LMNZ - Worldwide Rap

LMNZ - Worldwide Rap is a new album release that features one of our favourite MCs, The Narcycist, as well as an amazing collection or MCs from around this planet.




The album features too many vocalists, instrumentalists and DJs to list here but you can read all the details and acquire the album from HERE.

They say: LMNZ had the vision to produce a Hip-Hop album that brings the world closer, a multilingual Hip-Hop album without a limit to musical influence. Musicians with different styles from diverse backgrounds fused together.

The influences range from jazz, soul, blues and salsa to Arabic and Chinese music and the texts do not follow the cliché image of hip hop displayed in today’s media. The album tells of war, societal ills and problems, but also of love, funny daily situations and inspiration. 76 artists from all over the world, who sing and rap in 29 different languages to realize the vision of a worldwide album.

29 languages:
Japanese, Hebrew, German, Swedish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Turkish, Russian, Dutch, Italian, French, Wolof, Bosnian, Africaans, Spanish, Norwegian, Korean, Persian, Czech, Arabic, Lugaflow, Sanskrit, English, Singhalese, Greek, Diola, Lingala, Patois, Albanian

The album is only 8 Euros from HERE.

Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 33 - Dust, Dirt and Sand

Episode 33 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast - Dust, Dirt and Sand is now available for download from HERE or iTunes or MixCloud.




Tracks

   
1. Jahvisst
   Good Morning
   http://dubkey.com/dubkey004.html
   
2. Aladins Womp
   Kalya Scintilla
   http://www.uprecords.com.au/
   
3. The Last Ninja
   Editor
   http://www.omelette.net.au/
   
4. Spiceships of Aldebaraan
   Secret Archives of the Vatican
   http://www.brokendrumrecords.com
   
5. East Dub
   Bandulu Dub
   http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr038/
   
6. New Zion
   Hanouneh
   http://dubkey.com/dubkey004.html
   
7. Trample the Masters
   Manwel T
   http://dubkey.com/dubkey003.html
   
8. Trod On Dub (Mind's Eye Dub mix)
   Manwel T meets Mind's Eye Dub
   http://dubkey.com/dubkey001.html
   
9. Dust, Dirt and Sand Treason
   Manwel T
   http://dubkey.com/dubkey003.html
   
10. Mental Slavery
    Mind's Eye Dub
    http://dubkey.com/dubkey006.html
   
11. Brulons Babylone
    Le Chaudron Magique
    http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr011/
   
12. Deliverance Steppers Part 1
    Crucial Alphonso
    http://dubkey.com/dubkey002.html
   
13. Leave Those Drugs Alone
    Jah Zebi
    http://dubkey.com/dubkey004.html
   
14. A Song for the Elephants
    Ixtlan
    http://www.23seconds.org/ixtlan.htm
   
15. Elephant Airline
    Tsunami Wazahari
    http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr026/

TDZ#81...House of the Rising DUB...

One of our favourite podcasts, The Dub Zone, has just released a particularly fine episode, #81, House of the Rising DUB. It opens with a tune we featured in the last epsiode of our podcast, Agamemnon Riddim by The Sysiphians.



Full details HERE.

Direct download HERE.

new record label: Breathe Records

Breathe Records is a newly found digital label run by Dj Booker and FLeCK. Based in Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece, they focus on dubstep, drum'n'bass and glitchhop. Forthcoming releases will be distributed worldwide through all the usual online shops including Beatport, iTunes , Juno and TrackItDown.


They say: Artists like Imaginary Friend, Xseos and many more will soon blow your head off with hyper-filthy tunes, so keep your ears clean & eyes open!


Musicians - they also say: If you make the grimiest stuff, we’d love to listen to your work, so feel free to get in touch.


Email: breatherecords@gmail.com


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COREnered: Q&A with Secret Archives of the Vatican

There's a Q&A with Secret Archives of the Vatican here on the TuneCore blog: COREnered: Q&A with Secret Archives of the Vatican

Producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Dub Gabriel has been pushing the limits of subwoofers worldwide for over a decade. His musical explorations in Brooklyn in the mid 90s drew him to the outer limits of the New York scene where he got his start as a DJ at the legendary Limelight Club. With his early sound being a portent of today’s burgeoning dubstep scene, his bass-bending style and hard-hitting sets launched him as a trailblazing figure in the New York underground club scene and gained him the attention of leading publications that include XLR8R, Interview, Billboard, Pitchfork, Time Out New York, The Wire, International DJ and countless others.



Restless Youth is the follow up to Dub Gabriel's single, Luv n’ Liv which featured the legendary U-Roy on the mic. With Restless Youth, Dub Gabriel continues to push the musical envelope even further, delivering a deep and heavy dancehall-meets-dubstep scorcher.

Buy it HERE.

For the lead track, No Lies, Dub Gabriel has paired up with none other than MC Zulu, one of the most sought-after ragga vocalists in electronic music today. Zulu has been killing dance floors worldwide over the past few years, having collaborated with Ghislain Poirier (Ninja Tune), Soulico (J-Dub) and a host of other top producers – his newest track with Dub Gabriel is set to be one of this year’s hottest dance-floor bangers! On the studio front, Dub Gabriel once again enlisted the services of electronic music icon, Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto, Hercules & The Love Affair, Grace Jones) – the two of them pushing an arsenal of analogue synths, drum machines, vintage tape echoes and outboard studio gear to the max.

Restless Youth features four tracks which, on top of the incendiary No Lies, includes the post-apocalyptic sounds of Babylon Shall Fall, the riddim treatment of Set the Lazers to Destroy the Sun and, the dance floor crushing frequencies of Tactile Evasion, a remix of No Lies from the mighty Liquid Stranger.

Dub Gabriel's website

  Dub Gabriel feat. MC Zulu-No Lies by Dub Gabriel

Psilicon Dreams 9

Splendid Beats - Psilicon Dreams 9 podcast opens with one of our tunes, Gold and Slaves - download or listen to it HERE.

Direct link to mp3 file

They appear to have run the entire track through a reverb unit to dub it up a little....

The main man, Crispy, says this:

Heavily inspired by a fantastic few days at the mighty Shambhala Music Festival, I assembled a groovy mix of the many shades of dub. From straight-up, to world beats, to techy, to a dash of dubstep… it’s all there. I even dubbed-up the artwork to complete the package. Highlights include a classic slice of The Orb, new tracks from Adham Shaikh and Kalpataru Tree, some serious deepness from KiloWatts and Evan Marc & Steve Hillage, an absolute ripper from Nagual Sound Experiment vs. Ital Roots Player, and the dubtronic masters, Pitch Black, bringing us safely back to earth at the end.

Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 32 - Reptile Beat

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Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 32 - Reptile Beat is now available from HERE or iTunes or MixCloud.




Tracks

1. Dreams and Visions
   Secret Archives of the Vatican
   http://www.brokendrumrecords.com
2. Mountains of Ashes
   Shackleton
   http://www.last.fm/music/Shackleton
   http://www.skulldisco.com/
3. Buddha's Gun (HardStepper dubplate)
   Tsunami Wazahari
   http://kingdub.com/
4. Burial Dub
   Daddy Teacha
   http://kingdub.com/
5. GazaHebron
   Normaa
   http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr014/
6. Arabian
   Keidoupe
   http://soundcloud.com/keidoupe
7. Moon Over Joseph's Burial
   Shackleton
   http://www.last.fm/music/Shackleton
   http://www.skulldisco.com/
8. Agamemnon Riddim
   The Sysiphians
   http://kingdub.com/
9. Tomorrow's Justice
   The Narcysist
   http://www.iraqisthebomb.com
10. Babylon - An Eye for an Eye - Future Loop Foundation Remix
    The Black Dog featuring Ofra Haza
    http://www.last.fm/music/The+Black+Dog/Babylon
    http://www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/?page_id=68

Flying Lotus - Inside the Codex: the Art of Cosmogramma

Flying Lotus makes some intriguing electronic music that is (strangely, to my mind) often marketed as dubstep, which is clearly isn't. Here's a video, Flying Lotus - Inside the Codex: the Art of Cosmogramma, which is a short feature on the concepts behind his latest album Cosmogramma , released in May 2010, and its artwork.

Flying Lotus - Inside the Codex: the Art of Cosmogramma on Vimeo.

Born Free

This is an amazing and slightly disturbing video. There’s so little music out there that says anything at all these days that it’s good to see this.


M.I.A, Born Free on Vimeo.

Arabian House Mix

Here's a cheesy Arabian House Mix we did a short while back.

Arabian House Mix - Secret Archives Soundsystem by Secret Archives Of The Vatican on Mixcloud

This was a mix we took to Morocco in June 2010 with the idea that we might spin a set at the Jambash, a series of small scale events happening at the same time as the annual Gnawa Festival in Essaouira. For various reasons, we didn't get to spin, so here's the mix, just for you! It's a bit cheesy but we like it!!

Tracklist

1. Secret Archives Of The Vatican - Widow Of Nain
2. Despina Vandi & Harem - Gia
3. Cheb i Sabbah - Esh ‘Dani, Alash Mshit (The Rai Of Light Club Remix)
4. Amira Saqati - Psy Habibi (Radio Edit)
5. Livin' In Da Ghetto Feat. Moktar - Arabian Song (Radio Edit)
6. Secret Archives Of The Vatican - Antioch
7. Elie Attieh - Inta Omri
8. DJ Awal - Une Nuit
9. Maghrebika - Matkhafsh
10. Back To Basics - Alf Layla Wa Layla (1001 Nights) (Radio Edit)
11. Spiritual Brothers - The Zaar Beats (Dub Version)

Natural Selection

Here's a fine DJ mix by Okulus Anomali, featuring an eclectic mix of Dubstep, Jazzstep, World Dub, Grime and more.

Natural Selection - A Dubstep Dj Mix By Okulus Anomali by Okulus Anomali on Mixcloud

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Intransitive Recordings

Intransitive Recordings is a label I've just discovered. I think their releases are all CDs or CDRs.They say this about themselves:

Intransitive is a record label and online magazine dedicated to electronic, electro-acoustic, and otherwise unclassifiable “experimental” music. No, I don’t like that term very much either, but it’s general enough to mean something to somebody........If you hear two Intransitive releases and can sorta tell that there is some unifying aesthetic behind them both, but can’t quite put your finger on what that is, then I’ve done my job.

Sounds worth investigating to me!



There's a magazine element to what they do:

The magazine is my way of facilitating conversation between artists, between artists and listeners, and between anyone who is curious about the issues that move people to make abstract sounds and the artists themselves. You will find monthly Round Table discussions about issues related to sound-making… articles by artists about their own work, and dialogue between sympathetic folks… in-depth interviews, book excerpts, galleries of visual art and essays on film by sound artists, and looks behind the curtain to talk about the experience of thinking about and making this noise. Please join the conversation! Feel free to comment on articles that interest you, and share them with others.

Check out the magazine HERE.

Fake Media/Entropia

Fake Media is the name of an release I found while trawling through various netlabels' sites. It's by Normaa and features five tracks:

1. GazaHebron
2. Otra Vez te Equivocas
3. The Void Night
4. The Void Coliseum
5. The Void Triumph

It was released in early 2008 by one of our favourite labels, Fresh Poulpe.

Normaa aka Eduardo Acosta says the album is: 'the result of the manipulated media, the current conflicts, the forgotten wars, poverty, and the dignity of the occupated (sic) lands and exploited countries. A travel between dub and IDM, exploring vocals and melodies, smooth and pain, red tears and dark hope. The digital drama and the war against wrong system and skills.'

There's an Eastern feel buried in among the electronica, which is why we like it here in the Secret Archives. You can download this fine free release from HERE.

While I was looking at this album, I found a later release also! It's called Entropia and was released in 2009. It features eight tracks:

1. Enana Blanca
2. Planck Era
3. Les Organismes
4. Become An Evil
5. OTAN VS Nature
6. Normaagedon
7. Solar Ring
8. Bass Rebel Front (Bonus track)

You can download it from HERE.



The label says this: 'Normaa with Entropia, offers a new sound, different from their previous ep Fake Media. Here is the Normaa sauced dubstep, dubstep to a futuristic urban atmosphere that will shake your walls.'

Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 31 - Babylon Going Down!

Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 31 - Babylon Going Down! is now available to download from HERE or iTunes or MixCloud.



Tracks

1. Declare Independence - AnTenNae Remix
   Bjork
   http://soundcloud.com/an-ten-nae/bjork-declare-independance-an-ten-nae-remix
2. Sound Killer
   BREED
   http://highchairecordings.com/music/b-r-e-e-d-aka-dj-nasha/
3. Babylon You Going Down
   The Talking Dog
   http://brokendrumrecords.com/index.php/the-talking-dog/
4. Africa Must Wake Up (Chanda Ngoi Dubstep Remix)
   Nas and Damian Marley
   http://soundcloud.com/chanda-ngoi/nas-damain-marley-africa-must-wake-up-chanda-ngoi-dubstep-remix
5. Come From Yard - BREED Remix
   Juakali
   http://highchairecordings.com/music/b-r-e-e-d-aka-dj-nasha/
6. Atomic Dub
   MumBai Mafia
   http://soundcloud.com/mumbai-mafia
7. Non-Prophet Organization
   Pan Agnostix
   http://soundcloud.com/okulus/non-prophet-organization-by-pan-agnostix-1
8. Iyesous Moa Anbessa
   The Talking Dog
   http://brokendrumrecords.com/index.php/the-talking-dog/
9. Samaouin
   Tyour Gnaoua avec Abdessalam Allikane
   http://snapcrackleandpops.blogspot.com/2008/10/tyour-gnaoua-avec-abdessalam-allikane.html
10. Allal
    Ganga Fusion
    http://www.myspace.com/gangafusion
11. Title unknown (live recording)
    Nhasitafara
    http://www.myspace.com/nhasitafara
    http://nhasitafara.com/