i just figured out that i have forgotten to write a propper post for #29. That might have happened because it was a busy time. However, some goodies (news and olds, as always) for my and your listening pleasure. No crazy mixin in here but still a nice selection as i would say. sometimes you just need to release some energy. this one's dedicated to Geri. you will be missed!

Grab tape and cover HERE. enjoy that laidback journey. some of my alltime favs in there.

the 30st mixtape for my 30st birthday. isn't that nice :) 30 already!!! of course i mean the number of mixtapes, what did you think?!!!

this one is dedicated to all my friends and family out there (alive and dead) that accompanied me on my journey over the last thirty years. millions of thx for all the experiences. i would never want to miss one of them. good or bad. this mix includes what i generally mean when i use the word hip hop. experimental, futuristic, classic, old & new. to quote brother hunt: “diggin the crates for those rare beats, that rare hip hop ...” this one should include some tracks for you 90ties headz out there aswell. and rider: "again, thx for the shoutz!!!"

one more important thing: support artists! save the vinyl! buy it! play it! save it! now, what else can i say, but enjoy the selection and download the mix and coverartwork HERE. both prepared for a 60minute tape including cover. thirty, thirty!! LENS in da house ;)

some of you might already know that i'm diggin "Kan Kick" a lot. In my opinion one of the most "slept on" beatproducers "ever"... While searching for the vinyl version of his new album "Beautiful: Opus of Love Deeper Than Flesh" that should be released soon, i stumbled over a really nice mix by a french guy called Corrado. As he actually plays a lot of my Kan Kick favs, and "starts" (2:00) with one of my most beloved KanKick tracks (besides "observation") called "the finer things" (from his first album "the artz unknow") i thought. why make another mix and play some of those tracks too (which i really wanted to), if there already is a nice one out.

but behold! i'm goin to bring a new one soon. a lot of new crates came in over the last few weeks. enjoy! Dj Corrado - KanKick The Funky Asthmatic hosted by hiphopcore.net (i'm sure you recognize them from earlier posts)

Incoming, another fine fine NuRoots-Mix by Mountain Top Hi Powa Selectah SAKE.

Thing called "Overcome", 60 minutes for your skankin pleasure, with a topatop selection featuring big chuunes by great artists like John Holt, Sizzla, Chezidek, Richie Spice, Demarco, Natural Black, Da´ville, Morgan Heritage, Busy Signal, Lutan Fyah, Mr. Vegas, I-Octane, Tarrus Riley, Assassin, Konshens, Terry Linen, Beres Hammond, Capleton and many more...

GET IT RIGHT HERE...


Oh yeah, while we´re at it... Don´t forget, Mountain Top will be playin at JAZZ IT SALZBURG on Friday (02/10/09). Big Double Album Release Party of MOBY STICK Band and the infamous AMENOFILS (Dnk-Movement)... Go deh, go deh... (Also see the EVENTS section...)

It has been a long time, since i dropped the last MIXTAPE. but it has been a busy time too with all kinds of stuff. however, i was diggin in my crates yesterday night and it seems like i got hooked by the late 90ties again. althought i made a little excursion to the present time too.

I tried to pick some "forgotten" vinyl goodies starting with Mass Influence (that might have been one of the most underrated Hip Hop acts ever aswell as Darc Mind who's finished album "Symtomatic Of A Greater Ill" was just not released by Loud Records after the 12inch debut dopeness "Outside Looking In" in 1996. (sorry, this had to be said again. by the way: Anticon did: 10 years later. you can find some tracks on former mixtapes). Heltah Skeltah, Persevere, Lateef, Homeless Derilex, Biggie (i love this track), Jamal and last but not least - one of my all time and absolute and ever deep burnin favourites -
"8 steps to perfection" by Company Flow (before their time aswell) including the Instrumental produced by El-P (founder of Definitive Jux).

Moreover i wanted to stay in the present time with a "Hip Hop after 2000" excursion from Zion I to Suff Daddy, Byron & Onra, Dal Green (french dopeness, check his album), Milez Benjiman to Danny Breaks. I hope you enjoy what you hear. you know i'm no battle-dj-scratch-kid, although i would love to be sometimes. i just want to make it a little journey into sound for you out there - diggin that sound!

peace from the lens. I will work on a cover soon, but i just didn't want to wait because of that. find a tracklisting here, download the mixtape there.

after some busy time i was really looking forward to put a new mixtape together. its called "don't let this rapshit fool ya" named after the first track by blahzay blahzay. i posted the A-side a while ago and now it was ment to be joined by the B-side. both of them a mixture of some of my alltime favourites and other tracks that joined them recently. from dilated peoples, souls of mischief to dday one, the rza, madlib, chochlair, grav, apani b, melomaniac, masta ace, ... and dcs.

and there is a recording of last weekends digital konfusion mixshow, where i tried to give the minority sounds a little bit of airtime. quarta 330, disrupt, g.corp, akira kiteshi, and so on. from dubby dubstep to dubstep and 8-bit a like.

listen and download mixtape (side A & B) on its project page
listen and download radioshow on its project page

dear friends. time to come up with the first featured mix by our very best friend manni montana from former B.A.S.K duo recorded in a quick session at lenson's crib two days ago. expect a 30 minutes "Dub-Club" style mix of rocking new skool breakz with some "dub and IDM influence", followed by a brand new "fidget house" track straight outta the U.K.; see there, the next genre - a mixture of smashing house beats and dubstep and drum n bass basses - was born, hehe. that's what he plays in a club.

find his own productions in digital form at soulseduction, juno and itunes. watch out for the exhausted copies of former vinyl releases and don't miss his cult-album "the return of the punk-monk" feat. dolli melaine on la place records. en plus - manni montana & sweet susie's alternative radio hit "oxygène" feat. alice schneider on private pleasure recordings. have fun, da lens is out!

mannimontana.net
myspace.com/mannimontana
download the mix (30min, mp3)

lens digitalized one of the most important milestones in ROTAUG HISTORY. the rotaug mixtape #1 called

"ICHIBAN" by DJ CRAAK

which means: the first time our name ROTAUG was officially written on something concrete - like the tape cover of this strictly limited edition of 30 tapes - and since then stands for our connection of friends sharing the same artistic interests.

listen to a part of our musical roots.

the sounds of the beatnuts, masterminds, mos def, dj honda, ..., pete rock and some extreme scratchin and juggeling by dj craak back in 1999.

DIGG THE ROTAUG ARCHIVES! PEACE
dj craak - ichiban (all together, zip)
dj craak - ichiban (side A, mp3)
dj craak - ichiban (side B, mp3)
dj craak - ichiban (side A, jpg)
dj craak - ichiban (side B, jpg)