Futurebeat

FUNK + HIPHOP Mix In memory of Funk Fridays w/ Float at Minx bar in Christchurch, post Feb 2011 earthquake.

FLOAT – You may take my city but you will never take my funk by float_

Track List:

1. Floaters - Float On (live sample)
2. Kool & The Gang – Jungle Jazz
3. Maceo & The Macks – Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)
4. Charles Bradley – Trouble In The Land
   
5. Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
6. Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul
7. James Brown – It’s A New Day
8. Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin’ Loose
9. Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (4am Remix)
10. Talking Heads – Our House
11. Sugarhill Gang – Rappers Delight (Short 12″ Version)
12. Beastie Boys – Triple Trouble
13. De La Soul – Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)
14. Arrested Development – Tennessee
15. Jurassic 5  – Jurass Finish First
16. Swollen Members – Too Hot (feat. DJ Babu)
17. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wildside
18. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It? (Extended Boilerhouse Mix)
19. Jay Dee a.k.a J Dilla – Beej-N-Dem Pt. 2
20. MED – Can’t Hold On
21. Madlib – Blow The Horns On Em’ (feat. Guilty Simpson)
22. Das EFX – Real Hip-Hop
23. John Travolta/Samuel L. Jackson – Royale With Cheese

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Following a huge earthquake that smashed up our city this month, Han and I put together these mixes while we were temporarily homeless. The left side of the artwork is a photo I took as we ran out of our building after the quake. Comments after the jump.

You can save the files by clicking the small download icon on the right:

FLOAT – BRICKS & MORTAR (September Mix 2010)

Han – Deluxe Cheeseburger Mix

You know what to do!

FLOAT – TONIC BOOM – March Mix 2010 (right-click, save as)

Futurebeat’s THANKS & FLOAT will be joining GHOST (UK/NZ), INSOMNIAC, MC AERIES @ Double Happy (front room) for the AOTEAROA BASS CULTURE MAGAZINE LAUNCH 2010 this Saturday.

Line up for the main room is:

JMC & MC CYPHER (Wgtn)
Possibly NZ’s tighest DJ/MC combo! Do not miss! (JMC was the 2007 rumble in the jungle winner)

RUGGED TEKNIQUES (UK/Aucks)
Badbwoy DnB/Dubstep MC, recently toured with Bulletproof @ Phat10/R&V and has a single with Bulletproof on his up coming Dubstep album. His first time in ChCH, set to SLAY the mic!

JOINT FORCES
Made up of Mysterious D, Soul Provider, and Chewie, one of NZ’s sickest Dubstep DJing and producing outfits. Next level!

CAMO MC (set of originals)
Joined my MC Aeries and DJ Mysterious D, Camo showcases a set of all original music branching from Dubstep/Grime to Hip Hop and DnB. Expect tunes of his forthcoming debut EP, “The Enlightenment EP”

DUBSTEP CENTRAL
Made up of DJs Timmy C, Hendi, J-Red and Minnie. Residents at Double Happy/Drop, they run ChCh’s longest running local Dubstep night and between them hold over 20 years experience!

MADDIX (2009 RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE WINNER) VS MARTY J (2009 DECKNOLOGY WINNER)
Last years Rumble in the Jungle meets the winner of Decknology in a brutal DnB stand down!

It’ll be a huge night, only $10 on the door and first 50 people through receive a free t-shirt so get in early. Checkout the Facebook event for more info.

Dubstep fiend ANDYHUMM and myself, FLOAT will be pushing our beats at Diverse City this week. THANKS rocked an epic set of the futurebeat, hip-hop, glitch-hop sound at Diverse City #3, now its our turn. This Friday 19th of March, 10pm till late @ Double Happy.

We’re playing this Saturday at Graffiti White, down Lordships Lane, beneath Minx. Should be a good night filled with new beats, glitchy hip hop, dubstep and other goodies. Get there and support Thanks, Float and Andy Humm! Hopefully this will be the start of big things!

It was a great night down in Dunedin, a little TOO good for some of us . The show went well, Sammy’s is a cool venue, it reminded me of an old town-hall. JPS opened with some fresh beats from Melbourne.

GLK lived up to high expectations, playing a diverse range that went down really well with the O-Week student crowd. Plus its always good to hear tunes from your own sets. We were still going crazy in the early morning when GLK came out for an encore and dropped Chainsaw Calligraphy.

In the morning we stopped in at Fleur’s Place on our way back up to Christchurch, an amazing seafood restaurant in Moeraki and one of my favourite restaurants ever. Great hangover cure.

Here’s some photos from the night and a tough morning after (click image to cycle):

Here is our first collaborative mix, made for you to sample our sound. 60 minutes of bass-filled beats. The first 20 mins showcases some glitchy hip-hop gold from Thanks, followed by another 20 mins of wonky heaviness from Float, finished with 20 mins of dubstep bangers from Andy Humm.

Why not, it’s free.

Futurebeat 60min Promo – Thanks, Float, Andy Humm (right-click, save as)