http://afromonk.com Keep it Fresh! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is one reason and one reason alone that we should love a DJ, and it's because of the music he or she plays! Most electronic music has always been fairly exclusive and the era of Dubplate culture is still amongst us. The Dubplate culture refers to producers and record ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/dubplate-culture/ I've been asked by a few people what are the events that I'm considering on going to this Winter Music Conference in Miami for 2010. WMC can get a bit wild and you never want to miss someone you'd want to see and found out about it too late (Rusko ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/wmc-miami-2010-afro-monks-guide-dubstep-glitch-hop-drum-bass/ Just got an e-mail last night from Mussck about a new release from his brother, Subtitle. Mussck produced the music and Robby Massey directed a video for it and all. Even as I write this and stare at the screen I have deja vu. Now I know what was missing ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/subtitle-la-cita-strobe-ep/ Artist: Inaudible Title: Corporate Propaganda Cat # Muti054 UPC # 705105139609 Tracklisting: 01: Corporate Propaganda 4:24 02: Dog Logic 4:49 03: Storm Therapy 5:49 Now we're talking, Inaudible really shows how Gltich Hop should sound! First of all I can't understand how Dov keeps finding all these gems and releases them via Muti Music, the quality of all his ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/inaudible-coporate-propaganda/ Free the Robots Ctrl Alt Delete Label: Alpha Pup Records Release Date: Mar-30-2010 01. Sci-Fidelity 02. Turbulence 03. Jupiter 04. Orion's Belt Buckle 05. Wandering Gypsy 06. Select/Start 07. Voices 8. Granite Rock 9. Mental Universe 10. Global Warning 11. The Eye (feat. Ikey Owens) 12. Turkish Voodoo 13. Inter Arma Finally it's here, the very much anticipated debut album from Free the Robots. The first track ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/free-the-robots-ctrl-alt-delete/ I've had the honor of becoming friendly with the Digital Ninja himself, MusSck! He was open enough to do an interview for the website and have to say without a doubt since I've entered this game he has be the realest of them all. This man has some serious love ... http://afromonk.com/2010/03/mussck-interview-the-glitch-legend/ 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 ... http://afromonk.com/2010/02/psymbionic-the-fozzie-bear-crunkadelic-mixtape/ 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 ... http://afromonk.com/2010/02/mimosa-false-idols-mix/ Epstein y El Conjunto When Man Is Full He Falls Asleep Release Date: March 9th, 2010 Label: Asthmatic Kitty Tracklist: 01. Arrival to New York (a short story about getting there) 02. When we Hide (this time) 03. Vilcabamba 04. El Condor Despierta (El Conjunto Edit) 05. I can Memorize you (can you?) 06. Una Tarde 07. Gallop 08. Needed 09. BgBgBg (offset ... http://afromonk.com/2010/02/epstein-y-el-conjunto-when-man-is-full-he-falls-asleep/ Shoegaze goes electronica? The Delta Mirror mixes these two genres with a very good result. ”Machines that Listen” is The Delta Mirror's debut album but they've been working since the late nineties TDM started out as a Hip Hop duo but when Karrie K joined in on bass guitar their ... http://afromonk.com/2010/02/the-delta-mirror-machines-that-listen/