Thursday, May 25, 2006

Raw Data


(pictured: Dub Syndicate–drummer Style Scott's sole project)

Busy weekend in SF with a lot of bases to cover: back to back radio shows on Friday (electronic) (10pm-12am) and Saturday (reggae) (11pm-2am) on KUSF 90.3FM (listen live via iTunes Radio, under "Public" channels).

Also Saturday–an event for youth–Grind & Glory–I've been helping promote and nurture.(PS: that's all 14-18 year olds on the verses and production of the theme song!)

Hope your weekend is fun and safe. For now, I leave you with release dates for some select forthcoming albums.

Release Dates:

6/1/06–6/27/06
Dub Syndicate—The Rasta Far I—Collision—JAM—dub, roots reggae, 2CD
Tolcha——Gestalt——Meta Polyp—GER—dub, experimntal hip-hop
Unwed Sailor—Circles——Burnt Toast—US—ambient, atmos-guitar
Dub Syndicate—The Rasta Far I—Collision—JAM—dub, roots reggae
Mekalek—Live & learn—GlowInTheDarkUS—indie hip-hop
Monolake—Plumbicon Version—Imbalance—GER—min. techno, dub
Dub Spencer & T Hill—Nitro——Echo Beach—SWIT—dub, post-rock, electrn
Spencer Doran—Puzzles—FemaleFun—US—jazzy beats, downtempo
Wax Tailor—Forgotten Melodies—Decon—FRA—hip-hop samplemaster
Macrosoft—Antionio's Giraffe—Macrosoft—US—downtempo, jazzfunk
Helios——Eingya——Type—US—IDM, folktronic, ambient
Dubble Standart—Are You Experienced—Collision—GER—dub, downtempo
Matthew Herbert—Scale——!K7—UK—soulful electronic
Osunlade—Aquarian Moon—BBE—US—organic house, jazz
Jimpster—Amour——Freerange—UK—future jazz, house
Isan——Plans Drawn In Pencil—Morr Music—GER—IDM, electronic, ambient
Braza——Welcome To Brazil—Braza Musica—BRA—baile funk EP + DVD

7/04/06–7-15-06
Banco De Gaia—Farewell Ferengistan—Six Degrees—UK—ambient,downtempo
Various—The Kajmere Sound—Kajmere—US—soul, hip-hop,jazzbeats
Ska Cubano—Ay Caramba—Cumbancha—CUB—Cuban ska, jazz boogie
Panda & Angel—Panda & Angel—Jade Tree—US—indie rock
Q-Project—Renaissance Man—Hospital—UK—soulful drum & bass
Sumo——The Danceband—Heya—SWE—Latin beats, jazzybeats
Kuba——Inside Out—LSD—UK—downtempo, triphop
Dabyre—Two/Three—Ghostly—US—abstract hip-hop/glitch
Rico Pabon—Louder Than Fiction—Hardknock—US—Oakland indie hip-hop
Sussan Deyhim—Madman of God—Crammed—BEL—Middle East ambient

7-25-06–7-29-06
Strange Fruit Project—The Healing—Om—US—indie hip-hop
Solo Andata—Fyris Swan—Hefty—US—foltronic, IDM
Tortoise—A Lazarus Taxon—Thrill Jockey—US—post-rock CD box set
Urban Delights—Revolution—Unique—UK—indiepop breakbeat
Various—Diggin: Kon & Amir/Muro—BBE/Rapster—US—rare funk, soul, dance

8-1-06
Various—KahilEl'Zabar Remix—Deeper Soul—US—spiritual jazz dance rmxes
Teddy Bears—Soft Machine—Big Beat—US—rock-ragga mash up

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Sub Foundation Mix



Dive deep below the surface. Ten dubstep tracks to make your sonar devices wobble.

Get the mix. Password= dubsound

(post is live now)

Tracklist below.

DJ Tomas “Sub Foundation”

Pinch – Qawwali (Planet ยต)
Emalkay – Gut Feeeling (Boka)
Atki2 – Guilty Pleasures (Werk)
Luke Envoy – Honor Kill (Hot Flush)
Digital Mystikz – Ancient Memories Skream Remix (DMZ)
DJ Kudos – No Mans Land (Soundproof)
Scuba – Harpoon (Scuba)
Digital Mystikz – Haunted (DMZ)
Skream – Glamma (Tempa)
Deep Alpha – All Think Kode 9 Alpha Dub (Voltage Music)

Mixed live from vinyl + Vestax PMC17A mixer.

Stores/DJs interested in purchasing the Deep Alpha track, please contact Groove Distribution. Nuff copies available! Or contact Voltage Music. If you like the music, please support the labels and artists.

Peace.

Monday, May 08, 2006

Passing Time, Passing Thoughts



In brief:

Just got back from the Ave, a half marathon run in Humbolt County (see above photo for backdrop). I ran 1:27, which was the goal time, so, happiness about that. Funny thing was staying in the lodge underneath the biker bar, where the night of the race Rogue, a Sacto hard rock band, played a three hour set of whiskey-soaked R&R classics (Zepplin to Skynyrd) till the wee hours assuring us runners slept little. Talk about rural wild life.

You may not have heard about it, but when Bush toured Northern California a few weeks back he was met by protesters at every stop, including many who stayed up all night to be there for the motorcade's 20-second drive-by. Bush was eventually prevented from making his Hoover Institute speech at Standford University when protesters blocked the road into campus.


The new Granta literary quarterly contains its usual sharply written examinations--this time of God and nationhood, plus an exceptional photo essay about tetraplegics that will make you appreciate everything you take for, em, granted.

As for ForwardEver: coming this week, a dubstep mix, a look at recent riddims (some hot retro business pon road) and hopefully the first of three big Jamaican dancehall artist interviews exclusive to this site.

Till then, old tight.