NEW YEAR ISH / OKAYAFRICA

It’s no excuse, but we’ve been Metronomy-touring for the last few weeks. Threw this up on New Year’s Day. First original tune I’ve put out there in a little while, but there will be a whole bunch more this year.

It got some love on Okayafrica today, which I’m super-excited about ’cause Okayafrica and the whole Okayplayer camp have a take on music that’s best referred to as DOPE.

The site’s blacked out today as part of the online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act in the US, but I’d click on the image above anyway to find out just why SOPA’s attracting so much fuss.

Ohayo gozaimasu!

HELLO FROM TOKYO. Got my first DJ shows here tomorrow and on Friday. Did a mix for Block.fm that went out a few days ago. Seriously happy that I got to play a bunch of my friends’ music as well as fitting in more of my stuff than I’ve ever put into a mix before. Oh, and anime references!

You can click on the image above to have a listen on their site.

UPDATE: You can now listen to this on my Soundcloud too.

TRACKLIST

Yoko Takahashi – A Cruel Angel’s Thesis

Diagrams – Hill [OLUGBENGA EDIT]

Esben and the Witch – Hexagons IV [OLUGBENGA INSTRUMENTAL EDIT]

EAN – Unknown Remix

Jahil Beats – Let It Go

Jay Z + Kanye West – Primetime

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFriends

MF Doom  – Overture / Vaudeville Villain

Skream – FNKONOMIKA

Gesaffelstein – Viol

Nine Inch Nails – God Given

Foals – Fugue

Caribou – Odessa

Azaelia Banks – 212

OLUGBENGA – ITOC

Bobby Tank – Cybo1

Ramadanman / Pearson Sound – Work Them / Glut

Jim Kroft ft. Lianne La Havas – Ulysses [OLUGBENGA EDIT]

OLUGBENGA – Deeper Hidden Meaning

Swallowing The Seas – Cast Doubt Away

NWRMXALRT

They’re like buses, right? No new remixes for a while and then two come at once. Very pleased to be able to set these loose (at last). People who’ve been checking my blog and mixes will know that I’ve been a big fan of Three Trapped Tigers since their inception about four years ago. Main man Tom Rogerson is a good friend of mine (we met playing in Jeremy from Summer Camp‘s old band). I was over the moon when they asked me for a remix and I picked my favourite song from their album. The whole thing – Route One Or Die – comes highly recommended, though. Download my mix below.

Diagrams is a new project from San Genders, who some of you might know from folk/electronica types Tunng. I’m a fan both of Tunng and their label Full Time Hobby. So the prospect of a remix was a tasty one indeed. The original version of Hill is a 5/4, Tom Waits style delight and also well worth checking out. My remix is gonna be on the flip-side of a 7-inch that’ll be out before too long. In the meantime, have a stream on moi.