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We have chosen another ten mixtapes spreading on the Internet this month, which give us an idea of the times in the most recalcitrant underground hip hop. All free and only a click away.

Geoff Barrow cannot stop working these days: he’s making the first steps towards the new Portishead album, has new Beak> and Drokk material, the Invada label is busy as well and, last but not least, h...

Geoff Barrow cannot stop working these days: he’s making the first steps towards the new Portishead album, has new Beak> and Drokk material, the Invada label is busy as well and, last but not least, h...

Like every month, we're giving you a brief overview of the new mixtapes flooding the web. Alongside being free and legal, they allow us to see the latest movements on the urban music scene.

Last Friday we were shaken by the news of the passing of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, the most mature and socially involved voice of the Beastie Boys. Still in shock, we want to pay tribute to one of the men ...

THEESatisfaction are one of the new young and brilliant names on the spiritual (and experimental) neo-soul and hip-hop scene. We talked to Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White about life and music.

Another month, we recommend a healthy dose of hip hop mixtapes for you; it’s the genre that is taking the greatest pleasure in putting out free material with the impact of an album, so you can enjoy i...

The controversial LA hip-hop collective seeks to go deeper into their particular universe, with their new mixtape. It’s full of new compositions that sound musically more consistent, opening new ways ...

BBC Radio 1 premieres “Headphones”

Listen to “Au Seve”, the first title on Broadwalk Records

Watch “Neptune” and listen to “Softkiss”

The duo presents “Hurricane”, a video full of visual stimuli

Download the oneiric “Fairwell 22”

Geo-magnetic storms on “Toldyall”

Johan Agebjörn and Le Prix remix “Days Don’t Fade”

The new man at Mad Decent presents us with “Harlem Shake” and “Yaow!”