Dj Afro Monk

Tracklist:
01: Diplo vs Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry Be Happy (BEATSTROKED!!!)
02: Brown, Gammon vs The Shangri-Las vs Nancy Sinatra - Remember These Boots (BEATSTROKED!!!)
03: Sub Scape vs The Knack - My Sharona (BEATSTROKED!!!)
04: Flux Pavillion vs Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (BEATSTROKED!!!)

Beatstroke is a new project from Bassobese who’ve just recently released a EP with four mash ups. Go to his bandcamp site and download the EP for free.

Beatstroke @ Bandcamp

Recently I’ve forgotten to put a featured Friday mix.
Luckily I remembered today and went out for a mix that contained orgininality. Been really digging mixes that have slow build ups and then out of no where it hits with some dubstep and glitch hop.

This mix takes you on a real sweet journey. Big ups to Psymbionic on this one.

Download: http://www.zshare.net/download/72245556abc12a61/

Tracklist:
1. Reso - Hemisphere
2. Eskmo - Sister, You Have Got To Listen
3. PantyRaid - Enter The Machine
4. Mimosa - Dead Like Me
5. Siren - What a Life
6. Sub Swara - Hi Fidelity (ill.gates Remix) vs. Kraddy - Forget About Dre Instrumental
7. Klone - A Lot Kooler
8. FreddyTodd - Can’t Fathom This (NastyNasty Remix)
9. Product 1 - Ready2Rage (Bassnectar and Jantsen Remix)
10. Mochipet - Godzilla New Year (Vibesquad Remix)
11. The Widdler - Slow Dance Chubby vs. Seventh Swami - Escape Artists
12. Opiuo - Nun Cha Ka
13. Heyoka - Borscht
14. Bassnectar - Boombox (Bassnectar Remix) vs. Eprom - 64 Bytes (Eprom Remix)
15. Bird of Prey and Chillax’n - Pipe Dream

Mimosa is at it again bringing heavy original joints into solid mixing. After releasing more of a dubstep chill vibe on recent EP release he shows us all he still got the bass flowing out with his signature glitchy highs and booming bass.

This man is soaring to the top of the list. I’ll never forget when first heard his tracks over year ago now and thinking wow I want to see this guy live! This mix is a prime example of what I want to be doing in the future. Be able to just play all tracks that I’ve done and just rock out yet have emotions attached no matter how low the freq go.

Mimosa - False Idols Mix

Track List:
1. MiM0SA - iN Search of Beauty
2. PantyRaid vs. MiM0SA - Chaos Control
3. MiM0SA - Days Go By (ReMiXx)
4. MartyParty vs. MiM0SA - The Perfect Flaw
5. MiM0SA - Looking Back
6. MiM0SA - California Rude Boy
7. MiM0SA - LSD Excursions
8. NastyNasty - Python Kiss (MiM0SA ReMiXxx)
9. MiM0SA - Money to Blow (ReMiXxx)
10. MiM0SA - Bamboo
11. MiM0SA - Ride The Snake

Big up Mimosa!
Keep it fresh and don’t let the fame get to you.

Alright here is this weeks show!
We definately ran into some technical difficulties at the start. The audio didn’t kick in till a 1:45 into the recording.

Also the cable going into the laptop got lose a couple of times and reason for stops in audio. We are working on getting a new cable and Mic setup.

Munkz started off this week’s show with some trippy IDM. Solid track selection! Got to love the dark eeriness of this mix. Towards the end he stepped it up a notch. Unfortunately we still working to perfect the switch between us but you’ll know when my half starts when you hear a certain Phil Collins track =D

My half focuses more on the glitch hop side of things. Started off with a few lovestep tracks since I thought it would be appropriate since it was the day after Valentines day. Wanted to do some more lovestep but so much new stuff to drop that wanted to bring to the table.

Next week we’ll be a lot more prepared!
It’s only going to get better from here on out!

Munkz & Afro Monk - Liturgy of the Hours on Glitch.fm 2/15/2010

Hope you enjoy!

Gothenburgs own Electro-Soul genius is back with his second album ”Get on up”. Personally I really liked Stray’s debut album ”Here to Stray” but sadly I don’t think that one got the recognition it deserved, but I hope this one will be more spread across the globe.

“Get on up” till be released on Erik L’s (Favorite Flava & Supersci amongst others) imprint Soularp Records on the twelfth of February (both Stray and Erik L can also be found in the group Favorite Flava). This album will be the second release from Soularp Records and if Erik continues to release records like this you’ll definitely need to keep your eyes on this label.

Compared to the debut this album dives even deeper into Soul music but still manage to keep the electronic touch. “Get on up” contains thirteen track were two of them are remixes made by Erik L himself. The album also contains some guest musicians; Hanna (which we know from the last album), 7even:Thirty, Melor P and Erik L.

I really dig this one and even though I loved “Here to Stray” this one surely much better in all aspects be it musically or when it comes to the singing.

If you like modern Soul Music with a touch of electronics I see no reason why you shouldn’t get this album, as a matter of fact; I order you to get a hold of this one as soon as it’s out.

Download this free tune from the album as be a part of the greatness: Stray @ Bandcamp

Soularp @ Myspace
Stray @ Myspace
Soularp Records
Favorite Flava @ Myspace

Here are two mixes I’ve done in recent weeks. Both of them were broadcasted on Glitch.fm Live. I’m becoming quite a fan of being able to go on the air.

Afro Monk’s Late Night Trip Hop Hijack

This mix I did when I was feeling all emo and stuff. I’ve never really mixed trip-hop and haven’t mastered the art of beat matching so this can get a bit dodgy at times. This was more for the feel and listening to the songs. Poured out some of my favorite tunes in here. Later on in the mix I switched it up to play a little FL Breaks and into a pre-recorded Miami Bass mix that had there.

Afro Monk & Munkz - Glitch.fm - Liturgy of the Hours

This is the recording of my set on last weeks show. Can’t believe I have a weekly show. I decided to team up with my close friend Munkz for this. Figured I’d bring the glitch and he brings the whomp. We ended up doing a ghetto rig there and turned out his portion of the show sounded like complete crap so just uploading my first hour.

Sub Swara is at it again bring some serious whomp!
He just released a new podcast and features tons of hot tracks right now.
Glad to see some Mochi, Heyoka, and Joker put together all in one mix.
This is quite a diverse set and can’t be more thrilled about mixes like this.
It’s become a time where you’ve got to throw in all sorts of genres into the pot.
Being a DJ you should be able to throw a little of everything.
Massive respect out to you Sub Swara!

I just wanted to give you a heads up about the newley set up label Purple Bird Music has their three first releases on their site for free download.

I really haven’t had the time to listen through the EP’s properly but from what I’ve heard they all sounds really interesting, and hey! They are FREE (big up to the label)

The three releases are as follows:
Dead Geoff and Misterthumbs - “The Opposables”
Chi’ Akai -  “The Epoch EP”
Natural Ingredients - “Excess EP”

Download the EP’s here: Purple Bird Music

Purple Bird Music @ Myspace
Purple Bird Music @ Twitter

This weeks Fire Friday Mix comes from The Flying Skulls! These guys are killing it. They are comprised of four majorly talented dudes. They show up and rock the place with their underground sounds that give you chills down your spine.

Right now I’m on a real big trip on these guys. The first time I heard them on glitch.fm I had to know who the track was by and ever since found out I follow up on everything I can that they release.

I see these guys being on the forfront of glitch. This is the type of stuff that you can jam out too at any time or state of mind.

Big up to the whole Flying Skulls crew, hope to see you guys our here on the East Coast soon!

The Flying Skullz at Arcata

Last Monday I had my debut show on Glitch.fm!!!
I can’t tell you how excited I am to announce this.
I’ve been working real hard the past couple of months and I have a show now!
Every Monday from 11pm-1am EST I’ll be broadcasting on http://glitch.fm.
It’s an honor to have a show and not to mention share a part of my music to listeners.
I still consider myself a rookie and still even have some big mess ups but I’m practicing all the time now and want to be perfect. I’m quite disappointed in this mix but really happy about the feedback I’ve received and know I’ll be a LOT more prepared for next week.

Thank you all who believe in me and support me.
Never did I imagine this would actually happen.

This mix shows off a lot of what I’m really into when it comes to music. Majority is glitch music with some touch of glitch hop, dubstep, and even some trip-hop. I hope to bring this vibe every week and keep tunes fresh every week. I’m most likely not going to allow myself to play the same tune more than twice a month and if I do even do that, the track is just that worthy. Hope you enjoy! Be sure to tune in and feel free to join in the chat located at http://glitch.fm/irc

Here is the link to the mix:
Afro Monk’s Debut Show on Glitch.fm 1/25/2010