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

Botanika FM, 28.1.10

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2 Wee – Leavin You Alone // Asterisk
3 Moments & Whatnauts – Girls // Stang
4 Om Unit – Lavender // All City
5 Lusine – Gravity // Ghostly International
6 I:Cube – Falling // Versatile
7 Four Tet – Angel Echoes // Domino
8 Nicolas Jaar – A Time for Us // Wolf & Lamb
9 Hyetal – Gold or Soul // Soul Motive
10 Gucci Mane – Excuse Me – Memory Tapes remix // Mad Decent
11 Martyn – Hear Me – Zomby remix // 3024
12 Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow // Aus
13 Pangaea – Why // Hessle Audio
14 Four Tet – This Unfolds // Domino
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16 Julio Bashmore – The Moth // Fabric
17 DVA – Natty // Hyperdub
18 Debruit – Nigeria What? // Civil
19 Jason Fine – Amplitude Modulation // Kontra
20 Deadboy – Heartbreaker // Well Rounded
21 Emika – Drop the Other // Ninja Tune

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Rasham-Kol 77, 21.1.10

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Starting off with a 3 track Teddy Pendergrass dedication, going into some nu-soul & soulful hip-hop old & new, and then flipping it midway for a darker/electronic vibe on a similar mid-tempo pace. Full text @ Walla! Culture

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes – Wake Up Everybody // Philadelphia International //
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ft Sharon Paige – You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good // Philadelphia International // 3:00
Teddy Pendergrass – Come Go With Me // The Right Stuff // 4:40
D’Angelo – I Found My Smile Again // Virgin // 7:30
Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser // Every Waking Hour // 10:00
Slum Village ft Dwele – Tainted // Capitol // 14:15
House Shoes – The Makings // Do Over // 17:45
Jay Electronica – Exhibit C // Decon // 20:20
Gil Scott-Heron – Me and the Devil // XL // 25:45
The XX –  Basic Space (Jamie XX remix) // Young Turks // 29:00
King Midas Sound – Outer Space // Hyperdub // 33:10
Telepathe –  Chrome’s On It (Mad Decent remix) // Iamsound // 37:00
Little Dragon – After the Rain (GB interpretation) // Mathematics // 40:50
Hot Toddy ft Ron Basejam – I Need Love (Morgan Geist dub) // Eskimo // 44:30
Maximilillion Dunbar – Bare Feet // Ramp // 49:40
Keyshia Cole ft Amina – Shoulda Let You Go (B.Cause edit) // Diamonds in the Dust // 52:40
Tycho –  Coastal Brake (Lusine remix) // Ghostly International // 56:30
Falty DL –  Some Day My Queen Will Come // Bleep // 59:30
Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates (Santigold & Snotty remix) // Blue Note // 63:00
Bullion –  Say Goodbye to What // One Handed // 65:30

Botanika FM, 21.1.10

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selected, played and recorded live @ 106fm studio by NDV

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2 Sbtrkt - Right Place (RCRDLBL.com)
3 Demos - Hibernate (L2S)
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5 Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Brackles Remix) (Kitsune)
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8 Deadboy - Heartbreaker (Well Rounded)
9 Martin Kemp - Aztec (Blunted Robots)
10 Shortstuff & Hyetal - Don’t Sleep (Punch Drunk)
11 Untold - Don’t Know. Don’t Care (Hemlock Recordings)
12 Dan Black - Symphonies (Hot City Remix) (Polydor)
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19 Devonwho - Nimbus // Producer 2: Part 4 (Fat City)
20 Funkineven - Mad Swing (Eglo)
21 Maxmilillion Dunbar - Bare Feet (Ramp)
22 Bullion - Say Goodbye To What (One Handed)
23 Fasshawn - Samsonite Man (One Us)
24 Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime - Heaven Or Hell (instrumental) (Mello Music Group)
25 Sound Species - Searching For You (Om Unit remix) (Burntprogress)

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Botanika FM, 14.1.10

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2 Roland Vincent – LSD Partie // Vadim
3 Little Francisco Greaves – Moving-Grooving // Soundway
4 Supremes – Come See About Me // Motown
5 James Pants – ID Chip // Stones Throw
6 Fever Ray – Stranger than Kindness // Rabid
7 Deadboy – Brock Lee Riddim // Well Rounded
8 Sully – Phonebox // Frijsfo Beats
9 Instra:mental – Tramma // Nonplus
10 Peverlist – Clunk Click Every Trip // Punch Drunk
11 Pinch – Get Up – Guido remix // Tectonic
12 NDV – The Day She Left // cdr
13 Reflection Eternal ft Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def – Just Begun // Blacksmith
14 Dizz1 – Frazzled // Nod Navigators
15 Gonja Sufi – Ancestors // Warp
16 Paul McCartney – Check My Machines // EMI
17 Jay Electronica – Exhibit C – instrumental // Decon
18 Big Boi ft Gucci Mane – Shine Blockas // LaFace
19 Freeway – Know What I Mean // Rhymesayers
20 House Shoes – The Makings // Do Over
21 Electric Wire Hustle – Chaser // Wonderful Noise
22 Suzi Analogue – Why Like This // Dopeness Galore
23 Jay Dee – Lazer Gunne Funke // Nature Sounds
24 Keyshia Cole – Shoulda Let You Go – B.Cause edit // DiamondsintheDust
25 Tokimonsta – Let Me Trick U // Ramp
26 Joker – Digidesign – Om Unit remix // white
27 MF Doom ft Stahhr – Still Dope // Lex
28 Arthur Verocai – Seriado // Luv n’ Haight
29 Danton Eeprom – Attila // Infine
30 Bullion – Say Goodbye to What // One Handed
31 Debruit – 149 Dalston Airline // Civic
32 Falty DL – Some Day My Queen Will Come // Bleep
33 Bibio – Jealous of Roses – Pivot remix // Warp
34 Colonel Abrams – Trapped – Hell Interface slow remix // BoC white
Podcast bonus: 35 Betty LaVette & Carol Fran – Let Me Down Easy // BBE

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