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The City Rises #097 with special guest Ben Houghton

This week we had local producer Ben Houghton on the show for a 40-minute live set from his MPC2000XL, hand-made 808-kick and laptop. Ben is part of the This Thing collective in Melbourne and has been putting out soulful biz for some time now. Click on the links to check out his soundcloud, facebook and [...]

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The City Rises #104

It seems like we say this every year but 2011 was a great year. The quality switch has been left in the  ”on” position for a while now and we’re continually surprised by the quality and variety of musical output. This is by no means a definitive “best of” list. We could have had a [...]

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The City Rises #085

2011 has had so many heaters and they just won’t let up! Loads of new jams and a few classics wedged into the gaps. You know how we do. Check! samiyam :: my buddy :: brainfeeder ras g :: crenshaw bus :: ramp ras g :: 40 bus :: ramp wooshie :: jennifer lopez :: [...]

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The City Rises #058

Rambl and Dan Dare holding down the studio this week, with new jams from Dimlite, Pavel Dovgal, Raime, Julio Bashmore for the new PMR Records, the industrial sound of Jam City’s Magic Drops, Georgia Anne Muldrow as Jyoti and oOoOO. Check it! kitty cradle frog :: dimlite :: brainfeeder move :: devonwho :: klipmode girango :: [...]

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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 #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 #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 #028

Martin L flying solo with some treats for your ears! New biz from the likes of 1000names, B Bravo, Busy, Blawan and the ridiculous James Blake version of “Limit to your Love”. Plus all the usual suspects you’d expect to hear on the show. I also wheeled out some classic Detroit styles from Shake and [...]

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The City Rises #022

What a treat this week. On top of new cuts from the likes of Ras G, Flying Lotus, Pariah, Tokimonsta, Actress (from forthcoming Splazsh LP on Honest Jon’s) and James Blake, we also had special guest Spankie Hazard direct from Japan. A serious digger and all round nice guy, he took us on a journey [...]

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The City Rises #021

Rambl holding it down solo style with a fat sack full of wax containing fabulous new heat from the likes of Dimlite, new kid on R&S, Pariah, Detroit house heads Omar-S and (!!) Ron Trent on the deep detroit hip-hop vibes, a cut from the utterly beautiful new album from Take (you’ll be hearing more from [...]

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