| Passion of the Weiss Presents: Full Grainz — The Best of DJ Mustard, Mixed by Son Raw | November 29, 2012 |
In one year, DJ Mustard went from practically anonymous to $20,000 a beat. That’s how it goes. All you need is one hit and Mustard’s “Rack City” became Las Vegas’ most significant cultural contribution since Fear and Loathing (or maybe “Leaving Las Vegas:” Sheryl Crow edition.) But at home in Los Angeles, Mustard had earned […]
| The Inspirations of Massive Attack – BBC 6 Mix | November 27, 2012 |
No need to say much — you can infer from the headline. This is Massive Attack and if you don’t know Massive Attack by now, you probably haven’t been paying much attention. If that’s the case, start here and work from there. Consider this a very necessary update to the original Essential Mix. The facts […]
| Passion of the Weiss, A Hip Hop Halloween Collection, 2012 | October 30, 2012 |
Pumpkin via Figueroa Newton, courtesy of this post from the indefatigable Shea Serrano Last Friday, I was invited to Dublab to do a two hour guest set. Since I’m only 13 (but my mind is old), I devoted the mix to hip hop songs inclined towards All Hallows Eve. Predictably, there was a lot of […]
| Mix: Matthew Africa & DJ B.Cause – Soul Boulders 2 | September 26, 2012 |
If you inhabit the Internet music bubble, you probably caught wind of the tragic death of Matthew Africa earlier this month. Africa was a great DJ in the most pure and classical definition: his mixes were peerless, his crates were deep, and when he wrote or spoke, you knew to listen up. To honor his […]
| Summer Jamz 2012: Duke Bloggin Meets the Congos in Midtown | August 31, 2012 |
We have Alex Piveyski and Jah to thank for this. Download: ZIP: V/A – Duke Bloggin Meets the Congos in Midtown (Left-Click) I have a confession to make: this compilation is actually a failed album review. Icon Give Thank, a collaboration between venerable reggae legends The Congos and mad experimentalists Sun Araw and M. Geddes […]
| Shlohmo — BBC 1 Mix | August 5, 2012 |
In which Shlohmo drops another mix optimally oriented for codeine connoisseurs. Beat game Clayton Kershaw. Some sluggish and stellar remixes of tracks from Just Friends (ic Jaar and the director of Amistad’s daughter), “Crew Love” and the LOL Boys. Plus, an unreleased track. Lean back on a Sunday and enjoy. Tracklist below the jump. Via […]
A cursory skim through the mixes that Lunice, Hud Mo, and Four Tet dropped last night on Diplo’s BBC1 Xtra show reveals the strain of American rap music that’s permeating the UK consciousness. For most of the last few years, the only type of rap you’d hear on these BBC1Extra mixes would be Doom, Mos […]
| Hot Chip — Essential BBC Mix | June 4, 2012 |
Since Russell Westbrook dresses like the new Timbale player in Hot Chip, it’s only fitting that I post the British disco goofs essential mix for the BBC. We’ve been through this before, so I don’t need to wax redundant about the highs of English public radio. Hot Chip are of that peculiar strain of pallid […]
| The Essential Nicolas Jaar | May 23, 2012 |
America lacks an institution on par with the BBC1 Essential Mix. Sometimes bands of bearders pop up on Morning Becomes Eclectic, but they usually only play a few songs to soundtrack 9 a.m. binges on craisin scones. We stick to the pastries, they create their own tradition in which every notable artist (and the Swedish […]
| Peaking Lights – Lucifer Mixes, Vol. 4 | May 16, 2012 |
Only an ignorant itinerant sheepherder roaming around the outback would dislike the mix series that Peaking Lights have unleashed upon the world in honor of their latest, Lucifer. And even then, out of said lamb lovers (no Gene Wilder), most of them are known to appreciate some slinking summer-ready reggae jams. So smoke one or […]
