[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 08.17.2010

ARTIST / ALBUM / TRACK

• Peter Gabriel / Intruder / Peter Gabriel
• Keep Shelly in Athens / In Love With Dusk / In Love With Dusk
• Austra / Woodstock / Lose It
• Junior Boys / Last Exit / Last Exit
• John Maus / Do Your Best / Love Is Real
• G / Move / G
• Midnight Juggernauts / Galaxy / Dystopia
• Blood Orange / I'm Sorry We Lied / Coastal Grooves
• Hercules and Love Affair / Athene / Hercules and Love Affair
• Savages / Husbands / Silence Yourself
• Disappears / Power / Era
• Glass Candy / Redheads Feel More Pain / After Dark 2
• La Machine / Rock Crash / Castleface
• u-Ziq / Funky Pipe Cleaner / In Pine Effect
• Sneaky Sound System / Big (Nicolas Jaar Remix) / Big (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
• College / The Zemlya Expedition / Northern Council
• Joe Goddard / Taking Over / Taking Over EP
• Thieves Like Us / Your Heart Feels / Your Heart Feels
• Washed Out / It All Feels Right / Paracosm
• The xx/ VCR / xx
• Isolee / Schrapnell / Famous When Dead 4

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.13.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Major Lazer / Get Free [ft. Amber Coffman] / 7 Inch
• Peaking Lights / All The Sun That Shines / 936
• Virgo / Never Want to Lose You / Virgo
• New Order / Crystal / Single
• Beastie Boys / B For My Name / The Mix Up
• Gil Scott-Heron / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised/ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 
• Ghost Loft / Seconds / 7 Inch
• Martin Vogel / Tough [The Boss] / Perseo Edits Vol 1
• John Maus / Believer / We Must Become The Pitiless Selfless of Ourselves
• Miike Snow / Paddling Out / Happy To You
• The Late Great Fitzcarlados / My temptation / The Late Great Fitzcarlados
• Ex Cops / Millionaire / 7 Inch
• Holy Ghost! / Wait and See / Holy Ghost!

Guest DJ Set Jesse Sandvik (Smooth & Delicious)

• Chandeliers / Track 5 / Founding Fathers
• Bernice Fraisier / Will You Be The One / 12 Inch
• Shanon / Sweet Somebody / 12 Inch
• The S.O.S. Band / High Hopes / III
• For You / Love Talkin (Honey It's You) / Tatsuro Yamashita
• Love Is.. One Way / I Didn't Mean To Break Your Heart / Love Is.. One Way 
• Leprechaun / Loc-It-Up / 12 Inch
• Vaughan Mason and Butch Dayo / Feel My Love / Feel My Love
• The Love Unlimited Ft Webster Lewis / Welcome Aboard / 12 Inch
• Serge Ponsar / Out In The Night / Back To The Light
• Trilogy / Not Love [Instrumental] / 12 Inch
• Alec Costandinos / Golden Tears / Sumeria
• Locksmith / Blackjack / 12 Inch
• Free Life / Theres Something Better / 12 Inch

THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.13.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.06.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Peter Bjorn and John / The Feeling / Living Thing
• Vacationer / Trip / Gone
• Cavemen / Great Life / Coco Beware
• M83 / Wait / Hurry Up We're Dreaming
• Woods / Who Do You Think I Am / Sun & Shade
• Liars / Flood To Flood / WIXIW
• Innergaze / Mutual Dreaming / Mutual Dreaming
• Deerhoof / The Trouble with Candyhands / Breakup Song
• La Femme / Sur La Planche / La Femme
• New Order / Extacy / Power Corruption Lies
• Divine Fits / Loveisreal / A Thing Called Divine Fits
• LCD Soundsysten / Someone Great / Sound of Silver
• Melodys Echo Chamber / You Won't Be Missing That Part of Me / Melody's Echo Chamber
• Peaking Lights / Dreambeat / Lucifer
• Horrors / Still Life / Skying
• Wooden Shjips / For So Long / Holy Mountain
• John Maus / Believer / We Must Become the Pitiless Cencors of Ourlselves
• Lower Dens / Brains / Noontropics
• Holiday Crowd / Painted Like A Forest / Over THe Bluffs
• Strange Talk / Cast Away (Plastic Plates remix) /
• Kool In The Gang / Fresh Remix /
• Mayer Hawthorne / No Strings (RAC Remix) /
• Ford and Lopatin / Joey Rogers / Channel Pressure
• Yellowire / Tonight Is The Night (Oliver Nelson Remix) /
• Burial / Stolen Dog / Street Halo
• School of Seven Bells / The Night (Rewards Remix) /
• Apex Twin / Fingerbib / Richard D James
• Body Language / Lose My Head / Grammar EP
• Breakbot / Programme / By Your Side
• DJ SET BY LA JESUS

THE MINIMAL BEAT 10.06.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 07.21.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Liars / Flood To Flood / WIXIW
• REM / Electrolyte / New Adventures in Hi-Fi
• Caveman / Easy Water / CoCo Beware
• LCD Soundsystem / Bye Bye Bayou / 12 Inch
• Holy Ghost / Do It Again / Holy Ghost
• Neon Indian / Deadbeat Summer / Psychic Chasms
• Twin Shadow / Temptation / Confess
• John Maus / The Law / A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material
• Disappears / New Fast / Guider
• Tame Impala / Apocalypse Dreams / Single
• Light Asylum / Shallow Tears / Light Asylum
• Nico Jaar / With Just One Glance / Single
• Glass Candy / Poison or Remedy / Deep Gems

Guest DJ Set by Johnny Cosmic

• Lee "Scratch" Perry / Disco Devil / War Ina Babylon
• Pretty Good Dance Moves / Demons Dancing / PGDM
• KnowledgeBorn07 / Stay Positive (ft. Jah Works, Johnny Cosmic) / Cosmic Knowledge
• Little Dragon / Ritual Union / Ritual Union
• Pat Satchmo / Can't Take It Anymore / The Upsetter Shop, Volume 2; 1969 To 1973
• Alabama Shakes / Goin' To The Party / Boys and Girls
• Awdazcate / Let's Go To The Movies / Liquids and Smokes
• Mayer Hawthorne / Maybe So, Maybe No / A Strange Arrangement
• Black Moth Super Rainbow / Forever Heavy / Dandelion Gum
• Miike Snow / Animal (Mark Ronson Remix) / Animal Remixes
• Manu Chao / Clandestino / Clandestino
• Fluid Minds / This Song Needs More Cowbell / The [AS] Mixtape
• Johnny Cosmic / Ridin’ With A Seven Nation Army (ft. The Doors, White Stripes, Gorillaz) / Cosmic Remixes
• JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound / I Got High / Want More
• James Brown / It’s A Man’s World (LIVE) / The Night James Brown Saved Boston

THE MINIMAL BEAT 07.21.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[LISTEN UP] JOHN MAUS - BENNINGTON

Lo-fi pop experimentalist John Maus just dropped another track off "A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material" titled Bennington that will be released via Ribbon Music on July 17 in North America, and July 16 elsewhere. The collection includes sixteen recordings from 1999-2010, remixed and remastered, with many culled from Demos 2011. Download the track "Bennington" below and Pre-Order the Translucent Pink Vinyl LP (limited to 500) HERE

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[LISTEN UP] JOHN MAUS - MENTAL BREAKDOWN

Lo-fi pop experimentalist John Maus will release "A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material" via Ribbon Music on July 17 in North America, and July 16 elsewhere. The collection includes sixteen recordings from 1999-2010, remixed and remastered, with many culled from Demos 2011. Download the track "Mental Breakdown" below and Pre-Order the Translucent Pink Vinyl LP (limited to 500) HERE

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.21.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Keep Shelly In Athens / In Love With Dusk / In Love With Dusk
• Beastie Boys / Intergalactic [AKA Another Dimension] / Hello Nasty Instrumentals
• Innergaze / Mutual Dreaming / Mutual Dreaming
• In Deep / Last Night A Dj Saved My Life / After Dark V/A
• John Maus / No Title (Molly) / Digital Single
• Iggy Pop / The Passenger / Nude and Rude
• Chrisma / C-Rock / Chinese Restaurant
• Sympathy Nervous / Polaroid
• LCD Soundsystem / Yeah Yeah Yeah (Crass Version) / 7 Inch
• Yeah Yeah Yeah's / Heads Will Roll / Its Blitz
• Nicolas Jaar / Space Is Only Noise / Remix Vol 1
• Lower Dens / Brains / Noontropics
• Peaking Lights / Marshmallow Yellow [Ital Remix] / Remix
• Wooden Shijips / For So Long / Holy Mountain
• Suicide / Easy Rider / Suicide
• White Mystery / People Power / 7 Inch
• Sydney Barnes / The Ember Song / 7 Inch
• The Late Great Fitzcarraldos / Hanging Upside Down / The Late Great Fitzcarraldos
• California Wives / Tokyo / Digital Single
• James Blake / Wilhelm Scream / James Blake
• The Cure / Close To Me / Greatest Hits
• The Holiday Crowd / Never Speak Of It Again / Over The Bluffs
• Farah / Law Of Life / After Dark V/A

THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.21.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.31.2012

 ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Shabazz Palaces / An Echo Erom The Hosts That Profess Infinitum / Black Up
• Pulp / This is Hardcore / This Is Hardcore
• The Horrors / Changing The Rain / Skying
• Desire / Under Your Spell / Drive OST
• Solar Bears / Cub [Remix Keep Shelly In Athens] / Campus Martius EP

The Moon Furies Guest DJ set

• Moon Furies - Survival - Not Earth
• Walk the Moon - Next in Line - Anna Sun
• Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone - Permanent Record
• Yeasayer - One - Odd Blood
• Moon Furies - Skyy - Not Earth
• Talking Heads - New Feeling - 77
• Hess is More - Creation Keeps the Devil Away - Creation Keeps the...
• Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. - Demon Days
• Moon Furies - NYC Girls - Not Earth
• Crystal Castles - Vanished - Crystal Castles
• College - A Real Hero - Drive OST
• Chromeo - Fancy Footwork - Fancy Footwork
• Moon Furies - Way Down - Mercury
• Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - Carnavas
• The Postal Service - Sleeping In - Give Up
• Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - Donnie Darko OST
• John Maus / No Title (Molly) /Digital Single
• My Bloody Valentine / I Only Said / Loveless
• Smiths / Nowhere Fast / Meat Is Murder
• Sonic Youth / Disappearer / Goo

[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.31.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.24.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Nicolas Jaar / Space Is Only Noise If You Can See (Dave Aju Remix] / Remixes Vol. 1
• The 2 Bears / Bear Hug / Be Strong
• Holy Ghost / Do It Again / Holy Ghost
• Gotye / State of The Art / Making Mirrors
• The Holiday Crowd / Pennies Found / Over The Bluffs
• The Late Great Fitzcarreldos / My Temptation / The Late Great Fitzcarreldos
• Panda Bear / Slow Motion / Tomboy
• John Maus / Streetlight / We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
• Ford & Lopatin / Emergency Room (Gavin Russom Remix) / 12 Inch
• Harry Belafontre / Banana Boat Song / Greatest Hits
• Jamie Lidell / Another Day / Jim
• Bobby Womack / Please Forgive My Heart / Digital Single
• Kraftwerk / Computer World / Computer World
• Twin Shadow / Tyrant Destroyed / Forget
• Pretty Good Dance Moves / Movement 7 / Limo
• Pretty Good Dance Moves / Movement 8 (I Wonder Why) / Limo
• Vacationer / Gone / Gone
• Peaking Lights / Amazing & Wonderful / 936
• Willis Earl Beal / Take Me Away / Acousmatic Sorcery
• Peter Bjorn & John / I Know You Don't Love Me / Gimmie Some
• Miike Snow / Enter The Jokers Lair / Happy To You
• Disappears / Replicate / Pre Language
• Rocco DeLuca / Amen / Drugs & Hymns
• The National / Daughters of The Soho Riots / Alligator
• LCD Soundsystem / Dance Yourself Clean / This Is Happening

THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.24.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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BEST OF 2011 | TOP 50 ALBUMS

Finally just a few hours left till we toast to the New Year! 2011 year seems like it flew right by… Here is a list of 50 records that I really enjoyed this past year. I really do hope you enjoy this list and hopefully discover something new out of it! That's what usually happens to me when I read end of year lists! Happy New Year see ya in 2012...

50 BURIAL - STREET HALO (HYPERDUB) 2011

49 HOORAY FOR EARTH – TRUE LOVES (DOVECOTE) 2011

48 SOFT MOON – TOTAL DECAY EP (CAPTURED TRACKS) 2011

47 THE RAPTURE – HOW DEEP IS YOU LOVE (DFA RECORDS) 2011

46 PURE X – PLEASURE (ACEPHALE RECORDS) 2011

45 WOODS – SUN AND SHADE (WOODSIST) 2011

44 JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND – WANT SOME (BLOODSHOT) 2011

43 BLACK KEYS – EL CAMINO (NONESUCH) 2011

42 SAM ROBERTS – COLLIDER (UNIVERSAL / ZOE / ROUNDER) 2011

41 ARAAB MUZIK - ELECTRONIC DREAM (DUKE) 2011

40 DIRTY BEACHES – BADLANDS (ZOO) 2011

39 EX-COPS – WHITE WOMEN EP (SELF-RELEASE) 2011

38 LYKKE LI – WOUNDED RHYMES (ATLANTIC / LL) 2011

37 NICOLAS JAAR – SPACE IS ONLY NOISE (CIRCUS COMPANY) 2011

36 HOLY GHOST! – HOLY GHOST! (DFA RECORDS)

35 VALESKJA VALCAV - VALESKJA VALCAV EP (SELF-RELEASE)

34 JAY Z AND KANYE WEST – WATCH THE THRONE (DEF JAM / ROC-A-FELLA / ROC NATION) 2011

33 TORO Y MOI – UNDERNEATH THE PINE (CARPARK) 2011

32 DISAPPEARS – GUIDER (KRANKY) 2011

31 YUCK - YUCK (FAT POSSUM) 2011

30 WASHED OUT – WITHIN AND WITHOUT (SUB-POP) 2011

29 GRIMES – DARKBLOOM EP (HIPPOS IN TANKS / ARBUTUS) 2011

28 CUT COPY – ZONOSCOPE (MODULAR) 2011

27 WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm RECORDS) 2011

26 WOODEN SHJIPS – WEST (THRILL JOCKEY) 2011

25 WHITE MYSTERY – BLOOD & VENOM (SELF-RELEASE) 2011

24 DAS RACIST – RELAX (GREENHEAD) 2011

23 JUSTICE – AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO (ED BANGER) 2011

22 LOYAL DIVIDE – BODICE RIPPER (KILO RECORDS) 2011

21 PANDA BEAR – TOMBOY (PAW TRACKS) 2011

20 THE WEEKND – HOUSE OF BALLOONS (SELF-RELEASE) 2011

19 WU LYF – GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN (L Y F) 2011

18 M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE) 2011

17 KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS – OUR OWN DREAM EP (FOREST FAMILY) 2011

16 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND JAMIE XX – WE’RE NEW HEAR (XL / YOUNG TURKS) 2011

15 NEON INDIAN – ERA EXTRANA (MOM & POP / STATIC TONGUES) 2011

14 DARKSIDE – DARKSIDE EP (CLOUD & SUNSET) 2011

13 ERIC COPELAND – WACO TACO COMBO (ESCHO) 2011

12 RUN DMT – DREAMING (CULTURE DEALER) 2011

11 KURT VILE – SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO (MATADOR) 2011

10 EARTH GIRL HELEN BROWN – STORY OF AN EARTH GIRL (FOREST FAMILY) 2011

09 PETER BJORN AND JOHN – GIMMIE SOME (STARTIME) 2011

08 FLEET FOXES - HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB-POP) 2011

07 JAMES BLAKE – JAMES BLAKE (A&M / ATLAS) 2011

06 BON IVER – BON IVER (4AD / JAGJAGUWAR) 2011

05 SHABAZZ PALACES – BLACK UP (SUB-POP) 2011

04 THE HORRORS – SKYING (XL) 2011

03 FORD AND LOPATIN – CHANNEL PRESSURE (SOFTWARE) 2011

02 PEAKING LIGHTS – 936 (NOT NOT FUN) 2011

01 JOHN MAUS – WE MUST BECOME THE PITLESS CENSORS OF OURSELVES (UPSET THE RHYTHM) 2011

The Minimal Beat | Top 50 Albums of 2011

01 JOHN MAUS – WE MUST BECOME THE PITLESS CENSORS OF OURSELVES (UPSET THE RHYTHM) 2011
02 PEAKING LIGHTS – 936 (NOT NOT FUN) 2011
03 FORD AND LOPATIN – CHANNEL PRESSURE (SOFTWARE) 2011
04 THE HORRORS – SKYING (XL) 2011
05 SHABAZZ PALACES – BLACK UP (SUB-POP) 2011
06 BON IVER – BON IVER (4AD / JAGJAGUWAR) 2011
07 JAMES BLAKE – JAMES BLAKE (A&M / ATLAS) 2011
08 FLEET FOXES - HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB-POP) 2011
09 PETER BJORN AND JOHN – GIMMIE SOME (STARTIME) 2011
10 EARTH GIRL HELEN BROWN – STORY OF AN EARTH GIRL (FOREST FAMILY) 2011
11 KURT VILE – SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO (MATADOR) 2011
12 RUN DMT – DREAMING (CULTURE DEALER) 2011
13 ERIC COPELAND – WACO TACO COMBO (ESCHO) 2011
14 DARKSIDE – DARKSIDE EP (CLOUD & SUNSET) 2011
15 NEON INDIAN – ERA EXTRANA (MOM & POP / STATIC TONGUES) 2011
16 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND JAIMIE XX – WE’RE NEW HEAR (XL / YOUNG TURKS) 2011
17 KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS – OUR OWN DREAM EP (FOREST FAMILY) 2011
18 M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE) 2011
19 WU LYF – GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN (L Y F) 2011
20 THE WEEKND – HOUSE OF BALLOONS (SELF-RELEASE) 2011
21 PANDA BEAR – TOMBOY (PAW TRACKS) 2011
22 LOYAL DIVIDE – BODICE RIPPER (KILO RECORDS) 2011
23 JUSTICE – AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO (ED BANGER) 2011
24 DAS RACIST – RELAX (GREENHEAD) 2011
25 WHITE MYSTERY – BLOOD & VENOM (SELF-RELEASE) 2011
26 WOODEN SHJIPS – WEST (THRILL JOCKEY) 2011
27 WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm RECORDS) 2011
28 CUT COPY – ZONOSCOPE (MODULAR) 2011
29 GRIMES – DARKBLOOM EP  (HIPPOS IN TANKS / ARBUTUS) 2011
30 WASHED OUT – WITHIN AND WITHOUT (SUB-POP) 2011
31 YUCK - YUCK (FAT POSSUM) 2011
32 DISAPPEARS – GUIDER (KRANKY) 2011
33 TORO Y MOI – UNDERNEATH THE PINE (CARPARK) 2011
34 JAY Z AND KANYE WEST – WATCH THE THRONE (DEF JAM / ROC-A-FELLA / ROC NATION) 2011
35 VALESKJA VALCAV - VALESKJA VALCAV EP (SELF-RELEASE) 2011
36 HOLY GHOST! – HOLY GHOST! (DFA RECORDS) 2011
37 NICOLAS JAAR – SPACE IS ONLY NOISE (CIRCUS COMPANY) 2011
38 LYKKE LI – WOUNDED RHYMES (ATLANTIC / LL) 2011
39 EX-COPS – WHITE WOMEN EP (SELF-RELEASE) 2011
40 DIRTY BEACHES – BADLANDS (ZOO) 2011
41 ARAAB MUZIK - ELECTRONIC DREAM (DUKE) 2011
42 SAM ROBERTS – COLLIDER (UNIVERSAL / ZOE / ROUNDER) 2011
43 BLACK KEYS – EL CAMINO (NONESUCH) 2011
44 JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND – WANT SOME (BLOODSHOT) 2011
45 WOODS – SUN AND SHADE (WOODSIST) 2011
46 PURE X – PLEASURE (ACEPHALE RECORDS) 2011
47 THE RAPTURE – HOW DEEP IS YOU LOVE (DFA RECORDS) 2011
48 SOFT MOON – TOTAL DECAY EP (CAPTURED TRACKS) 2011
49 HORRAY FOR EARTH – TRUE LOVES (DOVECOTE) 2011
50 BURIAL - STREET HALO EP (HYPERDUB) 2011

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