Dj Elski - Old Skool House & Garage Summer Mix 2013

One thing that is synonymous with Summer in the UK is Garage music. For me, and a lot of people in their twenties, it's one of those genres that has the ultimate nostalgia factor. Therefore, I'm always happy to find an excuse to post a Garage mix on the blog.

Massive props to DJ Elski for putting together a whopping 2 hour mix of 90's classic House & Garage from the likes of Todd Edwards, Tuff Jam, Anthill Mob, Roy Davis Jnr, 4th Measure Man and a whole lot more.

Whilst the UKG scene has always thrived, it's also seen somewhat of a resurgence in the past couple of years from labels such as L2S, the revival of Public Demand, and artists such as Mike Delinquent, Artful Dodger and Disclosure. I have a feeling that once the "Deep House" craze wears off, we'll be seeing a lot more Garage creeping into clubland.

Anyhow, check out the mix below, and be sure to drop DJ Elski a tweet if you're feeling it.


   


TRACKLIST:

01. 24 HR Experience - Need a Man 1994
02. Nu Birth - Anytime - Gant Mix 1997
03. Scott Garcia Feat MC Styles It's A London Thing 1997
04. Warren Clarke - Big Bird EP - Make It Right 1997
05. Todd Edwards - Sunshine Sunrise 1998
06. Danny J Lewis - Spend The Night - Topcat 1998
07. Never Gonna Let You Go - Tuff Jam UVM Dub 1997
08. The Elit Crew - Timeless Groove 1997
09. Guess Who? ‎- Flava On Wax EP - The Rub 1996
10. Lighthouse Family ‎- Lost In Space - Tuff Jam's Classic Main Mix 1998
11. S. Dot - So Long 1997
12. Tuff Jam - Experience 1995
13. 4TH Measure Men - 4 U MK 1993
14. Todd Edwards - Never Far from You 1998
15. NCA Presents Robbie Craig - We Can Make It Happen - New Horizons Mix 1997
16. Gass - Darkside 1995
17. Roy Davis Jr. Featuring Peven Everett ‎- Gabriel - R.I.P. Mix 1997
18. The Dub Monsters (Scott Garcia & Ray Hurley) Waiting 1997
19. Soul Fusion - Bass Tone 1994
20. Mr. Vegas ‎- Western End - B-15 Project Ju Ju Dub
21. The Manor Boys - Manor Experience 1997
22. Operator & Baffled - Things Are Never - Tuff Jam Dub 1997
23. Underground Solution - Paradise '97
24. Mark Yardley and Michelle Cole - Give It To You - Quench Recordings 1998
25. Nuyorican Soul Featuring India ‎- Runaway 1997
26. Dub Syndicate - I Need Your Love - Tuff Jam's 2-in-1 vox mix 1999
27. Manor Boys - Global - Extra Large
28. Nu Sweet Thing - I Don't Need Your Love 1997
29. MK - Feel the Fire 1991
30. Northbank - Musik 1997
31. Donna Dee - Clark The Da - 500 Records Remix 1998
32. Spanish Inquisition - Jazz Night 1997
33. New Horizons - Find the Path In Your Mind 1997
34. Leena Conquest - Boundaries - Banana Republic Remix 1998
35. 4TH Measure Men - Given MK Dub 1993
36. Speed Gonzales - Out of Time 1999
37. The Reese Project Feat. Rachel Kapp - Human 1992
38. Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam - Made in Two Minutes 1997
39. The Memzee & Mj Cole - Comin at Cha 1998
40. James Bration Live Remix - B. Hale A. Komis Komix & Co Andrew Komis Todd Edwards - Feel It 1993
41. Antonio & Lee - Love of a Lifetime 1999
42. Todd Edwards - Winter Behavior
43. Miles Fontaine - I Get High 1996
44. Adeva - Don't Think About It - 187 Lockdown mix 1997
45. K.E.L.S.E.Y Boy MK Dub 1992
46. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar - Armands Dark Garage Mix 1997
47. Anthill Mob - T Juice - Blinded - Thirst Recordings 1999
48. Freeform - Bring it on - Booty Dub Mix 1998
49. R Tyme - Use Me MK Dub 1993
50. Dominic B Feat Beverley - Going Round - Pressure Mix 1999
51. Dawn Tallman - New York City Girl 1997
52. Basement Kru - Kickback - Underground Distortion Mix 1998
53. Todd Edwards - You Don't Want to Lose It
54. Proteus - Visions 1998
55. London - Harmony - Kevin Saunderson Reese Riot Mix 1993
56. MK - Featuring Alana ‎- Surrender 1995
57. Kubrick - Love Vibration - Tuff Jam Mix 1997
58. Ronni Simon ‎– B Good 2 Me - Joey Negro Expanded Vocal 1994
59. MK - You Brought Me Love 1993
60. Ray Hurly - Treat Me Right 1998
61. United Grooves Collective - Body Heat 1998

Style Of Eye feat Gina Turner - Ray Dee Oh

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.

You can now purchase the release from Beatport.

DJ Cable x 2Bop Mixtape

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

Real Scenes: Bristol (Video)

Resident Advisor have just started a short series of videos, focusing on various cities/music scenes. Kicking things off with a feature on Bristol's Dubstep and House scenes, this video includes interviews with the likes of Pinch, Peverelist and Appleblim, as well as Hyetal and Julio Bashmore. The filming and editing on this is superb.

Oh, I didn't even know until watching it that Rooted Records has sadly closed its doors too. It's crazy to think that when I lived there in '02 to '05, there were a whole wealth of record spots throughout the city. Sad times.

Via Bass Music

Duck Sauce "aNYway" (Music Video)

We were one of the first blogs to post about this track back in May, and since then it has gone on to not only become one of the hottest dance tracks of the summer (becoming an Ibiza anthem), but also receive Radio 1 daytime play, as well as being playlisted on other major radio stations such as Kiss.

Juxtaposer and I agreed back then it had the potential to become not only a hit record, but also the summer dance anthem...and I think it's safe to say we were right! With specialist nights to mainstream nightclubs rinsing this, this has elevated A-Trak's profile to new heights.

As for the video, it has a nice retro/throwback feel, featuring a 4 man vocal group & backing band doing their thing on a Top Of The Pops-esque kind of show...Watch out for the syncronised dance moves; they're alot! However I have to say, a cameo from Trizzy or Armand, complete with sunglasses, fake afros, bell-bottoms and brightly-coloured shirts would have been the icing on the cake (pause). If you haven't already copped the track, it's available from all good outlets.

Oh, and if you're wondering about the original sample, it's Final Edition's "I Can Do It (Anyway You Want)"

P.S Whilst we're on the subject of cheeky funk samples, I just had to post this as a throwback classic:

Classic Tracks: The Outhere Brothers "Boom Boom Boom"

Yep, "Classic Tracks" has made a welcome return to le blog.

I'm not ashamed to admit it, I still get hyped up when "Boom Boom Boom" gets played in the club...This, after all, was the soundtrack to my youth...In fact, may even have to throw this into a mixtape at some point. No, I really mean it!

According to Wikipedia the video cost a mere $2 to make (you can see why), and spent 4 weeks at #1 in the UK, before inevitably losing out to Take That; which was more or less a regular occurrence for any artist during the 90s anyways...

Enjoy!

Get off the Bandwagon: House Music

NOTE: I'm not going to single out anyone in particular. If this applies to you...well...it obviously applies to you!

It's been a while since I've had a good rant on here. I would normally ignore it all and keep doing my own thing when it comes to bandwagons and the people that jump on it. However as each day goes by, I see more and more people jumping on the whole House thing, and to be honest, it really annoys me.

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 12-18 months, "Funky" or "UK Funky" has taken the industry by storm. In some ways it's great, as record labels are now investing more in UK artists in general, and also taking notice of new talent. With an official compilation out now, and a couple of others on the way, it looks set to become the soundtrack to most people's summers. Although on the other hand, the constant bombardment of skanking tunes, the sheer amount of substandard product, and the fact that everyman and his dog is trying to make (and DJ) Funky has saturated the scene something silly, leaving us with a watered down pile of crap to sift through when it comes to finding new music.

K.I.G. & Gracious K both came with something original, and it worked well. They're good tracks. Now everyone thinks they can hijack someone's beat and come up with a dance that makes you look like a twat.

Crazy Cousinz, Attacca Pesante, Donaeo, Lil Silva, Ill Blu, Geeneus have all put out some great music. Now every bedroom DJ thinks they can do the same with a cracked copy of Fruityloops...and then put on crap event after crap event which I seem to get a million invites for on Facebook EVERY DAY.

However, what pisses me off the most is the DJs that all of a sudden dropped whatever they were normally spinning, in order to cash in on the genre and get try to get more bookings. Most of these people had no love (or knowledge) for House music at the start, so why pretend?

They're excuse? "Oh I've always been into House man, I'm now just trying to find my own sound." Are you bollocks! The main reason why you're spinning House music is mainly because of the popularity of Funky. So you've bought a few other joints off Beatport or Juno (or most likely downloaded from blogspots), and read up on what's hot on few forums...congratu-fuckin-lations, you're such a big boy/big gal House DJ.

I love it how they then act like they've spinning the genre for time, and strut around like they're some kind of House music connoisseur. Aside from the Electro & "Gutter/Wobble" House which I love, this Funky/Soulful/Deep thing isn't really for me. Saying that, I do play the bigger Funky tunes in some venues, because...well...that's my job as a DJ: to entertain and keep the crowd moving.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for exploring and discovering new genres and artists (you all know I play/mash many styles together), and new avenues with DJ-ing (Video-SL, Ableton Live, etc), but when you completely switch up your style just to cash in on the latest trend, that's some weak shit. Some fake shit, in fact.

I hate to think what the biters will latch onto next once the Funky hype dies off. I pray it's not Dubstep.

Anyways, if you're reading this, and I've offended you, I really couldn't care less. I'll keep doing my own thing while you can all ride the wagon 'til it breaks down.

Until then, get some originality.

Deadmau5 "I Remember" (Caspa Remix)

Dubstep is a many headed beast, drawing on a load of diverse musical influences in different ways. Caspa's latest remix sees dubstep going off in another direction and the creation of what some people are calling "Balearic Dubstep" (Oh good, another sub-genre...thank god).

Quite a nice idea, and could make the possibility of dubstep taking off on the White Isle more feasible, particularly if people start double dropping/blending the tracks with House music, like Zane Lowe did on his Radio 1 show (Check out the radio rip here)

Two Fisted Tales (High Contrast) "Rushmore"

Everyone has their own way of recovering from a hangover, and one of my favourites is listening to Hospital Records podcasts. So when I woke up this morning with a hangover and food poisoning from one of Norwich's less reputable afterhours eateries, I was pretty pleased to find a brand new, extra-long podcast today with London Elektricity and High Contrast.

The podcast included all the standard 174 bpm liquid goodness that one would expect from Hospital Records but they also played out part of one of Lincoln Barrett's (High Contrast) house tunes that he's produced under the moniker of Two Fisted Tales, named after a 40s/50s comic book - not stories of a bizarre sexual nature (...sadly).

The tune, his first House release, titled "Rushmore" was officially released last month, but has been floating around for a while now, receiving massive support from musical figures including Radio 1's Annie Mac.

Bounce Camp x Robin S "Show Me Love" Remix

Berlin beatmaker Bounce Camp (check out my alliteration skills) AKA DJ Rolex, who also happens to be part of the Top Billin crew, gives us a dirty, bouncier bmore-esque version of Robin S' classic.

Funnily enough, I was actually thinking the other day that no-one had yet done a Bmore version of "Show Me Love"...But I digress...

Listen/Get: Robin S "Show Me Love" (Bounce Camp Remix)

Definitely worth checking out.

Notorious B.I.G "Mo Money, Mo Problems" (Laidback Luke Bootleg)

Laidback Luke's already demonstrated that he has a knack for bootlegging 90s classics and turning them into dancefloor-destroying anthems. Show Me Love has been smashing up clubs for the past year and recently received a long-awaited full release on Data Records. Now the Dutch superstar has reworked Notorious B.I.G's "Mo Money, Mo Problems". I guess he must have liked the movie!

Euro Dance Classics - Gala "Freed From Desire"

Classic Euro Dance record from back in the day (1996). It's cheesy, it's catchy, and I can't stop bopping my head whenever this comes on the radio, or even in the club. It's quite funny how after this blew up, Gala literally disappeared from the scene.

Speaking of which, one of the joints which I've been rinsing for a long while now is in fact the Roundtable Knights' version. It's a dope Bmore take on the original, including chopped up vocals, a dirty bassline, and some classic piano stabs on the breakdown...Every time I play this record it smashes the place to pieces....

Get: Roundtable Knights "Freak From Desire"

Wale "Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes (Freestyle)"

Following on from Wale's Twitter episode last week, he and Semtex have patched things up, and we get a new freestyle as a result.

Listen/Get: Wale "Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes (Freestyle)"

If you don't know about the original joint by K.I.G. it's killing it over here in the clubs....Saying that, I'm still not really down with doing the dance.

Shout to Semtex for hooking this one up.

DJ Cable's Weekly Mix #37

Yep yep, Weekly Mix #37 is now available for your listening pleasure!

Remember, that if you've missed out on any of them, you can grab them all here.

This week, I switched things up again, and threw together some Electro, House, Breakbeat, and Electroclash from the likes of The Rapture, MSTRKRFT & Does It Offend You, Yeah?

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Tracklisting:

01. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Weird Science
02. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
03. Cut & Run - Song 3
04. Toni! Tony! Tone! - Feels Good (Breakdown Remix)
05. MSTRKRFT Feat. N.O.R.E. - Bounce (A-Trak Remix)
06. His Majesty Andre - NRG555

That A-Trak remix is too dope....

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DJ Cable's Weekly Mix #13 (Download)

It's that time again....

This week, I switched things up and went all Fidget/Blog/French House. I still had to throw a little bit of Hip Hop in there though! So, for all you dance music fans, enjoy!

Again, stream/download via the Zshare link.

Tracklisting:

01. DJ Blaqstarr – Shake It To The Ground (Amadeus M Remix)
02. Dizzee Rascal – Flex (Dave Spoon Remix)
03. Larry Tee Feat. Princess Superstar – Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix)
04. Larry Tee – I Love U (Yeah! Woho! Remix)
05. Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat
06. Cassius – Feeling For You
07. Daggers – Magazine (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) & Twista Feat. Kanye West – Overnight Celebrity (Acapella)

If you've missed out on the previous 12 weeks, cop them all here.

Thoughts? Comments? Feedback? Holla!