Tonight Brooklyn!

LLOYDSKI (Da Hardy Boyz, Turntable Lab Editions)

CMISH (Turntable Lab Radio, Supra)

CB RADIO (Turntable Lab, Solos)

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Saturday December 19 10pm - 4am

TANDEM BAR
236 Troutman Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
www.tandembar.net

Space Blue

Space Blue Pt1 by rochesolos

Space Blue Pt 2 by rochesolos

Space Blue (CB Radio Remix) by rochesolos

Roche delivers the latest installment in Solos Records digital release
series. Poised between two of the mighty legacies of Detroit, 'Space
Blue' takes the Dilla touch to an extended, 3 Chairs style house
meditation on rhythm modulation, making Gottsching cumulii shower
synth shards.

Space Blue: the title is a hint, a certain cold outerspace melancholy
which perforates the warmth of a shifting upright bass sample that
underpins the track. Cosmic jazz tones for mental therapy. Or, maybe
it's it's the trace of blue light in a club that catches the trails of
smoky wonderment wafting upwards.

The flipside to this stunning piece is a remix by CB Radio, who strips
away the A-side's gaseous atmospheres for a physical disco-house
flex'n'bump refix that's suitable for riding the back alleys of the
city of the future.

The haze permeates, still we know this much; Space is the Place.

Roche - Practice Tape 09

Live Practice Tape from Roche

Practice Tape 09 by rochesolos

1 Nirvana
2 Myohmy
3 You Girl
4 I Walk Away
5 Stairing At The Lazers
6 Jumpin Jack Kano
7 She Got The Power (in her)
8 Dreadnot HollerDaze
9 DCP
10 Tropical Italiano

Bookworms gets the Focus treatment

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Check out the recent Bookworms feature over at HeadsHigh Music, where they give an in depth evolution of this mythical musician we know and love as Bookworms.

And dont sleep on the exclusive podcast Bookworms blessed them with.

African Rhythms (Yao Rmx)

YAO

African Rhythms

Our first digital single is now available on itunes and tons of other online stores; Bookworms' "African Rhythms"

By the time something drifts to california, it's always undone, pulled apart by the sunlight: The broken rhythmic tic of UK bass musics washed up clues on the shore for Bookworms, whose re-imagining (not remix) of Mi Ami's 'African Rhythms' is what he describes as a 'an open ended question or love letter' to the musics he loves.
Delayed chants that sound lifted or remembered from Bill Gunn's 1972 avant-garde blaxploitation classic Ganja and Hess, which gradually reveal a lover's rock refrain, weave over breaks reminiscent of prime IG Culture and melancholy, foggy synth drifts. Like Gunn's film, 'African Rhythms' shares a delirious fever state that collapses past and present, the street and inner space.
In the mix are traces of garage, broken beat, and funky, but this is not reverent bass nostalgia: 'African Rhythms' pushes past fashion to wire a new set of rhythmic histories and spaces: the track sounds equally tuned to solitary late night rollage and body-dense warehouses.
The A side of this digital single is backed by two remixes: a 4x4 tuff melancholy Theo Parrish-style banger by Yao, and an ambient, abstracted daydream by Fat Transfer, whose disorienting EQ and filter work take the original even further out.

More to come from Bookworms and the rest of the Solos crew.....

DJ Enso Top 5 - June 2009

This was supposed to run in Time Out Hong Kong a couple (few?) months ago but they been halfsteppin... so of course it'll be outta date when it comes time to publish! All love to Time Out but you know how that is.. So we figured we'd at least post it somewhere while it was only a few months outta date ;)

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DJ ENSO (Solos Records (San Francisco), Pimpin Ain't Easy (Hong Kong)
www.solosrecords.com www.pimpinainteasy.hk

ARTIST - TRACK - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (ft. Vybz Cartel) - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazer Do (Diplo & Switch) - Downtown Records

There's been major hype for a long time around this project. It's obvious why... Diplo and Switch head to Jamaica, along with lots of their friends, to make a dancehall project. This is Diplo, whose Mad Decent label has brought so many forms of international music into mainstream clubs over the years, and Switch, whose heavy-hitting production has put "electro," "fidget-house," and "dubstep" genre boundaries under increased pressure. Production spots from Crookers and Afro-Jack. Many, many guest vocalists such as Vybz Cartel, Santigold, Turbulence, Mr Vegas. I remember first hearing "Pon De Floor" on a youtube video a couple months back -- some DJ was rocking it in some school auditorium or something.. and the video footage was horrible. But you get it at 320k and it's FIRE. The whole project is not to be missed.


2. Toddla T - Sound Tape Killin (ft. Serocee) - Skanky Skanky - 1965

Toddla T is a young producer from Sheffield, UK -- greatly influenced by dancehall, grime, and bass music. This track is from his debut full-length, and is by far the most "electro" of the bunch. The heavy bass synth and vocals chops make it club primetime-friendly.


3. Mos Def - Quiet Dog - The Ecstatic - Downtown Records

Mos is back!!! The whole new album ain't bad, start to finish. "Quiet Dog's" driving rhythm, extended structure, and laid-back flow reminds me a bit of "Sex, Love & Money," my favorite track on his 2004 "The New Danger" release.


4. Joker/2000F - You Don't Know What Love Is (ft. J Kamata) - You Don't Know What Love Is 12" - Hyperdub

The b-side of "Digidesign" (a classic nu-dubstep track), "You Don't Know What Love Is" has some of the same elements, but is also G-FUNKED THE FUCK OUT. Major props to DJ Kiat (Singapore) for dropping this in the middle of his set a couple months back at a Kongkrete Bass party at Backstage in Hong Kong.


5. 12th Planet - Control (Skream Remix) - Control 12" - Basshead Music

WICKED bass-heavy dubstep remix of this excellent 12th Planet dub track. Love the synth-interpolation of the original theme. Well-rooted in the original dub, but still clearly Skream. CONTROL! CONTROLLLLLL!!!!

Javelin down for the bikes

Check out this video put together by the great people at GOOD magazine featuring a track by our homies Javelin, who happen to currently be on tour, check their myspace for dates, sweet!

LA MANITA DE FAUNA REMIXES – FREE DOWNLOAD

01- Fauna - Gauchito Gil (Black Mandingo Bass Mix)
02 - Fauna - El Zombie (DisqueDJ Remix)
03 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Un Mono Azul Remix)
04 - Fauna - (Adrian Giordano Remix)
05 - Zurita - Llega Fauna (bmore Skank mix)
06 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Lagartijeando remix)
07 - Fauna - El 04 (Brujjas Remix)
08 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Searchl1te rmx)
09 - Fauna - El 04 (Senorina Remix)
10 - Fauna - Las Mil Caras (Roche Remix)

LA MANITA DE FAUNA REMIXES – FREE DOWNLOAD

Fauna just released this collection of remixes. Roche's remix of "Las Mil Caras" is the final track. Big ups to ZZK!!!!!

Roche- Beat Tape Volume One Get Stoned

Here's the tracklist...

Intro
Climbing
Tater Tots
Getting Stoned
Party party
Addicted to the game
Waiting in Vain
Sooo Coool
Nautilus
Listen To Your Heart
5th Dimensia
Nightmare Seven
Ono band
Computer Ashes
Ooh Ahh
People Make Ecstasy
Magic
1981
Strange Company
Hustlin
Who Knows...Outro

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Roche - Beat Tape Volume One Get Stoned

Bookworms Live @ Li Po Lounge 07.06.09

Bookworms Live @ Lipo 07/06/09 from Solos Records on Vimeo.

Music Scene @ Amnesia July 23rd

MJ: may he rest in peace

CB Radio Visit / Bookworms Beats

B of CB Radio came to the Bay Area this last weekend to pay homage to his homeland. He dj'd some party's and raised spirts all around.

Bookworms made a great beat/mixtape. here are both sides, check it out!!!

01 side one by bookworms

02 side two by bookworms

Bookworms Live @ Retox (SF, CA) 05/29/09

Bookworms half hour set from last night @ the Retox lounge in San Francisco. Bookworms having just got back in town from NY shows us his own disco and minimal techno stylings - give thanks and praises for the first 22 seconds before strapping yourself in for the journey.

Bookworms Live @ Retox

nik on first class con air coming back from NY

VIDEO: Bookworms Live @ House of Shields (SF) April 11th, 2009

**Apologies the video has some minor audio glitches.**

Bookworms Live @ House of Shields (April 11th 2009) from Solos Records on Vimeo.

Bookworms Live Set May 1st Music Seen

The first 7 min of Bookworms set at Li Po May 1st
Good stuff
It gets a little louder after the talking

Yao Live @ Home Mix

Yao(sers) at home recording straight from his MPC to a half broken iriver reording device (so expect some mal- equed moments), this mix is dutty yall, one take, at the house styles, no editting with "mistakes", all recent yao productions/ ideas.



Yao(sers) Live @ Home

Interview with Yao (Yaosers)

interview with Yao from or friends over at eso meliae, check it out

Solos May 1st Show Aftershots

Yao played beats off his mpc and also hosted the event

Jib Kidder played guitar into a delay peddle and then played drums and sang melodies over the live guitar loops

Fat Transfer performed songs with her laptop as the soundsource and mic

Bookworms played a live set off his 303

Roche played records

Thanks to everyone who came out, it was a fun night!!

Keeping Vinyl Alive!!!

Check out this cool clip of Theo Parrish in Detroit @ Archer Record Pressing, Detroits last vinyl pressing plant, where they are still keeping the vinyl alive. Hallelujah!

May 1st Solos Show

Fat Transfer
Jib Kidder

checkout Roche's remix of Javelin's "Africadabra"

Stevie Wonder (Live) "People Make the World Go Round"

and this is why Stevie is a living legend...

Yao on Grown Kids Radio

Check out our homie E da Boss and his co horts at Grown Kids Radio as they drop an unreleased Yao track in their new mix along with some great tunes from Mike Slott and Dibiase.

ORO11 on NPR

Our brethren ORO11(Gavin Burnett) and Zizek crew getting some shine on NPR....check it out here

Jovian's New World Water

Check out Jovian's "Life Changes" track from SIS used excellently for this GOOD Magazine segment on water...

ZZK Mixtape

Check out this great free mix from ZZK by Douster

Douster is on a crazy tour right now along with fellow ZZK members Fauna and DJ Eli G

Artist Portraits: Yao

Peep photos of Yao in Bay Area photographer David Bornfriend's artist photo profiles where he got great snaps of local and national artists...

Bookworms On BBC Radio 1 ((once again))

Big ups to Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 1's Experimental Show!!

"Mary Anne Hobbs has been showing a lot of luv to the west coast during her experimental show on BBC-Radio 1. Last night she made me blush(again) by playing a remix i did of Brookhaven's 'static in the valley'. it is an honor to have my music played by her on that station. Thank you again to Mary Anne Hobbs :-) and Lemonade for alerting her to my music or whatever.thanks yall!..yesss" -Bookworms


Wednesday 18 February

0200
Zinc feat Foreign Beggars - 'Move' from the 'Killa Sound EP' (Bingo Bass)
Flying Lotus - 'Parisian Goldfish' [TAKE Rmx] (Warp)
Pinch - 'Teleport' (Planet Mu)
Legion Of Two - 'And Now We Wait' (Planet Mu)
F - 'Epilogue' [Ramadanman Rerub] (7even)
Samiyam - 'Bricks' (Dubpate)
Floating Points - 'Esthian Three' (Dubplate)
The Scarlet Harlots feat Shiftee Moova - 'Backlash' [Raffertie's Bigger Bass Remix] (Dubplate)
Harry Craze & Silkie - 'French Knickers' (Break The Habit)
Teebs - 'WLTA' (Dubplate)
Joker - 'Psychedelic Runway' (Kapsize)
Exile - 'Your Summer Song' from the LP 'Radio' (Plug Research)
Ras G - 'Speaker Smash!!!!!!!!!!!' (Dubplate)
Beat Pharmacy - 'Nuclear Race' [Komonazmuk & Appleblim mix] (Dubplate)
Martyn - 'Elden St' from the LP 'Great Lengths' (3024)

Ben Klock in the Mix
Ben Klock – ‘Grip’ (Ostgut Ton)
Levon Vincent – ‘Six Figures’ (Novel Sound)
Steffan Linzatti – ‘See’ (Stockholm LTD)
Steve Stoll – ‘Run in it - B1’ (Proper)
Norman Nodge – ‘Rush’ (MDR)
Telefon Tel Aviv – ‘Immolate Yourself’ [Ben Klock Remix] (BPitchcontrol)
Roman Lindau – ‘Simplicity’ (Fachwerk)

0300
Bookworms – ‘Static In The Valley – Brookhaven’ (Dubplate)
Mono/Poly - 'The Beatles' (Dubplate)
Bullion - 'Young Heartache' (One Handed Music)
EPROM - '64 Bytes' [Boreta Remix] (Additech)
Commodo - 'Querky' (Dubplate)
Truth - 'Stolen Children' (Deep Medi)
Computer Jay - 'Maintain' [Mike Slott Rewerk] (Ramp Recordings)
Robert Logan - 'Acurate Spit Boy' (Slowfoot)
The Woods - 'Anatomy Of A Leak' (Plug Research)
Glasser - 'Apply' [Lemonade mix] (Dubplate)
Sh** Mat – ‘White Label Unity’ from the album ‘One Foot In The Rave’ (Planet Mu)

Lemonade Remixtape-Free Download@RCD LBL

RCD LBL recently posted Lemonade's Remixtape, with remixes by Solos Records artists Yao, Roche and Bookworms, as well as some other folks; C.L.A.W.S., Lazer Sword, Shades, Ghosts on Tape, Soft Thing, Delorean, Stay High and Mashpest.
It's Free!!!

Bookworms On BBC Radio 1

Shout out to Mary Anne Hobbs for playing Bookworms "How Can I" (remix of MI AMI) On her latest BBC Radio 1's Experimental Show "WEST COAST ROCKS"

DJ Enso highlighted in Time Out Hong Kong

Hit the pic to read the full article.