Zion I’s Amplive has been on a remixing bender as of late. Starting with his reworking of Radiohead’s In Rainbows album, and continuing with a spree of remixes of the likes of Santogold, Jamie Lidell, Public Enemy, Tokyo Police Club, MGMT and more.

Here’s a couple of my personal faves to check out. You can find more at his Myspace.

Amplive remix of Jamie Lidell “Out Of My System”:

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Amplive/Zion I remix of Santogold’s “One” ft. The Grouch:

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Zion I will be releasing a long-awaited new album, The Takeover, in January via Gold Dust Records. In the meantime they will be releasing a mixtape - and by mixtape, I mean an actual cassette tape, called The Search & The Seizure mixtape which sees the duo re-working and re-interpreting a range of hip-hop classics on the A-Side, with the B-Side focusing on electro and indie-rock favorites.  The Santogold track above is taken from this release. Also from this release is Zion I’s version of “Gotsta Chill” feat. Talib Kweli.Grab that one HERE

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Strictly Social had another great night at LA’s Little Temple Bar on October 22nd. Electric performances from each of Replife, Michelle Shaprow and Les Brown & The Now demonstrated the spirit of Strictly Social. Resident DJ Destroyer along with DJ Myxzlplix and DJ Kaleem kept the vibe flowing with their on-point selections. A birthday party was also in the house so a memorable time was had by all. Check out Nu-Soul Mag for further coverage and pics.

Replife

Michelle Shaprow

Les Brown & The Now

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Miguel is an LA-based artist who was  signed to Jive Records earlier this year. He’s also appeared on Blu’s Below The Heavens and the Johnson&Jonson album (under the name Jontel). And I learned via FreshSelects that he co-wrote Musiq’s “If You Leave” and Usher’s “Revolver”. He recently dropped a free ep/mixtape which is pretty hot and filled with radio-friendly but still a little edgy, R&B. My fave track is probably “Dig”.

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Los Angelenos know DJ Anthony Valadez as one of the hardest working DJs in town. He holds down several residencies at spots like Little Temple and Zanzibar. He has opened for the likes of Les Nubians, Ben Harper, Nikka Costa, Talib Kweli, Meshell Ndegeocello, Eric Roberson, Van Hunt, Sa Ra Creative Partners, Aloe Blacc, Platinum Pied Pipers, Doug E Fresh and much more. He can also now be found on the tastemaking radio station KCRW.

In addition to his vinyl-juggling schedule, Vala also finds time to produce some dope tracks. He has remixed projects for Ammon Contact,  Build an Ark, and was featured on Mochilla’s Keepintime Soundtrack alongside Daedelus,Nobody, Cut Chemist, J Rocc and much more. Now, in conjunction with the homie DJ Junior, he has just released a single on Record Breakin’ Music entitled “Go” featuring Wendisue and John Robinson. You can cop the limited edition 7″ single here. Oh yea, and he did the cover art for it as well. Take a listen:
Anthony Valadez ft. Wendisue & John Robinson “Go”

Here’s some other tracks to wrap your ears around that the man laced us with.
B Side for Philly:

Daru Remix:

Firefly, w. Kissey Asplund:

Galore:

Roommate Remix:

She Walked Away:

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I stumbled upon this recently on the internets. A new (to my ears) Little Dragon track “Infinite Love”. In reality it looks like this track has been floating around for a few months, I’m just late to the game. But oh well. If you’ve read this blog for a while you’ll know that I’m fairly obsessed with Little Dragon, so anything new from them is welcome to my ears. This track was included in an online campaign by Cartier called Love, and it’s a good midtempo slice of Little Dragon-esque electro-y soul.  You can download it below. Sadly the only version seems to be in 96kbps, but better than nothing eh?

Little Dragon - “Infinite Love”

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They are about to embark on another US mini-tour - catch them on the dates below.

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Strictly Social brings you LA’s only night of truly eclectic and progressive live soul music. In case you happen not to live in LA, the Strictly Social mix series brings you a little taste of what the night offers. Volume 2 comes courtesy of DJ Myxzlplix. Check the tracklist below, then stream or download.

Track Listing
1. Dial 7-Digable Planets
2. If I Fall-Naked Music
3. Pray Together-Amp Fiddler
4. Actioneer (Wajeed Remix)-Black Spade
5. Massage Situation-Flying Lotus
6. Could It Be-Noel Zancarella f. Baatin
7. My First Love (K2wizzle Rmx)-DJ Syren
8. We All Want The Same Thing-Kevin Michael F. Lupe Fiasco
9. Sweet-The Politik F. Replife
10. Me And Armini-Emiliana Torrini
11. The Duck-Belleruche
12. Crucify-Milez Benjiman
13. Inhale Exhale-J Rawls, Venus Malone & Wordsworth
14. What Do You Know-Beatphreak
15. Northern Girls-Belleruche
About DJ Myxzlplix
myspace.com/djmyxzlplix
myxmanifest.blogspot.com
djmyx.com

About Strictly Social

Strictly Social is fast becoming one of Los Angeles’ most unique monthly events incorporating listening parties for major releases, guest DJs, visual artist exhibitions and intimate performances from rising stars in the soul community. Organized by DJ Destroyer of Soul Union, Norman Mayers of Nu-Soul Magazine, and Lucy Beer of Elemental Consulting, this night if “Eclectic Soul Fusion” aims to provide a non-traditional perspective on soul by fusing genres and styles. With recent events in New York City and Atlanta, the brand has begun to spread beyond its original home. Artists that have performed at Strictly Social include Sy Smith, Anthony David, Lina, Peter Hadar, Jimi James, Maya Azucena, and Kissey Asplund.

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I’m just discovering this rather old track and album for the first time. Modern Sleeping is the brainchild of one Cousin Jacob, whose real identity I shall not reveal, but suffice to say I’m mad at him for not sharing this with me sooner. Ha. Anyways, this particular track “Tax Cut” features the eclectic-ly chilled Luz Mob who is way overdue some new material as well. It’s a dreamily relaxed downtempo track and if you check out the album Positions & Practices For Better Living you’ll find more downtempo goodness created with real instruments (!) and some nice guest vocals courtesy of Pyeng Threadgill.

Tax Cut (f. Luz Mob)
by Modern Sleeping, from Positions & Practices For Better Living

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The new Foreign Exchange album Leave It All Behind dropped last week, and it is definitely a must-have. The video for the first single “Daykeeper” featuring Muhsinah just debuted on Okayplayer, and here it is for your enjoyment…

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The very dope Muhsinah has just dropped a digital release The Oscillations: Sine which looks like it will be followed by The Oscillations: Triangle. According to the discography on her site she released an EP called The Oscillations back in 2005 so I’m not sure if this is 100% new material, or perhaps an extension of that previous work. In any case it’s now available on iTunes, Emusic and the like so go checkit. Here’s a little taste - check out the video below for “Construction”.

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Construction from Rxlngr on Vimeo.

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The daughter of singer/songwriters Michael and Brenda Sutton, Dionyza has some family history to live up to! She brings things full circle nicely on this track “I Told Myself” which features a sample, best known to most as the one Kanye West used on his track for Jay-Z & Scarface “Guess Who’s Back.” However that sample was taken from a song originally written by Dionyza’s parents,”Sunrise” and was recorded back in the 70s by The Originals. Take a listen below and also check out her myspace. A video for this song is expected soon and her album Quite Like Me is due out in the not-too-distant future…

Dionyza “I Told Myself”:

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