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The City Rises #075

Rambl dropping serious bangers, old and new. Dilla to HudMo, Africa Hitech to Rhythm & Sound, Gold Panda to Actress. Serious biz. pause feat frank n’ dank :: j dilla :: bbe spotted :: hudson mohawke and Mike slott :: lucky me two bottom blues :: flying lotus :: plug research dirtdegree :: tom trago [...]

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The City Rises #074

Dan Dare ridin’ solo with the heat. Check! Podcast: Download

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The City Rises #072

Rambl and Dan Dare this week with a special mix from New Zealand’s Frank Booker. Frank co-hosts the Hit it and Quit it radio show in Auckland with friend of the show and no stranger to Melbourne, Recloose. fast life (computer jay’s skeezer remix) :: drive me home :: cdr marriage :: gold panda :: [...]

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The City Rises #073

New to old and back again, LA beats to Detroit techno, that’s how we roll. Check the playlist peeps, serious gold for you this week. Check! ascension :: morphosis :: delsin multicolour :: memotone :: black acre murasaki kumo :: mike gao :: machina muerte bad day :: young montana? :: alpha pup featuring mndsgn [...]

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The City Rises #071

Dan Dare with two more hours of the good stuff. Check back soon for the track list! Podcast: Download

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The City Rises #070

Dan Dare in control this week, hold tight for that track list! Podcast: Download

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The City Rises #069

Rambl rolling out some bangers this with with very special guest Able who was in to promo the Uncomfortable Beats night down at Bar Open in sunny Fitzroy. Rambl took it all the way from Burial, 2562 and Lone through to Jae Jeremiah, Cannibal Ox and Naminé. Hold tight for more shows about to hit [...]

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The City Rises #066 w/ Ben Taaffe

A very special guest on the show this week in the form of Ben Taaffe. One of Perth’s finest selectors, co-host of “Underground Solution“, (an iconic and influential show on WA’s RTRFM) and all round nice guy. He took us on nothing short of a musical journey featuring new material from All City’s LA series, [...]

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The City Rises #065 w/ Mikekay

What a show this week. New jams from the likes of Actress, Taylor McFerrin, Africa Hitech, Bibio, Ekoplekz and Kahn as well as a smoking live set from Melbourne’s very own Mike Kaye. Mike rinsed it at the recent Espionage feat Mount Kimbie show and he didn’t hold back in the studio. No stranger to [...]

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The City Rises #063 w/ Dan Beck

What a treat this week. First up I dropped a bunch of new tunes from the Finest Ego | New Zealand / Australian Beatmaker Compilation on Project Mooncircle. Not only does it showcase some ridiculously talented locals from the region, it’s also free! (Unless of course you want to grab the strictly limited cassette version). [...]

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The City Rises #061

Massive show this week! First off Rambl grabbed an interview and exclusive mixes from Melbourne’s NHJ and special guests from The Hague, I-F (Intergalactic FM) and TLR (Créme Organization) who are in town for Discoteque Electronique this Saturday the 19th of February at the Wayside Inn in South Melbourne. You can grab some more info [...]

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The City Rises #060

Martin L and Rambl delivering the goods this week with loads of new jams from the likes of Dibiase, Pixelord, Morgan Zarate (killer new 12 on Hyperdub), Martyn & Mike Slott (from their new collab on All City), local cuts from the forthcoming Dream Kit EP, Bilal, Isolee, Kowton and forthcoming Inswel on Boogie Bash! Check! 254 :: [...]

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THIS THING – Launch Party

Melbourne beat collective THIS THING dropping some serious heat this Friday. Catch some ill sounds and say cheerio to Galapagoose before he ships out to New York to spread his freeform Monome goodness. Check! no set times. no headliners. freshest live beats. best djs in melbourne. ::live:: wooshie mikekay galapagoose electric sea spider :djs:: declan [...]

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The City Rises #057

Non stop jams this week. 2011 is set to be massive. Awesome new material from the likes of Teebs (from the FlyLo’s Cosmogramma outtakes), Machine Drum, FaltyDL, Devonwho & Mndsgn, James Blake as well as new jams from Africa Hitech’s upcoming new 12 on Warp. Anyone who has heard Mark Pritchard drop “Out in the Street” [...]

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The City Rises #056

2011. The future has arrived. All crew on deck for ridiculous new music to bring in the new year. Check the playlist people! Some extra special cuts from the Cosmopolyphonic compilation from Art Union Japan as well as some new James Blake from the upcoming self titled album. Surely contender for album of the year [...]

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The City Rises #054 – Detroit Special

Detroit. The source of such influential and groundbreaking music. To coincide with the recent D25 tour I put together a small tribute to the motor city. It could easily have been a 10 hour show and still not scratch the surface but nevertheless, here it is. Enjoy. detroit state of mind :: shake :: frictional [...]

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The City Rises #053 w/ Tyson Ballard & Trus’me

Double the trouble this week, not one but two guests in the form of Adelaide’s Tyson ‘Bucking’ Ballard (Voyeurhythm Records) and the UK’s Trus’me (Prime Numbers). They treated us to some unreleased business as well as some classic tracks on the house tip. Tyson was in town for his Voyeurhythm party at Croft on Saturday. Speaking [...]

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The City Rises #050

Rambl and Dan Dare in the studio tonight for our usual intergalactic journey. New cuts from LuckyMe’s Cubic Zirconia, Illum Sphere, Darkstar, Fink, Space Dimension Controller, Samsun, Untold (who’s playing Too Much November 27th!!), man-of-the-mo’ Lone, plus a dip into the past with a track from the first EP by friend-of-the-show Recloose, which has been re-released [...]

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The City Rises #049

Rambl solo in the studio this week, delving into the deepness to play some abstract low-slung beats, twisted electronica, crack-house and pure ambience. Very nice indeed. keys to be :: express rising :: memphix 90% of me is you :: prefuse 73 :: warp generation xr-9 :: ur :: hipnotech star crackout :: hudson mohawk [...]

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The City Rises #048

All crew on deck this week as Dan Dare, Rambl and Martin L go 4 for 4. Red hot worldwide biz from Computer Jay, Dunian, Kelpe, Lone, Gold Panda, Lunice and oOoOO along with some local heat from the likes of Inkswel, Andras Fox & Ben Houghton. Serious throw down right there. Check! phantom :: computer [...]

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