Organized Konfusion - The Equinox (1997)

Organized Konfusion was an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York. Though not commercially popular, the duo was one of the most respected and acclaimed underground hip hop acts of the 1990s, largely due to the duo's intelligent rhymes, and the groundbreaking lyricism of Pharoahe Monch.

The group's third album, The Equinox, was released in 1997. The album featured an ambitious concept, complete with numerous storytelling skits. The tracks are pure underground hip hop jewels from the golden era. Dope! Get it.

Organized Konfusion - The Equinox Tracklist

1. Interior Assasin's Car 3:35 A.M. (Skit)

2. They Don't Want It!

3. March 21 3:45 A.M. (Skit)

4. 9xs Out of 10

5. Questions

6. Soundman

7. Move

8. Confrontations

9. Life & Malice Exterior Club Nite (Skit)

10. Numbers

11. Shugah Shorty

12. Interior Car Nite (Skit)

13. Invetro

14. Chuck Cheese

15. Interior Marisol's Apartment (Skit)

16. Sin

17. Hate

18. March 21-3:47 A.M. (Skit)

19. Somehow, Someway

20. Epilogue

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Cella Dwellas - Realms and Reality (1996)

The Brooklyn duo Cella Dwellas first appeared on a Masta Ace b-side and released their debut "Realms `N Reality" in 1996. "Realms `N Reality" is a criminally underrated album that slipped under the radar upon release but is in my opinion among the best records of its period. The LP is aptly titled--the 16 tracks are split between mystical, abstract songs and hard-hitting boom bap. The tracklist runs an hour long, during which there is not one weak song and every track seems just as good as the last. 

Cella Dwellas - Realms and Reality (1996) - Tracklist

1. Advance to Boardwalk

2. Mystic Freestyle

3. Perfect Match

4. Medina Style

5. Recognize 'N Ralize

6. Cella Dwellas

7. Wussda Plan

8. Good Dwellas

9. Hold U Down

10. Realm 3

11. Line 4 Line

12. Worries

13. We Got It Hemmed

14. Good Dwellas (Pt. 2)

15. Outro

16. Land of the Lost

Rapidshare Download - Cella Dwellas - Realms and Reality Here

Looking Up (1994-2000) - Discography

Looking Up was a belgian 6 piece ska-punk band, famous in the 90s on the underground belgian skate scene, as most of its members were skaters themselves, the famous ones being the Dykmans brothers : Julian, lead singer of the group, and Ian who played the guitar. They gave energic gigs all around Europe and played with bands like Millencolin, Voodoo Glow Skulls, or Hardcore band Wise Up.

Looking Up released only one official album, 'Got Another Answer' on the prestigious punk label Epitaph/I Scream in 1998. Their second album was unofficially released in 2000, after the band split. Some of their songs were featured on Punk compilations like Punk-O-Rama, and skate videos parts such as Geoffrey Van Hove on Cliché Europa.

Looking Up - Got Another Answer - Tracklist
1. Just Wreck My Ankle

2. Going Through My Mind

3. 3 Times 75

4. Rastaman

5. Open Up Your Mind

6. Falling Down

7. Badaboum

8. Ska Battle

9. Energy

10. Why

11. Hypocrisy

12. Minorities

13. The Stranger

14. Friendship

15. As One

16. Sunshiny Day

Looking Up - Got Another Answer (1997) - Download Here

Looking Up (Autoreleased, 2000) - Tracklist

1.Intro 

2.Happy Roving Man

3.P.C. 

4.The Reason Why

5.Just Another Love Song 

6.Underground 

7.No Pride to Defend 

8.Brief Soberness 

9.Sex Bomb 

10.9 to 5 

11.Unforgettable 

12.Let's Make It All Up

Looking Up (Autoreleased album, 2000)- Download Here

Looking Up also released on I Scream Records a very limited 7 inch Vinyl with demo-ish versions of tracks released later on on Got Another Answer and the autoreleased album.

Side A: 3 times 75 - just another love song

Side B: sex bomb - let's make it all up

You can Download it HERE!

Enjoy!

Pigeon Hole - LIght Show (feat. D-Sisive)

Pigeon Hole are from the Vancouver BC based Sweatshop Union collective.

Light Show is the first song off of the forthcoming Pigeon Hole album 'Age Like Astronauts.' Album is set for release June 15th on URBNET Records and features D-Sisive, Moka Only, and Mos Eisley of Sweatshop Union.

The video is directed by Stuey Kubrick and was shot in the basement of the Astoria on the downtown east side of Vancouver. There are cameos by Moka Only, Sweatshop Union, Birdapres & more.

Here's a free download of the track: http://pigeonholemusic.bandcamp.com/track/light-show-ft-d-sisive

Hope you like it. I do :)

Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! (2010)

Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! mines decades-old venturesome, clamorous Indian psychedelic funk music. Pressed to vinyl between 1970 and 1983, much of this work was utilized for Bollywood soundtracking purposes during those years. Just as local psychedelic acts took cues from the nearby flourishing Hindi film industry, the region’s film composers were drawn to the sound filtering out of clubs stationed in Mumbai and Poona (now Pune). The comp offers a wealth of the screeching guitar tones and blurting organs you’d expect, with spirited and blissful head trips peppering its 20 thoroughly researched selections.

Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! (2010) Tracklist

1. The Black Beats – The Mod Trade

2. X’Lents – Psychedelia

3. Kalyanji Anandji – Somebody to Love (edit)

4. Kalyanji Anandji – Bairaag Dance Music (edit)

5. R.D. Burman – Dance Music From Hare Rama Hare Krishna

6. R.D. Burman – Lekar Ham Diwana Dil (feat. Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar)

7. R.D. Burman – Freak Out Music

8. Bappi Lahari – Everybody Dance With Me

9. Kalyanji Anandji – Dharmatma Theme Music

10. Asha Bhosle With R.D. Burman – Dum Maro Dum Live (edit)

11. Usha Khanna – Hotel Incidental Music (edit)

12. Klaus Doldinger – Sitar Beat

13. Sapan Jagmohan – Meri Aakhon Mein Ek Sapna Hai (feat. Mohd. Rafi and Pankaj Mittra) (edit)

14. Keith Kanga – Butterfly (Version Two) (edit)

15. Atomic Forest – Mary Long

16. Usha Khanna – Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahin

17. Hemant Bhosle – Phir Teri Yaad (feat. Asha Bhosle)

18. R.D. Burman – Aaj Mera Dil (feat. Asha Bhosle)

19. Kalyanji Anandji – Hum Tumhe Chate Hain (feat. Manhar and Anand) (edit)

20. Ilaiyaraaja – Thanimayil (feat. Vani Jairam and Chorus)

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Psych Funk 101 (2009)

Psych-Funk 101 (1968-1975) is the debut release from World Psychedelic Funk Classics and presents itself as 'a global psychedelic funk curriculum', complete with a 'course description' and 'supplemental listening' in its copious notes (found either on the handsome gatefold sleeve of the vinyl or the 36-page booklet of the CD). The title may be a little misleading since some tracks contain funk and some contain psych with a geniune melding of the two not always apparent, but nonetheless this is chock full of amazing and eye-opening stuff. 

Psych Funk 101 - Tracklist

1. Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi - 'Su Derenin Sulari'

2. Kukumbas - 'Respect' (Produced By: Dave Bennet)

3. Mulatu Astatke feat. Belaynesh Wubante And Assegedetch Asfaw - 'Alemiye'

4. Kim Sun - 'The Man Who Must Leave'

5. Petalouda - 'What You Can Do In Your Life'

6. Mehr Pooya - 'Doe Pajereh / Ghabileh-ye Lily'

7. Staff Carpenborg And The Electric Corona - 'All Men Shall Be Brothers Of Ludwig'

8. The Group - 'The Feed-back'

9. Armando Sciascia - 'Circuito Chiuso'

10. Wadih Essafi - 'Aandak Baharia Ya Rayess'

11. Omar Khorshid - 'Rakset El Fadaa'

12. Metin H. Alatli - 'Mevlana Boyle Dede'

13. George Garanian With The Melodiya Jazz Ensemble - 'The Big Search'

14. Eskaton - 'Dagon'

Psych Funk 101 Download Here (Hotfile)

Yabe Chan - Mash Up Di Bass

Another mix from Yabe Chan, featuring whatever with good bass, brilliantly mashed up. Check it out!

Yabe Chan - Mash Up Di Bass Tracklist:
Minimatic - Regulated Aperitivo
Modeselektor feat. Ninjaman - Weed Wid Da Macka (Modeselektor Mix)
Santogold - Say Aha (Tepr remix)
Balkan Beat Box - Hermetico (Dub Gabriel/Kush Arora remix)
Terry Lynn and Johan Hugo - Jamaican Girls
>>Santogold - Say Aha (Tepr remix)
ZerodB - Bongos Bleeps & Basslines
John Carpenter - Minnie the Moocher
Foamo - Centavo
Blackfinger - UMF (Supra1 Remix)
Parov Stelar - The Phantom (1930 version)
Ladybox - Cookies Fly
Twelv & Thesis - Games (Mix N Blends Wreckin Like Its Tekken remix)
Eddie K - Shivers
Caper feat. Sweetie Irie - Jump up
Bar 9 - Murda sound (Eskmo remix)
D Code & Chan 1 - Glitterstep (Sub Swara remix)
Equalizers - The Illness (Noisses remix)
The Partysquad - Murderer (Diplo & Jayou remix)
Shorterz 99 - Enigma Groove (Ripgroove Dubstep Mix)
ill.Gates - Sweatshop (Antiserum remix)
Mr Oizo - Flat Beat (16bit remix)
Manare - Speakeasy
N.O.H.A. - Balkan Hot Step
Max Sedgley feat. Tor Cesay - Sound Boy (Max's Afrodub mix)
Redlight - Rock the House
The Squire of Gothos - Wonk Dat
Kill Light - The Sound
Freddyfrogs, Ed Cox & Stivs - Nasal Diesel
Rusko - Hold-On-Wha-La-La-Leng (Poirier Refix)
Integer - Smiley Culture >> Smiley Culture - Police Officer
SE - Opposition
Mungo's Hi-Fi - Did You Really Know (feat. Soom T)
Fu-Schnickens vs. Pimp Juice – Ring The Alarm (Pimp Juice's Magic Mix)
Shimon & Moving Fusion - Hangman vs. Mr. Vegas - Under Me Sensi Acapella
Jacuzzi Club - Sensimilia Riddim
Coldcut feat. Roots Manuva - True Skool
David Starfire - Shenai Wobbler (ill.Gates remix)

The Gaslamp Killer-Gaslamp Killers Mix

“Intense” is probably the word most frequently used to the describe the Gaslamp Killer. His Gaslamp Killers mix helps to explain why — it’s a deranged and blunted jag full of psychedelic beats, trip hop, and creepy vocal samples. Flying Lotus recently called this his favorite mix of all-time, and after that, the recommendation seems superfluous. This is an old mix consisting of older parts, but like all great mixes it sounds brand new. Playlist features various artist from very diverse horizons such as Jazzanova, Pete Rock, Radiohead, Company Flow, Mr Oizo, Dj Krush, Sixtoo or Porishead.

If you want to download the mix because you like it so much you want to listen to it in your car, download it with the Rapidshare Download link:

Rapidshare Download Gaslamp Killer Mix Here

J-Live - First Things First Vol3

This is the latest installment of the mixtape series "First Things First". Like the previous two, Volume 3 is a mix of quality hip hop, both old and new. All of the songs are the first real song on their respective albums. As always, "skits and interludes not included". First Things First Vol 3 is both mixed and hosted by DJ J-Live, with assistance and guest drops from super producer J-Live, and emcee extraordinaire J-live. While they were busy plugging their new 6 song EP "Undivided Attention" (on vinyl and digital November 2nd) they also took time out to correct a mistake made on Volume 2. All three mixes are available for download at j-live.bandcamp.com

Choice Cuts Promotion

ChoiceCuts is a Dublin based collective that promotes music and vinyl culture they love and find inspiring. Their parties have been blessed with guests like J-Rocc, Kenny Dope, DJ Krush, Z-Trip, Madlib & Jazzy Jeff. Concerts have witnessed performances by Mos Def, Q-Tip, MF Doom, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Edan, The Poets of Rhythm, Jneiro Jarel, The Breakestra, Build An Ark, Osaka Monaurail to name but few. ChoiceCuts is regarded as one of the most consistent and cutting edge music promoters worldwide. 

Find below some of the mixes and concerts that have been organized by Choice Cuts in Dublin in the past few months, and spread the love.

DJ Krush Live At ChoiceCuts by ChoiceCuts
DJ Mayhem - DOOM Mix by ChoiceCuts
LIVE - Big Daddy Kane @ ChoiceCuts, Dublin by ChoiceCuts
Gaslamp Killer - I Spit On Your Grave by ChoiceCuts
J.Rocc - Live in Dublin November 2009 by ChoiceCuts
Sharon Jones Live - ChoiceCuts Dublin by ChoiceCuts
Steinski ChoiceCuts.com relaunch Mix by ChoiceCuts

The Nextmen - Mixes

The Nextmen are critically acclaimed UK DJ/production/songwriting duo Dom Search and Brad Baloo. Their history leaves them & their beloved followers armed with albums, singles, mash-up edits, bootlegs, specials, mixes, remixes, podcasts, DJ sets and live shows, blending anything worth listening to, be it dancehall, drum’n’bass, dubstep, reggae, roots, instrumental and actual hip hop, soul and soulful low-end boomp, funk & (UK) funky, indie, leftfield, ambient, pop, rock and straight-up party jacking pleasers, all day every day and onwards to tomorrow.

The Nextmen have joined the wave of free music sharing, and are releasing plenty of stuff for free. Thanks guys, you rock! You should check their Soundcloud page or their latest reggae mix released on Spine TV. In the meantime, please your ears with few more hours of funky music on Calamarfarci Blogspot :)

Calamarfarci Records - Ragga Jungle Dubplates Vol.I & Vol.II

I have refined my collection of Ragga Jungle Dubplates and compiled 2 volumes of great tunes that you will probably enjoy as much as the cover :)

I'll come up soon with another volume of pure Ragga Jungle heavy sounds...got some good material!

I hope this will please your ears!! 

Download Ragga Jungle Duplates Vol1 here and Vol2 there

Some songs featured on the album :

Ragga Jungle Dubplates Vol1 Tracklist
1. RCola - 01 - Pass the dutchie (Jungle remix) (5:11)
2. The Count & Sinden - Strange Things (Club Edit) (4:43)
3. High Rankin - Sister Let Him Go (Jungle Remix) (5:35)
4. Soundclash - Raggamuffin (5:21)
5. Ed Solo & Deekline - I Don't Smoke (4:46)
6. Candy - Too Long In Slavery (6:29)
7. Benny Page - Turn Down the Lights (5:50)
8. Shy FX and T-Power feat David Boomah - On The Run (4:22)
9. Visionary - Jungle Rock (5:46)
10. Hot Feat Alborosie - Ring Di Alarm (Ragga jungle mix) (5:55)
11. Interface - Burnin - Original Mix (6:51)
12. Mooncat - Warinababylon - Original Mix (6:40)
13. Mooncat - Loverockers - Original Mix (5:14)
14. Viniselecta & U Stone - Computer Dub - Original Mix (5:39)
15. Viniselecta* & U Stone* - In My Heart - Original Mix (4:54)

Download Calamarfarci Ragga Jungle Dubplates Vol1 here

Ragga Jungle Dubplates Vol2 Tracklist

1. Serial Killaz - Mash You Down feat. Cornell Ca (5:31)

2. Channel 2 - Burning Flame - Original Mix (5:34)

3. DP & Promenade - Party People - Original Mix (4:47)

4. Dub Zero - They Don’t Know - Original M (4:03)

5. Alix Perez - Dub Rock (5:47)

6. Deekline & Ed Solo - Top Rankin (5:14)

7. DIRTY DUBSTERS - Cease Fire Selecta (5:07)

8. Dub Street - Skanking Dub (5:57)

9. Ed Solo & Deekline - Ragga Tip (Walk & Skank) (4:49)

10. Benny Page - Everyman (5:21)

11. Krak In Dub feat. Capleton - Prophet Rides Again (3:12)

12. Benny Page - Money (5:40)

13. SERIAL KILLAZ - Killa Klash (5:29)

14. The Wildlife Collective - No No No (You Don''t Love Me) (5:21)

15. VINISELECTA & U STONE - Bless I (4:43)

Download Calamarfarci Ragga Jungle Dubplates Vol2 here

Doom - Born Like This (2009)

He’s not the biggest rapper of all time, but DOOM (formerly MF Doom) is among rap’s most consistent players. And with Born Like This the emcee continues his proven formula of cartoon-villain-meets-hip hop beats. The greatest artists are shrouded in mystery, always keeping audiences guessing; Born Like This extends that trend as DOOM emulates the enigmatic super-villain Doctor Doom over killer samples, waging war against the state of contemporary rap.

Throughout the album DOOM reaffirms that he is the king of the underground, breaking convention while retaining good form, favoring freestyle over chorus, and all that while living by his own rules.

Doom - Born Like This (2009) - Tracklist
1. SUPERVILLAIN INTRO
2. GAZZILLION EAR
3. BALLSKIN
4. YESSIR! feat Raekwon
5. ABSOLUTELY
6. RAP AMBUSH
7. LIGHTWORKS
8. BATTY BOYZ
9. ANGELZ feat Tony Starks (aka Ghostface)
10. CELLZ
11. STILL DOPE feat Empress Sharhh
12. MICROWAVE MAYO
13. MORE RHYMIN’ feat Kurious
14. THAT’S THAT
15. SUPERVILLAINZ
16. BUMPY’S MESSAGE
17. THANK YAH


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1990-2000 One Decade of Hip Hop (by The Rub)

The Rub has been doing the world an undeniably necessary public service in recording their The History of Hip-Hop series of weekly mixtapes. They're unsurprisingly excellent: impeccable selection, flawless mixing.

My favorite thing about these mixes is the fact that hearing hip-hop's finest grouped not by region or style but by year means that every record is uniquely contextualized. They all fit together in a way that I'd forgotten from my ever-advancing vantage point. They are of a piece, just like they were when you lived through them

More mixes and free downloads on The Rub website!

History Of Hip Hop Volume 22: 2000 (Mixed by Cosmo Baker)


Hip-Hop History Volume 21: 1999 (mixed by DJ Ayres)


Hip-Hop History Volume 20: 1998 (mixed by DJ Ayres)


Hip-Hop History Volume 19: 1997 (mixed by DJ Eleven)


Hip-Hop History Volume 18: 1996 (Mixed by Cosmo Baker)


Hip-Hop History Volume 17: 1995 (mixed by Cosmo Baker)


Hip-Hop History Volume 16:1994


Hip-Hop History Volume 15: 1993


Hip-Hop History Volume 14: 1992 (mixed by DJ Eleven)


Hip-Hop History Volume 13: 1991 (mixed by DJ Eleven)


Hip-Hop History Volume 12: 1990 (mixed by Cosmo Baker)

Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer (2010)

Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer

With two years passing since last studio offering Slime & Reason, it seemed the alternative remix-dominated lineage running concurrently alongside Roots Manuva’s regular discography was at an end. Not so fast. 
Enter producer Wrongtom, fellow London lad, wrestling control for the most cohesive Roots Manuva re-rub record to date. Duppy Writer goes one further than its spiritual predecessors – 2002’s speaker-shaking Dub Come Save Me and 2006 mixes-and-outtakes collection Alternately Deep – slicing apart Slime & Reason alongside choice tracks across Smith’s entire legacy. Wrongtom’s distance from the originals pays dividends, accentuating the lolloping Jamaican flex at Smith’s musical heart and providing a central riff off which almost all 11 tunes – and two skits – sunnily ride


Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer Tracklist
1. Butterfly Crab Walk
2. Chin Up
3. Duppy Writer
4. Worl' A Mine
5. Big Tings Redone
6. Jah Warriors
7. Proper Tings Juggled
8. Dutty Rut
9. Dub Decay
10. Lick Up Ya Foot
11. Rebuff
12. Son Of Bodda
13. Motion 82

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Jahtari - Hot Jahtari Riddims Mixtape

Jahtari is a Netlabel, founded in 2004 by Jan Gleichmar aka "Disrupt". Unlike most netlabels, it focuses on the dub and reggae music genres, with an electronic music approach which it calls "digital laptop reggae", using Commodore 64 or 8-bits sounding softwares to produce the beats. The whole Jahtari catalogue is available for online listening and downloading on their site...impressive openness.

By 2006, Jahtari had started to offer a release on CD in addition to the free downloads, and later produced vinyl releases too. As of 2008, it had signed more than 20 artists, among them Soom T, Pupajim, Bo Marley,or Mungo's Hifi. 

Check out their sound with the cool player below!
Compilation courtesy of http://phlow-magazine.com/

Calamarfarci Records - Underground Hip Hop Vol.2

                              

As promised, Calamarfarci Records - Underground Hip Hop Vol.2! Same concept, different songs. This one goes from Ragga Hip Hop (Mad Lion, Postmen, Afu-Ra, Capleton), to heavy underground tracks (Onyx, Popa Wu, Black Moon). And you'll get som chilled out tunes as well, with Asheru, Danger Mouse, Pharcyde or Supernatural. 

Download the compilation, and share the link (only if you like...but you will :)

PS : I couldn't get the song name of C.O.D Crew track, so if you find it, drop me a line!

Calamarfarci Records - Underground Hip Hop Vol.2 Tracklist

1. Intro (0:53)

2. Danger Mouse & Jemini (Feat. Pharcyde) - Medieval (4:59)

3. Onyx (Feat. Method Man) - Evil Streets (Remix) (4:15)

4. C.O.D Crew - Unknown (3:22)

5. Postmen - The Hobby (4:26)

6. Blackmoon (Feat. Busta Rhymes) - The Onslaught (3:53)

7. Afu-Ra (Feat. Jahdan) - Think Before You... (4:09)

8. Popa Wu (Feat. North Star, The Black Nights) - Simply Ludicrous (2:49)

9. Asheru & Blue Black (Unspoken Heard) - Theme Music (3:50)

10. Mad Lion - Take It Easy (4:33)

11. Black Moon - War Zone (3:21)

12. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Don't Do Drugs (3:23)

13. The Mindclouders - Marshall Law (2:25)

14. Ghostface Killah - No No No (3:13)

15. Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown (4:09)

16. Onyx - All we Got iz us (Evil Streetz) (4:13)

17. Pharcyde - Runnin' (4:46)

18. Black Moon - Two Turntables & A Mic (3:56)

19. Capleton (Feat. Method Man) - Wings Of the Morning (3:51)

20. Supernatural - Internationally Known (3:11)

21. Ayentee (Feat. Wonway) - The Pledge (4:18)

Calamarfarci Records - Underground Hip Hop Vol.2 Rapidshare Download Here

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