After being railroaded by a technical malady last week, the show’s back on track.

There’s plenty of good new music to share with you, as always. To help make up for the lost time, I’ve decided to extend the show this week, and add to the flava an exclusive Urban Landscapes guestmix nearly straightaway. It comes once again from the artist known as Ace:Space:Bass from Japan. He’s shared a mix last year, and he has a pretty chilled on to kick things off. It’s a super-sized mix, but I think you’ll enjoy it.

Brace yourselves come May, because there’ll be guestmixes aplenty that I’m really looking forward to sharing with you. Some I have on wait, and others are being concocted and should be in my hands soon.

Enjoy this extended edition of Urban Landscapes, and I hope to catch you back here next week. Peace.

Feel free to check out Ace:Space:Bass on Myspace.

Song – Artist – Title – Label
Ringer – Four Tet – EP – Domino promo

Song – Artist – Label
Solid Water-Extended Spirit – Sonar Kollektiv
Try Me – J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Om Records
Transmission94 – Bonobo – Ninja Tune
Everything (feat.Marc Mac) – Clara Hill’s Folkwaves – Sonar Kollektiv
She Who Dares – Colman Brothers – Wah Wah 45’s
Right Now – Samantha James – Om Records
Keeping It Up (feat.Desney Bailey) – Slope – Sonar Kollektiv
Ketto – Bonobo – Ninja Tune
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong – Mocean Worker – Jazz&Milk Recordings
Plankters Cove – Gil Tamazyan – Om Records
Angel Love – Samantha James – Om Records
Got To Rock – DJ Vadim – BBE
Paperchase (feat. Vikter Duplaix) – Clara Hill – Sonar Kollektiv
Recurring – Bonobo – Ninja Tune
Give it Up (feat.Valerie Etienne) – Isoul8 – Sonar Kollektiv
Love Comes First – Techno Squirrels – Om Records
Our Day – Colette – Om Records
Love Thang – Soulphiction – Sonar Kollektiv

END OF ACE:SPACE:BASS
GUESTMIX

Theme de Yo Yo – The Boogoos – EP – Perfect Toy promo
Wade In The Water – Pipe – A Night At The Jazz Rooms – Mr. Bongo promo
Sweet Power Your Embrace – The Recloose Live Band – A Night At The Jazz Rooms – Mr. Bongo promo
Gotsa Get Me Some – Kylie Auldist – Just Say – Tru Thoughts
In The Morning – Natural Self – The Rising EP – Tru Thoughts promo
All Night Prescriptions – Art Bleek – Urban Watcher EP – Loungin’ promo
The Beat – Scott featuring Bubbz – Sweep EP – Bagpak promo
Get It Together – Opolopo featuring Amalia – test
Lovetoy – Plantlife – Decon promo
She’s Gone (Mark Springfield Re-Jig) – The Politik – test
Sol (Ananda Project’s Valley of the Sun Main Mix) – Pacifika – EP – Six Degrees promo
Nightlife – John Arnold and Jeremy Ellis – Future Soul test
I Like It – Playa – A Night At The Jazz Rooms – Mr. Bongo promo
END BROADCAST

 

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So the new trend is to get as many beat makers on your track as possible and Producers are becoming the superstars now. But so many are compromising their artistic vision to suite artists and we need to counterbalance that. Take me for example, I’m working with an r&b vocalist and also working with some MCs, but at the end of the day when I’m by myself, I make music that is ‘experimental’: no high hats, kicks slightly off, wierd noises.

As producers we need that release. I’m sorry Kanye Lovers, but his old stuff form himself will always be my favorite stuff. This new theory of dumbing it down needs a counterwieght or we’re all gonna be stuck with dumb music full of the same samples our grandma’s used when they were crocheting and making headbanging beats back in the day.

outro!

I was left without a vital component of my show at the very last minute, causing me to cancel this week’s show. Bummer that, because there was some killer music that I wanted to drop and a new guestmix to boot. The guestmix will happen next week, and the music will somehow fill in spots during the next few shows. I’ll catch you next week; enjoy it!

So what do you do when you are running low on time but want to introduce some of the talented producers and artists with forthcoming/new projects worth spreading the word about?

If you’re me, you come up with something I’m calling The Snapshot.

These will be mini-interviews with such folks; a few questions from me, and answers from them. I’ll even throw in some pictures, and maybe more stuff too.

The first Snapshot should be arriving your way shortly, and they are biggies. Keep your eyes out for them.

Peace.

Three weeks has passed since the last new show, so you haven’t missed out on anything. After attending a conference two weeks ago, the following week I fell ill.

Now I’m back, the show’s back, and the music keeps flowing in. It’s another dig through the new goods as we are well into the springtime here in California.

Here’s hoping that all is good wherever you are on planet Earth. Back with another show this week.

Song – Artist – Title – Label
Goin’ Home – Eddie Harris – Greater Than The Sum Of His Parts – 32 Jazz
Thank You (featuring Navasha Daya) – Shuya Okino – United Legends As Replayed By Sleepwalker EP 12″ – Geneon
Tune Up (Quasimode Remix) – Idea 6 – Remix EP 3 12″ – Deja Vu
Kikiruba (The Bahama Soul Club Remix) – Mo’ Horizons – test
Um Novo Chegou – The Ipanemas – Far Out promo
Wishing In Solitude – Genji Siraisi – Surviving Freedom: Uncensored Remixes & Naughty Bits EP – Expansion Team promo
Cut You Loose – Kylie Auidist – Community Service Announcement EP – Tru Thoughts promo
Let It Ride (featuring Epcot) – Unforscene – EP – Tru Thoughts promo
75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction) – The Roots – Rising Down EP – Def Jam promo
Brisk (Omegaman Remix) – Onur Engin – EP – Straightup promo
We – Nibiru Projekt – Deepblak test
Can You Feel It (featuring Bubbz) – Scott – Sweep EP – Bagpak promo
Tranentrekker – T.J. Kong & Nuno Dos Santos – EP – Compost Black Label promo
Dead End – Bangana featuring Clarisse Muvemba – EP – Heya Hifi promo
Creating Waves – Zed Bias featuring Kemo – Higher Level EP – Sick Trumpet promo
Tell Me (Adam Marshall Remix) – Alton Miller – With The Dawn EP – Left of the Dial
Materia Obscura – Santiago Salazar – Sci Fi Xicano EP – Rush Hour promo
Super Rock Body Shock – Eye Beta Rock – EP – 4Lux promo
Girl You Knock Me Out – Gap Band vs. Basement Soul – test
Inheritance – Milez Benjamin – Feel Glorious – Tru Thoughts
Melodie – Electric Conversation – 7″ – Futuristica Music promo
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