crucial

Fat Planet 2005

2005 music mp3

One of my tracks is featured on Fat Planet's download compilation 2005. A great idea from a really great blog ( I found a bunch of interesting stuff off of there this year ). Go there for the links and the artwork.

I dunno though, 2005 was a bit shitty for music. I had some ecstatic times on the dancefloor with dj Cameo spinning Grime and I had some great nights at breakcore parties (very old school). Ricardo Villalobos got some genuine depth out of that old techno thing. Ward 21, Beenie Man and Sizzla got some great tracks in. But it was a really hard year to blow any minds. It felt muted, like everybody was unsure to do anything or feel anything.

Lots of reasons for this. This affected my own music quite a bit. Technically and emotionally and musically I made stronger stuff than I've ever made. Musically I grew a lot. But it didn't fit into a scene. Damn them scenes. I think I've finally worked through it, and I've got some releases lined up for 2006 that I'm genuinely excited about. But it was a battle this year for me to find relevancy in the music network.

FAT
PLANET : YEAR TWO
compiled 301205

from
baile funk to euro crunk, from japanese post punk to bollywood
breakcore - celebrating all that was great about
music in 2005, FAT PLANET YEAR TWO pulls
together some of the highlights from the blog over the twelve
months and distills them into a CD-length compilation. all
mp3s are taken from artists' sites or other legitimate sources
and are therefore to be downloaded individually. you can also
download jewel case pdf artwork and scroll down for some liner
notes too. enjoy!

MC
VANESSINHA danca de peteca mp3
[BRAZIL]

STACS OF STAMINA feat TTC donne moi un poisson
[SWEDEN]

ENDUSER
not so distant drums
[U.S.]

NETTLE myanmar (timeblind remix)
[SPAIN]

DJ
BC vs M.I.A. quem vai encontrar
a festa da maconha? [U.S.
/ SRI LANKA]

SLAM
REVOLUTION wax
degg
[SENEGAL]

VISIONARY
UNDERGROUND 100 vibes
[ENGLAND]
SHUKAR COLLECTIVE blooz gypsy
[ROMANIA]

KONONO NO.1 ditshe tshiekutala
[CONGO]

MUGISON sad as a truck
[ICELAND]
WE ACEDIASTS ibasho
[JAPAN]

BALUN
the glass bicycle mp3
[PUERTO
RICO]
THE
TINY closer

[SWEDEN]
HUUN HUR TU kongurei download
from this page
[TUVA]

Links and things

I am timeblind on myspace. thanks for the add.

I am crucialfelix on del.icio.us which is where I link to all the interesting shit I come across.

I put my photos up on flickr

NYC events iCal : anything that looks good.

Berlin events (parties, shows, vernissage, films): subscribe to google calendar / iCal

When I listen to music at home it all gets echoed onto here and on my Last.fm page. Most of the time I don't use that cause I don't want you to see me obsessively listening to my own mixes, really bad working titles.

You can read some posts I thought were interesting from various feeds.

I've been doing the Dance Music Business Resource since 1995, back when it was on hyperreal.org. Articles and info for artists and small labels. Recently I've been posting interesting industry news items and adding some new content about downloads etc.