The ever-prolific Anthony Valadez has been so kind as to bless this wee blog with a very special mix just for us.  He’s put together a soulful set featuring new and classic sounds side-by-side, including Beatlife faves Quadron, Replife and Comfort Fit. Download the mix below. Many thanks to A/V for showing us love!

Tracklisting:

bibo – lovers carvings (leatherette mix)
ramsey lewis – jungle strut
bonobo – the keeper (grasscut remix)
quadron – unpatience
replife – r u ready?
blackalicious – swan lake
comfort fit – exabyte (flako remix)
labi siffre – bless the telephone
michael jackson – she’s out of my life

Download the Anthony Valadez X Beatlife mix

In case you don’t know, you can catch A/V Monday nights on KCRW and at his various club residencies around Los Angeles. Peep his site for all the details.

German producer Comfort Fit’s Polyshufflez album is a blistering collection of futuristic soul, electronic hip-hop, broken beat jams and other funky, experimental sounds. In fact I’m still hooked on that album and here comes the Polyshufflez Remixes album, due out December 17! This one is a must-have as well, featuring reworks from the likes of Laurent Garnier, Boom Clap Bachelors, Atjazz, Domu, Jay Scarlett, fLako and more.

Take a listen to the Tim Turbo remix of “Seen Not Heard” feat. Note:
[See post to listen to audio]

Also, recently released is this brilliant video for Comfort Fit’s “Bit By Bit” taken from Polyshufflez. The video features stop-motion photography which goes really well with the glitchy-beat.

Preview the original Polyshufflez album:

Tokyo Dawn is definitely a label to keep tabs on – www.TokyoDawn.net