This week’s top mixes include Murlo’s Completely Addictive Crack Mix, Cómeme’s South American Special, and Gilles Peterson celebrating Cuban music.
Murlo’s Completely Addictive Crack Mix. Midlands-via-London instrumental grime DJ and producer Murlo‘s new mix for Crack cuts together bashment, bassline house and R&B in his addictively vivid and evocative style, which “paints an HD picture with bursts of sharpness, stardust strings and chirruping minimalism”. Stream above.
Cómeme’s South American Special. Radio Cómeme is a part of internationalist label Cómeme‘s “need to share and propose reflections on music that allow to break cultural barriers”. This week’s South American special presents Chilean jazz man Panchito Cabrera stirring a tasty Mexican recipe at 78 rpm. Stream above, track listing here.
Tiga and Danny Daze b2b. Accompanying his new album No Fantasy Required and his current residency at XOYO London, Canadian techno artist Tiga uploads a recording of his set back-to-back with Miami’s Danny Daze. “Just felt like posting one of my fave sets so far: the night, week 2, when me and Danny Daze warmed it up for Cajmere.” Download here.
Gilles Peterson Celebrates Cuban Music. Celebrating his love affair with Cuban music and the release of his three-part Havana Club Rumba Sessions project, collector and selector Gilles Peterson has put together a blend of Cuban vinyl for the 45th Vinyl Factory mix, with a focus on tracks from the 1970s and 80s. Words from Gilles and the track listing here.
Berceuse Heroique’s WIP Radio Show. Credited with releasing highly sought-after reissues and rare stuff, and with bringing out artists like Ekman, Gesloten Cirkel, DJ Koehler, Don’t DJ and M GUN, founder of the adventurous London-based label Berceuse Heroique, Gizmo has prepared a mix of unreleased material for Carhartt’s latest WIP Radio session. Stream above.
Boxed Boss Slackk via R&S. Boss of London’s premier cutting-edge instrumental grime radio show, night and label Boxed LDN, Slackk mixes fresh grime bangers for the R&S podcast series. Stream and download above, track listing here.