this one’s got a little extra. for the reggae heads. first up, black uhuru. these guys are killers, by reputation. yes, they were rastas but not the fighting kind. second in line freddie mcgregor. with a name like that how dread could he be? fear not, this guy is a revolutionist. excuse the sound quality. appreciate the content. a me a no care what dem say. jamaica brings the best.

believe me, i wish i had time to crate dig, and 45 dive, and all that jive…because i know my collection would be the cold heat. what’s the cold heat? observe album art on right. then play this track. sookie sookie. this is slipping into darkness’ by the dayton sidewinders. cold heat, baby.

i’m gunna stretch here and say if battles and wolf parade had a baby. and that baby had a baby. and did a callabo with wolf parade and battles… this is what it would sound like. if this was a journey it’d be a sabbatical. just chill and check out this song. grizzly bear is hypnotically tranquil. not askin’ for permission.

plus, album art is ill

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in anticipation of their new release, bibio had a though in their collective pr head. good job. they put together a little preview and let me tell you…i’m excited. “destined to sit in the canon as one of the loveliest records in the [warp] catalogue.” the sampler crosses lo-fi, folk stumming guitars, funky basses, and post dilla beat science. quite a laundry list, definitely a step out of the box for bibio. the album might be loose with this buffet style audio but, i’d buy it. go to warp. sign up for their newsletter to get your download and get the down low. the label has been wrangling all the up and coming talent for a while.

so, sometimes i miss mj. not the gold plated military fashionista. not the baby dangling, or the ultra effeminate, sexual deviant, walking racial identity crisis. nah, just his music. so when i heard some of the best beat conductors-oh no and dj double dose-i was thrilled.

great, i predict every loser in northern brooklyn will run to cop a helium tank and become the next squeaky, skinny jeaned…yeah. we all know the digs at billysburg but, regardless of the audience this song is still cool. high pitched effects are in. sounds like an early summer song, and according to time out new york…it is. and if tony is on it it’s only a matter of time before they’re playing gigs like celebrate brooklyn or williamsburg waterfront (the new mcarren?).

well alright. star child. citizens of the universe. recording agents. we have returned to claim the pyramid. partyin’ on the mothership. i am the mothership connection. get down with 3d. light year groovin’. well alright! hear me lawd aint’ nobody here but, me and the boys. gettin’ down. hit it. this will put a glide in your stride and dip in your hip. c’mon over to the mothership.

basic. keepin’ your memory banks up in this funk.

doin’ it in 3d.

let me put on my sunglasses so i can see what i’m doin’.
i bring forth to you the good time, on the mothership.

shoegaze

colors

emotions

max tundra

apparat

yes, dilla too

so -

lots goin on here

lots to love.

the rap part is not my favorite…

what do i know about these guys? not much. but, snoop dogg just released a collab on this track. so they got some extra attention. the snoop version will no doubt be a club song to rival…who give’s a fuck. the original though, is worth a listen if your into the dub scene. did you know the boss dogg crunches numbas with his calcalata? he’s a millon-air.

this track was produced by dilla. not to mention, album also features artists like norah jones, d’angelo, raphael saadiq and amanda diva. and yes, that is an mpc2000xl. good call. if you knew that you might have also known the original song this track borrows from. give yourself ten points.