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May 4, 2009 at 1:02 pm · Filed under Blog: Spring 09, Mix Tape, Mobtown Modern
Mobtown Modern is wrapping up its second season at the Contemporary Museum this Wednesday with “Out To Lunch”, a show spotlighting some of music’s madmen (or at least those who’ve been accused of being nuts at one time or another). In honor of this show, we present this crazy mix tape. Click here to get it!
Mobtown Mix Tape, Vol. 6: Loony Tunes
1. “We’re All Mad Here” – Tom Waits
2. “The Substance” – Aesop Rock
3. “Going Crazy” – Jean Grae
4. “Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley
5. “Chronometrophobia” – Andre 3000
6. “Smart Went Crazy” – Atmosphere
7. “Brain Melt” – Madvillain
8. “Mad Scientist (What The Scientist Say)” – Mighty Spoiler
9. “Don’t You Remember” – Wax Tailor
10. “tick, tick…” – MF Doom
11. “Blue Flowers” – Dr. Octagon
12. “Psychology” – Dead Prez
13. “Krazy” – 2Pac
March 2, 2009 at 5:25 pm · Filed under Blog: Winter 08, Mix Tape, Mobtown Modern
We weren’t sure how we were going to swing the Sequenza-thon mixtape, but Erik found a nice solution. Check it:
1. “Samurai Code Quote 2″ (from “Ghost Dog” soundtrack) – Forest Whitaker
2. “Synchronic Disjecta” – DJ Spooky
3. “Samba Legrand” – Daedelus
4. “Stylewild” – Lootpack
5. “Ego Sonic Wardrums” – Blackalicious
6. “Endless Eailway” – DJ Krush
7. “Explosive” – Diverse
8. “E=MC2 (Instrumental)” – J Dilla
9. “Qbert Featuring Flare, D-Styles, &Yogafrog” – Qbert
10. “Questions” – edIT
11. “Quick Sand” – Quantic
12. “Quills” – The Roots
13. “Uh Oh” – Brent Lewis
14. “Unbelievable” – The Notorious B.I.G.
15. “Under Mi Sensi Remix” – Barrington Levy/DJ Spooky
16. “Unfinished Melody” – Augustus Pablo
17. “Every Time” – DJ Dubble8
18. “Electric Company (Voltage-Watts)” – Madlib
19. “Esc. Meetings” – Dictaphone
20. “Escapism (Gettin’ Free)” – Digable Planets
21. “None Shall Pass” – Aesop Rock
22. “Nothing Like This” – J Dilla
23. “Nothing’s the Same” – Koushik
24. “Noctuary” – Bonobo
25. “Zero G” – DJ Cam
26. “Zen Approach (feat. Black Thought)” – DJ Krush
27. “Zentrum” – Echo Base Soundsystem
28. “Zero-Sum” – Nine Inch Nails
29. “Aquarius” – Common
30. “Another Demo Tape” – Quasimoto
31. “Analyze” – DJ Spooky/Sharpshooters
32. “Another World (Ambivalence Remix)” – Mos Def
January 25, 2009 at 11:12 am · Filed under Blog: Winter 08, Mix Tape, Mobtown Modern
Mobtown Modern returns to the Contemporary Museum this Wednesday for our fourth concert of the season, “More Than Words,” which will take the human voice to the extreme. Here’s our mix tape to help get things started:
Mobtown Mix Tape, Vol. 4: Say What Trax
1. Jennifer Bangley Foster, “Breath Mix 2″
2. Bjork, “Mouth’s Cradle”
3. Cee-Lo Green, “Big Ole Words”
4. The Trashmen, “Surfin’ Bird”
5. Boogie Down Productions, “Breath Control”
6. The Roots, “? vs. Scratch”
7. Cut Chemist, “Motivational Speaker”
8. Prefuse 73, “Whisper In My Ear To Tell Me You Hate Me”
9. J Dilla, “Dilla Says Go”
10. Quasimoto, “Return of the Loop Digga”
11. Brand Nubian, “Word Is Bond”
12. Sage Francis, “Spoken Word From Poetry Slam”
13. Lupe Fiasco, “He Say She Say”
14. Jennifer Bangley Foster, “Swallowing Bells”
15. Jedi Mind Tricks, “Breath of God (interlude)”
16. Wax Tailor, “A Woman’s Voice”
17. DJ Danger Mouse (Jay-Z/The Beatles), “What More Can I Say”
18. Cameo, “Word Up!”
December 1, 2008 at 4:49 pm · Filed under Blog: Fall 08, Mix Tape
Mobtown Modern’s third concert this season, Hard As F#@!, is coming up in just about 2 weeks and has been our custom, we offer the following mix tape to help you get in the mood:
Mobtown Mix Tape, Vol. 3: Hard Trax
1. Prefuse 73, “Aborted Hugs”
2. Tub Ring, “Wheres The Robot”
3. Frank Zappa, “Ian Underwook Whips It Out”
4. DJ Food, “The Riff”
5. Venetian Snares, “Szerencsetlen”
6. DJ Rupture vs. Mutamassik, “Track 4″
7. Aphex Twin, “Fenix Funk 5″
8. D-Styles & DJ Flare, “Turntable Circumcision”
9. Squarepusher, “137 (Rinse)”
10. Du Yun, “Shark In You”
11. Aesop Rock, “Plastic Soldiers”
12. Mos Def, “The Hard Margin”
13. Common, “Cold Blooded”
14. Cee-Lo Green, “Microhard”
15. Jimmy Cliff, “The Harder They Come”
July 30, 2008 at 2:35 pm · Filed under Baltimore, Blog: Summer 08, Mix Tape, New Music, Recordings
Mobtown Modern, your purveyors of fine new music in Baltimore, is making mix tapes for each of our 6 concerts for the 2008-2009 season, serving up more tracks that you need to check out. In advance of each show, we’ll distribute a new mix with songs associated with the show’s theme. We’ve got the first one up. Click here to get it.
Mobtown Mix Tape, Vol. 1: Back to School Trax
- Boogie Down Productions, “You Must Learn”
- Mos Def, “Mathematics”
- J-Live, “True School Anthem”
- Gil Scott-Heron, “Sex Education – Ghetto Style”
- DangerDoom, “Old School (feat. Talib Kweli)”
- Mötley Crüe, “Smokin’ in the Boys Room”
- Quasimoto, “Microphone Mathematics”
- MATHSoundsystem: Maryland Academy/BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, “Team 6 Song”
- Gorillaz, “Kids With Guns”
- Defari, “Spell My Name”
- Dead Prez, “‘They’ Schools”
- Milkshake, “School”
