Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Best of the Week: 31/03/2010



From the way that it makes you move or the way it makes your head feel, music works its way inside you, demanding listen after listen until you’re hooked. The playlist this week does just that, with hip-hop from either side of the Atlantic, a metronome led piece of disco trickery, an gorgeous nod to Chicago house in the golden days, the sounds of techno pushed through a dubstep rhythm, and a hero of the club scene over the last two years brings us a hot new talent.

The Strong Arm Steady long player ‘In Search of Stoney Jackson’ has its moments, but really memorable tracks were few and far between, this throwback to bygone days when hip-hop was fun and had great sampled beats will make you wanna chill and roll a fat one/Strong Arm Steady-Best of Times feat. Phonte

So prolific right now, Londoner Paul White’s recent output is hard to keep up with, but make the effort because the quality is of the highest order. This typically eccentric sample mash up is out now on Now Again Records/Paul White-Ancient Treasures

Fans of Cosmo Vitelli’s I’m A Cliché label know what to expect here, with the head honcho delivering, under the guise of Bot’Ox, a typically sleazy, bleep heavy, piece of cranking disco. Also available is a rework by Azari & III/Bot’Ox-Blue Steel

If you heard this in a club, you might ask yourself, wow this old piece of Chicago house is well produced for something made back in the day. That is because this track from The Revenge came out this year on their Home Taping Is Killing Music imprint. Fans of Marshall Jefferson or Frankie Knuckles really need to hear this/The Revenge-Forever In Their Debt (Original Mix)

Another great release from Hotflush Recordings, this latest effort from label manager Scuba is perhaps his best yet, sitting somewhere between classic techno of Transmat Records and the funky minimalism of early Doc Scott/Scuba-You Got Me

Scots Clouds have been brought to the club scenes attention by the one and only Fake Blood, a man with a big, brash and heavy club sound hard to match, and this track follows a similar path, destructive kicks underpin a crazy bass line and various horns and whistles, the whole thing perfect for both dancer and DJ/Clouds-Eyes


Support these artists. Buy music here: Bleep, Picadilly, Rush Hour, Conch, Samurai.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Best of the Week: 24/03/2010



Whether it glitches or grooves, distorts or harmonizes, you still gotta dance to it, and this week the selection fits just that formula. Tastings from New York, Hamburg and the UK, take in indie disco, shimmering deep house, and the new school imaginings of the British bass scene.

UK based Sully is a producer mixing pure Warp-style electronica with booming dubstep, and in the process making some seriously cool dance floor IDM, this track is out on Keysound/Sully-In Some Pattern

Underpinned by a truly unique rhythm, this excellent remix from Ramadanman builds to a blistering tribal intensity disrupted by mutated pads and bleeps, showcasing two of the dubstep scenes most consistent talents/Scuba-Tense (Ramadanman remix)

French based duo John & Jehn are a group worth checking out in their own right, but this remix from new disco darlings Mighty Mouse is something else, turning the track into a indie jam so catchy this will be stuck in your head all day long/John & Jehn-Lookin’ For You (Mighty Mouse NYC Sensations remix)

Hamburger Tensnake is another disco/house producer set for a huge 2010 on the back of some incredible productions. This subtle but effective cut is from his recent EP on Permanent Vacation/Tensnake-Coma Cat

Prolific yet nothing less than incredibly consistent, New Yorker Falty DL always makes a mash up of rave samples, dubstep rhythms, clicks and feedback, into something more than the sum of its parts. This is from his All In The Place EP out now on Rush Hour/Falty DL-St. Marks


Show these artists your support: Bleep, Picadilly, Rush Hour, Conch and Samurai.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Glitching Goodness: Eprom & Eskmo



Two San Francisco based producers causing a stir in the IDM/glitch-hop scene at the moment are, Eprom and Eskmo, who have a new split EP out on Warp Records you can check out here.



Eprom takes his name from a computer system error, and has honed his skills over the last five years with releases on the obscure Addictech label. His sound mixes dubstep with stunning electronica, managing to be both soulful and experimental at the same time, making tracks that work as brain dance and at the rave.

Download: Eprom-Hendt
Download: Starkey-OK Luv (Eprom remix)



After several years doing production for the love of it, things have are looking up for Eskmo, with releases on both Warp and Planet Mu, the bastions of the modern electronic scene. Glistening synth-lines and sonically mutated bass are the key elements of his production, mixing melancholic prettiness with booming bottom end.

Download: Eskmo-Land and Bones (feat. Swan)
Download: Eskmo-From the Standpoint

Monday, March 22, 2010

Bok Bok DJ mix



South London based DJ and producer Bok Bok is a figure on the rise. His infamous Night Slugs event with L-Vis 1990 has been established as one the best nights in London of forward thinking bass music for some time. This mix was recorded in January of this year, and features Bok Bok’s distinctive blend of all things bass, with garage, dubstep and funky all on the menu. The tracklisting includes the likes of Cooly G, Kingdom, Untold, Terror Danjah and Bok Bok himself. If you haven’t heard this fresh new sound then this mix is a great place for you to start.

Download-Bok Bok:January 2010 Mix

01. Mr Mageeka – Diffrent Lekstrix
02. Aphrodisiax – Unfinished Business
03. Egyptrixx – The Only Way Up
04. Dva – Natty
05. Beezy – Dejavoodoo (Geeneus Remix)
06. Mosca – Nike
07. Cooly G – Digitally Higher
08. Girl Unit – I.R.L
09. Bok Bok – Citizens Dub Ft Bubbz
10. Bok Bok – Hands Riddim (Jahdan Vocal)
11. Endgames – Ecstasy (Jam City Refix)
12. Bok Bok – Ripe Banana Vip
13. Terror Danjah – Sidechain
14. Mosca – Square One (Bok Bok Remix)
15. Untold – Bad Girls
16. Kingdom – Mind Reader [Bok Bok Dub]
17. 2562 – Love In Outer Space
18. Bad Autopsy – Mag (Rare Cymbals Version)

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Best of the Week: 17/03/2010



Modern dance music is a varied and constantly mutating beast. Evolving into different branches but still connected by fundamental factors. This week the selection celebrates the fact that these tunes are hard to pigeonhole, and are all the better for it. From the subtle genius of a Scandinavian legend through to the new jack of Chicago via Brighton, we hope you enjoy an eccentric selection inspired by the path of constant change.

Londoner Ali Love is an image conscious new disco don who is best heard when remixed. This typically well arranged gem from the prince is ode to that, building a weird acid line into something epic before unleashing the vocal at the end/Ali Love-Love Harder (Prins Thomas remix)

Another London based producer, Geeneus, has been making some of the more interesting funky in the last year or so after starting out in grime/Geeneus-Yellowtail VIP

Released by Peverlist’s Punch Drunk label, this is a meeting of two very promising Bristol babsed producers, and wouldn’t be out of place on Hyperdub or Ramp/Shortstuff & Hyetal-Ice Cream

LA band Health get the remix treatment here from one of the best new acts of 2009, Azari & III, who turn the track into a bouncy techno jam for the freakier dance floor/Health-We Are Water (Azari & III remix)

Not a new but still as fresh sounding as ever, this amazing piece of garage-rave-jungle was released back in 2002, and is still ahead of its time today/Sticky-Triplets 3

New release from the ever reliable Made to Play imprint, this is a typically versatile mixing tool for any house or techno DJ/Oliver $-You Got It

Fantastic release from the Well Rounded label, this updates the Chicago house sound by adding a rolling funky rhythm and killer production, making this one of the most refreshing new imprints in some time/Ultrasound-Heavy Roll


Buy music here-Picadilly, Bleep, Rush Hour, Conch, Samurai

Saturday, March 13, 2010

More than just Mindless Boogie



One of the best sources of quality edits is the now infamous Mindless Boogie label, have now built up over 20 vinyl only releases which veer more towards the abstract or psychedelic, and not the predictable late-era disco jams currently stifling the creativity of the edit scene. The label roster is a plethora of new disco talent, with the likes of Prins Thomas, Woolfy, In Flagranti, Social Disco Club and Skinny Joey all having releases. A subsidiary of Belgium based Eskimo Recordings, this is a label for those seeking something a little different, and we have included a few of our favourite examples of the Mindless Boogie recipe below.

Barry de Vorzon-Warrior Disco (Skinny Joey edit)

In Flagranti-Emotional R

Untitled-El Toro (Prins Thomas edit)

Untitled-Boogie (Wade Nichols edit)

Friday, March 12, 2010

Best of the Week: 10/03/2010



This week we are blessed with some true disco throwback goodness, with a singer famed for her mid-nineties sounding the business on top of a killer rhythm, a new Australian outfit given the treatment from a producer moving into the big league, then into a an edit that is crafted to perfection over slow and low funk, before we finish with some futuristic electronica some Philly’s grime king in a more reflective mode, and another eccentric individual from the north of England.

Great track out on DFA here from Ray Mang, this tune updates a George Clinton funk jam into a new disco anthem featuring a great vocal from Lady Miss Kier/Ray Mang-Bulletproof (feat. Lady Miss Kier)

New Modular signings The Swiss feature the talented Sidwho? This remix from Hamburg’s Tensnake will appeal to fans of Permanent Vacation’s recent output, mixing German engineering with cosmic disco overtones, and the results are very cool/The Swiss-Manthem (Tensnake remix)

This brilliant edit by Canadian Eddie C sits somewhere between disco, early rap, and 80’s boogie, and is crafted so lovingly that it is absolutely dripping in soulful goodness/Eddie C-Hold On

Philadelphia based grime producer Starkey continues to astound with his broad body of work. Whether it be his darker side, or like this cut, his more reflective. This is a producer demanding your attention right now/Starkey-Stars (feat. Anneka)

Another producer making exciting electronica right now is Werk Discs main man Actress, who has quietly been creating some noise since 2004, yet this remix of Girl Trouble favourite Joy Orbison plus some co-productions with Zomby seem to finally be getting this artist the attention he deserves/Joy Orbison-The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow (Actress’ Neu Haus So-Glo Mix)


Support these producers; get their music here-Picadilly, Bleep, Rush Hour, Conch, Samurai

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Best of the Week: 03/03/2010



This week our selection includes an assortment of bass driven treats. Starting with another Los Angeles based glitch technician, before moving to the East Coast for some monolithic New York modernism, then on to the dark underworld of the Bristol bass scene, a quick trip to Paris for some new school electro, all topped off with a crack house stomper complete with bells and whistles.

Shlomo is a talented young producer from Los Angeles who makes music in much the same vein as compatriots Flying Lotus and Nosaj Thing/Shlomo-For You Pt.2

Signed to uber-cool label This Is Not An Exit, this fantastic indie piece of disco manages to incorporate a great vocal and even brass, and breathes some new life into the genre/Pink Stallone-The Six

Passions bring to mind My Bloody Valentine and Joy Division, and have a self released and self-titled new LP you should check/Passions-Endless

Another awesome band from Brooklyn, These Are Powers are a trio who make freaky funk-punk full of great rhythms and weird sounds, this is taken from their new Candyman EP/These Are Powers-World Class Peoples

Bristol really is the home of great innovative dubstep currently, in much the same way that Roni Size and company were in the Drum & Bass realm in the late nineties, and this cut released on Planet Mu proves why/Gemmy-Johnny 5

The incredible talent that is Joker no longer needs any introduction on this blog, being a firm favorite. Yet this remix by All City signings Om Unit deserves your absolute attention/Joker-Digidesign (Om Unit’s Poplock Remix)

Fresh from the Ed Banger stable, the original of this cut does have a great vocal, but this instrumental from French legends La Funk Mob is full of great beats, subtle acid lines, and is truly in touch with the funk/Breakbot-Baby I’m Yours (La Funk Mob Instrumental mix)

German producer Lorenz Rhode is making some truly stomping tech-house right at the moment, and has a new EP out called Something Hot, but we still love this zany blender of track and think you probably will too/Lorenz Rhode-Telephone Helicopter, Applause, Gunshot

Support the artists. Get their music here-Picadilly, Bleep, Rush Hour, Conch and Samurai.