November Squeaks & Bleeps...

Vesper's Chart

#1. Douster - Ladinian
ZZK
#2. Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok
Phantasy Sound
#3. Flatline - Hollow Dub
CDR
#4. Brodinski & Noob - Peanuts Club (Button Masher Remix)
Turbo
#5. Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Jaymo & Andy George Remix)
Columbia
#6. Star Eyes - Disappear (Dexplicit Remix)
Trouble & Bass
#7. Gucci Vamp - Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 VIP Remix)
Sound Pellagrino
#8. Nadastrom - Save Us
Dubsided
#9. Count & Sinden - Elephant 1234
Domino
#10. Stupid Fresh - Do The Dog
CDR



Ben White's Chart

#1. Ms Dynamite // Bad Gyal Club
#2. Nosaj Thing // Lords
#3. Hudson Mohawke // Allhot
#4. Jam City // Clocktower
#5. Kingdom ft Shyvonne // Mindreader
#6. The XX // Crystallised (Rory Phillips Remix)
#7. Sduk // Clunge
#8. Simian Mobile Disco // Cruel Intentions (Joker/Maurice Fulton Remix)
#9. Juan Maclean // Happy House (RIP Jerry Fuchs)
#10. Jack Penate // Tonight's Today (Mickey Moonlight Mix)

Butter // Drift Review

This year has seen albums released from two of a new wave (W**ky??) of hip hop producers - Glaswegian Hudson Mohawke (Butter) and American Nosaj Thing (Drift).  Although sonically these two albums may not have a lot immediately in common - Drift is an alltogether more sombre affair, whereas Butter bursts with life and colour.  However these two albums represent the future of hip hop, both UK and US - coming at an exciting time in dance music - future garage, funkstep, they sum up everything that's exciting about music right now.

The first we heard of Butter was Rising 5, which was given out as a free download earlier this year.  The drums stutter and glimmer, and sound like something completely organic and alive - one could be forgiven for thinking that Rising 5 is a soul track from the 70s.  The snare rolls combine with the harp to create a living breathing masterpiece.

Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5 (Right click, save as)

The album as a whole has plenty of standout moments - it shows how much Mohawke's production has matured since the Polyfolk dance EP, in that it is more cohesive as a whole.  The album is full of audio snippets that glide, shimmer and chime.  The panpipe hysterics of FUSE, one of the only 140pbm songs on the album, are led by euphoric solos.  Another standout moment for me was Dam Funk vocalled track Allhot - a future Rnb hit, full of G-funk swagger.

Drift's sonic palette has much more of a dark and sombre feel to it - organs brushing up against sub bass. Drift is harder to pin down as an album, coming across as more of an ethereal listen - sure to be compared to Flylo and Boards of Canada by lazy journalists. Album opener Quest combines eeriechoirs and toy pianos to create a dreamlike atmosphere.

Fog makes use of an infectious beat, heavy hip hop rhythms, Europhile synthlines and stuttering vocal samples to penetrate your mind. Light 1 and 2 are the most pyschedelic of offerings here, full of crystallizedmelodics. Where FlyLo and HudMo utilise overcrowded beats and synthlines to create a feeling of analoguetape warmth, Drift is an alltogether more simple and less crowded affair - full of chilly minor key synths and fractured drum programming.

Without a doubt, both of these albums are essential listenings, so make sure you do the right thing and support theartists - you can buy Butter here, and Drift here.

Ben White - November Mix

Mix:

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

Tracklist:


FLYING LOTUS // Disco Balls 
FLOATING POINTS // Truly
DORIAN CONCEPT // Be Tween
El-B // Serious
LA ROUX // Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
SDUK // Dapper Derek
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO // Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix)
GEMMY// Rainbow Road
YEAH YEAH YEAHS // Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
BOY 8-BIT // Baltic Pine (GreenMoney's Baltic Porn Remix)
BAT FOR LASHES // Pearl's Dream (Skream Remix)
2000F & J KAMATA // You Don't Know What Love Is
SILVERLINK FEAT BADNESS & JAMMER // The Message Is Love (Mumdance Remix)
GRIEVOUS ANGEL // Show Love
BRACKLES // Lhc
UNTOLD // Discipline
IKONIKA // Smuck
HUDSON MOHAWKE // Allhot
JAMIE WOON // Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix)

Vesper - Shake It To Wake It: Volume 2

New mix by me here... and an amazingly flattering picture of myself. All of my current fav tunes in the electro/techno/house scene... please have a listen!!!

I've left out the majority of the wobbles I normally play and focussed on some quality electro/techno with a lot of bite. It's not really easy listening by any means and there's a lot of new tunes in there, but I hope you enjoy.

Vesper - Shake It To Wake It - Volume 2

1. Florance & The Machine - Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)
2. Claude VonStroke - Vocal Chords (Original Mix)
3. Kid Kaio & Moradzo - Aranha (Original Mix)
4. Yolanda Be Cool - Afro Nuts (Douster Remix)
5. Alvaro - Make It Funky (DJ Punish Remix)
6. Hot City - No More (Original Mix)
7. Burns - Turbo (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
8. Will Bailey - Hustlin' and Scratchin' (Original Mix)
9. La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
10. B.Rich ft. Domonique - It'll Be Alright (Original Mix)
11. The Count & Sinden - Mega (Schizofonics Remix)
12. A1 Bassline - 8oh8 (Original Mix)
13. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Harvard Bass Remix)
14. AutoErotique - Gladiator (AC Slater Remix)
15. Adam Freeland - Only A Fool Can Die (AC Slater Dub Remix)
16. Juiceboxxx - 100MPH (AC Slater Remix)
17. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Beatau Cue Remix)
18. Digital Manges - Manges (Sharkslayer Dub)
19. Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok (Original Mix)
20. Spencer & Hill - Cool (Afrojack Remix)
21. Momma's Boy - Give It Up (Original Mix)
22. Nadastrom - Ghetto Pass (Original Mix)
23. Congorock & Crookers - Sbombers
24. Proxy - Who Are You (Original Mix)
25. Proxy - 8000 (Original Mix)

New Stupid Fresh Mix!!!

These guys have been a bit quiet of late, which is probably due to the fact that there is only one of them left now, but to console yours and my misery, here is there October 09' mix in full and a new tune by the main man now running the ship! Bigup!

Stupid Fresh - Do The Dog

Stupid Fresh - October 09' Promo Mix

01. Foamo - Wardance (HiJack Remix)
02. Mowgli - London To Paris
03. Stupid Fresh - Do The Dog
04. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Remix)
05. DJ Dan & Hatiras - Drop Hits (Santiago & Bushido Remix)... Read more... Read more
06. Rico Tubbs - Get Nasty (Stupid Fresh Remix)
07. Wolfgang Gartner - Latin Fever
08. Micky Slim - Wow (Stupid Fresh Remix)
09. Santiago & Bushido - Head Trick (Rework)
10. Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer - Blau
11. The Funk Out - Prickly Beat (Stupid Fresh Remix)
12. The Prodigy - Music Reach (Stupid Refresh)
13. Boys Noize - Jeffer

Club Candy

After a big weekend that saw probably the biggest gig of my life in the main room of London 16+ night Mashed up @ Club Colosseum (capacity 1500). I closed the main room on the night, which is home to a 20kw EAW system. As you can imagine I had a lot of fun with that ;).
As you may have noticed a few minor changes have taken place on the blog, with the site becoming somewhat wider, this being due to my limited knowledge of HTML having expanded somewhat.

I think it's given the site a fresh new look, and means we can have bigger pictures on the site... hooray! Now, a big new week ahead, culminating in my first trip to Fabric since the end of July, so here's to that! To the !!!TTTTTUUUUUNNNNNEEEEESSSSS!!!


Gucci Vump - Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 VIP Remix)
Now this is a remix that I've been wanting to get my hands on for some time. Ever since I heard that L-Vis had made a second remix of this fantastic tune. The first of the remixes has been available for a little while now, receiving some love from the one and only Annie Mac, but this second one is a perfect example of L-Vis more soulful sound that I have grown to love.

Axwell - I Found You (Remode Mix)
An anthem of fairly old statue, but this is making a big comeback in my sets with all this tropical and bleepy house and techno being so prevalent in the past year. An absolute classic with one of the biggest drops that I know. If you don't already own this, you really are a school boy.

Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
Along with Harvard Bass' attempt, one of the better remixes of the original EP that is set to drop on Trouble & Bass digitally tomorrow, this remix is one of those, "for the morning after..." kind of vibes, with percussion to stamp your feet for. Big remix.

Trip - Who's That (Jack Beats Remix)
This is one of the earliest remixes from the biggest duo of the year and after being slightly disappointed at there being no extremely new material from JB (tbh they deserve a break actually), I went back to the old stuff and this is the pick of the bunch. Such a jokes banger.

Will Bailey - Hit The Club (Hot Mouth Remix)
Definitely one of my favourite tracks of the year in Hit The Club... it was nice to see Will break away from the stagnent wobble scene and venture into making something more accessible for the masses, and this is a great re-work from a rising new talent out of Los Angeles.

SqueakyBleeps 001 - Highbloo

I am very proud to present to you the first installment in our mix series.
The mixes will be coming monthly and will feature up and coming producers/DJs from around the world.

SqueakyBleeps 001 - Highbloo

1. Worthy - Surdo
2. Brodinski & Noob - Peanuts Club (Renaissance Man PH7 Remix)
3. Mike Snow - Black & Blue (Tiga Remix)
4. Zoo Brazil - Arrival (Spektre Remix)
5. Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner - Tromp It
6. Tocadisco - way of love (Style of Eye Remix)
7. Highbloo - Yijki
8. Will Bailey - Hit the Club (Sidney Samsom Remix)
9. Laidback Luke - Guns on Demo (SonicC Remix)
10. Felix da Housecat - Elvi$

AC Slater - November 09' Mix

New mix for you here from one of the masters of Bass... AC Slater! I've had this mix on constant repeat in the last week and had to share it with you... his new tune Play The Record Again, is literally awesome!

AC SLATER: ATTACK OF THE HAMS - NOVEMBER 09' MIX

Tracklisting:
1. Passion Pit - Little Secret (Jack Beats Remix)
2. Mike Snow - Black and Blue (Jaymo and Andy George Remix)
3. Crookers - Put Your Hands on Me (Black Noise VIP Vocal Haters Remix)
4. Aquasky ft Slipz n Dapz - You Know We Do It Big (Tonka Remix)
5. Ladybox - Hit My Ride (AC Slater Remix)
6. L-Vis 1990 - Zahonda (Greena Remix)
7. Villains - I'm On It (AC Slater Remix)
8. Bubbz - Citizens of the City (AC Slater Remix)
9. A1 Bassline - 8oh8
10. High Rankin - Sitting in the Wet
11. Kanji Kinetic - Dickhead ft. Shiftee Moova
12. Trolley Snatcha - The Future
13. MRK1 - Throw Your Toys Out
14. Ladybox - Cookies Fly (12th Planet Remix)
15. Dev79 - "Live n Die for the Street Bass (B. Rich Remix)
16. AudioFun - Dirty Gold (Tonka Remix)
17. Tom Staar - Console
18. South Rakkas Crew - Robots Revenge ft. Seroce (Udachi Remix)
19. Fake Blood - Mars (Jack Beats Remix)
20. AC Slater - Play the Record Again
21. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Drop the Lime Remix)
22. Mumdance ft Badness - Sacrifice Riddim
23. Bassnectar feat. Capital J - Are You Ready
24. Drop the Lime - Set Me Free (AC Slater VIP Remix)
25. Little Jinder - "Youth Blood (12th Planet Remix)

Big new mix here from the one and only Bok-Bok. Bigups to ElectricZoo for the headsup on this one! Some great new tunes and forthcoming releases on the wonderous Night Slugs label run by Bok-Bok and his partner in all this bassy and unruly, L-Vis 1990.

Bok Bok - Deviate October Mix 09'

1. Mosca - Untitled
2. Yonurican - Broken Soul
3. Riot Kid - Zulu/Wickeda - A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kafe (Ramadanman Horns acapella)
4. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Bok Bok & Greena Remix)
5. Mosca - Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
6. Invasion - Spells Of Deception (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
7. Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You
8. Jan Driver - Rat Alert
9. Kingdom - It Gets Better
10. French Fries - Freak
11. Al Ripken & Diamond K - Hands In The Air (Bok Bok Remix)
12. Jam City - Underpass Limiter
13. Zomby - Silver Ocean

Club Candy

Hope you all had a great weekend, I ended up spending one night back home in Dartford testing out my mate Robs' new floorstanding speakers, and fooooook was it just a weeeee bit fun hehe. Then the second, Halloween, was spent with the same people in Reading as my mate Mike was DJ'ing at a wee student halls party. Apple bobbing and drinks games aplenty... tittt was guuud, if you catch my drift ;)!
Some really big tunes coming out at the moment with Proxy and Jack Beats releasing new music, but here's a few free tunes including a banger from Crookers! peace. 320k a-plenty!


Congorock & Crookers - Sbombers
After a year of hate and banter at the expense of the Crookers... I am glad to say they are definitely back and with one hell of an almighty bang! I've been a fan of Congorock as well for some time and its a real pleasure to see them collaborating on a release that is 100% legitimately FREE! This shit be bannnging blud!


Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feelin (Nick Sandoval's Dont Forget The Bass Re-Fix)
Yes, yes I know it's the bloody Black Eyed Peas, but DJ veteran Nick has done a really superb job here giving it a some new funk and a new edge. Bigups and expect a feature on this guy! coming later in the week!


Cavner - Springbok
A great new track here from my main man Cavner, also known as Dan Pitts, who I introduced to you a couple of months ago. He's been hard on the production lately and I think this is the pick of the bunch! Bounce and style in abundance.


Pyramid - Get Down
Hot, free release from the one and only Pyramid here who I've been a big fan of since their inception last year when they made big noise with their debut 12" Wickedest Combination/The System was released on the mighty Funkatech Records. Lots and lots of bass and a fine hook to keep you kids quiet for almost eight minutes.


Major Lazer - Hold The Line (dMon Remix)
Probably the 5000th remix of ML, but this one I'm really digging. Everything this guy churns out always makes me smile and this is absolutely no exception. Please get your mitts onto it!