Exit Planet Dust

Ok here’s the news. I’ve finally decided to let go of this site and not update it anymore. As you know it hasn’t been touched since last August.

Due to work, health issues and common laziness, I have found it quite difficult to make frequent updates to this site. Also, since there are millions of sites out there that offer the same stuff that I post I kind of thought that it wasn’t really worth the effort for me to update this blog anymore.

So, If you want to grab the latest quality releases in EDM I suggest you head over to:
Globalnoises.org and sign up for their forum. There is an absolute shitload of great stuff there based on a great community of EDM purists that are willing to share all kinds of quality material.

For all the latest in underground hip hop go to http://beatboxradioshow.blogspot.com and http://underghh.blogspot.com. These two sites contain mainly RS links for all the latest 0 day releases.

For movies I usually go to surrealmoviez.info (need to sign up) and http://www.foriegnmoviesddl.com. Both sites are great for all your alternative and art house style films.

Well I think I’ve just about covered all you need to know on the places to get quality music and films. Quite a number of people have always said to me that I have such good taste in these areas and so I thought that this site would be my way of educating people to look beyond all that mainstream commercial hogwash that bombards our everyday life.

Anyway hope these recommendations have been helpful. Hope everything goes well for 2009.
I would like to sign off with a quote from the legendary hip hop producer DJ Premier :

"Underground will live forever, baby! We just like roaches: never dyin', always livin'. And on that note, lets get back to the program."

PEACE OUT !

Trafik-Live_At_Eolica-CD-2008

This is a live CD mix from Trafik recorded live at Eolica Festival, Tenerife, Spain. Don't know much about this release but it sure is worth checking out !

Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Dum Dum
3. Smoke
4. Your Light
5. Disco Trafiko
6. Dirty Word
7. Surrender
8. Le Beeatch
9. M.I.K.E.
10.Find Me
11.Neoteric Suite
12.Eolica Frolica

Phil_K-Breaks_From_Australia-CD-2003

Okay here's a release that I found somewhere lying in my hard drive. This is a fantastic compilation from 2003 by Australia's own progressive breaks meister Phil K. Some great tunes in this mix cd, including tracks from Jono Fernandez, Lostep and Infusion. It’s a shame that Phil K has gone all electro house these days though.

Tracklist

01. Icehouse - Don't Believe Anymore(Ivan Gough and Colin Snape Remix)
02. God Within - Raincry (Vance Musgrove Remix)
03. Free Radicals - Summer Breeze (Nu Breed Remix)
04. Jono Fernandez - Colours of Conscience
05. Amiel - The Chase (Hi Fi Bugs Remix)
06. Mortar and Pestle - Clause 5.1 (P King Edit)
07. The Operators - Fuhrball
08. Infusion - Legacy (Junkie XL Mix)
09. NuBreed - Midi Killa
10. Lo-Step - The Roots
11. GT - Kid Dynamite (Kid Kenobi vs Poxy Music Remix)

Airwave Presents - Summer Euphoria (2008)

Here's the first in the 'Euphoria Seasons' series. I can’t get enough of this mix and it has been on my playlist for an entire week. Why can’t we have more of this stuff be played rather than that usual cheesy/fluffy stuff from Armin and Tiesto? There's no other than the pure trance mesiter Airwave compiling this awesome mix.

Tracklist:
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01. Miika Kuisma - One Morning By The Riverside [Life In Streams Remix]
02. Hado - Midnight Sun [Original]
03. Chris M - Sadness [Progressive Mix - Part 1]
04. Andy Tau - North [Original]
05. Stuart C - Project 009 [Original]
06. Embliss - Beluga [Original]
07. Eddie Sender - Maya [Electroriginal Mix]
08. Santiago Nino - The Secret [R.E.N.O.I.S.E. Remix]
09. Parallel Sound & Evren D ft. Taclan - Flux [Original]
10. Joost Glazenburg - You Mona [Rein De Vries Remix]
11. Nomen Nescio - Aureole [Original]
12. Santerna & Yamin - 977 Miles [Probspot Remix]
13. Airwave ft. Angelique Arys - Urban Touareg [Vocal Mix]

Discover 40 - Mixed By John Askew (2CD) 2008

Here’s a compilation to celebrate the 40th release of Discover Records. This contains the most popular releases in a 2 CD mixed by John Askew. Some nice tracks in there from Paul Miller, John O’Callaghan and of course John Askew. I’m not sure why the Giuseppe Ottiviani remix of ‘Exactly’ is in there. An absolutely pointless remix which doesn’t sound even half as good as the original.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01: Thomas Datt - Evaporate (Chilled Mix)
02: Thomas Datt - Alone (Inertia Remix)
03: Sterelis - Lost (Charlie Brownz Remix)
04: Greg Downey - Once Again
05: John Askew - Chime
06: Tom Colontonio - Infinity Passage
07: Neal Scarborough - Stung on The River (Sean Tyas Remix)
08: Greg Downey Vivid - Intent (Giuseppe Ottaviani Vs Marc van Linden Remix)
09: John O'Callaghan - Space & Time (Intro)
10: Thomas Datt - Distance (Neal Scarborough Remix)
11: Thomas Datt - Distance (Original Mix)
12: John Askew - How Can I Put This (John O'Callaghan Remix)
13: O'Callaghan & Kearney - Exactly (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
14: David Newsum - From Dubai with Love
15: John Askew - The Door
16: Amadeus vs Aly & Fila - A Dream of Peace (John Askew Remix)
17: Inertia - The Emerald

CD 2

01: John O'Callaghan - Low Resolution Fox (John Askew Remix)
02: Inertia - The System (Thomas Bronzwaer Remix)
03: Coast to Coast - Cut Me (John O'Callaghan Rework)
04: Sean Tyas - Lift (John Askew Rework)
05: Thomas Datt - Evaporate (Stoneface & Terminal Remix)
06: O'Callaghan & Kearney - Restricted Motion
07: Thomas Datt - 2v2 (Sean Tyas Remix)
08: John Askew - Skylab
09: Tenthu - Stay Away
10: Paul Miller - Fruit, Vegetables and Miller
11. Paul Miller - Call Me Miller
12: Aled Mann - Cold Fusion (Sean Tyas Remix)
13: John OЖCallaghan - Split Decision
14: Inertia - The Chamber
15: Sean Tyas - Drop
16: O'Callaghan & Kearney - Exactly

Masters Series 01 Mixed by Will Holland Alex Morph Van Eyden 2CD 2008

Here's a compilation that's definitely not to be missed. Will Holland is consistently providing quality mixes from his monthly radio show ‘The Enhanced Recordings Show’. I must say that the first CD is definitely more listenable than the second. The second disc contains is just a rehash of the current predictable and formulaic tunes that are swamping the scene at the moment.

Tracklist:


1. Carl B - Just A Thought (Allende Remix)
2. Talla 2XLC - No Inbetween (Duderstadt Progressive Dub)
3. Above & Beyond pres. Tranquility Base - Oceanic (Super8 & Tab Remix)
4. Super8 & Tab - Suru (Martin Roth Electrance Remix)
5. Estiva pres. Sunover - Fame (Original Mix)
6. Alex Chilcott - Maui Sunset (Original Mix)
7. Sindre Eide - Only When I Sleep (Original Mix)
8. Sequentia - Eclipse (Original Mix)
9. Temple One - Aurora (Original Mix)
10. Deepwide - River (Original Mix)
11. Will Holland vs Six Senses - Frantic (Sean Tyas Remix)
12. Kyo & Gil La - Ultima (Original Mix)
13. Sense of Shiver feat. Boom - Offshore (Joe Garrett's Ocean View Remix)
14. Jan Johnston Meets Jussi Soro - Merge (Sequentia Remix)


CD 2
1. Alex Bartlett - Touch The Sun (Rank 1 Remix)
2. Carl B - Just A Thought (Original Mix)
3. Nic Chagall - Borderline (Original Mix)
4. Perpetual feat. Fisher - Innocent (Manvel Ter-Pogosyan Remix)
5. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Katie Marne - Spirit (Original Dub Mix)
6. Lost Witness vs. Sassot - Sin Mas (Original Mix)
7. Amadeus vs. Aly & Fila - A Dream Of Peace (Original Mix)
8. Sebastian Sand - Strange Bends (Kyau & Albert Remix)
9. Agnelli & Nelson pres. A&N Project - Wear That Dress (Agnelli & NelsonClub Mix)
10. Daniel Kandi - Make Me Believe (Original Rise Mix)
11. Talla 2XLC - No Inbetween (John O'Callaghan Remix)
12. Ground Control - Then & Now (Woody van Eyden Piano Remix)
13. DT8 - Breathe (Alex M.O.R.P.H. B2B Woody van Eyden Dub)
14. M.O.R.P.H.+ van Eyden pres. LEXWOOD - I Love Trance (Original Mix)
15. Soliquid - Music Is For Rich People (Mat Zo Remix)

Absolute - Horizons (2008)

I'm not sure if this an official release or not but this contains tracks from the one of many aliases of trance producer M.I.K.E. Not a bad album from the ever reliable M.I.K.E this defintely the trancier side of him that we have been hearing as of late.

Tracklist

01. Absolute-ly (7:17)
02. Now And Never (7:53)
03. Day Dream (9:40)
04. Dolphins Cry (7:23)
05. Dream Odyssey (6:49)
06. Now Horizon (6:38)
07. Where Are The Days (5:54)
08. Winter Time (6:44)
09. Seven Sins (9:07)
10. Up In The Air (7:24)
11. Drum Drift (4:00)
12. X-Factor (7:54)

VA - Sound System 01 Mixed by Hybrid 2CD (2008)

The duo responsible for producing intense cinema like sound scapes is back for 2008 with a double mix compilation.
The first disc is remix of film scores from movies such as Chronicles of Narnia, Man on Fire all the way to Babel and 28 Days Later. This is quite an impressive mix overall. Film score fanatics will definitely love this.
The second disc is where the beauty of this album lies. A very well mixed set with some quality tunes in there but of course a Hybrid set would not be complete without a cinematic finale which is what this mix definitely delivers.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Harry Gregson Williams - Desert Chase
2. Trentemøller & Buda - Gamma
3. Massive Attack - Sweet Is Good
4. Trifonic - Parks On Fire
5. Lostep - 6am Sedna
6. Andy Page - Yellow Tracksuit
7. Vector Lovers - Last Day Of Winter
8. Stefan Anion - Das Land Spricht (Post Apocalypse)
9. Spooky - The River
10. John Murphy - Going Home
11. Harry Gregson Williams - Saladin
12. John Murphy - Soldier's Requiem
13. Charlotte James - Shadows Of The City
14. Barry Jamieson - Arp Thing
15. Ryuichi Sakamoto feat David Sylvian - World Citizen
16. Harry Gregson Williams feat Lisa Gerrard - Man On Fire

Disc 2
1. Sasha - Coma (Spangled Rubdub)
2. Quivver - Surin
3. Luke Dzierzek - Identity (King Unique Remix)
4. Shifter & Carvell - A Dark Distance
5. Longrange - Just One More
6. Soliquid - Lonesfield
7. Hybrid - The Formula of Fear (Hybrid Remix)
8. Hybrid - Fifty Dollar Pistol
9. Lank - Confrontation
10.Oliver Moldan vs Harada - Fortune Cookie (Jerome Isma-ae Mix)
11.Stefano Greppi - Electro Pop (Ambient Mix)
12.Elie Force - Shivva

UNKLE Sounds - Edit Music For A Film 2CD (2005)

This is called a 'soundtrack reconstruction'. This is a seamless mix of film scores, movie dialogue and typical UNKLE style beats and atmospheric soundscapes.

I thought I'd post this since the latest album from UNKLE has just been released.

DISC ONE
WIDESCREEN EDIT
NEW HOPE

Intro
20th Century Fox Fanfare
Joe Budden - Focus
Def Jam Presents Hip Hop Classics (Scarface)
Money, Power, Respect -The Lox Feat. DMX & Lil' Kim
THX

2001 - A Space Odyssey
Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Main Theme) (UNKLESounds Edit)

Dune
UNKLE - Blackout

Welcome To Sarajevo
UNKLE - Lonely Soul / Massive Attack - End Titles

A Clockwork Orange
Walter Carlos - Title Music From A Clockwork Orange / Massive Attack & Mos Def - I Against I

Scarface
Genuine Childs - DVD Menu Score

Interlude
2 Unknown Clips

Kill Bill
Opening Credits from Kill Bill Vol.1. (Intro to Shaw Bros. Studios)
DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (UNKLE uncensored feat. Roots Manuva) / Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honour Or Humanity

Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet Vol. 2 - The Montague Boys feat. Justin Warfield
Romeo & Juliet Vol. 2 - O Verona

Eyes Wide Shut
Chris Isaac - Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing (UNKLEsounds Edit)

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle
Sid Vicious - My Way

Blade Runner
Vangelis - Blush Response
UNKLE - Safe In Mind / Dillinja - Angels Fell

THX 1138
UNKLE - I Need Something Stronger

Outro
Peter Pan - The Second Star To The Right

DISC TWO
BONUS MATERIAL EDIT
STRIKES BACK

Intro
MGM Lion
Lost In Translation - "Every soul has its path..."
2010 - "You say something is going to happen..."
UNKLE - Eye For An Eye (Strings Section)
Training Day - "Listen, you're in a privileged..."
The Insider - "If they catch you in a lie..."

Sexy Beast
UNKLE & South - Cocaine and Camcorders (UNKLE variation)
Paycheck - "Its time to wake up and get a life..."
UNKLE & South - Paranoid (UNKLE variation)

Irreversible
Thomas Bangalter - Night Beats

Thin Red Line
UNKLE - Have You Passed Through This Night?

Assault On Precinct 13
Dylan Rhymes - The Way / Assault On Precinct 13 - Radio Spot

Solaris
Cliff Martinez - Is That What Everybody Else Wants / Meat Katie - Next Life

Kill Bill
Uma Thurman - A Few Words From The Bride
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang / Unknown Artist - Unknown Track

Heat
Alive - "After 20 years you analyse a lot..."
Moby - God Moving Over Water / Unkle - In A State

Almost Famous
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (UNKLEsounds edit)

Outro
Scarface - "Eating, drinking, fucking, sucking..."


THE END

Sunrise at Sas Salinas (Ibiza) mixed by Babak Shayan (2CD) 2008

Absolutely wicked mix from Babak Shayan, this contains a flawless selection of quality tunes off the Plastic City label - a label that never fails to deliver.
The first CD contains unmixed full length tracks.
Second CD is the mix by Babak Shayan.

Tracklist:

CD1:
[01] terry lee brown jr feat robert manos - wait 06:19
[02] adam jace - northern lights 08:20
[03] roberto bardini - obsession 07:02
[04] babak shayan - one in a million (cooccer remix) 07:30
[05] subsky - what u want 07:49
[06] tan atalar - bounce 07:06
[07] shayan & shamlou - beautiful day 06:00
[08] white spectrum - 16 bars of a marble journey 07:49
[09] nick curly - silom 07:35
[10] adam jace - doktor deep 07:18
[11] the timewriter with theresa baltimore - vintage circuit 07:29
[12] rob tearson vs c-soul feat robert owens - escape from th 07:28
[13] scope - toronto 08:46
[14] soda inc - shine on 05:30

CD2:
[15] va - sunrise at sas salinas (ibiza) mixed by babak shaya 75:51

UNKLE - End Titles... Stories for Film (2008)

This is the fifth album from the trip hop legends and consists of a collection of ambient tracks and driving rock influenced-anthems.
Personally I find this better than War Stories but oviously not in the same league as Never Never Land

Tracklisting:
01. End Titles (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
02. Cut Me Loose
03. Ghosts
04. Ghosts (String Reprise)
05. Kaned And Abel (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
06. Blade In The Back (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
07. Synthetic Water (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
08. Chemical
09. Nocturnal
10. Cut Me Loose (String Reprise)
11. Against The Grain
12. Even Balance (Part Two) (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
13. Trouble In Paradise (Variation On A Theme)
14. Can't Hurt
15. 24 Frames
16. In A Broken Dream (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
17. Clouds
18. Black Mass
19. Open Up Your Eyes (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
20. Romeo Void (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
21. Heaven (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)
22. The Piano Echoes (Taken From The Film Odyssey In Rome)

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Freestyle rap - 'an improvisational form of rapping, performed with few or no previously composed lyrics, which is said to reflect a direct mapping of the mental state and performing situation of the artist. It is non-scripted, non-rehearsed, uncut, and the rawest form of hip-hop'.

This is a documentary shot through several years highlighting freestyle's history and its prominence in underground hip hop culture. This includes live footage of battle scenes from rap legends such as 2pac and Biggie to the more conventional hip hop MC's such as Mos Def, Supernatural and Pharoah Monche.

This documentary is highly recommended for any hip hop fans and those who are willing to look beyond the shallowness of today’s hip hop culture.

Words from the City (2007)

Words from the City is a feature documentary exploring Australian hip hop through intimate and candid observations of some of the nations most potent and compelling artists. Focusing on several diverse characters from around Australia, including the Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, TZU, Trey and Wire My Cuz, Words From the City explores the social and cultural compulsion of young Australians as they embrace the verbal battle ground to express their personal, political and creative voices. Words from the City follows the daily lives of these artists across one long hot summer, as they cement their positions at the vanguard of Australian hip hop, a movement that's exploding onto the musical landscape as one of our most powerful and energetic creative forms.

Taken from madman.com.au

Half Nelson (2006)

Ryan Gosling (The Notebook) stars as Dan Dunne, a young teacher whose edgy yet brilliant approach to history inspires his inner-city students to think for themselves.

But outside the classroom, Dan's life is spiraling out of control. Wrestling with inner demons and nursing a serious drug habit, Dan finally hits rock bottom - witnessed by one of his troubled students Drey (Shareeka Epps).

With an unlikely friendship built on a shared secret, Dan tries to steer her away from a small-time drug dealer (Anthony Mackie). But no matter which way they turn to survive, their lives will change forever.

Ryan Gosling was nominated for a 2006 Oscar for his performance. Definitely worth checking out.

Oldboy (2003)

One night, Dae-su (Choi) is locked up in a mysterious prison - with no idea why. After 15 torturous years, he's suddenly released and given a mobile phone, a designer suit and a wallet full of cash…

This is truly a brilliant film. It has superb performances, great cinematography and style and is highly original. This film will take your emotions into overdrive.
Definitely not for the squeamish this goes deeper than just your average revenge flick and presents ideas which are compelling and at the same time shocking.

Check it out.

Killah Priest - Behind the Stained Glass (2008)

The priest is back again for 2008 providing the usual dose of masterful lyriciallsim. You will defintely not find any elements that resmemble today's mainstream hip hop. That being the typical glitzy, ring tone catchy, watered down 0 intelligence trash.

This album represents hip hop in its purest form. Although not as solidly produced compared to its predocessor The Offering, this LP definitely contains the typical religious interpretations and presents challenging thoughts on Priest's social commentary.

A Big Bang Love: Juvenile (2006)

Another film from Takashi Miike. That probably says it all about the plot linearity. The same director responsible for films such as One Missed Call and Audition, this movie is more a visual trip of symbolic images rather than full on extremism.

The story is set in some sort unconventional style prison where two detectives try to solve a murder of an inmate. This is definitely not a straight forward film that follows any conventional plot and the ending is purely up to one’s interpretation. This contains lots of weird scenes such as hanging out on rooftops and looking at space shuttles and Mayan pyramids. Explosive violence and homoerotic prison life is probably the main themes here in this film.

Midnight Movies: From The Margin To The Mainstream (2005)

This documentary focuses on the idea of a midnight movie which had its concepts based on screening low budget films at small independent cinemas in order to create a cult audience.
These films contained themes and images that would consistently push the envelope back in the 1970's era of social taboos.

Watching a midnight movie would be considered as a liberating experience as the audiences of the disaffected youth culture would get their weekly dose of nihlism and sexual diversity.

VA - Destinations mixed by Pole Folder (2008) 2CD

Hailing from Belgium, Benoit Franquet, a master of musical composition first caught my attention when his track "Apollo Vibes" appeared on John Dgiweed's Global Underground 019 Los Angles compilation. After 18 months in production, Franquet released his first full album of material, Zero Gold in May 2005 which was immediately boosted by DJs round the globe.

This is his latest offering with a superb blend of progressive beats and tech house sounds.

Tracklist:

CD1:

Pole Folder - Destinations (Continuous DJ Mix) 77:51

CD2:
1 Pole Folder - Eastern Lagoon (Original Mix) 11:01
2 Simon Baker - Bandit (Original Mix) 7:58
3 Simon S - This or That (Original Mix) 7:41
4 Leon Boiler - Further Instructions (Supersub Remix) 6:33
5 Rockhaus - Rocx The Box feat. Henry Cullen & Jim Fish (Original Mix) 7:40
6 Arc - Limin (Original Mix) 8:16
7 Deep Mariano CPM - Plattenbau (Original Mix) 7:41
8 Max Demand - Barcsak (Joel Armstrong Remix) 8:37
9 Francesco De Santis - Fuck n Roll (Original Mix) 7:00
10 Ilk - Twisted Pine (Ruby Weeks Remix) 6:53
11 Spektre - Myst (Original Mix) 10:51
12 The Creamminals - Finding Paulette (Original Mix) 9:57
13 Oliver Moldan, Harada - Fortune Cookie (Jerome Isma Ae remix) 8:00
14 Fabian Argomedo - Universe (Original Mix) 8:53
15 Clubbervision - Contrast (Original Mix) 9:01
16 DJ Yellow, Astrid Suryanto - To The Top (Original Mix) 7:22

Airwave - Touareg 2008 (2CD)

One of the most prolific artists in the trance scene with many guises this is his fourth album from his origninal 'Airwave' artist name. This album is what defines real trance. In my opinion this is even better than his previous release 'Trilogique'.

Tracklist:

CD 1

1. Notice Of Eviction (05:22)
   
2. Punjabi Child (10:05)
   
3. Sunshine In Your Heart (08:17)
   
4. Candy Of Life (09:00)
   
5. Coka S Song (11:07)
   
6. Mind Repair Centre (07:47)
   
7. Urban Toaureg (Vocal Mix) (08:19)
   
8. Mahebourg Express (08:38 )
   
9. Batignolles Blues (08:30)

CD 2

1. Save Me 2k8 (09:47)
   
2. Above The Sky 2k8 (07:38 )
   
3. The Division Bell 2k8 (08:35)
   
4. Sunday Dark Firma (08:46)
   
5. Lightspeed 2k8 (09:17)
   
6. Sky Blues 2k8 (08:47)
   
7. Angelica (Sagittaire Remix) (10:25)
   
8. Haka For Peace (08:29)