This edotion was inspired by songs heard in the alleys and shops of Japan of the past few weeks. The selections were pulled from the Solid Record Room and mixed for the show. 

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Max took some of his favorite tracks from Nas, Brand Nubian, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Cool C, Public Enemy and more. He blended them with new beats and breaks, mixed it all up and here we have his new theory of a classic hip hop style. Could this be a part one? Let's hope - enjoy!
Full playlist, details and more at Solid State Los Angeles 

More Solid! adventures with tracks from Dom Bird, Electric Guest, Morlack, Talking Heads, Avalon Emerson, Roberto Rodriguez & Kholi.

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Number eight is an all Solid Classics mix, pulled from the master collection.

The Solid Record Room brings you only the best sounds from 20+ years of collecting and selecting. Only real, original classics from original pressings make it here - whether common or rare, good music is good music. We're all well rounded individuals out here and we know that any style is worth collecting, as long as it has that certain Solid Sound...

Full playlist is avalable through Solid State Los Angeles

Playlist available through Solid State Los Angeles.

For the podcast, we'll have no lists, recaps or round ups - just a look forward to what I hope to hear more of in the year to come. Copious amounts of soul, dancefloor edits, hard bassy breaks and spacey beats, a bit of rock and roll and a French whatnot as well.

Major looks to Michael Kiwanuka, Shy Girls, Electric Guest and Alekesam. Sbtrkt of course.

Find more, including the full playlist at:
http://www.solidstatelosangeles.com/content/

Playlist at http://www.solidstatelosangeles.com/content

So So Solid!

Playlist at http://www.solidstatelosangeles.com/content

Solid!

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Friend and Japan to LA transplant Kei Abe joins us this month. Kei is Art Director and Liaison for Japan at Ubiquity Records.
Check him at The Ubiquity Records' night, Movement every Tuesday (except for 1st) at the Falls Lounge in Downtown Los Angeles. Solid.

1. Highest / The Detroit Experiment
2. Tron / Waajeed
3. Roundabout / Alfabet
4. Pill Collins / Trickski
5. 101 (Boddika's Drum Machine Mix) / Photek
6. Look At Stars (Machinedrum Remix) / SBTRKT
7. Heres Your Trance Now Dance / Omar-S
8. The African Government (Piano Influence Mix) / Mr. Raoul K
9. Highlife / Auntie Flo
10. No Possible (Joystick Jays Vulgar Distractions Edit) / Fela Kuti
11. Sir Shina (original mix) / DEEP SPACE ORCHESTRA

Here's the first edition in our new series dedicated to musicians, producers, remixers and edit wizards out there posting and sharing their work online, respecting the art and sharing the new.
This is a a roundup of what came our way on Soundcloud for June 2011. Mixed by Max in a straight-up pause tape style.
Respect the artists!

Lord of the Isles - Return to Wallbrook
DnS - Keep Clowning
Mr Benn - Long Time Instrumental
Doc Severinson - I Wanna Be With You (Leftside Wobble Edit)
Trouble Funk vs DJ Quik - Drop Down (J-Roc/Sould Out DJs)
Rayko - Threat Her Sweeter
Danny Massure - The Five South ft Brand Nubian & Busta Rhymes
Diesler feat. Testament - Loser
Windy City Orchestra- Windy City Theme (Jski Extended)
Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Jski Extended)
Badboe - Ghetto Fabulous
All Out War - Boogie One Eleven
Kompleks - Rastaman Chant (Kompleks Spiritual Edit)
Gil Scott-Heron - Space Shuttle (Leftside Wobble Edit)
Osvaldo Wilson - Pope Disco Dance (R.I.P. Randy Savage)
Lipps Inc. - How? (stereodiskoe remix)
Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro-BPS Korova Re-Jig
stereodiskoe - Something in the Sound
stereodiskoe - Love Games
Gayle Adams - Lifesaver Plain Out Of Luck (Jski Extended)
Archie Bell and the Drells - Soul City Walk (Jski Extended)
Danny Massure - The Five South (BadboE Remix)
Nofrendo - Fakers Meet Your Maker
Andrew Clarke - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (AC Re-Edit)

Check www.solidstatelosangeles.com/sslapodcast for links to all of the artists and the tracks.

Full playlist available at www.solidstatelosangeles.com/sslapodcast

All vinyl set this time out.

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Our guest for March is a connoisseur of obscure funk and boogie cuts. With this mix, he edits some madness. Enjoy.

Full playlist at:
http://www.solidstatelosangeles.com/disco-tom-noble/

Just in time for Valentine's Day, our friend Ohmega Watts drops in with a Solid set. This is technically #4 in his "Labor of Love" series, but he's offered to release it here with us as well. Enjoy.

Check http://www.solidstatelosangeles.com/milton-campbell/ for the full track listing.

Seattle's own Christian Science is an original partner over here. We go waaayyy back. Supreme homie. No better way to begin our Solid Sounds Friends series.

Since our early DJ days together in the Northwest, Christian has gone on to build a crazy successful club night at Seattle's Lo-Fi. The night, and his crew, are called Dug. They specialize in the rare records.

Christian Science regularly releases mixes called "Things We Like". This SSLA submission is a part of that series. The focus here is on latin vibes but trust, dude has everything under the sun.

Find a full tracklisting and more on our boy Christian under the friends tab @
www.solidstatelosangeles.com

Keep up all all things Dug @
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DUG/90108756544