How is it that people who specialize in making cartoons which seem to require psychedelics to be understood manage to put out good mixtapes? (And free ones, at that.) Last year, Adult Swim put out the unassailable Ghostly Swim, and now they drop ATL Mix. This new release features remixes of rappers from Atlanta. While a number of the songs are your basic, “take this track and make an electro banger out of it,” there’s mos def some stuff on there that moves the game forward. The prime example of this is Chris Devoe’s remix of Pill. On this track, Devoe takes his ethereal, dreamlike style, and pushes it into more suspenseful, nightmarish realms. The SALEM Drag Chop remix of Playboy Tre and the Memory Tapes remix of Dem Getaway Boyz are also cool. Photo by Linda Costa.

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Jestofunk — “Stellar Funk” [BUY IT]
Etelvina Maldonado — “Manuelita (Uproot Andy & Geko Jones RMX)”
Baobinga & I.D. — “Man Down”
Solo — “Afreaka” [BUY IT]
Marcus Visionary — “St. Vincent” [BUY IT]
Das Nevez — “Biohazard (Nehuen RMX)”
Dubheadz — “Flowrider” [BUY IT]
Funk Ethics — “Blues Is Now” [BUY IT]
Headhunter — “Prototype (Modeselektor’s Broken Handbrake RMX)” [BUY IT]
Gang Gang Dance — “Bebey (DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek RMX)”
Figura — “Ze Bula (Chief Boima RMX)”
Stephen Marley — “Traffic Jam (Dhurva Refix)”
Pedro Diaz — “This Is The Sound (Space Mix)” [BUY IT]
Bruce Dickinson — “Baya” [BUY IT]
Mollo — “Kumpu (J.Ti RMX)” [BUY IT]

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Got a few mixes here y’all might want to check. Follow the links for tracklistings.

First up is Crooked Clef’s Mittelschmerz. We’re not sure why he named this mix after pain related to the menstrual cycle, but dude reaps a mood of havoc on this one. Rooted in dubstep, the mix evokes a mysteriously idle clear cutting operation in the rainforest, where tractors sit vacant but the sound of their action still stains the air. Rather than straying into bassline bangers or the mid range wobblery that so often draws comparisons to rock, Clef chooses to explore the sonic relations of atmospheric industrial. Most of the tracks strike a mood and ride it, but the mix rarely lingers on a song longer than two minutes, which keeps it interesting.

Next up is a shuffle-filled dance mix by Saputotime. Dude played much of this mix at the last Turrbotax party, where he’s a resident. It’s impossible not to move to this sound. Although some of the breakdowns were a bit long and there were strained stretches of loopyness, his selection was a refreshing perspective on what makes a New York dance floor raise the roof. Download here.

Finally, we just want to make sure no one slept on Douster’s XLR8R mix. Since it’s untitled, we’ll call it Tropical Storm Douster. We’re a bit late posting it, but this is a gem. It’s a hype blend of hip hop with European club and tropical dance styles that will leave you covered in sweat like you got caught in the downpour. (Sorry, we can’t stream the mixes hosted at XLR8R.) Photo by Marcus Mumbach.