The fight for diverse and conscious voices

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Sunday_Girl/track/Diplo_Vs_Sunday_Girl_-_Four_Floors
Sunday Girl (http://www.myspace.com/wearesundaygirl) is Jade Williams, a new voice out of the UK. She claims it's not a reference to the Blondie song. This track is a Diplo remix of her "Four Floors" - an airy vocal pop tune. Diplo does a good job of keeping her vocal parts clean, interspersing some slow beats and electro-fuzz bass.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/AC_Slater/track/Take_You_feat_Ninjasonik_Tete-A-Tete_Remix_
AC Slater (http://www.myspace.com/theacslater) is a Brooklyn club/house DJ & remixer. This mix starts off slow, then pulls in some Motown vocal samples and gradually ramps up the beats to make a nice funky dance-house tune out of it all.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Kill_The_Noise/track/Roots
Kill The Noise (http://killnoisekill.com/) is an accidental find in my casual looking for more interesting jungle sounds/samples mixes. This track is >almost< what I'm looking for - it's got the house club thump bass with very clear African rhythm influences and vocal clips. He's done a lot of other work that I need to explore and see - as sample artists go they can be very good on one track and just downright awful on the next.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Moby/track/Wait_For_Me_Zodiac_Cartel_Remix_
Moby has a new remix album coming out next month and he's promoting it with various gigs and free downloads. This stream from RCRD LBL eight options. I like Moby for his attention to detail and for the wide range of influences he draws from. Most of these tracks are quite good but I particularly like "Last Night (Album Mash-Up Mix)" which is a sort of eerie electro-Western seduction mix. If that makes no sense, um, I'm sorry. If you don't like that one, try the "Pale Horses (Apparat Remix)" which is much more sparse and haunting, with an electro future-noir sound. No, I'm not entirely clear on why Moby music helps me imagine films that don't exist but should. It's just another cool thing in the universe.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/04/balkan-beat-box-war-again-video-and-rjd2-remix.html
Balkan Beat Box (http://www.myspace.com/balkanbeatbox) are a Brooklyn jazz/funk/hip-hop ensemble with a lot of European and Middle Eastern influences. The vid for this track is fun old-style cartooning, the sound is phat and very satisfying.