52M-004: Soul Suite

It's time to relax and unwind this week, so make yerself a brew, get comfy, and take it easy for a bit while I go through a few nu-soul tracks that have been doing the business for me lately.  Special shouts to my boys Darkhouse Fam whose stunning In and Out EP will soon be available on Earnest Endeavours.

52M-004: Soul Suite by Marky De Sade on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Tall Black Guy - I Wanna Play Summthin' For You
DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. ChinahBlac - Touch Me Wit Ur Handz
Slakah The Beatchild - Something Forever
Tokimonsta - Darkest (Dim)
Jonathan Jeremiah - Happiness (Quiet Village Remix)
Rise - Requiem
Derobert & The Half Truths - Fingertips
Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - The World (Is Going In Up In Flames)
Electric Wire Hustle - Gimme That Kinda
Dinner At The Thompsons - An Other Day
Common - The Light feat. Erykah (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Darkhouse Fam feat. Om'Mas Keith - Take On The World

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52M-003: West Roath Poplock

It's a trip into the world of disco, boogie and all that funky stuff this week, with a dancefloor-focussed mix of tunes I hope will at least make you smile, if not bust a few moves to.

NB. Marky de Sade is not responsible for any injuries you may incur whilst busting said moves.  Always warm-up before any exercise.

52M-003: West Roath Poplock by Marky De Sade on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Fred Everything with 20for7 feat. Vanessa Baker - Friday (Crazy P's Instrumental)
Tuccillo - Panorama
Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix)
Kasso ft. J-Live - Walkman Music (JR.Dynamite Edit)
Cosmic Boogie - Let's Jam
Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
PBR Streetgang - J2ThaB
Session Victim - We Want To Thank All Our Friends
The Tortoise - Lovin' You
Incredible Bongo Band - Sharp Nine (Klic Remix)
Jean Claude Gavri - The Gang

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52M-002: TuneStep Vol.2

A lengthier mix this week, and for the second in this series I thought i'd seize the opportunity to offer up a second mix in my TuneStep series (because it *will* be a series, haha).

The driving force behind these mixes is "tuneful 2-step". So y'know: deep, slightly off-kilter garage/house/dubstep beats. To be completely honest I wouldn't want to try and nail individual categories on some of these records. Life's too short but hopefully there's a consistent feel.

Apologies in advance for the volume cut-outs/annoyances at certain points - a channel fader on my mixer is starting to give up the good fight and it's going to cost me nuff dollarz to replace it so we'll see how I get around that (or not) in the next few weeks. Good start eh? ;)

52M-002: Tunestep Vol.2 by Marky De Sade on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Maya Jane Coles - Don't Tell
Arkist - One Year Later
Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Seiji Remix)
Spectr - Dance 4 Me
Gugu - RockAByeBaby
Martyn - Twice As
Horsepower Productions - Midnight Tease
Arkist - Vanilla Imitate
Sepalcure - I'm Alright
Falty DL - Party
Tessela - Acid Test
C.R.S.T. feat. Didz - Vision 2K
Lando Kal - Maneuver
Eliphino - Devoted

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Oh, and if you want to check the first TuneStep mix, you can do so at the following establishments:

Mixcloud
Soundcloud

Enjoy! See you next week...

xx

52M-001: Let's Get Ill

Off we go then...here's the very first installment in my 52 Mixtapes project. It's a lively, party-starting mix of hip-hop, funk, a bit of jazz, plenty of turntablism and a bit of mashupping. There's a few old favourites in there (i'll never get bored of that Cut Chemist remix of Shadow's "Number Song") as well as a few more recent treats.

I'm scraping the minimum timeframe barrel (this one clocks in at just over 32mins) but hey: it's still obeying the rules. And it's Friday. Which this mix will hopefully enforce with gusto. Plus i'm not exactly going to chuck my wad with a 2hour megamix in the opening week.

As usual: two turntables, a mixer, Torq...and some swearing. Enjoy!

52M-001: Let's Get Ill by Marky De Sade on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Redman - Ooooh Intro
Krafty Kuts - We Do This
Glenn Miller - In The Mood (Funk Ferret & Goodgroove Remix)
Major Lazer - Hold The Line (DJ C Remix)
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Listen To The Muro Mix)
DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Cut Chemist Remix)
Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing
De La Soul - Ring, Ring, Ring (Ha, Ha Hey)
Diesler - Real Cold
Redman - Let's Get Dirty (Acapella)
The Beekeepers - Transcript
The Chi-Lites - The Devil Is Doing His Work (Disco Tech Edit)

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MASSIVE thanks to everyone Facebooking, Tweeting and ReBlogging this blog. You're all ace.

xx

Welcome...

...to the 52 Mixtapes project. oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D

I'm Marky de Sade and over the coming year i'm embarking on a little project that will hopefully see me record and upload (for your consumption) one musical mixtape every week. This isn't really a New Years Resolution because, in the main part, i'm not giving anything up. It's more a chance for me as a working DJ to give myself some regular turntable activity at home, as well as come up with something mildly entertaining for the listener*.

So if you really insisted on tying it into a New Years Resolution, i'd prefer you viewed it as a musically-obese DJ joining the tune-gym to shed some pounds in the form of mixes.

This is also a chance for me to claw back some of the fun I used to have doing my regular Friday night radio shows on Purple Radio, and play the kind of music I don't get chance to play when i'm catering for the average commercial club audience. That's not to say there won't be pop elements here and there, or even one or two out-and-out pop mixtapes - but you can hear that stuff anywhere and i'll try to keep it to a minimum.

Some of the mixes will be genre-led, others might have an overall theme like "summer" or "running" or "food", some might be producer-focused and others might be eclectic, random, all-over-the-shop messes. I have some vague plans in mind, but mostly i'll be taking each week as it comes and following my nose.

I'm going to impose SOME RULES so the project stays as consistent as possible and we don't get any bitching:

1. All mixtapes will be at least 30mins in duration.
2. Each new mixtape will be uploaded by the Saturday ending that week. So for this first week, my deadline for upload is: Saturday 7th January 2012.
3. Each mixtape will be uploaded to Mixcloud for streaming (and possibly one other download site), as well as being added to the excellent selection already present on the Purple Radio listen again server. If you follow me on Mixcloud it should automatically email you when each new mix is added.
4. Each mixtape will be prefixed with 52M- and then the number of the mix...001, 002 and so on. I trust most of you know how number-ordering goes. If not, pop into your local primary school (make sure they know you're arriving first - clambering over the fence at playtime isn't recommended).
5. Requests will be dealt with at the DJ's discretion. Some of you have requested personal mixes in the past and I might take this opportunity to sort them out and get them uploaded. Any additional requests received this year of this ilk will be scowled at, sniffed, licked, and then considered for consumption. I'm going to be pretty busy so i'll do what I can, basically.

Seems fair? COMMENT NOW if you're already not happy with something. ;)

Right, i'd better get busy then. See you at the weekend with 52M-001...

xx

* this isn't a guarantee, more a distant dream.