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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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The City Rises #047 w/ Simon Winkler

Martin L in the seat this week after a short jaunt in Japan. Loaded up with super hot jams from the likes of Perth producer Ta-Ku plus goodness from Melbournes Inkswel, Maxmillion Dunbar, Teebs, Letherette, James Blake, 2562, Northworks, Jneiro Jarel and Hidden Hawaii (next level $hit right there). Then as an extra special treat [...]

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The City Rises #041

Big one this week. Not one but two great guests in the form of Melbourne beat producer Wooshie and local man about town Adam Askew aka The Delicate Genius. Wooshie treated us to a short but sweet live PA, dropping some freshly squeezed, one hour old material. We are honoured indeed! You can be sure [...]

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The City Rises #039

Martin L flying solo this week with Dan and Rambl taking a well earned rest after the Radiothon madness. Mountains of new beats this week from the likes of Yuk, Knxwledge, Daedelus, Kyle Hall, Peverelist, Gold Panda, Kassem Mosse and Aslope to name but a few. Also dropped an awesome new Dorian Concept mix of [...]

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The City Rises #038 – Radiothon Special part 2

All crew on board for part 2 of the Radiothon special. Big big shouts to the Heavy Innit crew, Declan Kelly, DJ Lady Erica and all the peeps out there that pledged their support for Triple R 102.7FM. The station stays on air from the support of it’s listeners, if you subscribed, respect! If you [...]

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The City Rises #037 – Radiothon Special

Well it’s that time of year again, Radiothon 2010! Triple R gets the bulk of it’s funding from it’s listeners, so if you feel you’re ready to join the interstellar family and support the galaxy’s finest radio station jump on over here and pledge your support! This week we have a very special guest on [...]

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Declan Kelly vs Martin L mix

Against the Arctic’s Declan Kelly and yours truly were lucky enough to score a spot at the recent Ras G/Scuba gig. We indulged ourselves in a good old fashioned 3 for 3 throwdown. Check! on & on (pariah mix) :: erykah badu :: erca other magic :: black pocket :: exit the night :: j [...]

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The City Rises #034

Kicked off the show with some killer new cuts from the superdope Arp1o1 on Eglo and the new Blackpocket album from Steve Spacek. New crew Dan the Man took over the wheels with LA future beats, rare library cuts and some broken London biz . Top notch indeed. See you next week! warriors galactic :: [...]

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The City Rises #033

Martin L and Rambl with some serious heat this week. Kicking off with some Grooveman Spot, ridiculous new fLako and Berghem on UpMyAlley, classic Flylo and Fusion, Shlohmo and the list goes on and on… Then it was time for London to collide with Detroit with a broken beat, UK funky and techno throw down. [...]

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The City Rises #031

Martin L and Rambl with bags of new heat for the show. Some great new cuts from the Maverick Sessions comp put together by Jay Scarlett and Onur Engin, the TBS/Sauce81 and Kan Sano tracks are some serious future vintage biz from Japan. Plus new Monk Fly, Faulty DL remixes, Maxmillion Dunbar, Clouds, rare Digital [...]

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