Download: ♪ CoverCast #4: 9/6

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As I mentioned on The Cover Up, my job’s been a little stressful recently. So this week I put together a mix of tracks that are good for keeping me sane during my daily 9 to 6. The impressive Astrud Gilberto edit by Shigeto comes from a free EP download available at the ISO50 blog. I’ve also used a track from Nicolay’s fantastic new album, Shibuya: City Lights Vol. 2, released this week. Now get back to work.

1. Herb Pihofer – Hail Ceasar
2. Jeff Parker – Beanstalk
3. Koushik – Coolin’ (Instrumental)
4. Jackson Conti – São Paulo Nights
5. Astrud Gilberto – Berimbau (Shigeto Edit)
6. Triorganico – Correndo
7. Nicolay – Omotesando
8. 9dw – Thinking Makes A Mistake
9. Savath & Savalas – Pavo Real
10. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro – Undelivered Letter
11. Quarteto Novo – Síntese
12. Cut Chemist – Spoon
13. Samon Kawamura – Out-Take 0810-012
14. Bibio – All The Flowers
15. Tortoise – Charteroak Foundation
16. Toumani Diabaté – Elyne Road

Download: ♪ CoverCast #3: Three

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Unfortunately, I didn’t make many Cover Up posts this week. But I did put together a new CoverCast. This week I wanted to share some great electronic music and a touch of instrumental hip-hop. Some old, some new, some sort of new. Thanks to Ed for sharing the Joy Orbison track. It’s crazy. Everyone loves dubstep these days, right?

1. Phaseone – Marty & Sonietta
2. MONO/POLY – The George Machine
3. The Clonious – Emora
4. Daedelus – Get Off Your HiHats
5. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
6. Clark – Mercy Sines
7. Zomby – One Foot Ahead Of The Other
8. Dr. Who Dat? – Laws of Clover
9. Squarepusher – Greenways Trajectory
10. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technopolis
11. Bumps – Tryplmeade Gorsmatch
12. Teebs – Untitled
13. Thavius Beck – Under Pressure
14. Ceephax – Hull Pressure
15. Plug – Brave Lick
16. Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5
17. Gonja Sufi – Ancestors
18. Ras G – Incoming
19. Stevo – Milky Way Driver
20. 00Genesis – Geomancer

Download: ♪ CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

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Very soon after I put together the first CoverCast, I decided to pull out some of my favorite records and stay up until 5 AM to create an epic 45 minute mix of loud, soul-churning jazz-fusion. This is the end product. The plan was to make a non-stop blend of heavy jazz-rock, like tracks two through five. But I decided to spread it out a bit, eventually splitting the mix into movements (ala the epic fusion suites of yore) with appropriately epic titles (I’ve never heard the word “PEREGRINATION” before). Fusion was a staple of my music diet in high school and on, so I hope you enjoy it. I know I did… Click the link or covers to downloat the zip file, which includes the tracklist.

Intro
1. Laurence Welk & Orchestra – Moon River / Soundcraftsman – Instructional Test Record

Movement I : The Vivication
2. Tony Williams – Some Hip Drum Sh!t
3. The Mahavishnu Orchestra – Vital Transformation
4. Jean-Luc Ponty – Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 2
5. Al Di Meola – Morning Fire

Movement II : The Peregrination
6. Weather Report – Scarlet Woman / Trazana Beverley – No Assistance
7. Airto Moreira – Wake Up Song
8. Larry Corryell & The Eleventh House – Yin
9. The Mahavishnu Orchestra – Inner Worlds / Arthur Ashe – Learn Tennis
10. Tony Williams – This Night This Song

Movement III : The Ascension
11. McCoy Tyner – Fly With The Wind
12. Flora Purim – Open Your Eyes (You Can Fly)
13. Ashok Ingle – Raga Darbari / Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane – Guru Sri Chinmoy Aphorism

Movement IV : The Resurrection
14. Stanley Clarke – Life Is Just A Game

Download: ♪ CoverCast #1: G4G4

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Today I’m posting G4G4, the first ever mixtape (I don’t want to call it a podcast) for my Cover Up blog. I’ve wanted to create a mix for a while, so I pulled together some of my favorite tracks and artists from this year to see what I could come up with. It’s mostly a selection of hip-hop and electronic music. The track list is below and you can click the covers to download. I plan on doing some more mixes later. For the front and back cover I used photos I took at the Freer & Sackler Galleries in D.C. (I put a slideshow below for fun). I hope you guys listen and enjoy.

1. Triorganico – Balloons
2. Blu – Amnesia
3. Prefuse 73 – Regalo
4. Mabanua – Liquid
5. Misel Quitno – Pull It Down Somewhen
6. ZKPRZ – Phantasmagoria
7. Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (Take Remix)
8. Harmonic 313 – Dirtbox
9. Willie Isz – Shine
10. Samon Kawamura – cp2sk (Featuring Christian Prommer)
11. J Dilla – Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head
12. CO$$ – Be Like You (Featuring Terem)
13. Exile – Stay Tuned (Here)
14. Dak – fortheSUN
15. The Gaslamp Killer – Baiafro
16. Luke Vibert – Computer Complex
17. Squarepusher – Seb-1.02
18. 9DW – Begin To Sing For Appetite