Liner Notes:
"This Was A Mix I Did While Cutting Class Back In 1995 And Will Be The First Release From My Studio’s Archive Series. This Mix Was Originally Released On Cassette As “Rare Equations” Through A Mix Tape Company Called Hip Hop Vibes Along With “Sick Experiment,” “Theories Not Yet Proven” And “The Diabolical” Which Came Before It. However This Mix Was My Favourite Because It Showcased Mixing All Kinds Of Music, Not Just The Latest Rap Singles Coming Out At The Time. So Sit Back And Check Out How Mix Tapes Were Done The Hard Way... On My Half Inch 8 Track Recorder (R.I.P.) And Listen To Some Cool Drops, Some Phone Taps, And Good Blends.
“It’s The Livin’ Roughness.”
Special Thanks to The Beat Market For The Title. "

Cuttin' Class / Rare Equations - Side One

The Soft Sell..
This is a live all 45 mix made with one turntable and a loop pedal. It was constructed for Red Bull's 45 night on October 27 2008 in LA. This mix includes some cutting room floor ideas from The Hard Sell (DJ Shadow and I on 8 turntables and two loop pedals) and elements from what would later be part of my one turntable/loop pedal live mix CD "Sound Of The Police", which is out now.
Enjoy!

P.S. The end is a train wreck!!!

The Soft Sell

Live closing set from our Hydration liquid night featuring GLXY, with Feelgood, Kir Mokum, Monument Banks and myself.
2:34-4am

Hydro - Crown Heights ft. War & Mateba
Flint & Figure - Limited View
CALIBRE - Fear Of Letting Go (feat DRS)
QZB - Hold Me Close
ReFlektor - Hold On Me (feat Anastasia)
REDEYES - Reflections
Fox - Don't Hate My High (prod. by Biome)
Echo Brown - So Good (Original Mix)
Sustance - Temperance (Echo Brown Remix)
Echomatics - Lost Keys
Wingz - Lonely Place
Mark Kloud - 52.30 (Biorhythm Remix)
Sustance - Perceived Connections
Echomatics - Move On
Geostatic - No Way
Counter Culture - Cling
Cnof & Alyness - Take Me Home
QZB & Charli Brix - Watch It Burn
OB - Lonely People (Original Mix)
Felov - What Should Have Been
D'cypher - Underwater
Poj - Night City Chords
Poj - Beyond the Orbit
Therma - Catalyst
SpectraSoul - Ish Chat
Dialective - Angels (Original Mix)
Monty - Games (Ft. Charli Brix)
Oversight - Let You Down
Mystic State & Third Degree - My View
Drum Origins - Brave
Joja - Ocean Deep
Brainwork, mnml - Affection
Zero T/Onj - Pending (original mix)
Fortune & Chance - These Countless Stars
Evasion & Conman - Stars
Teqmun - Parachute Kernel
Sam Binary - Jovian Whispers (original mix)

Willisist - Live from Hydration feat GLXY June 1

This mix is an ode to The Grove 🌱

Caleb Brown (FlatSpin) has been influenced by the sounds echoing from this stage for many years, and therefor wanted to curate a mixture of music from some of the artists that the Grove has instilled in him. 

FlatSpin is also half of https://soundcloud.com/naturalistmusic and when he’s not playing house music with his brother you can find Caleb curating downtempo selections, songs that have left an everlasting impression on him, ones that he hopes his listeners will come to appreciate. He has his own Slow Down mix series which you can find here https://soundcloud.com/djflatspin/sets/the-slow-down


Tracklist:

Emancipator, Rena Jones, Flowerpulse - Thus
Melodysheep - A Sound from the Void
The Fool - Romare
E.VAX - Koko
Catching Flies, The West Green Quartet - Citrus
Re:um - Bliss
Kill Emil - Winter Breeze
[dunkelbunt] - Hiroshima Mon Amour
Kognitif - The Soul
Paldoore, Arms and Sleepers, Koresma - Unfolding
Kill Emil - Lala
Tora - Rudie
HUGØ & Wielandwieland - Quiet Night
Q Funktion, Rab Achin - Valley
Maribou State - II Remember
Tor - The Thickness
Frameworks - Expansion
Marley Carroll - Luna Moth
Thoma, Kalaido - Jade Oolong
Palladian - Petrichor (feat. Frameworks)
Jesper Ryom - Oh No
Tenem, Sebastian Davidson, Emancipator - Lament
Murge - Can't Hurt Me Now (feat. Sierra Lundy)

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Shapes. Guest Mix 038 // FlatSpin

Solid Steel in association with Serato (23rd October) In Hour 2 it's a 'DJ Madd Re-Influenced mix' where the Hungarian artist drops a special mix looking back and deconstructing music he loved growing up. He told us;
"I had the idea to make an influences mix for some time but I wanted it to be a bit more special than a collection of tracks I listened to growing up. I came up with the idea to load the tracks into the software I write music in, and treating it as one long project the same way i write music: Adding and removing parts, leaving tracks playing or totally re-writing them. The selection had to be started with one of my earliest memories of music which was Paul Simon’s Graceland album which my mother used to listen to all the time. That definitely turned me onto african influenced music with the reggae and dub influences such as Bob Marley or The Specials soon to follow. As a teenager I was really into oldschool hip-hop and after I found out there is this crazy genre called jungle that uses sped-up hip-hop beats I was instantly hooked. I religiously followed early Bristol jungle and d&b, poking around old trip-hop, and discovering ragga-jungle through Congo Natty, where all these influences from dub / fast breaks and ragga vocals seem to come together. To this day these versions can only be heard in this mix and to keep it special, I think it will remain that way."

His current Rum Punch EP is out now on Cosmic Bridge and check out his brand new remix for Congo Natty from the 'Jungle Revolution in Dub' remix album  http://ninjatune.net/article/2015/oct/21/congo-natty-big-dada-jungle-revolution-in-dub-remix-album

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on  facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663
instagram.com/solidsteelradio
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Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-23102015-hour-1-avalon-emerson


Hour 2 - DJ Madd    https://twitter.com/djmadd
				
Paul Simon	_	Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes	_	Warner Bros. 
Bob Marley	_	Jammin (Remix)	_	Tuff Gong
Mala	_	Changes	_	Deep Medi Musik
KRS One	_	Step Into A World	_	Jive
Pablo Gad	_	Hard Times	_	FORM
Missy Elliott ft. Ludacris	_	Gossip Folks	_	Elektra
Skream	_	Blue Eyez	_	Tempa
The Specials	_	Ghost Town	_	Two-Tone Records
Clouds feat. Tiiu	_	Under The Dancing Feet	_	Argon
RSD	_	Kingfisher	_	Earwax
Bob Marley	_	Sun Is Shining	_	Tuff Gong
Leftfield	_	Chant Of A Poor Man	_	Hard Hands
Mr Vegas	_	Under Mi Sensi	_	Weed Connection 
Dillinja	_	All Aboard	_	Unknown
Beenie Man feat. Ms. Ting	_	Dude	_	Virgin
The Skatalites	_	Rockfort Rock	_	Studio One
Steely & Clevie	_	Rockfort Rock Riddim	_	Studio One
Johnny Clarke	_	None Shall Escape The Judgement	_	Jackpot
Cypress Hill	_	I Wanna Get High	_	Columbia
Portishead	_	Numb	_	Go! Discs
Fat Freddys Drop	_	Cay's Crays (Digital Mystikz Remix)	_	Kartel 
Breakbeat Era	_	Breakbeat Era	_	XL Recordings
DJ Hype & Ganja Max (Feat MC Fats & DJ Daddy)	_	Rinse Out	_	Ganja Records
Roni Size feat. Bahamadia	_	New Forms	_	Talkin' Loud
Congo Natty	_	Kunta Kinte (94 Dub Plate)	_	Jamdown UK ‎
Rebel MC feat. Top Cat	_	Champion Deejay	_	Street Life
Badmarsh & Shri	_	Signs	_	Outcaste Records

Solid Steel Radio Show 23/10/2015 Hour 2 - DJ Madd

Superb 1998 underground hip-hop mixtape from DJs Vadim and Prime Cuts, highly highly recommended. 
I really can't do this justice but there's a worthy write-up here http://witness-this.com/sound/vadimprimecuts-architects-of-the-great/ - to paraphrase, "DJ Vadim & Primecuts did not just record a mixtape. They delivered a sound sculpture."

Side B here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/prime-cutsdj-vadim-architects-of-the-great-side-b?in=selectabwoy/sets/uk-hip-hop-djs

Prime Cuts/DJ Vadim: Architects Of The Great (Side A)

After the soul ballads warm up the party, drop this deep funk dance floor mix for the prime time party

Deep Funk

Cut Chemist returns with a live mix at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for Cinespia's screening of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 2011. Ive chosen to share it now to celebrate 30 years since the movie's release. Psychadelic space and 80s classics mix (Edit..ehem) because who needs to hear two whole verses of Kim Wilde nowadays?!?

"...E.T. Touch Down!!!"

E.T. Extra Twisted

One hour mix dedicated to the legendary Mo'Wax label.

Bangers & Mash (Mo'Wax Edition)

Recorded July 17, 2010 for Cinespia's screening of "Saturday Night Fever" at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  Cut Chemist mixes up party time classics from 1973-1979.

Cut Chemist -Disco is Dead (1973-1979)

Recorded Live the day after our cities #BLACKLIVESMATTER 
LIVE MIXTAPE: Recorded for Genius of Funk
 Fest in CHiLE June 19th 2020... and broadcasting Audio on Sound Waves Radio KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles June 20th 2020 --- We've been feelin alot this year, I wanted to ease in respectfully but still bring up the vibes higher. Big Ups Chile & LA!

genius of funk

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GENIUS OF FUNK LIVE MIX

Put a group together which became Jurassic 5.  Co-creator of Brainfreeze with DJ Shadow, and original member of Ozomatli.  Here is the home of   my audio archive. Follow me and take a journey through my personal music collection.