DJ Alex from Seattle’s fantastic Public radio outpost KEXP, put together this new 80 minute mix as a part of the ongoing “Music That Matters’ podcast series. The mix highlights a ton of artists performing at this years Decibel Festival – including our own Gulls!

“DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 20+ artists performing at this year’s Decibel Festival, Seattle’s premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 26th to September 30th! Tune in to get a taste of this year’s massive, diverse roster and check outdbfestival.com for more information!” – KEPX Website

Stream it DWNLD it HERE

Tonight in PDX!

For the month of September, we are offer a free download of all 7 remixes of Gulls’ Running Times EP.

Grab em, and Jam em.

Featuring 7 remixes and versions by some of our favorite producers!

DOWNLOAD HERE!  

Very excited for this.

Boomarm Nation has been long time fans of the work Maga Bo is doing, and it will be an honour and a privilege to share a sound system with him. Not to mention my main man E3 warming things up!! PDX, come out and show your love for trans-national Sound System music.

In the mean time make sure you are all caught up on Maga Bo’s latest opus Quilombo Do Futuro.

xxo

Palate Cleanser: Later Summer Afternoon Tea by Gulls 

I made this mix after an exhausting day of combing soundcloud for some new music to both Dj, and get excited about.. But all I could seem to find was Trap, Trap and yup more Trap remixes… WTF culture?

I had to remind myself that before all of this saturation fatigue, I used to love M U S I C… you know the kind made by groups of people who wanted to share in a spontaneous sonic moment. Well.. it still exists, and I made this mix to remind myself that. Whilst digging in, i had some fun chopping a few wave forms, re-arranging them, and getting noisy on some filters and Delay… And some how Drake ended up in here too.. LOL

Its going down people! Sahel Sounds is prepping the vinyl release of Music From Saharan Cellphones Vol. 2. Chock full of more amazing music from the deep web of the mp3 / cell phone music network of West Africa.

Chris from Sahel Sounds just launched a Kickstarter where you can pre-order Vol. 2 in a variety of formats, including Cassette / Vinyl / Micro SD card / and Digital DL.  By the looks of it, its gonna go fast so get a copy while you still can!!

In the mean time feast your ears on a rad new Sahel Sounds Cassette series called “Autotune The World”.

This first volume explores pop music forms from Niger, with plentiful helpings of crunchy beats, acoustic guitars, and yes.. Autotune.

This cassette is available at Mississippi Records in Portland, Or. 

Autotune the World no. 1 – Pop Music From Niger – Side A.

Autotune the World no. 1 – Pop Music From Niger – Side B.

SIDEB B

DWNLD Side A HERE

DWNLD Side B HERE

Really loving the sound of this new Bule Daisy & Unknown Shapes collabo. Deep times to be had. Respect to the sound.

BOOMKAT says… 

“Portland-based Jesse Munro Johnson returns with this latest collection of tracks, and while it might be billed as an EP you certainly get a lot for your hard earned pennies. There are only five new tracks from Johnson himself, but he’s bundled those up with a mammoth seven remixes. We’ve got Alter Echo, Teleseen, Swami Million, El Buho, TMRK and Michael Bruce each turning in their versions of Johnson’s complex electroid dub constructions and each one takes the record in a different direction. For our money though it’s the originals that really cement the record’s status, and Johnson drives us through a sublimely well-orchestrated analogue dub factory floor, something like a more cavernous take on Strategy’s affectionate ‘Future Rock’. Well good.”