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Download Shy FX's 'Raver' EP free!

The marvellous Shy FX released 'Raver' quite some time ago but just recently, the whole release has been made available for free.

The video for 'Raver' features a bewildering number of cameos ranging from AC Slater to Peter Waterman. It's almost a game in itself, spotting people. The tune itself features Kano, Donae'o and Roses Gabor (of Gorillaz fame) as well as a whole host of remixes from the likes of Breakage, Benny Page and the mighty MJ Cole.

New Starkey EP on Civil Music

Philadelphia resident Starkey has a new EP out on Civil Music label. The 12 track release — 5 originals, 6 remixes and one narration track — is as expansive as it is ambitious. It harks back to his IDM roots with a science fiction-inspired spoken word track as well as sprawling soundscapes and cold bleeps.

It also comes with a pretty solid bunch of remixes, with Ital Tek and Rudi Zygadlo’s remixes of 'Playing With Fire' and 'Paradise' respectively outshining the others. Grab a copy of it at 7digital.

Space Traitor Vol 1 (preview) by starkey

New Jason Forrest EP absolutely free!

Berlin resident Jason Forrest has released a brand new EP under his own name, the first in six years. The new EP, entitled 'Utopia' is a noise-driven beast with more than a penchant for melody.

The new EP was born from a meeting between Forrest and Brian Miller (head of the LA-based Deathbomb Arc) when they discussed the possibility of him contributing to the Deathbomb Arc digital singles club. Instead, Jason opted to release a full four-track EP ahead of the full-length LP scheduled for 2011.

The release is a departure from his recent club-friendly bass productions. It marks a return to the more leftfield, intricate productions he cut his teeth on 6+ years ago. It's epic stuff, featuring uptempo melodies that build gradually to distorted peaks and troughs with eerie synth lines.

There's still an element of his beloved prog rock and even hints at disco, progressing the sort of sounds used in 2004's 'Shamelessly Exciting'. Preview the first track from the EP, 'Ciccone Youth', below and then download the whole thing free here.

Download: Jason Forrest - Ciccone Youth

Gorillaz cover The XX in live Radio 1 set with Daley

Damon Albarn's current project, Gorillaz, performed at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge over the weekend, accompanied by singer Daley. They performed very low-key versions of their new single 'Doncamatic' as well as 'Melancholy Hill', as well as a stunning cover of The XX's 'Crystalised'. You can watch the three videos below (via Some Kind of Awesome)

New Droon mixtape on Soundcloud

I've always loved Droon since he was making nasty, harsh as hell breakcore/mashups. I mean, anyone who's heard Cripplefight knows this is one hugely entertaining producer.

Sadly, with the demise of breakcore a lot of these sort of productions fell out of favour as DJs started making cleaner, more pronounced house and bass music. Most DJs either jumped ship and started on electro or they simply sank into obscurity. Sadly, Droon kinda falls into both categories.

I did however, find this little beauty of his which blends the best of both: b'more and electro with a breakcore sensibility. Dusty mix from the top shelf. expiration date 12-2007 by Droon

Sufjan Stevens tribute LP due for March release

A tribute LP to Sufjan Stevens, will be released via the blog On Joyful Wings in aid of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The LP, 'Seven Swans Reimagined', is a track-by-track re-working of Stevens' 2004 album 'Seven Swans'.

Bonnie "Prince" Billy heads the bill along with DM Stith, Half-Handed Cloud, and the Gregory Brothers. Apparently, Sufjan was not involved in the project but gives it his full blessing.

01 Bonnie "Prince" Billy 'All The Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands'
02 The Gregory Brothers - 'The Dress Looks Nice on You'
03 Derek Webb - 'In The Devil's Territory'
04 Joshua James - 'To Be Alone With You'
05 Damion Suomi - 'Abraham'
06 Unwed Sailor - 'Sister'
07 Wakey!Wakey! - 'Size Too Small'
08 Elin Smith - 'We Won't Need Legs to Stand'
09 DM Stith - 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'
10 Half-Handed Cloud - 'He Woke Me Up Again'
11 Carl Hauck - 'Seven Swans'
12 David Crowder*Band - 'The Transfiguration'
13 Jason Harrod - 'I Went Dancing With My Sister' (B-side)
14 Shannon Stephens - 'Waste of What Your Kids Won't Have' (B-side)
15 Inlets - 'Borderline' (B-side)

KOTJ Radio | Episode 7: Jubilee

To celebrate our first birthday we asked two of our favourite DJs, BD1982 and Jubilee, to put together a mix each so we could release them both instead of the usual once-a-month deal. We put Brian's mix out two weeks ago and now it's Jess's turn.

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Jubilee has been a staple of the heavy bass scene for some time now. As well as running Nightshifters alongside Donna Summer, she also puts on the Flashing Lights parties with Nick Catchdubs and DJ Ayres.

On top of all that, she is also one half of Bassanovva with Grahmzilla. The two have an EP out on Sinden's Grizzly imprint. Check that out here and browse the beatport chart she put together to listen to some of the tracks featured in her mix.

Tracklist:

01. R1 Ryders - Pop Shit Off
02. C.R.S.T. - Dance (Mosca Remix)
03. Magnum - Juracan (Randomer Remix)
04. Octa Push - Monkey Island
05. Brenmar - You Make Me Say (Ikonika & Optimum Remix)
06. LV & Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang
07. Brenmar - Back Beating
08. Seiji - Weedkiller
09. Roska & Untold - Myth
10. Breach - Fatherless (Doc Daneeka MRR SNRZZ Remix)
11. Kingdom - Remember feat. Tiombe Lockhart
12. Contakt - The Otherness
13. Untold - Stereo Freeze
14. Kutz - Hypno

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http://www.flashinglightslightslights.com
http://www.facebook.com/JustJubilee

Download: Jubilee - KOTJ Radio Episode 7

New Sharam Jey single with Tommie Sunshine

Sharam Jey has a new single out, entitled 'The Things', which features Tommie Sunshine on vocals. It also features a huge heap of remixes, including efforts from Junior Sanchez, Cuberpunkers, Funkerman, Acid Washed and more.

It's out on King Kong and both volumes can be found at Beatport here and here.

Download: Sharam Jey - The Things feat. Tommie Sunshine (Acid Washed Remix)

Egyptrixx - Start From The Beginning [Video]

Toronto's Egyptrixx is set to release the first LP on Night Slugs early next year. Below is the video for the first single from the album:

Egyptrixx - Start from the Beginning from Datdatdat / A. N. Fischer on Vimeo.

Drop The Lime - Hot As Hell [Video]

Mogwai to release new LP on Sub Pop

Post Rock luminaries Mogwai are set to release their seventh full-length LP on the legendary Sub Pop. The new LP, entitled 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will', features the single 'Rano Pano' which is available for free download on Sub Pop's website, for the princely sum of your e-mail address.

A 7" of the single will be available January 18th. Go here to download the track and look at the artwork and tracklist.

Debut release from Talk on Nightshifters

One of the most recent signings to Nightshifters, Talk, has released his first EP on the imprint. The new EP, entitled 'Holy Mountain', came out yesterday and promises a sound described as "cinematic" and "gutteral".

As always, Nightshifters have brought out the dark and dirty side of their musicians. I know we've featured most of the NS releases on here but it's simply because they're consistantly solid. It's really impressive the way Jason Forrest and Jubilee have created this label: the striking visual aesthetics and the thoughtfully selected artists combine to inspire their DJs to create genuinely unique productions.

Talk - Burning Alive from Nightshifters on Vimeo.

The EP includes four original productions ('Holy Mountain', 'Finland', 'Burning Alive' and 'Walking Disease') as well as four remixes from newcomes Distal and Skinnz, and blog house veterans Deathface and LOL Boys.

Download the mp3 of the title track and then grab the rest of the release on Beatport, iTunes and Juno.

Download: Talk - Holy Mountain

Happy Birthday Diplo!

Diplo - Florida from Rory on Vimeo.

To celebrate the birth of Mad Decent's founding father Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, some vagabond has uploaded the original 38 minute Florida DVD in its entirety. That's it up there.

Free Girl Talk LP on Illegal Art

The brains behind Girl Talk, Gregg Gillis, has released a free LP on Illegal Art dripping with samples. The follow up to 2008's 'Feed The Animals' is called 'All Day' and is available to download from Illegal Art here.

In support of the LP Gillis will be embarking on a massive tour. You can check the dates here.

KOTJ Radio | Episode 6: BD1982

This month Kick Out The Jam celebrates its first birthday and to celebrate we've got two - yes, two - mixtapes for you lovely shits. The first is from our good friend BD1982 and the second is from Nightshifters co-big cheese, Jubilee.

Episode six of our podcast series comes from Yokohama resident BD1982. Including Makumba Sound, Roska, XLII and Untold; it also features a couple of BD1982 originals, as well as his remix of 'Mommy' by Planet Soap.

The tape kicks off with an awesome blend of samples before throwing us headlong into a dubby dancehall number. It ties in all my favourite styles of tropical, funky, dancehall, dubstep and house into this really awesome dark trip that almost delves into the realms of IDM at points.

Honestly, just listen for yourself. Either download it below or stream at our Mixcloud page. It's a great place to start if you want an idea of the BD1982 sound. Also, be sure to grab a copy of the awesome 'Trails' EP I wrote about here.

Kotj Radio | Episode 6: Bd1982 by Kickoutthejam on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

01. Innocent Crew - Bad Like We
02. Makumba Sound - Dutty Girls
03. BD1982 - Magnets On My Back
04. Jali Bakary Konteh - Combination (Hat+Hoodie Remix)
05. Anthm - Fam Ting
06. Roska - Feeline (Guttershake Remix by J:Kenzo)
07. XLII vs. BD1982 - Envy Riddim (MC Zulu Version)
08. Boddika - Syn Chron
09. Gudda Gudda - Demolition Freestyle Pt.1 feat. Lil Wayne
10. Hype Williams - Rescue Dawn II
11. Planet Soap - Mommy (BD1982 Remix)
12. Untold - Come Follow We
13. The Cheese Sticks - Hos Ja!
14. BD1982 - Utukku
15. A Number Of Names - Sharevari

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http://www.twitter.com/bd1982
http://bd1982.muxtape.com
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Download: BD1982 - KOTJ Radio Episode 6

New Zed Bias LP due in Spring 2011

Master of the breaks/garage sound Zed Bias has announced he will be releasing a new album this Spring on Tru Thoughts, titled 'Biasonic Hot Sauce'.

Following the succes of 'Make A Change' under his Maddslinky moniker, the new LP promises brand new Zed Bias material as well as collaborations with Skream and Mark Pritchard among others. There's little more info other than that the artwork will be daubed by Boo Cook, whose CV includes work for Marvel Comics!

BD1982 - Trails

Having cut his teeth back in Philadelphia, Brian "BD1982" Durr now resides in Japan. Slowly the influence of funky is starting to creep across the east coast of America, with more and more producers bridging the gap between dubstep and funky and so it reaches Brian via his pals in Philadelphia and so on.

The real star of the show is 'Magnets On My Back' with tropical drums and a Nintendo-y synth line. Always keeping his productions progressive and as far from monotonous as it's possible to get.

Gunhead makes 'Trails' into a sort of "tropical n' bass" with ravey synth lines over a heavy Tropical/UKF beat. The Jam City mix is much more of a garage/bassline affair that could just as easily be an L-Vis 1990 or A1 Bassline production, which is no bad thing (or a surprise given Jam City's work with the Night Slugs crew). The chilled out techno element gives it a real deep house edge and once more blurs the lines beyond all Venn Diagrams.

Finally we have the remixes of 'Let's Talk Math'. The first, a remix by Makumba Sound, also takes on a funky element with a very squelchy synth line splashing its way through things. The second mix and final mix is by a chap called Brey who has so far eluded our radars but this mix promises a lot and we're sure to hear from him again.

Stand out tracks: Trails (Gunhead Remix), Magnets On My Back, Trails (Jam City Remix)

Title: Trails (seclusD09)
Artist: BD1982
Out now on Seclusiasis.

Download: BD1982 - Trails

Grab your copy from Beatport, Boomkat, iTunes and Juno.

Also, look out for BD1982's mix for our podcast series out very soon!!

New Primary 1 single and LP out soon!

Britain's own Joe Flory aka Primary 1, whose career trajectory could only be described as "break-neck" has a new single 'Never Know' out December 6th. The new single is taken from his debut LP which features co-production from Paul Epworth and Phillpe Zdar and is scheduled for a February 2011 release.

If you heard 'Hold Me Down' you'll know this a release to get excited about and one that's sure to set the benchmark for releases in the new year. He already commands an impressive remix roster having Foamo, The Shoes and Yuksek penning reworkings in the past and Gucci Vump providing their take on the new single.

5 new tracks from the latest Horsepower LP at FACT

Those lovely chaps at FACT magazine have uploaded five whole tracks from the highly anticipated new LP by Horsepower Productions, their first in six years. The new album is to be released on the thoroughly consistant Tempa and promises at least as much as can be expected from such a ball-achingly good label.

With such a phenomenal track record, Tempa's reputation needs little explanation or promotion from me. Having put out Skream's debut LP as well as Benga's 'Diary Of An Afro Warrior', their reputation is a formidable one to say the least.

With that in mind, all signs point to 'Quest For The Sonic Bounty' being a stellar release, particularly since many consider them to be the inventors of dubstep. It may also be the last dubstep release to be described as such. Though I'll almost certainly be proved wrong before the year is out.

You can stream the tracks here.