Recently we were lucky enough to catch up with Manni Dee a talented young leftfield producer out of Brighton for the second installment of our “Have you heard my mixtape?” mix series. His own works are glitchy, wonky, bent and deeply cosmic explorations into your 8bit psyche, sounding something like the love child of an MPC 1000 and your old broken NES that always seemed to freeze on the last level. And with the guys behind Lucky Me calling his sound “Big” and with plenty of backing online backing 2011 is going to be a massive year for this talent young Producer/DJ.
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We’ve got another fresh mix hot off the press for you guys, from a London based DJ/Producer who’s a good friend of ours Snifit . Another deep forward thinking mix, blending elements of Techno, Tribal UKF, Dubstep and Future Garage hopefully this one will ease you into your Monday morning woes. If you’re a fan of his “Wobble Bleep” series your gonna love this one, stream and download (click the arrow on the right) from the player below.
 
Future Riddims by Snifit
 
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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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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…
…continue reading Have you heard my mixtape? 001: Drox

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

Huess is an up and coming UK talent signed to Inaudible Answer and he’s sure to make a big splash with his latest release, I’d rather be hunter. We’ve been lucky enough to grab a preview track from this release to share with everyone! Radiating similar vibes to other up and comers like Bullion with his multi layered, swung tempo compositions and skillfully mutilated vocals you can expect many comparisons to hip hop heavy weights like Flying Lotus and J Dilla.

Huess – I’d rather be hunter

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As preludes to spring and summer shine through the clouds of London I can’t help but get a little bit excited. So it seems as good a time as any to share with you a couple of the summery releases I’ve been mulling over the last month.

Bonobo is a UK musician/producer currently signed to Ninja Tune who has been doing Downtempo, Trip Hop-esk beats for the last ten years. He’s a multi instrumentalist and producer and is one of the only downtempo artists to succesfully transfer his music to the live arena in an interesting and exciting way. …continue reading Preludes to sweaty streets