The Beat Oracle

Apologies are in order (again). A web update has been long overdue . We’ve been asleep at the wheel, busy with graduate studies, jobs, and the routine scratching of bums. However, we’ve managed to piece together the usual weekly program, and those listeners that subscribe to our podcast should be up to speed. For everyone else, here is a ten-hour glimpse of the past month:

Despite winter’s early arrival making us a little grumpy, this latest episode has lifted our spirits. The set features our usual blend of diverse future-music, including brand new cuts from Q-Tip, Murs, Ladyhawke, The Tough Alliance, Thom Yorke, and Benga. Stay inside and dance along.
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11/20/2008

All modesty aside, last week’s show might be one of the best. Homemade banana bread inspires hour one, and reveals new tracks from Black Milk, TV On The Radio, Luomo and SCSI-9. Dubstep and ambient dominate the second half, featuring new singles from D1 and Martyn. Listen and lounge.
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11/13/2008

History is celebrated, as Barack Obama is elected President!  The entire set is dedicated to dancing, shaking, and cathartic nonsense! (Hey, we’ve earned it) President-elect Obama also mails in, sharing a few of his favorite songs with our listeners. As if you needed an excuse to pop open a few bottles…
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11/06/2008

For this episode Michael grew an ironic mustache and dusted off his skinny jeans for a first hour wrought with excessive indieness. Things become sensible in hour two, with dubstep and experimental tracks leading the way. Loads of new cuts from the likes of The Sea and Cake, Of Montreal, El Guincho, Bjork, Conquest, Helios, Deerhunter, and more!
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10/30/2008

The release season continues to be kind with stellar new tracks from Murs, Madlib, Panda Bear, MGMT, Jonas Bering, Shed, and Bomb the Bass (!). This comes highly recommended by the Sells Studio office staff, as well as Michael’s dog, Mia.
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10/23/2008

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Autumn is here and the release season continues to heat up with new music from Max Tundra, The Herbaliser, Roots Manuva, Windy & Carl, Jim O’Rourke and more. In hour one Michael brings the beats as  Kenny returns from CA with an arsenal of records and drops some must-listen finds. Hour two winds down and things turn ambient. Screw in your red light bulbs and ponder the cosmos, indeed.

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10/16/2008

Last week our friend Micah joined us in the studio and dropped some mindbending material. He raised the stakes, and the proof is here. The two-hours features fresh tracks from Mogwai, TV on the Radio,  Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker, Benoit Pioulard, Luomo, and more. Enjoy!

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10/09/2008

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Last week the show officially moved to its new 2-hour time slot  (Thursdays 9-11 PM on WCRS 98.3/102.1 LPFM Columbus). In the first half, Michael and I dropped fresh tracks from Osborne, Koushik, Ruckus Roboticus, and Gang Gang Dance. The midway/second half features a great mega-mix courtesy of Kenny and his electric hair. Highly recommended…by (ahem) us.

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10/02/2008

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Deepest apologies for the lack of web updates. Podcast subscribers should be caught up with the most recent edition, but for the rest of you, there is some news. As of October 2nd, the show will be expanding to two hours, and will broadcast on Thursdays from 9-11pm on WCRS in Columbus. Thanks for all of your positive feedback. We’re fortunate to be bringing you the additional music. Here’s a brief summary of the past three weeks (We can’t promise our malaise won’t get the best of us again, but we’ll try):

Last week we brought fresh tracks from Roots Manuva, Michna, Dungen, Amon Tobin, Ulrich Schnauss and more.
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09/23/2008

Two weeks ago we featured brand new music from Nightmares On Wax, Mr. Scruff, Annie, Clark and a ton of great older tunes.
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09/16/2008

And finally, three weeks ago we debuted shiny new songs from Alias, Shigeto, Common Market, The Notwist, and a usual dose of future music.
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09/09/2008

Stay tuned in the coming days for our first expanded 2-hour set. Cheers!

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As summer starts winding down, we continue setting fires! Last week we dropped a ton of new gems including stuff from The Bug, Minotaur Shock, Murs, The Rice Twins and Madvillain.
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08/26/2008

We continued the mix this week with more electronic, dub, hip-hop and ambient featuring the likes of Christ., Global Goon, J Dilla, Lewis Parker, and The Flashbulb.
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09/02/2008

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We’re back together again this week for another smooth mix. New stuff from Vast Aire (sci-fi hip-hop), Quiet Village (cinematic instrumental), Robert Babicz (brand new Kompakt Total 9 comp), and a Solvent track from the last Suction Records release (RIP lo-fi electro). There are a couple morsels of exciting news to report: we will soon be expanding back to a 2 hour show and we have kicked off our Myspace presence.
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08/19/2008

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Last week I was finishing up my travels. Our friends Broke Pony & The Bunny Wrangler stepped in with a great guest mix. The mix has Detroit soul with another small tribute to Big Sur in the middle of the mix. As you can see, I’m a little behind after 3 weeks away–but we’ve got another great show this week to be posted in a few days.
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08/12/2008

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I’ve been in the midst of a three week travel block–last week I was able to record a show with the guys. After three weeks with separate shows, it was good to be back as a team. New stuff this week from Mr. Scruff, Flying Lotus, Matmos and a slew of old gems.
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08/05/2008

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I finish off the Comfest mix series this week with a set of deep beats. The first half is comprised of some deep minimal electronic songs, including some tracks by the Raster-Norton crew (Alva Noto remixing Bjork, Byetone) then a transition into hip-hop including tracks by Double Dee & Steinski, Jungle Brothers and Alias. The show closes with one of my favorite cuts of the year: Portishead’s The Rip. We’ll be back at full strength next week!
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07/29/2008

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Kenny is at the helm in our three-part series of Comfest mixes this week. As expected, he brings the dance jams starting off with a retro sound (4mat, Neon Neon) moving towards a more experimental sound with the likes of The Tuss (aka RDJ), Shpongle, and Pendulum.
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07/22/2008

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