This mix features a couple songs that became Goosebumps anthems.

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This mix, though nothing like one of our Goosebumps sets, reflects many of the sonic elements we favored throughout the party’s run: unexpected but melodic vocals, chunky synth chords, wet kickdrums and tons of reverb.

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Micah Jackson spinning Morgan Louis’ monthly House buffet. Eat up.

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A rare soul-fueled after-hours mix.

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This one is a bright piece of loved up mush. One hour of pure pop jammers.

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A 1/2-hour mixtape from the Providence Is Burning and PB&Jams days. Everything under the sun in this one.

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Providence Is Burning was a seminal Providence, Rhode Island dance party hosted by Certified Bananas and Micah Jackson that ran between 2007 and 2008. Held monthly at Firehouse 13, each event was publicized using a poster designed by a Providence artist. This is a nearly complete compendium of these posters organized chronologically, as well as a special edition pizza box that was used to serve Nice Slice pizza. They were created by:

Logo: Ted McGuire
May 2007: Jackson Morley
July 2007: Andrew Oesch
September 2007: Andrew Oesch and Melissa Mendes
December 2007: Melissa Mendes
January 2008: Leslie Friedman
March 2008: Mickey Zacchilli
April 2008: Arley-Rose Torsone
May 2008: Andrew Oesch
July 2008: Mickey Zacchilli
Pizza Boxes: Mickey Zacchilli
Providence Is Burning: 2007 – 2008, Providence RI

Popular Black music in the UK can be so much more expansive than the stuff produced in the US. Even with pop artists returning to Disco and House templates, we end up with a lot of uninteresting radio filler that can’t past muster on the dance floor. MJ Cole has been one of my favorite UK Garage artists for over ten years. Transcending the rhythm-scapes of late Disco, House, R&B and Dancehall in his production, he always works with innovative and unheralded vocalists (with the odd exception of a Jill Scott) and his singles never fail to bust up my preconceptions about what Black music can be. “Watertight,” featuring the amazing Laura Vane of The Vipertones on vocals, was originally released on some compilations from Hed Kandi and such in the summer of 2005, but the NAPT version wasn’t released until Prolific dropped a remix maxi of the single in 2006. NAPT seem to be pretty big in the UK Breaks scene, but this is the first that I’m hearing them. They have a really fresh take; its as if they know all the rules for creating a 4×4 monster, and they’re bending and skillfully breaking them around the edges, daring you to stop dancing.

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Ms. Dynamite blew up back in 2001 with the club track “Booo!” The hit was produced by the UK Garage artist Sticky and released on Pete Tong’s FFRR label. The following year Dynamite released a debut album that sadly veered far away from the hard-edged, Ragga-tinged sound that helped her become one of Britain’s biggest club artists. Almost 10 years later, it seems that Dynamite is back where she was meant to be: spitting gritty, patois-inflected chants and rhymes over dark Garage beats. DJ Zinc’s “138 Trek” is probably the song he’s best known for, but that might change with the imminent release of his and Dynamite’s rumbling tumbling “Wile Out.” With a bouncy 130BPM house tinge, the track fits perfectly into almost any sort of set you can imagine, from those sprightly, poppy ones spun by Annie Mac, to Zinc’s own deeper, darker fare.

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