With the last bank holiday weekend of the year counting down no doubt everybody is boarding on one of those nervous pee’s you get at any big moment in your life. No need to be embarrassed, I know how you feel, this weekend is gonna be massive! If you were lucky enough to get your filthy hands on SW4 tickets you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. But don’t fret if you didn’t you can still mop up some tix to the after party here which is just as good.
 
Here’s a free mix from up and coming dubstep heavy weight Boyson to wet your beak. Enjoy
 
 

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With digital midi controllers and CDJs becoming the norm in the DJ world and Technics officially stating that there stopping the mass production of their iconic turntables you’d think record stores would be all boarded up by now but as the “Diggin’ for wax” crew prove there ha never been a better time to go hunting for some dusty gems. With less turntables on the market that’s got to mean people are trading in their bundles of wax to move on over to the digital side leaving plenty more hidden treasures to find in your local bargin bin!
 
Below is the first installment of an exciting new series thought up by a collective of DJs based in London and Sydney. Basically the concept a £20 budget, one afternoon “diggin’ for wax” and a one hour mixtape to share with the world.
 
Check out their blog here for the full story on their mixes and for your general dose of vinyl culture. Also I’ve been told to keep an ear out for their next dancefloor banger mixtape out soon!! But for Volume 001 you can expect a relaxing mix of classic and obscure hip hop, funk and soul. Enjoy
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To celebrate 20 years of Ninja Tune over the past 2 weeks Ninja have been giving away free tracks from an all star showcase of their signed artists, and you still have times to get your hands on the remaining 7 tracks at Ninja Tune XX . Black Dog Publishing have also just released a paperback in their Unlimited Labels series named “Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces” with a London exhibition to compliment it showing off the last 20 years of paintings, posters, cover art, 3D models, LPs and promotional art some never before seen outside Ninja Tune’s office space.
 
The Herbaliser – Something Wicked (Roots Manuva’s Haunted House Dub Mix)
 
 

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As some of you have no doubt already heard Mary Anne Hobbs the queen of experimental bass music is hanging up here BBC headphones very shortly in order to help share her talents and impeccable music taste with students.
 
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Mary Anne Hobbs, she has been a DJ and radio presenter with the BBC a long time working with them for the last 14 years and more recently hosting her own weekly show presenting the best experimental electronic music from around the globe. Championing the best of UK bass music, helping spread dubstep to all ends of the globe, bringing the Los Angeles’ future beat and bass heavy hip hop out of the underground and curating a stage at Sonar Festival for the past 4 years are just some of her many achievements.
 

 
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I’ve been meaning to post about this stunning video and soundtrack for quite sometime, but it has been left on the back burner, so here goes. Another outstanding Los Angeles experimental hip hop producer Dr Strangeloop recently had a mix featured on Mary Anne Hobbs experimental show on the BBC Radio 1 a few months back, Strangeloop has also released an outstanding video project called “2010: [or] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Technological Singularity” to accompany it, memorizing stuff!! You can still grab a limited edition signed DVD from the Institue for cinema Studies for only $15.

Rumour has it that Dr Strangeloop was actually the first artist to teach Flying lotus how to make electronic music on a computer back in art school and was a huge influence in his early works. He’s currently working on an album under the Brainfeeder stamp too so expect some more amazing stuff from Strangeloop soon.

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This thursday at Cargo sees the long awaited launch party for UK hip hop’s new up and coming star Mowgli. With the often quick and choppy flow we’ve come to expect from the UK hip hop heavyweights, Mowgli’s debut album “93″ covers 76 minutes in total with something on there for anyone with a taste for hip hoppin’. …continue reading Mow… Mow…

Its been a while since I’ve done a post, but I can tell you all it is with good cause. Over the past few months I’ve been collecting mixes here, there and everywhere from readers, producers and aspiring djs and it is tonight that I’d like to kick start the first installment of Have you heard my mixtape?

Dedicated to sharing the best mixes from you guys, the djs and producers who read Rad Sauce, Have you hear my mixtape? is a special platform for all the aspiring bass/experimental/electronic djs and producers who just want to get their stuff heard! And now to start things off…
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San Francisco the little brother to Los Angeles in the Californian Beat-Movement may never be as big, but what it lacks in size it is making up for in creativity. Today I’d like to share a Brainfeeder podcast and a freebie track from SF based producer Eskmo breaking new grounds in cross genre hybriding. Although he’s been making music for the better part of a decade Eskmo’s latest works have seen him touring Europe and the States for the last couple of years. With releases on Planet Mu, Warp, his own label Ancestor, and his track Hypercolor being placed in the top 100 tracks of 2009 by Bleep.com Eskmo is definitely one too look out for in 2010.

His “genre-less” approach to bass music sees the formation of dark and emotive tracks that utilise a sea of uniquely recorded cracks, snaps and percussive elements. You could almost believe his beats were living breathing entities or sonic trees snapping and creaking in wind.
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Much has been written about Kyle Hall in recent months, and with good reason. After his debut single on FXHE garnered support from the likes of Theo Parrish and Omar S, the Detroit native’s breakthrough came in the form of his brilliant remix of Darkstar’s “Aidy’s girl is a computer” on Hyperdub last year. Kyle has followed this up with a solid EP on the same label as well as a few on his own, cheekily named Wild Oats (geddit? Hall, Oats? ah nevermind). It is his unconventional, almost naive take on making music that gives one the sense that Kyle has thrown out the template and makes his own rules in the studio. Warm, noodly keys layered on top of drunken drum patterns shows the rest of us that electronic music needn’t always be about perfectly sequenced patterns and rhythms. This loose approach gives his music a somewhat live, DIY feel. Stomping all over the definition of what might be considered UK Funky, Dubstep, Deep House or Techno, Hall’s broken rhythms are a breath of fresh air into the world of pre-packaged beats and throwaway grooves. Oh and did i mention he’s only 18! …continue reading Omar says yeS

Hey guys, apologies for the delay on this post, but we caught up with the guys from SOMEnight, London a while back, a group of DJs and like minded promoters bringing variety back to the UK bass scene.

Witnessing the formation of UK bass music as it morphed from breakbeat/jungle to garage/grime/hip hop and dubstep Mike, Dan, Jack (the backbone of SOMEnight) were inspired by the chance to showcase they’re favourite acts and give the up and coming new breed of DJs/Producers a chance to tear up the dancefloor.
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