ANTS Podcast #012: Trapicana High Pulp

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Just pulled out some recent dreamy selections from the international beat circuit. Some may call this "trap." Others would cringe at the thought of defacing these tunes with such a label. (Call it what you want, just enjoy it.)

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ANTS Podcast #011: ANTS Rebirth

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ANTS has been on hiatus for many months, but now I'm back like I never left. Here are some leftfield house gems I've dug up over recent months.

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ANTS Podcast #009 & #010

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ANTS has been on hiatus for a number of weeks now since my MediaFire account got suspended on some bull. I'll be seeking new hosting shortly, but all MP3s within the ANTS feed are down for the time being. I'll be re-upping all episodes with new links, but in the meantime you can download them all from the ANTS SoundCloud set.

Here's a double dosage to make up for the delay. I rummaged through my recent dance charts and pulled out some house gems of the gentler variety for #009 and got more aggressive for my #010 selections.

#009: Subdued House


#010: Return of the Banger


Full tracklists after the jump.

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ANTS Podcast #008: Guest DJ Tanner Beam

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I took this episode off so the Fayetteville homie Tanner Beam could catch some ANTS shine. Currently a resident of the Washington, D.C. area, Tanner has been making music and DJing for many years, and in recent years his focus has shifted to downbeat stylings.

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ANTS #007: 1st Generation TRAX House, Pt. 2

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Here's the second installment of my Trax Records classic house tribute. This time around, I pepper the mix with a few Chicago classics found outside the Trax catalog, like Joe Smooth's "Promised Land" and Maurice's "This Is Acid," both of which were later reissued on Trax, along with the 2004-released throwback jam "Fix My Sink."

ANTS Podcast #006: 1st Generation TRAX House, Vol. 1

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Back in February, I played an all early Chicago house set at Wheels of Steel: The Birth of House. The set was recorded, but the recording failed due to bad levels. I've finally gotten around to picking out my favorites from the batch and paired them down to two podcasts. Here's the first.

ANTS Podcast #005: Headphone Disco

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Earlier this month, I played two sets at the outdoor stage at Cool Shoes, a longtime AiMT-affiliated monthly I've helped bring to Fayetteville in recent months. My sets were run-throughs of the modern subdued disco movement, many of the tracks being easily categorized as "Balearic." Here are 10 of my favorite selections from these Cool Shoes sets. R.I.Y.L. Tim Sweeny's Beats in Space radio show on WNYU.

ANTS Podcast #004: LA Beat Scene

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I'm sticking close to the bass-oriented themes of the last two podcasts and venturing into some of my favorite cuts from recent years in the leftfield “beat” scene, which is most prominent in L.A. and led (arguably) by Flying Lotus. Some call it “glitch-hop,” others “hip-hop.” But whatever you call it, J Dilla’s influence is heard resoundingly on just about every track here.

Introducing Baby Armie's ANTS Podcast

AiMT is nearly five years old now, and I've had a blast with it. But the big problem with it has been that I just don't make time to post regularly. I've put so much of my musical energies into DJing over the past few years that posting individual tracks feels a bit forced and unnecessary. With the launch of the ANTS mixshow podcast, I'm giving myself a new outlet to share music more regularly and naturally in a format that works best for me in the present.

You can expect new podcasts bi-monthly. The format is fully eclectic—I'll share the full spectrum of what I'm vibing with inside and outside of my club/party DJ work. For this week, I've covered some of my favorite newer grime selections, and I have two more podcasts in the archive in case you're still hungry. I'll post all the podcasts here on AiMT, but you can also subscribe on iTunes, Mixcloud, via RSS, or follow on Mixcloud. Read more juicy details on the ANTS Podcast here. . . . . . . . . . . .