Local mixtapes

Three of my favourite mixtapes of recent times have come from local promoters. These are thems.

Sam Redmore – A Party Mix

I keep hearing Sam’s name around at the moment. I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve got my ear that close to the ground so I’m guessing he’s doing some impressive stuff. This is a dead nice eclectic party mix. Really like the Dizzee/Dance of the Knights bit.

Download it from Sendspace and get the tracklisting here.

Bon-Fire – Mixtape 1

My most-listened to mix in a while and proof (cos it’s needed) that there’s some quality indie bands around Birmingham who are capable of shifting hips.

Download it from Sendspace. Tracklisting on the Bon-Fire MySpace.

Raffertie – The Bigger Than Barry mixtape

Rafftertie makes big, ravey, bassy trouser-worrying tunes and plays all over. He turned in a set at Bigger Than Barry the other day and also knocked together a

Grab it from Beatplexity. Tracklisting on Raffterie’s MySpace.

Just as an afterthought, is anyone collecting together, writing about, linking to and covering all the stuff that the city’s promoters are doing? Even sporadically? There’s the Night Times in print but I can’t find anything useful online.

DJing on Bambuser – 2/4/08

A few days back I had the idea of pointing my webcam towards my decks while playing some tunes and found myself doing an impromptu 30 min set via Bambuser. A few kind people watched live and asked me to archive the next one I did, so that’s what I’ve done.

It was about 11pm when I started this, so it’s a set of mostly downtempo funk, soul and hip hop. The audio was recorded by my webcam’s mic but even so I don’t reckon it sounds that bad, although you’ll have to forgive the odd bit of ambient sound.

Hope you enjoy it – I don’t claim to be a great DJ or anything but you can’t go far wrong with songs as good as these.

Tracklisting

• Trailer for Willie Dynomite (excerpt)
• Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s Dead
• Jo Armstead – There’s Not Too May More
• Isley Brothers – Work To Do
• Aretha Franklin – One Step Away
• Brand Nubian – Meaning Of The 5%
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (TROY)
• Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
• Tommy Guerrero – Come Together
• Minnie Riperton – Every Time He Comes Around
• Outkast – Aquemini
• Two Banks Of Four – Unclaimed

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