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

Get your music here: Picadilly, Bleep, Rush Hour, Conch, Samurai.

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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