First mix in a while from the boys at Dogfish, our favourite tunes of Spring 2010.

Just as we’d put the tracklisting together for this we heard the terrible news about Malcolm McLaren, obviously we couldn’t ignore this so decided to make the mix a sandwich between two of his tracks from ‘Duck Rock.

Tracklisting is:

Malcolm McLaren and the World Famous Supreme Team – Buffalo GalsWVTB – C.R.E.A.M.Daru and Rena – Happy
Caribou – Odessa
Four Tet – This Unfolds
Gorilaz – On Melancholy Hill (Geoffery James Mix)
The XX – Crystalized (Lorcan Mak Mix)
Big Boi – Fo Yo Sorrows
Nas and Damien

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We go back to spring 2002 (16th March to be exact) for a mix by Mark Carver from local heroes Def Tex. Featuring a mix of soul, reggae and hip-hop, this should bring some memories back for those of you who regularly visit our shops in Norwich and Cambridge.

TTC – Pas D’Armure
The Undisputed Truth – Age of Aquarius
CTM Band – Heavy On The Bacon
The Impressions – Keep On Pushing
Tommy Turner – I’ll Be Gone
Major Lance – Stay Away From Me
Keith hudson – My Eyes Are Red
Johnny osbourne – Mushroom
Horace Andy – Got To Be Sure
Toots and the Maytals –

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This weeks mix is eclectic as ever, ranging from the gentle sounds of Monsters of Folk to the retro house sounds of Duck Sauce and Stardust. Duck Sauce is Armand Van Helden and A-Trak’s collaboration which sounds so much like Daft Punk’s alter-ego Stardust that we had to put the two together. Also featured this week we have the queen of the potty mouth Peaches with her latest single ‘I Feel Cream’ alongside another remix by The XX, this time of Jams Dean’s ‘Chicago Girls’ not forgetting our old school hip-hop sounds by Kool G Rap and the Notorious BIG.

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Part 2 in our mix of current favourite tunes featuring a mix of new and old classics. Tracklisting is as follows:

Frankie Knuckles – Your Love
Nas – Get Down (Quantic Soul Orchestra Mix)
Taiko Rolls – Raise The Bar
Ofra Haza – Im Nim Alu (Havocndeed Mix)
Kelpe – Microscope Contents
Only Fools & Horses – Spectacle Wins
Kid Cudi – Up-Up And Away
The Impressions – Woman’s Got Soul
Tom Waits – Ice Cream Man
Bloc Party – Signs (Saycet Remix)

Dogfish Mixtape #5 by Dogfishmen on Mixcloud

Those you you who regularly subscribe to our mailing list or check us out here at the Dogfish blog will know that we often feature old and new mixtapes. All those mixes are hosted at the rather marvellous Mixcloud website who have a whole wealth of mixes online. The website was only launched a couple of months ago and has already become one of our favourite places in cybersapce for listening to music.

Check it out for yourself by clicking here.

Can’t decide what to listen to? Check out our latest mix here.

Dogfish Mixtape #4 – November 2009 by Dogfishmen on Mixcloud

After the recent nostalgia trip of digging out old mixtapes we decided this week to create a new mix especially for you, featuring a few of our current favourite tunes mixed with old classics. Starting off with a few of our recent discoveries such as Mayer Hawthorne, Fever Ray and the superb remix by The XX of the Candi Staton classic covered by Florence & The Machine. Also featured is the original version of ‘Dirty Cash’ by The

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Mixtape from November 2004 by one of our resident DJ’s Ben Burt.

Dogfish Mixtape #2 – Dj Ben Nov 2004 by Dogfishmen on Mixcloud

Here’s the tracklisting:
Rob Swift – Dope On Plastic
Gangstarr – Step In The Area
Mark B & Blade – The Unknown
Nextmen – Turn it Up A Little
Ugly Duckling – I Did It Like This
Nas feat Olu Dara – Bridging The Gap
Rae & Christian with The Pharcyde – It Ain’t Nothing Like
De La Soul – I Be Blowin’
Morcheeba – Charango (INstrumental)
Morcheeba – Charango
Alice Russell – Take You Time,

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