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15 Battles – Mirrored (Warp Records) : Everybody’s been talking about “Mirrored” this year, and they kind of deserve it for getting their oddtimed dissonant music to find strange acclaim from mainstream circles as well as mathheads.
14 Deejay OM – Reheated Naan and Curry (Galapagos4) : A fine hybrid of Indian samples mixed with beats. Somehow liked it much more than Madlib’s take. Past

30 years ago on 7/7/77 Reggae trio of Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes, Culture released their seminal debut. Of course I wasn’t even around back then but I’m probably sure I’d have gone rasta the second I heard the beginning notes of anthemic “Black Starliner must come.”

Hi kids, been away for the weekend, and did my first dip in water this year!!. One of the releases I took with me was the eagerly anticipated new release by the mysterious Burial on UK’s Hyperdub which had a very fruitful year in 2006. This new 12″ called Ghost Hardware is prime time Burial stuff a la his debut.