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DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister

Kruder & Dorfmeister. Photo: © Andreas H. Bitesnich; sourced from artist's Website.
I intended to post this one a couple of days ago as a morning refresher.  Kruder and Dorfmeister do wonderful downtempo trip-hop, ambient drum 'n bass, and all around great chilled grooves.  So listening to these guys in the morning makes a whole lot of sense for starting the day off on the right foot. But …

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Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”

Massive Attack's poster for the 21st anniversary of their seminal 1998 album "Mezzanine," announced on their Facebook.
Having posted about the Cocteau Twins yesterday, I couldn't not post Massive Attack's "Teardrop," which was the inspiration for that previous post.  Why?  Because the seminal trip-hop band is touring the groundbreaking "Mezzanine" album in its entirety .. and they're bringing Cocteau vocalist Elizabeth Fraser with them to perform "Teardrop," as well as a few …

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Phantogram’s “When I’m Small”

Phantogram perform at The El Rey Theatre on 05.17.17 to benefit the David Lynch Foundation.
I was going to post this a couple days ago, while I was having a bit of nostalgia for the 2008-2010 era, if that actually was a thing.  But time got the best of me, as did Halloween and my ongoing sinus cold.  So here it is today.  Let's flashback to 2010 for "When I'm …

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Nightmares on Wax – Boiler Room

Nightmares on Wax perform at the Fonda Theatre on 06.22.14. George Evelyn's in the back with the laptop.
The Boiler Room series features great DJ mixes from some of the most prominent names in the electronic music scene. One of my favorite entries is from UK-based Nightmares on Wax, the stage-name of DJ and producer George Evelyn, who's been a defining force since the mid-'90s.  This set is an easy-going downtempo collage of …

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Bonobo’s “Essential Mix – BBC Radio 1”

Unrelated to this Essential Mix, but nonetheless cool, Bonobo perform at the Theatre at the Ace on 04.19.17 for the "Migration" tour.
Let's start the day with UK musician/DJ Bonobo's amazing super-chilled groovy downtempo "Essential Mix" for BBC Radio 1. This mix dates back to 2014, just about the time his acclaimed "The North Borders" LP was released. It's got a great progressive build over the course of two solid hours of electronic music, featuring tracks from …

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