The Frikstailers are a Cordoba Argentina based electronic music duo. 1/2 of the team, DJ Rafa Caivan, came through Chicago last year with the Zizek Records tour and I had the pleasure of spending a day showing him ’round the Chi. They’ve got a new record out which features Mashit’s own MC Zulu on a couple of tracks, including a…
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Farewell, ’08. I’ll Miss Your Music
Well, here we are in 2009. The turn of the century is almost over. The Oh-Ohs have been too NAUGHTy. It’s time for change; Lets get some ones in our two thousands! But that’s for next year. Right now I’d like to take a look back at last year. I was asked by the 88 Music Blog to submit one…
The Squire of Gothos
I’ve been lovin’ these guys’ bassline raver tracks. They just sent over the DJ mix below which is a great showcase of their sound. A couple of their tracks are posted for free DL over at Palms Out Sounds and they’re definitely worth checkin’, but I highly recommend their digi-EP called “Rave Lord” which is available at Juno Download ->…
Cardopusher & Pacheko “ThisTroy” EP To Be Released 12/9/08 on Mashit
Buy “ThisTroy” @ the Mashit MP3 Shop -> Cardopusher and Pacheko; “ThisTroy” is out now in the Mashit MP3 Shop. Listen and download -> Pacheko gave us 3 mixes of his track “Green Bull.” 2 of them will be on the EP but we’ve decided to give one away as a teaser. Free Promo MP3: Pacheko “Green Bull (B Bull…
This Month in America
Earlier this month Barack Obama won the US Presidency. At Grant Park in Chicago hundreds of thousands of people celebrated in unity as he gave his victory speach. It was an incredible experience, but I didn’t realize ’til the next day, when I saw this AP video essy, just how incredible: [youtube aKgwDbUJ-5U] That was Tuesday, November 4, ’08. Three…
Election Season Wrap Up
Lets begin with a brand new political bounce-step track from DJ Flack, the title of which sums up part of our longing for change right now: Mashit Exclusive MP3 Download DJ Flack “Ready for Peace” -> [audio:https://archive.mashit.com/audio/Ready-for-Peace.mp3] Now for the recap. We began blogging about this historic election back in Feb. when Snoop Dogg was on Larry King discussing the…
DJ Elected
Last time I was touring around Europe DJ Elected invited me to play at one of his Harlem Jungle parties in Amsterdam. I can’t remember exactly how we made contact, but I hadn’t been aware of his music before that. Since that time I’ve become a big fan. He’s been producing and releasing some serious tunes on his Sirkus Recordings…
M.I.A. Sparks the Boyz to Talk Politics
I’m noticing an emerging theme; M.I.A. has been inspiring some hip-hop activism on her remixes. I’m glad to see her and Jay Z (!) taking the lead by talking about leadership. Jay seems to realize that his piece of the bling-pie will be eaten by someone much more wealthy than him if he doesn’t speak up and push for change.…
DJ C “Mas Hits” Album (Free Download)
Over the past year, DJ C has produced and released a whole slew of mashups and remixes, many of which have been available as part of our Free Tunes series. For this release, we present those mashups all together as a free download album entitled “Mas Hits.” “Album of the year” – Boom Blokk: Bonn, Germany You can preview and download all…
Spreading the Virus With “Paper Planes”
Wayne pointed out this post on Vibe’s blog about the abundance of M.I.A. “Paper Planes” remixes floating around. I had already collected a bunch over the past year, but recently they’ve been popping up like mushrooms on shit after a rain storm. Many of them seem to be legit/official (or semi-official) versions featuring prominent rappers like 50 Cent, Jim Jones,…