69. Kingdom – April Fools Gold Part 2 Mixtape

69. Kingdom – April Fools Gold Part 2 Mixtape

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Back when myspace was really fucking exciting Eclair Fifi added a then ‘DJ Ezra aka KINGDOM’ who we bugged for his flip of Bustas ‘Eyes Can See’. We made some swaps and stayed in touch and when we toured the US in late 08 Kingdom came down and we finally met in person right before we blew up the amp in Nu Blu NYC. Jump forward to April 2010 and Kingdom is down with our peoples at Night Slugs (THE TRUTH!!!!) and has put out his first cerftified anthem in the form of his debut 12″ – Mindreader ft Shyvonne (Fools Gold Records). With two European tours in 4 months, Miami Winter Music, SXSW, tours of OZ and Radio One shine – man it’s looking like this is gonna be the year that Kingdom gets what he’s due. His sensibility is perfect. Back in February we played this show for Last.Fm at Cargo which wrapped up about 4 and then we slogged up to the Egg at Kings Cross for the Night Slugs label launch. By the time we got there the smoke was thick in the air and the crowd were grindin on each other. The booth was a who’s-who of shit we’re excited about right now: Bok Bok, L Vis, Mosca, Greena, Jam City, Ikonika, and Manara on the mic. Then this dancing shape from out the smoke takes to the booth and it’s Kingdom, banging out thousands of snare drums on CD-R. My memory of that night is buckafast-hazey but just in terms of vibe, Kingdom was the most satisfyingly ‘on my own shit’ DJ I’ve seen in ages. Every success this year Killa. Thank you for the mix.

Peace to Cynthia

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Egyptrixx – Everybody Bleeding (Kingdom Remix ft. Shyvonne)
Marlon D – Funky Angel (Edit ft. Lumidee)
Cooly G – Weak
DJ Clock – My Feelings
Roska – I Need Love (ft. Anesha)
Mike Q – Master Blaster 2009
Mike Q – Bring You Up
DJ Abis – My Derb
DJ Otto – Soy El Diablo
Girl Unit – I.R.L.
No Lay – Unorthodox Daughter (Kingdom Remix)
Shareefa – Hustlin’
Erykah Badu – Bag Lady (Girl Unit Juke Mix)
DJ Pierre – Baby Talk
Kingdom – Red Baron Juke
Gremino – Let’s Jack
Plasticman – White Gloves
Ciara – Speechless (ft. The-Dream)

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