New Lab Radio! - Feeling all these eclectic jams this week. We put some of Madlib's latin jazz project on there, along with some awesome nigerian rock, classic disco, rare indian psyche, neo soul and more. It's quite a buffet plate of sound.

From the folks who brought you Life Sucks Die and Dre Day now bring you our brand new Burlesque of North America podcast. Click the logo above or right here to subscribe and check out mixes from some of our favorite DJs. Today we just uploaded a brand new red hot mix from Trouble & Bass' Star Eyes. It's 40 minutes of UK 4x4 and other heavy bassline electro stuff.

Star Eyes will be in Minneapolis next Friday night spinning at the release party for our Do it To it EP alongside heavy hitters Dave Nada and Bird Peterson and a large local lineup.

New mixes on the way from Bird Pete, Tactic, King Most, DJ Shad, Bitch Ass Darius, and many more.

If you'll be in the Twin Cities over Memorial Day weekend, this one is a must:

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http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Check out these BLAZING HOT LYRICS I found in da club a few weeks ago. They were mixed in with someone's calculus homework. Maths and English.

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F- all that politics talk. I don't bump into Obama at Tompkins, see Hillary or "McCain Fries" making any guest appearances at The Lab.

Hell, I don't get any advice from any of those suckaz!

So with that said, here's my observational guide to TAKING '08:

1. Steppin' up your Epic-Nonchalant Picture game.

OR

2. Steppin' up your "My-Life-Is-Cool-With-Or-Without-Your-Validation" Picture game.

Like these playaz:

Gas

Dip

Egg

Jemz

Wood

Roc

Ski

!!!

-Rainey

Yeah yeah Producto, we know who you're rolling with...

Nice post Jemz! I'm still voting for Hillary though. HAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, I tried keeping a straight face, but it's "Not Gonna Happen."

It's Obama all the way dudes...
Cocoa Tea
Barack Obama 7"

Oh yeah, and if you don't know already Madlib is one versatile MF. CHECK!
Jackson Conti
Sujinho (Madlib) 2LP

Here's some freshness from
Good Shape Design

Stereo brings back Burt and Foxx!

and here's some sweet designs by the loving peeps at 101 Apparel (Free Nightmares On Wax CD too)

For all the DJ's looking to step up their mixer game, I present the Ecler NUO4.0 Mixer

Also, if you wanna find out what's up with No Wave, look into this. It's gonna come back you know.

Marc Masters
No Wave Book

Oh and if you wanna find out what the hell the guy is doing in the Stackswell gif.
Check the realness. BEAMZ!!! (we should get it in soon)

For more updates on whats good, Stay tuned guy

WE HOOD, WE VOTING! LET'S GO!!!!

In all fairness I heard Egg Foo is working on a remake of Supersonic for the Clinton campaign. Too little too late?

it's gonna be a big one.

sometimes music is just tooo good. click here for this amazing gregorian version

So after I got off work at Teddy's (name drop) last night, i headed downtown to this Harvey/Sarcastic party to meet Pube$ & Road Manager Barry. By the time I got there it was already like 2:45 and Pube$' punk "my moms in town" ass was already talking about bouncing. Since I paid $20 to get in I said fuck it and stayed to listen to the legend....

Cut to one hour later and I'm in the middle of the spot dancing my ass off all by myself, no friends, no drugs and no alcohol! To be honest I don't really dance that much, but last night I had no choice. I spent nearly three hours dancing by myself as Harvey maneuvered between three turntables, a reel to reel tape machine and a Bozak mixer (I'm assuming).

Why am I writing this? TIME TO STEP OUR GAME UP PEOPLE! For the last time it's not about photo shoots, headphone endorsements, who's the best at scratching, how many B-More remixes you've turned out, who your booking agent is, what hotel your staying at, etc. It really is about the music and giving the people a feeling they'll always remember and turn to when life has them trapped.*

-Raver Jemz

*unless your just another top-forty dj, than disregard this post, your good.

a fun thing to do is sing along with this song but replace the hook lyrics with "send me an email"
-then the next time you talk biz to someone you can wrap up your conversation with a little flavor..

I know somewhere out there, somebody's laughing. Mon through Thurs we have the best weather ever, only to have it rain every weekend for the last 3 weeks. It's Bullspit (ed. for tv). At least I can chill in with some of these new bangers...

The 90's classic reworked by the man himself...
Young MC
Bust A Move Remixes (Diplo + Don Rimini) Digi-12

For once, I feel C'mish on this one
The American Boogie Down: America's Lost Disco, Funk & Boogie 2CD

this is a Portishead dream box.
Portishead
Third Vinyl Box Set w/ Art Print & P-Shaped USB Stick

Gear picks!
Staple

Obey

Analog Shorts

and this Peroxide Comics from 2004 is still very relevant to NY today. It's also very Free. I like the bit on the St. Marks flyer guy. It feels good that we can hate together.
Vol.2, Issue #2 w/ Bonus CD - FREE WITH PURCHASE

Also, I feel you Roc. That song is the realness(where's the Arman Van Helden Remix?). Way better than the ATCQ version. "Can I kick it? Yes, We Can." Cheeeeeesy.

Petes Brother.......
If your gonna talk "Yes We Can" at least post the realness.......

Turntable Lab Bronx exclusives:

Check out the "soft eject" feature on the Tang

Worst Song Ever Recorded??????

Primo spotted at the store -- re-upping on blue Krink and Butter Rugs. (so real) ... speaking of re-upping if you are in BK this friday come thru to Trophy Bar. (sorry we couldn't get Khia)

OPEN LETTER TO THE PURVEYORS OF TTL:
As the warm weather approaches it is only natural to desire a few new t-shirts
for the arsenal. My "Joseph & the amazing technicolor dream coat" and "Dip me
in honey & throw me to the bears" tees have seen better days. Being 6'5" 270lbs.
means having a tight t-shirt game can at times be a struggle. Now I know that
I'm not the norm by any means but there are plenty of chubby lab custies that could
do with a xxl. Being under the impression that fatties don't shop online at the lab
is like saying no asian kids go to Stuyvesant High School. I realize that a majority of
the shirts you guys carry aren't even made in xxl but when they are please by all means
do what you can to help us big dudes out.

Yours Truly,
The Enormous Jew

P.S.
Andy you better check your tape I don't think serato or a skinny DJ AM existed in '02.

There are women downstairs at the park, in bikini tops, reading books in the sun while I write this. Just thought you'd like to know...

Here's the best of the newies:

Santogold
Santogold CD

Justice
DJ Mix Leur Selection CD

V/A
Jack Trax #1 (Mr. Fingers) 2x12"

and of course...
Second Cousins
Rush: Special Edition CD

Spank Rock
Voila: Special Edition CD

I like Fuct 'cause they're for the people. Daytrippers, 80's funksters, and herbalists apply here...

Obey gets the ball rollin' for summer. This necklace is on some "James Bond goes to the disco" shit right here(comes with a secret compartment)

and for all those that have an addiction for breaks, may I introduce to you:
The Sampling Dictionary 2008 Book You THOUGHT you knew.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go downstairs and put these to use.
Mad Decent
WMC 2008 Water Uzi

More coming soon...

via Levins

You gotta love AM and jazzy Jeff.... two bosses of the big club game.... Check this video of WMC 02 I just saw..... Dropping Eve, playing the current big hits like... "Move Bitch" and "the Benjamins"

Told you TAPES were back.

-Rainey

Diddy honored with a Hollywood Star

best line...

"I'm a definition of how to build a brand and a 360 model. I feel like I'm the definition of that," Combs said. "This new concept that people have, I've been doing it for years. Creating a way out of no way, making lemonade out of lemons, that's what I do."

"So if the music industry's getting cannibalized by the Internet, I figure out how to work with it, I figure out how to survive. You throw me in the jungle butt-naked, I come out with a lion's head, some bearskins and a bunch of food. I may be driving a Maybach."

Special Edition Lab Radio. Get your boogie on with some funk and 80's picks from our own stash of wax.

It's only Thursday and this week can be summed up in 3 things: Demon Fuzz, playing forward both halves with no sub, and lots of raspberry-apple (c+zinc)