Showcasing brand spanking new tunes from the likes of Hyperdub, Tectonic, Subtrakt, Raw Records & Suicide Dub amongst others.

Download Link - Stream Link - [running time 70 mins]

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2. Janner & Snoman - Jah Wednesday [2007 – Subtrakt]
   
3. DFRNT - Tenfold [2008 - Insectmind]
   
4. Akashic 11 - Total Control [2008 - Raw Records]
   
5. 2562 - Moog Dub [2008 - Tectonic]
   
6. TTC & Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix) [2007 - Big Dada]
   
7. Ramadanman - Hungarian Skank [2007 - Aeclectrick Records]
   
8. SAINT VII - The Dubkink [2008 - Lefthouse Recordings]
   
9. Bass Clef - Thank You For Starting Fires [2006 - Blank Tapes]
   
10. Darkstar - Squeeze My Lime [2008 - Hyperdub]
    
11. Burial - Wounder [2006 - Hyperdub]
    
12. Darqwan - M/A..Ximum Reespek [2007 - Planet Mu]
    
13. Hijack - Nightmarez [2006 - Tectonic]
    
14. Line 47 - Creations (Sound From Light) (Fault Remix) [2007 - Terminal Dusk]
    
15. Balkansky - Coming Down [2008 - Subtrakt]
    
16. Mathhead - South Bronx [2006 - Terminal Dusk]
    
17. Komonazmuk - Love [2007 - Terminal Dusk]
    
18. Riskotheque - Thequenique [2008 - Suicide Dub]
    
19. Skream - Hedd Banger [2008 - Tectonic]
    
20. Benga - Crunked Up [2008 - Tempa]
    
21. Vex'd - Fire [2005 - Planet Mu]
    
22. Peverelist - Infinity Is Now [2008 - Tectonic]
    
23. Boxcutter - J Dub [2007 - Planet Mu]

Blitzen Trapper

Wooo - what a packed night! And loads of great requests, old and new!

Speaking of which, the best new track was 'Gold For Bread' by Blitzen Trapper. It's off their very poppy new album, 'Furr,' and it was released last week. Check it out for singalong loveliness!


Gary Numan

The best old track was 'Observer' by Gary Numan. I was a teenage Numanoid and it's pretty obvious that his synthiness has stuck with me since then in the music I make myself. Where would synthpop, electro and all their modern derivatives be without Numan's huge influence? 'Observer' is just perfect.

This is what you heard:

canyonsofstatic - 1:17
Modcam - Grain Season
Cyne - Excite Me
Orion - Cash 4 Survival
Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
Travis Stewart - Machine Drum Remix
Jape - Floating (Original)
Kano - I Like It (Prod. By Davinche)
The Presets - This Boy's In Love
Circuits - Pistols at Dawn (Tim 'Love' Le
Termanology - How We Rock (feat. Bun B) (prod. by DJ Premier)
Ratatat - Shempi
Gallows - Abandon Ship
Kettel - Palles's Popsong
Atmosphere - The Waitress
Shellac - Squirrel Song
Cymande - Brothers On The Slide
Jenny Lewis - Carpetbaggers
Danny! - The Groove
The Blood Brothers - Teen Heat
Maxilla Blue - Unbelievable Grams Of Pure
Portico Quartet - Zavodovski Island
Drive By Argument - Dance Like No One's Watching (Remixed By Alan Moulder
6BLOCC - Warning
Bearsuit - Chargr
M.O. & Brakko - Pluk de Dag
Cougar - Pulse Conditioner
The Narrator - SurfJew
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Girl Talk - No Pause
Late of the Pier - Focker
Gary Numan - Observer
People Under the Stairs - Anotha' (BBQ)
King Cannibal - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
At the Drive-In - pattern against user
Mr. Scruff - Spandex Man
All That Remains - Relinquish
De La Soul - Eye Know [The Know It All Mix]
Ettes - To Arms
Braintax - The Beast Is Us
Dillinger Four - Fuzzy Pink Hand-Cuffs
Errors - Salut! France
Pavement - Trigger Cut / Wounded Kite At 17
Kamer Van Cokehandel (Risskant & Ad Rem) - Reconstructie ft. Per.verz (Prod. by Benzie)
Benga - Roller
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
Roots Manuva - C.R.U.F.F. (Prod. By Roots Manuva)
Fireside - Left Rustle
Onyx - Slam
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down
These New Puritans - Swords of Truth
The Marked Men - Fix My Brain
Neon Neon - I Lust U (Album version)
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise
Danger Doom - El Chupa Nibre
Blitzen Trapper - Gold For Bread
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - The Ghost
Murs - I'm Innocent
The Primary 5 - Lost And Confused
Pink Skull - Gonzo's Cointreau
The Notwist - moron
Mr. Lif - Wanted (Produced By Fakts One)
The Girls - Not I
Stu - mYMelody
The Parson Red Heads - Out To Sea
Grijze Massa - Grijs Gebied
Sudarshana - El Camino Del Loto
The Lemonheads - Hospital
otograph - melodie
Jens Lekman - I Saw Her In The Anti War Demonstration
Billie the Vision & The Dancers - I'm Pablo
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes

Tonight's best new track was 'The Beast Is Us' by Braintax. This track sums up why I love hip hop so much more than any rock, indie or other song-form music. It's so powerful, it's the perfect meld of brain and body. The lyrics are ferocious, intelligent and funny and the beat is undeniable. How can you go wrong with shit like this? :

"Spit 'bout crimes we forget for the sake of our own little tragedy's
Incidental maladies
Irrelevant like a fucking Akon ballad is
The biggest shame of this society we live in
While we act all spiritual when we're money driven
It's the way we forget in a hell of a rush
Like 'If it ain't affecting me, then I ain't too fussed'
Then there's bombs on the street and us Brits get shaky
But how can we be shocked - Check our leadership lately?
They're rattling the sabres, talking 'bout Jesus
Fundamentalist believers acting like crusaders
Memories are short over here
The zeitgeist is a truck that the media steer
So we ain't on the streets protesting - We're stuck in front of TV sets digesting
Forgetting about the lies and the unfound weapons
Suggestions, the questions we should be asking journalists a second
I'm (BRAAAIIIIN) taxing - the opposite of aspirin
Blood is on the streets and the East End soaking it up
Bush making me a target - and I'm not too pleased
There's no peace when the beast is us"

There's more going on in that one verse from Braintax than a decade's worth of mewling indie kid slop. I really hope that Braintax isn't quitting hip hop as has been reported. We need more artists like him, not fewer.



The best old track was The Vaselines' 'Son Of A Gun.' What a stunning band and what a perfect pop song. Ace.

Tonight, you heard:

Raine Maida - Careful What You Wish For
System of a Down - Suite Pee
Lil' Wayne - Dr. Carter
Elemental - Bleep
Les Savy Fav - The Equestrian
13 & God - Perfect Speed
The Medic Droid - Tease
Cardopusher - Everything Is A New Surprise
Misery Index - We Never Come In Peace
Napoleon IIIrd - Defibrillator
Hüsker Dü - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
IRS - The World Is Theirs
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
Laura Marling - Cross Your Fingers
All That Remains - Relinquish
The Presets - This Boy's In Love (Lifelike Remix)
Benga - Roller
Baroness - Coeur
Errors - Salut! France
AFI - He Who Laughs Last...
Marv Ellis - The Grind To Paradise
These New Puritans - Swords Of Truth
Keepin' 6 - Step Back
Kardinal Offishall - Set It Off
The Morning Light - Wake Up!
ScareCrow - Moonlight
Mastodon - Seabeast
Braintax - The Beast Is Us
Travis Stewart - Machine Drum Remix
Throw Rag - Hang Up
Russian Circles - Harper Lewis
mc chris - Fett's Vett
Bon Voyage - Monster
Pete and The Pirates - Mr Understanding
Audrey - Northern Lights
I Heart Hiroshima - The Cover
Distance - Mount Zion (Remix)
The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
Vim - Purple GBC Fights Boredom AKA
Black Nite Crash - Falling Down
Pavement - At And T
Maxx Brannslokker - Solar Trip Feat. Katya Tyukova
Toxic Holocaust - War Game
Late of the Pier - Focker
Rabbi Darkside - Hors La Loi
Chromeo - Call Me Up
Propagandhi - Nation States
The Grates - Carve Your Name
Alias - Death Watch
Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me
Change of Ideas - Believe
Sébastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear
Circuits - Pistols At Dawn
King Cannibal - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
Destruction - Offenders Of The Throne
John Barry - Fight At Kobe DockHelga
Nas - Get Down
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
The Get Up Kids - How Long Is Too Long
The Parson Red Heads - Out To Sea
Lykke Li - Little Bit

Skream - Watch The Ride



Skream is one of the dubstep scene's most revered producer/DJs. Both in the studio and in the club he has been a fresh-faced and forward thinking pivot of a genre that has been sneaking up behind the mainstream for the past two years. Skream, also known as Ollie Jones, has been responsible for some of the hardest and darkest anthems including his classic Midnight Request Line, recently revamped by Hot Chip and fidget-house king Switch. He is also one of the most prolific producers out there with a rumoured 1,500 as yet unheard tunes stashed away in his studio bunker.

If you are already a fan of dubstep then this is a must-have for the sheer volume of new material and exclusives. Those new to the genre and curious to see why a dubstep artist is in line for a Mercury Music Prize may want to look elsewhere for their first fix. This is dark and unrelenting music aimed straight at the dance floor with highlights including Skream's the Shining, Smut's Badman and Benga's 28 Basslines VIP. Benga's Diary of an Afro Warrior and Skream's self-titled debut are more melodic and eclectic home listening offerings…

Tracklist:
1. Skream - Tribal Intro - Exclusive
2. Skream - The Shinein - Exclusive
3. The Dan Logan Experience - Matter of Facts (Breakage's Relatively Speaking Mix)
4. Mala - mountain dread march
5. Skream - If You Know - Exclusive
6. Benni Page & Zero G - Pan Pipes - Exclusive
7. Hit N Run - bad out
8. Noah D & No Thing - Unknown Suspect
9. Seven - Siren - Exclusive
10. Seven - Dark Passenger - Exclusive
11. Smut - Badman Place
12. Benga - Better - Exclusive
13. KUTZ - Twilight Zone
14. Skream - Filth - Exclusive
15. Kulture - Diesel - Exclusive
16. Benga - Benga's off his Head - Exclusive
17. Rusko - Soundguy Target
18. Skream - Simple City - Exclusive
19. Babylon System & Noah D - Examination of Time
20. Skream - Fick - Exclusive
21. Benga - 26 Basslines V.I.P - Exclusive
22. Breakage - together - Exclusive
23. Benga - sleep another day - Exclusive
24. TC - where's my money (Caspa remix)
25. black ganion - Method (Goth Trad Remix)
26. Skream - Meta-Lick - Exclusive
27. Rufige Kru - shanghai nights
28. Late - saw, sine, square - Exclusive

Shadows Of Tomorrow-- Feat. Lord Quas - Madvillain
Sahara - Onur Özer
Farben Says: Love Oh Love - Farben
Caress - Ellen Allien
Caecilia - Fennesz
Purple Hummer - Sammy Dee
5. fun runner - Lee Jones
R. Kelly vs Broken Social Scene - I'm a Flirt (Shoreline) - The Hood Internet
Gobstopper - J Dilla
Gato Y Medio - Bruno Pronsato
Sunlight - Wu-Tang Clan
Elephant Shoes - Tarentel
Eclipse - Onur Özer
Bongospace (Ion Ludwig Remix) - Abonne
Disco Flags are all Around You - aMute
Traumbone - Onur Özer
Betty - Chris Clark
Electricity - The Avalanches
13. - nsi.
take1 - Bumbar
Reconsider (Featuring Kadence) - Dabrye
Oltre il Profondo - Andrea Sartori
Blow X Blow - Moloko
Crunked Up - Benga
The Door Opens The Other Way - Belong
Last Donut of the Night - J Dilla
Same Faces, Different Names - Bruno Pronsato
You Take My Breath Away - The Knife
Mercy Sines - Clark
Minimal (DJ Koze Radio Edit) - Matias Aguayo
My Beauty in the Moon - Kelley Polar
Music For Tundra Pt. 3 - Tim Hecker
Parisian Goldfish - Flying Lotus
Untitled - Burial
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
5. The Lower Upside Down (Vinyl C1) - Shed

1. Minilogue - City lights (L'est magnifique)
Animals (Ambient CD)

2. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Berlin
Insen

3. Let's Go Outside - I'll Lick Your Spine Feat Christina Broussard
A Picnic With the Hunters

4. Sascha Funke - Double-Checked
Mango

5. Lulu Rouge - Sweeter Than Sweet (Feat. Mikael Simpson & Alice Carreri)
Bless You

6. The Presets - Kicking and Screaming
Apocalypso

7. Digitalism - Jupiter Room
Idealism

8. Calvin Harris - Disco Heat
I Created Disco

9. 2562 - Moog dub
Aerial

10. Benga - Zero M2
Diary Of An Afro Warrior

11. Ghislain Poirier - Mangnen l'boulé feat. Nik Myo
No Ground Under

12. Breakage - Hinds Sight
Hinds Sight EP

13. Alaska In Winter - Balkan low rider anthem
Dance Party In The Balkans

14. Beat Assailant - The good news
Imperial Pressure

15. Nneka - Walking
No Longer At Ease

16. Santogold - Creator
Santogold

17. Sido - Strip Für Mich (Feat. Kitty Kat)
Ich und meine maske

So you've read my Best of 2008 [so far...] (you've read it, right?), and seen some familiar artists, while the rest seem unknown and mysterious. If only you could check out all of these recommendations... If only you had the time to plow through the samples and purchase the mentioned albums... Well, fear not. I've got a special treat for you. Bevin Campbell from the Australian radio show, The Blend (PBS 106.7FM) has contacted me to feature the Headphone Commute's Best of 2008 selections on his July 22nd episode. I was able to secure a copy of the broadcast with the permission to re-post on Headphone Commute! That's right, kiddies, over an hour of music, spanning the best of my selections across a variety of genres ranging from ambient, downtempo and IDM... to dubstep, experimental hip hop, minimal techno and even breakcore. There's only so much that Campbell is able to fit into his fine program, but after a nice opening with The Herbaliser, he squeezed in the following roster (in order of appearance) : Hecq, Emanuele Errante, Evan Bartholomew, Hol Baumann, Kangding Ray, Kettel, The Flashbulb, Barry Lynn, Meat Beat Manifesto, Benga, iTAL tEK, and Venetian Snares... What a superb sweep of genres, that is starting on a minimal side of the spectrum and progressing towards the insanity of jungle infused drill'n'bass! But wait, there's more! The second part of the show opens up with my favorite Reader's selections for the first part of '08, which includes Quiet Village, Kelpe, Flying Lotus, Scuba, Ellen Allien, The Black Dog, 2562 and Portishead in closing. And best of all, this is a free download with almost two hours of music! You can't afford to miss out on this one. Let's face it - I shouldn't even have to sell you on this one. A great preview of best of the crop! Huge thanks to Bevin for his hard work the and a fantastic show! This one goes down into the archives. Forever...

The Blend - Headphone Commute's Best of 2008 [so far...]
Download : (PART 1) (PART 2) (PLAYLIST)

http://www.myspace.com/blendcorp

halfstep / drum and bass

PART 1:
1 Night (Digital Soundboy Remix) - Benga & Coki
2 Two - JazZstepPa
3 Midnight Request Line (DJ Zinc Remix) - Skream
4 Disco Dodo - Lynx
5 Calling - Digital
6 Spider - D.Kay and Kasra

PART 2:
7 All His Might - Wisp
8 Call To Arms - Evol Intent
9 8 Bit Bitch feat. Ewun (Spor Remix) - Evol Intent
10 Breathe In, Scream Out - Spor
11 Meridian - Break
12 Everdream - Cooh
13 underfoot - T3MUL3NT
14 Paestum - Dabs and Hellraizer
15 Outbreak - Drukore
16 Go Away - Audio & Mackie
17 Meditation - Noisia + Bad Company
18 Salo - Sunchase and Proket
19 Duuure - Cooh
20 Ghost Whisper - Pyro
21 Atlantis - Skynet