Babani Koné – “N’gnife n’tefe” [cop]

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Rizzla – “Fine Azz Nite”

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Joyce Muniz – “Erykah” [via]

Boody & Le1f – “Born Underwater” [via]

If sampling Erykah was to become a microtrend in lieu of Aaliyah/Brandy in the past cpl years I would not be mad AT ALL.

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Voices of Black – “The Midnight Shift” [mix, 48:14 min]

01 / Everybody Loves the Sunshine / Seu Jorge
02 / Kleen-Ex / Voices of Black
03 / Your Moms House / Baby Prince and Lonely C
04 / We Need We / Eddie C
05 / Green Light Yellow / Voices of Black
06 / Dirty Little Bonus Beats / Moodymann
07 / LoveSpread / Voices of Black
08 / Believer (Jazzanova remix) / Paul Randolph
09 / Black Voices / Tony Allen
10 / Moonride / DJ Rels

It’s pretty ill that you can more or less click at random on The Mixtape Club and be in for a treat. This time wasn’t so random. The group I happened to click on is called Voices of Black. Fly black lady on the art. I’m black. So. You know. We all end up sitting together at the cafeteria n shit nahmean. Apparently Jersey based, the mix – which you can download here – and their music, is tight. Tempted to drop words like nouveau revivalist disco-house or something as (in)adequate descriptors. Big fan of “Green Light Yellow.” Can we get a video for that one fellas? This one (below) is cool too tho.

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Generation Bass presents: Sabbo – Freaktion EP

I definitely hit up the Generation Bass homies earlier today with Old Money’s new vid and it occurred to me oh shit I meant to get theyyy shit up that they sent me aaaaaages ago. As you may have noticed tho – posts aint been too frequent. Sort of an unintentional brief hiatus. Shiiet, we might actually still be on it lol. But this is illy enough to warrant a post in hindsight. If you were under a rock (like me) – Tel-Aviv’s own Sabbo – one of the more prolific heads in the circumference, linked w/ GB for a dope chi-town footwork inspired EP. Preview before you buy here.

Also – might be worth your while to check out Sabbo’s project with Scattermusic entitled Modern Primitives. Staying busy, eh Sabbo?

Circa ’93.

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Dirty Parrafin – “AHA (Mind over matter)”

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A preview of “Upper Management” – the first track off of Nikki NTU’s Medulla Dinner which is scheduled for release this summer. Medulla Dinner includes production from Flying Lotus, Ras G, Tokimonster and others.

Nikki NTU – “Upper Management” (Snippet)

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“Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?

In the suspenseful documentary BANANAS!*, filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.”

BANANAS!* should hit cinemas in the UK as of tomorrow (see: ICA), and will be screened everywhere from Boston to Malmö in the coming days. Peep the website for more info, and thanks to ghettobassquake for the heads up on this.

What’s good? My name’s BD1982. I’d like to thank all A-Street crew for having me and big up Scheme for reaching out. I have an album out this month on Seclusiasis and wanted to share a couple tunes that inspired its development.

My favorite record spot in Tokyo is Dub Store and has an amazing selection of 45′s. These two tunes were my favorite finds in the summer of 2008.

Michael Rose – “Bad Boys Version” (Taxi Sound, 1991)

Ninja Ford – “Look & Kill” (John John, 1993)

I just recently became familiar with Cerrone’s music and have a lot of material to catch up on.

Cerrone – “Vaudou aux Caraïbes” (Malligator, 1980)

I was never really into Todd Terry’s music so much but I found a used copy of this record and have been listening to it non-stop.

House of Gypsies – “Sume Sigh Say” (Freeze Records, 1993)

Goblin has been an inspiration for a lot of people and it’s pretty obvious why.

Goblin – “Buio Omega (Main Titles)” (Cinevox, 1979)

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BD1982 is an east coast native currently residing in Japan
For samples of his music, check here and his myspace.

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