DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Even in spite of the mind-wasting garbage in the mainstream ... 2012 has actually been a fantastic year for real new music! In March, I started The Sound Of Now on OX105FM in Oxford, which was a new experience for me. Rather than focus on strictly hip hop/ R&B/ 'urban', I started to showcase what I considered to be good new music from across different genres - soulful house, garage, bassline, D&B, as well as the underground hip-hop stuff.
It's been hugely encouraging to see so many great tunes still being made, and I'm genuinely inspired by all this stuff. Being open-minded sure pays off. So this year I'm officially retiring my year-end Bangers series to offer two The Sound Of '12 mixes, highlighting my favourite sounds from the past months of the show. Listen without prejudice for two interesting, inspiring and rewarding audio journeys. (Sadly, the automated Gestapo at Soundcloud objected to the algorithms on one of the tracks, hence Mixcloud. But below are the Mediafire links to be able to download them, meanwhile, as Mixcloud doesn't seem to have caught up with that concept yet.)
Mix 1 (Hip hop to D&B):
Mix 2 (Soulful/ Funky House):
There's so more to music than Rick Ross and Nikki Minaj!
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MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 1 - 78:29
JAY ELECTRONICA: DEAR MOLESKINE
DJ KHALED FEAT. SCARFACE & NAS: HIP HOP
JEAN GRAE: KILL SCREEN
BUDDY FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR: STAIRCASES
SANTIGOLD: DISPARATE YOUTH (RC MIX)
SPEECH DEBELLE FEAT. ROOTS MANUVA & REALISM: BLAZE UP A FIRE
MASTA ACE: SLOW DOWN
CONSEQUENCE: TRUST FUND BABY
NAS: THE DON
LUPE FIASCO: AROUND MY WAY (FREEDOM AIN'T FREE)
MURS & FASHAWN: THE OTHER SIDE
BIG SHUG: FOR THE REAL
GAME: BLACK JESUS
KAMILAH SUMNER: LOVE OPERATOR
NY: TROPHY BOY (TODD EDWARDS REMIX)
RITA ORA: SHINE YOUR LIGHT (2 BEARS REMIX)
LITTLE NIKKI: INTRO INTRO (DJ Q REMIX)
NAS & ALRLISSA VS. 10 BELOW: HARD TO LOVE SOMEBODY
DJ FRESH FEAT. MS DYNAMITE: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)
MILK. BROKE UP THE FAMILY (KENNY KEN REMIX)
DR. MEAKER: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT
DR MEAKER: FIGHTER (UNREAL MIX)
MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 2 - 73:47
BRIA VALENTE. 2NITE (DAVID ALEXANDER CLUB REMIX)
STAFFAN THORSELL: LIVING THE LIFE
POUSSEZ: PASSIN THRU (SEAN MCCABE VOCAL REMIX)
SUNBURST BAND: IN THE THICK OF IT (JN ENDLESS SUMMER REMIX)
DAVID SHAW FEAT. CAROLYN HARDING: WHEN LOVE CALLS
HANI & ANDREA MARTIN: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
JOEY NEGRO VS SHEA SOUL. NO SUGAR (JOEY'S LONDON BUMP MIX)
DAVID MORALES FEAT. ROISIN MURPHY: GOLDEN ERA
JOHNNIKK: OPEN UP YOUR EYES
ISAAC CHRISTOPHER: BEEN THRU THE HOUSE
WHO YORK PLAYERS: PARTY GOING ON
HOOLIGAN SOUL: SHOUT LOUD (GLOBAL STEPPERS MIX)
JESSIE WARE: 110 PER CENT
KROITERKOPF. LOUNGING RHODES
UP YOURS: TONIGHT
JESSE RIVERA. ONE DAY
JNO: GOOD LIFE (JUAN PACIFICO LONG MIX)
