s Not (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Daedelus – Stampede Me (My Dry Wet Mess Remix)
Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno – Su una rupe (excerpt)
Mweslee – Eurocarne
My Dry Wet Mess – Untitled
Hudson Mohawke, Robin Hannibal & Myele Manzanza – Ain’t Nobody Like You
Cornelius – Breezin’
Hyperpotamus – Sunshine Juice
JSBL – The Flu (Dorian Concept Rmx)
Dirty Science – In Love (Kan Kick Remix)
Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True
matthewdavid – Trusss
-secret track-
Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix)
SBTRKT & Sampha – Evening Glow
Salva – Keys Open Doors
Daler Menhdi – Tunak Tunak Tun
American Men – AM System

Regular listeners and readers will no doubt remember Throwing Snow, who a few months back dropped one of our favourite guest mixes of the year so far here on Rhythm Inc. Aside from making music himself, Ross (as he is known) also co-runs the A Future Without label with Will Plowman. AFW is releasing a series of EPs this month featuring two new additions to the label: Baba Yaga and Memotone alongside Chewy Benson and Daniel Dixon. From dubstep influences to abstract beats, folk to electronica and more, the releases show the breadth of the label and its musical outlook. As an aside check the guest mix Ross did for us if you haven’t yet as it includes plenty of the label’s music.

To celebrate the occasion we’ll be featuring tracks from Baba Yaga and Memotone in this month’s Rhythm Inc show (online next week) and the guys have very kindly given us an exclusive Baba Yaga track to give away. Entitled ‘Effigy’ it’s a mellow affair, straddling hip hop and electronic music effortlessly and perfect for a sunday vibe.

You can download/stream the track at the bottom of this post and stream (as well as buy) Baba Yaga’s self-titled EP above. All the releases can be streamed and bought on Bandcamp right here and are also available in all digital shops from iTunes to Juno. The guys are also offering free label samplers on their other bandcamp page here. You can stream the latest one below.

If you like what you hear be sure to support the label and artists. We’re really loving the Memotone and Baba Yaga EPs, both of which have some truly wonderful musical moments well worthy of your time and their small prices.

For now though enjoy this exclusive freebie and stay tuned for more on them in next week’s show. Big thanks to Will and Ross for sorting this one out.

Download Baba Yaga – Effigy (right click and save as)

cloud city (robot koch vs boxcutter) by robot koch

Without a doubt one of the standout artists of the year for me in 2010 is Robot Koch. The German, never-sleeping producer has already dropped a raft of exciting releases via Project Mooncircle and looks set to continue with a new LP entitled ‘Songs for Trees and Cyborgs’ due for release in October on the Mooncircle label.

With this in mind the label has given out a track from the LP for download (see below) featuring Gracelia Maria as well as put up a very exciting Robot Koch vs Boxcutter track for streaming (see embed above). The rest of the LP features the likes of Doshy, 1000names, RQM and Portable Mora all getting the vs treatment alongside 8 new productions. It’s a beast of a release and as always has this crisp sound that for me has become a standard of the man’s productions – they sound big on any system.

Look out for more previews from the LP in forthcoming shows, and if you’re not up on him yet check his site or previous shows where he’s been featured. Download is also available via Soundcloud in case ours doesn’t work.

Big thanks to Mooncircle and the family for this.

Download Robot Koch vs Graciela Maria – Brujeria (right click and save as)

The Raid System duo returns from Tokyo with a selection that starts on a mellow tip before moving to more banging numbers. Forthcoming and exclusives mixed alongside recent favourites from the likes of Eskmo, XLII and Broken Haze, El-P, Onra, Kelpe, Skream, Terror Danjah, DZA, Reso and more. It’s tasty as always and perfect for Friday moods whether you stay at home or go out this weekend.

XLII and Broken Haze have also opted for a lighter show this month with one selection each instead of their usual two. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments, is less the new more or is more still the better more?

The show is available to download and stream below and regular subscribers should have it on their computers or on its way right now. Remember our iTunes and RSS feeds are the surest way to get your hands on the shows without having to move more than a few fingers.

Stay tuned for our final guest mix of the month next week from My Dry Wet Mess, latest signings to Daedelus’ label, and then we round off the month with our regular show next friday.

Download RIRS August 2010 (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
XLII Selection
Eskmo – Cloudlight – Forthcoming Ninja Tune
Skream feat. Sa – Where You Should Be – Hydra Records/Tempa
SBTRKT & Sampha – Break Off – Ramp Recordings
El-P – I got this (El-P Remix) Redux – Gold Dust Media
DJ Audace – Trash (XLII Remix) – Forthcoming Musou Production
Kelpe – Margins – Forthcoming Black Acre / Team Acre
Onra – The One (Another Wajeed Remix) – All City Records
Pixelord vs Onyx – Free Download
Pretty Lights – Hot Like Dimes – Pretty Lights Music, Free Download

Broken Haze Selection
Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (MiMOSA REMIX) – Free Download
Freestylers feat. Belle Humble – Cracks (Flux Pavillion Remix) – Never Say Die
Nit Grit – Grit Shifter – Free Download
DZA – Eskimo (Demokracy Remix) – Error Broadcast
Terror Danjah – Bruzin VIP – Hyperdub
KASTLE – Better Alone (Starkey Remix) – Seclusiasis
Reso – Technetium – Audio Phreaks
Broken Haze – CODE – Made In Glitch
La Roux – In for the kill (Slugabed rekindle) – Numbers

Our latest guest mix comes from a long time friend of Rhythm Incursions and Turntable Radio, the German producer and DJ B-Ju. I first discovered and met B in the days of Turntable Radio and scratch forums, when he was one of the most unique and interesting cats to come out of Germany around the early-mid 00s. I still remember his sets as part of the now defunct ITF experimental category as some of the best from that era, and it was no surprise to see him appear in recent years as part of the new school of European producers that are taking the whole electronic hip hop/beats aesthetic into their own hands.

He’s had releases on labels such as Equinox, Dirtybird and more recently Error Broadcast following his earlier years as a turntablist (during which he won a bunch of titles in the DMCs and elsewhere), most of which we’ve featured on the show. He’s currently DJing with his partner in crime Soular all around Germany and working on two new EPs. Check out the latest dates on myspace and exclusive tracks and mixes on Soundcloud.

So as you can gather it’s a real pleasure to have the man drop by for a guest mix. For the occasion he sent a 50 minute selection of black plastic that covers the recent experimentations between dubstep/2step and funky house with people like James Blake, Joy Orbison, Four Tet, SBTRKT, Sepalcure and Hypno and more all represented. It’s definitely right up our alley here at Rhythm Inc towers, with many of these artists featured on the show and in rotation in our players.

If you like what you hear be sure to check his links for more and go out there and check his music if you like crunchy, banging beats. Here’s a preview of his latest EP for Error Broadcast:

As always direct download link and stream below, and subscribers should already have the file on their computers. Remember RSS and iTunes feeds are the easiest way to never miss a show!

Download B-Ju – Black Plastic (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
José James – Warrior (Sbtrkt Remix)
Sepalcure – Feeling That I Know So Well
Joy Orbison – BRKLN CLLN
Hypno – Over The Top
Jamie Grind – Balloon
Jimmy Edgar – Hot Raw Sex (Machinedrum Remix)
Dubbel Dutch – Throwback
Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass
James Blake – Buzzard & Kestrel
Modeselektor – Art & Cash (Phon.o Remix)
Four Tet – Sing (Mosca Remix)
Jackal Youth – Let Me Be
Julio Bashmore – Around
Man Like Me – Lovestruck (Kill Light Dub Mix)
Ramadanman – Don’t Change For Me
Kidkanevil – Tokyorkshire (Red Remix)

Stepping up first as always this month is Primus Luta with RIPL. Slight change this month as he takes the occasion to look over the first half of the year and highlight favourites and must buys. I’ll leave the explaining to him but one eye over the tracklist and you’ll see Rhythm Inc favourites everywhere including All City records, Alpha Pup, Flying Lotus and Brainfeeder, Ghostly and more.

So this month as the summer nears end I decided to do an early reflection on the year and highlight some of the standout work I’ve heard throughout the year. So we’ll call this the RIPL Mid-Year Report with the very special RIPL Mid-Year Awards. Overall the selection gives a good picture of just how much ground is being covered by producers in 2010. With categories ranging from the “Wobble the Bass” award, the “Ultimate Break Beat” and the “Dr. Dre’s Detox” award, well lets just say it’ll put a smile on your face.

All of this in prep to actually do some sort of award thing for the end of the year. If not for the dope music and occasional vibes, check this out to see where my head is about ‘awarding’ the beat scene and fall through with some comments to let me know if there’s awards I got wrong, ones you really like, or ones you think I missed.

So that’s it. As the man said comments are much welcomed, let us know what you think!

As always show is available to direct download and stream below alongside full tracklist. Or just sign up to the RSS/iTunes feeds and never miss a show. Stay tuned for a guest mix from B-Ju next monday, RIRS August next friday and a very special guest mix from My Dry Wet Mess, the latest signing to Daedelus’ label, the following monday. It’s gonna be a good end of summer trust us.

Download RIPL August 2010 (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Primus Luta – Oscar et al… – Unreleased
The Young Jazz Rebels – Forces Unseen – Stones Throw
Negrosaki – You And Me Part 2 – Self released
Houseshoes – Newports – All City Records
Exile – In Tune Static (Mike Gao Remix) – Dirty Science, free download
Ill Cosby – Hold On Dub – Car Crash Set
Pale Sketcher – Tiny Universes (Interstellar) – Ghostly International
Shigeto – After the Smoke – Ghostly International
RJD2 – The Stranger – RJ’s Electrical Connections
Onra feat. Walter Mecca – To The Beat – All City Records
Himuro Yoshiteru – Bold Lines – Murder Channel
Take – Horizontal Figuration – Alpha Pup
Jahcoozi feat. M. Saayid – Powerdown Blackout – Bpitch Control
Leonard Dstroy – Bubblin Hot – Innate Sounds
Lorn – None An Island – Brainfeeder
Free the Robots – Global Warning – Alpha Pup
Flying Lotus – Pickled! – Warp
Jimmy The Hideous Penguin – Blue – Nozl
Daedelus – The Finishing of a Thing – Brainfeeder
Ras G – Dak Leaver Mix – Leaving Records
Robert Hood – Think Fast – M-Plant
Mono/Poly – Antibodies – Tasteful Licks
Tokimonsta – Lucid Walking – Art Union
High Tone – Dub What – Jarring Effects
Nerve – Squobbler – Self released
Ramadanman – A Couple More Years – Hessle Audio
Sepalcure – Every Day of My Life – Hotflush Recordings
Scuba – So You Think You’re Special – Hotflush Recordings
Guido feat. Aarya – Beautiful Complication – Punch Drunk
M.I.A – Space – XL recordings
Slugabed – Clunk Clunk – Astro:Dynamics, free download

We return with a guest mix on this fine monday as our monthly shows for August have been pushed to friday. Next up in our ever growing line up of guests is Vangel, a Canadian producer and DJ who I think I first came across via the work we do on Turntable Radio. Details are hazy but for the last couple of years he’s been on our radar with various releases and collaborations, notably his EP for Scientist’s Equinox records (which we aired last year).

Over the last few months we got talking about a guest spot on the show for which the man came up with ‘In My Rumination’ a mix that fits more than perfectly within the Rhythm Inc cannon. Over 50 minutes Vangel takes you everywhere and back, weaving the likes of DJ Shadow, Four Tet, El-P, Prefuse, Caribou, Battles, Koushik, Thom Yorke and more together alongside some of his own productions. The result is a blissfull ride into music perfect to help get over the monday morning blues.

For more on Vangel be sure to check his site where you can find more info and links on all his releases and more.

Update: Vangel just told us he’s currently working on a debut LP entitled Breadth Control and you can get some free and not-free bytes right here http://vangel.bandcamp.com/.

And for now just crank up the volume and enjoy!

Download In My Rumination a mix by Vangel (right click and save as)

Tracklist:
Sixtoo – Sidewinders (Ninja Tune)
The Beach Boys – In My Room (EMI Records)
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World (ABC Records)
Jackson and His Computer Band – Utopia (Warp Records)
el-p – How to Serve Man (Def Jux)
Four Tet – slow jam (Domino)
Prefuse 73 – Simple Loop Choir (Warp Records)
Helmet – Beautiful Love (Interscope)
Amon Tobin – Slowly (Ninja Tune)
Ceschi – Half Mast (Equinox Records)
Vangel – Central Pocketier (5&1/4 Records)
Diplo – Way More (Big Dada)
Dj Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World (Mo’Wax)
Camu Tao – When You’re Going Down (Def Jux)
Bibio – Cry! Baby! (Warp records)
Dj Shadow – Building Steam With a Grain of Salt (Mo’Wax)
Masai Bey – Paper Mache (Def Jux)
peterdeadpan – Bicyclette (Remix) (5&1/4 Records)
Koushik – Be With (Stones Throw)
2econd Class Citizen – The Day You’re Lost Or Found (Equinox Records)
Born Ruffians – Badonkadonkey (Warp records)
Dday One – Omega Point (ContentLabel)
Prefuse 73 – the Color or Tempo (Warp Records)
Frederik Teige – Elevate (Independent)
Thom Yorke – The Eraser (XL Recordings)
Maxime Robin – Ma generation (Erobote)
Vangel – Elevator Talk (5&1/4/Equinox Records)
Caribou – Hello Hammerheads (Leaf/Domino)
Battles – Atlas (Warp records)
Squarepusher – Male Pill Part 13 (Warp records)
Brian Borcherdt – Preserver (HandDrawnDracula)