By DJ Fusion

What’s up Planet Ill readers and supporters during this New Year week of  2010 – hope the week’s been going well so far!

After weeks of winter making hard out there for my current DC Metro home arena with snow & chipping through Raekwon-ian Glaciers of Ice, it’s time for another session of Indiesent Exposure to wash away the 1000 remixes of “Silent Night”, and your New Year’s hangover.

This is the section where on Planet Ill, folks drop the weekly writeup and music downloads of various quality independent music artists who deserve more exposure, props and credit for keeping their various genres alive & non-cookie cutter status.

Pretty much every music genre gets covered in this section at one time or another – Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, House, etc. – to keep the audio goodies a bit on the diverse & lively side.

Hopefully post by post here on Planet Ill, this section will give your ears some temporary respite from some of the audio wackness, boredom and/or iCoonery that bombards the masses each day via the mainstream radio and TV airwaves.

If you like what you hear in this section (some of which will hopefully be new to folks), PLEASE support these artists as much as you can in the future – hit up their websites, purchase some product, go to their shows, etc., especially since at the end of the day, music artists needs to eat like everyone else for putting in their work somewhere down the line.

This week, Indiesent Exposure has two dope and creative mixes that have Electronica, Rock & Hip-Hop grooves that are a little bit off the beaten path. Check out everything below from these talented artists and let us over here Planet Ill know what you think when you get the chance.

Hope everyone enjoys the selections.

Let’s get into it:

California King – Glad Tidings Mixtape mp3 Download

To jump things off, we have Brooklyn, New York’s Alternative Soul & Rock Band California King.

Consisting of members Mike Mills (vocals and guitar), Yohann Potico (bass) and Howard Alper (drums), the eclectic crew has notable Psychedelic Rock sonic vibes and influences that range from De La Soul to Funkadelic to The Pixies.

 

Glad Tidings consists of over 20 minutes of newly released original songs and remixes to bridge the gap between their last album, Adoration of the Boogie Bear to the currently untitled work California King’s jumping off in 2010.

Find out more about the latest updates, songs and other good things with California King over at their official MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/CaliforniaKingBand.

Diwon – I Heart Mixtape mp3 Download

Next up, we have the I Heart Mixtape by another representative from Brooklyn, NY – Electro & Hip-Hop remixer & producer Diwon of Shemspeed Records.

Diwon has some pretty interesting musical influences in his musical works from his family’s roots in Yemen, Ethiopia and Israel – Yemenite and Sephardic music.

The I Heart Mixtape is an older mix from him that includes various remixes of songs from all over the world (including Buju Banton, Blur, Smokey Robinson, Cat Power and more) with a thematic focus on Love – which besides the “gimme gifts now” vibe the holiday season gives out through the media, is a nice joint to refocus on what really counts.

Check out more information about Diwon over at his official website, http://www.DiwonMusic.com.

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DJ Fusion is the creator and co-host/mix DJ of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast (http://FuseBoxRadio.podomatic.com/) and the website BlackRadioIsBack.com, two areas trying to fight audio B.S. one day at a time…check folks out around either way when you can.

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