Title: Electric Chair Mix
DJ: Red Rack'em
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Nottingham producer, DJ and top bloke steps
forth with a heavy selection of music.
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Title: Huevos Verde
DJ: Johnny Blue Jeans
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Mr Zimbabwe from Departure Lounge put me on
to this one. A fabulous mix of deep and
jazzy nuggets spanning a range of genres. As
for the DJ, I only know he is currently
trotting the globe in a backpacking kind of
way.
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Title: Departure Sounds Volume 3
DJs: Astroboy & Jimenez
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DL residents cook up another fine stew of
current gems and past nuggets. This one
cooks mofos!
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Title: Addict Mix
DJs: Part Time Heroes
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Not only a first class live band, but super
DJs too! The Part Time Heroes have been
making waves with recent 12" releases and
festival performances. Check out this
freestyle blend of big tunage.
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Title: Spring Mix
DJ: Gary On The Money
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Local head Gary Mallett provides the vibes
here. Look out for him at various bars and
clubs in Edinburgh. An up-and-coming
decksmith.
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Title: Some Folk
DJ: Astroboy
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A whimsical downtempo journey through the
slightly more obscure corners of my
collection, featuring some new gems and
dusty oddities. No mixing involved.
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Title: This Is How We Do It Vol. 1
DJ: Astroboy
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Astroboy gets back on the decks for another
session of diverse tunage. No way to
describe this selection, just listen. If you
drink lots of beer at Assembly Bar in
Edinburgh you might get this mix in
specially designed art package.
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Title: Walk'n'Stroll Bee License
DJ: B-Burg
Link:
LVS Records
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Interesting tea drinker and cut-up king
B-Burg eats biscuits and mixes more obscure
gems into a finely woven whole. Sip it!
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Title: Somethin' Else Cookin Session Vol. 1
DJ: Matti
Link:
Somethin' Else
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Matti runs things in Jyväskylä, a University
town 250kms North of Helsinki in Finland.
His Somethin' Else night at The Jazz Bar
showcases Finland's top jazz outfits and
some very hot wax indeed. This wicked mix
brings together old and new with pleasing
results.
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Title: Latin Funk Flavours
DJ: Janski
Link:
Janski on MySpace
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More Finnish pressure as our friend,
music-lover and DJ Janski delivers a hot
blend of Latin flavours. Vamos!
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Title: Soul Meets Jazz
DJ: Jesper Christiansen
Link:
Jesper on MySpace
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This London scenester and respected DJ has
worked with 51Lex and Wah Wah 45s Record
labels, as well as spinning at many hip
parties at venues such as Plastic People and
Cargo. Check this mix of essential new
soul-jazz tunage, compiled for Itch FM.
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Title: Rhythm Section Mix
DJ: Freshadelik
Link:
www.dnbartist.nl/freshadelik (in Dutch)
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Dutch blender Freshadelik sends over a tight
blend of broken beat, latin breaks and fresh
global flavours. Quality listening.
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Title: Funky Into Bossa Mix
DJs: CBloom + Dvine
Link:
www.cbloomdvine.be
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Belgian beat-freaks CBloom + Dvine drop the
funk with a soulful Latin edge. Uptempo mix
for the afternoon.
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Title: w00ted Mix
DJ: Synflood
Link:
www.djsynflood.org
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Berlin resident and record collector DJ
Synflood gives a low-slung blend of esoteric
styles, from off-beat hip-hop, electronica,
broken beat and twisted soul. Visit his
website for more of his unique mixes.
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Title: Wah Wah Radiophonic Mix
DJ: Dom Servini
Link:
Wah Wah 45's
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"Speedy" Dom Servini mashes up music from
his esteemed Wah Wah 45's label for your
aural pleasure. Look out for their
compilation "Underground Hits & Exclusive
Bits" in stores now!
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Title: Boogieburg Mix
DJ: DEK
Link:
Beatonic
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A masterclass in the mix from Gordon AKA DEK
from Glasgow's Beatonic club and website.
Funk, soul, breaks blended to perfection.
For more mixes check his website on the link
above.
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Title: Pie In The Eye
DJ: B-Burg
Link:
LVS Records
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Not only pies in eyes but fingers in pies
for Chris Hall AKA B-Burg, guitarist (Livesciences),
DJ (Solid Steel), producer and engineer
*phew*. Check his oddball musical stylings
here.
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Title: Untitled Mix for Broke'n'Beat Radio,
Philadelphia
DJ: Argo
Link:
Broke'n'Beat Radio
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Philadelphia broken beat don Argo lays it
thick, from Dilla to Sun Ra and then
some...heavy stuff. Check his radio station
on the link above.
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Title: Computer-Scheisse Volume Two
DJ: Tommy Perman
Link:
Surface Pressure Records
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Artist, musican and label boss Tommy Perman
mashes up his favourite tracks of 2005,
laptop stylee! Defies further description...
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Title: Basement Soul Mix
DJ: Greymatter
Link:
Mr Bongo Records
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Graham from Mr Bongo AKA DJ Greymatter show
us how he does it down at his Basement Soul
night in Brighton. Broken vibes and future
soul.
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Title: True Spirit Mix
DJ: Gav Smith
Link:
Pantone Music
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Gav from Pantone Music (think Jazztronik)
gives us a live mix from his True Spirit
night, recorded in 2005.
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Title: Stars & Rockets
DJ: Astroboy
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Its a couple years old now, but still one of
my favourite mixes...takes you on an
intergalactic journey through many styles
and sounds.
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Title: Soul Flow
DJ: Astroboy
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My most recent mix, heavy broken vibes,
Latin tinged beats, and deep soul to
penetrate the mind.
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Title: Departure Sounds Vol. 1
DJ: Astroboy & Mr Zimbabwe
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The classic Departure Lounge mix tape...this
takes the listener through the spectrum of
music that is played at the club, from
hip-hop to jazz to bossa to house to ska. A
true musical exploration.
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Title: Departure Sounds Vol. 2
DJ: Astroboy & Mr Zimbabwe
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The second installment from July 2005,
another breakneck journey through the music
of Departure Lounge.
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