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Generell Deep Radio | Abby Lee Tee

So we’ve been following Vienna-based Roman Rauch for a few years now from his productions to his mixes to the radio show and this dude never disappoints. We recently came across a really nice guest mix on Roman’s Generell Deep Radio Show from Abby Lee Tee (Austria) that was super amazing – sweet track selection and mix.

So, we share with you Abby’s lovely mix as well as some of his own productions. Fairy floss? Sweet.

Enjoy.

roots manuva - juggle tinges proper - big dad
common - tribute to flea isntr.  - mca
karriem riggins - esperanza
karriem riggins - summer maddness s.a.
gangstarr - just to get a rep - emi
mf doom - yellow dock - fatbeats
madlib - track two (madlib invazion)- stones throw
black milk - don cornelius - fatbeats
rednose distrikt - beat from rockwell 1 - rockwell
blu - since - nature sounds
kidsuke - harmonics pt 1 - project mooncircle
moody - born 2 die - kdj
tim toh - strawberryeater - philpot
rednose - beat from rockwelll 1 - rockwell
Hot Coins - Geek emotions (jacob korn remix) - sonar kollektiv
soul 223 - almost like it used to be - delsin
andres - hart plaza - la vida
anthony naples  - mad disrespect - saturday night
juju & jordash - loosey goosey - dekmantel
johannes albert - jmoo mf - frank musik
moonstarr - dust (todd sines remix) - public transit
Lupo - Empty Bottles feat Julian Hruza (Roman Rauch refix) - schönrbunner perlen
double identity  - we play the music (isoul8 remix) - voltage
ogris debris vs nina simone - see line woman (OD Edit) - cdr
funkinevil - dusk - wildoats
minor sick & abby lee tee - sunday day
 - ABBY LEE TEE GUESTMIX -
klaus - neph
theo parrish - reckasto / strange change
jan jelinek - moiré (piano & organ)
lol boys - changes (shlohmo remix)
the reboot joy confession - bless you so high
shigeto - field day (braille remix)
burial, four tet & thom yorke - ego
moodyman - i need you so much
fantastic mr. fox - yesterdays fall
disclosure - what`s in your head
jacques greene - (baby i don`t know) what you want
mosca - done me wrong
paskal & urban absolutes - still in love (roman rauch remix)

Abjo Flips James Blake

Minty fam’s Abjo is back at it (as if he ever stopped)! This time with a jedi-ish flip of James Blake’s “Wilhelm Scream”, which in it’s own right was amazing to begin with (see original below). This remix however, is absolutely fire.

Stay tuned for more from Abjo, and if you’re in Europe, Abjo is coming for you in the coming weeks. Follow him on Twitter for the up-to-date tour info.

Fat Freddy’s Drop | Silver & Gold

Fat Freddy’s Drop, the epic soul/dub/funk/jazz band hailing from New Zealand, is back!!! They are set to drop a new album, Blackbird, in early 2013 and have just released their single “Silver & Gold” for free download to get you excited. Worked for us - sold!

Up High Collective | WHAT?!

Brussels’ Up High Collective is out with an official video for ‘WHAT?!” and once you watch the video you might see why the title is so appropriate. Bounce around and tell us what you think.

Up High Collective - What?! from Uphigh Collective on Vimeo.

You also may remember Up High from their live studio video of “Breathe” with the collevtive’s seriously amazing singer Delvis.

Chesslo Junior | Graphic Description

Chesslo Junior of the Wotnot camp is making some serious sound waves from London to L.A., Japan and back. Poised to drop his third EP Graphic Description, on November 12th, this release proves to be a super special, bar-raising adventure.

Listen to a preview of the EP:

Enjoy our top jam from Graphic Description:

Watch a fresh visual from Graphic Description’s first track ‘Move South’ created by Visto

Dave Aju | Away Away

How did we miss this heavy jam? Beautiful stuff from Mr. Dave Aju. Simple and jazzy. Well done. Thanks Bump Sensibility for putting us on.

Purchase ‘Away Away’ here and stream Dave’s Listen To Your Heartbeat EP here via The Fader.com

DJ Brainchild’s Dego Mix | It’s All Over The Place

A super fresh broken beatish mix to take your through your Friday and get the weekend started off properly from Dj Brainchild. Honoring the sounds of 4Hero’s Dego - this mix carefully puts key Dego-related tracks together telling a beautiful musical story. Enjoy and bigup Minty fam Punchdouble for putting us on!

Check out our interview with Dego from 2011 to get a big more insight on dude.

Toro Y Moi | So Many Details

A dreamy new Toro Y Moi joint dropped today – “So many Details” which will be the title track from his release Anything In Return out early next year on Carpark Records.

Enjoy fully and follow Toro Y Moi here, here and here.

B. Lewis[ness]

B. Lewis came on the scene a couple years ago and has been bubbling amongst music lovers worldwide ever since. In September 2012, he dropped his La Semaine project - a lovely assortment of glitchy yet ancestral hip hop headnodders. Since then, he’s been banging out EP’s and LP’s like a mad man with 5 releases under his belt.

Today, his Soundcloud was populated with a creative remix of Marble’s “L.L” jam, an already dreamy assemblage of warm synths, symbols and percussion. A hard song to top, but Mr. Lewis pulls it off with style, grace and das bass.

Enjoy!

James Hardy | Keep On Lovin’

17-year old UK-based producer Hardy comes to Minty by way of Soulection’s Andre Power and his skillful ears. Hardy has an unforgettable and nostalgic sound, weaving everything from 808 trappy and trill sounds in with broken, angelic rhythms to create something new and fresh.

Have a listen to some of his gems below.

Jose James Mixtape Presented By Dj Spinna

Well this is a match made in heaven. Master of music fusion – New York’s own Dj Spinna, beautifully lays out the many sides of Jose James’ on this generous hour-long mixtape.

Jose James, vocalist/arranger/composer/sincere dude blends his baritone voice seamlessly with jazz, hip hop, soul, electronic sounds and heart which Dj Spinna captures perfectly adding his own flavor for good measure.

Enjoy the The Eccentric Movements of Jose James Mixtape: Presented by Dj Spinna.

All About WotNot

WotNot music is a conglomeration of uber talented gentleman based in London that make so many different genres of music come together beautifully, that it’s pretty much impossible to pigeonhole them. SPLENDID, really.

The state of music as of late has been in large part a resurgence of simple electronic sounds which have then been flipped and chopped into entirely new sounds making the old sounds new and new sounds insane!

The WotNot label is a perfect example of this shift in sound as the collective runs the gamut of juke, house, hip hop, beat-infused bass, footwork, future bass, drum and bass, moody breaks and much, much more.

I recently met up with JJ Jumbles, co-founder of WotNot [and amazing beatmaker] as well as Deft, epic producer and labelmate while I was in London last month. I was late to meet with the guys (typical) and yet they were so gracious and helpful as I was traversing south London to connect with them in a city I’d never been to. It was about 7pm, warm and still very light outside. London is such a beautiful city. We met right near the River Thames on the South Bank and the two greeted me with smiles and hugs. We walked across Golden Jubilee Foot Bridge (that pretty bridge below)

and decided that instead of conducting an interview in a quiet room in the Royal Festival Hall, that we’d go on a mission for food since we were all hungry. We walked around Soho and before I knew it JJ lead us down some random stairway into what definitely did not look like a place with food but in fact turned out to be an underground noodle spot! Score!

We sat down over noodles and proceeded to completely geek out about music – all translations of it – the state of radio, events in London and worldwide, what music we listened to growing up and even our guilty music pleasures. I learned a lot that night about each of the gents. For one, I discovered that Croydon-based (deep south London) Deft, teaches kids how to produce music and when he was growing up he was heavy into punk and ska – how cool is that? You’d never guess if you listened to his Clotting EP:

WotNot co-founder JJ Mumbles is equally as awesome and had such charisma about him – a very engaging, yet humble dude. I found out we have a common musical love interest called MachineDrum and I also was put onto a sweet band from Canada called New Look.

JJ, Deft and I talked for quite some time while I took a shitload of notes but the one thing that really stuck out was when I asked JJ how and why WotNot was started and he nonchalantly said “WotNot’s sole reason for existence is to bring visibility to music we love”. At this point, I was floored and everything else the two said seemed to be wrapped in gold leaf or something, because what they said after that point made so much sense. This hit me as a call to action to remember to do what you love and love what you do. WotNot serves as a reminder to us all to lift those up who are awesome, to contribute to the bigger picture and to make a difference with your art whether it’s inspiring others or being inspired by others – increasing visibility for creative expression only fuels goodness.

Instead of boring you some more with a description of our noodle extravaganza, I’ll just let the music speak for itself. Here is a perfect sampling of the labels’ music mixed by Charo – WotNot’s other Co-Founder.

To learn more about WotNot go here http://wotnot.tv/and to learn more about their rad artist roster click on any of the links below:

Deft

K15

“U”

Jeeks

Charo

DA-10

Mani D

JJ Mumbles

Glenn Astro

Chesslo Junior

- J Marie for The Mint Collective

Funkineven & Fatima | Phone Line

The lovely Ms. Fatima and the majestic Funkineven at it again with a video for the summery ‘Phone Line’ jam.

LOVE it.

LAKIM | Esoteric

Lakim - Esoteric EP | Soulection from Soulection on Vimeo.

The Soulection fam is back at it - this time with their 15th release (yup!) on the label with Viriginia’s own LAKIM. Seamlessly and effortlessly clean bass and soul infusions are really the only ways to characterize his music without painting a picture of something too far removed from his sound. Lakim describes the Esoteric project as “tapping into a new sound” and “trying different styles out” that very can explain but once you listen to it, you’ll understand it’s beauty.

Explore the free 7-track release here and have sampling of our favs below.

Enjoy!

TiRon & Ayomari | Thing Go Right [Video]

Los Angeles team TiRon & Ayomari release a fresh visual for a bangin’ tune off the Sucker For Pumps project. Enjoy and keep up with T & A here, here and here.