Blentcast no.10 - Chicken George (MP3)

Blentwell's tenth Podcast radio show devoted to bringing exclusive mixes to you from the best new DJs around the world. This episode is brought to us from three time Blentcaster Chicken George.The soulful beat merchant comes at us from a live recording made recently at the Darkroom in Chicago. Get ready for some seriously smoothed out beat and rhythms paired with some outstanding neo-soul refixes and white labels.

Genres: broken beat, downbeat, downtempo, hip-hop, reggae, soul

Source: http://www.blentwell.com/blentcast/blentcast10.html

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Pezzner - Spring Opening at the Polyclinic (MP3)

The random mixes that I get in my inbox are just NUTS! Some of them are done by drunken deaf mice who love recording 13 songs playing at the same time. But then at the other end of the spectrum I get these really polite introductions from really cool folks who just deeply dig their music. Case in Point: Dave Pezzner - the 2007 US Laptop DJ champion - who throws down a set that doesn't advertise that fact too heavily. He laptops all of the beats into this mix perfectly. A great Springtime mix to serve as your personal sound track.

Genres: broken beat, house, laptop, mash-up, soul

Source: http://www.jacoblondon.com/main.htm

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Peanut Butter Wolf - F^@% Valetines Day (MP3)

Peanut Butter Wolf has become the web's official theme mixtape DJ! Dude drops a mix for any and every holiday... his Arbor Day Megamix was the JAM! And once again he does not disappoint with a lovely mix for that special someone in your life. If you are too cheap to buy flowers or candy just burn this bad boy to CD and get to work on the "I REEELY love you baby" cover art. Re-gift it to your betrothed, pop it in and get ready to make out to the beat. Works every time.

Genres: r&b, slow jams, soul, vocals

Source: http://www.stonesthrow.com/

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Cosmo Baker - The James Brown Mix (HTML→MP3)

The Mad Decent Podcast #12 is coming at us from Mr. Cosmo Baker with one of the best James Brown tributes yet.

Genres: blends, james brown, soul

Source: http://www.cosmobaker.com/

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Snack & C'mish - Lemon Red Xmas Mix (MP3)

Get ready for some yuletide ish from two TurntableLab folks who are poised to blow up NYC anyday now. While this is an Xmas mix do not worry about it being some watered down mix of the same ole christmas tracks (I'm looking at you RUN DMC "Christmas in Hollis"). With all kinds of killer holiday slaps from all of the heatmaking artists (Knife, Chromeo, Jim Jones etc.) This mix'll keep the sugarplums dancing in your head til the early morn.

Genres: christmas, electro, hip-hop, holiday, mash-up, soul

Source: http://www.lemon-red.org/blog/2006/12/13/the-lemon-red-x-mas

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Ben Mono- Lime Sorbet Mix (MP3)

Florida's Citrona label has been running an incredible mix show by Germany's Quincy Jointz. Past guests include Bigga Bush, Rephrase and others. This show comes at you from Compost's Ben Mono and with a new album coming soon this should give Mono fans a good sneak peek at what the album will be like. A good dash of 80's soul vibe combined with quality modern soul/R&B vocals and funky ass breakbeats smooshed together.

Genres: 80s, electro, funk, hip-hop, soul

Source: http://www.citrona.net/sorbet.htm

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Frequento - Bouncing Floor Bomb (MP3)

There is that "oh shit" moment when a live grenade comes skittering across the floor and eases to a halt. You are frozen in your steps - though your head is screaming "GET OUT!". That deer in headlights moment is exactly what I went thru with this Frequento mix. He dropped a dime to me about his mixes and I clicked in - this blend starts off on a great soulful vibe but then a shiny grenade came sliding into frame when that killer guitar/synth lick from "Der Kommisar" drops. Oh shit! Is he gonna take it sideways like that? And even in the face of eminent destruction you cannot help but listen and shake. If you are starving for a soulful/hip-hop/funk nugget this is the mix for you. Word to Frequento for dropping bombs like this! And word to the whole Leipzig/Sunset Soul crew for keeping the downbeat vibe alive!

Genres: chill, downbeat, funk, hip-hop, soul

Source: http://www.sunsetsoul.de/pages/frequento.php

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Certified Bananas - September Mix (MP3)

Who is the issuing authority of these Bananas Certificates? I'm not complaining.. this mix definitely lives up to it's certified status. Whoa! And it's not your run of the mill mix that just cuts n pastes the latest Mp3blog tracks. A well crafted blend of hip-hop and soul and more. Certified Blentwell.

Genres: blends, hip-hop, mash-up, soul

Source: http://www.certifiedbananas.com/

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The Rub - DC Go go Classics Mix (MP3)

Go-go is one of the quintessential region musical styles. Miami had it's Bass, Chicago had it's House and DC brought out the Go-go sound. "Do it in the Butt" is the only "go-go" cut to make it nationwide and most folks think that is about the breadth of the sound. Thank god for the record collection of those boys from "The Rub"! This mix'll give you a good run down on where gogo has been over the past few years. I must say it is missing some of the Classic Artists - Chuck Brown, EU, Lil Benny and others but nonetheless it'll catch you up. One thing to note is that listening to go-go on your iPod is NOTHING compared to catching a Live go-go show. All dem dancehall queens and dirty south ass droppers could learn a thing or two about "gettin' their freak on" from the DC gogo dancers. If you are ever in DC you owe it to yourself to find the Metro Club in SW and catch some live gogo.

Genres: go-go, gogo, soul

Source: http://brooklynradio.net//index.php?option=com_content&task=

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PeanutButter Wolf _ Chrome Children Mix (MP3)

Those folks over at Stones Throw continue to capitalize on that Adult Swim hook up. Robot Chicken is my shit! And in this mix PB wolf gets down with cuts from the newly release Chrome Children album as well as some other soulful hip-hop cuts. If you are looking for hyphee snap beats with dro, yay & scrill etc. you should look elsewhere. But if you are interested in what is happening now that the backpack hip-hop just carries a laptop bag, this is the spot to check in.

Genres: backpack, hip-hop, indie, indie hip-hop, soul, soul

Source: http://www.stonesthrow.com/chromechildren/

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