Trick + Wax­fac­tor present Up The Anti (Needle­work)
Mr Trick and Wax­fac­tor are the pre­sen­ters of the Res­o­nance FM radio show Rhythm Incur­sions. For the past year or so, they have been work­ing on a mag­num opus mix that rep­re­sents the R.I. aes­thetic. It’s finally here, and it’s a mon­ster to be sure. We start off with the sounds of war, and slowly get lead into Waxfactor’s incred­i­bly funky “Reg­gae­nomics (Luna Landa Remix),” as the kick off track. From there, we travel all over the spec­trum of beat and sample-based music. A track­list­ing would be impos­si­ble, as they basi­cally con­struct new music out of lots of bits and phrases from their favorite music…all edited and mixed and mashed into a swirling vor­tex of good­ness. Start­ing with some hip hop and instru­men­tal type stuff, it moves into more elec­tron­i­cally mashed stuff, segue­ing into some jump-up drum ‘n’ bass, and ulti­mately wind­ing up with a sequence of tuff dance­hall, result­ing in pos­si­bly the funki­est seg­ment fea­tur­ing 2tall on the cuts. Right before the jump-up, we are treated to an extended re-edit of edIT’s heav­enly dev­as­tat­ing remix of Daedelus’ “Dumb­found,” mashed up with some Prince Po, and other bits I don’t even know. They’ve taken one of my favorite tracks of ’05, and pro­pelled it into even head­ier areas. Highly rec­om­mended, this will be on lots of best of lists come Jan­u­ary. Get it at Bent Crayon, or Under­ground­hiphop­Dot­Com.

Trap Door II: An Inter­na­tional Mys­tery Mix (Dis-Joint)
Psy­che Rock has become a big and pop­u­lar trend in crate-digging over the past few years. It seems that every week there is a new com­pi­la­tion or mix of for­got­ten psy­che gems. This Inter­na­tional Mys­tery Mix is prob­a­bly going to go down as one of the most noto­ri­ous and favorite mixes. You can already read the Soul­Strut­ters fawn­ing affec­tion for it here. And those dudes are hard to impress. Sim­ple pack­ag­ing, no track­list­ing make this a truly aural expe­ri­ence, and it’s one heck of a jour­ney. The funk, soul, and out­right acid-y haze of this mix is superb. As a long time fan of Can, this kind of stuff really hits the spot when done right, and Dis-Joint have really nailed it. Avail­able on CD and Vinyl. Get it at Turntable­lab.

Dr. Delay — Psy­crunk (Funk Weapons)
Also a Soul­Strut favorite, as well as rid­ing the psy­che wave to superb heights is this novel meld­ing of psy­che rock and crunk hip-hop. Dr. Delay really put some care into mak­ing these two insanely dif­fer­ent gen­res of music work together. You’ll hear some Lil Jon, Young Jeezy, Three Six Mafia, and all the usual cul­prits, over top and mixed in with lots of rare and not so rare psy­che rock bands. It’s all done extremely well and inven­tive, the way Delay re-edits some of the music to fit the scat­ter­shot style of the vocals. It’s hard to say much about this, but if the two gen­res sep­a­rately are cool to you, chances are you’ll be want­ing this. Get it at Turntable­Lab.

Six­too — Yo, It’s The Mind­fuck! Sit Yo Ass Down. (Bully Records)
This 20 minute mix can best be described as an extended trailer for Sixtoo’s next album (forth­com­ing on Ninja Tune some day). Part mix, part com­pi­la­tion, part orig­i­nal mate­r­ial, you really get a sense of where his head is at right now. Library records, psy­che, and basic frac­tured beats. With hilar­i­ously deli­cious pack­ag­ing, this is another excel­lent out­ing from Big Six. Get it at Bent Crayon or Ninja Tune’s Shop

DJ Gold­enchyld — Ear Infec­tions (Fin­ger­bangerz)
Orig­i­nal­lly released on CD, I never got around to buy­ing this mix, even though I’d heard great things about it. Now the man has posted the full thing up on his Myspace for free down­load, and I implore you to grab it quick-like. It’s the damn bomb for sure. What­ever that crazy ass hard beat is at the begin­ning leads into the cra­zi­est meld­ing of Smash­ing Pump­kins and UNKLE. And the treats don’t stop, you get it all.…original beats, more than a few moments of Bjork, mash-ups, jug­gles, expert cuts all over the place, and over­all relent­lessly enjoy­able ride. Get on it now.
DJ Gold­enchyld — Ear Infec­tions (mp3 — full mixtape)