Editor’s Note: This is cross-posted at Live Music Blog. Also, if you’ve been checking out my posts here at LMW, you’re bound to hear some familiar tracks featured in this new podcast, as it’s focused on Brothers Past. I wasn’t kidding when I said they’d have to be in the next podcast. Enjoy!

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Back in December, I was lucky enough to catch a reunited Brothers Past play a killer NYE show outside of Philly. With their original drummer, Rick Lowenberg, back in the mix, BP reminded me why I became such a fan of their unique brand of live electronic dance music.

As I’ve been getting back into working out and running a bit more frequently, I realized I was low on new workout tunes to get me motivated. As a result, I decided to put together another version of our Hippie Workout Mix, this time with a focus on the badass beats of Brothers Past.

BP’s precise drum and bass beats and layered polyrhythms give this mix an extra kick in terms of intensity. In fact, on my test runs with this thing, it was often pretty difficult to keep up. I have no doubt it’ll get you moving.

Enjoy:

Hippie Workout Mix, Vol. 4 – Badass Beats from Brothers Past

• Hippie Workout Mix, Vol. 4 – Brothers Past [mp3] (50.8 MB)
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Tracklist:
Astphadel (1-30-04)
Inside the Tinman (3-27-04)
Bitches & Candy (9-17-05)
A Wonderful Day (4-15-05)
Bottlecap (10-24-03)
I Might Be Wrong > Squeeze (11-21-03)

All tracks from the Live Music Archive.

Also, be sure to check out my previous workout mixes, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3.

Wow! This track just blew me away. It started out as a mellow dub outro of  “Astphadel”  (which is also a mellow tune). Then, all of the sudden, the band drops the the dub and morphs into drum’n'bass (as it can so easily do), and bam, we’re off to the races and absolutely bumpin! The energy doesn’t let up for about eight solid minutes even as the band finally starts making cues that it is jamming into “A Wonderful Day” (when they start teasing the intro with the  “sleep” vocals). I edited this one down to the meat of the improv section for easy workout efficiency. Enjoy:

1-30-04 Astphadel outro

Let’s just say this one is definitely on the list for the next Hippie Workout Mix.

Today marks the five-year anniversary of the first time I caught a Brothers Past. As luck would have it, it turned out to be one of their better shows of 2004, if not ever. Lots of solid drum’n'bass improv and some serious electronic experimentation.

Although the entire show is great, especially for a nice workout, this song segment is my favorite:

• Inside the Tinman >
• Forget You Know Me >
• Inside the Tinman (ending)

Watch out for that ‘Tinman’ improv, it’s dynamite. At one point, Tom Hamilton (lead guitar/vox), proceeds to loop his vocal howls and then immediately tweak them with his Kaoss Pad sampler, all over the top of some deep, dark drum’n'bass.  And the jam our of “Forget You Know Me” is definitely not to be overlooked. All good tracks to get the blood flowing but also keep your ears intrigued.

Enjoy.

All tracks from the Live Music Archive: Brothers Past