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Beats and Grooves and Random Left Turns

Episode 190: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 150 BPM EXTRAVAJAMZA!!

Holy crow! This episode marks FIVE FULL FRIGGIN’ YEARS of me doing this show! I wasn’t quite sure what to do… in the past special episodes have generally been extra long. One anniversary episode was the first I recorded using Traktor instead of put together in Ableton (which is now my usual method). Another anniversary…
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Episode 186: Texan Levee Grime

Aloha Amigo-San While largely based in grime, this episode ranges quite widely, from Pottery’s wild Texan (though Canadian, actually) post-punk rave-up, to London for Silkie’s posh Dubstep and sinister instrumental grime from Terror Danjah and Johnny East… then to Portland for Modern Melodies and their slowed down take on Juke. Then we head back to…
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Episode 179: From the Outside

Following the previous angry one, this episode is relatively sedate and apolitical, featuring some jazzy electro sounds, some grime, and quite a bit of d******. There’s a touch of angry hip hop in there, because the police have not yet been defunded, and things do get pretty dang heavy just from a sonic standpoint here…
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Episode 158: I Can’t Stop

This episode begins with a spate of SttM’s fabled “random left turns,” from indie rock to house to club to grime to Latinx trap and back around again. The second half settles into a more predictable groove, full of d****** and instrumental grime, with just one quick (very melodic) Hard Drum detour around the thirty…
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