Monthly Archives: January 2009

fffFresh dust. from STRATEGY

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….”NOISE TAPE REGGAE”….

A very nice new 7″ from Portland’s own STRATEGY .. (AKA) Paul Dickow.

This music was made using repurposed dusty old reggae mix tapes spliced into loops played back on a 4 track. Mixed live, and processed live using only the finest of analog equipment.

This record is a beautiful adventure of familiar old sounds filtered through a new lens. Dubby fuzzy layers, lots of delicious spring reverb, and some heavy bass. All are very present indeed.

The B side puts me into an unknowing transcendental heavy lidded state every time i listen..

try it at33rpm..? its nice at both.. always a plus!

The vinyl comes in a sealed plastic sleeve. very sexy, took me a week just to break the seal, it looks so nice.

courtesy of the UK based Entr’acte label.

.. buyable HERE

These excerpts are really just teasers… for the full open blooms you gots to buy it!

A : side – “Repurposed Dub” – Noise Tape Reggae – STRATEGY

[audio:repurposeddubexerpt.mp3]

B: side - "Taper's Rock Dub" - Noise Tape Reggae - STRATEGY

[audio:tapersrock excerpt.mp3]

a look back..

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Im always a bit late.. a chronic procrastinator, last minuteator.. any ways..

I WANTED TO SHARE MY TOP 5 FAVORITE JAMS FROM 2008…..

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HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE – “LOSUN” (from honest jon’s 12″)
[audio:LOSUN.mp3]

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PAPER/UPPER/CUTS – “DIGITAL STONE” (from debut CDR “collective behavior”)

[audio:digital stone.mp3]

++download this++

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EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA – “LA VENTANA ESTA ABIERTA!”

(excerpt from a FREE HDLC mix)

[audio:el hijo cut.mp3]

++get the mix..its ill++

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PACHEKO – “BIPOLAR BEAR” (from LO DUBS 12″)

[audio:bipolar bear.mp3]

..note – this vesion is actually from the LO DUBS CD “ANALOG CLASH”

im too lazy to digitize the vinyl right now..

but if you can , find the vinyl cause its HEAVVVVY.

++download++

..for fun heres the STARKEY remix of this tune..also form “ANALOG CLASH”

[audio:bipolar bear starkey RMX.mp3]

++download++

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MAGA BO feat, XUMAN – “FIRE”  (from Archipelagoes on Soot Records)

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BAM!  09 is gonna be right I can tell already.

stay up. rest well. more to come

happy NEW yEAR

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let us all take note.

cause this is not what 09 is about.

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“I’m all about Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Nike. I want people to remember me the way they know Nike, that level of impact. Who was the last person who really had it like that? When I was a kid, it seems like there was a lot of great pop music. There was George Michael, Michael Jackson.” -Kanye West  Fader # 58 interveiw

GIFT HORSE

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The first gift of the new year..by way of the PUNKDOWNLOADS BLOG.

...way to many FREE downloads of most of the TROJAN box sets!



[audio:KingontheWay.mp3] "king on the way" - Purpleman - TROJAN DANCEHALL DISC 3

My personal faves are the DJ and dancehall sets, but naturally the

DUBS sets are deep and nice... They are all fantastic, pick a flavor.

              ********ENJOY*********
thanks duttyartz.com for the heads upward on this..