House Music heads will enjoy the latest release (particularly the AM mix) from Fools Gold Recs, which consists of three new dancefloor orientated tracks from Style Of Eye, featuring the chopped up vocals of Gina Turner (no relation to Tina).
For me, the standout tune on the EP is Norway, featuring Bessem, which is a great slice of chillout/end of the night vibes. Perfect to stick on your iPod whilst you're out and about in the sun too.
Here's some new free heat, courtesy of A-Trak & Catchdubs' Fools Gold Records.
Fool's Gold Clubhouse is a series of free, monthly compilations featuring brand new music from Fools Gold friends and family, as well as an entire summer of festival stages sharing the same name.
This volume features tracks from Baauer's hotly-anticipated Flosstradamus remix and Starkey's Solar Flare, to big room Electro from Wax Motif and house music from Solidisco. What's also nice is that the compilation also includes tunes plucked from the Fools Gold demo bin, therefore shining the light on up and coming producers.
You can still grab the first volume from the Fools Gold Soundcloud for free.
Here's my collaboration with South African clothing company 2Bop, who are arguably one of the dopest independent streetwear brands out there right now. Given that I have extended family out in SA, I thought it'd be great to link up with them.
Spanning from Hip Hop, to House, Garage, Grime, Miami Bass, and even video game soundtracks, the mixtape is made up of 2Bop's influences over the last 20 years, along with some of my personal favourites, past and present.
I hope you enjoy the mix!
Tracklisting:
*Capcom Intro* Bhubesii - Contra 2Pac - Picture Me Rollin Clipse - Grindin Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele Keith Murray Feat. Def Squad - Yeah Yeah U Know It Jay Dee Feat. Frank N Dank - Take Dem Clothes Off Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity *Castlevania Skit* De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid K.L.F. - 3am Eternal JM Silk - All In Vain Hard Drive - Deep Inside (Edit) Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul) J.J. Fad - Supersonic Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (Edit) Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt (Edit) Wiley & MJ Cole - From The Drop Mensah - The Resistance Heartless Crew - The Heartless Theme (Edit) Sticky Feat. Ms. Dynamite - Boooo! (Edit) More Fire Crew - Oi! Wiley - Igloo Wiley - Wot Do U Call It? Kanye West & Jay-Z - N***as In Paris Tempa T - Next Hype Rebound X - Rhythm & Gash A$AP Rocky - Peso Spoek Mathambo - Put Some Red On It D Double E - Street Fighter Riddim Juicy J - Geeked Up Off Them Bars Iggy Azelia - My World
After much anticipation, A-Trak is back with the second installment of his "Dirty South Dance" series. For those not in the know, it's essentially Dirty South acapellas over Electro/Club music - done very well, may I add! Standout tracks include "Loonies To Blow", "Make The Trap Wile Out" and "Ice Cream On Blast". Nice to see Trizzy also rocking acapellas over Dubstep too!
For the die-hard collectors, he's also teaming up with Obey again to make a deluxe pack that includes a poster, T-shirt and physical CD, which should drop in about three weeks. Until then, you can download the mix for free by using the Bandcamp widget below.
Tracklisting:
01. Intro 02. Trizzy Turnt Up 03. How Low Can U Bake 04. We Don’t Want No Goblins 05. She Got a Dum Donk 06. Whatever You Shoot 07. Ice Cream On Blast 08. Carte Blanche Feat. Kid Sister - Do! Do! Do! 09. Twerk That Driver 10. Vampires Going Ham 11. Loonies To Blow 12. Make The Trap Wile Out 13. O Let’s Overdo It 14. Donnis - Gone (DJ Craze remix) 15. Ain’t I A Joker
I've got two gigs tomorrow night. First up, I'll be in Cambridge for "ISH" at La Raza....Vibe is strictly 90's Hip Hop/R&B jams, so expect a load of classic heat...
After that, I'm off to Norwich for POW! at the LCR, which is on the UEA campus... I'm headlining the 2nd room, strictly Grime/Dubstep/Thugstep in the mix...
Rossi B and Luca come through with this heavy little mix...
In their words:
"A belated first mix of 2010 from us, a 30 minute routine featuring some of the tracks we're feeling most right now across the board aswell as a few choice classics thrown in for good measure.
This year the Uk music scene as a whole is thriving and this mix showcases the diversity of sounds that you can expect to hear us reppin' in the clubs as well as future mixes."
Great little interview with A-Trak, who talks about the exploding Electro scene as well as his DJ career...
I gotta co-sign his comment about coming with something original. These days, too many DJs are looking to their idols and biting their style, or simply cashing in on the latest trend...
The latest DJ to grace the decks for Mishka's excellent "Keep Watch" series is none other than Miami's DJ Craze.
A 6x world Champion, Craze is the only DJ to have won the DMC World Championships 3 times consecutively, a feat that's still yet to be matched by any other turntablist. This mix contains a heavy selection bass-heavy club music, ranging from Tropical to Dubstep, plus a variety of guest tracks such as Señor Stereo and Klever, which are later to be released on his Slow Roast Records label.
With numerous releases under his belt for respected labels such as Breakbeat Kaos, Cartel Recordings, Ninja Tune and OM Records, and with more to come this year, expect a lot of big things from Craze.
London's finest lifestyle blog Hot 110 is back with another great Podcast. This time, they've enlisted the help of Rinse FM's Marco Del Horno (Bullet Train), as well as The Brockout for hour's worth of bass heavy mayhem, featuring the likes of Diplo, Zinc, A1Bassline, Redlight, Laid Back Luke, Buraka Som Sistema and a host of exclusives from the Bullet Train camp!
You can either stream the Podcast online via the Mixcloud player above, or download it here
Tracklisting:
Part 1 – Marco Del Horno
Marco Del Horno - The only way is down Marco Del Horno & Katie Leone - Never Gonna Let You Go (Accapella) Marco Del Horno - Samurai (DJ MA1) N.E.R.D - Lapdance (accapella) Scratcha DVA - Soul Searcher (Marco Del Horno remix) Major Lazer - Hold The Line (accapella) Kid Cola - Kappa Kappa Justice v Soulwax - Disco Sirens (Accapella) Marco Del Horno - We Run This Marco Del Horno - Like I Preach it Tom Stephan - TTSU (Marco Del Horno remix) Marco Del Horno - Ho! Marco Del Horno - Gunman 2010 Marco Del Horno & Last Japan - Pilled Up Again Marco Del Horno - I Don’t want you to love me
Part 2 - The Brockout
Douster - King Of Africa (Last Japan SUB Bass Mix) Diplo & Laidback Luke vs. Raven - Hey! (Will Bailey bootleg) Diplo & Laidback Luke - Hey (Foamo remix) A1 Bassline - 8oh8 Sound Of Stereo - Button (BeatauCue remix) Noob & Brodinski - Peanut Club (Beatacue Remix) Laidback Luke, Lee Mortimer - Blau! (LA Riots Remix) South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Boy 8 Bit Remix) Sound Of Stereo - Velcro (Mikix The Cat remix) Buraka Som Sistema ft Kano - Skank & Move (Foamo Remix) Zinc - Wile Out Redlight - Be With You The Brockout - Shake Down
This Thursday, one of my favourite club nights, POW! is taking over Norwich's LCR for a heavy event, starring Radio 1 mashup king Jaguar Skills. I'll be there alongside DJ Hotpoint, throwing down a mixture of Hip Hop/Grime/Dubstep, and some Peruvian Panpipe music. Okay maybe not.
More details/full lineup below. Or click here for the Facebook link.
A-Trak comes through with a tasty remix of Drake & Birdman's track, which is taken from Trizzy's forthcoming "Dirty South Dance Vol. 2" compilation.
For those not in the know (I only just found this out myself), a loonie is another word for a Canadian $1 coin, as it bears the Canadian loon bird on the reverse side.
Ms. Dynami-tee-hee is back with this club banger. Whilst I liked most of the material from "A Little Deeper", it was all about her early stuff from back in the day, such as "Booo!" & "Envy". She definitely kills it on faster tempos.
Fans of DJ Zinc may recognise the instrumental from his Crack House EP, which is now available from all good outlets.
Afrikan Boy is back with his forthcoming (and very catchy) single, "Lagos Town", which should be released in March sometime. With the right promo, this could do pretty well.
His album, "1444 Musik", should also drop this summer.
First up, to celebrate Halloween and promote the Urban Nerds weekender at The Macbeth in Shoreditch, my boy Jenai from Ego Thieves has put together this ill mix of Dubstep, Electro and more!
01: Take Me Away – Tyrese (CORI Bmore Club remix) 02: Green Light – Footsteps 03: Bang (Decibel Gang Bang rmx) – Rye Rye 04: Jack Got Jacked – Jack Beats (Thrills Dubstep Remix) 05: Sem & Sheldrake – Lock Off [EXCLUSIVE] 06: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk (Diplo Remix) 07: Pun De Floor – Major Lazer [EXCLUSIVE EGO THIEVES LIVE MIX] 08: Mr. Muscles Hype – DJ Cable Vs. Tempa T & Rusko 09: Aint Here To Party – B. Rich 10: The Weirdo – Sticky K 11: Dancing In The Dark VIP – OlliE! & Bare Noize 12: Automatic (Douster Africa remix) – Monsieur Monsieur 13: Ego Bandits – Electronically Sexed [EXCLUSIVE] 14: Township Spunk – Stenchman 15: Twist – Maniac (MelloTheque Remix) 16: Rocker – Giant 17: Beyond Words – Witty Boy (Dark Mix) 18: Rain – Mr Figz
Next up...another promo mix for the Urban Nerds Halloween shindig! Noisses has put together a nice selection of "spooky" Dubstep bangers.
Tracklisting:
01. Come Little Chidren – Hocus Pocus 02. Night – Benga & Coki 03. I Hear It – Noisses 04. Ghosts & Stuff – Deadmou5 Nero RMX 05. Never Scared Of Eastern Jams (Bonecrusher Vs. Chase & Status) – DJ Cable Booty 06. Western Jam – Tomb Crew re-edit 07. Funhouse – 16Bit 08. Who’s There? (Doorly RMX) – Riton & Primary 1 09. Skreakage – Breakage Feat. Skream 10. Godzilla – Zomby 11. Midnight – Bar9 12. Spooky – Reso 13. Mr Muscles Hype (Rusko Vs. Tempz) – DJ Cable Booty 14. Nasty Nasty Nasty – DVA (Sukh Night RMX) 15. Misfit – Twist & Marchmellow 16. Death By Stereo – Noisses 17. Dead Gangster – Orien 18. Splinter In My Soul – The Others 19. Hyph Mngo – Joy Orbison 20. Halloween – Danny Elfman, Beetlejuice Soundtrack
Massive props to both DJs for showing support with the Thugstep blends.
