Short But Sweet

Do goldfish make mixtapes? I'm positive they do and this here is what they would sound like. A compact collection of tasty treats that are short and sweet and good enough to eat. With only one track rocking in over four minutes you can leave your short term memory at the door but be sure you don't blink or you just might miss it.

01 Darwin Deez - Radar Detector
02 The Roots feat. Dice Raw - How I Got Over
03 Bonaparte - My Horse Likes You
04 Bran Richards - Ride the Mullet Stallion
05 Cali Swag District - Teach Me How to Dougie
06 Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme – Billie Jean (Michael Jackson Cover)
07 Mount Kimbie – Bave’s Chords
08 The Morning Benders - Excuses
09 Andre 3000 - All Together Now (The Beatles Cover)
10 Ludacris x Joe - How Clap Low Trap (dj Orgasmic bootleg)
11 Koreless - Up Down Up Down
12 MC Huz and the Riverina Crew - Anywhere But Here (Produced by A-Trak)
13 Lee Fields & the Expressions - Love Comes and Goes
14 Shlomoshun - Antigravity
15 Cordrazine – Sunshine
16 James Murphy - If You Need a Friend

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Racing to pole position this time round is Darwin Deez and the super addictive ditty 'Radar Detector'. I have been obsessed by this song in the past month, so much so, that even before the fade-out begins I'm already reaching for the rewind. It's just such a playful, energetic, danceable tune that makes me want to wave my hair like a Wella Balsam ad while shaking my limbs to the hokey pokey. Admittedly, it almost got me in a bit of trouble on an overcrowded train recently as I rebelled against the limited space and had a little upright boogie... only to find that I was rhythmically tapping the crotch of the lady beside me with my ipod. We had a moment but it was brief and drenched in embarrassment and physical violation - it seems she catches a different train now.

Unnatural Selection

Richard Ashcroft really summed it up when he sung that the drugs don't work they just make you worse and after a hefty overdose of aural antidepressants I now feel surrounded by a strange sensation of numbness. So, it's from this delirious state of comedown confusion that I bring you the Unnatural Selection - a truly random selection of tracks that have been rocking my boat for the past couple of months.

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01 Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane [buy]
02 Dert - On The Hunt [Free D/L]
03 The Piranha Sounds - La Turbie Pirhanienne [buy]
04 Bonobo - Eyesdown Featuring Andreya Triana [buy]
05 Foals - Spanish Sahara [buy]
06 Calibre - Step Toe [buy]
07 The xx - Crystalised (Dark Sky Remix) [buy]
08 Shabazz Palaces - 32 leaves dipped in blackness making clouds forming altered carbon [buy]
09 Jay-Z feat. The Dap Kings - 99 Problems (Prince of Ballard remix) [Free D/L]
10 Broken Bells - The High Road [buy]
11 Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon - Our Dreams (Feat. Inspectah Deck, Sun God) [buy]
12 MIA - XXXO [buy]
13 dbridge, Instramental and Skream - Acacia Avenue [buy]
14 Fantastic Mr Fox - If I [buy]
15 Emancipator - Shook (Mobb Deep & Sigur Ros Remix) [Free D/L]

Kicking off the mix is none other than Flying Lotus, the most exciting producer in the world today, who recently dropped his contender for album of the year, Cosmogramma. "Do the Astral Plane" sees FlyLo don his cosmic disco flares and serves up a slice of future funk that puts the 'ooooo' back into grooooove.

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The Aural Antidepressant

Feeling gloomy?

Well, Dr Mongo's got the perfect prescription to get you back on your feet and slap a smile across your face. From the producers of Prozac Radio comes The Aural Antidepressant - a swanky collection of feel good jams that are guaranteed to have you dancing in your underwear and waving your hands in the air like our little turtle friend above! The wonder drug for the ipod generation that's been medically proven to eradicate work place stress, mend broken hearts and even turn daft emos into bubbly cheerleaders all in the space of one listen...

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01 The Bees - Chicken Payback [buy]

02 Ben Westbeech - So Good Today [buy]

03 The Meters - Handclapping Song [buy]

04 Otis Redding - Hard To Handle [buy]

05 Mr Scruff - Music Takes Me Up (ft. Alice Russell) [buy]

06 DJ Mehdi - Lucky Boy (Outlines remix) [buy]

07 Jamie Lidell - Another Day [buy]

08 EZ Rollers - Lady Jam [buy]

09 Dude 'N Nem - Watch My Feet [buy]

10 Aretha Franklin - One Step Ahead (Featurecast Re-Edit Feat Marvin Gaye) [D/L]

11 Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha [buy]

12 Kid Koala - Skanky Panky[buy]

13 RJD2 - Ghostwriter [buy]

14 Paul White - Floating Free [buy]

15 Blur - Music Is My Radar [buy]

16 Mr Oizo - Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog [buy]

17 The Cure - The Lovecats [buy]

DJ Mongo presents Mongo's Drum'n'Bass Mix #4

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Back to the old skool... back to your roots...

Well this might not be quite back to the old school but it's definitely a trip down memory lane. I recently came across an old drum'n'bass mix from the days when I lived, ate and breathed at 170bpm. With my partner in crime Phibre we dreamt of taking over the world armed with a killer snare and a junglist vibe. While our visions of grandeur were somewhat hijacked by Pendulum, their hybrid guitar'n'bass'n'crap sound and a maturation of our sonic palette, quality D'n'B is always guaranteed to get my feet steppin' and the fist a'pumping.

What's So Good About Myrrh? Mixtape

What's so good about myrrh? Absolutely nothing! But that didn't stop some supposed wise man grabbing the first spice from the rack and heading out to the baby shower of the lifetime. If he was so wise then he would have known that the greatest gift he could have given was the gift of music... in particular, a Mongo's mixtape...

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01 Damian Marley & Nas - As We Enter [buy]
02 Destiny's Child - Bills Bills Bills (Harmonimix Remix) [buy]
03 KiD CuDi - Cudderisback (Feat. Vampire Weekend) [free download]
04 Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover) [free download]
05 James Blake - Limit To Your Love (Feist Cover) [radioshow]
06 Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix) [buy]
07 Flying Lotus - I Feel Like Dying [free download]
08 Laneous and the Family Yah vs Dubmarine - E.V.O.L.V.E. [laneous dubmarine]
09 The Maccabees - Empty Vessels (Feat. Roots Manuva) [buy]
10 Deadboy - U Cheated [buy]
11 Devlin - London City (radio edit) [youtube]
12 Efterklang - Modern Drift [buy]
13 El Michels Affair - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [buy]
14 J.Period & K'NAAN - Don't Think Twice (Messengers Remix) [free download]
15 Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me [buy]
16 Benga Coki - Night (Cloak and Dagger remix) [free download]
17 Jose James - Save Your Love For Me [buy]
18 Reflection Eternal ft Jay Electronica, J Cole and Mos Def – Just Begun [free download]
19 Pariah - Detroit Falls [free download]

Mixtape - Sept 2009

Florence And The Machine - You Got The Love (The XX Remix) [Free Download]

Spinnin' by Speech Debelle [Buy]

Chaka Demus by Jamie T [Buy]

Honolulu Rock-a Roll-a by Kitty, Daisy & Lewis [Buy]

A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover - live BBC Radio 1) by The Fugees [Buy]

Shakeytown by I Heart Hiroshima [Buy]

Crazy (Feat. N'fa) by Diafrix [Buy]

Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap [Buy]

Bubblegum by Laneous & the Family Yah [Buy]

Night By Night (Skream's SexStep Remix) by Chromeo [Free Download]

Aidy's Girl's A Computer by Darkstar [Buy]

Bird on a Wire by Sarah Blasko [Buy]

Crystalised by The xx [Buy]

Digital Flora by Zomby [Buy]

Hyph Mngo by Joy Orbison [Buy]

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