Still in a Reverie with ill-esha

ill-esha's first album, Circadian Rhythms (above) was a real grower for me and stayed playlisted for a long long time. The latest release this summer on Muti Music, Reverie, has been no different - it just keeps getting better! Her sound is really organic, with some kinda bass soul. She just makes damn good music. Check out the samples below and Get the album!

  Ill-Esha - The Golden Mean by Muti Music 
  Iron Waterfall (clip) by ill-esha 

Full tracklist
Reverie (Muti Music)
1. Sidewalk Chalk    4:56
2. Retrospect    3:57
3. 33 and a Third feat. Joe Mousepad    4:21
4. The Golden Mean    4:53
5. Iron Waterfall    5:18
6. Pretty Banger    4:46
7. Slide Over    5:39

Recent banger with Opiuo



Here's a nice bunch of remixes that always go down well too...

ill.gates: autopirate

By far one of my favourite albums of the last year is ill.gates - autopirate, which came out on muti music in December. Blending hip-hop, glitch, breaks and dubstep with on and off scratching, tight vocals and psychedelic sounds, the album is full of bass heavy variation. I'm still listening to it as much as I was then.

This track with Irma Vemp is getting the re-mix treatment and a re-release in October this year:



In fact it's so good that I got in touch on myspace at the time to ask for a mix. Nothing materialised but now, just as ill.gates makes his way to the playa for Burning Man he's just dropped a live set full on fresh tracks over on the awesome Jungo Road. If you haven't heard of ill.Gates yet (aka. The Phat Conductor) make sure you read the full article.

ill.gates is not the only one heading out to Black Rock City. He will be joined by Bassnectar, a whole bunch of Muti Music artists and just about every other member of the San Francisco/US glitch-hop family. Oh, and my girlfriend has just set off from Reno. Any guesses where I want to be right now? Bloody job. At least I've got this to enjoy...

ill.Gates - Juno Road Mix, Edmonton, 31 August 2009

Tracklisting
1. Massive Attack – Angel [Virgin/EMI]
2. Deadbeat – Roots and Wire [Wagon Repair]
3. Fine Cut Bodies – Huncut Hacuka [Chi Recordings]
4. Dubnosis – Dub Africa (Freedom Song) [Latenite Lounging]
5. The Man From Havana – Track 5 [Unreleased]
6. Santogold – L.E.S Artistes (xxx change Remix) [Downtown Records]
7. Coldcut – Timber [Ninja Tune]
8. Aphex Twin – Windowlicker [Warp Records]
9. Bassbin Twins – Shot You Crunk [Unreleased]
10. EPROM – Fliplets [Unreleased]
11. Boreta – Slide That Dutch (Intro only) [Unreleased]
12. Dabbler – Future Rhythm (Beat only) [Unreleased]
13. ill.Gates + Filastine – Untitled [Unreleased]
14. ill.Gates + Meesha – Irma Vep feat. Masia One (Sharps Remix) [Muti Music release in October 2009]
15. ill.Gates + Meesha – Sweatshop (Subvert Remix) [Muti Music]
16. ill.Gates – Collateral Damage [Muti Music]
17. EPROM – 64 Bytes the Dust (ill.Gates Remix) [Addictech]
18. Sub Swara – Hi Fidelity (ill.Gates Remix) [Low Motion]
19. Nero – Bad Trip [Audio Freaks]
20. Ooah – Heat Up The Night [Glitch Mob Unlimited]
21. Cotti feat Doctor – Calm Down [Bass Face]
22. OSC feat. Budros Gali – One Mile High [Full Melt]
23. Evergreen & Landlord – Jah Rain feat. Danman [Ranking Records]
24. Tanya Stephens – It’s a Pity (FoNoicH Dubstep Remix) [Bootleg]
25. Dub-Z – Time Shines Brightly (Dj Snipaz Remix) – [Bassclash Records]
26. Joker – Snake Eater [Soul Motive]
27. Beber – Juvenile Delinquent (Bassbin Twins Edit) [Marina Parade]
28. DJ Deekline – Murder in the Jamrock [Bootleg]
29. Jinx in Dub – Rockers [Bassrock Records]
30. Freestylers + Pendulum feat SirReal – Painkiller (Ed Solo + Skool of Thought Remix) [Against the Grain]
31. Pendulum – Tarantula [Breakbeat Chaos]
32. Evol Intent – Street Knowledge [Renegade Hardware]
33. Boreta – Bubblin’ In The Cut [Glitch Mob Unlimited]
34. Breakbeat Buddha – Crank That Thang [Bootleg]
35. Ewun – Illest (Jantsen Cutup) [Warning Label]
36. Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name (SebastiAn Remix) [Bootleg]
37. Drums of Death – Ozzy Remix [Bootleg]
38. Megasoid – Soundbwoy Bass Instro [Weaponshouse]
39. Jantsen and Dave Seied – Original Nuttah (Jantsen and Dave Seied Remix) [Bootleg]
40. BreakbeatBuddha feat. Shugga – Endurance [True Movement]
41. Mediacracy – Imagine (ill.Gates Remix) [Bootleg]
42. ill.Gates – Live and Learn [Unreleased]

Xmas prezzie - £3 off MP3's at Amazon!

(My favourite bit of Christmas art this year - Pic by Gillian Wearing)

Seasons gretings all... got a little Xmas teat for you!

Dear Amazon.co.uk Customer,

We'd like to give you an extra Christmas present: £3 to spend on anything in our MP3 Music Downloads store on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Visit us on December 25 or 26, then just add your chosen MP3s to your Shopping Basket (you need to use the Shopping Basket rather than 1-Click) and enter code FREEMP3S at the checkout--£3 will be deducted from the total. Feel free to forward this email to friends and family members--they can get £3 to spend on MP3s too!

Amazon recently launched their online MP3 store in a direct challenge to itunes. Unlike itunes there's no restriction on the number of times you can copy the files and it's just as cheap so that's the last time I download anything with restricted access!

Tomorrow methinks I'll be snapping up the latest phat Muti Music glitch hop offering from ill.gates.... just click this link to listen to samples!


Should make all that time with the relatives a bit more bearable! ;)