Mix Tings...

Got 3 new mixes from you today, all from fairly well known heads - Polish peeps Supra1 (you can read the Squeaky Bleeps feature on them here), Mumdance with some big grime riddims and unreleased tunes from him and two mixes on a different, downtempo tip - one from Joy Orbison, and a hip hop mix from Mr Beatnick, who rolls with the One Handed Music crew - Alex Chase, Bullion, Paul White.

Joy Orbison // BSRkR01

Thriller – Genie
Floating Points – Love Me Like This
C.O.M.B.I. – It A Late
Eddie C – Make It Better
The Revenge – Night Flight
B.W.H. – Stop
James Pants – We’re Through
Alicia Meyers – I Want To Thank You
Fudge Fingas – DinsDins4Dada
Bumblebee Unlimited – Lovebug (DK Edit)
Arthur Russell – Hop On Down
Nite Jewel – Weak For Me
The Samps – Traincummings…..
C.B. Funk – Subway To Cologne
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting

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Mr Beatnick - Autumnal Recessiontronica

Floating Points vs Obba Supa
Clause Four - Track 3
Tokimonsta - A Sweet Day
Dot Rotten - Without You
Soundspecies - Psychedelic Xylophone
Hudson Mohawke - 3:30
Landslide - Parables (Rollin Dub)
Mount Kimbie - Sketch On Glass
LV - Don't Judge - Fantastic Mr Fox remix
Sbtrkt - 20:20
Sebastien Tellier - L'Amour Et La Violence (Floating Points Remix)
Subeena - Analyse
Delia Derbyshire - Experimental Demo (1968)
Flying Lotus & Life Force Trio - Auntie's Lock
Space - Architeq Remix
Dredi - Untitled
The Blessings - Explicit American Cinema
Mr Beatnick - Fallin Apples
Illum Sphere - Chasing The Midnight Moth
Loops Haunt - Impact Omnihammer
Paul White - All Because I'm Green

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Mumdance BBC 1Xtra Mix

"yo here is a mix I did recently for Redlight's in New DJ's we trust show. I tried to cover as much ground as possible... the mix is 30 mins long:
1st 15mins Grime with Jammer, C gritz & Diesel
2nd 15mins instrumental & deeper with some of my new bits...
hope you enjoy"

1. Mumdance - Kerplunk Part 1
2. Shazam & Slater Brockman - Forward March
3. Silencer - Dirtbag
4. P Money - Left The Room
5. Wiley - Wot U Call It? (Tease)
6. Terror Danjah - Bipolar
7. Plastician - Cha (Switch)
8. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx)
9. El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Rmx Ft Jammer)
10. Egyptrixx - Everybody Bleeding
11. Agent X - Decoy
12. Mums Of Death (Mumdance & Drums Of Death) - Golden Axe
13. Mumdance, Shortstuff & Brackles - Sick in a Bag
15. Mumdance Ft Badness - Sacrifice Riddim

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Supra1 x Discobelle Mix

1. Royal-T – Beat Fighter (Bok Bok Remix) / Unreleased, forthcoming No Hats No Hoods
2. Brackles & Shortstuff – Saturito Faita / Planet Mu
3. Joy Orbison – Wet Look / Hotflush
4. TRG – Siberian Poker / Unreleased
5. Gemmy – Rainbow Rd / Planet Mu
6. Supra1 – Kowloon / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
7. Rustie – Bad Science / Wireblock
8. Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up / Hyperdub
9. Terror Danjah – Zumpi Hunter (Swindle Remix) / Planet Mu
10. Supra1 – I Still Believe / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
11. Drop The Lime – Devils Eyes (Supra1 Remix) / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
12. SMD – Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) / Wichita

Club Candy

I had a great weekend catching up with friends and seeing some friends of old that I'd not seen for over a year, whilst engaging in my residency at Rhyme & Slang @ Public Life on Saturday... I would have ended up at Egg after as well had my mate Fiona not been clobberd over the head by some twat with an obsession for leopard print and an over tense need to have SPACE on the dancefloor. Does she not realise that Public Life + Dubstep + Harvard Bass + Me = Carnage , pushing and sweatyness.
Anyway... time for some new tunes to wet your appetites for the coming weekend!

Riton & Primary 1 - Radiates
Now living up to Who's There as a follow up single is quite something to achieve, but make no mistake this is a brilliantly written tune. With Riton on instrumental duties and Primary 1 sporting some cleaver vocals, the duo have done it again. The video isn't half bad either.

Mom & Dad - The Whole Sh-Bang (Harvard Bass Remix)
I think I am actually in love with this American producer at the moment. His cuts are so fresh and his beats so divine... I do believe its love at first hark. You think something massive is coming in the drop, but it's more than big, it's also clever and it's cunning!

Solo - Minimood (Round Table Knights Remix)
Solo is the absolute final word in potent tropical techno right now, but RTK's have just added a little bounce to the picture, and created something that not only smells good, but feels good too. Warning: Only to be taken in small doses and never more than eight times a day.

Youri Donatz & Franky Ricardo - I Like This Sound
You know it's funny how much a  song can change once the tiniest of vocals has been added. Just think of Crookers - Knobbers... without the inaugural  "Now Push It" it would sound a bit pointless. The same concept applies to this tune... and don't that deep voiced individual just know it ;)


Drop The Lime - Devil's Eyes (Kanji Kanetic's B-Live Mix)
Here we have something a little bit filthier, but still carrying that trademark Kanji sound that I adored back at the start of 2009. Despite there being somewhat of a lack of this style of music in my collection, I can help but smile every time I hear it.

Gremlinz - Picks of dubstep, hip hop, reggae and grime.

Few new bits and bobs from me now - largely dubstep, hip hop, reggae and grime:

WILEY // Shanghai (Instrumental)

Classic grime tune from Wiley here, on a slightly different tip.  At the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003, as garage started to become less popular and grime developed into something definable, a sub genre of grime emerged - 'sinogrime', that took its influences from the Orient.  Wiley and Jammer were the main exponents of the genre, and this was one of the biggest tunes - check it.

UNTOLD // Stop What You're Doing (James Blake Remix)

This is one of the most extraordinary records I've heard recently - James Blake pulls it off again.  Now available on Hemlock as a 10" with the Pangea mix on the other side, this sounds like it comes from another planet - it starts off gently, but when it fizzles into life it goes off.  This quote from Ben Ufo, head of Hessle Audio pretty much sums it up for me: "the must utterly next level piece of music I've heard in years.  Please support Hemlock and James by picking up this 10" now: Boomkat.

GHOSTFACE KILLAH// Child's Play

Classic tune off the Wu-Tang Clan member's 2000 LP Supreme Clientele - it retells the pleasures and hardships of youth, accompanied by a classic rolling hip hop beat, produced by RZA. 

http://www.mediafire.com/?kmyynothdwo

DARKSTAR // Aidy's Girl Is A Computer

First featured on Hyperdub's 5, celebrating 5 years of the label, this then came out as a single on Hyperdub.  Faltering synth lines and delay infused vocals combine with a hypnotic twosteppy beat - a must have record.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5dq2djmjnmj

YT // England Story

Reggae track from UK head Yt, documenting the story of Eighties UK sound systems such as Saxon, Coxsone, Unity, Volcano, Taurus, Jah Shaka, and of much-loved DJs of the era such as Top Cat, Tippa Irie, Macca B, Tenor Fly, Prento Youth and many more.  

http://www.mediafire.com/?cwnmz0jmynz

SBTRKT // rekorda

Great tune from sbtrkt here - 2step rhythms and clipped ravey piano chord stabs, this must be one of these future garage tunes everyone is going on about. Jittery, percussive and shuffley, this one is a must have -  grab this tune here.

JOSE JAMES // Blackmagic (Joy Orbison Remix)

I'm sure most heads will have heard of Joy by now, despite this being only his second release, but the boy is bringing some serious heat here.  Difficult to pin down but robust rhythms make a seriously spine tingling listen.  This tune doesn't even drop till halfway through, but when it does, it really goes.  If 2step rhythms and swirly house keys are your ting (if not, why not?), then grab this tune now:

http://www.mediafire.com/?w0gookdywzz

SISTER NANCY // Bam Bam

Classic reggae cut from Sister Nancy, one of those tunes everyone knows. 

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/779661530/8c251aa424fccc36b5d61a2ccf637407

Introducing... Flatline

Now DJ sets aside, dubstep duos and crews are a dime-a-dozen these days when it comes to the music they produce. However, I'm making a big exception when it comes to these guys, as they are staking a claim to the Hyperdub purist in what soulful dub should really sound like.

Flatline were a DJ duo consisting of George Walker and who have were previously in bands at school but were lured into the world of Dubstep.

"Along with our friend Ben Leadbetter have grown up together, playing in guitar bands and performing gigs at school. We discovered dubstep after hearing the ‘Box of Dub’ Dubstep compilation and hearing Rusko’s ‘Cockney Thug’ on a myspace profile. Since then we have produced our own tunes and started to build a name as DJ’s playing at some of Londons iconic clubs such as Mass in Brixton and the Russian in Shoreditch as well as playing Underage Festival alongside some of the biggest names in the genre... Born in Croydon at the turn of the century, Dubstep, as the name suggests, is the illegitimate child of the London 2-step garage scene and the bass heavy vibes of dub. Despite these obvious influences Dubstep takes elements from a total mash up of genre’s, from Break Beat and Drum n Bass to House and Electro and even elements of minimalism and jazz. The same can be said for your average Dubstep fan – there is no “average Dubstep fan”. Dubstep attracts people from all cultures, creeds, and classes, in a way that no other type of music does. For those of us too young to claim punk, acid house or jungle as our own, Dubstep truly is the genre our generation can say it invented."

Introducing... Mikey Mic

Mikey Mic is the Stockholm sensation storming Hype Machine with his Rolling Stone-acclaimed remixes and no-nonsense attitude to big room electro remixes.

First it was his remake of Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys) - Empire State of Mind, which stormed the Hype Machine charts and gathered him blog love from across the world. Then he launched his brand new website - www.mikeymic.com with a great video explaining what he's all about (see below)

And now he's taking on hiphop legend Pharoahe Monch with a Bloody Beetroots-esque rework which is sure to slay some dancefloors, so please enlighten you're hard drives with the following treat!

Pharoahe Monche - Simon Says (Mikey Mic Remix)

Remember... Be Good!

So then... Thursday evening... the new Friday, the unofficial beginning of the weekend!!!
I've got a special treat for you here... new material from those London based bleep kings of bass who the title of this blog is taken directly from.

I've been a fan of the Plump DJs for years and in the last year or so they've begun a transition over to the more electro fused scene, tailoring their sets around the new 'no genre' sound spreading the world over. Sharing lineups with the likes of Hervé, Crookers and Deadmau5 to name a few.

Fortunately however, they still take the time to make the odd breaksey anthem that they're known best for. Be Good reminds me of the conjoined sounds of Shifting Gears and Soul Vibrates in one. The funk of Shifting Gears with the menace and glitchy trickery of Soul Vibrates.

Anyway, its time you made you're mind for yourselves... here's the said tune, along with an old classic.

Plump DJs - Be Good

Plump DJs - System Addict

Breakdown...

Are the LA producers that have been making quite the name for themselves since their inception in late 2007. Their releases have turned in the boxes of DJs like Benny Benassi, Laidback Luke, Micky Slim, Z-Trip, DJ Dan, Will Bailey, Donald Glaude, AC Slater and The Freestylers.

They've also been busy collaborating with the likes of The Sounds, Deadmau5, Will Bailey, MC Flipside, South Rakkas Crew, Hot Pink Delorean, Killa Queenz, Whiskey Pete, Kelevra, Rico Tubbs, & Gigi Barrocco to name a few!

Bouncecamp - New Beat (Breakdown Remix)

Breaks tinged Nu-Dance in its finest form here and the vocals working really well, greatly recommended for warm-up and warm-down sets.

DJ Zinc - Essential Mix

DJ Zinc in my opinion has to be one of the biggest standing examples in the game at the moment of longevity and creativity that never seems to run out of steam. Over the years he's always been two steps ahead of anyone else whether it be in terms of Drum n Bass, Jungle, Hip-Hop, Breakbeat or even now his own perfectly crafted sub-genre of bass-fueled trickery and substance, Crack House.

2009 has seen the re-invention of a true legend and as I found out back in August when I met the man, a thoroughly nice guy as well. While Skream and co. were raking in the booze at a 16plus event at Ministry of Sound, Zinc declined the offer of some free stella with simply the remark "ahhh no thanks, that's what the young-ens do don't they". A truly remarkable and professional individual who has surely influenced my own DJ sets in the past year more than any other DJ or Producer in the land.

His January, April, July and September Crack-House mixes speak for themselves in terms of the 'Nu Sound' of his own that he has begun to forge, but for me this is the ultimate package of what he is about at the moment. Bringing together a smoldering hot-pot of sounds ranging through all scenes and sub-genres of House music, and even the odd compotent of Techno and UK Garage, ladies and gentlemen I bring you the best Essential Mix of 2009... Believe It!

DJ Zinc - Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 (14/11/09)

Geeneus ft Ms Dynamite – Get Low
Zinc – Nu Sound
Acid Girls – Lightworks (Harvard Bass Remix)
Sex Weed – Juice String (Laidback Luke Remix-Zinc Edit)
Tempa T – Boy Off Da Ting (Accapella)
Bassjackers & Apster – Klambu
Ramon Tapia – What's Next
DJ Zinc - Because
Major Lazer – Pon Di Floor (Zinc Edit)
BBK - Too Many Man (Zinc Remix-Acapella)
De Bos - On The Run (Ralvero Get Down Remix)
Unknown – Jazzy Olives
Fake Blood – The Dozens
Kavalla Funk vs Deep Down – Mike Dunn (Zinc Edit)
Yonurican – Boriken Soul
Smify & Quiffy – Champion Sound (Zinc's Crack House Mix)
Gel Abril – Spells Of Yoruba (Acapella)
Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)
Vato Gonzalez – Badman Riddim
Zinc Ft Angela Hunte – Jekyll N Hyde
SonicC – Saiph
TrRG – Twilight Riddim (Zinc Cant Mix Edit)
Kid Cudi – Embrace The Martian (Seiji Mix)
Zinc & Benga ft. Ms Dynamite – My DJ
Olivier Giacomotto vs DJ T – Superskank vs Dis (Riva Starr Mashup)
NG ft. Katy B – Tell Me (Zinc Special)
Laidback Luke, Joeysuki & Apste – Need Your Lovin (Zinc Edit)
DJ Zinc – Pimp My Ride
Sydney Sampson – Riverside
Starkillers - Bitch Ass Trick
Marco Del Horno – The Only Way Is Down
Chase & Status – Eastern Jam (Kyle Watson Remix)
Tom EQ – Funk
Tiga – What You Need (Proxy Remix)
DJ Zinc – Horrible
Tempa T – Next Hype (Zinc Instrumental)
Major Lazer – When You Hear A Bassline (Tony Senghore's Accapella)
Altered Natives – Rass Out
Hard House Banton – Sirens
SonicC - Stickin'
SonicC – Stickin’ (Digital Lab Remix)
Snatch – Kewok (Daniel Hakaasman Remix)
Laidback Luke & Diplo – Hey
Laidback Luke & Diplo – Hey (Sydney Sampson Remix)
DJ Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite – Wile Out
Emalkay – When I Look At You (Zinc Edit)
Unknown - The Shaman (Jundland Wastes Mix)
Roska ft Jamie George – Wonderful Day (Zinc Special)
A-Trak & Laidback Luke – Shake It Down
Oliver $ & Jesse Rose – Got Your Thing (Zinc Edit)
Headhunter – Prototype (Modeselektor Remix)
DJ Zinc & Benga ft Sweetie Irie – Number 1 Girls
AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
DJ Zinc ft No.Lay – Killa Sound (Acapella)
DJ Zinc – 128 Trek
Gracious Nappa Man K – Migraine Skank (Acapella)
Proxy vs No.Lay – Raven (Zinc Special)
Johnny L – Hurt You So
LFO – LFO
Bodysnatch – Euphony (Just 4 U London)
Kicks Like A Mule – The Bouncer
Rufige Crew – Terminator
LTJ Bukem – Atlantis
Goldie – Inner City Life

Fantasy

A new re-edit from me, on a kind of tropical dubstep tip.  The XX album hasn't been away from my ears since I got it earlier this month, and there have been some quality remixes already - the Rory Phillips mix of Crystallised especially.  I've really loved the general vibe of this song but found it a little too 'nothingey' for a 3 minute tune, and so my edit adds a little bit to it, makes it a little bit more interesting.  File under Zomby, Untold, James Blake.

The XX // Fantasy (Ben White Edit)

Enjoy!

Rubix - Baiser Sur La Disco

To be released soon on Girls Love DJs Records is the newest tune from Dutch producer Rubix. It's staking a claim to Riva Starr's big new tune I Was Drunk for sheer brilliance and stupidity!

Check It Out...