Dubbel Dutch - Free MP3 and exclusive mix for URB!

Got this great little package from FACT magazine in the mail, which features the latest remix from the Austin, Texas based New Yorker Dubbel Dutch, who has been fusing funky, old school house and rave into his own suitably unique productions for Palm Out Sounds. An unreleased mix of Planet Mu signing Parson, this cut is destined for anthem status, and is kindly available for 7 days. So get it while you can.

You can check Dubbel Dutch’s latest EP HERE, and make sure you head over to the always interesting FACT website, which features loads of great interviews, plus the magazine’s infamous mixtape series, whose latest edition is from UK band These New Puritans.

Download: Parson – I Rep The Dirty Sound (Dubbel Dutch remix)

A track from the 'Throwback' EP-


As a bonus check out this downloadable mix for URB magazine HERE. Tracklisting and details available by following the link. Much thanks to URB!

Best of the Week: 07/07/2010

There aren’t enough good donuts here in New Zealand, and here in Wellington they really are seemingly nonexistent. The perfect mid-winter treat with a nice cup of espresso, why can’t we get good donuts round ‘ere? We are saturated with just about every other brand so why can’t we at least get a Krispy Kreme here or there to solve a glazed-donut craving. Anyway in the meantime, here are some musical donuts to chew on.

Taken from the soon to be released, ‘Strange Weather, Isn’t It’ LP on Warp Records, this track demonstrates what I love about Chk Chk Chk, with abstract rock shapes underpinned by a phenomenally funky rhythm. As always this is an essential piece of indie with disco tinges and acts as an indicator of another interesting album on the horizon/Download: !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – AM/FM



Another lead single for a much anticipated album, Chromeo’s latest is one of their best songs yet, and hopefully we can expect the same from ‘Business Casual’ when it is released later this month. This Takes the duo’s satirical r&b sound to new heights with superior production and songwriting/Download: Chromeo – Don’t Turn the Lights On



With his second release on Boys Noize Records, Parisian Djedjotronic is fast establishing himself as a go-to man for slamming electro. Taken from the EP of the same name, this features the sort of production you’d normally associate with Jesse Rose or Riva Starr/Download: Djedjotronic – Bit This Thin Pt. 2



Truly a unique artist and performer, Mr. Oizo has crafted a niche for his own abstract blend of electro house and the avant-garde. His latest project is the film ‘Rubber’, which follows the story of a car tire’s daily life, and features a soundtrack recorded in collaboration with Justice’s Gaspard Auge. If that isn’t enough, the 12" single also features an amazingly weird remix from another one of a kind, Flying Lotus/Download: Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Auge – Rubber (Flying Lotus ‘Unprotected Sex’ remix)



Madrid based label Lovemonk have seemingly uncovered one of the best new disco acts for some time with the trio Space Ranger, who feature members of Dublex Inc., and deliver the sort of sample based beat odyssey you would normally associate with the likes of Rayko, Todd Terje or The Revenge/Download: Space Ranger – Phase Fever




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Mixtape Madness - Stuff to dance to

Just thought I’d share a couple of amazing mixes from two of my favorite producers going around right now. Some of you may already have them, but I’ve been thrashing both these mixes so much I felt they needed to be heard by everyone else, so enjoy!

ROSKA

In an exclusive mix for the Sonar festival and Sonar Radio, UK funky innovator Roska shows why he is the man at the forefront of the progressive movement within the genre. Featuring unreleased material alongside a few of Roska’s recent self-titled LP cuts, the mix also features a couple of garage classics for good measure. You can stream the mix and check out the Sonar blog HERE.

Roska – Sonar Mix 2010

Martyn & Dbridge - These Words (Roska's Speechless Mix)
Zinc - Nexx!
Roska & Jamie George - Love 2 Nite
Crazy Cousinz - Always Be My Baby
Roska - Jackpot
Deadboy - If U Want Me
Roska - Squark
Dj Naughty - Firepower
Roska Ft. Anesha - I Need Love
Laidback Luke - Step By Step (Roska Edit)
Roska & Jamie George - Wonderful Day
Zinc - Blunt Edge
Geeneus & Dynamite - Get Low (Roska Special)
Roska - Tomorrow Is Today
Bingo Players - When I Dip
Youtam Avni - Coke Bouquet
Fingaprint - It's On You
Brackles - El Gordos


Download: Roska – 2010 mix




GIRL UNIT

Having featured on L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok’s Night Slugs label, South East London’s Girl Unit is a young talent showing much promise with his debut release ‘I.R.L.’, a cut that blends old school rave style breaks with an innovative modern touch. This mix for the absolutely essential FACT magazine delivers those same ingredients, and features loads of exclusive unreleased material. Check out the mix over at FACT’s website HERE.

Girl Unit - Fact mix 154 (May 2010)

Mista Men – Lengthy Riddim
Jay R Revlon – African Runway
Machinedrum – Carry the Weight (Bok Bok remix)
Mauser – Jack Orchestra
Dubbel Dutch – Throwback
Girl Unit – I.R.L (DVA’s Hi Emotions remix)
50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake – Ayo Technology (Instrumental, Prod. Timbaland)
Pirate Soundsystem – Dub N U (Girl Unit remix)
Gemmy – Dolla Digital
Optimum – Crash Riddim
Japanese Telecom – The Making of Ultraman
Girl Unit – Shade On
Terror Danjah – Sidechain
Dubbel Dutch – Madloopz
De Schuurman – Nu Ga Je Danse
Aaliyah – R U That Somebody (Brenmar’s Windy City remix)
Addison Groove – Nautilus
La’ Chat – Smoke Junt
Girl Unit – Showstoppa
Chrissy Murderbot – I Believe In Love
DJ Rashad – Drop Juke Out
DJ Diamond – Gang Bangz
Cedaa – Tiffany


Download: Girl Unit – FACT mix May 2010

Best of the Week: 30/06/2010

Looking for a flat generally sucks. You so want it to be easy and perfect, yet this is almost unimaginable, let alone feasible. Oh well the trials and tribulations of shifting house, it is the kind of crap we all have to take sometimes, so why not see the funny side. Good luck on your next flat or room hunt. Here are some cool beats to play once you shift in.

French hip-hop producer Onra successfully undertakes the difficult task of making instrumental beats and pieces sound good without the raps. This almost Pete Rock-esque cut oozes is available on his recent Long Distance LP for Dublin label All City/Download: Onra-Send Me Your Love



Maryland based Maxmillion Dunbar makes beats that blend several genres but manage to retain a certain underground finesse. Check his new EP for the exceptional Ramp Recordings label here, and get a taster from his last release with this tasteful sample based cut/Download: Maxmillion Dunbar-Wouldn’t Matter



Belgian outfit Aeroplane are a duo no more, with one half apparently continuing to record under the name, while the other forges a new solo career. Fortunately the good news is that the final recording as a duo is one of their best, a slinky bit of new disco for fans of Lindstrom and Prins Thomas. Available now from Eskimo Recordings/Download: Aeroplane-We Can’t Fly



Two talented Brooklyn based producers on one tune, remixer Brenmar and songwriter Blondes are two worth keeping a close eye on as 2010 progresses. Check the Blondes EP Touched, out now on Merok Records/Download: Blondes-Spanish Fly (Brenmar remix)



Stunning remix from German deep house maestro Motor City Drum Ensemble of Domino Recordings group Archie Bronson Outfit, this reminds me of Basic Channel meeting Theo Parrish in the studio. Full of backwards beats and shuffling cymbals, it is a cut made especially for those very early hours of the morning/Download: Archie Bronson Outfit-Hoola (Motor City Drum Ensemble remix)



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Best of the Week: 23/06/2010

The priorities of University required a little break from the Girl Trouble blog. Now that the exams are finished it must be time for another best of the week, or more like the best music of the last month. For that very reason there is loads to enjoy, with Polish funky, house music from L.A., disco oddities and much more...

Coming with limited details and an unknown artist on edit/production duties, this deceptively simple slice of cosmic disco is finding its way into the right DJ’s record boxes. Fans of Todd Terje or Lindstrom will love this record. Available now on the International Feel label/Download: Unknown-Turmerica

From the recent Mickey Moonlight EP of the same name on French label Ed Banger, this cut is far more subtle and groove orientated than the likes of Justice and Sebastian, but just as appealing. The live sounding bass and subdued vocals give this tune a certain touch of class/Download: Mickey Moonlight-Love Pattern

With a weird science fiction intro and stuttering electro beat, I was surprised to find Morgan Geist on the remix credit, the Environ Records boss taking the original on a journey into almost Kraftwerk-like territory. Another essential release from I’m A Cliché/Download: Bot’Ox-Overdrive (Morgan Geist remix)

House music from Los Angeles, SECT is a collaborative affair between four up and coming producers who have featured on hip tech-house labels Dirtybird and Airdrop previously, and deliver trippy beats and samples that remind me of labels like Tirk and Permanent Vacation/Download: SECT-Thieve $krilla

Far removed from the R&B influenced garage you’d expect from MJ Cole, the Riddim EP features tough beats full of bleeps and pulsing basslines, this cut is my favorite across the four tracks but they are all outstanding. A great record for the open minded DJ/Download: MJ Cole-Flux Riddim

Another essential piece of music from Dublin based All City Records, former Detroit duo Houseshoes now call Los Angeles home, but still deliver the sort of beats you’d associate with Motor City legends Slum Village. Taken from All City’s L.A. series Vol.4, and released on 10” vinyl/Download: Houseshoes-Newports

After releases for Mule Musiq and Compost, Portuguese duo Johnwaynes deliver their best record yet for Endless Flight, supplying tech-house filled with disco touches and Moodymann-like slow and funky beats, this is also available on their Soundcloud page/Download-Johnwaynes-Get Up (Just John mix)

Available on the digital version of the ‘Phaze: One’ EP, out now on Tempa Records, this cut identifies with all the things that make Benga such a fascinating producer; intricate dubstep beats, melancholic Aphex-style textures, and mutant basslines/Download: Benga-Transform

Bristol label Black Acre continue to solidify their reputation with another killer release, this time Dark Sky stars with a cut that sounds a lot like the recent output of contemporaries Scuba and Pinch, with funky rhythms creeping in on the Detroit-like atmospherics and subsonic bass/Download: Dark Sky-Something to Lose

The jury is out on Kelis’ recent output, but this remix Paris-based duo Acid Washed seems to suit her vocal perfectly, somehow reminding me of Giorgio Moroder’s production for Donna Summer. Not many details available on this one so perhaps it is a bootleg/Download: Kelis-Acapella (Acid Washed remix)

Fresh from the Trouble and Bass label, this cut showcases an outstanding remix from the ever improving L-Vis 1990, and features a trademark half-time intro and banging broken rhythm. The EP also comes with a Brackles rework of this Krakow-based producer/Download: Supra 1-Still Believe feat. Amy Douglas (L-Vis 1990 remix)

South East London’s Hardhouse Banton has been a favourite with me since hearing his awesome funky anthem ‘Sirenz’, so this remix from the man of the moment Roska seems destined for goodness, and damn does it deliver with a combination of tough beats and smooth textures working a treat. Released as an internet freebie only, get yours now/Download: Hardhouse Banton-Reign (Roska’s ‘ard Food remix)

Another Polish outfit, the city Krakow is turning into a new hotbed of talented producers; Teezy & Zeppy deliver a wobbly slice of quirky funky tinged house music. This is a free download sourced from XLR8R magazine, but be on the lookout for an upcoming release on Top Billin’/Download: Teezy & Zeppy-MTP Riddim

Recent collaborations with Ginz and Cosmin TRG show that Baobinga is a producer is much demand right now, and with twisted post-garage beats like this it is not hard to see why. Releasing tracks since 2002, this is out on his own Build Recordings/Download: Baobinga-Ride It

Clever name, and equally clever music, the mysterious Tiger & Woods deliver a slice of disco-house that doesn’t try and get to musical, preferring to tighten up the groove and lay down the fatback funk. Available as a limited white label release on Editainment/Download: Tiger & Woods-Deflowered

Swiss producer Secondo follows releases on Soul Jazz and Dreck Records with this catchy remix of UK trio Kinema. Blessed with perfectly placed percussion and warm rising pads, this cut reminds me of recent outings from The Revenge and Henrik Schwarz/Download: Kinema-Circles (Secondo remix)

Portuguese producer Roulet gets remixed by Londoner Girl Unit, both producers recently featuring with DJ mixes for FACT magazine. This is sub exploding foot stomping goodness, kind of like hearing ‘92 era hardcore reborn all over again, but with better production and ideas/Download: Roulet-Kitamanda (Girl Unit remix)


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Best of the Week: 12/05/2010

Pushing boundaries until there are no longer any barriers in between, post-modern dance music is full of contrasting connections, and hypocritical eccentricities. This week we bring you a crop of new school club beats that don’t identify with the norm, are hard to pigeonhole and bend the rules and clichés, delivering music that excites the senses and shatters your misconceptions.

Another triumph from Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990’s constantly interesting ‘Night Slugs’ label, this is probably the best release so far, hotly tipped newcomer Girl Unit has come up with a staggering mixture of old school rave and new school programming/Download: Girl Unit-I.R.L.



Very little subtlety about this collaboration, but if banging rave with freaky techno overtones is your thing, then there really is nothing better. Erol Alkan and Boys Noize have conjured up a beast that lurks the dance floor in the wee hours looking for the next willing victim/Download: Boys Noize & Erol Alkan-Avalanche



Good cheesy fun that will surely make even the most wary get their dancing shoes on. German’s Malente & Dex are remixed here by Berlin’s man of the moment Shir Khan, hints of Latin guitar add humor value to a frenetic party tune ideal for fans of Sound Pellegrino and Made to Play/Download: Malente & Dex-Habibi (Shir Khan remix)



This beautiful synth-laden cut came out a little while back, but Deadboy has been making such an impression lately that I’ve been listening to this all week. Check out the original EP out on Well Rounded here/Download: Deadboy-Heartbreaker



The legendary DJ Harvey has been mixing records since the eighties, and alongside Andrew Weatherall and Greg Wilson played a huge part in creating the modern disco scene. This slinky piece of late night shuffle shows that in 2010 he is as relevant as ever. Out now on International Feel/Download: Locussolus-Gunship



Fresh on the ever reliable Planet Mu, Swindle’s first official release follows in a similar vein to the likes of Ikonika or Falty DL, matching garage style beats to Warp Records like electronics. The results are essential/Download: Swindle-Daredevil



This much hyped artist is expected to do big things in 2010, and this brilliant mix of piano, disco and banging electro is a great start. Chilly Gonzales has come up with a truly addictive piece of musical oddness. Out on Riton’s impeccable Phantasy Sound imprint/Download: Chilly Gonzales-Never Stop



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Best of the Week: 05/05/2010

This week our dedication is fairly obvious. Mums are cool, and deserve our absolute adoration. Let’s face it, the unconditional love that Mums all over the world give help us to get through the dark moments and bad times, and are always there to celebrate the magic of life and our grandest times. So this week the selection is for all the Mums out there, let your hair down and have a boogie, your sons and daughters will love you even more for it. It is your time to celebrate.

Italian producer Bottin is a firm favorite of this blog, his releases and remixes on labels like Italians Do It Better and Tirk have established him as one of the more reliable artists making new disco right now. This collaboration with Rodion features all of his hallmark touches; impeccable bassline, loads of reverb and delay, completed by catchier than catchy melody. Out now on Bear Funk/Download: Bottin & Rodion-Galli (Give It Up)

Incredibly talented London based producer Leo Zero is establishing himself as one of the most adventurous and accomplished disco/Balearic beat makers working today. Part of a package of remixer’s that includes producers The Revenge, Jayou, and Alex Metric, this is funk laden piece of cosmic disco thoughtfully interpolates Kenneth Bager’s already impeccable slice of deep house/Download: Kenneth Bager-I Can’t Wait (Leo Zero remix)

Another outrageously good edit from New Yorker Jacques Renault, whom we only just featured last week, but when you hear something this deep and funky surely the only option is to dance through the middle of the night/Download: Jacques Renault-In the Middle of the Night

Deeper than the darkest trench, this amazing piece of abstract techno slowly builds into a lush ambient arrangement full of soft pads and wooden hits. Available from his Soundcloud page, this is an essential piece of electronica from newcomer’s xxxy. Check their new EP here/Download: xxxy-Save Our Souls

Absolute anthem alert, big-room house music’s man of the moment Riva Starr, takes Dennis Ferrer’s garage inspired classic, and gives it the treatment. Using the vocal to key effect, the Italian has laid down a remix that builds and builds before exploding into horns, bells and whistles. Can’t wait to hear this on the sort of sound system that truly does it justice/Download: Dennis Ferrer-Hey Hey (Riva Starr’s Paradise Garage remix)

Noisemaker extraordinaire Sinden meets distinctive newcomer SBTRKT on this massive piece of bass debauchery. Think of an enormous sonic wall of sound matched to skipping garage style beats and you’re half way there. Check out the rest of the EP here/Download: Sinden & SBTRKT-Midnight Marauder

Improving upon his own original, our favorite dubstep producer, Joker, comes up trumps once again. Adding melancholic beauty to the digital noise and distorted bass which make this artist so exciting and unique/Download: Joker-Tron (VIP mix)

Easily the most exciting producer working in UK funky right now, Roska was originally a 2-step MC who moved into beatmaking. This explains his amazing vocal arrangements, but it is also his broken rhythms and crafted bleeps that make this a producer for anyone with an interest in electronic music to enjoy/Download: Roska-Love 2 Nite feat. Jamie George

Back with a two EP set entitled ‘Sleep Less’ on his own Made To Play label, Jesse Rose is a master of simple tech-house bangers that make dancefloors meltdown, and this new cut with its freaky looped vocal snippet and deceptive drops fits that formula perfectly/Download: Jesse Rose-(Where Were You) Last Night

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Best of the Week: 28/04/2010

The likelihood of you enjoying your current employment is highly improbable, or is that you just don’t get paid enough for the job you do? Generally working sucks, at least when compared to clubbing, DJ’ing and listening to music, which of course is paid for by money made from working? Um, catch-22! So this week the selection is dedicated to all the people who have held down shit jobs to pay for their weekend’s entertainment.

If haunted house music is your thing then it doesn’t come any better than Actress, whose own label Werk Discs, has released a steady flow of adventurous singles that mutate dance into an altogether different beast. This is taken from the upcoming LP ‘Splazsh’, released by Honest Jon’s/Download: Actress-Always Human

South Londoner Boy 8-Bit has that ability to fuse banging dance floor beats with melancholy harmonies, and in the process is creating some of the more interesting electro going around. Released on This Is Music, this acid fueled roller is absolutely essential/Download: Boy 8-Bit-The Keep

The discordant beauty of Pantha Du Prince’s minimal techno is almost staggering, building sculptures out of loops and reverb. This remix of indie band Cold Cave draws you into its dark heart with glistening shapes and hollow pipes/Download: Cold Cave-Life Magazine (Pantha Du Prince First Flash remix)

Half of the brilliant Runaway, New Yorker Jacques Renault also puts out some stunning production and edits under his own name. This cut is from a new EP for the mysterious On The Prowl label, and manages to take in new disco, old school techno stabs, and warehouse bass/Download: Jacques Renault-Miranda

In a similar same vein as Joy Orbison or Scuba, London’s Deadboy is making future garage that bends the clichés, and matches funky rhythms with the rich atmospherics of Detroit techno. Available now on Numbers/Download: Deadboy-If U Want Me

Taken from a collection of reworks by Italian producer Bottin released by Nang Records, this remix of cosmic disco don Lindstrom has a trademark bass riff to die for, and a lush swagger of synth washes/Download: Lindstrom-Passkelyd (Bottin remix)

Perhaps the most innovative figure in funky, Roska is a forward-thinking producer whose tracks have the playful jack of early Chicago house, and staggered rhythms of the broken beat scene. This is taken from his new LP out on Rinse Recordings/Download: Roska-Squark

The latest DJ/producer to provide a mix for the DJ Kicks banner, The Juan MacLean continue their stellar run over the last year, following on from the brilliant ‘The Future Will Come’ LP with this killer indie disco tune, available as a limited release alongside the album version(s)/Download: The Juan MacLean-Feel So Good

Another excellent rework from the ever improving Texan Dubbel Dutch, taking dubstep star Silkie’s already inspiring post-jungle vision further towards the dance floor/Download: Silkie-Quasar (Dubbel Dutch edit)

With his distinctive voice and conscious lyrics, Ty has delivered a body of work that is both accessible and completely single-minded. This track is the title cut from his new LP, which takes in hip-hop, soul and r&b, and is out now on BBE/Download: Ty-Special Kind of Fool feat. Erik Rico


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Ikonika: Contact, Want, Love, Have

Since her debut with the stunning ‘Please’ on Hyperdub, Ikonika has developed a highly original blueprint for her production, featuring synth work you’d expect from early Derrick May records, matched to garage inspired dubstep rhythms. The result is a beguiling mix of club and art, abstraction and syncopation, and confounds the clichés attached to the UK bass scene. Now with her debut album set to drop, once again on Kode 9’s Hyperdub, we can expect an exceptional 2010 from this unique producer.



‘Contact, Love, Want, Have’ collects her output over the last two years and the record contains a great balance and sense of creativity. ‘Fish’ and ‘Idiot’ balance synthetic beauty with intricate beats, while opener ‘Ikonoklast’ features an eccentric accordion line, elsewhere she delivers glitch-hop par excellence on ‘Sahara Michael’. Overall it is a dynamically varied collection that for the most part succeeds as a singular musical vision. Fans of forward thinking electronic music of any genre simply can’t afford to miss this compellingly creative talent.

Get the album HERE

Download: Ikonika-Fish
Download: Ikonika-Sahara Michael
Download: Egyptrixx-The Only Way Up (Ikonika remix)

Best of the Week: 14/04/2010

Music for the hectic lifestyles we all lead surrounds us, take the selection this week for example, full of beats and melodies that will sound equally good in the headphones or on the floor in the wee wee hours. After the loud and dirty special last week, we take in some more laidback tuneage, with cutting edge future beat jams; some blues influenced hip-hop, and cosmic house music full of lush atmospherics. All designed to bring enjoyment to your busy day.

Parisian producer Onra has quietly built a reputation for quality sample based hip-hop, crafted with some skill, but this new cut for All City sounds more like Cameo or early Prince/Onra-Long Distance

This brilliant new song from Aloe Blacc could easily be mistaken for Willie Mitchell-produced Al Green, or Bobby Womack, and that is some big compliment. From the new LP ‘Good Things’, out soon on Stones Throw/Aloe Blacc-I Need a Dollar

Brooklyn produces so much good music these days, and that includes newcomer Lando Kal, who comes at us with a deceptively simple future beat, complete with appropriate bleep and bass distortion. It is taken from the ‘The Golden Handshake’ EP, out on Numbers/Lando Kal-Fuzzy Ankles

The deep house fuzziness at its very best right here, Pete Herbert aka Reverso 68 does a smooth and funky job remixing Gomma artist Golden Bug, turning in a groove that will stay with you for days/Golden Bug-Flamingo (Pete Herbert remix)

Taken from the debut album ‘Deep & Meaningless’, this is soulful disco slowed right down to sound like raw rhythm and blues, and takes Ron Basejam’s production to another level/Ron Basejam-Into My Life

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Another outstanding Flying Lotus album!

Without doubt one of the most respected and celebrated producers in electronic music today, Steven Ellison under the moniker Flying Lotus has over the space of a few short years become the focal point for the glitch-hop scene, and therefore with album number three the expectation is high. Released on Warp Records, ‘Cosmogramma’ is a record that is continually experimental yet on the other hand completely listenable. Some moments push the sonic boundaries to new levels, while others blend vocals into the mix, the record flowing through emotions and textures, tones and settings.



You can check out the album here. We’ve also included a couple of moments from the LP for you to get a taste.

Download: Flying Lotus-And the World Laughs with you feat. Thom Yorke
Download: Flying Lotus-Quakes

Best of the Week: 07/04/2010

When it gets loud and dirty then you need the right weapons for battle. So this week we celebrate making a racket for the dancefloor, with bass meltdowns, sonic extremities, and some damn good electronic music, right here for you to bang your head to, and rub up on ya bassbinz.

This cut from German duo Booka Shade harks back to their original blueprint; warm pads and deep tech-house rhythms, losing the substandard vocals that marred much of their ‘The Sun & the Neon Light’ LP/Booka Shade-Buffer Ruffer

When it comes to noisy bass fueled rave music, Herve has set the standard with releases on Dubsided and Cheap Thrills, and this epic new school monster is no exception, being a cut above the usual fodder associated with this sound. Available on the ‘Zombies’ EP/Herve-Hot Drum Attack

More of same, but when the same is Hot City, then bring it on. This release for Fabric displays the 2-step beats and electro bleeps we’ve become familiar with, and that you should familiarize yourself with if you haven’t already/Hot City-If That’s How I Feel

The perfect tune for those feeling a little hazy at 3am on a Saturday, Italian DJ Riva Starr is making killer tracks like this for breakfast right now, and this remix from Leeds producer Harry Benson accentuates the peak time goodness a little bit more/Riva Starr-I Was Drunk (Harry Benson remix)

Some truly bizarre warehouse rave music from Headhunter, whose dubstep has been a feature of Tempa Records and the Bristol scene for some time, this is a stunning new direction that sounds like a drugged up chipmunk let lose in a make shift studio for an allnighter/Addison Groove-Dumbshit

Bordering on the ridiculous, this gypsy sampling piece of techno mayhem from Sebastian Leger isn’t the most subtle tune, but if you need to make a big room go crazy then this is the track to do it with. Superb production and the appropriate arrangement make this a perfect party potion/Sebastian Leger-Balkanmaniac


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Have you checked out Floating Points?

If you’re not yet familiar with Floating Points then you are missing out on one of the most sublime electronic music makers out there in any genre right now. Sam Shepherd’s production sounds like Larry Heard crossed with Global Communication, with lush pads, quirky basslines, and melancholy beauty to the fore. After releases on Mike Paradina’s Planet Mu imprint, and his own Eglo Records, Shepherd made his mark with the gorgeous ‘Love Me Like This’, a favourite of many critics and DJs in 2009. Whether making deeper than deep house or more future beat orientated fare, Floating Points seems to have a knack for sculptured sounds and classic arrangements, making him a producer we should expect a lot from in 2010.

Download: Floating Points-Vacuum Boogie
Download: Four Tet-Sing (Floating Points remix)

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


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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


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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

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)

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


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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)

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)


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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

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