April 19th, 2012

Mixpak April Chart – Jubilee

This month’s Mixpak chart is chosen by our latest addition to the Mixpak family, Jubilee, whose Pop It! EP dropped earlier this month. She’s chosen 10 tracks that show off her wide music taste and love of the underground, from DJ Sliink to Ikonika.

1. Beenie Man – Supermodel (prod. Dre Skull) [forthcoming Mixpak]

2. Rizzla – Church

3. Jube – Life of the Party ft. Dj Rhymer and Precision

4. Ikonika – Catch Vibes [Forthcoming Hum & Buzz]

5. Addison Groove – Ass Jazz

6. Massacooramaan – Dancehall Princess [unreleased]

7. Shox – Hold Your Corner

8. DJ Sliink – Whine for Me (Sam Tiba Remix) [unreleased]

9.Todd Edwards – This Generation

10. L-Vis 1990 – Workout

April 18th, 2012

Yung Image – Where We From (Moonlight Riddim)

Turns out there’s plenty more more gems from Grenadian artists in Brooklyn. Here we’ve got some vocals by Yung Image over Riga‘s Moonlight Riddim. On the free association tip, Yung spin a tale of poor upbringings and goon life with an on-point delivery.

April 18th, 2012

AnnaLove – BRB

New exclusive heat by Austin’s AnnaLove, this one some 808 house at 140 BPM. It’s a stark track built from bare technological parts, glowing brightly on dark basement walls. Unrelenting kicks drive over languid, asymmetrical bass drums; pitched and swung stutters slide under vocal clips exalting how good it all feels; and claps splash robotically in TV fuzz while throwback stabs perforate the background. Anna is an Austin-based member of the Broken Teeth crew. She recently dropped an EP on Freshmore, so pick that up too. (Photo of Rob Seward’s installation, Four Letter Words.)

Anna Love – “BRB” (exclusive!)
[audio:http://culturesystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BRB.mp3]

April 17th, 2012

Preview Koyote – Blowin’ My Mind

Koyote’s second EP in the trilogy drops on May 8th on Mixpak, and you can now listen to the preview below. Building on the work of his first release for the label, the EP sees dance music experimentation not rooted in any one tradition but rather an amalgam of styles, all filtered through the lens of true analog weirdness.

Koyote – Blowin’ My Mind preview by Mixpak

April 17th, 2012

Zora Jones – If You Want That

Some exclusive juketronic footwork out of Barcelona today by Zora Jones. It switches between a halftime beat circling the floor stomping and a full time drop into 160 warp speed. Vocals fold onto themselves like time and space, mixing past and present as 808s scale up to the highest stars and embryonic cyborgs gurgle melodically. Try and keep up with this Jones. Zora resides in Barcelona, but her name is Servocratian and means ‘sunrise’. Also, check for her all-Diplomats mixtape. (GIF via b1llionare.)

Zora Jones – “If You Want That” (exclusive!)
[audio:http://culturesystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IfYouWantThat.mp3]