Turntable Radio – March 07 podcast

Finally it’s here, the first podcast of the year from our brand new Tokyo location. Apologies for the delay, but as they say good things come to those who wait, and boy have we got good things in store for you this time round with more exclusives and brand new tracks than you can shake a broken crossfader at.

These include fresh bits from Kentaro’s debut album ‘Enter’, 2tall’s forthcoming ‘2tall Presents Dudley and Georgia – Beautiful Mindz’ album, DJ Happee’s return LP ‘The Renaissance’, NozL’s ‘The Man Who Brought Us Here Has Vanished’ EP and Teeko’s debut album ‘MySoundstation’. That’s not all though, on top of that we’ve got exclusive tracks you won’t hear anywhere else including DJ Baku remixing Bleu Bird, Blood 1 remixing the mighty mighty Vex’D from Planet Mu, Netik remixing Noisy Stylus, Bungalow Zen and Tatsuki. To finish it all off we’ve got some freestyles from Kypski, Manipulate & Deviant and the one and only Mista Ed.

No talking, just over an hour of fresh new music to see you through spring and into the summer. We’ll be back around June/July time, until then though check the tracklisting below for all details, websites, info and where to buy the music. And keep it locked onto the site and Spin Science for more news, interviews, freebies etc…

Enjoy!

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March 07 podcast playlist

2tall – TTR Intro
DJ Osiris and Mr Dibbs – Listen – Mush Records
Teeko – Wolfnog Reality (Much More Realistic) ft Mike Boo – 4OneFunk, taken from the debut LP ‘MySoundstation’ out now 4onefunk.com
Bungalow zen – Twilight Zone – TTR Exclusive, myspace.com/bungalowzen1
DJ Krush – Kemuri (Untouchable mix) – Sony Music, taken from the album ‘Soundscapes: The Self-Remixed Best of’ out now
Bleu Bird – Rocket Mouth (Baku remix) – TTR Exclusive, GME/Endemik, taken from the Bleu Bird ‘RIP U$A’ LP, out now
DJ Happee – Mind Over Matter – Zone 7 Recordings, taken from the LP ‘The Renaissance’ out now djhappee.com
Tatsuki – Super Sucker Killer – TTR Exclusive
Vex’D – Fire (DJ Blood 1 remix) – TTR Exclusive, original track taken from the debut LP ‘Degenerate’ out now on Planet Mu planet-mu.com
Cavern – Glimmer – TGOS, taken from the compilation ‘Truth About Pan’s Sons’ available for download from thegrooveofsatyre.com
Dj Wicked – Hypnosis – Unreleased, myspace.com/djwicked
Noisy Stylus – Battle Mentality (Netik remix) – TTR Exclusive, original track taken from the debut LP ‘Table Manners’ out now, noisystylus.com
NozL – Akabizzle ft 2tall – NozL Recordings, taken from the debut EP ‘The Man Who Brought Us Here Has Vanished’ nozl.co.uk
Kentaro – Tasogare Highway High – Ninja Tune, taken from the debut LP ‘Enter’ out April 2007 ninjatune.net
Kypski – Scratchin’ Freestyle – c-monandkypski.nl
Manipulate and Deviant Ted – Freestyle – nausecorps.com
Mista Ed – Bone Breakin Freestyle
2tall, Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow – A Beautiful Mind – TTR Exclusive, Eclectic Breaks, taken from the forthcoming album ‘2tall presents Dudley and Georgia – Beautiful Mindz’ out in early summer 2007 eclecticbreaks.com and dj2tall.com
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DJ Happee – The Renaissance

DJ Happee is back with a new album, 4 years since his debut ‘The Cinematic Orchestra’. ‘The Renaissance’ is quite a change from his debut with a more rugged feel to it and a more straightforward approach to the music.

Beats seemingly designed for the clubs (or at the very least a car with big ass speakers) coupled with heavy guitar riffs and tight cuts. Blending his production with live instruments, Happee manages to deliver quite a few memorable pieces. It might not be anything new but it works well and it’s nice to hear something new from the man – and in general it’s just nice to see people pushing stuff out and keeping things moving along.

‘The Renaissance’ features Dinoh, Ruthless, Tyra From Saigon and Entec, as well as a fair few other upcomers. The album will be released on Happee’s own Zone Seven recordings, and should be out in April this year and available from all good record shops. We’ve already aired an exclusive from the album at the end of last year and we’ll be airing another brand new track in the forthcoming March podcast.

In the meantime be sure to keep an eye on djhappee.com and his myspace page for more up to date news on the release and extracts from the album.

Whole bunch of Japanese releases from Baku and Kentaro

Two of Japan’s biggest tablist names, DJ Baku and DJ Kentaro, have got some pretty big releases incoming in the next few weeks and months.

First up is DJ Kentaro who is finally releasing his debut album, ‘Enter’ on Ninja Tune in late April. The album features collabos with The Pharcyde, Hifana, Hunger and fellow NT artists New Flesh and Spank Rock. Overall it’s a pretty uptempo and dancefloor minded affair, showcasing primarily Kentaro’s production chops, which are heavily based around the turntable but do also include quite a lot of drum n bass and electronic music influences.

Don’t be expecting an all out scratch affair, but then again who would really want that these days (this is not up for debate btw), but instead a fairly interesting offering from the Japanese scratch machine and relentless club performer. Varying between styles and speeds, the album should appeal across the board even if it does feel a little unfocused at times. Still with Kentaro’s popularity in the wider DJ scene and his hard work on the club circuit this one is likely to do well, and I’m sure Ninja Tune hopes so too.

‘Enter’ comes out in late april, and is preceded by the Spank Rock collabo single ‘Free’. Hit up Ninja Tune for more info and details. Look out for a worldwide tour as of May too, starting with Europe I believe.

Next up is DJ Baku, Japan’s other main tablist, DJ and producer and someone who is much less known than Kentaro outside of his home country. Though hopefully our Japanese special last year, and recent airing of tracks from his debut album have helped to change that a little. Baku has been keeping since the releasing of his aforementioned debut album, ‘Spinheddz’, in the summer of 2006.

Baku is releasing a brand new single under the name NoizdPhank on the POP GROUP label this month. The single features Tokyo producers Think Tank and Heavy Takeshi, and is a nice change from his album with a much more mellow, electronica vibe. Baku’s also been remixing for Bleubird (available exclusively on the ‘Rip USA’ album Japanese release) and Blue Foundation (available on the Solid Origami release on POP GROUP) as well as working on a new mix CD, ‘Hybrid BBoy Killa Cuts’ which is out now on the DDD label and with distro through WENOD records.

The mix CD is a run through some of Baku’s favourite drum n bass/hip hop bootlegs of recent years, also nicely mixed and mashed up and also featuring tracks from his new NoizdPhank project. Lastly Baku’s also released an exclusive small run of the ‘Spinheddz Secret Weapons’, a double vinyl release featuring instrumentals, sounds and samples from his debut album.

All of these releases can be found by either checking out the POP GROUP website (and clicking on the catalogue link) or WENOD records. Though Japanese is likely to help you navigate and understand what to do (or use Babelfish).

Look out for audio from all these projects and more in upcoming podcasts (I swear the new one’s coming reallll soon).

D-Styles 7″ on Bully Records

Shhhhhh…

Pre Order info

What the label says:

No info to share on the actual musical content yet, but do we really need it? First new limited Bully 45 in a while, D-Styles at the controls… enough said

More info to come soon…