Oscillations Mix: Beats From the Den

As I’ve mentioned a few times over the past couple of weeks, we are releasing a FREE digital compilation, due out this month. It’s called; Jus Like Music & Apple Juice Break present: Oscillations. In the lead up to its eventual release we will be showcasing some promotional mixes by the participating artists via Mixcloud. The first of which is by none other than BUG!

In BUG’s own words, “The concept for my Oscillations mix is to showcase a collection of instrumental hip-hop tracks created by artists from the Louis Den network. Every producer featured on this mix is from the UK and every track was provided exclusively for this mix.”

Oscillations will feature some of the brightest talents from hip-hop, electronica, neo-soul, dubstep and any sounds that fall somewhere in between. It’s a collection of tracks created by extremely innovative individuals from all corners of the world. Some you will be very familiar with, whilst others you might not be, well not yet anyway!

A new Oscillations mix (or two!) will come out each week in the run up to the release, so stay tuned for plenty more.

RADIO: Jus Like Music Radio Show 013

Episode 13 of the Jus Like Music radio show for the award winning Laid Back Radio is now up on Mixcloud. It’s got some new Funkshone, Timo Lassy and Bonobo tracks, as well as an exclusive sneak peak at a few tracks from the upcoming Jus Like Music & Apple Juice Break present: Oscillations project.

Yup, you read right! Coming out as a free digitial download via the newly formed Jus Like Music Records, Oscillations will be an assortment of hip-hop, dubstep, neo-soul and electronica based tracks from some of the hottest up and coming artists around. I’ll be bringing more details about the compilation shortly, but in this episode of the radio show, you can hear submissions from; Greymatter, Dza and Jesse Futerman. And that’s not to mention a taster from the debut single from BUG in the form of the track 20 Winks!

Tracklisting:

01. Funkshone – Soul Survivor (Part 1)
02. Timo Lassy – The More I Look At You feat. José James
03. The Equatics – Ain’t No Sunshine
04. Little Dragon – Blinking Pigs (1-O.A.K. ‘God Made Me Funky’ Remix)
05. Bonobo – Eyesdown (Radio Edit)
06. Ginz & Kool Money Kwame – Wet Wipe Riddim
07. Greymatter – Too Much
08. Robot Koch – Death Star Droid (fLako Remix)
09. Teebs & Jackhigh – Rains
10. Dza – Shifty
11. BUG – 20 Winks
12. Ruth Ann Cunningham – Be Free (demo) (prod. King Britt)
13. Bill Withers – Make A Smile For Me (Trishes Edit)
14. Jesse Futerman – I Love You So

All in all, a very exciting week on the Jus Like Music radio show – so, go get it listened to!

mp3: Bill Withers – Make A Smile For Me (Trishes Edit)

RADIO: Jus Like Music Radio Show 012

It’s here! Episode 12 of the Jus Like Music radio show for the award winning Laid Back Radio is now up on Mixcloud for you to enjoy. Exploring new territory for the Jus Like Music show, this episode actually features a special guest in the form of Jules Hallam from the Feedreader blog. As Jules explains in this episode, his weekly Feedreader show showcases a selection of music that he is passionate about which he feels deserves more attention than it is perhaps getting. Jules also selected a few tracks for the Jus Like Music radio show, which were from; Bullion, Four Tet and Gonjasufi.

Tracklisting:

01. Kidkanevil – Megajoy (TOKiMONSTA Unsound Bliss remix)
02. Georgia And Declaime – Endure (EthNick Remix) (prod. Nick Tha 1Da)
03. Kit Knows – Fragile
04. Lewis Parker – The Unseen Trap feat. John Robinson
05. Joe Kickass – More Or Less
06. The Q4 – Demagogues feat. Pax
07. Bullion – Crazy Over You
08. Four Tet – Plastic People
09. Gonjasufi – Ancesters
10. José James – Made For Love
11. John Legend – Ordinary People (DJ Day & Aloe Blacc Original Version)
12. Full Crate & Mar – She Was Fly feat. Eric Roberson
13. Kit Knows – Lullaby

All pretty much new music this week, bar the previously unheard DJ Day & Aloe Blacc version of John Legend’s Ordinary People. Look out for the Project Mooncircle section, featuring tracks from Lewis Parker, Joe Kickass and The Q4. Oh, and of course the track Made For Love off José James’ new album Blackmagic, which is coming out via Brownswood Recordings on 22nd Feb!

mp3: Jose James – Made For Love

Mixcloud Featured Cloudcasts 2009

The editorial team over at the fantastic Mixcloud are currently listing their top picks of 2009 via their blog. This is in anticipation of the public “Best of 2009″ vote, which ends today (15/1).

There’s an impressive array of mixes listed by the Mixcloud team going back to March 2009, when the site launched as a private beta. There’s mixes from people like; DJ Zinc, DJ Vadim, Urban Nerds, Bok Bok, Mad Decent, Tokyo Dawn Records, Kraak & Smaak, and even episode 1 of the Jus Like Music radio show for Laid Back Radio!

You better be quick if you want to register your votes for the Best of 2009, plus if you aren’t already a member of Mixcloud, then you should seriously think about joining up today. There’s great content being uploaded all the time by a lot of different people – and anyone can do it too, so if you’ve made a mix or radio show and want to share it with the world, just upload it to Mixcloud. If you’re on there, then drop by the Jus Like Music Mixcloud page and say ‘hi’.

mp3: Deborah Jordan – Nothing Lasts
(as heard on both Jus Like Music #1 and Portformat – Dark Matter Mix)

RADIO: Jus Like Music Radio Show 011

Episode 11 of the Jus Like Music radio show on Laid Back Radio is available via Mixcloud for your aural consumption. An hour’s worth of the finest in electronica, hip-hop, soul and more, interspersed with a few ramblings from yours truly.

In this episode I feature new material from the likes of Vlooper & KenLo, Dynooo, Full Crate & Mar and Stac, as well as fantastic tracks from Quadron, Lone and Suite For Ma Dukes. But, don’t just take my word for it, give it a listen!

Tracklisting:

01. Lone – Love Heads
02. Vlooper & KenLo – Blind Witness
03. jerrell.james – Subject To Failure (Railster Remix)
04. Dynooo – Cawf Drop
05. J.Period & Nneka – Changes feat. M-1 & General Steele (J.Period Remix)
06. Strong Arm Steady – Best of Times feat. Phonte
07. Full Crate & Mar – She Was Fly
08. El Chavo – Solitude feat. Sarah G
09. Stac – Glory (King Knut Remix)
10. Reggie B & Miles Bonny – My Sunshine
11. Quadron – Average Fruit
12. 21st Century – Remember The Rain
13. Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra – Take Notice

mp3: Quadron – Average Fruit