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Scuba Does A Podcast For FACT Magazine | PlayGround | Music Media
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Scuba Does A Podcast For FACT Magazine

Hotflush stuff and unreleased songs predominate

Paul Rose, aka Scuba, is the latest to participate in British Fact Magazine’s FACT Mix series. His was number 353 in the renowned series, and as usual in this type of situation, Rose used the mix as another tool for promoting his label, Hotflush. He included some of his new signings, like Dense & Pika and South London Ordnance, alongside plenty of unreleased material. You can enjoy it and download it below.

Jackmaster Delivers A New Mix From His “Tweak-A-Holic” Series | PlayGround | Music Media
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Jackmaster Delivers A New Mix From His “Tweak-A-Holic” Series

Two hours of sleazy funk, 80s boogie, pop, disco and more

Jackmaster picks up the thread of his “Tweak-A-Holic” series to put a tasty soundtrack to your weekend, or, as they say on Numbers, “your girlfriend's next house party”. Those who've heard Jackmaster play know he can handle just about any groove. Besides his professional commitments in DJ booths all over the world, the Glaswegian likes to exercise his less clubby tastes every once in a while, serving up lewd soul and funk, 80s soft-pop, sexed-up boogie, Euro-dance, disco and freestyle. Listen to and download his latest delivery here.

Memory Tapes Greets Autumn In His New Mixtape | PlayGround | Music Media
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Memory Tapes Greets Autumn In His New Mixtape

Listen to “The Autumn Reel”, 30 minutes worth of original material

On 4th December, Carpark is releasing Memory Tapes' third album, “GRACE/ CONFUSION”. In order to get people warmed up, Dayve Hawk has just released another mixtape. About a half hour's worth of original material; B-sides, remixes, extracts from “Black Reel”, and songs from that upcoming LP. There's no tracklist, so you're going to have guess which songs falls into which category.

Flying Lotus Plays Unreleased Tunes On Diplo's Show On BBC Radio 1 | PlayGround | Music Media
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Flying Lotus Plays Unreleased Tunes On Diplo's Show On BBC Radio 1

The LA producer delivered an hour and a half worth of music including lots of his own material

Last weekend, Flying Lotus was one of the special guests on Diplo and Friends, Diplo's show on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra. The Brainfeeder boss contributed a special set featuring - apart from tracks by Captain Murphy, ScHoolboy Q, A$AP Rocky, araabMUZIK, and The Gaslamp Killer (who got his own 'mix within the mix') - a lot of his own music. And that included two so far unreleased tracks (“Flotus” and “I Don't Know Yet”), and his remixes of Frank Ocean's “Thinkin Bout You” and Jay-Z and Kanye West's “Niggas in Paris”. Listen to the full set after the jump.

DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot And DJ Food Recreate “Paul's Boutique” | PlayGround | Music Media
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DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot And DJ Food Recreate “Paul's Boutique”

Download their curious homage to Beastie Boys' legendary album

DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and DJ Food, three of the resident DJs at Ninja Tune's radio show Solid Steel, have made their own version of the legendary “Paul's Boutique” album by Beastie Boys, in the form of a mix using all the original records sampled on the historic LP, alongside comments by the band, fragments of old interviews and alternative versions of the tracks. Download after the jump.


New Justice Mix | PlayGround | Music Media
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New Justice Mix

Listen to their set on NRJ

It's been years since we last heard a mix by Justice. The wait is now over, after their appearance on French radio station NRJ, where they recorded a two-hour set to prove they haven't lost their DJ touch. You know the drill: primitive energy, hypertrophic bass lines, French touches, rave spirit and hits, many hits. Spot on.

Trans-Atlantic Rap And Grime Battle | PlayGround | Music Media
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Trans-Atlantic Rap And Grime Battle

Listen to the mixtape by Elijah and Shiftee

The people of Butterz are living the internationalisation of grim first-hand. After Elijah's many USA trips, now there's this mixtape, on which the co-owner of the London label teams up with local DMC champion DJ Shiftee. It is a concoction of grime bombs and hip-hop missiles, given away for free as a CD with each purchased piece of merchandise from Butterz. Listen and download after the jump.

Animal Collective In The Mix For Boiler Room | PlayGround | Music Media
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Animal Collective In The Mix For Boiler Room

Now you can witness their morning session for the 'Breakfast Show' in its entirety

A couple of weeks ago, we brought you a first taste barely half an hour after the session three-fourths of Animal Collective - Dave Portner (Avey Tare), Brian Weitz (Geologist) and Josh Dibb (Deakin) - offered at the inauguration of a new series of morning streaming broadcasts from Boiler Room, its 'Breakfast Show'. Now we can enjoy the recording of the more than two hours that the session lasted. Hit play after the jump or follow this link.