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NEEDLE EXCHANGE 023: An Exclusive Mix By … Numero Group

What you’re about to hear may be the most meta mixtape of all time. Or at the very least, the strangest Needle Exchange back story yet. The basics…Shoes–a duo known for stealth DJ edits (Miles Davis, Al Green, Moodyman)–crammed Numero Group‘s 7-year-old back catalog onto one 12-inch. That means more than 70 vital funk, soul, […]

MOVIES FOR THE BLIND: Cage Watches a Documentary On Weed, a Comedy About Terrorism and … ‘Sex and the City’? Yep.

Chris Palko first stormed onto the underground hip-hop scene as Cage with “Agent Orange,” a Clockwork Orange-sampling single from his 2002 album, Movies For the Blind. His free associative film column pays tribute to that record and runs on our daily site at the start of every week…when he’s not vacationing in London, which is […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Kode9’s FACT Mix of Classic Jungle Cuts

Fact mix 156 – Kode 9: 1. Soundman & Don Lloyde with Elizabeth Troy – Greater Love 2. Lemon D – Manhatten Melody 3. Dope Style – You Must Think First 4. Nut Nut – Special Dedication 5. Undercover Agent – Oh Gosh 6. DJ SS – MA2 remix 7. 12-10 Series Mk 1 – […]

Underworld Recruit Appleblim, Dubfire & More For ‘Barking’ LP

Underworld‘s latest LP finally has a title and tracklisting. Due to drop in September, Barking (yes–Barking) is the dance duo’s first guest-driven record, featuring such A-list producers as Skull Disco’s dearly-departed co-founder, Appleblim, and Dubfire of Deep Dish. We haven’t heard it yet but the group’s site describes the effort as “electronics wrapped effortlessly around […]

RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Woven Bones

Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. Today’s installment is one of our best yet–a brutally honest breakdown of Woven Bones’ punk-in-drublic debut (In and Out and Back Again, […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: In Honor Of Her Profoundly Bizarre Issue Project Room Set, We Present a Grouper Bootleg From ATP NY

So we managed to sneak into Grouper‘s rare Brooklyn gig on Friday night and still aren’t sure what we witnessed over the course of her main 60-minute set. (She also presented a new tape collage piece.) To be honest, the entire thing looked/sounded incredibly creepy, as if one of The Shining‘s redrum-happy twins suddenly learned […]