Mr Scruff NYE DJ Mix from Band On The Wall, Manchester, December 31st 2011 by Mr Scruff

Requirements for download:
To DOWNLOAD the mix (for a limited time only) go to http://www.mrscruff.com, click on ‘download code’ & enter the code d8Vm2y.

Tracklist:
0.00 D’ANGELO ‘REALLY LOVE (MR SCRUFF EDIT)’
0.06 MIZZ BEATS ‘SCIENTIFIC BRAINPRIEST’
0.10 PEVERELIST ‘GATHER’
0.15 SOLID DOCTOR ‘OUR SORROW’
0.26 CREATION REBEL ‘STARSHIP AFRICA (SPACE MOVEMENT 2)’
0.30 HOMELIFE ‘SEEDPOD’
0.34 ARTHUR’S LANDING ‘IS IT ALL OVER MY FACE’
0.42 ACID BRASS ‘VOODOO RAY’
00.47 VIN LANDERS VS FUDGE FINGAS ‘SHIPPING FORECAST’
0.52 T.S. MONK ‘CANDIDATE FOR LOVE’
0.57 BROTHERS GUIDING LIGHT ‘GETTING TOGETHER’
1.00 MARCO ‘COMING HOME AGAIN’
1.04 DEGO ‘LATE NIGHT FRIGHT’
1.10 MR SCRUFF ‘CHIN UP’
1.17 THE NOSTALGIA 77 OCTET ‘JOURNEY HOME’
1.23 FATIMA ‘MIND’
1.27 MR SCRUFF & DANNY BREAKS ‘BANG THE FLOOR’
1.30 ATCQ ‘LYRICS TO GO’
1.33 EDDIE KENDRICKS ‘GIRL YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND’
1.40 AIM ‘COLD WATER MUSIC’
1.45 MR SCRUFF ‘FEEL IT!’
1.51 T-CONNECTION ‘AT MIDNIGHT’
1.56 COUNTDOWN THEME & BIG BEN CHIMES
1.58 THE TROJANS ‘AULD LANG SYNE’
2.02 ROY MILTON ‘NEW YEARS RESOLUTION BLUES’
02.05 PRINCE BUSTER ‘AFRICAN BLOOD’
2.07 THE TECHNIQUES ‘LITTLE DID YOU KNOW’
2.09 SOOTHSAYERS HORNS ‘GANGA FREE’
2.12 THE DUB TEACHER ‘GLORY DUB’
2.15 ALTON ELLIS ‘TOO LATE TO TURN BACK’
2.17 THE SELECTOR ‘THE SELECTOR’
2.19 LYN COLLINS ‘ROCK ME AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN’
2.21 JACKEY BEAVERS ‘MR. BUMP MAN (THEO PARRISH EDIT FROM ‘UGLY EDITS VOL 11’)
2.28 DAPHNI ‘YES, I KNOW’
2.32 RICK WILHITE ‘IN THE RAIN’
2.37 DEGO ‘LOVE & HATE YOU’
2.41 AYRO ‘LOTUS’
2.47 DJ NATURE ‘EVERYBODY’
2.51 MANZEL ‘IT’S OVER NOW (MAW MIX)’
2.56 ESG ‘MOODY’
2.58 VERNON BURCH ‘GET UP’
3.02 BT EXPRESS ‘PEACE PIPE’
3.07 JESSE GOULD ‘OUT OF WORK’
3.13 QUANTIC ‘NOT SO BLUE’
3.18 SEIJI ‘FACE UP’
3.22 DONAEO ‘RIOT MUSIC’
3.25 MR SCRUFF ‘BE THE MUSIC’
3.32 SONS OF THE SUBWAY ‘FLY TRAP’
3.35 NATURAL SELF ‘RAISE THE GAME’
3.38 LOU DONALDSON ‘EVERYTHING I DO GONH BE FUNKY (FROM NOW ON)’
3.41 THE REVOLUTIONARIES ‘KUNTA KINTE’
3.43 PREZ BROWN ‘GOT TO MOVE’
3.45 SUGAR MINOTT ‘HERBSMAN HUSTLING (RSD REFIX)’
3.46 ROBERT LEE ‘BATTLEFIELD/VERSION’
3.52 RUSKO ‘JAH LOVE’
3.57 DUB PHIZIX & SKEPTIKAL FEAT. STRATEGY ‘MARKA’
4.02 DUB PHIZIX FEAT CHIMPO & FOX ‘NARROW EYES’
4.06 MR SCRUFF VS KIRSTY ALMEIDA ‘PICKLED SPIDER’
4.11 SMILEY CULTURE ‘POLICE OFFICER’
4.14 SMILEY CULTURE ‘COCKNEY TRANSLATION’
4.15 WILLI WILLIAMS & COUSIN MARSHALL ‘ROCKING UNIVERSALLY’
4.17 TENOR SAW ‘GOLDEN HEN’
4.20 MUNGO’S HI FI ‘ING’
4.25 THE JB’S ‘SAME BEAT’
4.31 MR SCRUFF ‘UG’
4.35 FELA KUTI ‘GENTLEMAN’
4.45 THE GAY FLAMINGOS ‘BLACK MANS CRY’
4.55 BRONX RIVER PARKWAY ‘SONG FOR RAY’
4.57 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE ‘FIRE (MR SCRUFF REMIX)’
5.03 FALTY DL ‘FLY RACE’
5.07 CHECK THE GUNS ‘FUNK FOR THE FOLKS (RE EDIT)’
5.12 JAMES BROWN ‘GET ON THE GOOD FOOT’
5.17 M. BILL COOMBS ‘YOU WINE ME UP’
5.20 THE VILLAGE CALLERS ‘HECTOR’
5.22 RAY BRYANT ‘UP ABOVE THE ROCK’
5.24 GIL SCOTT-HERON & BRIAN JACKSON ‘IT’S YOUR WORLD’
5.28 HOT 8 BRASS BAND ‘SEXUAL HEALING’
5.37 BUSTA RHYMES ‘GET DOWN’
5.40 MR SCRUFF ‘WOBBLE CONTROL’
5.45 MR SCRUFF ‘CHICKEN IN A BOX’
5.53 PLEASURE ‘JOYOUS (DJ HARVEY RE-EDIT)’
6.02 STEVIE WONDER ‘DO I DO’
6.11 CHARLIE CALLELLO ORCHESTRA ‘SING SING SING’
6.14 JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR, BABY’
6.17 BRASSROOTS ‘GOOD LIFE’ 6.21 MR SCRUFF ‘GET A MOVE ON’

The Weeknd – Echos of Silence

The Weeknd website
Direct Download Link (right click save as)

**Looks like the download from The Weeknd website is acting up. HERE is an alternate link. (warning- popups)

From Fact Mag:
Earlier this year, as you doubtless know, a more-anonymous-than-most r’n’b singer called The Weeknd released a mixtape. It was called House of Balloons, and it was very, very good.

Last night, six previously unreleased tracks leaked into the internet abyss, apparently from when The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, worked with a production team called The Noise. You can stream them below [via The Fader, via Pigeons & Planes], as well as a new Weeknd track called ‘Rolling Stone’ from his YouTube channel.

Unreleased The Weeknd by k.niteh

No download yet, but I’ll keep my eyes open for one.

According to his wiki, The Weeknd, is Toronto-based R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, but House of Balloons is not your typical Top 40-Bullshit-R&B record. I don’t really know how to go about describing the album so, rather than give you the very poor analogy of Burial meets John Legend in falsetto (he’s eerily similar to the vocalist in Burial’s Archangel to me), I’ll let people that get paid to write reviews about music tell you everything that you need to know.

This Pitchfork Media review by Joe Colly pretty much nails it.
The group’s penchant for druggy atmospherics is mirrored in their lyrical content, which is overtly sexual, narcotics-focused, and occasionally downright frightening….What makes this whole thing work in an album context is that all the thematic and sonic pieces fit together– these weird, morning-after tales of lust, hurt, and over-indulgence (“Bring the drugs, baby, I can bring my pain,” goes one refrain) are matched by this incredibly lush, downcast music….though the image of nightlife painted by the Weeknd isn’t a place you’d ever want to live, it’s one that’s frankly very hard to stop listening to.

(I went ahead and censored the nip in the album cover below to make the post SFW)

The Weeknd – House of Balloons Direct Download (right click, save as)

If you’d rather listen before “buying” you can hear all the tunes on Soundcloud.
The Weeknd – House Of Balloons by The_Weeknd

P.S. “The Knowing” is greatness.

Adele – Rolling in the Deep (SpectraSoul Bootleg) **Free Download** (new link in description below) by SpectraSoul

Download Mirror

Oh and just for good measure, DJ Eleven has posted up his remix of the John Legend cover of Rolling in the Deep. Boss tune!

Rollin’ In The Deep (DJ Eleven remix) by 11InchRecords

Rolling Stone Article:
Mayer Hawthorne’s Impressions EP finds the Los Angeles singer and producer putting his own spin on classic tunes by Electric Light Orchestra and the Isley Brothers as well selections by contemporary acts like Chromeo and Jon Brion. Hawthorne’s production style is slick and meticulous, calling back to the rich, elegant sound of early Seventies tracks by Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes while including subtle modern touches. Though his takes on ELO’s cheery hit “Mr. Blue Sky” and the obscure soul single “You’ve Got the Makings of a Lover” are remarkably faithful, it’s most thrilling to hear Hawthorne reimagine “Don’t Turn the Lights On,” a recent track by the Montreal electro duo Chromeo, as an orchestral soul slow jam.

The original DL in the Rolling Stone article seems to be dead. I found an alternate on Mayer’s twitter feed HERE. If that goes dead, I’ve also mirrored it HERE.

The indomitable Blu Mar Ten have released a holiday gift in the form of their smoothed out, unreleased roller “My Heart” from 2006.

Original BMT Blog Post

In the festive spirit we decided to give away this little track we made in 2006 called ‘My Heart‘. Many people have asked for a copy of it over the years but for various reasons we never set it loose before today. Well now it’s free, so we hope you like it.

Chris, Michael & Leo
Blu Mar Ten

Blu Mar Ten – My Heart (2006) (Free download) by Blu Mar Ten

And moving in a completely different direction, Stones Throw Recordings is giving away a cover of Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here” (made famous in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special) sung by retro soul impressario Mayer Hawthorne.

I’m not one to get all gushy about Christmas tracks, but this is greatness. If you haven’t already done so, do yourself a favor and buy Mayer’s 2009 album A Strange Arrangement.

Mayer Hawthorne – Christmas Time Is Here
Mayer Hawthorne – Christmas Time Is Here by Mayer Hawthorne

MP3 Download (right click, save as)

Makoto’s DJ Sets by Makoto-Humanelements

DJ Anonymous: Disco To Get Drunk To #3 – The Sound Of Philadelphia (2006)

DJ Anonymous: Disco To Get Drunk To #3 – The Sound Of Philadelphia (2006) by DJ Anonymous

Tracklist:
Silk: I Can’t Stop Turning You On
Archie Bell & The Drells: Don’t Let Love Get You Down
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble: Easy Money
People’s Choice: Movin In All Directions (Re-edit)
The Modulations: Rough Out Here
Billy Paul: How Good Is Your Game?
Archie Bell & The Drells: Strategy
Jean Carn: My Love Don’t Come Easy
Dexter Wansel: Sweetest Pain
The Jones Girls: Nights Over Egypt
Melba Moore: You Stepped Into My Life
William Devaughn: Be Thakful For What You Got
Double Exposure: My Love Is Free
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: Bad Luck
First Choice: Are You Ready For Me?
Philadelphia International All-Stars: Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto (Instrumental)
Eddie Kendricks: Going Up In Smoke
Dexter Wansel: Life On Mars
Goody Goody: It Looks Like Love
The Montana Sextet: Heavy Vibes
MFSB: Love Is The Message (Re-edit)
Archie Bell & The Drells: Where Will You Go When The Party’s Over
Jocko: Ain’t No Stopping Us Now (Instrumental)
Jean Carn: Was That All It Was
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Know Like I Know