benchmark material vol 7 by mike elsmore

01) miami - oddisee
02) dead bodies - air
03) the matador has fallen - dangermouse and daniele luppi
04) world reknown - k otik
05) in my place - onra & quetzal
06) run - ghostface vs tom caruana
07) 79′ aka the shouty track - lemon jelly
08) cream (acapella) - wu-tang
09) gaslight - the ugly ducklings
10) time for great achievements - bo hansson
11) quality control (acapella) - jurassic 5
12) take a chance - luis bacalov
13) return of the drifter (acapella) - jehst
14) fame to my soul - dysposable heroes
15) get out of dodge - frenic
16) lady labyrinth - ludovico einaudi
17) short change hero - the heavy
18) mamy blue - joel dayde
19) watch this - swollen members
20) rinse out - gunshot
21) egyptian reggae - mojo filter (wub like an egyptian edit)
22) good feelin - rephrase (parov stelar late night dub)
23) why don’t you - gramaphonedize (high rankin & evolve or die remix)
24) i know the truth - pretty lights
25) excuse me -  flux pavillion
26) ante up - m.o.p (dnb white label)

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11 comments December 30th, 2011

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benchmark chilled by mike elsmore

01) snow flower - ananda shankar
02) simply beautiful - al green
03) in the city - boca 45 feat mckay
04) nightlife - bonobo
05) winters going - bonnie dobson
06) kiss the sky - shawn lee’s ping pong orchestra
07) invisible pedestrian - bent
08) cf2 communications - lewis parker feat jehst
09) escuchame - braintax
10) misunderstood - onra & quetzal
11) folk song - frenic
12) no jive - de phazz
13) halfway highway - blue states
14) someones second kiss - rjd2
15) the plug - bonobo (quantic remix)
16) burning circle - joe acheson quartett
17) get misunderstood - the troublemakers (quantic remix)
18) how do - sneaker pimps
19) awakening of a woman - cinematic orchestra

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7 comments January 22nd, 2011

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benchmark material vol 6 by mike elsmore

01. when the sun goes down - arctic monkeys (lack of afro remix)
02. you can’t have sunshine everyday - the rattles
03. pictures of matchstick men - status quo
04. god’s gonna cut you down - johnny cash
05. behind closed doors - pharoahe monch (acapella)
06. war - cunninlyngiusts
07. world in flames - frenic feat blacksmith
08. movement - inspectah deck (tom caruna, wu tang vs beatles)
09. keep it hot for daddy - soul position
10. put it on - big l (benchmark rmx)
11. angels of death - outerspace feat immortal technique
12. sick flick - quasimoto
13. bap yo head - freddie cruger feat rapadon
14. true confessions - rjd2
15. we got soul - quantic
16. body surfin - dancing djedi (dnb rmx)
17. rock the dub - visionary
18. bowser - ill skillz
19. death - white lies (chase & status rmx)

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5 comments June 24th, 2010

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benchmark latin and brazilian 3 by mike elsmore

01) i like it like that - pete ‘el conde’ rodriguez
02) baila mi ritmo - los chunguitos
03) baria cumbia remix - los hermanos latinos
04) his majesty rides - josh rouse
05) shirley sexy - claudette soares
06) sones de chicharro - los chorbos
07) llegue llegua guararey de pastorita - los van van
08) she said what - quantic soul orchestra feat j-live
09) parero - deela feat maria garcia lora
10) un limon en la cabeza - gecko turner (quantic rmx)
11) i just fell in love again - quantic & his combo bárbaro
12) what is hip - ju ju orchestra (mo horizons latin style)
13) para no vivir desesperado - instituto mexicano des sonido
14) las calenas son como los flores - latin brothers
15) et de clarinete - palov & mishkin
16) dubben goes bananas - dubben
17) o telefone tocou novamente - rosie hibler
18) salvador - ikon
19) so tinha que ser com voce - dj patife and dj marky
20) pinturas negras - trio valore

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8 comments September 29th, 2009

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benchmark funk and soul 2 by mike elsmore

01. night and day - the maytals
02. children children - scotty
03. ihear the love chimes - syl johnson
04. watch the dog that brings the bone - inez foxx
05. love and happiness - al green
06. humpty dumpty - placebo
07. eltsuhg ibal lasiti (its all a big hustle) - tha daktaris
08. aint no danger - clifford curry
09. hogin machine - les baxter
10. day of rest - marvin holmes & the uprights
11. what do you see in her - inell young
12. black grass - bad bascomb band
13. get uptown (to get down) - united 8
14. bad bad woman - marie franklin
15. make me believe in you - patti jo
16. yekermo sew - mulatu astatke
17. planet rock - breakout
18. send him back (pilooski edit) - the pointer sisters
19. peanut duck - marsha gee
20. grab a handful - art jerry miller
21. i’m a good woman - the generation
22. feel an urge coming on - jo armstead

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7 comments February 28th, 2009

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benchmark loop soup by mike elsmore

a mash up mix of funk/soul/hip hop/indie/prog rock/soundtracks and random samples with some d’n’b to top it off

01 past present future - demon fuzz
02 speaking real words (acapella) - 7l and esoteric ft inspectah deck
03 theme one - van der graaf generator
04 suite - francois de roubaix
05 dance to the drummers beat - herman kelly
06 psycadelic phelgm (acapella) - jehst
07 free your mind - the politicians
08 the soul machine - twitchie feet
09 keem-o-sabe - electric indian
10 keep it thorough (acapella) - prodigy
11 sing sing sing - rsl
12 whats golden (acapella) - jurassic 5
13 love is the drug - roxy music
14 guaira - greenwood rhythm coalition
15 marios tuna - palov and mishkin
16 radio friendly (acapella) - abdominal
17 unkown smaple - ?
18 rec room (acapella) - inspectah deck
19 unkown sample - ?
20 sound funky - vicki anderson
21 put it on (acapella) - big l
22 unbelivable - emf
23 only when i’m drunk (acapella) - tha alkaholiks
24 heavy heavy - keno 1 & the hermit
25 shadows - honeycut
26 empires workshop - benchmark
27 sample from library - ?
28 sample from library - ?
29 heard it through the grapevine (acapella) - marvin gaye
30 sample from library - ?
31 sample from library - ?
32 paparazzi (acapella) - xzibit
33 sample from library - ?
34 sample from fist of the north star
35 without me (acapella) - eminem
36 boss whistler - roger whittaker
37 summertime killer - luis bacalov
38 better days - graham nash
39 you got the love (acapella) - candi staton
40 godless - dandy warhols
41 supernature - cerrone
42 morning sun - al murray and the cimarons
43 quiet storm (acapella) - mobb deep
44 tonight my love - bollywood breaks
45 this generation - holcolm, manuel
46 pop orbite - chico magnetic band
47 you aint my bro - the soul shakers
48 for once in my life (acapella) - stevie wonder
49 gimme shelter - rolling stones
50 doo wop (acapella) - lauryn hill
51 fuori dal mondo - ludovico einaudi
52 questions - moody blues
53 whateva man (acapella) - redman
54 sax dub - unkown artist

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10 comments December 6th, 2008

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benchmark material vol 4 by mike elsmore

01 preludium cis moll - josef vobruba se svym orchestrem
02 kemuri - dj krush
03 demons - jon kennedy
04 sugar man - rodriguez
05 held down - de la soul
06 and so - boot camp click
07 feel right - roots
08 no groove in this town - kutiman
09 aluminium city - honeycut
10 everybody got their something - nika costa
11 raz de maree - saian supa crew
12 lynguistics - cunnlynguists
13 my world - oc
14 keep asking me questions - black ivory
15 bossa for bebo - flow dynamics (lack of afro remix)
16 ambiente tropical - palov & mishkin
17 tabaco y ron - luz mob
18 haus am vald - tuff love (mr benn & scorpio remix)
19 pain - bronze nazareth
20 handsfree - sonny j
21 do your own thing - kokolo
22 mahalageasca - mahala rai banda (shantels bucovina dub)
23 pop corn/chessboxin acapella - hot butter/wu tang
24 make ya shake - frenic

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12 comments October 20th, 2008

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benchmark latin and brazilian #2 by mike elsmore

01. soul drummers - ray barretto
02. day of the jackal - diesler
03. mambo craze - de phazz
04. princesa negra de angola - bebeto
05. orion - rodrigo y gabriela
06. el narco - brownout (hydroponic sound system edit)
07. ai mi morena - mo horizons
08. ay y n’ama - mo horizons (dj day rmx)
09. azua azua (latin funk mix) - deeler
10. mambo no5 - sambo soul
11. nova do brasil - una mas trio
12. nortena del sur - nortec collective
13. cuban mild - benchmark
14. puerto rico (rmx) - los hermanos latinos
15. chiguagau - matenlo
16. cumbia sobre el rio - blanquito man, control machete & celso peña y su ronda bogota
17. bonita - the pimps of joytime
18. o que e a bossa nova? - dj lk fet denise fontoura
19. maria monita - nicola conte apresenta rosalia
20. os novos crioulos -  mar afunda (bonobo rmx)

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7 comments July 31st, 2008

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benchmark funk and soul by mike elsmore

1. aint no love in the heart of the city - bobby blue band
2. make the road by walking - menahan street band
3. the love you left behind - syl johnson
4. got to learn how to dance - the fatback band
5. back on the streets again - tower of power
6. hit and miss - bo diddley
7. hold on im coming - sam and dave
8. nothing but a heartache - the flirtations
9. i can’t stand it - brenda george
10. keep on doin’ - the isley brothers
11. love addict - honey and the bees
12. looking out my window - tom jones
13. underdog - sly and the family stone
14. simple game - the four tops
15. testufy - johnnie tayler
16. na na hey hey - steam
17. hair - galt macdermont
18. dead end street - lou rawls
19. baby please come back - jj barnes
20. a place in the sun - stevie wonder
21. shaft in africa - shaft in africa soundtrack
22. daddy love - gi gi

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4 comments May 26th, 2008

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benchmark material vol 3 by mike elsmore

01. last of mohicans theme/quiet storm acapella - randy edelman/mobb deep
02. alright - frenic
03. mirror mirror on the wolf - tell the story right - alice russell
04. you are never alone - socalled
05. war on the streets - head band
06. an echo of quiet and green (boca 45 mix) - niko
07. big lost - diplo
08. end of time - ugly duckling
09. i know why caged birds sing - binary star
10. funkin fever - the delta rhythm section
11. clap your hands - kabanjak
12. bomba (remix) - los hermanos latinos
13. karameller - dubben
14. rhythm heritage - kid gusto
15. my favourite mutiny - the coup
16. no peace - speach defect
17. sitting at the dock of the bay - peggy lee
18. sunshine day - osibisa
19. revelation - meca
20. nitty gritty - skeewiff
21. jump and twist - freestylers
22. glory dub - jah warrior
23. jah time - fanton mojah
24. chase the devil - max romeo
25. chase the devil (remix) - unknown

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4 comments March 24th, 2008

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benchmark latin & brazilian by mike elsmore

01. la partida - victor jara
02. de usuahia a la quiaca - gustavo santaolalla
03. stolen land - benchmark
04. cumbia skank - los hermanos latinos
05. samba trio remix - instituto
06. imóvel - mr. confuse
07. canto de ossanha - jurassic 5
08. zana - toquinho
09. radio - deela (feat maria garcia lora)
10. mambo con dancehall - brooklyn funk essentials
11. dirty old bossa nova - visoneers
12. take me back to piaui - juca chaves (dubben mix)
13. a go go - trüby trio
14. calhambeque - dj marky
15. malandragem - drumagick
16. manteca boogaloo - manteca (fluid mechanics remix)

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5 comments February 20th, 2008

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benchmark material vol 2 by mike elsmore

01. que sera - wax tailor
02. reach out - mark rae
03. nine by nine - 4hero
04. unhooked generation - freda payne
05. sendero - gustavo santaolalla
06. quierez corazon - deela
07. all of you - rjd2
08. sir duke - stevie wonder
09. aynotchesh yererfu - budos band
10. third world lover - kid koala and dynomite d
11. outsider - lack of afro
12. sugar coated - parker
13. body movin (rmx) - beastie boys
14. your the bomb - frenic
15. bokura wa shonen tantei - dan torpedo boyz
16. oh jah - black grass
17. the bachelor - travis blaque (rjd2 mix)
18. dirty decibles - high and mighty
19. system - matrix and futurebound
20. hurt you - chase and status

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cheeky comment? January 21st, 2008

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