Its takes little to say that Shortkut is one of the best tablists on the planet, and for that matter, anywhere else. In this (once extremely rare) mixtape he reconstructs famous hip hop beats by finding the original breaks and cutting and juggling them into the recognizable head nodding versions we all know so well. Put it in your blaster and blast; get it while it lasts.

Mixtape: DJ Shortkut – Rekonstrukted Elements (don lowed) (58 minutes)

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The fact that I haven’t posted any Kidkanevil so far, is due to indecision about what I like of his best. The irony here is that I’m posting a Kidkanevil mix that only includes a scant 2 songs of his (one being a remix of the other)… which only means there is probably more to come. Enjoy. Mix originally from the mighty dublab.

Lullatone – The Bedtime Beatbox
Jay Electronica – Exhibit A (Transformations)
Illum Sphere – Agent White version 1
Eliphino – Don’t Try Be VIP version 2
Om Unit – Lightgrids
Dibiase – Spacely Sprocketts
Robot Koch – Gorom Sen (Shlohmo remix)
Ratatat – Mirando / Tweet – Call Me Acapella
Sonicbrat – Audiography 004
Stateless – Visions
Asura – Feathers
Kraddy – Andriod Porn (Fulgeance remix)
Taprikk Sweezee – Volt version 09
Peter Digital Orchestra – Born In 1980
Debruit – Pouls
Blue Daisy – Hunterz
Gonjasufi – Candycanelane
Bullion – Crazy Over You
kidkanevil – Megajoy
kidkanevil – Megajoy (Tokimonsta unsound bliss remix)
Starkey – Knob Twiddler
American Men – We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire
Secret Of Mana OST – I Closed My Eyes

Mixtape: Kidkanevil – iwantyoutocloseyoureyesandenvisionthemostbeatufulplaceintheworld
ifyouinthehoodintheghettostreetcornercomeonthisjourney…thebestjourney (download)

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Help to keep Monday moving.

Mixtape: Suma – AfroLatin Mixtape (download)

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Its been a while since I’ve dropped you all a mixtape. And thats partly because of bandwidth issues. I’m one of those decent blogs that self hosts, so you don’t have to click 12 times, kill popups, and wait 45 seconds to download a song… but that also means I have to watch my shit more closely. But since I went on a spiel last thursday and mentioned those Conmen tapes… I thought why not unearth one. So… thank you Jake One and Mr. Supreme for your diggin’s.

Side A: The Conmen – The Masters Side A (don lowed)

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Side B: The Conmen – The Masters Side B (don lowed)

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That jackass P.tone is still MIA. Personally, I’m pretty happy about that. I’m sitting here putting all his shit on ebay. I don’t know how much a Delta 9 Hate Tank Double LP goes for… but I’m about to find out.  Actually, fuck that. I’ma keep it and sell these snowboards of his. Who wants a Noah Salasnek? I guess he was last seen driving a rusted out 67 Buick Skylark on the steel rims. Can’t believe everything though. Especially that he hadn’t posted this Z-Trip Dublab mix up. This is ill. Part I though? Wheres part II? Imagine that… something else MIA.

Mixtape: Z-Trip – Live @ Dublab (I) (download)

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ESKMO does a dubstep mixtape worth listening to. Amazing.

Mixtape: Eskmo – Ancestor Mix (2009) (download)

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(Intro) Animal Collective – Daily Routine [Domino]
Eskmo – Harmony [Ancestor]
Eskmo – Trudge [Studio Rockers]
Eskmo – Hyprecolor [Ancestor]
Eskmo – Process [Studio Rockers]
J. Rodgers – Meditation Point (Eskmo Remix) [Blipswitch Digital]
Eskmo – Amphibian VIP Mix [Ancestor]
DJ Quest & Eskmo – Speakers Corner (Eskmo & Antiserum Remix) [Cyberfunk]
Eskmo – Ocean Lazer [Sonic Dragon]
COTK – We Are The Glitch (Eskmo Remix) [Blipswitch Digital]
Sub Swara – Constructing The Absence [Low Motion]
Eskmo & Antiserum – Monstahs [Full Melt]
Jason Sparks – One Eyed Man (Eskmo Remix) [Contraboss]
Bar9 – Murda Sound (Eskmo Remix) [Z Audio]
Primus – My Name Is Mud (Eskmo Remix [dub]
Eskmo – Angus Dei [Ancestor]
Afghan Headspin – MSG (Eskmo Remix) [dub]
DJ Quest & Mutiny – ? (Eskmo Remix) [dub]
Eskmo – San Francisco [Ancestor]
(Outro) Animal Collective – Daily Routine [Domino]

Some weekends need weekends to recover from, and all together insipid, still are footings for a change in speak thought. So when I wake up and Monday is another Monday, I can at least put my mind somewhere warm and grateful. Ups to DJ Frosty for doing damn fine dub/roots/reggae mixes. Certainly some of my favorite out there.

Mixtape: Frosty – Crooked Mouth Dubs (download)

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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.
– Hunter S. Thompson

I wouldn’t call this entirely rare soul becasue the whole mix isn’t soul, and I guess I can’t really say how rare it is, because I know a whole lot of this stuff on here. But I’m probably not the typical music listener, so maybe it’s all rare, and then so are we.

Mixtape: DJ Drez – Rare Soul (Volume 1) (download)

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I mentioned Terry Mullan last week, she here is a bootleg Terry Mullan mix from Porcupine Rocketship, and a fine example of the type of shit that was going on in the Midwest back then. I was thinking about trying to dig out the flyer for this party to post up, but I think I gave them all to my brother and I don’t feel like trying to sort through all his stuff. Thats it thats all. If anyone has a more complete version or any other bootlegs from this show, give me a holla. Such as either of the two Scotts from cottonmouth.

Mixtape: Terry Mullan – Live At Porcupine Rocketship (Rockford-IL) (download)

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This isn’t nostalgia. Or even a throwback. It’s not a inside joke. There isn’t any iconography here. No limited edition.  Not even cynicism. Its a Wildchild mixtape.

Mixtape: Danny the Wildchild – Bat It Up ( Side A) (download)

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Mixtape: Danny the Wildchild – Bat It Up ( Side B) (download)

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