dimanche 31 juillet 2011

Lexicon - More / Sundays


Not the most interesting one i admit, but i put it for historic value... This might be the very first Lexicon promo tape, probably around 98... Those 2 tracks never appeared on any albums or 12", there's the mention of Library Crew on the cover (an old collective build around Subtitle for what i know), and surprise, an uncredited Mr Marks himself appears on the bonus track called "Wizardy" which is really "More" with... him.
One of the Lex guy sounds a lot like LMNO too...
(PS- This guy IS actually LMNO... The tape is from 98 and about 20 of those exist. Thanks to Damien/Laitdbac and the Lexicon guys for the tip.)

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Face A

More (Dirty)
More (Beats)
Wizardy (Bonus)


Face B

Sundays (Dirty)
Sundays (Beats)

Jus 1.0 - Audio Aesthetics


Jus 1.0 is a beatmaker from Hawaï, from the Lightsleepers collective I think.
He did an album back in the days with Neila as "Lady Day & The Pres", this tape is probably from the same era... Then he pretty much disappeared from the radar.
There's some interesting featuring on there, Topic from Painkillers, JunDax from Private School, and even some group called Kilowattz (related to SDs' Kilowattz? No idea)...

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Face A

Intro
Iron Monkey
Modified Filmz ft. JunDax
Interlude
Speak Free ft. Kilowattz
Interlude
Communication ft. Mez & Topic
Disturbed ft. Animal Parts, Timer & Topic


Face B

Intro
Feel The Need
Atah Boy Intahlood
Demons
Mellow Drama ft. Man Ox
First Things 1st ft. JunDax
Outro...

samedi 30 juillet 2011

Tenshun - Deadbeats


Another 'rare' item, one of Tenshun's very first tape album. It's from 2000. I'm not even sure it was ever commercialized. No tracklist, no info of course...

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vendredi 29 juillet 2011

Sircut - Blending & Bending


This one's a mixtape by a german DJ from the Offbeaters collective. I don't know much about them other than they're somewhat related to Vinylkingz/Subversiv*Rec.
Dark and industrial mood overall, lots of Anticon-related stuff, which is rare enough on this format. There's no tracklist on the jacket but I knew most of the stuff here... If you know about the missing tracks hit the comment section though.

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Face A

??
OF PROLITEARIOTS - Star Of David
CAVEMAN SPEAK - Acceptance Equals Death
BUCK 65 - Man Overboard #9
ALIAS - Watching Water
OBJECT BEINGS - Attack Of The Post-Modern Pat Boones
OCTAVIUS & 4AM - The Locust From The Bottomless Pit
OMID - Visions Out
PHILLIP BOA & THE VOODOOCLUB - Come In The Rain (Funkstörung Remix)
??


Face B

OCTAVIUS & 4AM - Modern Chairs
STIGG OF THE DUMP ft. BUCK 65 - Five Dollar Jesus
TES - Acts Of Tragedy
OF PROLITEARIOTS - Pentagram + DnB beat
SO-CALLED ARTISTS - Token Joyous Tune About Scorpions And Their Place In Our Society
PRESAGE - Aliens
GLOBAL PHLOWTATIONS - Subterranean Service
RUSTY PELICANS ft. IMANI - Tread Water
MEANEST MAN CONTEST - Feelin Pretty Psyched (About Love)
FUNKSTORUNG ft. BEANS - Salt
SIXTOO - A To Zero

Imprints - Homeless Tea Party


A one-sided cassette EP from an early Tommy V. I chose it because i never saw it anywhere, so I guess this one's for the hardcore la2thebay collector nerds... And also, i love TV and I think he's way underrated.
There's 3 tracks + 1 instru, one is TV rapping with what seems to be his little cousins, and a long posse cut starring Awol One about controlling your emotions.

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I Fall In Love 2 Fast ft. Slopoke & Noname
I Fall In Love 2 Fast (Instrumental Version)
At Least Freestyle Battle ft. Hedgehog, Esteban, Carla & Rebeca
Control Your Emotions ft. Awol One, Virus, Gel Roc, Noname, Origin & DJ Roach

jeudi 28 juillet 2011

Log Cabin / Universouls - LA Experimental / Westcoast Underground



2017 Edit:
I just changed the link to a new, better sounding rip of my cassette. Still not thee perfect sound, there's still hiss background, but this time the rip is much louder. 320kbps mp3.


Original Post:
I bought this one with a batch of other LL tapes a few years ago on ebay. There's no tracklist on it.
Prior to that, all i knew was the bootleg floating on slsk with varying tracklists and track names.
Recently, finnish homie/collector Kaliyuga Pro gave me a tracklist Anti MC (Neosapien back then) posted on a msg board years ago, which led me to these facts: a. it matched my tape b. the slsk bootlegs were wrong versions and more of a track collection (for instance Submental is not a Log Cabin track but a Miscellaneous Minds one, an early Eligh/Scarub/Savant Young group, and therefore not featured on my tape) c. that actual tape compiled 2 albums: LA Experimental by Log Cabin, then Westcoast Underground by Universouls (Radio, Malik, Sahga & Tom Slikk). The second one is entirely produced by Elusive.
A last thing: the sound of my rip isn't the best one unfortunately... But at least it's the real deal.

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Face A

LOG CABIN - LA EXPERIMENTAL
Intro
Collective Meditations
Erotica (Remix)
Virtual Reality
Acid Reign
(When I Put On) My Uniform
Wreckless
Metrognome
(Ultraviolet) Sunspray
Melancholy Manuscripts


Face B

Time And Space

UNIVERSOULS - WESTCOAST UNDERGROUND
Intro
Collective Meditations (Remix)
Peace Of Mind
Supreme Strategy
Trophy Ho's
3 Course Meal
Who's Child Is This?
Entr'Acte Half Time
Thus The Balance (Angel Smog)
If It's Real
Lost In Space

More details: Discogs

mercredi 27 juillet 2011

Detect - Triple Threat


Second mixtape by Detect, this time it's a mix-cd with fine artwork by Ak, released in 2003.
Another classic mix dedicated to westcoast indie rap, with only one track not available on vinyl (guess who?).

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Zumthin' Different Intro
D-STYLES - John Wayne On Acid
ELIGH & DEL - A Lesson Garden
YOUNG JOSEPH ft. TOMMY V, SUBTITLE & LIFEREXALL - Suction
LIVING LEGENDS - Forces Of Nature
ACEYALONE - Balance
BOAC - 19 Ninety Now Theme Transmission
AWOL ONE - Sleepin All Day
SCARUB - Itz Uz
SACH - Suckas Play My Back
ANTI MC & RADIOINACTIVE - Agressive Fun
LOG CABIN - (Ultraviolet) Sunspray
BOOM BIP & DOSE ONE - Dead Man's Teal
SAAFIR - Lightsleeper
DEEP PUDDLE DYNAMICS - Candle (+ CONTROLLER 7 Remix)
THIRD SIGHT - Smegma In D Minor
MEANEST MAN CONTEST - Contamined Dance Step
THE SHAPE SHIFTERS - Words Of Wizdumb
BUSDRIVER - Party Pooper
EMANON - Acid Nine
THEM - I
DISFLEX.6 - Swashbuckling
OF PROLITEARIOTS - Star Of David
LAZERUS JACKSON - Hip Hop Police
FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - Shockadoom
FOREST FIRE COLLECTIVE - Balance Of Nature
The Instructor Outro

Detect - 1st Adventure


First mixtape from parisian DJ Detect (Metalcrabs), released in 2001.
Dope selection, it all holds together perfectly, no technical fireworks but great musical & artistic coherence.

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Face A

Poco Più Ma Sempre Sostenuto
BUCK 65 - The Centaur
AESOP ROCK ft. VAST AIRE - Attention Span
NON-PROPHETS - Majority Rule
MHZ - World Premier
DOSE ONE - Interlude
MHZ - Magnetics
MICRANOTS - Culture
SEEL - Sophomore Slump
MR LIF - Be Out
INSIGHT & MR LIF - Universal
KID KOALA - Drive Safely


Face B

KID KOALA - Charlie Brown Intro
SLY DOC - Ice Cream
ATMOS - Mutiple Conversations
ELATION - Springfever
ANTARES - Ebb Of Life
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS ft. DEL - 360°
SCIENTISTS OF SOUND - 19th Degree
OBSERVATORY SWIVEL - Provoked
DELTRON 3030 - Madness
ATMOSPHERE - Sound Is Vibration
KID KOALA - Thank You, Good Day, See Ya!