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New loom Podcasat with Cicio

Our friend Anthony Mazzara aka Cicio has put together a great new podcast for loom. Expect a smooth ride with his loom-tailored deep house selections of subdued & melodic cuts. You can download it here.

Also you can catch Cicio doing an early Sunday morning set (5-6 a.m.) at this weekend's Old Skool Underground festival.

New Edit - Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Charanga 76

Round 2 of an edit I collaborated on with Chris Gooris under Guerrilla After Party. This track is also featured on the new loom anniversary mix which you can download here.

Ain't No Stopping Us Now (loom's Guerrilla After Party Edit ROUND 2) by Brent Crampton

New loom Podcast - 5 Year Anni Mix Part 2

loom's got a new podcast. Subscribe for free and download the new loom mixes.

loom's 5-Year Anniversary Mix Part 2 by Brent Crampton

March Top 10

Been sifting through lots of great new music. Here's the cream of the crop of my finds and what I've been incorporating in my sets as of late ...

1. Average Fruit (10.4 Rog's Gradeschool Crush Version) - Quadron
2. Cosmic Connection - Ad Bourke
3. (I Feel Like) Busting Loose - Rebirth Brass Band
4. KoKo - Los Chicharrons
5. Paris Luanda (Sabo Moombahton Remix) - DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto
6. Sister S Cloud (Prince Remix) - Joyride
7. Curura - Toto la Momposina y Sus Tambores
8. And You - Ku Bo feat. Joyce Muniz
9. Peace Of My Mind - Kerri Chandler
10. Bombs - Onra

loom MLK Tribute Sampler

To give you a taste of what I'll be playing tomorrow at loom, here's my top 5 tracks dealing with equality & racial harmony . . .

1. Colorblind feat. Aloe Blacc - Afrodisiac Sound System
2. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins
3. 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free - Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers
4. Gypsy Woman (Dmitri From Paris Remix) - Crystal Waters
5. The Color Of My Skin - Swing 52 feat. Arnold Jarvis

By the way, Julia Drazic & Randy Powell are both back in town. If you know them, we'll be celebrating that as well.

Depressed Billionaires 100% Pure Content EP

The Omaha-born brothers (pictured on the right with Tommie Sunshine) that produce under the guise of Depressed Billionaires have put out a new EP on Idiot House available on Beatport.

The 100% Pure Content EP is 5 tracks of straight-ahead synth heavy house that harkons on the 1980's sweet melodic nostalgia & electro-tinges. They're production gets tighter with each release. Check it out below . . .

100% Pure Content EP by Depressed Billionaires

Top 30 Tracks of 2010

Alright, spent a good amount of time putting this together. This list is a slight departure from the Top 50 mp3 disc I was handing out this past weekend. If you missed that, no worries - there's a link below to download these tracks. Some are old, some are new. But all are the best of what I personally connected with and most of what was frequently heard in my DJ sets.

1. Superman - Black Coffee feat. Bucie
2. DLP 1.1 - William Basinski
3. Curura - Sabo & Cassady
4. A Night In Tunisia - Art Blakely & The Jazz Messengers
5. Horse - Quadron
6. Shake It To La Cumbia - Nadastrom
7. Crave You - Flight Facilities
8. Hey Hey (Deepah Ones Remix) - Dennis Ferrer
9. All Night Dub - Cole Medina
10. Music Trance - Charanga 76
11. Messe Messe (Afro Dub) - Gregor Salto & Mokooomba
12. Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane Vocal Mix) - Lindstrom & Christabelle
13. Show Some Appreciation - Zeb Bias
14. 27 Devils (Flevans Remix) - Flevans
15. Go Go Girls - Mz Streamz
16. You Can Dance (Envee Ensemble Version) - Pinnawela
17. Ease Back (BSC Beatsapella) - Galaxy Group
18. Pow Pow - LCD Soundsystem
19. Rhythm & Soul - Art Jones
20. Ghosten - Kyle Hall
21. Untitled / Fantastic - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & the Suite for Ma Dukes Orchestra
22. So Anxious (Chris Gooris Remix) - Ginuwine
23. Dub Del Pacifico - Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno
24. Philly Bounce - Sabo
25. Dama's Salon (MastikSoul Remix) - DJ Gregory & Sidney Samson feat. Damas
26. Tilt Shift - Mosca
27. Turn Me Away (Get Munny) - Erykah Badu
28. Rose Rouge (Vocal Edit) - Analog People In A Digital World
29. Trompe D'Amour - Riva Starr
30. XXXO (SBTRKT Remix) - M.I.A.

Grab the tracks here.

Sampler for loom Weaves Diwali

*** loom Weaves Diwali is SOLD OUT! . . . BUT at 9:30 pm, 25 more reservations will be for sale at Indian Oven on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis.

It's been nearly a year since loom has ventured down to Indian Oven. This time it's in honor of Diwali - the festival of lights. As I write this, there's about 50 tickets left, so jump on it if you haven't (buy button below).

To give you a taste of what I'll be playing, I uploaded about 5 tracks for you to grab here . . . 

loom Weaves Diwali Sampler

Includes a track from the Bollywood Hollywood movie, Cheb i Sabbah, David Starfire, Kaka Bhaniawala and more. Enjoy!

November Top 10

Alright, posting up a spectrum of the tracks I've been feeling and playing out lately. See the link below to grab the bulk.

I've really been feeling the moombahton/cumbia movement lately ("Shake It To La Cumbia" & "Cumbia Nightlife") and the dance floor's been blowing up every time. Sabo just put out a free EP on the Sol Selecta SoundCloud you should grab . . . I thought Afrodisiac was out of the game for sure, but out of nowhere they put out a few new ones. "Upside Rick" is my favorite of the bunch . . . Plus good old Gooris in Chicago put together a nice version of Ginuwine's "So Anxious."

Enjoy . . .

1. Rhythm & Soul - Art Jones
2. Music Trance - Charanga 76
3. Shake It To La Cumbia - Nadastorm
4. So Anxious (Chris Gooris Remix) - Ginuwine
5. Ease Back (BSC Beatsapella) - Galaxy Group
6. Truth (Seiji Vox Twist) - Sy Smith
7. Messages From The Stars (Atjazz Re-Edit) - The Rah Band
8. Upside Rick - Afrodisiac Soundsystem
9. Clap Song - Supafunkanova
10. Cumbia Nightlife (Dave Nada Moombahton Edit) - Joyce Muniz & Shanti Roots

Grab them all here.

Just in time for Halloween: Live FATHR^ Set

Dustin Bushon just emailed me a link to a recent performance. He's the creator of FATHR^, which is an experimental noise act that collaborates with different musicians. In this case, he partnered up with Dapose of The Faint for a live show at the Clawfoot House in Lincoln.

Compared to other FATHR^ performances and recordings, this one doesn't get nearly as loud, but definitely gets a lot more evil. Which is why I'm sharing this with you before Halloween . . . If you got a boom box, play this while you walk around the neighborhood this weekend.

Download here. It may not be up for long.