To cement the views express in Chuck’s post from a few weeks back, I thought I’d bring you this little ditty. Living proof that “Spottottiedopalicious” is more than just a beat. It’s a way of life. Just listen Hypnotic tell it.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble:       Spottie

Taken from the forthcoming album Heritage

These dudes make really good music, I saw the opportunity to remix one of their best songs over at MadDecent.com, I jumped on it (albeit a little late in the game). The official site where you can vote for your favorite remix is annoyingly glitchy, but if you like my mix  then please take a minute to a least try and vote for me. But really, all competition aside, I was just happy to play around with their audio files and see all the different layers of their music broken down. My take is focussed on the dancefloor- funky,  dubby, electro-disco to your dome. I’m staying really active right now, so more remixes coming soon…

Yeasayer :       ONE (Chuck Wild Remix)

DJ Center (Left) and Mophono (Right)

Here’s a couple new joints from DJ/producers who I’ve been following for a minute now. Mophono is the alias of Bay Area DJ Centipede. I remember hearing some of his remixes on Soul-Sides a while ago, but this new EP he’s just put out on Bastard Jazz is a big step forward. The beat sounds like a drunken boxing match between baritone sax and drumkit. “Bumps” is right, this track will leave a weak listener bruised. Next up is a smooth bossa-hop number from NYC’s own DJ Center. It comes from his very solid debut album called “Everything In Time” (peep a nice little ‘making of’ video here and then BUY IT). I’m trying to work out a remix of this one, so stay tuned. Finally, just got my hands on one of my favorite Outkast instrumentals, one of my all-time favorite instrumentals period, and figured why not share it? Organized Noize circa ’98 = unfuckwitable (**EDIT, this track was actually NOT produced by Organized Noize! Peep the comments). Also, for a little extra Mophono flavor, check out this free mix that the man put together to help promote the new EP- highly recommended!

Mophono :       Bumps

DJ Center :       Center's Groove

Outkast :       Spottieottiedopaliscious (Instrumental)

For a gray rainy day. I was very happy to get this latest Akwaaba Music release last week from Skeat (pronounced Skea-tee) out of Botswana. I’ve seen The Very Best perform a few times already (including down in Austin at SXSW), but for some reason I hadn’t given their album a proper listen until just recently. This track is a standout for me- as is the remix from DJ Sabo, but you’ll have to dig that one up yourself! Sounds from Soweto coming soon…

Skeat :       Dumelang
taken from the album Basimanyana Mamela Meropa available on iTunes

The Very Best :       Nsokoto
taken from the album Warm Heart of Africa