''FabricLive.42'' is a 2008 mix album by

Freq Nasty Darin McFadyen, better known by his stage name FreQ Nasty, is a DJ and producer of breakbeat electronic music, currently based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Originally from New Zealand, McFadyen's artistic career has taken him acros ...

. The album was released as part of the FabricLive Mix Series.

Track listing

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- Not in our Name - Pledge of Resistance - ''

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'' # Santogold vs

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- Creator - ''Warners'' #Freq Nasty vs Propa Tings - Peacemaker - ''Freq Nasty'' #Madox - Duckalicious (Baobinga's Thugalicious Remix) - ''Expanded'' #Leon Jean-Marie - Bring it On (Rusko's Granny Smasher Remix) - ''

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'' #Reso - If you can’t Beat Em - ''Civil Music'' #

Cadence Weapon Roland "Rollie" Pemberton, better known by his stage name Cadence Weapon, is a Canadian-American rapper based in Toronto, Ontario. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Pemberton released his first album, ''Breaking Kayfabe'', in 2005 with positi ...

- House Music - ''

Big Dada Big Dada is a British independent record label imprint distributed by Ninja Tune. It was started by reputed hip hop journalist Will Ashon in 1997. It is best known for marketing of prominent British hip hop artist Roots Manuva, poet and playwri ...

'' #L-Vis 1990 - Change the Game - ''Tres Cool'' # ZZT - Lower State of Consciousness (Original Munich Version) - ''Turbo'' #Rob Sparx - 2 Faced Rasta (Reso Remix) - ''Dubting'' #

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- God Smiled (Remix) - ''On-U Sound'' #Tayo - March of the Soundbwoyz - ''Cool & Deadly/Supercharged'' #Freq Nasty - Come Let Me Know (Acappella) - '' Skint'' #Baobinga ft. DJ Nasty - State of Ghetto Jackin - ''Trouble & Bass'' #Epydemix - Thunder Gutter (Dub) - ''Epydemix'' #Backdraft ft. Sporty-O - Living Like a Hustler - ''Passenger'' #

KRS-One Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from New York City. He rose to prominence as part of ...

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(Freq Nasty Breakbeat Bacon Mix) - '' Zomba'' #The Beat Monkeys - How you Like me Now? (Rico Tubbs Gangsters Mix) - ''Passenger'' #

Buraka Som Sistema Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant and ha ...

- Kaslemba Wegue Wegue (Reso’s Aguadente Mash Mix) - ''Enchufada'' #Freq Nasty vs

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- Snared (Freq's Donkey Kong Mix) - ''Giveback'' # TRG - Oi! Killa ! - ''Cool & Deadly/Supercharged'' #Freq Nasty vs

Bassnectar Lorin Gabriel Ashton, better known under his stage name Bassnectar (born February 16, 1978), is an American DJ and record producer. Biography Ashton grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. He initiall ...

- Viva Tibet (Dub) - ''Giveback'' #Radioclit vs No Surrender - Godda get It - ''No Surrender/Ghettopop Records 2007'' #Nate Mars ft. Jahdan - Above & Beyond Dem - Complex Dubz

Critical reception

The album was positively received by critics, with

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giving its 4.5 out of 5, calling it music "you throw on when the only passengers in your car are two recently emptied cans of Red Bull and a woofer". ''Remix'' called it a "wild romp through present-day breaks and bass". Rick Anderson of

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stated "each track comes across as fairly unexpected: you know it's going to be funky, you know the beats are probably going to lurch around crazily with lots of squelchy synth and frequent reggae vocal samples, but beyond that there's no telling what's going to happen. At its best, the result is thrilling".

References

External links

Fabric: FabricLive.42
{{Authority control Fabric (club) albums 2008 compilation albums