The production duo of Ancient Astronauts are getting ready to release an artist album on ESL, June 9th – We Are To Answer. They have previously remixed the likes of Up Bustle & Out, Ladybug Mecca of Digiable Planets, Zion I, and Dr. Rubberfunk, and show off their musical pedigree with this excellent freebie mix (’bout an hour long) of hip-hop, funk, fonky hip-hop and all kinds of other good stuff.

“HEART OF THE FUTURE” TRACK LIST
01. Beatstalkers Anthem – The Beatstalkers (Foot Forward Music)
02. MCs Act Like They Don’t Know – KRS-1 (Classic Re-Edits)
03. I Wanna Make You Move – Freddie Cruger feat. Anthony David (Tru Thoughts Recordings)
04. Catatonia – Connie Price & The Keystones feat. Percee P & Wild Child (Ubiquity Records)
05. Edgelactic – The Beatstalkers (Foot Forward Music)
06. Classic – Ancient Astronauts feat. The Pharcyde (ESL Music/Switchstance Recordings)
07. Insight – Fort Knox 5 feat. Asheru (Fort Knox Recordings)
08. The Roc Boys Get Back – Jay’s Soul Connection (Amsterdam Gangster Music)
09. Funky Furious – DJ Aeon Seven (Modern Funk/Freestyle Records)
10. The Tide Is High – The Beatstalkers (Foot Forward Music)
11. 7 Nation Army (Grant Phabao Remix) – Nostalgia 77 feat. Alice Russell (Tru Thoughts Recordings)
12. Shine Eye Gal (Chase The Remix) – Michael Rose feat. Shabba Ranks (Like Dat Records)
13. Don’t Worry ’bout Romie – Beenie Man vs. Bob Marley (Jiggy Records)
14. Dukku Dukku (The Beatstalkers Remix) – Keith & Tex feat. Shabba Ranks (Fizzle Recordings)
15. Tequilimba – Barrio Katz (Planet Blend Records)
16. Blowing Up The Spot (Ancient Astronauts Remix) – Fort Knox 5 (Fort Knox Recordings)
17. Everybody – Ancient Astronauts (ESL Music/Switchstance Recordings)
18. The Outsider – Lack Of Afro (Freestyle Records)
19. Caffeine (DJ Format’s Getaway Remix) – The Quartertones (Freestyle Records)
20. Heard It Through The Grapevine – The Beatstalkers (Foot Forward Music)
21. Keep On Looking (Kenny Dope Remix) – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Soulplex Recordings)
22. D’azour Cotaz (Ancient Astronauts Remix) – Timewarp Inc. (Timewarp Music)

Download the exclusive ‘Heart of the Future’ mix here!

And here’s a coupla treats from the album that demonstrates their versatility.:

Listen to “Everybody”:
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Download Ancient Astronauts – Everybody

Listen to: “I Came Running”:
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Download Ancient Astronauts – I Came Running

Download The Hip Hop Howl Mixtape

Check out this smokin’ track listing….
1. Miz Metro “Everyone Wants 2 B on TV”
2. 6th Sense “Take 6″
3. Suzi Analogue “Good Reason”
4. Zion I “Juicy Juice”
5. A. Pinks “Held Me Down”
6. Bless Roxwell “Peace Love Unity”
7. Donny Goines “Ricky’s Story”
8. Kid Daytona ft. Tiara Wiles “The Minimum”
9. Esso “On My Way”
10. Friction “OMG”
11. Homeboy Sandman “Gun Control”
12. Peter Hadar “All Mine”
13. Crosby “No Bodega’s”
14. Black Skeptik ft. KRS-One “Rent”
15. P. Cassso “Mr Hollywood”
16. Yarah Bravo “You Are Yours”
17. Karina Nistal “Viviendo”
18. Proton “Laptop”
19. Mike Maven “You”
20. Melo-X “Google Alerts”
21. Maya Azucena “Rebel”
22. Zeale “Transmissions”
23. Fresh Daily “Nightfree”
24. The Beatards “Nasty Funky”
25. Raye 6 “Too Fast”
26. MC Eyeris ft. LMNZ “If You Want To”
27. Outasight “Radio Radio”

One of my fave DJs X one of my fave blogs = DJ Anthony Valadez‘ Moovmnt.com Mixtape. The mix is 25 minutes of freshness – musically expansive, succinctly mixed, as is the trademark of Mr. Valadez.

Download the Anthony Valadez Moovmnt mix immediately!

1. Flying Lotus – King Crosby
2. Sa Ra Creative Partners – Master Teazer
3. Replife – Pangea
4. Jay Electronica – Exhibit A
5. Jose James w. Fly Lo – Black Magic
6. Samiyam – untitled
7. Daru – Alone
8. Daedelus – (Long Lost)Art of Kissing
9. Take – Tuesday Never Comes
10. J. Rawls – Tribute to Dilla
11. Tettory Bad ft. Fatima – Unite
12. Brittany Bosco – It Was You
13. Anthony Valadez – Slow Jam
14. Coleman – Is Music
15. Roots Manuva – Witness Dub
16. Jneiro Jarel – Mr. Mole
17. Zion I – Boom Bip
18. Jay Scarlett – Love Music
19. Ras G. – Power of Thought
20. Exile – In Love

I love me some Zion I so today was a double-whammy day for me. New video in the email Inbox, and a promo of the new album The Takeover in my real-life mailbox. Haven’t had a chance to check that out yet, but in the meanwhile you can take a look at the first single from it below.

For more info, check out:
http://www.myspace.com/zioni
http://www.golddust-media.com

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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DOWNLOAD HERE

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

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

http://www.myspace.com/amplive
http://www.myspace.com/zioni

The Darfur Now College Tour is wrapping up this week with two free (although donations are surely appreciated) events at UCLA.

May 28, 2008

Darfur Now Screening
University of California, Los Angeles
Moore 100
555 Westwood Plaza
Parking in Lot 4 & 6 | Begins at 6pm

May 29, 2008

Mighty Mic Save Darfur Concert

Taking Place At:
UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom
308 Westwood, CA 90024
7pm-11pm

Performing Live:
OK GO
ROCK&ROLL
RHYMEFEST
ZION I
NICO VEGA
AREPA
STAR AFRISOUND
ANA DIM MAK

Q & A With:
John Pendergast & Adam Sterling

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE WITH A SUGGESTED DONATION
ALL DONATIONS WILL GO TO THE GENOCIDE INTERVENTION NETWORK (GI-NET) & US DOCTORS FOR AFRICA

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http://www.standnow.org
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