On August 2006 we decided to make a meticulous research about the contemporary Mexican music scene to select some of the most  interesting and remarkable tracks, the parameters were simple: at least one Mexican musician had to be directly involved in the project, at  least one studio track should be recorded (but an album would be better), and it had to be done in this decade.

More than 100 artists were picked, an MP3 compilation was made and it was distributed among close friends, the idea of a documentary film  was even discussed (but, unfortunately, we all have day-jobs and other things to do). Enclosed in that compilation were acts like Café Tacuba,  Julieta Venegas, Nortec and many others that are not included in our podcast tracklist, simply because on Suite 303 we always focus on the  not-so-obvious artists.

Needless to say that thanks to the Internet, the exposure to greater influences, DIY recording and other  contemporary issues, the quality of the new Mexican talent has recently improved and it is easier to get close to their music.

Please enjoy Mexhibit A, a contemporary Mexican  music podcast!

Tracklist

01 - Intro: Organillo
02 - Shy Genius - Mumerats
03 - People Project - Segundo Piso
04 - Muna Zul - Voto De Silencio
05 - Falcón - I Lobby
06 - Villa Jardín - Misiones
07 - MC Luka - Lupita’s Taco Shop
08 - Sonex (featuring Rubén Albarrán) - La Bamba
09 - Los Músicos De José - Nebulosa
10 - Maple - Pixel
11 - Faca - Nightshot
12 - Jorch Mono - Real e Imaginario
13 - Chikita Violenta - Turnaround
14 - Sub-Division - Blue Boy
15 - Maniquí Lazer - Mrs. Lazer
16 - Titán - Odisea 2001

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The basic idea for this podcast came from a series of questions: how would it be if a band plays one genre and the next one plays this same genre combined with another and so on? would the change of rhythms be seamless and fluid? To answer those questions we’ve just put the concept into a playlist.

Spectrum is a podcast that goes from one genre to another without any abrupt jump in music styles, this was made possible by a variety of genre daring artists that are the key to open new musical frontiers. Fortunately the resulting playlist answered our questions: you can go from loud guitar sounds to smooth percussions, or through jazz, hip-hop or rock without any brusque rush as long as you put between those pieces the right ligature of genre-blended music. So we leave it to your appreciation and we hope you can enjoy this little spectrum of styles as much as we did, and maybe you can suggest your own musical spectrum or, why not? you can challenge us on how to go from one genre to another and try to make it smooth.

Tracklist

01 - Ryo Fukui Trio - Early Summer
02 - Digable Planets - Dog It
03 - Akitaka Tohyama & Kenji Ninuma - The Moon And The Prince
04 - Torpedo Boyz - Chickee Pow!
05 - Pop Levi - Sugar Assault Me Now
06 - Álbum - Es Fácil
07 - Cyndi Seui - Micro Bitz Touch Of Lipz
08 - Aïwa - Yiyi
09 - Amadou & Mariam (featuring Manu Chao) - Coulibaly
10 - Antibalas - Indictment
11 - Vern Blair Debate - Ooh Ah Ee
12 - Elizabeth Shepherd - Reversed (Nostalgia 77 Remix)

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The story behind this podcast began last year, when I was planning a flight to the city of Guadalajara, Mexico to witness one of the most important music events of my lifetime: Björk’s only performance in Mexico, the verminous organizers named that festival Sonofilia in which also played Ratatat, MSTRKRFT, Jay Jay Johanson and Claude Von Stroke.

The odyssey to share with Björk, just a couple of hours was really an ordeal, at the end, through the poor organization and the fact that the “venue” was located on middle of nowhere, the episode culminated as one the most exciting and enjoyable experiences that I have ever had, Björk definitely enlightened the audience… but how is this event related with this podcast?, well, is difficult for me to confess that I’m a little nervous when I’m on a plane, so before I started my trip, I decided to make my flying experience truly comfortable by making a playlist for me in such a way that I would focus my attention entirely on the music instead than on the physics involved in the flight process.

The musical spectrum that I’ve selected here is relaxing but I think at the same time it’s bright and ethereal and, in some tracks, cacophony and abstraction prevails, in fact, I tried to design a concept through which the whole tracklist would reach, in some way, a complete journey of frequencies in order to let the listener enjoy those magnificent landscapes that the windows of an airplane may offer.

If you are going to fly somewhere this podcast could be your perfect companion on your flight, if you are scared to fly …and also if you’re not.

01 - Boards of Canada - Over The Horizon Radar
02 - Sidsel & Bugge - Out Here. In There
03 - Plaid - Ralome
04 - Yanokami - Owari No Kisetsu
05 - Rei Harakami - Come Here Go There
06 - Trentemøler - Snowflake
07 - Nils Petter Molvær - The Beginning (From The Film Edy)
08 - Hiroshi Watanabe - Sui-Sei
09 - Cornelius - Sleep Warm
10 - EKP - Leaving You Wondering

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Rock is the term used to describe an extra wide category of music that has always been defined by energetic moods and appealing hooks. The genre is old enough to name one of its numerous divisions as Classic Rock, this subgroup may be one of the most eroded kind of music in recent history. A quite large but very limited playlist of songs ranging from the 60’s through the early 80’s can be heard over and over, leaving in obscurity some excellent cuts that sometimes are better than the A-list works by the same bands. Outside the Box tries to bring you some of these less known and underexposed gems inside these classic Rock’n'rollers catalogue.
Enjoy this issue!

Tracklist:

01 - The Mamas And The Papas - Once Was A Time I Thought
02 - Dire Straits - Water Of Love
03 - Blondie - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
04 - The Doors - Unhappy Girl
05 - Paul McCartney - Write Away
06 - The Rolling Stones - Heaven
07 - U2 - Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
08 - Van Halen - Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
09 - Pink Floyd - San Tropez
10 - Elvis Presley - Fever
11 - Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny
12 - Peter Gabriel - Intruder
13 - The Police - Contact
14 - Iron Butterfly - So-Lo
15 - The Kinks - I Gotta Move

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Last march we had an incredible amount of traffic in our site, in fact our servers were in the verge of bursting, Caffeine exceeded our expectations becoming the most downloaded podcast so far, we used our imagination to keep the files up. For this reason we had no time to create the April issue, but thanks for your support, we will not let you down and we will continue with our unstoppable research for outstanding music, to make this possible we will try to add some strength to our servers to endure the permanence of the files and to improve the download speed.

This unexpected success would never mean that we will get stucked in one musical genre and every podcasts will be in that same tone. And a proof of that is that are going to make a drastic change, we’ll jump from the stimulant effect that caused our energetic drink with Caffeine to the next issue that is closer to a relaxing tea. We named our new podcast Avant Bossa, maybe because it is a mix of languages that means the same thing: a new music trend.

I tried to figure out which tracks could represent a new wave, but, I found out that a new trend nowadays doesn’t necessarily mean electronic synthetizers or psychedelic remixes, the true enchantment of bossa nova is the sweet voice and the simple sound that the strings of an acoustic guitar make when they’re been plucked, in fact this genre is considered as a refined version of samba, de-emphasizing the percussive aspect of its rhythm and enriching the melodic and harmonic content, so any variation of the basic structure will loose the true essence of bossa nova and the intention of João Gilberto when he developed this particular style that grew and spread in such way that it created a new genre.

Our selection doesn’t include those popular compositions like the Girl from Ipanema or Desafinado, this selection is, as our repeated goal, a worldwide gamma of artists from Japan, France and obviously Brazil. I have selected these original tunes for the emotive and melancholic sensations that they cause on me, in particular Aeromoça, that song, even though it’s a happy tune, somehow mysteriously drives me to tears, I hope that you share the passion for this music that is on a constant fight to stay alive on an audience that apparently values more the power of volume than the tenderness and sophistication of bossa nova, maybe in a world oriented to the consumption we are loosing our ability to simply listen carefully.

01 - Intro
02 - Pecombo - Respire
03 - Akiko - Chega de Saudade
04 - Tom & Joyce - Un Regard, Un Sourire
05 - Katia B - One More Shot
06 - Les Nubians - Que Le Mot Soit Perle
07 - The Dining Rooms (featuring Rosalia De Souza) - Mais
08 - Nu Braz - Aeromoça
09 - Sabrina Malheiros - Terra De Ninguém (Nicola Conte Rework)
10 - Anvil FX - Sambinha Do Piscapunga
11 - Mosquitos - Boombox
12 - Democustico - Pira

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Our monthly podcast saga continues, our issue for March is Caffeine and it could be quite different from our previous podcasts, but I think that it’s intersting to find out great artists and offer you a huge range of genres, so this one is focused on dancefloors, is kind of our way of compiling tracks that you would listen on a crowded nightclub, in addition the tunes are mixed as a DJ set, so it is a great way to unceasingly wake you up or just make you dance furiously to get rid of your drowsiness.

I would specially like to thank Electro Premium Choice, which is a great French blog without whom I wouldn’t have been able to create this fantastic mix. Enjoy!!

Tracklist:

01 - DSL - Invaders (Djedjotronic Remix)
02 - Alex Gopher - Aurora (Riot In Belgium & Knightlife Remix)
03 - Etienne De Crécy - Punk
04 - AutoKratz - 1000 Things
05 - Yelle - A Cause Des Garçons (Tepr Remix)
06 - Digitalism - Jupiter Room
07 - MSTRKRFT - Street Justice
08 - Hostage - Gluttony (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
09 - The Presets - My People
10 - Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights (The Phone Lovers Remix)
11 - Justice - Waters Of Nazareth
12 - Goose - Bring It On

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From a long time now I had this persistent idea of making a Tropical Music podcast, so I started creating a selection of tunes of Salsa, Merengue and all kinds of Latin rhytms and after listening to them like a thousand times, and obviosuly after an extensive research, I discover that the majority of my set consisted of artists from outside Latinamerica, therefore I decided to take advantage of this situation and name it Odisea Mundial Tropical which in English means Tropical World Odyssey, Enjoy.

P.S. As a Latinamerican it’s truly a shame that I can’t dance to these rythms, but maybe you can, do it please.

Tracklist:
01 - Esquivel - Esquivel Intro
(Mexico City, Mexico)
02 - S Tone Inc. - Con Mi Sombra
(Milan, Italy)
03 - George Shearing - Caravan
(London, UK)
04 - Orquesta De La Luz - Mambo De La Luz
(Tokyo, Japan)
05 - Quantic Soul Orchestra (featuring J-Live) - She Said What?
(Bogota, Colombia/Worcestershire, UK/New York, USA)
06 - Alex Wilson - Oh Kuri
(London, UK)
07 - EKP - El Salvador
(Stockholm, Sweden)
08 - Mo’ Horizons - Ai Mi Morena (Chocolate Restyle)
(Hannover, Germany)
09 - Ursula 1000 - Got Cha
(New York, USA)
10 - Beatfanatic - Cookin’ (Version)
(Stockholm, Sweden)
11 - Sidestepper - Hoy Tenemos (Boys From Brazil Remix)
(Barranquilla, El Choco, Cali & Medellin, Colombia/London, UK)
12 - Professor Angel Dust - Latino A Go Go
(Barcelona, Spain)
13 - Fania All Stars - Closing Theme
(New York, USA)

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On this occasion our La Suite 303’s Podcast episode is about the best songs of 2007 according to our personal perception and taste. The tracks are listed alphabetically since we don’t believe in numbering them as a countdown. You’ll find that two songs are missing from the podcast tracklist, this is because one of them was on our last podcast and the other will be very likely to appear in our next episode. Enjoy this issue! These songs are really great!

LaSuite 303 - Best Songs of the Year 2007:

23 by Blonde Redhead
(New York, USA)

A Rent Boy Goes Down by Apostle Of Hustle
(Toronto, Canada)

Amreik by Eluvium
(Portland, USA)

Atlas by Battles
(New York, USA)

D.A.N.C.E. by Justice
(Paris, France)

Fuzzworld by Lek
(New Jersey, USA)

Goodbye July/Margt Að Ugga by Hjaltalín
(Reykjavik, Iceland)

Guilty Rocks by Múm
(Reykjavik, Iceland)

Hope by Björk
(Reykjavik, Iceland)

La Tina by Ximena Sariñana
(Mexico City, Mexico)

Mad Monkey by Shitake Monkey
(New York, USA)

Melody Day by Caribou
(Dundas, Canada)

My Type Of Criminal by Elk City
(New York, USA)

None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock
(New York, USA)

The Perfect Me by Deerhoof
(San Francisco, USA)

She Said What? by The Quantic Soul Orchestra (featuring J-Live)
(Bogota, Colombia/Worcestershire, UK/New York, USA)

Stereo (Mono Mono) by The Brunettes
(Auckland, New Zealand)

Test by Little Dragon
(Gothenburg, Sweden)

Tiempo Pa Pensá by Mala Rodríguez (featuring Julieta Venegas)
(Jerez, Spain/Tijuana, Mexico)

Volver A Comenzar by Café Tacuba
(Ciudad Satélite, Mexico)

You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (Altenative Version) by Spoon
(Austin, USA)

Young Folks by Peter, Björn & John (featuring Victoria Bergsman)
(Stockholm, Sweden)

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Tracklist:01 - Intro
02 - Eluvium - Amreik
03 - Elk City - My Type Of Criminal
04 - Little Dragon - Test
05 - Mala Rodríguez (featuring Julieta Venegas) - Tiempo Pa Pensá
06 - Múm - Guilty Rocks
07 - Apostle Of Hustle - A Rent Boy Goes Down
08 - The Brunettes - Stereo (Mono Mono)
09 - Ximena Sariñana - La Tina
10 - Shitake Monkey - Mad Monkey
11 - Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (Altenative Version)
12 - Björk - Hope
13 - Café Tacuba - Volver A Comenzar
14 - Battles - Atlas
15 - Blonde Redhead - 23
16 - Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
17 - Caribou - Melody Day
18 - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
19 - Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
20 - Peter, Bjorn And John (featuring Victoria Bergsman) - Young Folks
21 - Lek - Fuzzworld

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This is our second La Suite 303’s Podcast episode, we will continue to try to show some of the best tracks from our collection.

The second episode is named Cadavre Exquis, since the two of us decided to play that game (exquisite corpse) invented by Surrealists in which a collection of words or images are pieced together by a group of people. In this case we did the excersise but using sound instead, the final 10 second segment of each track was delivered via instant messenger and the other guy tried to fit the next track accordingly, the result is an amalgam of styles and a geographical soup that explores a wide spectrum of tones.

Again, we hope that you’ll be pleased with our selection.

Tracklist:

01 - Hjaltalín - Goodbye July/Margt Að Ugga (Iceland)
02 - Vive La Fête - Attaque Surprise (France)
03 - Sara Valenzuela - Tócame (Mexico)
04 - Yo La Tengo - Nutricia (USA)
05 - Danger Doom (featuring Cee-Lo) - Benzie Box (USA)
06 - Thievery Corporation - Omid (Hope) (USA)
07 - Karsh Kale - Free Fall (USA/India)
08 - Alpinestars - Hotel Parallel (UK)
09 - Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye (Canada)
10 - Alexkid - Pick It Up (France)
11 - Piero Umiliani - La Signora Cameriera (Italy)
12 - Ursula 1000 - Nightcap (USA)
13 - Ratatat - Seventeen Years (USA)
14 - Yoshinori Sunahara - Cross Wind Take Off (Japan)
15 - Goldstoned - Dreammachine (Germany)

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Takomo is an unconventional music project, they are from Finland and integrated by Pekka Kokkonen and Otto Hassinen. This young duo appart from creating original mixes are also involved into musical production. You can check their MySpace page as well.

So why should you try their mixes out? Let me tell you why. I haven’t listened to such powerful beats since the first mixes of DJ Kode 9, they are trying to get back to the roots of breakbeats but streamlined with some dubstep, electro and drum ‘n’ bass. It is a unique sound collage that I hope will create a whole movement of nu-breaks, because I’m tired of those drum ‘n’ bass radio stations that has the same beat 24/7, so you can contribute by sharing their mixes now.

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