Hope this puts a smile on your dial, if you aren’t already in the know this is Bangs straight out of Melbourne, Australia ahh ha!

Merry Christmas from everyone at Rad Sauce and look out for the best tracks of 2010 list coming real soon (I don’t think Bangs made the cut)….

 
From the people that brought Skream’s latest work “Outside the box” to Japan, up and coming label Hydra Records are making Godzilla style waves from the far east in the world of Dubstep, Techno and Experimental Hip Hop. Azzxsss (pronounced Azzuks) is a collaboration between two well grounded Japanese artists Azzurro and Solid State Soul. Taking heavy influence from the world of dub and dub techno Azzxsss’s latest release “Deepsketch” is a satisfyingly sophisticated album. …continue reading Hydra Dub

 
Tonight I’m happy to share with you guys some quality free tunes from an up and coming 22 year old producer and DJ based in Brighton, who goes by the name Manni Dee. Resident for the “Throw Some Shapes” nights in Brighton he describes his style as experimental hip hop citing influences from the LA beat scene and the burgeoning post dubstep/wonky beats coming out of the UK. However you want to genre-fy him he basically makes top notch bass music you can sink your teeth into. …continue reading Bloop?

Just when you thought the lazy streets and bars of Berlin were only home to the worlds best Techno there are forward thinking producers like Robot Koch bluring the boundaries of Dubstep, Hip Hop, and Electronica, walking the same streets and rocking the same squat parties. Songs for Trees and Cyborgs is in my mind one of the best albums of 2010, a perfect snap shot of where the constantly merging bass music generation is heading. …continue reading Bleeding basslines and cosmic kick drums

Just had to share this one with you quickly! I came across Dapayk Solo’s latest track on Mo’s Ferry, and I was instantly drawn in by it’s loose, jazzy swing and loungey vocals. Joining a catalogue of the more obscure leanings from this imprint house, this one digs a deep groove. You can catch his whole album through the “buy” function on Dapayk’s soundcloud below. Support the funk, much Love ! x
 
Dapayk solo – Back To Me (feat. Camara & Jon Hester) – Album Version by dapayk

 
In a time where the music industry has changed drastically, where little emphasis is placed on the concept and arrangement of an album (both by the artist and listener) its great when little glimmers of light shine through the the metaphoric clouds. Gold Panda’s Lucky Shiner is one such light, an amazing album I stumbled across a bout a month ago. With such emotion pouring from his work and track titles like “Parents”, “I’m with you but I’m lonely” and “After we talked” it’s hard to not acknowledge that this debut from Gold Panda isn’t a deeply personal piece of work. Layered with various samples, live instruments and hypnotic beats Lucky Shiner breaks down the constructs of hip hop, organic neo house and funky broken tribal beats to bring us something unique with an often oriental vibe and a some what amateur charm that brings it all together.
…continue reading The Golden Days

 
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.
…continue reading I Heart SF

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

Much like yourselves I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the latest Flying Lotus album Cosmogramma, and it has been a well worth the wait. Just from opening the LP sleeves of Cosmogramma I can immediately tell a heck of a lot of love and time has gone into this release. The exceptional multilayered compositions and loosely swung cracks and claps of the signature Flylo drums are back again only this time it seems his music has matured ten fold. Unlike the fuzzed out cyber hip hop of his last work Los Angeles, the depth of influences on this work is what makes it such a diverse and beautiful album. Expect a journey through psychedelic cosmic disco, avant jazz, electro funk and soul. …continue reading Sensual cosmic ear fondle