Rusted Rhythms Vol. 41 - Lousy Anna A/V Mix

Music and visual art go together like chunky peanut butter and strawberry preserves, filling in the gaps and accentuating the flavors on both ends of the spectrum. Contemporary A/V mixes have quickly become one of the most accessible and distributed methods for engaging this multifaceted medium.. Denver resident Ashton Suire is showing off his skills as a connoisseur of dusty, boom-bap breaks and tightly composed beats through his Lousy Anna project. With releases across Subciety, all:Lo Collective, and Feyk Collective, he’s carved out a space for his brand of urbanized psychedelia.

For Rusted Rhythms Vol. 41, we tapped Lousy Anna to provide the next installment of the Rusted Rhythms A/V series. The mix itself is a stellar session of jazz flair and head-nod appreciation, featuring a threaded web of original tracks and selections from artists like mono massive and Black Rain. The visual compilation is a collage of colorful designs with mindful cinema; Alfred Hitchcock, Lone Ranger, and other monochromatic films of that era. The chopped rhythms appear to morph with the faces and bodies as they rotoscope and materialize, reaching back to the days of late night, acid-washed VH1 videos. From start to finish, it’s a choice journey across a range of fluid musical territories that’s sure to keep you locked in for the duration of Rusted Rhythms Vol. 41, premiering tonight at 8pm EDT.

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 31 - Kodiak Kid

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 31 comes all the way from down under in Melbourne, Australia courtesy of Kodiak Kid, a well-traveled DJ who is set to release his debut EP Drifting Status May 10. Although he’s never released original music - besides “To the Point”, the first single from the upcoming EP - Kodiak Kid’s reputation in the worldwide bass community is strong and getting stronger. The reason for this is two-fold. First, after coming into contact with many of the world’s best bass producers through his festival plays (Burning Man, Rainbow Serpent, Earth Frequency) and his role managing the Melbourne-based events company Whomp Music, folks have nothing but good things to say about him. Second, he consistently releases his DJ sets from these festivals, treating online audiences to several journeys down the rabbit hole.

Born from his passion for turntablism and the art of DJing, Kodiak Kid’s sophisticated mixing skills and bold track selection are impossible to miss for the discerning listener. He tosses any style of music into his mixes, from reggae and hip-hop to mid-tempo, glitch, drum and bass and downtempo. On Rusted Rhythms Vol. 31, he mostly favors hip-hop, halftime bass, and the hard-hitting intersection between these two styles. It’s full of raw and highly relatable bars from a number of international emcees which then segue into alien bass frequencies. A bit of carefully selected downtempo balances it all out. Look out for Drifting Status, which will be preceded by an additional single, and remember the name Kodiak Kid when you see him on a festival lineup near you.

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Tracklist:

Blockhead - UFOMG
Smoke City - Underwater Love
CloZee - The Path to Heaven (Supertask remix)
Dirty Dike - Sun Tan of a Pig
FRQ NCY - Cockpitshakin
Society of Numbers - Trippin
P.Smurf - Imported Diamonds (ft. P Link, Adam Koots & Downpat, prod. by Must Volkoff)
Safire - ??
Dizz1 - We Make it Look Easy ft. Blu & Georgia Ann Muldrow
Stickybuds - All On You Feat. Mr. Bill + Too Many T's
Kodiak Kid - ??
Eprom - Oksana (Ivy Lab remix)
Sampa The Great - Energy (feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi)
Urban - Madpressure
Ninjaman x Monkeymarc - Badness
Able8 - Bodies (feat. Paco the G Train Bandit & Reddaz)
Jayteehazard - Ugh.100
Scoville95 - ??
Katalyst - Out of This World
Icekream - Who's the hardest?
Sa-Roc - Forever

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 29 - Gaddy

Gaddy, pride of Houston, is taking a different approach to Rusted Rhythms and offering a one-hour all vinyl, all hip-hop mix featuring rare selections of wax from his personal collection. One could call this a historical musical tour or ‘influences mix” for Gaddy. These rhythms and this drum work is foundational for his own bass-infused compositions. Or one could simply call it some low down laid back G business. Both would be correct. Gaddy is a true archivist of hip-hop from generations past; G Funk, Erik Sermon, original chopped and screwed music, Lord Finesse, original west coast sound, Scarface. This mix has it all. Although it features mostly instrumentals, the mix concludes with some hard, insightful spoken word from Austin poet Poetic the Butcher. When you’re lost in the lean, grooving pockets Gaddy creates in this mix, just remember it’s all spun by hand on two turntables. Keep your eyes and ears on Gaddy, as one week from today on February 12th The Rust Music will have something special (and more current) to share from the foodtruck fugitive.

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Tracklist:

Dead End Alliance - Full Time Playa
Ant Banks - Make Money (Instrumental)
Ice Cube - Make it Rough Make it Smooth
BG Knocc Out & Dresta - D.P.G/K. (Instrumental) B Legit - Check It Out (Instrumental)
Geto Boys - Hold It Down (Instrumental)
Jigmastas - Last Will and Testament  (Instrumental)
Outkast - Benz or Beamer
MAD CJ Mac - Let’s Take A Ride (Instrumental)
2pac - Temptations (Battlecat Remix Instrumental)
Ras Kass - Marinating
Grand Puba - Little of This (remix)
Lord Finesse - True and living (Instrumental)
Pete Rock - smooth sailing
Erick Sermon - Bomdigi (Instrumental)
Dr. Dre & Ed Lover - It’s Going Down (Instrumental)
Mia X  - Party Don’t Stop (Instrumental)
Dogg Pound - Let’s Play House (Instrumental)
Kriss Kross - Da Streets Ain’t Right (Instrumental)
Richie Rich - Ni**az Done Changed (Instrumental)
Young Bleed - How Ya Do That (Instrumental)
Scarface - I Seen a Man Die (Instrumental)
Tela - Sho Nuff (Instrumental)
Gangsta Boo - Where Dem Dollas At? (Instrumental)  
Jayo Felony - Sherm Stick
Adriana Evans - Reality
Lord Finesse - Galactic Soul (Makes The World Go Round)
Dj Roddy Rod - Take Notice (Instrumental) w/ Spoken Word Poetry by The Poetic Butcher

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 27 - pheel.

pheel. walks the line between hip-hop and electronic music with uncommon grace. It’s a thin and blurry line, for sure, but the New York-bred and Denver-based producer walks it like a tightrope. More so than in past iterations of his music, pheel’s contribution to Rusted Rhythms finds him playing with and leveraging the force of sub-bass. It’s a subtle force, as these things usually are with pheel. It’s in the nuance, the detail, and even at times in the silence that this producer truly speaks. This mix consists of all original music, runs for approximately one hour, and builds ever so gradually from beginning to end. It includes multiple collaborations with noted co-conspirators Thought Process and parkbreezy, with whom pheel is constantly working on tunes. Recline, give your head some room to breathe, and enjoy this one.

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Tracklist

pheel. - Crash Byte. (Vip Edit)
pheel. - Skee Lee.
pheel. - Loo Lo. (Vip Edit)
pheel. - Mudda Skunk.
pheel. x Xenolinguist - Dysfunctional Tupperware.
pheel. - Activated Banana.
pheel. x Xenolinguist - Spuncheese.
Tylr. - Diddy Doo. (pheel. Edit)
pheel. - Tart Fart.
pheel. - Hermit Fella.
pheel. - 5628
pheel. - Wubble Foot.
pheel. - Banklin.
Thought Process - Buncha Skrtt. ft. pheel.
pheel. - Boom Be Boo.
pheel. - Finkle Floop.
pheel. - Noogie Victim. 
pheel. - The Edge.
pheel. x Thought Process - Smelly Belly x Fresh Prince 
MALAKAI - Isil (pheel. Remix)
pheel. - CMND-CTRL-Q
pheel. x parkbreezy - Fluoride Free Meatballz.
pheel. x parkbreezy - New Found Truths.
Fiyah - Burning Daylight (pheel. Remix)
pheel. - Totsontots.
pheel. - Webs.
pheel. - Goop Trooper.
pheel. x Though Process - What the chuck.

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 15 - Soul Candy

Broadcasting from the holler of Asheville, North Carolina, Ryan Laffler aka Soul Candy offers an omnivorous exploration of broken beat. This mix moves through glitch, hip-hop, British breaks and back again, with brief downtempo respites to help listeners catch their breath. These rhythms include old school hip-hop throwbacks, deep selections from names both legendary and unknown, and weighty cuts from the cream of the contemporary glitch crop; Kursa, Seppa, Detox Unit, Monuman and K.LO. It’s all sewn together through an aggressive mixing style - Soul Candy takes risks when splicing together tunes, creating those one-of-a-kind musical spaces that make a mix memorable.

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Tracklist

Eric Andre Show audio clip
Noisia - Square Feet
Detox - (Sub) PlatterSplatter
K.L.O. Smashed Puff
Kursa - GET DOWN
Kursa - HUH
objcts - I Have No Eyes and I Must See
The Widder - Tricks
A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime
The Widder - Dizzy Fizzy
ETOAS - Thoughts About Monday
Tipper - Sleeper
Detox Unit - [unreleased]
Ott - Aubergine of the Sun
Jon Kennedy - Heaven (ft. Preacherman)
Primate - Simulated Realty
Skinshape - Summer
Freddy Todd - Soaping (ft. Wax Future)
Wagon Christ - London is a Country
Tryptich - Limbo
Jayl Funk - Dynamite Funk
bil bless - The Waste Invaders
Ford - Break Sound
Tipper - Forty Winks
Russ Broker - Through the Needle
Craig Mack - Making Moves w/ Puff
Seppa - Screamer
Detox Unit - Systems Offline
Monuman - Sinking
Tipper - Dead Soon
Frequent x Jonny Ha$h x Hudson Lee - Japanese Turkey Knees (outro)

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 12 - Freud

As the founder of Portugal-based digital label Substruct, Freud is well acquainted with delicately gorgeous music. This edition of Rusted Rhythms features a 45-minute excavation into the depths of ethereal bass music. Freud's collection of tunes touches upon lo-fi hip-hop, garage, and some delightfully jazzy dubstep. A bittersweet assemblage of cavernous soundscapes, the mix evokes feelings of tranquility, introspection and nostalgia, in the finest way possible. Perfect for a lonely Sunday or a walk through the winter snow. We hope you enjoy, and stay chooned for more from Freud.

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Tracklist

Harris Cole - Goodbye
Hm Surf - I Flunked This Semester
Matas & Edo Lee - Frost Feat. Sara Ronson
Ian Ewing - Noh Life
CYGN - L O V E
vbnd - We Go On Infinitely
Un, deux, abattoir - Got the goings off coming on
Ødyssee - k o f f i e
Dusty - Haze
Tennyson - 7AM
Jafu - Gettin’ Low
B9 & Dillard - Len
CIrcula - Dizzy
Khromi - Horizons
Hitman - Listen Dis
Mercy - Breadcrumb
Raw Flakes - Amazonia
Fanso - Espuma
Harris Cole & Ian Ewing - Mistakes/Regret/Forgivness

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 8 - LuSiD [Friday the 13th]

For the eighth volume of Rusted Rhythms we have a very special mix from the latest member of The Rust Music Roster - LuSiD. We've got 38 minutes of spooky psychedelic hip hop from St. Louis' own ghastly gangster. Mostly unreleased content, this Friday the 13th themed mix is sure to get the heads noddin'.

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Rusted Rhythms Vol. 7 - Jon Kennedy

Jon Kennedy has also been gracious enough to provide the seventh installment of Rusted Rhythms. This exclusive 65-minute mix features some of our favorite cuts from “HA!”, a handful of older tracks and remixes from Kennedy, and highly exclusive remixes and unreleased tunes from legends like 6blocc and Reso. Not to mention that the mix was done in one take on control vinyl - all solid state needle on records.

Take the opportunity to enjoy highlights from an already seamless album alongside unreleased gems in this continuous mix, while catching a glimpse of Kennedy’s wider catalog. We promise there’s a handful of heavy surprises in there, too!

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Tracklist

Jon Kennedy - "Jupiter Calling"
Jon Kennedy - "Demons"
Jon Kennedy - "HA!"
Jon Kennedy - "HA!" (Accapella)
Jon Kennedy - "HA!" feat Adjua
Reso - Tiberium
Jon Kennedy - HA! (6Blocc Remix)
Jon Kennedy - "Boom Clack"
Ticklish - "Sum One Like You"
Jon Kennedy - "HA!" (AOTOA REMIX)
The Furious One - "Big Bhangra" (Jon Kennedy Remix)
Prospekt - "Balcons" (Jon Kennedy Remix)
Jon Kennedy - "The Parade" (Cartier Saucier Remix)
Videos - Run (FVLCRUM Remix)
Jon Kennedy - "Slave To The T.V."
Apachi - "TouJours Youth" feat Xin Seha (June One Kim Remix)
Pud - "Move Like This"
Jon Kennedy - "Any Road Up"
Gareth Bilaney - "Fuck The 80s" (Jon Kennedy Remix)
Ticklish - "Lotus"
FVLCRUM & Jimmy Pe - "Doesn't Matter"
Jon Kennedy - "Iron Lung"