To kick off our brief Tokyo State of Mind series, alongside our friends at Rhythm Incursions, we're bringing you an exclusive live set from Himuro Yoshiteru. Many thanks to Laurent Fintoni from Rhythm Incursions for his help in putting this series together.

The majority of this particular State Of Mind series will focus on artists from Nihon Kizuna, a compilation of music from artists and labels around the world put together for Japan Red Cross release. Artists and labels on the compilation include Kode 9, Kuedo, DJ Vadim, Om Unit, Ninja Tune, All City, Onra, Fink, Illum Sphere, Jay Scarlett, Paul White, Ernest Gonzales, Circulation Records and more. We'll be focusing on those from the city of Tokyo.

Himuro Yoshiteru, included on this compilation, is in our opinion one of the most under rated modern Japanese producers from the Tokyo electronic underground. His debut release in 1998 was on Worm Interface which the particularly nerdy of you may remember as home to ...

Saturn Never Sleeps is the fruitful collaboration between legendary producer King Britt and singer/artist Rucyl. For the past two years or so they have been holed up, perfecting their craft and dedicating themselves to continuing a mutant, forward thinking version of fellow Philadelphian Sun-Ra. With their debut album, Yesterday's Machine, they have launched themselves into the spotlight, with a wide ranging tour and technologically informed sound. This mix sees the duo splitting selection duties into two engrossing parts, mixing new contemporaries such as Africa Hitech with classic BOC and Aphex tunes as well as their own Saturn Never Sleeps material. Check the album, out August 2nd on the prolific Alpha Pup Records. Speaking of Alpha Pup - their new regular NYC takeover shows have been causing quite a stir out here. Be sure to check their monthly Knitting Factory events.

Catch Saturn Never Sleeps this coming weekend, July 30th, at the new Knitting Factory in Brooklyn! More tour dates on

Justin Ledford, LDFD, has been bubbling in the stateside scene alongside his Broken Teeth crew for only the last year or two and is already poised with his breakthrough release on Daedelus' Magical Properties label. Blurring the boundaries of crunk, juke, dubstep and hip hop, his productions have a cultural relevance a lot of contemporary music lacks. Keep an eye out for his "Outtacontrol" EP out tomorrow, July 19th on Magical Properties Records.

Tracklisting
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Erykah Badu - Window Seat
LDFD - Volcanodigit
LDFD - Mucho Mango
Groundislava - Young Lava
LDFD - Outtacontrol (Screwed)
Andy Stott - Intermittent
Mosca - Tilt Shift
Lunice - Fancy Forty
Waka Flocka Flame - Hard In Tha Paint (Shlohmo's sit down remix)
LDFD - (airportbeat)
Jamie XX - Far Nearer
Julio Bashmore - Ribble to Amazon
LDFD - Imagine
Mount Kimbie - Ruby
Ciara/Girl Unit/Kingdom - Ride It/Every Time
Clicks & Whistles - Ne...