Australian pair Bag Raiders have made a 2012 vow to commit to monthly mixes and if January’s is anything to go by, we’re incredibly excited.

This mix is definitely a tour de force of some serious bangers to emerge in the past couple of months and it begins with a massively sexy number from Nils Frahm and from there it just grows and grows into a monster of a mix including stuff from Hot Toddy, Maxeo Plex, Todd Terje and Homework.

The guys have never shied away from big and bold mixes and I just can’t wait to start the day on this one tomorrow!

Bag Raiders – Monthly Mix (January)

More – Nils Frahm
Baby I Got It – Miguel Campbell
I Can’t Sleep At Night – Daniel Bortz
U Got Me – Lee Foss
Tobago – Jonas Rathsman
Akabu – Life Is So Strange
Rock Me – Russ Yallop
Want You In My Soul (Hot Toddy dub) – Lovebirds
See Blind Through (Mic Newman remix) – Canyons
Love In Me (Maceo Plex remix) – Laura Jones
Mhm, Yeah Yeah – Lazaro Casanova
Home (Tim Green Remix) – M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade
Snooze 4 Love – Todd Terje
Nightwish – BS1
Space Ballad (TEED Remix) – Fur Coat
Better (Arto Mwambe Remix) – Viadrina
Hurting (Tensnake Dub Remix) – Friendly Fires
Get Together – Rene Amesz
Whipped Cream – Homework

The recent passing of Etta James got us thinking about all the other musical legends we have lost over the years. One of the greatest losses to Hip Hop was the death in 2006 of James Yancey aka J Dilla. Then that thought train reminded us of this excellent mix of Dilla productions and remixes pulled together by TomE. Featuring joints by The Roots, The Pharcyde, and Faith Evans plus lots of tracks from the man himself, its a fitting tribute to one of the most talented producers Hip Hop ever called its own. Turn it up and reminisce…

1. The Roots – Can’t Stop This

2. J Dilla – Fly

3. J Dilla – Dreamy

4. Jaylib – The Official

5. J Dilla – Don’t Nobody Care About Us

6. J Dilla – Fuck The Police

7. Steve Spacek – Dollar

8. The Pharcyde – Y Be Like That (Jay Dee Remix)

9. Tribe Called Quest feat Faith Evans - Stressed Out (Jay Dee Remix)

10. J Dilla feat Guilty Simpson – Take Notice

11. J88 – Stupid Lies

12. J Dilla – You Can’t Hold A Torch (Busta Instrumental)

13. J Dilla – Crushin’

14. Maxwell – Ascension (Jay Dee Remix)

15. Faith Evans – You Used To Love Me (Ummah Remix)

16. The Roots – Make Em Nv

17. Jay Dee feat Frank N Dank – Take Dem Clothes Off (Instrumental)

TomE – Reminiscing over J Dilla by Laid Back on Mixcloud

German producer and good friend of Mahogany’s elpierro has just put out a little home-made mix featuring some deep midnight house.

Have a listen.

1. Yunnansound – Soul Of Nia (Cake mix)
2. Si Muir – Get Your Head Down
3. Emil Seidel – Tumbling
4. Paskal & Urban Absolutes – Homewave
5. Verano – No Deeper Meaning (Paskal & Urban Absolutes Remix)
6. Satore – For The Road (Ernie Remix)
7. Portable – Fade Away
8. Chicagodeep – Slow Movements
9. Boo Williams – Devil Music
10. Emil Seidel – Raw Dayz

He is one of our Producers of 2012, and this mix that Eliphino has pulled together for Lovebox shows just why he is on our list of ones to watch. It has big sound, moody emotional melody, and loads of bass plus two enormous remixes from Axel Bowman and Paul Woodford. Happy Friday.

Pepe Bradock – Deep Burnt
Robag Wruhme – Blech Beule
STL – From a Distance
Trickski – Good Time To Pray (Axel Boman Remix)
Soul Clap – Lonely C
Gerry Read – We Are
Audio Werner – Dito
Presk – Mold
T. Williams ft Terri Walker – Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)
Lazer Sword – It all sounds the same
Presk & Cinnaman – Sweat (Doc Daneeka Remix)
Dauwd – What’s There

Jonas Rathman’s latest mix up on SoundCloud is vacuum packed with bangers, all sewn together with care and precision and exported from his home-town of Sweden.

Featuring some absolutely huge tunes including his own track Tobago, Mercury, James Teej and Justin Martin – he’s a man after my own heart and even though it’s midday here on a Tuesday, I want to break open a beer and start the party!

I’ll have to refrain though (at least until the sun begins the set!).

Jonas Rathsman – October Mix 2011

When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever (Broke One Remix)
Mark E – Plastic People (Medit)
Dj Nibc – the Doorman (casino times remix)
Blawan – Getting Me Down
Mercury – You Lift Me Up
Daniel Steinberg – You Got It
Jonas Rathsman – Tobago
Axel Boman – ABBA 002
Justin Martin & Ardalan – LEZGO
The 2 Bears – Bear Hug (Club Edit)
Volta Bureau – Hope
Quell – Lights Out
Michael Mclardy – Deep Nothing (Lazaro Casanova Miami Vice Remix)
James Teej – Monaco
Schatrax – Sunshine
Volta Bureau – Alley Cat

A few months back J.Rocc was commissioned by label Tru Thoughts to create a special tribute mix to highlight the career of Will Holland aka Quantic (pictured above) and the result is a glorious 40 minutes of latin and reggae infused dub, all intertwined with great intrumental sounds of the Quantic Soul Orchestra and the Combo Barbaro.

This Best of Quantic mix is a great for fans but also the perfect introduction to one of the great musical talents that there is.

Best Of Quantic Mix by J.Rocc

Quantic – “Snakes In The Grass”
Quantic – “Cumbia Clash”
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – “Dog With A Rope”
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – “Hands Of My Love feat. Alice Russell”
Quantic y Conjunto – “Cumbia de Dilla”
Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro – “The Dreaming Mind (Part 1)”
Quantic – “Infinite Regression”
Quantic – “Perception”
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – “Left & Right” f. Alice Russell
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – “Cuidad Del Swing”
Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro – “New Morning (Slow Version)’
Quantic And Nickodemus Feat. Tempo & The Candela All-Stars – “Mi Swing Es Tropical”
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – “Tropidelico (Occidental)”
Quantic And His Combo Barbaro – “Enyere Kumbara”
Quantic And His Combo Barbaro – “Undelivered Letter”
Quantic – “Transatlantic”
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – “Super 8″
Quantic – “Use What You Got” f. Sonny Akpan
Quantic – Sabor” f. Tempo
The Quantic Soul Orchestra – “Get A Move On”
Quantic – “Not So Blue”
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – “Cumbia Sobre El Mar”

Here is a fantastic new installment of the Ghost Tape series selected by Ghostpoet – a man of many musical talents and as it turns out very good taste. Vol 6. includes loads of quality alternative, indie and electronic sounds, including Osunlade, Tune-Yards, Radiohead, Mosca and Julio Bashmore.

His Name Is – One Year (Four Tet Remix)
Last Japan – Y.O.U (Last Japan & Avrgjoe)
DVA – Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix)
Osunlade – Envision
Brothers Hand Mirror – Untitled
Tune-Yards – Bizness
The Shining – Hey You
King Krule – Lead Existence
Radiohead – Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Remix)
Disclosure – Tenderly
Martyn & Mike Slott – All Nights
Patten – Plurals
Kwesachu ft. Ghostpoet – HCHMWBIA
2562 – The Wind-Up
Hollis P. Monroe – I’m Lonely
Julio Bashmore – Ensnare
Zinc – Sprung
Mosca – Bax
Okain – Corner Boys
Modeselektor & Thom Yorke – Shipwreck
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Tomorrow
Dirty Projectors & Bjork – No Embrace

Ghost Tape Vol. 6

Just before our New Year’s Eve celebrations we came across this Earmilk Weekend Selector mix from London based DJ and producer KRL. It features some futuristic sounding house and disco, including two of his own productions, both of which are standouts in this mix.

‘There Is Nothing You Can Teach Me” features a vocal sample from the late Amy Winehouse and is one of the heaviest releases we’ve heard from KRL to date. Other highlights are tracks from Vakula, Lovebirds, and Vance & Susanne. Perfect to vibe to on the first Saturday of 2012.

Earmilk presents: Weekend Selector with KRL

Vakula – Track 2 (Original Mix)
Klick – Bump (Original Mix)
Mic Newman – Recorded In The Garage (Original Mix)
Vance & Susanne – I Cant Live Without You (Revenge Edit)
KRL – There Is Nothin You Cant Teach Me (Original Mix)
Lovebirds – Keep Coming (Axel Boman Remix)
Kenton Slash Daemon – Daemon (Original Mix)
Cuthead – The Sinner (Original Mix)
KRL – Decay (Original Mix)
Manuel Tur – Foolin’ (Original Mix)
Byron Stingley – Testify (Soulfuric Dub)
Fingers Inc. – Im Strong (Instrumental)
Gerry Read – Narry (Original Mix)
Iron Curtis – Perception (Original Mix)
2AM FM – Electronic Justice (Original Mix)
Hundred20 – Upper Alley (Original Mix)

Saalfeld’s Thomas Stielfeld is a producer with a passion for deep house and techno, and also a man whose not in a rush when it comes to his mixes.

There’s something that leaves me with an amazingly chilled and relaxed feeling when I listen to a Stieler mix and this one for Max.fm is no exception – for me it’s the ultimate productivity mix and I’ve already screamed through my to-do list for the day.

No track-listing which isn’t uncommon for this producer nonetheless sit back and enjoy!

Thomas Stieler – Max.fm Live Set (10/12/2011)

Ahead of London party TIEF’s enormous New Year’s Eve line up at Corsica Studios, Brighton’s Greymatter has pulled together a gorgeous promo mix featuring some of the most sublime house music around at the moment. Kevin McPhee, KRL, and Mosca are amongst some of the quality house artists featured on here. Deep house vibes…

Greymatter – Tief NYE 2011 Promo Mix

1. Kevin McPhee – Your Side
2. Tornado Wallace – Insect Overlords
3. FaltyDL – Atlantis
4. KRL – Deep Down
5. Kevin McPhee – Sleep
6. Alex Jones – With The Hats
7. Mosca – Orange Jack
8. Storm Queen – It Goes On (Vox)
9. Darling Farah – Foregin
10. Aardvark – Just Washed That Pig (Extended Mix)
11. Mosca – Dom Perignon
12. The Crazy Brazilian – Hold
13. Paul Woolford & Psycatron – Stolen
14. Floating Points – ARP3