One of my favorite DJs of the year, Jackmaster unveils a 2 hour mix entitled, “Mastermix 2012” which is an ode to some of the finest tracks to come out in 2012. The mix opens with John Talabot’s “So Will Be Now” then just dives into the deep end with tracks like Joy Orbison’s massive edit of Donell Jones’ “U Know What’s Up”. Enjoy!
“I did it in New York when I was on a US tour recently. It started off quite happy and housey but the second half turned a bit darker as the hurricane hit. I was staying in my sister’s and luckily we didn’t lose any power, but over those few days there was nothing for me to do really except DJ, so I spent quite a lot of time on it making sure it was all in key – well, most of it – and coming up with some long blends with acapellas and stuff. It ended up quite a long one, almost two hours. There are some tracks in there that come in at almost 10 minutes which I let play out completely. A lot of people who’ve been following my previous mixes won’t be used to this. The good thing about doing a mix at the end of the year is the excuse to include some of your favourite tracks of that year, no matter if people think they’re redundant or whatever. There’s plenty of unreleased stuff though, and some that are 100% unheard anywhere else. I decided not to share a tracklist for this one. Not because I wanted to keep any of it secret, just because I don’t want the listener to know what’s coming next.” – Jackmaster
“It’s the end of Autumn, & all of the Reds, Greens, & Yellows have disintegrated into Black & White…” – Johnny Jewel
Sometimes the best feels are those you can’t put into words and you have to let be. So let this just be and enjoy Chromatics covering New Order’s “Ceremony” <3
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Chromatics – Ceremony (New Order Cover)
Oslo’s own Cashmere Cat injects his RnB production style with all the right elements of “Trap” into this fantastic remix of Feadz & Kito’s “Wettex”. Just vibe with it.
Nautic is the brain child of Buillion and Tic from Young Turks which explores the softer pop side of Bullion’s production and songwriting style. The touch of female vocals brings a lovely touch to Bullion music sense of appeal. Listen to “Fixxx” and “Fresh Eyes” below and buy the two tracks over at deekrecordings.bandcamp.com care of Deek Recordings.
Jimmy Edgar and Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum teamed up to form the duo JETS, who recently released their collab EP on Leisure System. FACT Magazine’s latest mix is from the duo who packs in a ton of unreleased material (including a Machinedrum x Prefuse 73 collab) into this 60+ minute mix for a hypothetical JETS’ Radio station that has hijacked your wi-fi/radio waves. So prep yourself for some serious vibes.
Bibio performs an epic deconstruction then reconstruction of his tunes “Sugarette” and “Fire Ant” live at the Garage in London back in 2011. Now we just need him to do a full on tour.
Star Slinger gives a proper 2-Step/UK edit to Kendrick Lamar “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”, prepping the chilled out vibe for the dancefloor. Bish, don’t kill my vibe.
A trippy visual accompaniment for a deep futuristic RnB tinged take of Riton’s “One Night Stand” with the help of Canblaster and Jay Norton all under the moniker of Symphony Hall
Jamie Lidell returns with his self-titled album on February 19, “What A Shame” is the first we hear of Jamie Lidell’s latest sound. It is a metallic sounding electronic funk RnB track that Jamie says pulls from Mtume, Cameo, New Jack Swing, Bobby Brown and George Clinton but I definitely hear Jamie pulling sonic inspiration from his contemporaries such as Rustie. I am definitely intrigued how Jamie taps back into his electronic roots while still crafting well written and produced songs on this new album.
Head over to jamielidell.com for a free download of “What A Shame”.
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