Stay Cool

This is the mix I did for my interview with Tokyo-based producer submerse. In addition to a number of his own tracks, it features music from we discussed in the interview, including his friends, inspirations and artists he's feeling at the moment, such as Ben Frost and froyo ma.

Tracklist:

1. submerse – Melonkoly

2. aru-2 – namara waya

3. Green Butter (Budamunk & Mabanua) – Lights Out

4. submerse – Dim Lights and Meteorites feat. Sorrow

5. Onra – Intro

6. FITZ AMBRO$E – PDISO (sauce81 remix)

7. rigly chang – K.D (Katamari Damacy)

8. submerse – Monochrome

9. froyo ma – rice balls

10. Ta-Ku – Buttermilk

11. submerse – Kerosene

12. RLP – Minovsky Physics

13. Greyhat – missed

14. submerse – Twiceshy (Daisuke Tanabe Remix)

15. Elaquent – Bedroom Eyes (Venetian Red)

16. Repeat Pattern – RDGA

17. submerse – Truth

18. Rain Dog – Regolith

19. submerse – math.

20. submerse – trip

21. VATOGATO&CAKEDOG – vallyofthusknz_

22. DJ Rashad – Only One (feat. Spinn & Taso)

23. submerse – whyarntyou

24. Yosi Horikawa – Stars

25. Ben Frost – Fortitude (Score Excerpt)

My first ever mashup. Rearranged the vocals slightly to fit the instrumental better, if you want a version with the vocals unedited, grab it here: http://bit.ly/pillowtempzOG

Thanks for all of the support so far. More original stuff coming soon.

Much love to @sivey and @tempatnexthype.

▶ discover: @italdredrecords

▶ Listen to the interview: http://bit.ly/1H5Gism

▶ Read Part 1 over at @artistic-manifesto: bit.ly/MTM2pt1

One week after each Meet the Movement entry I’ll be uploading a mix featuring strictly artists and affiliates from the movement I interviewed. These mixes are intended for use as the background music for each interview, but also as a celebration of the movement.

Italdred is the focus this time around, and this mix contains strictly tracks and artists from the five compilations that they’ve released since the label began in January 2014. Given their origins hip-hop makes for the bulk of the mix, but it speeds up towards the end, varying into the ambient, grime and footwork sounds that Italdred have embraced as of late.

Tracklist:

1 Dutchy - The Scramble (Eggs Remix)

2 SNK∆ - O²

3 Raji - Confront.Ascertain

4 sleepy eyes - Dailynugs

5 TimeLess One - Lung Candy

6 Too North - Oasis

7 Chuk Le Garcon - Her- F

8 HLMNSRA - C o z y r o o m

9 Rhythum - Blue In Green Pt2

10 rxn - Zooted

11 S.MAHARBA - Worshiper

12 Tajima Hal - Round N Round

13 Sigh. - Lastplace

14 KidMみ - Neo Tokyo

15 ShunGu - Calcul_84

16 RND1 - Pho

17 Art Vandelay & Chester Watson - Corvus

18 TenLittleRabbits - Mystic

19 Bsd.u - Now Ya Know

20 Rbe. - Nodes

21 Praise Due - Dolo

22 eu-IV - 107

23 Ohbliv - Frenzone

24 Es-K - SucroseDose

25 Tuff Luv - So&So

26 Youtaro - Fusion

27 Linn Mori - Slow Down

28 DuST¥ - Mrsofty

29 Howie Wonder - Ascent Pt.2

30 Innobushu - No oNe

31 Jalal Salaam - O.I.A.L

32 _al. - Solid

33 Amin Payne - Can't You See

34 Axion117 - Lifecycle

35 Cookie Monster Galaxy - Nightcaller

36 A Sol Mechanic - Sidewalkin'

37 Go Yama - Dirty Couch

38 Diogenes - Broads

39 Vaughn Illa - Eye From Above

40 SpellWorks - Sunday Drive

41 Aku - Things To Come

42 Sumthin Gunny - Gather

43 Josh Jetson - 82Unacknowledged

44 Koetry - Encore

45 Zulu - Eden

46 Seas Of Grease - Synthetic Sky

47 Shatter Hands - One For Seth

48 Kid Beat - Candy Brain

49 Gohda - Air Max 95

50 Rhombohedral - Stalagmite

51 Lamont De - xGlass Heart

52 Taeo - Currents

53 Ice Pope - Sola

54 AbJo - Submerge

55 The Programmer - ForTheChildren

56 Flamingosis - Fear

57 Toa - N1NA

58 CYAN P - Black Horizons

▶ Discover: @italdredrecords

▶ Read Part 1 over at @artistic-manifesto: bit.ly/MTM2pt1

▶ Get the mix: http://bit.ly/1CLDPgG

Meet the Movement is an interview and mix series that highlights the stories of the people behind the labels that we’ve come to love in recent years, as well as the sounds that define them.

The second installment of the series looks at Italdred, a London-based label that started with a bang after releasing its debut release The Beginning, a 68-track compilation in January of last year. Although primarily known for it’s hip-hop orientated sounds, the label recently dropped their fifth compilation, The (Nu) Beginning, which marks an expansion into footwork, garage, grime and other sounds.

Prior to the release of The (Nu) Beginning, I spoke to Rob Huckle, Italdred’s founder, and Duncan Brazzil, the label’s A&R about how Italdred started, Rob’s other labels and the change that their most recent compilation represents to them.

Check back next week for the mix I made to play in the background of this interview, featuring exclusively Italdred artists and affiliates.

▶ discover: @darkerthanwax

▶ Listen to the Interview: http://bit.ly/19bLz5h

▶ Read Part 1 via @artistic-manifesto: : bit.ly/MTMpt1

▶ Read Part 2: bit.ly/MTM1pt2

One week after each Meet the Movement entry I’ll be uploading a mix featuring strictly artists and affiliates from the movement I interviewed. These mixes are used as the background music for each interview, but I figure it’s well worth releasing them separately as well, as a celebration of the movement.

First up is of course Darker Than Wax. My focus for this mix was not only to feature a bunch of songs I like, but also to show DTW’s expansive sound, so the mix starts with chill and boom-bap Hip-Hop vibes but soon departs on a journey, before closing with Garage, House and experimental sounds.

PS: Thank you so much for the support so far, I'm still in awe that so many people appreciate the vision of what I'm doing, it means a lot.

Tracklist:

1 Taj - The Astral Journey

2 Jael - Springtime

3 Monk' - Misunderscrood

4 Lynd-oh - Intermission #1 (Lavender & Chocolate)

5 Beetsofreen - Fading Shadows

6 Fantastikclick & Sport G - Channel 8

7 LA | NO - M A R x L A N O = H E R P A S T

8 Luviia - Lock 'Em Down

9 Jasper Staal - Coconut

10 Milo Mills - OnceAgain

11 Tehbis - Textures

12 Moods - Rain or Shine

13 Monkeyrobot - Dumpster Diving

14 Koetry - Marathon

15 Cosa Nostra - Whole Lot More

16 SimilarObjects - Angel's Breath

17 Wayvee - If

18 Clara La San - I Was Always Yours (NeguimBeats Remix)

19 Trian Kayhatu - Red Onion White Garlic

20 silo & JR Jârris - East River

21 Giorgio Oehlers - Cursing in Church

22 DIVERSA x Bubbly Bulbasaur - Lost (Sh?m Remix)

23 Deep Shoq - Merry Go Round

24 Samuel Truth - Rua

25 IFF - The Bacon Escape (Kayloo Remix)

26 Go Yama - Miniature Ponyo Souls

27 Innobushu - Loose

▶ discover: @darkerthanwax

▶ Read Part 1: http://bit.ly/MTMpt1

▶ Read Part 2: http://bit.ly/MTM1pt2

▶ Download the mix: http://bit.ly/18AbSAI

As SoundCloud, Spotify and other online-based music platforms pave the way for how we consume audio in the digital age, artists are finding themselves with more power and control than ever before. New collectives and record labels are being created at a record rate, and yet despite that many of the people behind them go unknown, with the artists that represent them being a listener’s biggest connection.

With this in mind I’m starting a new series called Meet the Movement, in which I speak to creatives from various record labels, collectives and so on. The aim is both to educate about the history behind some of the movements we’ve come to love in recent years and also to inspire people to do it themselves, as most of these movements started from just an idea, with a lot support and love driving them to where they are today.

Starting off the series is Dean Chew, also known as the Funk Bast*rd, co-founder of Singaporean-based Darker Than Wax, one of the most diverse labels to be birthed in recent history. Often mistaken as being a “beat label”, its origins are actually in more uptempo sounds, and releases have crossed a number of genres, including footwork, jazz, house, hip-hop, bass, boogie, trap, garage, ambient, R&B and future.

Ahead of his upcoming Brazil and New York tour with Go Yama and NeguimBeats, I spoke to the musician about his origins, DTWs beginnings and its roster.

Check back next week for the mix I made to play in the background of this interview, featuring exclusively Darker Than Wax artists and affiliates.

Stay Cool #009 is all about deep sounds, taking a few cuts from the brilliant Deep Heads Vol. 1 Project and blending them with 2 Step, Downtempo and Bass-heavy jams from forward-thinking artists like Lapalux, Bonobo and Sh?m.

Tracklist:

1. Trashbat - Ink & Pink

2. Fybe:one - How We Do

3. Submotion Orchestra - All Night

4. Atu - For Us

5. Haan808 - JourneyToTheMiddleEast -/ft.Vanessa Elisha (freestyle)

6. James Blake - Life Round Here (Sh?m Bootleg Remix)

7. Keeper - Happy to Be Sad (Prod. BoomBaptist)

8. Geode - Variations of a Theme

9. Wallwork & RZR - Mad Techno Invasion

10. Evil Needle & Sivey - Constructive Interference

11. Aye, Yu - Rock Wit Yu

12. Elliot Moss - Slip (JNTHN STEIN remix)

13. Philip Grass - All I Need

14. Hidden Orchestra - Spoken (Submerse Remix)

15. Belle - Infinity (Nuances & Danalogue Remix)

16. W∆RREN XCLNCE - A DEEP

17. TenLittleRabbits - drive.slow

18. Ill The Essence - Quhonji Dub

19. Botany - Quatic

20. Mala - Como Como

21. Heardman - Leuca

22. Lapalux - Forgetting and Learning Again

23. Jonathan Crisp - Boom Boom Chop

24. Sophia Black - Over Again

25. Mr. Scruff - We Are Coming

26. Rain Dog - Regolith

27. AFTA-1 - Temple

28. Entheogenesis - Freefall (Drip Drop Remix)

29. Hwood - Midnight Slums

30. Bonobo - Transits (Ft. Szjerdene)

31. Pixelord - Sinking Ship (ft. Fifi Rong)

32. Sepalcure - Love Pressure

33. Om Unit - Human Abstract edit

"As summer is around the corner I present this as an uptempo Summer playlist for your ears. Most of the tracks are from this year, and the mix highlights a number of people to watch out for, including JD Reid, Haywire, Avec Avec, Renz and many more."

1. Avec Avec - Moon Prism

2. Chloe Martini - Candy

3. Sivey - Cause and Effect

4. wu05 - VOLUME EIGHTY-SEVEN

5. Dreamers Delight - Sunday

6. JD. Reid - Ralph

7. Jacques Greene - No Excuse

8. Losco - When

9. Sinjin Hawke - Prom Nite (Shash'U Remix)

10. Jarreau Vandal - Fannypack

11. DAILON - Take It Slow (Fall In Luv)

12. Rook Milo - Cobalt Polo

13. SBTRKT - 2020

14. Entheogenesis - tabhead

15. MR CARMACK - WAAAAIT!

16. Cosmo's Midnight - Goodnight (feat. Polographia)

17. Haan 808 - Sensations

18. Pomo - Vibrator

19. submerse - Melonkoly (RLP Remix)

20. curl up - computerus

21. Ganz - Grind Hard

22. Jon Phonics - Yoga Selfie

23. fingalick - Entrance Theme

24. Singularis - Maputo Jam

25. Mister Lies - Lupine

26. Rvdical The Kid & MisterMack - Ethereal

27. Nangdo - Serious

28. Renz - Look Good On Me

29. Lxury - Playground

30. Panama - Always (Wave Racer Remix)

31. Nikitch - Hate Or Wait

32. Side Brain - We Are

33. Haywyre - Dichotomy (Soft Mix)

34. Satellite Stories - Campfire (curl up remix)

35. Kidkanevil & Daisuke Tanabe - Ghostgirl (KRTS RMX)

▶ discover: @sangobeats

▶ Read the write-up via @artistic-manifesto: http://bit.ly/SangoInterview

As a bit of a thank you gift I’m releasing the audio from my first ever artist interview, with Sango of Soulection, recorded on July 31st, 2013. It’s crazy to listen to it and see how far my interviews have come since then, especially since making the leap to publishing the audio starting with my starRo interview back in February.

Sango is a big inspiration for me, not just sonically, but also in terms of his mindset, faith and attitude towards the relationships in his life. Having discovered his music about a year earlier, his sound really opened up my mind to Soulection and the genre that would be loosely-defined as “future music”. After a mutual friend found out that I was a fan, I was given the opportunity to profile him just after his new album North. Given that the album was the main focus of the interview, what better soundtrack to use for the background than the album itself!

In the interview we discussed the album, his faith, AGO, collaborations and a lot more. Hopefully you’ll find it as inspirational as I do.

PS: Excuse the audio, back then I didn’t know how to record Skype calls so this is a recording of myself and Sango via my speakers.

Big thanks to Tiffany, Jacq, Soulection and of course Kai for the opportunity. Also to Michell for giving the write-up a home.