Two of my favourite mixes of recent times have been The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Road to Oblivion, both of which are by Dj Pain. The first samples extensively from the film of the same name about an Alien coming to Earth to warn human folks to wise up with the bombing and killing, and the second features samples from films about Nuclear holocaust such as The Day After and Wargames (you gotta love Wargames samples). The beats are suitably dark and atmospheric with peeps such as Blue Sky Black Death, Controller7, Elektro4 and Sixtoo in the mix. Now Pain is back with a third installment HDP over at Rhythm Incursions which features more Sci-Fi sampleage now with added Malcolm Catto drum goodness (and if anyone can tell me whats the tune that starts at 36.10 and has the young skinhead yapping over it I’d like to know cause its doing me nut in).

Update

Sherlock “groove” Holmes ain’t got nothing on me! The tune turns out to be a Dj Signify remix of Belle & Sebastian’s ‘Space Boy Dream’ which features  on Joe Beats ‘Indie Rock Blues‘.  Elementary Dear Watson, now how can I get a copy on vinyl…

First saw P-Love at the Melkweg when he was supporting Kid Koala, now he’s back with an album of his very own on Bully Records and very good it is too.

Its described on bully as “a soft blend of electronics, brass, 80′s punk and Neptunes-esque drum programs” whereas i would describe it as the sound of kittens mugging a badger, either way you cant lose. You can download the sample track Blue and Brown and if that tickles your fancy you can always buy it.
Tracklisting

* 01 Let’s start at 58th and Roosevelt.
* 02 St-Viateur shuffle, part 2.
* 03 Close the light.
* 04 Six-speed solopsism.
* 05 Four inches per minute on the DVP.
* 06 Laches pas les etudes, Gertrude.
* 07 Rockland county dramatics – andante.
* 08 Rockland county dramatics – allegro.
* 09 Blue and brown.
* 10 Isabella Frances.
* 11 Palisades (extendomix).
* 12 Epilogue.