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The City Rises #105 with special Christmas guest A Guy Called Gerald

The last of our Sunday shows fell on Christmas day and after much food and revelry, and buckets of hail and rain, a sodden Dan Dare and Rambl threw down some serious beats from Thundercat, Raja, Blue Daisy, Black Star and Zomby before playing a pre-recorded interview with acid-house and jungle legend, A Guy Called [...]

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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 #103

All hands on deck this week at the new time slot of Sunday nights, 8-10PM EST on Triple R Melbourne for the month of December. Nice. Aside from the usual quality jams, Rambl got the chance to talk production, Timbaland and astral travelling with LA producer Mono/Poly. Charles first piqued our interest a few years back [...]

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The City Rises #080

Another post from Rambl (that’s him in the photo, playing before Mount Kimbie), this one a little more recent: with a Sonnymoon remix of Flying Lotus’ wonderful Zodiac Shit which you can download for free from Fresh Selects; a preview of the debut This Thing release featuring friends of TCR and Melbournites Mike Kay and Wooshie [...]

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The City Rises #076

Been waiting awhile for this one. Rambl behind the desk, with a trip through the cosmos! How appropriate to have a photograph of The Sun Ra Arkestra playing a free concert in Melbourne’s Federation Square for the opening of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. It was quite a show, too! 40 minutes of the most [...]

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The City Rises #077 – APRA Special

It would be easy to think that we were all about tracks from far flung places but rest assured there are some ridiculously talented producers in Melbourne and beyond. It was APRA week so interspersed with some faves from abroad we’ve dropped a load of released and unreleased material from some of our favourite local [...]

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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 #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 #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 #068

Dan Dare and Rambl setting things off in fine style this week. Fresh LA styles from the likes of Matthewdavid, Teebs and Jeremiah Jae (with Melbourne’s Electric Sea Spider sandwiched in between). Then it was time to roll out the bangers! New material from Melbourne’s Kloke, shiny new 2562 (from his awesome new Fever LP) [...]

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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 #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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The City Rises #052

Rambl on the ones and twos this week, with special guest Western Synthetics, whose debut album May Day Radio has just dropped on his own Sub Continental Dub label. We had a chat about music, politics and location and then played a mix which he put together recently. Excellent business and great to hear more [...]

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The City Rises #051

Had in a guest DJ from around the traps in Melbourne, previously of Adelaide, Mr. Sammy Soda, who delivered an amazing mix of techno, minimal wave, progressive, psychedelic jazz, ambient electronic and kraut sounds, I was quite blown away. Top Quality. You can catch him DJ’ing on less of an abstract tip at the Croft [...]

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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 #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 #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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