This is the first single for NickNack's forthcoming album "Dearly Departed". The "Strangest Secret" contains elements of one of my favorite secret records. This 7inch is limited to 300. 320k mp3's are also available (Name your price). NickNack also has his back catalog available on CrowdControlRecords.com, you pick the price for the mp3's. Check the 7inch snip & Album preview video below.

1. NickNack "Strangest Secret"
2. NickNack "Gathering Shadow"

Dearly Departed Promo

The Architect is Rob Swift's latest release, its out Feb 23rd. The Architect has a different sound than his other albums. This is more musical it a traditional / classical style than previous albums that had a definite hip hop style.  Of the 18 tracks on the album only feature vocals by Breeze Evahflowin.  Something I've been critical about in the past is too many MC's on scratch records.  One of the lines that caught my ear, "what's up with the rapping and not the scratching, relax....".  The album seems to be arranged in a way that you should listen to it from beginning to end to get the full effect.  The music has depth, giving you something to digest as you listen to the album.  The songs are all part of a bigger piece of music, rather than each song trying to hold you attention for a couple of minutes then let go. These days picking & choosing tracks off an album is too common, do that here and you'll come up short.  Getting lost in anything in this short attention span, over connected, sensory overload world is rare.  The album is available starting Tuesday, physical & digi. Do yourself a favor, if your buying digi, get the whole album. Video & Links Below. 

DJ Rob Swift - "Rabia- 2nd Movement"

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Here is an hour plus with Mista Sinista, mixing, scratching and an interview. Rob Swift interviews Mista Sinista, before & after the music.

A little shameless self-promotion. This is a free ep by dusk (mc) and myself. Get your download on and let us know what you think. We have been nominated for The City Weekly Music Awards, if your liking what you hear, send your vote by texting "minds" to 91010.

Big up, honna.

Production Credits & Track List.
released 01 November 2009
1-black lungs - prod. by Dusk
2-almost all the time - prod. by Brisk
3-same old trouble - prod. by Abacus81
4-boss pt. one - prod. by DJ Honna
5-The Most Ridiculous - prod. by DJ Handsome Hands
6-drat cave - prod. by MindState
7-drive - prod. by Dusk
8-easy now - prod. by Linus

Rob Swift's latest release The Architect will be available February 23rd. I've only heard one track from the album "Rabia- 2nd Movement" (see the video). According to the press release, the album is mostly instrumental, only two tracks have vocals. From my perspective this is a huge plus. Don't get me wrong, I love hip hop/rap, but for the love of god, keep the mc's to a minimum on the scratch records. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of this album. Hopefully its one of many for scratch music in 2010.

Master turntablist Rob Swift has strived to expand the definition of Hip Hop since his first release in the mid-90’s. In an age where creating an iTunes play list is the sole prerequisite for being called a DJ, Swift’s boundary-pushing new release, The Architect, is a refreshing reminder that the 1’s and 2’s are an instrument in themselves. Using his newfound love of classical music as a point of inspiration, Swift’s latest work has as much in common with Mozart as it does with Grandmaster Flash. The innovative album has found a perfect home on fellow experimental musician Mike Patton’s label, Ipecac Recordngs (Melvins, Isis, Hella).

Swift first arose to prominence as a member of the turntablist collective the X-Men a.k.a. X-ecutioners, and soon became known across the globe for his beat juggling skills. He has since gone on to work with an incredibly varied array of artists including Herbie Hancock, Cypress Hill, Dan the Automator, and Blue Man Group. Swift has also appeared on Sesame Street, ESPN, and The Late Show With David Letterman, all while maintaining his underground credibility and sense of adventure

A quick glance at The Architect’s track listing reveals that Swift has created a conceptual piece of work. Though mostly instrumental, the album is not a “concept album” but rather a series of compositions deliberately sequenced to form a greater, unified whole. On “Principio,” the album’s lone MC, Breez Evahflowin, breaks it down when he spits “The way it’s layed down, don’t shuffle this LP / the truth is you’d miss something that’s healthy / something like progress, the artform elevated / the next level of turntablism and innovators.”

Though only two tracks contain vocals, The Architect is ripe with emotion and abstract narrative. Orchestral strings and organs mingle with fierce breakbeats and expert scratching. Swift’s exploration of manipulating pitch and tempo are executed and organized with the mindset of a virtuosic composer. The album not only adds to Swift’s illustrious legacy, but also adds news chapters in the history of the DJ and hip hop at large.

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I'm more than a little late getting this put up. Deviant & Naive Ted's latest release is available now. It features two tracks scratched, flipped, looped and so on. Check the video & links below.

Snatches of sounds from old vinyl records, dug from airless basements and
charity shops scratched into time, recycled into new tracks unrecognisable
from the originals. Using just the humble turntable, mixer and loops pedal,
Deviant lays down layers of vinyl cuts on to a multitrack and the results
are deadly.

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Alf of HipHop Slam - This Way Or That Way is Alf's contribution to scratch music. His commentary on music, politics & life is mixed in with the beats and cuts. The album features a few 'well known' scratch artists dj 2p, dj Sniper, Jimmy The Hideous Penguin and Skizo. Check the track listing and preview video below. You can snag this on iTunes & from Alf's website. Check the links below.

Track Listing:
1. This Way, Feat. Billy Jam
2. Funk 141 Controller
3. You Know
4. Here They Come
5. Put The Needle On The Record
6. Lab Insomnia
7. Sculpted Music, Feat. Skizo & Dj 2P
8. Judging The Maker, Feat. Skahlah
9. Streptomisen
10. TVT
11. 2015 Or 1960
12. The Deployment II
13. One More Drink, Feat. Dunn-D
14. Let's See Now
15. Hedspace Meditation, Feat. Dawgisht
16. Nebula, Feat. Dj Sniper
17. Say Yeah, Feat. Dust One
18. What If, Feat. Nations
19. That Way
20. The Galway Formula, Feat. Jimmy The Hideous Penguin

I'd bet The Return Of The DJ is the longest running dj/scratch compilation out there. Volume 6 is coming your way towards the end of the year. Here is the upcoming track listing:

01. Business As Usual - Dr. Jones
02. Transmittin' - DJ JS-1
03. The Dude - Patch Lunch
04. Cheese Cuttin' - DJ Itchy Ron
05. HOTSIVO - 3FX Crew
06. Half Cut - Blendoffendaz
07. Hypnosis - DJ Wicked
08. Damn, The Beat - DJ T-Rock
09. The Ultimate - DJ Agent 86
10. Knuckelhead DJ's - DJ Irie

Be sure to swing by BombHipHop.com and see what else they've got cooking.

digi break / battle

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Sometimes it seems like the coolest projects are the ones that get scrapped before they ever make their way to the public.  Luckily this one came back from the almost dead.  The music was intended to be for a soundtrack for a movie that won't be seen.  There will be a 'Tour only album' of this music, here are a couple tracks from the album.  For the tour schedule check Kid Koala's website, while your there have a look around.  There are some interesting things going on.  There is also a video for It's All Over. 

Some info from the press release: (Thanks to lbz @ terrorbird)