Following on the heels of his freshly released Bad Vibes LP, California beatsmith Shlohmo has dropped a diverse, syrupy mix for FACT‘s ongoing mix series. Not happy to simply present the sounds of the LA-and-beyond beat scene he’s often associated with, Shlohmo has instead turned in an adventurous mix that touches on everything from fellow off-kilter beat heads Asura and Groundislava to slowed-the-fuck-down hip-hop and R&B from the likes of Three Six Mafia, Monica, and The Clipse. Just to keep things interesting, contributions from Charles Manson (yes, that Charles Manson) and Tom Waits somehow find their way onto the tracklist as well. You can stream/download the mix and check out a short interview here, and make sure to peep Shlohmo’s upcoming fall live dates with the likes of Shigeto and Star Slinger (or, as we’d like to call it, the “Alliteration Tour”) below.

Shlohmo Tour Dates:
* = With Shigeto and Star Slinger
September 10 Vancouver BC, New Forms Festival
September 15 Buffalo NY, DBGB
September 16 Montreal QC, 8/12 @ Club Lambi
September 17 New York City NY, Webster Hall
September 23 Los Angeles CA, Downtown Independent Theatre
October 19 Atlanta GA, Drunken Unicorn*
October 20 Athens GA, New Earth Music Hall*
October 21 Charleston SC, The Pour House*
October 22 Asheville NC, The Garage*
October 23 Raleigh NC, King’s Barcade*
October 25 Washington DC, U Street Music Hall*
October 26 Philadelphia PA, The Arch*
October 28 Brooklyn NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg*
October 29 Allston MA, Brighton Music Hall*
October 30 Ithaca NY, Castaways*
November 1 Montreal QC, Il Motore*
November 2 Toronto ON, Horseshoe Tavern*
November 3 Ann Arbor MI, Blind Pig*
November 4 Chicago IL, Lincoln Hall*
November 5 Madison WI, University of Wisconsin*

We don’t like to make a habit of posting streaming audio from relatively unknown artists, but we think you’ll agree that Finnish producer Albert Swarm isn’t your average newcomer. The anonymous tunesmith (no, Albert Swarm isn’t his real name) just unveiled his first proper release, a five-track EP called Held (pictured above), this week as the fourth record from fledgling Brooklyn imprint Ceremony. It’s a sizable debut full of classically inspired, impeccably produced beatscapes, and certainly leaves us wondering what will come next from this talented musician. Listen to Albert Swarm’s Held EP below.

London grime specialist and 502 Recordings label head Oneman is among the throngs of UK residents getting ready for this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, albeit in a completely different way than most. The venerable DJ has put together the latest Skanking Session for Red Bull, which features a choice array of grime and other kinds of bass-centric music from the likes of Coki, Warrior Queen, Zed Bias, Sticky, So Solid Crew, and many others. You can check out the full tracklist for Oneman’s nearly hour-long Skanking Session #8 below, and listen to it in full here.

Masterstepz ft. Richie Dan – R U Ready? (Outlaw)
Wookie – Scrappy (Manchu)
Zed Bias – Neighbourhood (Steve Gurley Mix) (Locked On)
Vincent J Alvis – Body Killin (M Dubs Mix) (Relentless)
Menta – Jack Knife (Sound of the Future/Ammunition)
Angel 21 ft. MC Kie – Flow (W Records)
Agent X – Decoy (Triple Bass Edit) (Public Demand)
Lady Stush – Dollar Sign (Social Circles)
So Solid Crew – Oh No (So Solid)
Pay As U Go – Know We (Solid City)
Wookie – Stargate (Manchu)
Tubby T – Tales From The Hood (Go Beat)
Sticky – Golly Gosh (Social Circles)
Brasstooth – Pleasure (Well Built)
Coki – Thief In The Night (Soul Jazz)
Ms Dynamite – Ramp (Big Beat)
Warrior Queen – Almighty Father (Solid Groove Mix) (Casual)
B-15 Project ft. Lady Saw – Freak Break (Sovereign Mix) (Relentless)
So Solid Crew – Dilemma (So Solid)
Beenie Man Feat. Chevelle Franklyn -Dancehall Queen (UK Garage Mix) (White Label)

Japanese minimal techno outpost Mule Musiq has quite the endeavor set to be unveiled at the tail end of 2011, a seven-track collaborative “jam” LP by producers Koss, Minilogue, and Sebastian Mullaert. Called The Möllan Sessions (pictured above), the album is said to be born of “five long days and nights… in a studio where they jammed without any plan in mind.” Minilogue says of those recording sessions, “All of us love to be spontaneous, and do things in the moment, so we just hooked up our instruments and started jamming. We threw a dice to see in which tempo the track should be in, so everything was made out of the present moment. No thoughts about how and when, no plans. We just let the music flow through us.” The record will be available physically on October 24 and digitally on November 21, but you can check out the full tracklist before then, below.

Disc 1
1. Monday Conversation
2. Hello People of Earth!
3. Thursday; Birth
4. Thursday; Connection
5. Thursday; In Space

Disc 2
1. We’re Remembering Right Now
2. Horizon

Dub-technoist 2562 (a.k.a. A Made Up Sound a.k.a. Dave Huismans) will follow the release of his Fever LP from earlier this year (not to mention the pretty rad podcast he did for XLR8R) with a half-reissue, half-remix 12″. Huismans’ own When in Doubt imprint will drop the record, which features an extended version of album cut “Aquatic Family Affair” and a remix of “Wasteland” by Head High (a.k.a. Shed), on September 5. You can stream previews of each tune below.

London’s Keysound imprint has announced that it will soon release the debut album by the Bubblin’ Manchester-based producer known as Damu. Following the 12″ he dropped earlier this year via Local Action and the recent Ridin’ EP on Keysound, the forward-thinking bass aficionado will share Unity (pictured above), a 12-track LP “with touches of Air France’s beach-pop, the gloss of major label R’n’B, and subtle nods to the demented psychedelic visions of Wiley and Aphex Twin.” You can listen to a track from Damu’s forthcoming debut, as well as check out the full tracklist, below.

1. Unity
2. Breathless

3. L.O.V.E.
4. After Indigo
5. Weapon #3
6. Maths Is Fine For Sum
7. Cheat When U Compete
8. Ridin The Hype (Feat Trim)
9. Waterfall Of Light
10. Plasm
11. Ether
12. Don’t Cry In My Bed