The Upside of Down: Freestylers ft. DV - Calling Me Home

UK breakbeat and jungle legends Freestylers are back this summer with their fifth album, and the first single - "Calling Me Home" - is a balanced breakbeat banger that I'm LOVING right now. Get it free here:

DJ ATOM - Lounge MicroHouse Mix

I was recently turned on to ATOM, a DJ in Stamford, CT who specializes in "micro-house", a more glitchy twitchy electronic orientation. His sets are quirky and creative, and I really enjoy this downtempo lounge set he put together in the past year.

Tripnotic Series Part 2 - EROK Live at Natt Spil

Here's my latest set - Part 2 of the Tripnotic series I've dubbed at Natt Spil lounge in Madison, WI. There will be a final Tripnotic Part 3 coming in April, my last set at Natt Spil before I depart Madison for New York City. This set...Part 2...is quite chilled, starting with some acid jazz/trip hop, eventually wavering in and out of downtempo dubstep, funky and minimal house, and back to very chilled grooves to end the night.

Bohemian Club Releases - Jelly Llama, Kurt Baggaley, Neil Brett

Alistair at The Bohemian Club label is fantastic at sending me new tracks from the artists he helps distribute. He recently sent me a slew of electronic tracks that I'm really enjoying. All of them are fantastic, and a few really caught my attention with their downtempo electro lounge style, particularly from these three artists, straight from Alistair (thanks for all the info and music!):  

Jelly Llama - Jelly Llama is Jim Geatches, a musician and producer who has been dabbling in electronica since the 90s. Influenced by Leftfield and Orbital, he combines synthetic loops, subtle percussive layers and obscure film samples, weaving together ambient, minimalistic electronica and breakbeat to create music that cannot be easily categorised. His first release was 'Reveries of Orange EP' on The Bohemian Club last summer and he is currently working on his debut album. Check out "Reveries of Orange" here:



Kurt Baggaley - Kurt Baggaley is a producer from England. He gained attention writing for labels like Electrix, SCSI-AV and Templedog since the 1980's, using mainly analog hardware. He writes and produces under many guises, which allow him to dabble in many styles without putting himself in a box, such as Dr. Futurist (electro), Tactical Systems (techno-bass), Tau Sagittarii (experimental/electronic scores) and under his own name (minimal/synth). His tracks are nice and steady, and the track "Natural Phases" really caught my attention - listen and watch "Natural Phases" here: 




Neil Brett - Neil has been interested in electronic music since he bought his first 12 inch record and watching the film Break Dance. He got into break dancing, collecting street sounds electro albums, and quickly learned how to use drum machines and synths. At sixteen he bought his first keyboard and was heavily influenced by acid house, at least as much as he can remember. Check out the track "EasyK" below and you'll hear the influence....

Sound Spectrum Saturday - Vacationer, Gelka, True Nature, Moduloktopus

Here's the latest edition of Sound Spectrum Saturday - giving you a range of sounds so you can choose the soundtrack to your weekend. Here's a few mixes and singles that I've really been enjoying, ranging from some really primal bass music to signature downtempo and trip hop that Downbeatscape was founded on:

Gelka - Flying Clouds Mixtape - downtempo hip hop and chillout mix



True Nature - On the Sly Anniversary Mix - primal/deep bass mix



Vacationer - Good As New (Data Romance Remix) - downtempo



Moduloktopus - Turkish Clubbish - trap bass track

Pretty Lights - The Day Is Gone

New Pretty Lights track - "The Day Is Gone" !!! Pretty Lights at his best, chillin w/ a dash of bass, funk and electro hop .... bring this down w/ the best and the crown...

Henry Pope - Source Festival 2013 Mix

Great to hear another awesome mix from my boy Henry Pope out in Los Angeles, spinning an awesome set of eclectic tunes, with heavy bass and a range of chilled and uptempo beats to give the audience a lot of flavor. You'll hear funk, dub, trap, hip hop, glitch, breaks and even brazilian beats in this mix. And many thanks to Henry for giving me some props and glad he was able to use some tracks that he dug from my own sets and blog posts. Enjoy this mix, its dope!

Extraordinary Magnitude Vs. Blackstreet - No Diggity 2013

This is an amazing mashup track from the new producer group Extraordinary Magnitude - composed of five Brooklyn beat makers Gramatik, Illumntr, Eric Mendelson, Drastiq and Buffalo Analog. I'm most familiar with Gramatik, Buffalo Analog and Illumntr and am super excited to hear these guys' collaboration album drop in July. As a teaser, they've blessed us with this really incredible acid jazz, trip hop track of instrumental beats with the acapella of Blackstreet's No Diggity. I dare to say, I think this version is even better than the original...and if its a vision of things to come, then I can't wait for the album "Proportions" to drop this summer. Follow them on Twitter and Facebook to hear more as it comes...