Neil Armstrong 1930-2012

Neil Armstrong, a childhood hero, has moved on. Much of the music we listen to today would probably sound very different without the human exploration of space and Armstrong was of course an icon. There are so many artist in the past and the present that were and still are inspired by space. Herbie Hancock, Mala, Opolopo, Theo Parrish, Africa Bambaataa, Photek, Kraftwerk, Dilla and many others.

Mr. Armstrong we salute you with a classic tune from Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton's Jedi Knight project. May the funk be with you! (Clear Recordings 1995)

Jedi Knights - May the funk be with you (1995)

As a bonus while we're on the subject of science inspired artists, here's Opolopo's ode to the discovery of the Higgs Boson - "the God particle" from a few months back.

"Just a nerdy little drone for us science fans that got excited about the 99.999% chance of discovering the Higgs Boson today."


Download: Opolopo - The Higgs Boson

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Wiley & Mark Pritchard - Scar/Money man

Ooh we've been waiting for this! The official release for the Wiley and Mark Pritchard collaborations. Recorded in Pritchard's studio on Bondi Beach, Sydney back in 2009 and now finally released on Wiley's new album Evolve or be extinct.

These two tracks respresent the best of two worlds. Mark Pritchard's dark, twisted, electronic, subbass beats with Wiley's grimey dubstep flow. We've highlighted Scar before (in our best of 2010 list) but it hasn't been released on wax until now. To be honest I haven't listened through the whole album yet. I never got past Moneyman that has been on repeat for four days now.


Wiley & Mark Pritchard - Scar


Wiley & Mark Pritchard - Money man

Scar was actually featured in one of our very first posts. The still outstanding Harmonic 313 mixtape from Mark Pritchard. It's also the first and only time I've ever heard Mark's ace dubstep version of LFO's classic subbass track LFO.  If you missed out back then, get it below:

Download:  Mark Pritchard - The Harmonic 313 mixtape (ViralRadio Amsterdam)

Tracklist:
Drank Instrumental - Electrik Red (Def Jam)
Harmonic 313 - LFO (Warp)
Harmonic 313 - Dutty (Warp)
Harmonic 313 - Lion (Warp)
Africa Hitech - One two (Warp)
Mark Pritchard | Wiley - Scar (CDR)
Mark Pritchard - Elephant dub (Deep Medi)
Untold - Stop what your doing (Hemlock)
Africa Hitech - Boingy (Warp)
Africa Hitech - Step (Warp)
Claus Speeed - Don't Ever Antagonize The Horn (Cdr)
Eprom - Zoning (Instrumental) (Cdr)
Hudson Mohawke ft. Wednesday Nite - Paint The Stars (Warp)

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Africa HiTech/Harmonic 313 mixtape

Long time favourite Mark Pritchard is back!

This time he has teamed up with Steve Spacek for an absolutely amazing collaboration entitled Africa Hitech. The project was recently signed to Warp for their debut album with due release spring 2010. With no official releases as of yet and tracks such as One-Two already rippin' soundsystems all over the world here's an mixtape with future tracks put together by Pritchard to make the wait more enjoyable (ripped from Viral Radio).

Harmonic 313-Africa Hitech mixtape

Tracklist:

Drank Instrumental - Electrik Red (Def Jam)

Harmonic 313 - LFO (Warp)

Harmonic 313 - Dutty (Warp)

Harmonic 313 - Lion (Warp)

Africa Hitech - One two (Warp)

Mark Pritchard | Wiley - Scar (CDR)

Mark Pritchard - Elephant dub (Deep Medi)

Untold - Stop what your doing (Hemlock)

Africa Hitech - Boingy (Warp)

Africa Hitech - Step (Warp)

Claus Speeed - Don't Ever Antagonize The Horn (Cdr)

Eprom - Zoning (Instrumental) (Cdr)

Hudson Mohawke ft. Wednesday Nite - Paint The Stars (Warp)

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