Released Sept. 2009.

Lord Newborn and the Magic Skulls is the collaborative project of esteemed sound scientists Money Mark, ShawnLee, and Tommy Guerrero. In the winter of 2008 they locked themselves away in Money Mark’s Los Angeles-based studio. A tasty three-way meeting of the minds resulted in this funk-inflicted collection of beats n’ breaks, wrapped-up in a sunny West Coast musical tortilla that’s smothered in as much jazz and prog-rock as it is in soulful psychedelia.

The opening track on Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls’ self-titled album on Ubiquity tells you everything you need to know. « A Phase Shifter I’m Going Through » features slippery, bluesy, psychedelic electric guitar, a bubbling, repetitive bassline playing 12-bar blues, and shimmering hi-hats and snares — all wrapped in a loose groove that might have been an outtake from Jimi Hendrix’s « Rainy Day, Dream Away. » Voices hum along in harmony, and the entire track just slithers and adds to itself with the sound of sampled sitars, fuzzed-out guitar, more percussion, and breakbeats, while never losing its groove. Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls are the studio collaboration between Shawn Lee,Money Mark, and Tommy Guerrero. Together they’ve responded to Ubiquity’s penchant for psych-drivenbeats and grooves and come up with a messed-up, acid-drenched, rhythm-heavy mosaic of sounds, textures, open spaces, and EFX. The grooves are deep and dubby — reminiscent of some of Lee’s work with Clutchy Hopkins and his own middle-period recordings.

Money Mark’s killer instrumental work is very similar to the stuff he did for Mo’ Wax. And what can you say about former skateboard champ turned rocker Tommy Guerrero? The instrumental work here resembles — at least texturally — his Soul Food Tacqueria album. Soul-jazz and early soul-esque funk are all wrapped up and layered inside the rockist stance. The set’s best cuts are the opener, the beautifully woven « Rainy Day Dog » (check out those flute sounds), the completely flipped-out and acid-inspired « L.I.V.E, » and the dubby funk of « Ancient Scrolls. » Hopefully this isn’t a one-off and these cats can find time to work together again; while what’s here is deeply satisfying, the possibilities they introduce on this set are nearly limitless.

Tracklist:

01. A Phase Shifter I’m Going Through
02. Astro Blue
03. Dime Bag Conspiracy
04. Escape From Prism
05. Disco Loco
06. Rainy Day Dog
07. That’s Right (It’s Time To Get Down)
08. She’s My Melody
09. Ringa Ding Ding Ding
10. L.I.V.E.
11. Revenge Of The Fillet O’Fish
12. Ancient Scrolls
13. Crazy Apartment

Check out the video for « A Phase Shifter I’m Going Through » which is a bit of a slacker parody of Kutiman’s still-mindbending « The Mother of All Funk Chords ». For those who knows, in the video, you ‘ll also recognize some musicians such as Daedelus playing instruments. Check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/lordnewborn

http://www.ubiquityrecords.com

Signed to Ninja Tune, but on Tru Thoughts for a one off compilation, jazz, electro, hip hop, house, Latin heat and of course, bass. As any avid follower will know, the Zero dBoys, Chris Vogado and Neil Combstock, have been keeping busy at the cutting edge since the release of their seminal ‘Bongos, Beeps & Basslines’ (Ninja Tune), making killer club music under various monikers, and packing out dance floors with DJ sets in some of the biggest clubs and best sound systems known to man, including Plastic People and Japan’s Club Yellow. Vogado, now living in Barcelona, runs the boutique Fluid Ounce label from his legendary Fl. Oz. Studios, and Combstock has also seen his muse lead him round the globe, living, DJing and making music variously in Japan and Thailand among other places.

Tracklisting no available but this mix is mainly made of tunes from the compilation. So we strongly recommend you to get the Double Cd One Offs, Remixes and B Sides.

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1/ Akufen – Installation (Force Inc)
2/ Losoul – Sunbeams and the rain (Playhouse)
3/ Beth Hirch – White Herbert Rmx
4/ Maurizio – 5 (Basic Channel)
5/ Ark – Punkadelik Salark Rmx (Brif)
6/ Drugs – Strangest life (Ark rmx)
7/ Shantel – Crystal (!K7)
8/ Jabberjaws – I speak 4 some of that (Perlon)
9/ Dimbiman – Kopchen Herbert rmx (Perlon)
10/ Sergej Auto – Knip, Hopka, Hui (Saasfee)
11/ Dexter – I don’t care (Klakson)
12/ Louis Austen and Peaches – Grab my Shaft (Cheap)
13/ Codec and Flexor – Crazy Girl (Forte)
14/ Offtop – Lowrider (Wmf)
15/ Krikor – Whisky boy ( Karat)
16/ Feadz – Split Again (B pitch control)
17/ Krikor – Peeping tom (Karat)
18/ Feadz – Sekstyle (B pitch control)
19/ Sergej Auto – Krck-motor (Saasfee)
20/ Outro Freaks – Fix it (Mff)

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Another pretty old selection from the Nulog archive (2003). A lot of classics here but hey… Sometime it’s good to ear them again, innit?

01 – Intro Dj Vadim
02 – Air – Le soleil est pres de toi
03 – Recloose – MIA
04 – Astrudo Gilberto – Who needs forever ? (Thievery Remix)
05 – DJ Vadim -
06 – Sofa surfer – Witness
07 – Protein – Emulgator
08 – Seelenluft – Music of the stars
09 – Mo horizons – Dance naked under the palm trees
10 – Carmen Mc Crae – How long has this been going on (Mj Cole remix)
11 – Lightningheads – EVA
12 – Omar Faruk – Shashkin (Hefner remix)
13 – Peace Orchestra – Henry (Zerodb remix)
14 – Detroit grand pubahs – Sandwiches
15 – Funki Porcini – Terminal C3 UK
16 – Cujo – Popsicle
17 – Roots Manuva – Where my mind is at
18 – Outro Dj Vadim

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A new comer has arrived on Nulog, Uli Kunkel aka Hungus is a nihilist who believes in nothing but music. He was the leader of an obscure band called ‘Autobahn’ in the late 70′. He did this live ‘Please Your Ears Session’ mix as well as the 4th one.
Be kind to yourself and please your ears!

1 – [re:jazz] -  Torch Of Freedom Featuring Joy Denalane
2 – José James – Code
3 – Dwilt Sharpp feat. Lorett F. – I Need You Close
4 – The Blackbyrds – Cornbread
5 – Belleruche – It’ll Come
6 – Brian Auger  – Season Of The Witch (Blend Remix)
7 – Janet Feat. Q-Tip And Joni – Got Til Its Gone
8 – Aretha Franklin – Groovin
9 – Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)
10 – Numero Group – I Can Make It (Sacha Di Manolo remix)
11 – Tomboy – Swan
12 – Linkwood – Tears
13 – Quantic Feat. Alice Russell – Pushin’ On (Situation Edit)
14 – Cage and Aviary – Television Train
15 – Trus’me – Can We Pretend
16 – Discodeine – Invert (Parce que Edit)
17 – The XX – VCR (Matthew Dear remix)

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‘Please Your Ears Session’ #4!

1 – Ryo Murakami – Just For This (Original Mix)
2 – NUfrequency Feat Ben Onono – Fallen Hero (Motor City Drum Ensemble remix)
3 – Motor City Drum Ensemble – Stripped Down
4 – Jazzanova  – Let Me Show Ya  (Henrik Schwarz remix)
5 – Phonique – Fake it (Original)
6 – Stevie Wonder – All I Do (Todd Terje Edit)
7 – Chris Isaak – Dubbed Out Games (Trent Moller Mix)
8 – Paul Simon – Late in the Evening (Blackjoy Edit)
9 – Dusty – Tap Tap
10 – Elvis Presley – Crawfish (Pilooski edit)
11 – Florence And The Machine – You Got The Love (The XX Remix)
12 – Gotye – Heart’s A Mess (Supermayer Supermess Remix)
13 – José James – Desire (Moodymann Remix)
14 – The Readymades – Aeroplanes (Ready Made Remix)
15 – Hot Chip – The Warning
16 – In Flagranti – Emotional Rolling stones
17 – Bergheim 34 – Random Access Memory
18 – Grace Jones – Walking In The Rain

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From electro dub to ethiopic jazz, another fine selection from the nulog archive…

01/ Al Haca Soundsysthem – Blessed
02/ R and S – King of my Empire
03/ Sentfrom sandyshore feat.Saul Williams – Adventure Time
04/ Grassskirt – J’y suis jamais alle
05/ Cesaria Evora – Petit pays (C. Flight rmx)
06/ Prins Thomas – Magic potion
07/ Noiseshaper – Movin’ together
08/ Burdy – Boobie Dada
09/ Luke Vibert – I love Acid
10/ Cometa – Holy Paprika
11/ Black Dog and Black Sifichi – Invisible things
12/ Mahmoud Ahmed – Bemin Sebeb Litlash
13/ Mahmoud Ahmed – My own memory
14/ Earl Zinger – On my way home
15/ Outro Cherokee

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Very eclectic selection from the 2005 Nulog archives, but still timeless…You might enjoy it !

1 – Nicolas Repac ‘The end of a love affair (Billy in the sky)
2 – Le Tone ‘Bitter crop’
3 – Kaza ‘Twisty’
4 – Le Tone ‘Lessivé’
5 – Amon Tobin ‘Toy’
6 – Dj Me Dj You ‘Spa’
7 – Sancho ‘Ball O String’
8 – Daddy Longlegs ‘Atomic fuck machine’
9 – Dodo ‘Cleopatra’s needle’
10 – Seelenluft ‘Music from the stars’
11 – Forss ‘Journeyman’
12 – Exploding Plastic ‘Sports not heavy crime’
13 – Noonday Underground ‘Closing time’
14 – Amon Tobin ‘Nova’
15 – ——
16 – Babla ‘Babla’s theme’
17 – Broadcast ‘Hammer without a master’
18 – Dj Shadow ‘Private press’
19 – Homelife ‘Harder’
20 – Beck ‘Mixed business’ Nortec remix
21 – Busdriver, Radioinactive & Daedelus ‘Weather Locklear’

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