Always one to keep his loyal following’s appetites well fed, Daru is back with yet another exclusive promo download. This time its a sampler he’s calling Rusic Leaks – made up of different odds & ends including unreleased remixes, collaborations & demos. Along with his different duo counterparts (Ab, Reggie B and Rena), the collection also features new works with Muhsinah, Joy Jones, Reign Star w/ Tony Ozier, Byron The Aquarius, and more.

Rusic Leaks serves as a preview of things to come, as Daru will be dropping the 2009 edition of his Spirit & Soul Sampler series later on this year. Its almost meant to hold fans over while Daru is on tour in Europe all summer – first with Idle Warship (Talib Kweli, Res & Graph Nobel) and then later with Black Milk. So be sure to check his page to see if he’ll be playing in your area.

You can preview three highlights before downloading the full set below. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

If you don’t already know, Fresh Kept Secret vet, Daru has really been doing his thing lately. From both drumming for live acts such as Slum Village, Black Milk, and Kweli’s Idle Warship, as well as producing & remixing acts like Kissey Asplund, Tableek of Maspyke, Reggie B & others – Daru has been working like crazy these last couple of years. Today we’ve got free downloads of three of the latest products of that labor.

Starting it off, we have the newly leaked track from Daru’s collaboration album with soul singer, AB, entitled “On Deck” and features a guest verse from Black Milk. I first heard the track when Ab posted the YouTube link on my newest addiction, Twitter, and I had been planning on debuting the download on here ever since – but I gotta give credit to both Eighty81 and Rhymehouse for beating me to the punch. The track will appear on Ab & Daru’s upcoming album which should hopefully be dropping in ’09.

Following that up is Daru’s (as yet) unreleased, official remix of Muhsinah‘s track, “Once Again.” On this one, Daru takes the semi-smoothed out vibe of the original track from her Oscillations: Sine album and adds his signature chopped-up groove to it, while also supplying it with a lil’ more bang than it originally had.

Closing the set out is another remix, this time for well-known broken beat singer, Joy Jones, from her latest 12″ single, “The Joy.” This is the only track of the three that’s already been released, so big up to Recordbreakin for allowing me to include it. I have to say… this remix is definitely one of Daru’s craziest works to date and it kind of took me by surprise at first. It has a dope broken/afro beat vibe to it that I really like, but leave a comment and let me know what you think of it.

You can preview & stream all three tracks before you download the free .zip containing all of them below.

Some quick holiday selections for you guys today, both coming from Bugz In The Attic member and broken beat pioneer, Daz-I-Kue. I’ll let Daz introduce the first joint himself…

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Hope all you your Xmas arrangement is going well.

Anyway I’m just want to give a little xmas tune to you as a way as a thanks for all your support so far. So check it, this a a festive rendition of old christmas hymn “Midnight Clear,” done with such soulful elegance by Rasiyah. We done this a few years ago and it came out on an obscure comp, which at this point I can’t recall what its recall… lol, but all I know it didn’t even reach the shops, and I think the time is right to give it an airing once again. (note: it was Media Creature‘s Eclectic Christmas compilation from 2003)

So find the link below and enjoy

Peace and Blessings for the holidays, and make 09 a biggun for ya

Daz”

To go along with Daz-I-Kue’s personal xmas gift and keeping up with the holidays & family vibe, I’ve also got an exclusive remix from Daz of the Sister Sledge classic, “We Are Family.” This white label dub takes the original song in a completely different, but equally club-friendly, direction as his official remix of the same song for Garth Trinidad’s Atlantic remix project, Atlantiquity. This dub is from 2005 and has been highly sought after from both being up on Daz’s MySpace page for a minute as well as being played out frequently by various DJ’s – but it has never officially been released. Downloads for both tracks are available below.

After the jump I’ve got streams of the aforementioned Atlantiquity remix of “We Are Family,” plus some of Mr. I-Kue’s recent works with one of my new favorite labels, DJ Junior’s Recordbreakin, in the form of remixes for both L.A. songstress, Joy Jones, and ATL rap duo, DnS.

Big ups to both DJ Jamad for the lookout and Sake 1 for the last minute assist.
And oh yeah – happy holladays, everybody!
I’ve got one more coming for you guys tomorrow – so be sure to check back.