Tag: I:Cube

Mixes From Sundays Past

Posted on by Eamon Harkin

We recorded a lot of mixes of our guests playing at Sunday Best over the years. There’s also a few from Eamon and Justin and one in particular of them playing back-to-back at the last Sunday Best party ever.

Here they all are. A real treasure trove. We hope they whet your appetite for Mister Sunday kicking off on May 29th. Don’t download them all at once!

Alex from Tokyo, Dam Funk, Danny Wang, Eamon Harkin (another one here), Fred P, I:Cube, Joakim, John Daly, Jus Ed (part 1) and (part 2), Justin Carter, Justus Kohncke, Kyle Hall, Michael Mayer, Mister Saturday Night (Eamon & Justin, together as one), Motor City Drum Ensemble, Move D, Mr Scruff, Optimo, Quentin Harris, Riton, Roy Davis Jr, Rub N Tug, Stefan Goldman, Tim Sweeney, Trus’me and The Wurst DJs (My Cousin Roy, Runaway and Doug Lee)

Justin’s Top Five Tracks of the Year

Posted on by Justin Carter

This year I discovered Truth Is Light Records, a great Canadian label releasing simple edits of brilliant, largely obscure, genre-unspecific gems. I could’ve chosen most any of the records I ordered from them this year, but “Be Thankful”, the A-side off the first record in a limited edition 45 series they’re doing, got the most deck time. Slightly disco-ey, thoroughly old-school electro, it toes just the right line to make it the perfect bridge between house, modern soul and all kinds of other tracks, and though it’s a tool, it’s never outshined by what comes before or after it. (Sadly, I couldn’t find a version of the track to post here, but you can listen to it on the TIL page.)
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Just Arrived

Posted on by Justin Carter

A big package of records just arrived at my door. It’s like Christmas! The James Blake track above – ‘I Only Know (What I Know Now)’ – was the first thing to go on the player. Heavenly. The I:Cube track below, ‘Merovingienne’, I’ve been dying for since I got the promo late last spring. Two (two!) got lost in the mail on the way over the Atlantic, so it’s a long-time coming. ‘In The City’ is a pretty little thing for the early evening by our friend Jacques Renault; and ‘Closer’ is, well, it’s filthy. And I love it. Continue reading “Just Arrived”