We asked Melé to choose the ten records tearing up his speakers and sets this month:
1. Funkineven – Rolands Jam
2. Ma1 – High Definition
3. French Fries – What To Do 2011
4. Roska – Blame The Speakers
5. Wood Allen – Airport 89
6. So Solid Crew – Dilemma (Melé Edit)
7. Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon
8. Doc Daneeka – Murda Strings
9. Dismantle – Computation
10. Melé – Starlight Express
This BBC documentary from around ’83 takes a look into New York’s club scene, with some more than embarrassing scenes of the oh-so-british presenters trying to scratch and find out what tracks get played at 10 to 4 in the morning. They visit Paradise Garage, The Roxy and the Danceteria. Embedding was disabled, so head here to watch the full 20 minute excerpt.
Right now, apart from D’Banj and Don Jazzy (currently in the king midas touch, early 2000’s Neptunes mode) and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D music, the Nigerian music scene is dead. Artists are gearing up for the much more profitable winter season. So it’s no surprise that the biggest song in Nigeria is a remix of a remix. This current incarnation sees the addition of two more rappers and everyone’s favourite break, the Dem Bow riddim. So sit back and enjoy the mix of the genesis of reggaeton, Nigerian chat up lines and Ghana high life samples.
Clams Casino is a hip-hop producer based out of New Jersey. He’s supplied ethereal beats to Lil’ B and Soulja Boy including B’s lucid BASED anthem “What You Doin’.” Clams has an Instrumental Mixtape out for free download and also just dropped the Rainforest EP on Tri Angle records. MUST COP x 100.
A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak: Mixpak FM 014 comes from the one @grahmzilla, including @ukmele, @blawan, @dubbeldutch and more http://bit.ly/k7Nrky
ukmele: you can download the podcast now from yesterdays rinse show when i guested on @monki_dj’s show —- http://t.co/qO7Bafh
matt shadetek: 2moro! Friday July 8th we got @dreskull from @mixpak as our guest at Sweat Lodge! Me, @gekojones and Atropolis hosting http://t.co/VhsiOf9
andy petr: another new song – http://t.co/IL55x65
hugodouster: new video w/ @zonorapoint !! http://bit.ly/kZQosT
schlachthofbronx: Blog » MTV Cribs with Schlachthofbronx | Mad Decent http://t.co/TRzInxH via @maddecent
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