4AM Mixtape

Music pointing the way. A blog and occasional DJ set. Mainly beats and electronics.

Norman Jay and 30 years of Good Times

Norman Jay has a new compilation out to mark 30 years of his Good Times soundsystem.

Here’s a great little snippet on the history of the soundsystem from Terry Walshe’s 2002 doc ‘Good Times’. Check out the comp at the usual places, it’s called “NORMAN JAY MBE PRESENTS GOOD TIMES: 30th Anniversary Edition”

Arkist and Kidkut - Vanilla Imitate

On countdown now to REWIRE on Saturday, so here’s another little gem to whet the appetites. New on Hot Flush.

Mark E - The Day

Uncertain Days - REWIRE 4 promo mix

Uncertain Days by gnva

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Deadboy - Ain’t Gonna Lie

Deadboy’s back!

Neon Jung - Too Many Facets

George Fitzgerald - Weakness

Arp 101 - Korg-A-Tron

Fresh future acid boogie from Eglo artist Arp101.

Morgan Zarate - SP

Just ticking over. Nice little piece from Morgan Zarate’s Hookid EP.

Nicolas Jaar - Mi Mujer

Looking back at much talked about Nicolas Jaar’s first EP, Time for us, as he drops his first full length LP, Space Is Only Noise

Shackleton - Fireworks EP

These are from a double EP drop by Shackleton on Honest Jon’s

The top track is Fireworks from the EP of the same name, with remixes by Mordant Music and T++.

This second one is a King Midas Sound remix of Deadman, first seen on his recent Fabric mix.

“Leaders, you ever think this world is yours?”

This track by William Onyeabor off Strut’s recent Nigeria 70 compilation is my anthem right now.

“Leaders, you ever think this world is yours? You better change your mind.”

Maceo Plex - Life Index

The artist formerly known as Maetrik comes out the gates firing in 2011.

REWIRE2 Promo Mix

REWIRE, the quarterly odd event I put on together with Mick Cross, sees it’s second session this Saturday (13th Nov) from 9pm-3 at The Old Crown Public House, WC1A 1BH.

To get things warmed up a bit during this cold and wet November week, here’s a new promo mix for your listening pleasure…

REWIRE2 Promo Mix by gnva

Tracklisting

Be Tween - Dorian Concept
Negative Green - Downliners Sekt
Al Softly - Black Pocket
Elektricity – AEED
Lumberjack – Dibiase
If U Want Me – Deadboy
Clipper – Rustie
4 Ever My Beat [Beat Bongo Mix] - Stetsasonic
Roks Dogg - WBEEZA featuring Tina Penni Anne
Peoples Potential - Floating Points
Global Warning - Free The Robots
Maze (My Dry Wet Mess Remix) - Actress

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Ninja Tune XX coming Monday 20th September

CD1

* Two Fingers ‘Fools Rhythm’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘It’s On’ *
* Toddla T ‘Want U Now’ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
* Dorian Concept ‘Her Tears Taste Like Pears’ *
* Zomby ‘The Forest’ *
* Offshore ‘Jen At The Station’ *
* Emika ‘Double Edge’
* Toddla T ‘Sky Surfing’ (Benga Remix) *
* Big Dada Sound ‘Signs’ *
* Coldcut & Hexstatic ‘Timber’ (Seiji Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘Lost Where I Belong’ (Flying Lotus Remix)
* The Bug ‘Catch A Fire’ *
* The Bug ‘Tune In (Version)’ *
* Eskmo ‘Cloudlight’ *
* Daedelus ‘LA Nocturne’

CD2

* Roots Manuva ‘Dub Styles’ (Micachu’s M.A.T.H.E.S. Remix) *
* Diplo ‘Summer’s Gonna Hurt You’ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
* The Heavy ‘How You Like Me Now?’ (Joker Remix)
* Stateless ‘Ariel’ (Rustie Resmak) *
* Diplo ‘Newsflash’ (Metronomy Remix) *
* PRDCTV ‘Metropolis’ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
* Dark Sky ‘Leave’ *
* The Long Lost ‘Woebegone’ (Flying Lotus’ Like Woe Remix)
* Spank Rock ‘What It Look Like’ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
* Shuttle ‘Lion’ *
* Poirier ‘Get Crazy’ (Mark Pritchard Dub) *
* Jammer ‘One Over Me’ *
* Fink ‘This Is The Thing’ (EL-B Digital Edit) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Lost & Found’ *

CD3

* Lou Rhodes ‘One Good Thing’ (The Cinematic Orchestra’s New York Quartet Version) *
* Bonobo & Speech Debelle ‘Sun Will Rise’ *
* Grasscut ‘Blink In The Night’ *
* Bonobo & Andreya Triana ‘Wonder When’
* Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ‘I Hear The Drummer’ (Tunng Edit) *
* Yppah ‘Never Mess With Sunday’ *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Endless Galaxy’ *
* Cougar ‘$64k Rainbow’ *
* Amon Tobin ‘Eight Sum’ *
* DJ Vadim ‘The Terrorist’ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (1 Hope) (Slugabed Remix) *
* Andreya Triana ‘A Town Called Obsolete’ (Mala Remix) *
* Coldcut ‘Man In A Garage’ (King Jammy Vocal) *
* Lorn ‘Soft Room’ *
* Loka ‘The Beauty In Darkness’ *
* Paris Suit Yourself ‘I’ll Let You Know’ *
* Jono McCleery ‘Tomorrow’ (Edit)
* Floating Points Ensemble ‘Post Suite’ *

CD4

* Eskamon ‘Fine Objects’
* The Bug ‘Skeng’ (Autechre Remix) *
* Emika ‘Drop The Other (Daedelus Fragments Into A Thousand Little Pieces) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Bloodstone’ (King Cannibal Remix) *
* Amon Tobin ‘Foley Versions’ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
* Anti-Pop Consortium ‘Volcano’ (Four Tet Remix)
* DELS ‘Eating Clouds’ *
* Mr Scruff & Kirsty Almeida ‘Pickled Spider’
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Toccata’ (Grasscut Remix) *
* The Death Set ‘Impossible’ (Shuttle Remix)
* Daedelus ‘Trouble With A Capital D’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘Let The Spirit’ (Hot Chip Remix)
* Mr Scruff ‘Believe’ *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
* Shuttle ‘Tunnel’

CD5 (all music only available in the box set, except track 1 also on forthcoming 12”)

* Floating Points Ensemble (Almost In Profile) *
* The Cinematic Orchestra ‘Familiar Ground’ (Solid Steel version) *
* Bonobo ‘Stay The Same’ Welder remix *
* Bonobo ‘Eyesdown’ (feat. DELS) *
* Coldcut ‘Sound Mirrors’ (Grasscut Dub) *
* Jaga Jazzist ‘Synchronise Your Watches’ *
* Kyle Hall ‘Golden Moments’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘The Falling’ (Doomed remix) *
* The Herbaliser ‘Something Wicked’ (Roots Manuva’s Haunted House Dub) *
* Roots Manuva ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ *
* Fink ‘See It All’ (Scuba Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘African Rhythms’ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
* Coldcut ‘This Island Earth’ (Joe Goddard Remix)
* The Qemists ‘Don’t Lose It’ *

CD6 (all music only available in the box set)

* Roots Manuva ‘Witness’ (1 Hope) (Modeselektor’s Troublemaker Rmx) *
* Coldcut ‘True Skool’ (Zomby Remix) *
* The Bug ‘Poison Dart’ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
* DJ Food ‘Dark Lady’ (Alix Perez Remix) *
* Blockhead ‘The Music Scene’ (EL-P Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘20/20 Rhythm’ *
* Clifford Gilberto ‘Deliver The Weird’ (Dorian Concept Remix) *
* Shuttle ‘Rotten Guts’ (Gold Panda Remix) *
* DJ Food ‘Dark Lady’ (808 State Remix) *
* Coldcut & Hexstatic ‘Timber’ (Super Sargasso Orb Mix) *
* King Cannibal ‘The Grind & Crawl’ *
* Wiley ‘My Mistakes’ (JME Remix) *
* DJ Vadim ‘Yea Man They Listening’ *
* Roots Manuva ‘Join The Dots’ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
* Blockhead ‘Ugly Brown’ *
* Cedell Davis ‘Been Through Some Stuff’ (cLOUDDEAD Remix) *
* Kid Koala ‘3 Bit Blues’ *
* The Heavy ‘What’s So Good Bout Goodbye’ *

6 x 7” singles: (all music only available in the box set)

1. Bogus Order ‘Chillin With My Zen’
Bogus Order ‘Zen Bones’
2. Kid Koala ‘Skanky Panky’ (Wrongtom Dub)*
Coldcut ‘Boogieman’ (King Jammy Dub) *
3. King Geedorah ‘Snakecharmer’ (feat. Kurious as Biolante) *
Daedelus ‘Impending Doom’ (Rustie Remix) *
4. Two Fingers ‘Bad Girl’ (The Bug Dub) *
Spank Rock ‘Sweet Talk’ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *
5. Mr Scruff ‘Wriggle’ *
Toddla T ‘Pum Pum’ *
6. Wagon Christ ‘Sloth Gets Paid’ *
Coldcut ‘Not Paid Enough’ (DJ Kentaro Turntable Mix)*

Oriol - Night & Day

On Planet Mu from July, CDR alumni Oriol keeping the boogie alive.

ARP 101 - Warriors Galactic

Out on Eglo Records, vinyl at Boomkat, downloads at Juno.

4AM Mixtape Vol2 - Visitor

At long last, a new mix by gnva to kick start the blog and a little teaser for REWIRE session 2, coming soon.

4AM Mixtape Vol2 - Visitor by gnva

Tracklisting
2222, Nosaj Thing
Fuse, Hudson Mohawke
Bartn Groov, Black Pocket
Greatest Silence, Lorn
Inspirational Jumpsuit, Low Limit
Kaerb, Debruit
Tonewash, Eero Johannes
3D Action Jackson, Lando Kal / Low Limit
Mosambique, Swede:art
Detroit Falls, Pariah
Mogadishu Night Life, Ghosts On Tape
Ectoplasm, Morpheground
Antigravity (Low Limit Remix), Shlohmo
Bad.day, Young Montana?
Android Romance 1 2, Jneiro Jarel
Talk Sex (Instrumental), Circulations and Jay Scarlett Present
Elephants Dance, AEED
Carbonated, Mount Kimbie
Can’t Get Used To Those (Afterlude), Dimlite