One of our favorite dubsteppers, Dub Police representative Subscape, recently lended his earth rattling bass delicacies over to the infamous Mishka Keep Watch Series, stringing together one of the best dubstep mixes we’ve heard in a minute. If you’re one of those “I use to like dubstep before Skrillex came around” type people, then this mix is for you, as it brings the genre back to its glory days–when you didn’t have to make a song full of chainsaw noises to be considered going hard.



TRACKLIST:
1. Sigma & TPhonic – Do You Love (Subscape Remix)
2. Skism & Flux Pavilion – Jump Back ft. Foreign Beggars
3. Delta Heavy – Hold Me
4. Buraka – Ba Ba Ba (Caspa Remix)
5. Eddie K & Statix – Blinded
6. Subscape – Screw Up VIP
7. Trolley Snatcha – Flying Missiles
8. Subscape – Turn Me On
9. Youngman – Who Knows (The Others Remix)
10. Ethic – Cherryade
11. D1 – No Tomorrow
12. Pyramid – Beat Of Your Heart
13. Farkus – Tribal Dance
14. Ethic – Look Around
15. Emalkay – Flesh and Bone
16. The Others – First Flight
17. 501 – Headrush
18. Trolley Snatcha – Circle K (Funtcase Remix)
19. Subzee D – One More
20. Subscape – Apple Candy

All of us here at LFTF would rightfully give our left arm and then some to see D’Angelo live. A full band of instrumentalists and the best voice in R&B improvising over some of the best ever songs in R&B? C’mon son, it’s unrivaled. And now, thanks to the good folks over at OkayPlayer, we can have a D’Angelo concert in the comfort of our own bedrooms. Below, check out a 15-track compilation of high-quality live recordings from a recent D’Angelo concert in Sweden, featuring the dude going through his classics (“One Mo’ Gin”, “Chicken Grease”) as well as a few other tidbits (A pair of J Dilla covers). Trust us, don’t sleep on this.


DOWNLOAD: D’Angelo Live Mixtape

TRACKLIST:
Fantastic Intro
Brown Sugar
Devil’s Pie
Crisco
Left & Right
Chicken Grease
Lady
Left & Right (Reprise)
Feel Like Making Love
Can’t Hide Love
Things You Do (Fall in Love)
One Mo’ Gin
Me and Those Dreaming Eyes of Mine
S.D.M.
Untitled (How Does It Feel)

The Boiler Room puts on parties that about 99% of us will never get the pleasure of being invited too, but hey at least they’re decent enough to show us all the fun we miss out on. Here’s the latest piece that they’ve pulled from their archives and made available to the world, a 100 minute long back to back Jamie XX/Caribou set from October of last year. You know, nothing too crazy.

STREAM: Jamie XX B2B Caribou Live at Boiler Room

Fresh off of the release of his Space Ace EP alongside Shiftee late last year, Brooklyn resident and ace beat matcher Rx has put together a special 43 minute mix of deep house and disco funk for us. Stream/download the mix below and enjoy.

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Rx Mix for LFTF

TRACKLIST:
01. Hot Toddy – Freekend [Smoke N' Mirrors]
02. Photek – 101 [Photek Productions]
03. Maceo Plex – Can’t Leave You [Crosstown Rebels]
04. Genius Of Time – House We Have a Problem [Royal Oak]
05. Tanner Ross – B Side [No.19 Music]
06. Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E. [Studio !K7]
07. Instra:mental – Leave It All Behind [Apple Pips]
08. Rx – Out2C [Unreleased]
09. DJ Kaos – Horny Morning Loop (Dr Dunks Kaotic Remix) [Jolly Jams]
10. Rx – Sullivan Street [Unreleased]
11. Cosmin TRG – Form Over Function [50 Weapons]
12. Carl Craig – The Climax (David DeadRydm 0v3rEdIted r3fIx) [free download]
13. Eli Escobar – Love Thing (John Selway’s Endless Dub) [Plant Music Inc.]
14. Ellen Allien & Apparat – Metric [BPitch Control]
15. Aramac – Hurt Inside [Sticks "N" Stones Recordings]
16. Jam City – Barely A Trak [Night Slugs]
17. Rx – Orbit ( Zeppy Zep Remix ) [forthcoming Rad Summer Records]
18. Braille – A Meaning [Hotflush Recordings]
19. Paperclip People – Throw [Planet E]
20. Jay Dee – Where You At [The Beat Generation]

A new year means a new batch of Essential Mixes thanks to BBC Radio 1 and Pete Tong. The first Essential Mix of 2012 comes courtesy of James Connolly aka Night Slugs label head L-Vis 1990 and features a tracklist of L-Vis originals, Night Slugs dubplates, and classic house tunes (both present and past) from either side of the pond. Stream and download the mix below and enjoy.

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L-Vis 1990: BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

TRACKLIST:
L-Vis 1990 — Feel The Void [Island]
L-Vis 1990 — Timeless (Intro) (feat. Corey Black)
Tom Trago — Dubtopia [Rush Hour Recordings]
Cajmere — Percolator [Cajual Recordings]
Marcel Dettmann — Planning [Ostgut]
DVA — Step 2 Funk VIP
Lando Kal — Communication [Rush Hour Recordings]
Egyptrixx — Liberation Front [Night Slugs]
Optimum — Ghost House
Alfabet — Hell Of Samba [Rush Hour Recordings]
Theo Parrish — Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix) [Syncrophone]
L-Vis 1990 — Our Groove [Night Slugs]
Patrice Bäumel — Roar [Get Physical]
Jam City — Countess [Night Slugs]
Kingdom — SFX [Dirty Bird]
Lil Silva — Pulse Vs. Flex [Night Slugs]
Mike Q. — Let it All Out [Fade 2 Mind]
Jam City — Ecstasy Refix [Night Slugs]
L-Vis 1990 — VHS Crash [Night Slugs]
Untold — Little Things Like That [Clone Basement Series]
L-Vis 1990 — Feel The Void (Paul Woolford After-Hours Mix) [PMR Records]
Helix — Drum Track [Night Slugs]
Bok Bok — MJT [Night Slugs]
DJ Fresh — Night Off
DJ Pierre — Hit Da Handclap 2011
Girl Unit — Club Rez [Night Slugs]
Mike Q. — Ha Dub Reworqed [Fade 2 Mind]
DJ Cease — Super Crash [Rush Hour Recordings]
Paul Woolford — Erotic Discourse [2020 Vision]
L-Vis 1990 — Tonight (Kink Remix) (feat. Samantha Lim) [PMR Records]
Grand High Priest ft. Dajae — Mary Mary (Bok Bok Reconstruction)
TWR72 — 13 Tunnel
Boddika & Joy O — Swims (No Chords VIP) [Swamp 81]
Maurice Donovan — Bebeh [SSSSSS]
Laurent Garnier — Man With The Red Face (Club Mix) [F Communications]
L-Vis 1990 — Tonight (L-Vis 1990 & Simbad’s 3am Mix) (feat. Samantha Lim) [PMR Records]
L-Vis 1990 — Lost In Love (Night Slugs Allstars Mix) (feat. Jaevon McCarthy) [PMR Records]

Two of London’s finest producers ✓

Numbers labelmates ✓

Deep, dark, bass-heavy and tribal vibes ✓

Unreleased tunes ✓

A massive 60min back-to-back mix between Deadboy and Mosca ✓✓✓

Stream the mix below and download it here to take with you on the go.

Photo by Glenn Jackson

Mary Anne Hobbs rounded out the year at her Xfm show by inviting some of 2011′s most exciting producers/DJs to contribute mixes including the likes of Scuba, Mosca and Swamp81 label head Loefah. However, the most interesting mix of the lot comes from Karenn, the collaborative project between UK Bass producers/DJs Blawan and Pariah.   Every new release or mix from Karenn and/or Blawan has seen the artists showcase a new direction for their sound. Blawan’s latest 12″, Peaches, was pulsating industrial goodness, while the Karenn 12″, SHEWORKS001, was a simultaneous mixture of bass heavy UK Garage, techno and house music. What better way to see what new direction UK Bass music might take in 2012 than with a next level mix from some of scene’s luminaries of 2011. Stream the mix below and enjoy.