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just because: radiohead-king of limbs

in rainbows was/is near impossible to beat and i’m not sure if this does (don’t care) but one things for certain, these guys just keep experimenting and growing in every way. WHOOP!

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another midnight classic: mingus plays piano

yeah, so besides being a fucking god-like bass player and composer, mr. mingus is also responsible for crafting one of my fav jazz piano albums of all times. chuck this on one late night after the party is winding down or some lazy sunday and see if it doesn’t become one of your staples. i [...]

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cool summer reads: jack chambers’ milestones-the music and times of miles davis

  considering the many related posts, you may have figured out by now, that i love me some miles.  maybe love is too weak a word? ahem. anyhoo, this epic read leaves no milestone(sorry) unturned, no matter how much funk might be growing underneath. so authoritatively researched in fact, that miles himself apparently burgled it [...]

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this one’s for me: clams casino-instrumental mixtape

fuuuck. sometimes i wonder what the fuck i was thinking doing any kind of music blog. especially a music blog based on my tastes. dirty-esque as they may ever be. sucker. sure, it’s nice to have common interests, but really, i don’t give a fuck. if you really don’t like it don’t listen. and stop [...]

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frequency spunnin’: surgeon-breaking the frame and v.i.v.e.k.-eyes down

  see it with your ears here. and then: eyes down. bass up.   oh yes, my f(r)iends. sumo-fat-ne-ess.   …    

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soul food: bad brains

a couple of years ago one of my neighbors decided to go walk her dog at 3 a.m. “yeah so?” you say. well apparently she had been DEEP FRYING at the time and left that pot a bubblin’ when she left (you can’t pick your neighbors…) and the result was the whole damn building burning [...]

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alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto-summvs: so shim recommended

as always the album art is a little grandma-esque for my taste but dammit this just may be the finest yet in their oh so fertile collab. “dreamy” doesn’t even come close. beg, borrow or ask for it for xxx-mas.  

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the customer isn’t always right: i like killing flies

fuck! FUCK!!! FUUUUUCKKK!!!! ; love this doc. no one got rich but some people got happy, fuck the rest.  

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EP of the week- smoov shimmy recommends: old apparatus

hot damn!!! that totally dependable little label deep medi has done it again!!! on this brief we find the minds of mala and crew future-proofing the shit out of dubstep with this audio fuck machine and thusly proving once and for all that you can teach an old apparatus dirty new trix; high fives!!!!!!

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he be bangin’: new diego stocco

Diego Stocco – Dustland from Diego Stocco on Vimeo. freaking TIGHT!!!!! the always amazing diego does it again!!!

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