Jake Slazenger - Makesaracket (1995 Clear)

Lounge meets IDM on this great album by Mike Paradinas aka µ-Ziq, released on Clear, one of the best overlooked electronic labels of the 90's. Unlike the usual µ-Ziq production, Makesaracket shows the funkier side of knob-twiddling. There's also a sequel to this, released on Warp one year later, but it's just too warp-ish to me.

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Nookie feat. Larry Heard - Paradise (1998 Labello Blanco)

The master of smooth drum'n'bass beats meets the legendary Mr. Fingers on this collection of soothing atmospheric songs produced specially for lazy Sunday afternoons.

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Urchin - Urchin (1999 Waveform)

Back in the daze, when I posted Kosmosis In Dub, a remix collection of Mr. Electric Triangle, I failed to recognize that some of the mixes were in fact produced by Urchin under the Red Rum moniker. Well, I offer my apologies and also this sweet album which will please fans of the deep trip hop sound from The Prunes to Portishead.

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Carl Hancock Rux - Rux Revue (1999 550 Music)

The debut album by Harlem born and bred slam poet Carl Hancock Rux, whose pefrormance always reminded me of somehow twisted Gil Scott-Heron. The music side of this collection was produced by The Dust Brothers (the American project of Fight Club fame, not The Chemical Brothers). For more Rux check older albums by David Holmes,Yukihiro Fukutomi and DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid.

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The Remix According To Aquasky (2012 Future Vintage Vaults)

So, here comes the last Future Vintage Vaults collection for this year, dedicated this time to Aquasky. These 11 remixes represent the best in the tradition of atmospheric drum'n'bass. This was my favourite music for dreaming, and we used to dream a lot back then, remember that? May this collection be a medicine to your hangover headz. Have fun and stay tuned in the Year 13.

01 Omni Trio-Who Are You (Aqua Sky mix)
02 Outside-Moodswings (Aquasky Remix)
03 Larceny-Who Are You (Aquasky Mix)
04 Hunch-Visible From Space (Aquasky Mix)
05 Art Of Noise-Crusoe (Remixed by Aquasky)
06 Galliano-Slack Hands (Aquasky Remix)
07 Skindivers-Enclosed Areas (Aquasky Remix)
08 Terranova-Precipice (Aquasky remix)
09 A Guy Called Gerald-So Many Dreams (Aquasky Full Mix)
10 Cold Mission-Guest Spots (Aquasky Remix)
11 Aquasky-Images (Aquasky Remix)

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The Remix According To Kid Loco (2012 Future Vintage Vaults)

Jean-Yves Prieur AKA Kid Loco is one of the Future Vintage most frequent artists so let's skip the intro. This fine Future Vintage Vaults compilation contains 15 great remixes that originate mostly from his pre-Darlings period. Stay tuned!

01 Kid Loco-She's My Lover (A Revolution Sitting Stoned In A Field)
02 Stereolab-Contronatura (Prelude To The Autumn Of A Faun Mix)
03 Dimitri From Paris-Une Very Stylish Fille (Belleville B Boy Meets The Royal Rockers Uptown)
04 Takako Minekawa-Black Forest (Kid Loco Remix)
05 Luis Bacalov-La Seduzione (Kid Loco Remix)
06 Piero Umiliani-Lady Magnolia (Belleville B-Boy Mix)
07 Daddylonglegs-When Betty Comes To Town (Real Men Don't Eat Coyote Mix)
08 Hooverphonic-Eden (Cobble Stone Garden Mix)
09 Piero Piccioni-Magic (A New Experience Mix by Kid Loco)
10 Polar-Bipolar Dream (Kid Loco Hip Hop Mix)
11 DJ Cam-He's Gone (Kid Loco Remix)
12 Bang Bang-Believe (The Handsome But Stoned Dub Mix)
13 Morwell Unlimited meets King Tubby-Morpheus Special (Kid Loco The One Arm DJ Block Party Mix)
14 Shinju Gumi-Innerscar (Belleville Meditation Blues Mix)
15 Waldeck-I Talk To The Wind (Kid Loco Meets Orpheus Uptown Mix)

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The Remix According To DJ Vadim (2012 Future Vintage Vaults)

Over the last 18 years, this USSR-born London resident with connections in Paris and NYC has become a white B-boy icon, and not just for being the whitest of them all. It's not only his career of a DJ, producer and a head of (sadly deceased) Jazz Fudge abstract hip hop label, that had created his rep, but also his remix works. This Future Vintage Vaults compilation brings you a dozen of his coolest reworks. Enjoy and if you like the shit and feel like a little Christmas charity, use the Donate button.

01 Silent Poets-Prisons (DJ Vadim Remix)
02 Yoko Kanno-Fe (DJ Vadim Remix)
03 GusGus-Why (Remixed by DJ Vadim for Jazz Fudge Delicacies)
04 Low-Laugh (DJ Vadim's Vox-Reverse Tele Remix)
05 Sugizo-Replicant Lucifer (Avantgarde Lucifer)
06 Faultline-Partyline Honey (DJ Vadim Remix)
07 DJ Cam-Innervisions (DJ Vadim Remix)
08 Spectre-Hidden Gods (DJ Vadim Remix)
09 DJ Vadim-I Wonder Why feat. A-Cyde, SLI Poetry (DJ Vadim Remix)
10 DJ Food-B Boy (DJ Vadim Remix)
11 The Herbaliser-Forty Winks (No Sleep Vadim! Mix)
12 DJ Vadim-I Wonder Why (DJ Vadim Remix Instrumental)

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