Weekly Beats
Posted: May 17, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »We had Sydney beat maker extraordinaire Meare on the show this week. If you missed his awesome live set you can catch it here and don’t forget to grab his debut EP below.
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Some killer remixes of the new Soosh record Colour is Breathe. Out through Error Broadcast with some of F Face’s favourite beat makers including devonwho, Slugabed and Zack Christ.
Soosh – Colour is Breathe Remixes
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Debut EP from Sydney beatsmith Paper Toy. Leaning towards the heavier/trappier edge of hip hop and filled to the brim with bangers for pay what you want goodness.
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Out now through Huh What Where is Evil Needle’s new thumpa – ‘Qualia’. Top class tunes with that signature Evil Needle sound while still keeping it fresh.
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And finally, Bleep Bloop’s Tilt. Psychedelic Trap? Footwork Hop? Forget your fancy genre names, it’s just fricken rad! Pay what you want from the good people at Saturate Records.
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That’s it for this week kids but we’ll be back next Thursday with new beat business.
Beat Freaks
Posted: May 3, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Big show this week with stacks of super blaptastic releases, if you wanna check out the playlist or hear it again just head over to fbiradio and follow the links.
First up our friends over at Beats Home released this killer Japan/Australia compilation. 10 tracks from rising stars, skating between funky head nodders and glitched out floor stompers with beautiful artwork by Chris Yee.
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The dope folks over at Astro Nautico have thrown us another standout compilation. Always pushing the future sound this is 32 tracks of greatness. Free download too!
Astro Nautico – Atlantics Vol. 3
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A couple of weeks back, Soulection released Time In Between, A huge scope of tunes from some of our favourite producers. Definitely a label to keep your eye on!
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Our friends down south, Uncomfortable Beats, bring us a super tasty Australian beats compilation with Heliosphere. Full of talented beat makers and leaning towards the mellower side of the beat scene. It’s a ripper mate!
Uncomfortable Beats – Heliosphere
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Huge release from Urban Waves this week with Intergalactic Travels Volume 2. Two fricken hours of forward thinking, head nodding, sub banging tracks. Over 40 artists for pay what you want goodness! Also available on tape.
Urban Waves – Intergalactic Travels Volume 2
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If you’ve got some tunes you’ve been working on send em through for some radio love either on friend face or soundcloud. That’s all for this week folks, hope you enjoyed the show and we’ll be back again next Thursday at 11pm on FBi 94.5fm
Beers N’ Beats
Posted: April 19, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Fun show last night with me spinnin some tunes and Tobio on the mic… good times and lot’s of sick tunes coming out – especially some quality free stuff coming out of Sydney and Melbourne.. if you missed the show or wanna find a tune from last week you can stream it + check out the full track listing via Fbiradio
First up is the newest release from our Melbourne homies //THIS THING//… “This Thing presents the debut release of Leon Crescent [a.k.a. Crescent] – a young producer from Melbourne who has recently surfaced, following a slew of unsolicited emails.
Crescent delivers lo-fi, internet filtered, cerebral bangers. With one foot in the future, one foot in the bedroom he leads the Australian footwork scene, with a unique stream-of-consciousness approach to Juke now dubbed “Housework.”
Download his Kanye West ‘Mercy’ Remix HERE and purchase the release on cassette HERE
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U.S. beat boss Lord RAJA has just dropped a dope FREE ep via Ghostly International.. full of lush fuzzy dream hop vibes it’s a very enjoyable listen… download it HERE
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Purple grime master Joker is back with a new EP via his own Kapsize recordings… always bringin the vibes… buy this release HERE
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Sydney production duo ‘Cosmo’s Midnight’ have a nice new clip out for their awesome single Phantasm featuring vocals from Nicole Millar.. an awesome pop tune these guys will surely blow up! FREE DL via yes please records.
Cosmost Midnight – Phantasm feat. Nicole Millar
Nice clip too!
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Baking Beats
Posted: April 12, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »We had the super talented Ribongia in the studio this week chatting and playing tracks from his forthcoming EP ‘Play my Hits’. He’s launching the first single ‘Play my Hits’ this Saturday along side a bunch of other beat makers/singer/songwriters at the Brighton Up Bar. Check here for more details. He’s also launched a pozible campaign to get the ep on vinyl so if you liked the tunes you can help him out over here.
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From Adelaide comes How Green. Out through Uncomfortable Beats, How Green combines luscious textures with swinging beats for a floaty dream vibe. Check the video below
Out now on beatport, grab it here
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B. Lewis brings us another tasty treat with Finding Incandescence. This man makes some of the smoothest and funkiest space wonk this side of Jupiter. Always been a big fan and his productions always push the beat business to the next level.
B. Lewis – Finding Incandescence
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Coming out of France, Jacques Jupiter brings us Moon Loops. Essentially a beat tape full of wonderfully crafted head nod tracks. Great vibes for cheap!
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The guys over at Stylss are known for their future dance floor direction and they bring the goods with Nobi_4′s Triangle EP. Packed with remixes from heaps of up and comers this is a great example of where the beat scene is moving. Pay what you want goodness also!
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That’s all for this week homies!
We’re always looking for new beat makers/producers so if you make tunes, send em in.
Beach Beats
Posted: March 29, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »A fun show tonight, with Tim and Josh from ‘The Finer Things’ label, ‘This Thing’ boss Wooshie and local champ Nakagin all dropping in for a chat and dropping a few tunes, Wooshie did an awesome DJ set dropping a swag of unreleased and forthcoming goodness… if you missed it you can stream the show here
Also there was heaps of dope releases coming out last few weeks. First up the third compilation from Melbourne collective ‘Condensed Milk’, featuring local and international favourites including; Suff Daddy, Afta-1, Chief and Oisima to name a few – name your price download from their bandcamp – highly reccomended:
Condensed Milk – Dusty Milk Crates Vol. 3
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Lapalux is back with a full length thru FLylo’s Brainfeeder… the album full of swirly distorted tape ambience and female vocals, the beats are sparse, and range from hip hop to house. A very enjoyable listen: Zone out. Buy it from the Brainfeeder peeps.
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Seminal UK beats producer Bonobo is right back to form with his new full length ‘The North Borders’… full of emmotive musical beats goodness in a range of styles, but keeping a classic Bonobo touch. Digital/physical formats available now through the fine folk at Ninja Tune, with digital download
Check the official video for the first single ‘Cirrus’
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Beetroots
Posted: March 22, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Roleo back for his first show of the year, stream it here
Lot’s of great beats coming out this year already, we got a sneak peak at a few tracks from the new Suff Daddy Ta-Ku collab EP, coming out via MPM on April 5th, two of the finest hip hop prodcuers living in Aus, putting out a dope EP… check the clip for ‘Clap For Me’ and pre-order the album via the link.
Suff Daddy x Ta-Ku – Bricks and Mortar EP
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The Mad-Hop series hits us with volume 6… it’s getting faster, juked out and trappafied, and it’s damn good – free DL too.
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The always entertaining Donky Pitch crew have put out a new EP from Scotsman Lockah… a very entertaining listen blending smoov purple tones with some hectos juke, trap and bass… only 3.50 GBP get it!
Lockah – Only Built 4 Neon Lights EP
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Beat Pie
Posted: March 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Great show last night with stacks of fresh tunes. If you missed it you can grab it here
First up, Future Face co-host Roleo gives us Binge Beats Volume 2 out now through the Frequency Lab. Pay what you want goodness!
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Kaytranada delivers a thumper through Huh, What, Where. Super head nod beats with just the right amount of trap and space jazz thrown in for good measure
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Out now through Mofi records, Bobby Tank brings the future retro party with The Way. Agressive arps, piercing snare drums in the vein of Starkey and the Glasgow crowd but bringing something a little more emotive to the table.
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Shifting down to cruising speed is Mndsgn’s bed. Beautiful down tempo chillers with lovely floating melodies and warm fuzzy bass tones. Very nice
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One of the biggest names in the beat scene gives us a new EP this week. Still undecided weather I dig the direction or not but he definitely has skills and an undeniable sound.
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Also played a bunch of new stuff from Oscar Corrigan, and Submerse which we’ll post up closer to release.
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