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San Antonio’s  Sonora Longoria throws down one hell of a bass heavy remix of Far East Movement’s “So What”. Actually makes this song worth listening to.

San Antonio’s Ernest Gonzales is one prolific mofo. As Mexicans with Guns, he recently dropped a collection of Mexicans with Guns remixes past and present. The collection is 14 streaming or downloadable tracks and includes remixes of Freddie Gibbs, Bassnectar and Diego Bernal.

Sick video from SA’s Mexicans With Guns directed by Duey FM.

Corpus Christi’s Dj Dus recently put out this 3 track EP on Exponential Records and it’s bangin’!

From Exponential Records

DJ DUS has taken the principals of 1970’s era Jamaican soundsystems, a producer’s approach to developing new material and a DJ’s skill behind the turntables to develop a unique and inspired mix of cumbia, hip hop and reggae tracks that translates to a new and fresh sound- best described as NU Cumbia.

I‘ve posted a lot of stuff from San Antonio’s Exponential Record’s, and they never, ever disappoint. If you’re feeling it, go check out Dj Dus’s other releases on the Dj Dus Bandcamp page. Now go blast this through your speakers and shake that ass!

“Besides…” is the follow up instrumental album from San Antonio based producer Diego Bernal. It’s available now as a free download and as 7″ vinyl from Exponential Records. I bumped the hell out of his last album, “Four Courners” and this one sounds just a great. Download or purchase the vinyl now.

Mojoe featuring Bavu Blakes, produced by Symbolyc One (S1). Video by Dookie Vision Productions.

Soulful, Texas, Hip Hop music. Mojoe featuring Bavu Blakes, produced by Symbolyc One (S1) The full video debuts on December 21. You can read more about the history of the track on Bavu’s Blog and check out some screen caps from the video. Make sure you check out Mojoe’s latest album, Dirty Genes, on iTunes, available now.

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Great music and great design go together so freakin’ well! The design on most of the work Exponential Record’s puts out is almost half the reason I keep checking out for new things from them and the soundscapes are superb. This is an excellent promo piece for the A.M. Architect’s The Road to the Sun, which is now available on iTunes and you can also stream the full album and buy it on Bandcamp. Check out A.M. Architect on the Exponential Records site. 

Tracklist
01. Unspoken
02. Please Help Me
03. Albatross
04. The Bull Of Heaven
05. Road to the Sun I
06. Road to the Sun II
07. What If
08. Upon
09. Next Of Kin
10. Sleepless Nights
11. Gave Me Love
12. February

Links
AM Architect on MySpace 
Buy on iTunes
Buy on Bandcamp
Road to the Sun on Exponential Records

Mexicans with Guns + Cerebral Vortex + Spoek Mathombo – Nuts and Bongos EP

Part of Urb’s Next 100 and recently signed to Exponential Records, Mexicans with Guns teams up with Cerbral Vortex, Spoek Mathombo and a gang of remixers, including Ninjasonik, Cobra Krames, Robert Koch, and Raziek to release the Nuts and Bongos EP.

Diego Bernal-”Summer’s Over (Interlude)“

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After checking out the their sampler a few days back, I have to say that I was thoroughly impressed with San Antonio based electronic label Exponential Records. Seeing how I was raised in SA and still have friends there, I should probably get angry at someone for not telling me about them sooner. One of the standout tracks from the Texas compilation is Diego Bernal’s Damn You, from For Corners. For Corner’s is 19 tracks of gritty, dirty sample laden, break-heavy, electronic goodness.

Here’s more about Diego and the project from the back of the For Corner’s Album:

There’s a whole other territory nestled deep within the heart at Texas…a City within the city at San Antonio. You can try tracking it on your iPhone but chances are that there is no listing tor “San Anto.” The street corners are lined with palateras, taquerias, and every variety of mom and pop shop imaginable. This is the setting of Diego Bernal’s story and the source material for his music.

Although Bernal claims San Antonio as his home town, he spent much of his childhood traversing from home to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to California’s Bay Area. Along the way Bernal soaked up the sounds- from the Latin harmonies of Trio Los Panchos and the R&B of Bill Withers and Joe Bataan to the jazz of Charlie Mingus and McCoy Tyner. It was also the golden era of hip-hop and Bernal soon found himself infatuated with beats and production.

Bernal was born to parents who were educators, activists, and intellectuals- a former migrant farm’ worker and an education reformer- so it only makes sense that he is now an attorney for a national civil rights organization… oh, and makes some soulful beats on fhe side when he’s not fighting for justice and equality.

“For Corners” is Diego Bernal’s love letter to Ihe music, cultures, era and people that nurtured him. The music is dusty and layered with Latin soul, from the triumphant blasts of horns to the laid back groove of lowrider melodies. It is a call to return to the simplicity and integrity of hip-hop’s best moment and an invitation to enjoy a slightly different kind of southern comfort. Not so much dirty south as directly south.

Great story and great album. Go download it now!

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Links
Diego Bernal For Corners