Pitchfork

Fasten your safety belts, lift your trays, and return your seats to an upright position, because aptly-named Jamaican reggae star Turbulence is about ready to shake things up. As the leadoff cut on XL Records' expertly-curated forthcoming compilation Serious Times (due November 7), his hit song "Notorious"-- originally released nearly two years ago-- is on the cusp of finding the widespread audience it deserves.

Pitchfork columnist and reggae/dancehall guru Dave Stelfox named "Notorious" his favorite track of 2005, calling this "rough-and-tumble voicing over a rudimentary hip-hop-style beat" an example of "what I've always loved about this music: no frills, no hype, just great songs full of honesty and passion." It's dark, fierce, gritty, and pretty much impossible to resist.

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#0048 > Turbulence: "Notorious"
[from Serious Times; XL Recordings]
Info: [MySpace] | [XL]

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// Previously on The Infinite Mixtape:
#0047: I'm From Barcelona: "We're From Barcelona"
#0046: Christopher Willits: "Colors Shifting"
#0045: Giddy Motors: "Panzrama"
#0044: Bound Stems: "Western Biographic"
#0043: Tim Hecker: "Chimeras"
#0042: Working for a Nuclear Free City: "Troubled Son"
#0041: Fujiya & Miyagi: "Collarbone"
#0000: All Previous Infinite Mixtape Entries