Wall-B's Music Blog

Wall-B update

2012-01-26T10:03:00.000-08:00

Check the Wall-B Facebook stream below for tunes you might have missed on
my Tumblr recently, and "like" the box below to keep up-to-date with all things dope

The most recent post features UK producer Scuba with some serious techno!

The Hope / Flash Addict - Scuba

Brandy & Coke

2012-01-17T04:51:00.000-08:00

DJ Q, the DJ behind BBC Radio 1Xtra’s UK Garage show
and a great producer in his own right, has taken chopped up
samples of vocals from Brandy tracks and mixed them together
with UK Garage basslines to create “Brandy & Coke.”

Brandy & Coke - DJ Q

The b-side to this white label release JD & Coke
is backed by an even deeper bassline... preview both below.

Spruced Up Soul - The Orchard Times

2012-01-13T09:42:00.000-08:00

I have just started doing music posts for a great online magazine The Orchard Times;
the first installment features a handful of edits & remixes sampling
old-school soul, R&B and Motown sounds with gloriously groovy results.

From uplifting, bouncy house music inspired by Dusty Springfield & Marvin Gaye, to
disco-tinged Aloe Blacc & Stevie Wonder, to funky jungle sampling James Brown.

Check out the full post here

Preview some of the featured tunes in this playlist

Spruced Up Soul from so_fresh_so_lean on 8tracks.

Get No Better - Clear Soul Forces

2012-01-13T04:25:00.000-08:00

Detroit rappers Clear Soul Forces with a dope tune,
emulating Slum Village & paying homage with a Dilla-esque beat

Get No Better - Clear Soul Forces

Peace & Dub

2012-01-10T04:57:00.000-08:00

Big, fat, delicious dub

Peace & Dub (Grand Funk Hustle EP) - Die & Break feat MC Fats and Buggsy

Dark Sky freebie

2012-01-06T04:18:00.000-08:00

Dark Sky have given this track away for free,
and it's packed full of tasty basslines & immersive melodies

Standoff - Dark Sky

The Lick - Dark Sky

More by Nils Frahm

2011-12-28T05:47:00.000-08:00

Dream-like modern classical music from Nils Frahm

Having recorded his last album live in a large, reverberant church, Nils Frahm now invites you to put on your headphones and dive into a world of microscopic and delicate sounds

Recorded late at night in the reflective solitude and silence of his studio in Berlin, he uncovers a new sound and source of inspiration within these peaceful moments; he placed the microphones so deep inside the piano that they were almost touching the strings.

This brought a host of external sounds to the recordings which most producers would try their hardest to hide:

"I hear myself breathing and panting, the scraping sound of the piano's action and the creaking of my wooden floorboards - all equally as loud as the music. The music becomes a contingency, a chance, an accident within all this rustling. My heart opens and I wonder what exactly it is that makes me feel so happy."

More - Nils Frahm

Less - Nils Frahm

And It's Alright (Nils Frahm remix) - Peter Broderick

Lagrimagua - Nils Frahm

Marvin Gaye remix

2011-12-22T05:15:00.000-08:00

Great edit with a touch of tribal house of Marvin gaye's Sunny
from Swiss producers/DJs Mercury

Sunny (Mercury edit II) - Marvin Gaye

Call Me (Mercury Remix) - DJ Nibc & Patrick L feat. Andreas Cavaco

Soulstep

2011-12-21T10:19:00.000-08:00

Soulstep is here.

DJ Chris Read and DJ Vadim uncover the soulful side of the bass music scene,
and bring to your attention some of the music
that they think are the future sounds of London.

Let these soulful, ambient electronic sounds wash over you

Soulstep - DJ Vadim & Chris Read

DJ Vadim + Chris Read - Soulstep by Dj Vadim on Mixcloud

Dam Mantle

2011-12-20T11:27:00.000-08:00

Minimal, spaced-out beats meet eletronica , akin to Flying Lotus, from Dam Mantle

Spirit - Dam Mantle

Not A Word - Dam Mantle

Rebong - Dam Mantle

Grey - Dam Mantle

Piano Bizness / Smooth Baby

2011-12-20T11:11:00.000-08:00

Drum & bass tunes a beloved leader/DJ would be proud of!

Calibre with a sub-woofer treat of a release, one wonky & one blissful

Smooth Baby - Calibre

Piano Bizness - Calibre

Don't know how to describe this tune, but it's damn tasty

( future tribal electronic sounds..?!? )

Man Up - Breach

Just E (Breach remix) - DJ Crazy

Bonesinger - Royalston

A pretty dark video to accompany a pretty dark sounding tune

Marka - Dub Phizix & Strategy

One Condition - Grafix

Nice Up The Dance - Marcus Visionary

Love You To Life (Digital Mystikz) - Grace Jones

One Love (Digital Mystikz) - Sizzla

Pictures sourced from Kim Jong Il Dropping The Bass

The Expanders

2011-12-19T16:57:00.000-08:00

Damn blissful roots reggae from The Expanders,
imitating the sounds of 1970's Jamaica with a modern day Californian tinge

Moving Along - The Expanders

Envilous Number - The Expanders

Tell Them Jah Jah - The Expanders

Fret Not Yourself - Bah Wisdom

Starlighta Dub - Rebelsteppa

Fire - Radikal Guru

Tout Va Bien mixtape

2011-12-19T05:15:00.000-08:00

A fantastical 3 hour multi-genre mixtape...

from deep dub reggae & rare rap

to jingly-jangly electro & click-clack minimal

to the freshest, cleanest drum'n'bass & head-bouncing jungle

brought to you by Wall-B

cos you need a break...

Tout Va Bien - Wall-B by Off_The_Wall_B on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD

Late Night Tales mixtape

2011-12-19T00:38:00.000-08:00

One extra-large aural melting pot

soul, funk, hip-hop, breakbeat, reggae, dubstep, electro, drum & bass and minimal

brought to you by Wall-B

Late Night Tales - Wall-B by Off_The_Wall_B on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD

Minimal Mileage mixtape

2011-12-19T00:27:00.000-08:00

*less is more*

*minimal is maximal*

a jaunty medley of klick 'n' klack minimalism and tribal techno ...

brought to you by Wall-B

Minimal Mileage by Off_The_Wall_B on Mixcloud

DOWNLOAD

Space Radio

2011-12-16T18:57:00.000-08:00

A truly sick remix from Deru...

Space Radio (Deru remix) - R/D

Space Radio - R/D

A blend of R/D & Mos Def...

Beef vs Half A Decade (Wall-B edit) - Mos Def vs R/D

Half A Decade - R/D

Bumper hip-hop volume

2011-12-03T19:22:00.000-08:00

Put your hands up for one bumper hip-hop post...

Smelly Stuff - Perrion

check a previous post on Perrion

Escape The Streets - People Without Shoes

Pain I Feel - Blahzay Blahzay

Benz - Buck 65

download Benz (instrumental) - Buck 65 here

98 - Red Hot Lover Tone

Still An Herb Dealer - Scientifik

Misunderstood - Bee Why

A Day In The Life (J-Live cover) - Diamond D & Brand Nubian

Good Dwellas - Cella Dwellas

some Japanese rap...

Krush Groove 3 & 4 - Buddha Brand

Call Me Myster - Mysterme

I Be - Mystidious Misfits

Nasty (instrumental) - Nas

Aye - The Mighty Underdogs

Uptown Shit - Kurious

Good To Go - The Nonce

Relax Your Mind - T-Max

Back To The Hip-Hop - The Troubleneck Brothers

Fucked Up (P-Plan remix) - KRS

22 Years - Ill Biskits

Street Nigga (Pete Rock remix) - YG'z

Dwyck (J-Live cover) -Nice & Smooth

It's The Right Time - Innersoul

It's Da Joint - Joint Ventures

Proof Is In The Puddin' - Mad Kap

Culture Of Fear - Thievery Corporation

Hard Mix

2011-12-02T12:40:00.000-08:00

Melodic electronic vibes from Hard Mix aka Noah Smith,
with vibes reminiscient of Arkist

All Again - Hard Mix

The Well Chant - Hard Mix

I Won't Put Up/Trying To Be Rude

Skratch Bastid remixes

2011-12-01T10:33:00.000-08:00

A whole host of sick Skratch Bastid mashups

Taylor Gang / City Star - Wiz Khalifa / Rustie

Get Up Stand Up / Slippin' Into Darkness - Bob Marley vs. War

As We Enter The Gravel Pit - Wu Tang vs Nas & Damien Marley

Look At Hudson Mohawke Now - Busta Rhymes, Weezy & Hudson Mohawke

A super soulful & funky mix from Skratch Bastid

The Entertainer - A Skratch Bastid Mix

Polishing Peanuts

2011-11-30T15:33:00.000-08:00

Released on Chinese Man Records, Deluxe bring us Polishing Peanuts,
marrying hip-hop, soul, funk, reggae, swing & so much more...

the result: dopeness

buy Polishing Peanuts here

check some of Chinese Man's output here

Superman feat. Taiwan MC - Deluxe

Pony - Deluxe

Polishing Peanuts - Deluxe

Mr Chicken - Deluxe

Wax & EOM

2011-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:00

Wax, with his quick, quirky lyrics, has just released his second project since signing with Def Jam .. exclusively produced by EOM, there are some real gems on Eviction Notice

Coins - Wax & EOM

Doin Damage - Wax

P.A.R.T.Y. - Wax & Herbal T (produced by Lack of Afro)

Guess Who - Wax

RA Cailum

2011-11-28T13:02:00.000-08:00

A tune from little-known DJ called RA Cailum from St. Louis,

this blissful track is total electronic immersion

Fire Shelf (RA Cailum remix) - Pressed And

Rigamortus

2011-11-28T12:57:00.000-08:00

Kendrick Lamar with a re-hash of his own track with some help from that
sly old dawg Busta Rhymes

Rigamortus - Kendrick Lamar feat. Busta Rhymes

Rigamortus - Kendrick Lamar

Riff Wrath; Julio Bashmore

2011-11-28T12:48:00.000-08:00

Julio Bashmore with two soulful house outings perfect for the festive party season

Well Wishers - Julio Bashmore

Ensnare - Julio Bashmore

The Blur

2011-11-22T06:21:00.000-08:00

QuESt spits his usual dopeness over a Mt Eden-produced track

The Blur- QuESt

Primetime - QuESt

Simon Says - Mt Eden

Faded - Mt Eden

Sierra Leone - Mt Eden

Sierra Leone (Getter remix) - Mt Eden

Archangel (Mt Eden remix) - Burial

Darkside

2011-11-18T05:26:00.000-08:00

Nicolas Jaar's side project, Darkside, with Dave Harrington
from Jaar's own label Clown & Sunset

Plain groovy electronic music

buy EP here

Darkside A1 - Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington

Darkside A2 - Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington

Darkside A3 - Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington

On a separate note...

Garage beats skim over Madcon's soulful cover of
Begging in this gloriously easy-on-the-ear remix

Begging - Digital Farm Animals

Superbad

2011-11-16T17:00:00.000-08:00

Booming beats & basslines from Aquasky with some help from the Ragga Twins

Superbad - Aquasky featuring The Ragga Twins, RTC and Mr Thing

Superbad - James Brown

The Hotness - Beat Assassins featuring Yolanda & The Ragga Twins

Everybody Hype - The Ragga Twins featuring Aquasky

J Dilla documentary

2011-11-14T08:16:00.000-08:00

He may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten

Perrion

2011-11-07T12:41:00.000-08:00

Dope visuals from Perrion, a young MC out of New York,
off his latest project Le Bourgeon

Rambling - Perrion

If I Knew, I'd Tell You - Perrion

SOYB - Perrion

The Time Is Right - Perrion

Felix Laband

2011-10-26T13:46:00.000-07:00

Imagine the most chilled out tune you've ever heard...

...now put it on ice in a world music yoga lounge, and you have Felix Laband

Rain Can - Felix Laband

Sleepwalking - Felix Laband

Dirty Nightgown - Felix Laband

Miss Teardrops - Felix Laband

Check out George Lenton for more ambient tunes to send your brain to a place beyond peace

Simply Beautiful (George Lenton remix) - Al Green

Sine A - George Lenton

Sine B - George Lenton

Garden

2011-10-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

A whole host of glorious T.E.E.D. remixes

A beauty of a remix from Calibre

check Calibre's latest album here

Garden (Calibre remix) - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Garden - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Number 6 Deathray Trebuchay - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Garden (Joe Goddard remix) - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Garden (Jesse Rose remix) - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Garden (Soul Clap remix) - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

T.E.E.D. 4Play

Bad Bad Not Good

2011-10-19T10:11:00.000-07:00

Jazz trio from Canada causing a stir with their jazzed up covers of hip-hop tunes

Electric Relaxation - Bad Bad Not Good

The World Is Yours - Bad Bad Not Good

Mass Appeal / Transmission - Bad Bad Not Good

Bad Bad Not Good X Matt Goingham

Fall In Love - Bad Bad Not Good

Tyler The Creator caught up with Bad Bad Not Good whilst performing in Toronto recently...it gets a little weird towards the end. Naturally.

Bad Bad Not Good's mixtape here

Bad Bad Not Good's Tumblr here

Culture of Fear

2011-10-14T09:07:00.000-07:00

Thievery Corporation's latest album is staggering,
blending slow-rolling rhythyms with swirling vocals

... check some of the tunes out for yourself

Culture of Fear - Thievery Corporation

Free - Theievery Corporation

Take My Soul - Thievery Corporaiton

False Flag Dub - Thievery Corporation

Tower Seven - Thievery Corporation

Fragments - Thievery Corporation

Nasty Nas

2011-10-12T05:56:00.000-07:00

New visuals for a sick Nas track

Nasty - Nas

Shootouts (Wall-B remix) - Nas

Shootouts (Joe Walby remix) - Nas

Explode

2011-10-11T09:30:00.000-07:00

Lo-fi two-step sickness - think Erykah Badu meets James Blake

Explode (DJ Rum remix) - LV & Message to Bears

Off to see DJ Vadim, The Nextmen & Trojan Soundsystem at Koko this Saturday

Radio Vah-Deem presents The Soundcrash Mix

Radio Vah-Deem Presents The Soundcrash Mix + Mr Critical by Dj Vadim on Mixcloud

Wiz remix

2011-10-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

A dope summertime-sounding remix has surfaced from Viceroy

who keeps all his edits on the sunny side

This Plane (Viceroy Jet Life remix) - Wiz Khalifa

Bird Peterson

2011-10-11T05:17:00.000-07:00

Great house-electro track from Bird Peterson,
in the mould of Crookers, Sebastien Leger or Tocadisco

see previous post about him

Hormones - Bird Peterson

Knobbers - Crookers

Uranus - Sebastien Leger

Condition

2011-10-06T06:47:00.000-07:00

Calibre dropped his new album recently, and unsurprisingly,
it's sub-heavy bass ridden dopeness

treat yourself and buy it on vinyl here

Windows - Calibre

Garbage Man - Calibre

Notting Hill - Calibre

Who's Singing - Calibre

Blackhole Dub - Calibre

Schlager - Calibre

Closing Doors - Calibre

Half And Half - Mirage

Mirage - Calibre

previous post on Calibre

previous post on Calibre...again

Kontra Musik

2011-10-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

Swedish house & techno label Kontra Musik is releasing
some dope minimal sounds at the moment

The much-anticipated album from Jonsson/Alter,
the new project from Henrik Jonsson & Joel Alter, has finally arrived.

With personality and grace Jonsson/Alter blend soul, atmosphere and space with heavenly monotone funk

Raw funk of bass lines and drum programming grinds against the smooth and beautiful

Acapellan - Jonsson/Alter

Dvärg - Jonsson/Alter

Mood - Jason Fine

Time Track (Silent Servant remix) - Mokira

Read RA's feature on Kontra Musik

The Internet

2011-10-03T14:30:00.000-07:00

The Odd Future collective just keep on surprising...
here's The Internet, comprising of Syd Tha Kid
and in-house illustrator/producer Matt Martians,
with a delicate, refreshing R&B/soul production

Love Song - The Internet

more Syd Tha Kid here

Former member of Clipse, rapper Pusha T, has just released this spit over a Drake beat

Don't Fuck Wit Me (freestyle) - Pusha T

Dream Money Can Buy - Drake

Aunts N Uncles - Chevy Woods feat. Wiz Khalifa

Light Snacks - Curren$y

Tokimonsta

2011-09-29T07:52:00.000-07:00

Incredibly melodic, ambient beats & psychedelic hip-hop from LA-based producer Tokimonsta, aka Jennifer Lee, part of Brainfeeder,
the label/collective conceived by Flying Lotus

Scissors (Tokimonsta remix) - Eight And A Half

Almost Free - Tokimonsta

Gamble - Tokimonsta

Little Pleasures - Tokimonsta

Day Job - Tokimonsta

So Sick (instrumental) - Tokimonsta

Smoke & Mirrors - Tokimonsta

Detroit Madness

2011-09-29T04:52:00.000-07:00

This snippet is the first bit of proof that the rumoured
'J Dilla from beyond the grave LP' is more than just hearsay ... stay tuned

Detroit madness - J Dilla feat. Phat Kat

Enjoy - 9th Wonder feat. Warren G & Murs

Mercedes Benz - G-Eazy

Free - Jus Nice feat. Young Scolla

Ways To Kill Em - Curren$y

Make The Money - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

We On - Black Cobain

Get A Move On (DJ Woody remix) - Mr Scruff

Loyalty - 9th Wonder feat. Masta Killa & Halo

Welcome To The Jungle freestyle - B.O.B.

Chop Em With The Chakra - Kixxie Siete

Your Love

2011-09-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

Old school roots reggae

Your Love - Michael Prophet & Ricky Tuffy

Deekline & Ed Solo sampled this tune to destructive effect with this...

Bad Bwoy - The Wildlife Collective

Nuclear War - Ricky Tuffy

Dread Dub - King Earthquake

Lonelyness - Michael Prophet & Ricky Tuffy

S.P.T.A.

2011-09-21T01:11:00.000-07:00

J-Live’s long awaited fifth full length album, S.P.T.A., will be available on CD, vinyl and digitally September 27th, 2011.

“S.P.T.A. Said Person of That Ability” (Pronounced Spitta) is the follow up to the Undivided Attention EP. The producer, deejay and emcee approaches this project creatively as if he were a three man group rather than a solo artist.

The album features production by J-Live, RJD2, Nicolay, The Audible Doctor, Illastrate, Korede, Floyd The Locsmif, Marco Polo and Diamond D

...and it's really dope

The Way That I Rhyme - J-Live

Home Or Away - J-Live

Fitness - J-Live

Undivided Attention - J-Live

Monkeytown

2011-09-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

Monkeytown from Modeselektor will be one of the top albums of 2011,
featuring a wide electronic array of chilled bleeps & party blops

Pretentious Friends - Modeselektor

Berlin - Modeselektor

Grillwalker - Modeselektor

Blue Clouds - Modeselektor

Humanized - Modeselektor

Carbonated

2011-09-15T01:55:00.000-07:00

Mount Kimbie's new video for Carbonated, directed by Tyrone Lebon...

perfect visuals for this tune

Carbonated - Mount Kimbie

JFB Dubstep mix

2011-09-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

A near 2 hour set from UK DMC Winner JFB

Dubstep Mix - JFB

eO

2011-09-14T03:31:00.000-07:00

eO (Bay Area resident) has just released his new EP, River Through an Open Door,
a 21-minute odysseu, several tangential remixes and digital graphic art

eO incorporates exotic world-fusion compositions with heavy post-dubstep beats, evocative vocals & elegant instrumentation

Lilt (Smiling Flowers mix) - eO

check the album out here

RIP DJ Mehdi

2011-09-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

DJ Mehdi, French producer & DJ, has reportedly passed away today ...

one of my favourite producers, who started by making hip-hop in the suburbs of Paris,
and went onto sign with cross-genre label Ed Banger Records

RIP DJ Mehdi, 1977 - 2011

Le Cirque - DJ Mehdi

Encore et Encore - DJ Mehdi

Constellation - DJ Mehdi

I Am Somebody - DJ Mehdi

Your Way Or Mine? - DJ Mehdi

Hemstock

2011-09-13T04:43:00.000-07:00

Channel One Sound System are featuring at the exceptional
Hemstock Festival this weekend ...

... with the festival scene getting more saturated year-on-year,
it's refreshing to see more niche festivals
doing them properly with an incredibly eclectic, fresh line-up

expect vibrant musical flavours, from electro swing (the Correspondants)
to techno (Pelski & Park Ranger)
to hip-hop (Zion I)
to deep roots & reggae from Channel One Sound System

Channel One Sound System

Make You Groove - Solo Banton

Rastafari Teachings - Solo Banton

Bass Conquerors Dubplate Session - Solo Banton

Music Addict - Jahtari feat. Solo Banton

One - Zion I

I Want To Be Like You - The Correspondents

Afro-beat inspired house!

B Side EP 2 - Cottam

from You Can Call Me Pelski

sampled from...

Lagos Sisi - Bola Johnson

Puff The Police - Soom T & Disrupt

Rigor Mortis

2011-09-09T00:49:00.000-07:00

A real funky edit of Cameo

Rigor Mortis (DJ Apt One Edit) - Cameo

Racing With The Sun

2011-09-08T08:45:00.000-07:00

The under-rated, under-hyped Chinese Man has a pretty impressive output,

both audio & visuals...check some of them out here

buy Racing With The Sun

Racing With The Sun - Chinese Man

Get Up - Chinese Man

One Past - Chinese Man

Miss Chang - Chinese Man

Jumpin In Havana - Chinese Man

Down - Chinese Man

Skank In The Air - Chinese Man

Eight Y Cinco (Live) - Chinese Man

hear it in Wall-B's Fantastic Mr Bop mix

Washington Square - Chinese Man

hear it in Wall-B's Fantastic Mr Bop mix

Dusty

2011-09-08T04:50:00.000-07:00

A lovely edit by Guilt Trip of Dusty Springfield has surfaced...

Spooky (Guilt Trip edit) - Dusty Springfield

Dusty Spooky - Joyce Muniz

Son Of A Preacher Man (Holtoug bootleg) - Dusty Springfield

Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Spooky - Dusty Springfield

Syd The Kyd

2011-09-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

The first lady of Odd Future, Syd The Kyd has released this lovely remix of Little Dragon

Seconds (Syd The Kyd remix) - Little Dragon