Free download – previously unavailable acappella

“This is What Happens”, our 3rd release on Botanika Records and the 2nd by Polar Pair, was released to rave reviews earlier in mid-2009. Among them being chosen as track of the year by music blog This is Why We Dance and featuring on DJ Mag’s Killers section in June 09′.

Now you can grab the previously unavailable acappella of this track – an emotionally charged spoken word, performed with intensity by Underground Resistance’s very own Atlantis (AKA Cornelius Harris). Download it, play it, mash it up and have fun. Let us know if you did anything creative with it, or if it inspired you in any other way.

The download link is embedded in the Soundcloud player right here:

Polar Pair ft Atlantis – This is What Happens (Acappella) by Botanika

KidsUpLate@Comfort13 w/ Joker (Hyperdub/UK), Onili&Egozy & more

Joker, one of dubstep’s shinning young stars and a big favorite of ours among them, is arriving to Tel-Aviv on Friday 22.1.10. His “Snake Eater” tune was probably my favorite of 2008, and as well known to those following closely, I’ve been canning almost all of his other ones over the past 2 years. With his unique combination of G-funk synthology and grimy beats, he’s like the bastard mutation of Timbaland & Terror Danjah… so if u dig this beat u know it’s unmissable.

Onili & I will be opening the night with our MC/DJ setup, followed by Joker accompanied by MC Nomad. After them, Jazzsteppa will perform live, and Nasty Habit on the other end. Friday, 22.1.10, at Comfort 13, form around midnight.

If u’re still not sure what’s it about, here’s a short Joker introduction mix I did for Kids Up Late to promote the party, all Joker tunes & remixes. Download HERE

 

Botanika FM, 2009 rewind

Spending the very last 2 hours of 2009 together at the 106fm studios, we are happy to present you our annual rewind show. Playing most of the best tunes of the year, the tunes that we loved playing out in our parties, at shesek and of course, here on Botanika FM.
Join us for the live broadcast. Thursday, December 31st at 10 PM, or grab the podcast later – it’s going to be an exhilarating affair – squeezing over 80 tracks into 120 minutes…

Happy new year from your Botanika crew!

Botanika FM 2009 Rewind w/ Nadav Ravid & Amir Egozy in the studio

>>> Download here Part 1 || Part 2 <<<

 

 

Playlist -

Part 1:

1 SaRa Creative Partners. Love Czars // Nuclear Evolution (Ubiquity)
2 The Clonius ft Muhsinah. One at a Time // Adroit Adventures (Ubiquity)
3 Lone. Karen Loves Kate // Ecstasy & Friends (Werk)
4 Instra:mental ft D-Bridge. Watching You (Nonplus)
5 Theophilus London. Cold Pillow // This Charming mixtape (mixtape)
6 J Dilla. Stress – Instrumental (Fat Beats)
7 Raekwon ft Ghostaface Killah & Method Man. New Wu // Only Built for Cuban Linx 2 (Ice H2O)
8 Mos Def ft Slick Rick. Auditorium // The Ecstatic (Downtown)
9 Busy. Bethink // Jay Scarlett & Onur Engin pres Maverick Sessions One (Ubeat)
10 Tranqill. Payroll – Paul White dub (One Handed)
11 Bullion. Young Heartache // Young Heartache (One Handed)
12 Onra. Come Closer – Kicks & Claps edit // 108 (Favorite)
13 Glass C andy. Geto Boys (Italians Do It Better)
14 Fever Ray. When I Grow Up – Dan Lissvik remix (Rabid)
15 Soundspecies ft Ahu. Can We Call It Love // Soundspecies (Burntprogress)
16 Dorian Concept. Tropical Hands // Trilingual Dance Sexperience (Affine)
17 Fulgeance. Sour Socca // Smartbanging (One Handed)
18 NDV. Scorchio // South Bridge (Botanika)
19 Gonja Sufi. Candylane (Warp)
20 Bibio. Jealous of Roses // Ambivalence Avenue (Warp)
21 Dam Funk. Hood Pass Intact // Toeachizown (Stones Throw)
22 Floating Points. Love Me Like This (R2)
23 LCD Soundsystem. 45:33 – Lies – Theo Parrish space cadet remix (DFA)
24 Four Tet. Love Cry (Domino)
25 Pepe Bradock. CU @ Minna&Lafayette (Atavisme)
26 Hunee. Rare Silk (WD)
27 Motor City Drum Ensemble. Raw Cuts 5 (MCDE)
28 B.D.I. City & Industry – World Balloon dub (Rushhour)
29 Roska. The Sheppard (Roska Kicks & Snares)
30 Enzyme Black. Oh My Daze (Enzyme Black)
31 Falty DL. To London (Ramp)
32 Zomby. Tarantula // Five Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub)
33 Martyn. Elden St // Great Lengths (3024)
34 Cooly G. Love Dub (Hyperdub)
35 Florence & the Machine. You Got the Love – The XX remix (Floxx)
36 Karizma. Drumz Nightmare (R2)

Part 2:

37 Altered Natives. Rass Out (Fresh Minute)
38 Deadboy. U Cheated (Well Rounded)
39 Kode 9. Black Sun (Hyperdub)
40 Hard House Band. Sirens (Spoilt Rotten)
41 Apple. Siegalizer (white)
42 Donae’o. Riot Music // Party Hard (My Ish)
43 Zed Bias. To the Leff (cdr)
44 Fuzzy Logic ft Egypt. In the Morning (white)
45 Hot City. Sweat (Ramp)
46 Pearson Sound. Wad (Hessle Audio)
47 Seiji. Hohoho (seiji.co.uk)
48 Efdemin. Acid Bells – Martyn Dark mix (Curle)
49 L-Vis 1990. Compass (Night Slugs)
50 Timberlee. Gunny Gunny – Schlachtofbronx remix (cdr)
51 Diplo & Blaqstarr. Get Off (Mad Decent)
52 Lucy Love. Ten Steps – instrumental (Superbillion)
53 Guido ft Chakra. Beautiful Complication (Punch Drunk)
54 Silkie vs Mizz Beats. Purple Love (Deep Medi)
55 Joker. Digidesign (Hyperdub)
56 Mark Pritchard ft Om’mas Keith. Wind It Up (Hyperdub)
57 Various Productions. Bside (Various Productions)
58 Rustie. Bad Science (Wireblock)
59 Hudson Mohawke. Overnight (Warp)
60 Untold. Stop What You’re Doing – James Blake remix (Hemlock)
61 James Blake. Air & Lack Thereof (Hemlock)
62 Starkey. Miracles – Vex’d remix (Planet Mu)
63 Darkstar. Aidy’s Girl a Computer (Hyperdub)
64 Untold. Dont Know Dont Care (Hemlock)
65 Brackles. Rawkus (Planet Mu)
66 Pangaea. Memories (white)
67 Joy Orbison. Hyph Mngo (Hotflush)
68 Kalbata. Oh Gosh (Botanika)
69 2000F & JKamata. You Dont Know What Love Is (Hyperdub)
70 Zed Bias ft Tawiah. Further Away (cdr)
71 Mayer Hawthorne & the County. Blue Eyed Love – Wajeed remix (Stones Throw)
72 Kylie Auldist – One Goodbye (Tru Thoughts)

 

 

Polar Pair on Burntprogress VA 2.1

Probably already familiar to those of you following closely, CDR/Burntprogress is a unique community based platform, in which producers & musicians share new ideas, works in progress, unreleased songs, remixes & related musical creations – in a public space. Founded by Tony Nwachukwu & Gavin Alexander, it began as a monthly night held at London’s Plastic People, spreading over the years into other venues, cities, festivals & even the Tate Britain, as well as international destinations such as Caracas, Berlin, Paris & Tel-Aviv. Since their first visit to Israel a couple of years ago thanks to Anat Cederbaum, who worked at CDR London, and the British Council’s support, we’ve developed a close-knit relationship with the project, concept & people behind it.

Botanika artists Kalbata & NDV (solo and with Polar Pair), have participated at CDR London events (in person or by mail), while I’ve been coordinating (with Michael Cohen & Ofer Tal), the local Tel Aviv branch of CDR, held approx. 3 times a year at the Shesek lounge. It has drawn in many of our local colleagues, as well as an interesting variety of producers we’ve never met before, and I’ve even done a DJ set, comprised solely of CDR Tel-Aviv material, at the Plastic People homebase back in 08′.

CDR/Burntprogress has also evolved into a sort of independent label, releasing now it’s second compilation, “Burntprogress VA 2.1″. It features Polar Pair’s “I Want Some”, a broken-beat meets B-more club hybrid produced some 3 years ago, alongside tracks by Botanika favorites such as Floating Points, Bullion, Paul White, Soundspecies, Mr Beatnik, Tom Trago, Simbad & Titonton. Check it out as via Soundcloud here, and purchase here.

VA2.1 MIXTAPE by burntprogress

Next CDR Tel-Aviv will take place on Sunday, 31.1.09 (the day after Tu Bishvat), at the Shesek lounge. Lilienblum 17, Tel Aviv. Submit your tracks by 11PM.

New Kalbata DJ Mix

To celebrate his (& our) new release on Botanika records, Kalbata has stitched together a special and exclusive DJ mix for Bass Music Blog – home for Baobinga, TRG, Reso, Mumdance and others. The mix starts off inna Miami Bass/early electro vibe and then goes thru UK garage (old & new), dubstep and all manners of dark & heavy stuff with some serious tribal-ness through-out, featuring both tracks off the new release, as well as his forthcoming remixes for Jahcoozi & Al Haca. Needless to say, it’s super dope and kicks ass.

Check out the 50 mins mix and read the in depth interview right here.

“Oh Gosh”, Kalbata’s debut release for Botanika records, is out now on vinyl, available in all good records shops (Juno, Chemical, Boomkat, Phonica etc’).

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