Listen: Doc Delay's - "Galactic Gazebo Music" mix

Well whatta ya' know, do my eyes deceive me? Summer is creeping on and we have a new Doc Delay mix to enjoy, the Galactic Gazebo Music mix. Us Onomatopoeians have a nice little appreciation for the Brooklyn based DJ and have been hyping this new release for months... mainly because it was supposed to come out months ago, but who are we to complain? The 3rd in the Galactic series of mixes took over a year and the amount of work that went into it is quite evident.

"I spent a year meticulously amassing source material and slowly pieced the mix together using pro-tools. Working in key, with full fidelity intact was truly the most important concern in these arrangements. Too many mixes I’ve heard lately, my own included, have a rushed feel and transitions based solely in percussion. I wanted the finished product to sound like each element could not be separated from the family of music to which it was grouped. Every song should benefit from the one before it, after it, and over it. The genre of the songs need not matter–simply their sounds together." 

To listen to his previous Galactic mixes check out our previous coverage and be sure to check out Delay's site for more mixes and news on his live DJ gigs. Including releases of individual "loose" & original tracks in the next coming weeks.
  Right-click here to Download (320 kpbs).

Listen: E-603 - SMOKESHOW Preview

SMOKESHOW is the upcoming third self-released album from indie hip hop and mash-up artist Ethan Ward aka E-603 (Ethan took his stage name from his hometown, Nashua, New Hampshire's area code).
The new LP, out September 6, will consist of 10 tracks packed full of all the hooks and chorus’s from your favorite jams from the past and present.  Enjoy a preview of two gems from the upcoming release including “Swag Me” and “Gotta Get” below…

Swag Me Out:
Swag Me Out by E-603

Gotta Get:
Gotta Get by E-603

Radio Soulwax launches

Yes! This is finally up running, I've been checking this site feverishly the last ten days or so after the illusive Avalanches were interviewed by Soulwax, aka mash-up kings 2 Many DJ's, and I was first made aware of this project.

Soulwax are launching Radio Soulwax, a multimedia, mix-oriented Internet radio station/app that launches on July 4. According to Radio Soulwax's website, the "experience" will consist of a series of 24 hour-long mixes, updated with a new mix every week and culminating in a continuous 24-hour loop of all the collected mixes. The mixes can be experienced on Radio Soulwax's website, or through the project's app for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

 Each mix will include enhanced visuals that take inspiration from the music's record sleeves. "We grew up surrounded by our dad's extensive record collection and many of our earliest memories are of record sleeves, so it only makes sense that we made this tribute to that forgotten art form, albeit in a very digital way," Soulwax explains. "We're not trying to show off with the rarest holiest of grails that only a handful of people have, but just want to share a bunch of records that you might not have heard yet, and hopefully inspire you to search for and discover them for yourselves."

Due to "copyright and publishing legalities," none of the mixes will ever be sold. If you are curious as to what this thing actually is, there's an hour-long "Introversy" preview mix available for viewing over at Radio Soulwax's site now.

The Brothers of Chico Dusty..

Mashup albums are usually pretty hit ("Illioize" Sufjan Stevens hip-hop mash-up) or miss (almost all Beatles "White Album" mash-ups). "The Brothers of Chico Dusty" definetly fits into the hit category. A short yet effective mash of Black Keys & Big Boi's latest albums, by DJ Wick It. And better yet,... its for FREE.