EDAN (THE HUMBLE MAGNIFICENT) - RADIO SHOW MIX - RECORDED MARCH 2009

Anytime I get into one of those banal conversations about how dead Hip Hop is and which rappers are still keeping it real, the name Edan (echoooo) keeps popping up. 

Anyway enough twinklyeyed chat about Edan, We've got a copy of his first ever radio show, with him displaying his knowledge - recorded in March this year.

Don't know how many of you have heard this, if you have you know it's definitely worth listening to again, if you haven't well - we haven't let you down yet and we are not about to begin now - you will be moving to this till the last second.

If you're a fan of Edan you know what to expect, (Lord Finesse, Gun etc)

If you don't know much about Edan follow us

The best two hours you've spent in a long time.

TIM WESTWOOD SHOW - RECORDED SOMETIME IN THE 80'S

Don't let anybody tell you other wise this guy is a legend, he's influence on hip hop in the UK cannot and should not be sneered at.

He's worked with 45king for Christ sake.

I remember many a time (eon's ago) listening to Tim Westwood in a dark room and writing down the name of tracks and artists that i have never heard of and going out the next day to buy those records in Archway and Camden town - when they still had record stores - that was in the early and mid 90's - this show was recorded in the 80's and when i first heard this recently I saw my self doing what I did when I listened to his shows as a yoot.

Get ready for schooling from a master - a true master.

Hope you get as much pleasure from this as I did - - enjoy

MADLIB LIVE SET KCRW RADIO - RECORDED 2001

In our recent newsletter we said that we had a rare live set by Madlib on KCRW radio, well we just found out that this is also posted on the Stones Throw website - so not exactly rare if you are a Stones Throw fan.

It's Madlib doing what he does best, and was done as part of the promotion for the Yesterdays New Quintet drop Angles without Edges.

Jazz, Fusion, Folk Rock and some of Jay Dee's finest.

It may sound dated for those who follow Madlib like Hawks - but classic tracks will always be classic tracks and there are some Killahs on here.

DJ SEEPS (Jessica Seepersaud)  - MARCH MIXES - RECORDED MARCH 2009

Inevitably this site is going to be recognised as a site where mixtapes are in abundance and come in all shapes and sizes and sounds - no matter how much we try to cover that up.

If we are going to bring you a specific genre of music  - we will only bring you the best and we managed to cop another one from our New York city lady - DJ SEEPS.

I'll let the sign do the talking on this one 

HYPED

The first of many from the lady - you can rest assured.

FUNKY SUPERSTAR RECORDS (LAURENT MAGES) - GET FUNKY FRESH - MIX RECORDED (?????)

So we're back on familiar ground. Laurent of Funky superstar records keeps sending me free stuff for every record i buy from his store - brilliant customer service - because i keep going back. He sent me a random French 45 in one parcel, - the cynic in me thought 'if he's giving a free record it's going to be rubbish' - so i was pleasantly surprised when I liked the record.

The second time I bought a record from him he sent me this mix, my ego makes me believe that he made this mix especillay for me -  but my no-ego tells me he sent this to everyone else who bought from him, the latter makes more sense.

Anyho, I have decided to share this mix with all you NTS fans. Its full of Funk, Disco, Boogie, Electro and Soul just like the sign says - Believe the Hype - it's bad ass.

AVE BLASTE - ON THE HIGHWAY MIX - MARCH 09

A big one to the south London dj collective - KEEP UP and especially to AVE BLASTE of KEEP UP and legendary Drum 'n Bass label HOSPITAL RECORDS for sliding us this short and straight forward mix.

Straight to the point. 

Ave Blaste or Zac  is a boogiehead from across the channel and his record prowess and knowledge has led to him playing alongside Herbaliser and an old favourite of mine - London Eleckricity, he is also a resident at Hospitality. He's now in production-featuring on the latest drop from the KEEP UP label - THE BEAT DISPENSER EP by the Paraguayan funk men - LOPEZ

keep an eye out for the brother.   

Ave Blaste - on the highway mix :31 minutes and 26 seconds of pure eclectronic* joy.