Get Your Funky Out

So..... the Audio Discharge birthday was officially pure fiyaa! Next stop - 5th November w/ Noyeahno - gonna be heavy! Catch me DJing this saturday at the Farm - St Werbs (Carnival set) Croft - Bristol Zombie Walk (Funky set) and Dojo - UFO w/ Dema (Mega mashup set)

On a totally unrelated not heres my new promo - definitely feeling this funky ting at the moment - cop the mix over at the soundcloud:

Rory Audio Discharge Soundcloud

1. Karizma - Twyst This
2. Bok Bok - Ripe Banana
3. Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam (Bok Bok & L-Vis 1990 remix)
4. L-Vis 1990 - Run
5. Terror Danjah - Scotch Bonnet
6. Ill Blu - Time To Get Nasty
7. DVA - God Made Me Funky
8. Brackles - Air Pie
9. Shortstuff - A Rustling
10. Untold - Anaconda
11. Shortstuff - Progression
12. Brackles - Rawkus
13. Geiom - Bubbles
14. Ramadanman - Revenue (Untold remix)
15. Shortstuff - Changes
16. Martin Kemp - No Charisma
17. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

Oh and to anyone confused by soundcloud - click more options above the track and then download

[Rory]

He's just a bloke who speaks to other blokes

If Danny Dyer were to compile a list of his favourite dubstep it'd probably contain a lot of tracks as moronic as these, I've totally neglected the horrid rave side of things so here's some clownstep that I can't help but like (mostly)

Danny Dyer's Dubstep Odyssey

1. Skism - Rise of the idiots
2. Chasing Shadows - Dr Sin
3. Orien - Dead Gangster
4. Skism - Back Off
5. Giant - Drumstick
6. Subscape - Wrong Number
7. The Others - King Pin
8. Rob Sparx - Trooper (Bar 9 remix)
9. Schema - Chutney Grip
10. Proxy - Dancing In The Dark (Bare Noize & Ollie remix)
11. The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Rusko remix)
12. Emalkay - When I Look At You
13. Deadmau5 - I remember (Caspa remix)
14. Subscape - Nothing's Wrong
15. Ed Solo - Age Of Dub
16. Debruit - Soles Sweat (Reso remix)
17. Grand Puba - Get It (Reso remix)
18. Mystic Man & Eshamanjaro - Minds I (Reso remix)
19. Tom Encore - Jig


To make amends for inflicting the aural equivalent of Aids on you here is some kinda post-disco space bass wonkyness. Myself, the Kaiser and the Tom the Govanor managed to truly destroy music last friday with the invention of Guffstep (containing real armpit guffs) coming to the conclusion that electronic music is just a bunch of bleeps and squeaks, and deciding that the Belleville three first got together on Wigan Pier, oh and the Danny Dyer realisation as well. I feel the need to apologise to Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and Juan Atkins for comparing a true art form to the sounds made by a car alarm, Im now ready to join Danny and the other philistines of the world - I hang my head in shame - enjoy!

Its All Just Bleeps & Squeaks (Taken Out of Context)

1. Architeq - Twilight
2. Kelpe - The Blankout Agreement
3. Architeq - Birds Of Prey
4. Architeq - Into the Cosmos
5. Kelpe - Shipwreck Glue (Architeq remix)
6. Architeq - Packard
7. Architeq - Babylon
8. Architeq - Dark Matter
9. Architeq - Krakatoa
10. Kelpe - Pinch & Flare
11. Fedaden - Verdad (Kelpe remix)
12. Kelpe - Microscope Contents
13. Kelpe - Dig Up Stupid
14. Slugabed - Lets Go Swimming
15. Bibio - Sugarette

[Rory]

Me want cookie

Well hello dangerwankers. it's been a while. do excuse the deficit of posts from yours truly, i've been rather busy producing, working and building a recording studio! respect of the massive variety goes to rory power for keeping this blog fresh with some sick posts.

anyhow, as i'm now back on the blogging, i thought id kick things off with a lovely bit of filth.

enter cookie monsta. probably one of the most well known club friendly dubstep artists i can think of that hasn't been signed yet. he's had love from all the bigs boys in the scene and is quickly becoming a name synonymous with the dirty steppy club skanking sound of 2009. he's also just sent me over a mix that's chocka with 100% fresh new productions from himself. enjoy.

Cookie Monsta - Where's My Cookie?!

- KAISER

I Feel Space

Oi oi, new mix what I did for the I Feel Space boys seeing as im playing for them, and its an excuse to make a nice mix of Nu-Disco, House and Acid. Massively loving the old school revival works of Matt 'Radioslave' Edwards under his Cabin Fever Trax guise. The mix is in 2 parts cunningly named part 1 and 2 respectively largely because I couldn't be bothered to mix it into one track.

I Feel Space - Part 1

1. Diskjokke - Rosenrod
2. Canyons - Fire
3. Worst Case Scenario - Hot Beef
4. Hedford Vachal - Toys (Richard Sen remix)
5. Toby Tobias - A Close Shave (Prins Thomas remix)
6. Cabin Fever Trax - The Sun
7. Cabin Fever Trax - Unknown
8. Cabin Fever Trax - Acid Party
9. Cabin Fever Trax - Unknown

I Feel Space - Part 2

1. Cabin Fever Trax - Beyond Contact
2. Runaway - Brooklyn Club Jam (LSB remix)
3. Morten Sorenson - Start Something (40 Thieves remix)
4. Cabin Fever Trax - Lets Play House
5. Cabin Fever Trax - Deep 92
6. Cabin Fever Trax - Unknown
7. Cabin Fever Trax - Don't You Know
8. Red Rack Em - Picnic (Revenge remix)
9. Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out)

[Rory]

James T Merk

Here's an hour or so of gritty bashment and next level hyper grime - total future bass merkage, check me:

James T Merk

1. The Bug feat Warrior Queen - Insane
2. King Cannibal - Arigami Style
3. Sasquatch feat Warrior Queen - Retaliate (King Cannibal remix)
4. King Cannibal feat Face-a-Face - Virgo
5. The Qemists feat Wiley - Dem Na Like Me (King Cannibal remix)
6. Mothboy - Beg
7. Tempa T - Next Hype (Starkey remix)
8. Maniac - Ouch
9. BD1982 - Space Boots (Starkey remix)
10. Silverlink feat Jammer & Badness - The Message Is Love (Starkey remix)
11. Sarantis feat Warrior Queen - More Than Money (Starkey remix)
12. Raffertie - Antisocial (Dev79 remix)
13. Debruit - Im Going With You (Octa Push remix)
14. Hakan Lidbo - Yellow Fever (Genuine Guy remix)
15. Egyptrixx - Use Magic To Kill (L-Vis 1990 remix)
16. Egyptrixx - Just Say Really (Bok Bok remix)

[Rory]

New mix for Unhinged!

I just finished a new promo mix for Unhinged, a little harder and generally better than the last. All the usual Funky, Garage, Grime and Dubstep in attendance. A quick update on the DJing front, you can catch me 18th September @ Timbuk2 for the Agro - 2nd Birthday - bad taste ball w/ Limewax! Also on the 18th @ The Croft for the official Bristol festival dubstep afterparty. After that it’s the 24th September w/ Nathan Fake @ Lab. Then all hands on deck for 16th October - Audio Discharge 1st Birthday @ Timbuk2

Unhinged promo

1. Cooly G - Love Dub Refix
2. F - Epilogue (Ramadanman rerub)
3. Emvee - Glitch Dub
4. MJ Cole - Gotta Have It (MJ Cole's Funky Dubb)
5. Roska - Holograph
6. Mystery feat Natalie K - Speechless
7. D-Malice - Monopoly Refix
8. Nyah Princess & Ill Blu - Frontline
9. Lil Silva feat Maxwell D - Blackberry Hype (Sticky remix)
10. Sticky - Juneirah Riddim
11. Lil Silva - Funky Pulse vs Pulse X
12. Dre Skull - I Want You (Bok Bok remix)
13. Emvee - Nocturnal
14. Secret Agent Gel feat Coppa - Crew Dub (Bok Bok remix)
15. Wiley - What U Call It
16. Riko - Ice Rink
17. Geeneus feat Wiley, Riko & Breeze - Knife & Gun (Dusk & Blackdown remix)18. Tempa T - Next Hype (Brackles remix)
19. Brackles - Lizards
20. Menta - Sounds Of The Future
21. Menta & Ms Dynamite - Ramp
22. Hatcha - Bashment
23. Brackles - Get A Job
24. Brackles & Shortstuff - Sutorito Faita
25. Untold - Just For You
26. Brackles - LHC
27. Hyetal - Armour
28. Silkie & Mizz - Purple Love

[Rory]

Mmmmmm butter...

Slinky new mix from myself here. Melodic Detroit and Dub Techno make way for rolling carnival drums and R'n'B tinged Funky stylez, before caving under UKG bass pressure. Definitely one for the gyal dem, late night floors not early doors.

Scag Butter

1. Delia gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig remix)
2. Junior Boys - Like A Child (Carl Craig remix)
3. Ramadanman - Justify (Will Saul & Mike Monday remix)
4. Ramadanman & Appleblim - Sous Le Sable
5. Will Saul - 3000AD (I:Cube remix)
6. Uncle Bakongo - Bobo
7. Pearson Sound - Indelible
8. Untold - Just For You (Roska remix)
9. Fingaprint - Night Time
10. D-Malice - Visions (Roska remix)
11. D-Malice - My Joy Refix
12. D-Malice - Gabryelle Refix
13. Cooly G - Narst
14. Pearson Sound - Wad
15. El-B - Son De Cali
16. El-B - Cruiser
17. Horsepower Productions - When You Hold Me
18. Horsepower Productions - To The Beat Y'all
19. El-B feat Rolla - Serious
20. Horsepower Productions - Lets Dance
21. El-B feat Jucie Man - Buck n Bury
22. Jill Scott - Getting in The Way (MJ Cole remix)
23. Roni Size - Lucky Pressure (MJ Cole remix)

[Rory]

Guns don't kill people Lazers do

Major Lazer is the dancehall collaboration between Diplo & Switch, and between them those two have some pretty impressive credentials. Diplo and his Mad Decent brand has become the final word in trendy nu world music putting out music from luminaries such as Buraka Som Sistema, DJ Sega, Bonde Do Role, Blaqstarr, South Rakkas Crew… In addition he has produced albums for Santogold and M.I.A, while Switch basically invented the whole Fidget house thing years before it grew into the dirge of boring edits it has now become, also putting his considerable production skills to Santogold's massive 'Creator'. So you might imagine a project involving probably the 2 most creative minds operating in this sphere would be a massive success, and you would be correct, Here's the first single to be lifted from the album featuring Santogold and Mr Lexx on vocal duties. I can't think of any other song that samples the sound of a Nokia vibrating - Big!

Major Lazer feat Santogold & Mr Lexx - Hold The Line

[Rory]

Glade 2009

Well Glade was pretty awesome, it would seem that the whole of Matterly Bowl is covered in Audio Discharge stickers, including Mr Drums of Death (above) who was probably the highlight of the festival for me, with other notable performances coming from Drop The Lime, Squire of Gothos, Heatwave, Monkey Steak and too many others to name. Anyway here's a bit of disco from man like Drums of Death

Drums of Death - Dodfucksupanescorttune

[Rory]

Bubblin' Pussies

Yes. I nicked this idea off Raffertie. But I'm quite chuffed with the result either way. So shh, and enjoy my latest little mashup.

Bubble & Squeak ('KAISER's Pussy is Bubblin' Mashup) - High Rankin ft. Gyto vs. Dizzee Rascal

- KAISER

New Jackmaster mix for Lower End Spasm

Numbers chief genre masher can do no wrong at the moment here's a mix he recorded recently for Bok Bok's Lower End Spasm….. Huge!

Lower End Spasm

1. Khixbrrr - Fairies Helixir Remix (Forthcoming Northern General)
2. Karizma - Twyst This
3. Blackhouse Project - Come Dancin'
4. George Morel - Let's Groove
5. L-vis 1990 - Run (Forthcoming Dress 2 Sweat)
6. 24 Hour Experience - Together
7. Maroy - Basement Dimensions
8. Hot City - Setting Me Free
9. Pearson Sound - Wad (Forthcoming Hessle Audio)
10. Deadboy - U CHEATED (Demo)
11. Aardvarck - Nosestep
12. Todd Edwards - Open Your Eyes
13. Roska - Holograph
14. U.S.L. - Making Love
15. Dead Letter Drop
16. Zed Bias - Been Here Before
17. Manitoba - If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be A Fucking Airport
18. MJ Cole - Gotta Have It (MJ's Funky Dub)
19. Menta - Sound Of The Future (Edit)
20. Silkie & Mizz Beats - Purple Love
21. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Forthcoming Hot Flush)
22. Hyetal - Pixel Rainbow Sequence
23. Freeland - Do You (Joker Remix)
24. Joker & Ginz - Re-Up
25. Guido - You Do It Right
26. Gemmy - Word Perfect
27. Mark Pritchard & Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up (Forthcoming Hyperdub)
28. Aardvarck - ??///???/
29. Taz - Gold Tooth Grin (Forthcoming Glasgow)
30. Deadboy - Way That I Love U (Demo needs mastered)

Blame Canada

Dubstep's reach seems to be wrapping further and further around the globe. I'm not even sure you can call half of it dubstep anymore. As with every major genre to come along, sub-genres will always pop up and seem to be influenced by certain demographics and the particular producers in those areas; 'The Croydon sound', 'the Leeds sound', 'The Bristol sound.' Descriptive terms get bounded about as a part of it as well, Dub Techno, Clownstep, Purple, Clubstep, Aquacrunk, Gorestep, are just a handful of names for describing what has become an extremely diverse genre.

There seems to have been an surge in darker dubstep producers coming from Canada and North America in 2009, whose sound I can only describe as Transformers-esque. Midrange crunch, outfitted with plenty of phasing,1/8 step tremolos and mechanical samples that's clearly been influenced by a lot of UK producers. Vowel filters also seem to be prevalent amongst these producers, giving a filthy 'talking bassline' feeling. Whilst it's certainly not that original or reserved exclusively for that part of the world, these guys are perfecting this particular scene. Check out a few examples of the sound below!

Boom - Excision & Datsik

Talk Dubby To Me - Downlink

Gamma Ray Burst - Downlink

Crack - DZ ft. Cozee

Big in the game!

I thought I'd let you know my DJing schedule for the next few months; Audio Discharge/Unhinged are in summer shut down mode, we'll be back in October for the Audio Dicharge - 1st birthday with our good friends over at Electrostimulation records, featuring Kanji Kinetic, Squire of Gothos, Ricorb, Z-Kat and maybe one more extra special guest (totally unconfirmed) Unhinged will be back in November on a Night Slugs link with LDN trend setters Bok Bok & L-vis 1990. Until then though im DJing at Thekla for the Blast on 7th August w/ Ratpack/Mumdance/Smutlee/16 Bit I'll be DJing b2b2b2b (seriously there'll be 4 of us) with the Kelly Twins and Tekton at Timbuk2 for the Hijack Bank Holiday Party on the 29th August - playing some fffrrrrrreeesssshhh BMore. Finally I'll be doing the Ruffnek Diskotek Bristol Festival Afterparty on the 18th September - big bashy tings a gwarn!

[Rory]

Is it a bird......

....Well yes, Ikonika is a lady and resides on Kode9's Hyperdub imprint, but lets not think Steve has gotten all pervy on us, Ikonika’s beats are fresher then fresh with her brand of woozy synth step drawing obvious comparisons with label mates Darkstar, LV and Zomby.

Mujava – Township Funk (Ikonika Nexus 6 remix)

Ikonika - Please

[Rory]

Zomby

While Aquacrunk (or whatever its trendy to call the modern crop of post-Dilla beat inflections this week) may seem to be becoming a game of un-quantized beat willy jousting (i.e my drum programming is more out of time than yours) Zomby is keeping it real and unlike a lot of the scene hasn't quite vanished up his own arse yet as some have. Zomby appeared a couple of years back and has since released a flutter of 12"s for Ramp and Hyperdub, all lazer gun synths, off kilter beats and sub bass rumble, Kaliko off his recent double 12" for Hyperdub is a favourite; upward cascades of synth over enough polyrhythms for a whole Flying Lotus album - pure fire!

Zomby - Kaliko

Zomby has also been heavily influenced by the spirit and sound of hardcore early 90's rave, his first LP - 'Where Were U In 92' is so authentic (although what do I know - in 92 I was 6 years old!) with tough break beats, piano rave, euphoric vocal cuts and rave sirens set against Zomby's trademark phosphorescent backdrop it sounds like an unearthed gem from a shoebox of tapes recorded from pirate radio. Here's one from the album, owing more than a little to Bizarre Incs - Playing With Knives

Zomby - Float

[Rory]

Kuduro

Also on the ghetto pop tip are Portuguese collective Buraka Som Sistema, taking massive cues from Angolan Kuduro, but with more European influences of Techno, Dubstep and 4x4. I remember seeing them in 2007 with crowds of about 20 people really getting into it, at the time it was fresh new and exciting, and for me its lost a little of its sparkle, but I guess that’s no surprise 2 years down the line. Anyway they’re still putting out some serious heat, here’s a couple of recent efforts; a fairly chirpy remix of Swedish vocalist Lykke Li and a remix of Dre Skull and dancehall legend Sizzla

Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema remix)

Dre Skull feat Sizzla - Gone 2 Far (Buraka Som Sistema remix)

[Rory]

Abbafrica!

Radioclit are Johan Karlberg and Etienne Tron and are responsible for producing some pretty unclassifiable stuff, the best way of describing what they do is 'Ghetto-pop' or as the Bio puts it - 'One ear in the hood, another checking out Abba' there's a strong african influence present in what they do, having recently put out an album in collaboration with Esau Mwamwaya - an african singer from Malawi, including a massive collaboration with M.I.A and Santogold (look out for this on a mix soonish). Anyway here's a remix of Alphabeat sounding like a combination of afrobeat and scandinavian pop.

Alphabeat - Fantastic 6 (Radioclit remix)

[Rory]

On the Wronk?

The whole Aquacrunk thing is really polarising the views of music journalists particularly those of early rave evangelist and Guardian writer Simon Reynolds who definitely seems to fall into the anti camp right now, lazily fencing artists such as Zomby, Rustie and HudMo into the 'Wonky' enclosure, an obvious reference to an ill conceived theory that to enjoy it one must first put their 'Wronk' hat on, read the article here This is especially damning on Mr Reynolds as this is a scene which he has no experience of whatsoever, and for someone so hugely influential to come out with this bollocks is damaging to a scene which is one of the more interesting things coming out of the UK right now.
Zomby was none too pleased and came back with a fairly swift riposte:

No one does Ketamine right ? ..i thought it died in the late 80’s after that shitty Madonna tour ended, maybe you know more…..
though i have seen a crusty white dude with dreadlocks rolling around in his own puke ‘going off on K’ in Brixton not long back ..dunno how inspirational a event for a artist that is however.
None of us make ‘wonky’…the notion is similar in descriptive terms to calling Heavy Metal ‘Loud’ or Jungle ‘Fast’ ,adjectives cannot function as noun’s..
its fairly unimaginative and ignorant by this point, at first the term was used loosely as it was a playful in-joke for producers working in disharmonic structure or notation, to make the link to Ketamine is wild.
Next time you write a piece in a national newspaper try have some accuracy or even some intellectual property on the creativity or artisty of the music/artists rather than lowest common denominator music journalism i.e ‘Drugs & a new music’.
Read it through Shutter shades on Hoffman 225’s, its more believable that way.
There was a Paragraph that work’s.
“Listen to Zomby tunes like Spaceman and Aquafresh (off his recent 7-track EP for Hyperdub) and it’s like someone’s taken the monochrome diagram that is dubstep’s rhythmic grid and scrawled woozily all over it with fluorescent marker pens.”

Zomby - Strange Fruit

HudMo - Oops - Oh My

[Rory]

Me legs are crazy

Bristol based funky and bass outfit, Crazy Legs have been doing some pretty big things the last few months. They've put on big collaborative parties with Dirty Canvas, Wifey and Pollen and are currently organising events with Night Slugs, Seasonfive, Mad Decent/BuggedOut and Penguin Dance. They've put on some big lineups, with the likes of Diplo, Rusko, Joker, Cluekid, Starkey, Brackles, Lil Silva, Jackmaster, Dexplicit, Raffertie, Kanji Kinetic, Guido, Rekordah and Komanazmuk being just a few names appearing at their nights. Basically: Big.

They've also just released part two in their mixtape series, mixed by Sheffield's Grievous Angel. Enjoy!

Crazy Legs 002 Mixed by Grievous Angel

TL:

Dem 2: Baby You’re So Sexy – Vocal Mix
Dru Hill: Freak Like Me – El B Remix
Missy Elliott: Work It – Grievous Angel Remix
Cooly G: Floating
Uncle Bakongo: Baga
David Byrne and Brian Eno: The Jezebel Spirit
Hard House Banton: Sirens
KenLou: The Bounce
Riko: Ice Rink – Grievous Angel’s Drum Ritual Remix
Riko: Ice Rink – Grievous Angel Remix
Roska: Climate Change
Cooly G: Dis Boy
Q Burns’ Abstract Message: Innocent – King Britt Scuba Mix
Refuge: Frozen – Grievous Angel Remix
Lady Saw & Cecille: Loser – Grievous Angel Remix
Grievous Angel Ft. Rubi Dan: Move Down Low – Funky Remix

-KAISER

I've been meaning to write about Sublime Frequencies for a while, they're a Seattle based label dedicated to putting out raw as fuck world music, not in a kind of trendy mad decent way but rather putting out music largely recorded from old radio shows in the host countries. This has seen Nepalese folk, Thai pop, Algerian rai and Argentinian psychedelia amongst other things. I had missed the chandce to see Group Doueh and Omar Souleyman (pictured above) recently and im massively regretting it! Anyway check out the article in fact magazine for a more eloquent description and a mix containing some of the highlights from the back catalogue

Fact - Sublime Frequencies

[Rory]

Purple Hedgehog

Check these Gemmy remixes Sonic the Hedgehog:

Gemmy x Sonic

I would've creamed myself if he had done one of Chemical plant zone. Continuing the synth theme, I've just finished a new mix - the first half is the UK's view on forward thinking bass music - the purple wow sound. (even though im not sure its that forward thinking any more) The second half is the America's take on the same, with Starkey coming outta Philly and Kid606, Cardopusher and Pacheko coming outta Venezuela - definitely a darker sound.

Download it here: Purple Shadows

1. Bodysnatchers - I like What I See (Joker remix)
2. Joker - Digidesign
3. Bar9 - Amalgamation
4. Gemmy - BT Tower Mast
5. Rustie - Jagz The Smack
6. Ikonika - Direct
7. Joker - Untitled Rsn
8. Joker - Purple City
9. Adam Freeland - Do You (Joker remix)
10. Joker - Psychedelic Runway
11. Starkey - Creature
12. Starkey - Gutter Music VIP
13. Kotchy - One For The Money (Pacheko remix)
14. Pacheko - Green Bull (remix)
15. Starkey - Spacewalk
16. Pacheko - Hielo Seco (remix)
17. Twisted & Redemption - Il Dire (Cardopusher remix)
18. Pacheko & Cardopusher - Harp Shaped Box
19. Star Eyes - Disappear (Cardopusher remix)
20. Kid606 - Monsters (Cardopusher remix)
21. Starkey - Escape
22. Starkey - Dark Alley
23. Starkey vs Ginuwine - Pony Store (Murderbot Blend)

[Rory]

Be More Burlesque!

Totally hyped about this - Im DJing next week @ Start the Bus (Bristol) Thurs 25th June - bring the BMore hard and unruly, alongside Burlesque beauties! (Seriously though what could be more fun than this) I may have to crack the nipple tassles out for this one. For those of you that aint got a clue BMore is the native music of Baltimore Maryland - hence the name, here's a BMore remix of a rave classic complete with the 'sing sing' and 'think' breaks that are ubiquitous in BMore club. Anyway the night is called Be More Burlesque (see what they did there!) Anyone in Bristol get down there! Also anyone in Bristol this weekend hit me up as I have 10 guestlist to give away as Im playing alongside Vast & Bulbous, Steve Rice Kelly Twins, Tekton & Wascal & Sell by Dave plus loads more.

Kazey & Bulldog - Sweet Harmony

[Rory]

What Dya Call it.... Funky..

UK Funky isn't really a new thing - it’s a dreadful name though granted, its better to think of Funky not as a new genre but more a way of repackaging something for a different scene as Bok Bok puts it "Funky is Grime in disguise" I tend to agree, while Funky isn't really anything new it's brought just enough grit and sub bass to the rather stale Funky house table to make the grime kids get into it. Grime after all is dying a death partially borne of its own success (Wiley/Dizzee/Tinchy) and partially its lack of evolution and association with gun crime, a lot of Grime DJs have been converted to Funky. (Lil Silva, Mak10 etc) as well as a lot of Dubstep DJs now dabbling in it (Kode9, Geiom, Ramadanman)

Cooly G - Dis Boy Pt4

Roska - Climate Change

NB Funky - Riddim Box

[Rory]

Breakstep... well sort of...

Breakstep came out of the whole UKG thing when producers like Darqwan, Zed Bias and Zinc cast away the sext shuffle of 2-step for a more beefy breakbeat sound while keeping the essence of UKG intact. Since then its has undergone a few interpretations, what would generally be considered breakstep today, is the kinda stuff put out by Marlow, Warlock, Blackmass Plastics etc, Im not really into this sound but im loving the techstep inspired works of Reso and the broken beat 2 step of TRG, while this doesn't really bear any resemblance to new Breakstep it definitely has made a fairly significant sacrific at the altar of Oris Jay et al.

Reso & ID - Shifty

A Dominant Species - It’s A Feeling (Reso remix)

Mujava - Township Funk (TRG remix)

Baobinga feat DJ Nasty - State Of Ghetto Jackin (TRG remix)

[Rory]

Baseball bat... to the face.

I've had this one for a few weeks now, and I've been sat there desperately trying to figure out what it's supposed to be achieving...it just makes my face feel like the guy in the picture.

Am I missing something? Or is it actually just one of the worst songs released in years? I think it's the latter. All Hervé has managed to achieve with this one is offend my ears, and confirm to me that fidget is dead once and for all, leaving him with no option other than to explore alternative (shit) genres. Sluggish electro-metal + shocking performances from pig faced ex-Bonde Do Role singers headbanging will NEVER EVER sound good Mr. Harvey. And then just because the drums sound a little bit like High Rankin, getting him to do an average remix for it doesn't give it any more credibility. Shape up and release some music we can listen to. Just because you own your own label, doesn't give you the right to release utter crap. (Actually, I suppose it does.)

Rant over. I don't quite know why i got so worked up about that haha, just listen for yourself.

Baseball Bat - Hervé ft. Marina Gasolina:



To balance things out, here's what Hervé should be doing more of:

Science of Fear (Hervé Remix) - The Temper Trap

- KAISER

I kissed a girl....

Well it would appear that me and Julia are a pair of train wrecks in bath, just been listening to some power-pop/d'n'b. Forgot how epic this is, huge huge tune - for all the wrong reasons! Normal service will resume shortly.

Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (Drum and Bass remix)

[Rory]

Let Them Eat Ket!

Bonjour!

By popular demand, i've finally gotten around to making an (almost) pure dubstep mix, filled with midranged crunchy-ness, transformers noises, evil basslines, and ridiculous samples. I'm personally leaning away from this style of dubstep of late, but, you've told me what you wanted, (apparently you want your ears to bleed) and it's been delivered!

Thank you Marie Antoinette for the inspiration for the title.

Qu'ils Mangent De La Ketamine! - KAISER

TL:

Eyes Closed - Raffertie
Maniac - Twist
Retreat - Datsik
8 Bit Lover - Vesicle
You Wouldn't Understand - Vaski
Nuke 'Em - Datsik
Hello (Trumpdisco Remix) - AC Slater
They Live (Alkaseltza Remix) - Evil Nine
Dancing in the Dark (Ollie! Remix) - Proxy
Tremor - Southbound Hangers
Stupid Cunt - Ollie!
Night of the living bassheads - Sarantis
Guilty - Sarantis
Hangman (Bombaman Remix) - Sasquatch
Mazerati 32Hundred - Southbound Hangers
A3 on Cunt Trax EP - Unknown Artist
Antisocial - Raffertie
Gamma Ray Burst - Downlink
Talk Dubby to Me - Downlink
Fourtunez - Ollie!
Art of Revolution - Bassnectar
HP Sauce - N-Type
M.U.G.E.N - Luke Envoy
26 Basslines - Benga
One Million - Benga
Riddle of Steel (12th Planet & Tealong Remix) - Guns & Bombs
Raw & Uncut - Sarantis
Attack of the giant robot spiders! - Pinch
Aquafresh - Zomby
Kaliko - Zomby
Warriors Dance (Benga Remix) - Prodigy
Flower People - Bombaman
Get Back - 501
Dissapear (Cardopusher Remix) - Star Eyes
Dark Matter - N-Type
Purple City - Joker & Ginz
Re-up - Joker& Ginz
Puking Over - Stenchman
Miracles (Jamie Vex'd Remix) - Starkey
Emerald Moon - KAISER
Rebel Woman - Sasquatch
Badmans Roor - Tactic
Where's My Money? (L-Vis 1990 Edit) - Caspa
United Groove - L-vis 1990
Come Together - L-vis 1990

- KAISER

Emerald Moon

I've been a little off form with the blogging recently, whilst Power has been posting like a madman! (Some bloody good stuff he's put up though, I'm sure you'll agree).

However, I do have a valid excuse, in the form of my first track to be released from the digital captivity of my hard drive, and into the wild world of the interwebs. Download, and let me know what you think!

KAISER - Emerald Moon

- KAISER

Neon Soul

Some Synth heavy stuff here; Lotsa Purple wow-types, Neon hyper grime, Aquacrunk, Wonky and all that good stuff all oozing with a bucketload of soul. Theres been a fair bit of Various production and Boxcutter turning up in my mixes of late - make sure to catch both of them @ Lab - 17th July, big ups to Jack & Tom on some big boi bookings there! Enjoy the mix

Neon Soul

1. Falty DL - To London
2. Boxcutter - Old School Astronomy
3. Boxcutter - Endothermic
4. Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason - Plimsoul
5. Zomby - The Lie
6. LV - Dream Cargo
7. Mujava - Township Funk (Ikonika remix)
8. 2000F & Kamata - You Don't Know What Love Is
9. Joker - 80s
10. Gemmy - Supligen
11. Starkey - Striking Distance
12. Rustie - Rollin
13. Jamie Vex'd - Radiant Industry
14. Jamie Vex'd - Saturn's Reply
15. Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason - Bleep Show
16. Scuba - Twitch (Jamie Vex'd remix)
17. Hudson Mohawke - Overnight
18. Durrty Goodz - This Is What They Want (prod. by Joker)
19. Joker - Do It
20. Taz Buckfaster - Quack
21. Durrty Goodz - Destruction (prod. By Taz Buckfaster)
22. Starkey - Miracles (Jamie Vex'd remix)
23. Basement Jaxx - Raindrops (Joker & Ginz remix)
24. Joker & Ginz - Re Up
25. Rustie - Response
26. Rustie - Tempered
27. Zomby - Mush
28. Ikonika - Simalcrum
29. Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Zomby remix)
30. Zomby - Dripping Like Water
31. Zomby - Liquid Dancehall
32. Zomby - 1 Up

Baobinga - Dubplates!!!

Baobinga is really putting out some bassweight treats these days - having largely cast off his breakbeats of old for a more bassline influenced style - bloody good job I say! Here's a mix of dubplates that I'd kill my own mother to get my hands on, and some bonus tunes:

Drop The Lime - I Love NY (Baobinga Fucked Up Like Woah remix)

Rob Le Pitch - Sticky Fingers (Baobinga & ID remix)


Baobinga - Dubplates May 09 mix

1. The Body Snatchers - Banana Riddim w/ Lil Flip ‘Game Over’ - Dub
2. The Body Snatchers - Gun Runna Riddim w/ Lil Flip ‘Game Over’ & Sirplus ‘Dress Back’ - Dub
3. Baobinga & Killa Benz - Wine Up - Dub
4. Baobinga & Heavy Feet - Some Mo - Dub
5. Baobinga & Rubi Dan - Raggipahop - Dub
6. Baobinga - Ride It - Forthcoming Real Monsters
7. Baobinga & Spyda - Criss Like HD - Dub
8. Ursula 1000 - iCome (Baobinga & I.D. RMX) - Forthcoming ESL Music
9. Gella ft Spyda - Twinkle (Baobinga & I.D. RMX) - Dub
10. Baobinga & I.D. - Jump Up Get Hype (DJ Manaia’s VIP ‘Knuck If You Buck’ Mash Up) - Unreleased Fat!
11. Baobinga - Make It Drop - Forthcoming Real Monsters
12. Baobinga & I.D. - Man Down - Dub
13. Skinnz - Ukraine - Dub
14. I.D. & Skinnz - The Blues - Forthcoming Earwax
15. Baobinga & I.D. - Tongue Riddim - Dub
16. I.D. - Handbagger (Baobinga RMX) - Forthcoming Passenger
17. Baobinga & I.D. - The King - Dub
18. The Body Snatchers ft Frilla - Who Dat - Dub

[Rory]

Electrostimulation Records

Electrostimulation records run by Dangerwank favourite Kanji Kinetic is putting out some serious future-bassline heat at current, we've already featured Kanji and Squire of Gothos, but electrostim new boy Egyptrixx is new to these pages, hailing from Toronto he treads the line between Ghettotech and Heavy bass, something like DJ Slugo/Nasty meets Drop the Lime, here's some tunage from him and the Electrostimulation regulars

Girljoy - Liquorich (Kanji Kinetic remix)

Kid606 - Mr Wobbles Nightmare (Squire of Gothos remix)

Esser - Satisfied (Egyptrixx remix)

[Rory]

Pressha Chamba

Some heavy dubplate pressha here: Think dub techno, not the Berlin x Bristol dub techno axis of Shackleton, T++, Peverelist etc but more thick pressurised subs building on what Basic Channel were doing updated for the dubstep generation, add some Piano refrains, Bruck out funky riddims and subby steppas, before moving into more experimental grounds - enjoy.

Pressha Chamba


1. The Black Ghosts - Full Moon (Appleblim & Komonazmuk remix)
2. Will Saul & Tam Cooper - In & Out
3. Hector & Bryant - Tension (Appleblim & Al Tourettes remix)
4. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn Dark remix)
5. Burial & Four Tet - Moth
6. Shed - Another Wedged Chicken (Martyn remix)
7. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn Bittersweet remix)
8. Altered Natives - Bullet Blade Knuckle
9. D1 - Ongie Bongie
10. NB Funky - The Leak
11. Altered Natives - Rass Out
12. Untold - Anaconda
13. Pinch - Attack Of The Giant Robot Spiders
14. Untold - Sweat
15. Pinch - Teleportation
16. Sigha - On The Strip
17. Joe - Rut
18. Ramadanman - Humber
19. Brackles & Shortstuff - Broken Harp
20. Burial & Four Tet - Wolf Cub
21. Pumajaw - Buds (Various Production remix)
22. Flying Lotus - Glendale Galleria
23. Modeselektor feat Thom Yorke - The White Flash
24. Ghostleigh - Dleep On
25. Jamie Vex'd - In System Travel

[Rory]

Moderat

Modeselektor have been around for what seems like donkey's years now, in that time they released the seminal Hello Mom & Happy Birthday albums. Now they've teamed up again with Bpitch control label mates Apparat for their first Moderat outing since 2002. I just got hold of this album and well its massive - with all the usual digi-dancehall related stuff, plus the epic Rusty Nails sounding like Thom Yorke meets Burial meets progressive trance a la Markus Schulz - big! Pick it up here and make sure to cop the album over at Juno if you like it.

Modeselektor - The White Flash (Trentemoller remix)

Moderat - Rusty Nails


[Rory]

Steamdub

After Ricorb showed me this little preview video on youtube of his upcoming Steamdub release the other night, I haven't stopped watching it! Sooooo dark, brutal and trippy, with layers and layers of sounds to keep you interested till the end. For me though, the video makes it! I recommend you crazy kids watch this one whilst your off your face at 6 in the morning...



If you haven't heard Ricorb before...he'll hurt your face with his industrial bass... I really reccomend that you hit him up on his myspace and particularly check out his AC Slater remix!

- KAISER

We can all groove with it.

Very excited about this one! This absolute belter was posted by L-Vis 1990 himself on Curbcrawlers last week. Particularly like the drop at 1.59...just lovely. Great video too!




Out soon on Mad Decent!

- KAISER

Apples!

Im not especially keen on apples but thought I'd provide a little orchid based amusement for you, some UK funky from apple, an absolute apple pie from L-Vis 1990 and dubstep offerings from Appleblim & Geiom. That’s a lot of apples!:

Apple - Siegalizer

L-Vis 1990 - Apple Bass

Appleblim & Geiom - Shreds


[Rory]

Unhinged with Brackles/Monkey Steak - 27th June @ Croft - Bristol

Anyone in the Bristol area needs to be at this on 26th June. Unhinged is gonna be bring you some heavyweight dubplate presha, and the best in forward thinking future bass music.


First to the plate is man like Brackles, with massive releases lined up for Apple Pips/Planet Mu and huge recent releases on Pollen & Berkane Sol being hammered by the worlds Dubstep glitterati, this boy is a massive shout for 2009! Mashing Dubstep,Garage, Grime and Wonked out Crunkstep weirdness brackles is gonna smash this dance - boys got skills!

Brackles - Glazed

Monkey Steak's Ratatosk's Tree ep has been given some serious hype around these parts and rightly so, having carved out their own niche with futureproof releases for Werk and Punch drunk back when dubstep was in its infancy. Atki2 & Hanuman are back with a genre mashing collection of Booty rave, Bassline, Garage and Funky - catch the boys playing a very rare Monkey Steak set. This is gonna be absolute pure fiyaa!

Stormfield - haiku (Monkey Steak remix)

[Rory]

In the beginning there was Jack.....

Jackmaster is a man in with his finger firmly on the pulse with labels Wireblock and Dress2Sweat putting out essential Wonky/Techno and Bmore/Bassline cuts respectively. Heres a couple of dancefloor smashers:

Tactic's mash up of Badman forward and Patrice Baumel's huge Roar:

Tactic - Badman's Roor

Fellow Glaswegian Rustie's Wonked out synth works:

Rustie - Zig Zag


Bonus: Jackmaster mix for Wire

Massive mix taking in Funky/Wonky/Hip Hop/Dubstep/Techno

1. Elecktroids - Future Intro
2. Lando Kal - Fuzzy Ankles (Wireblock)
3. Lunice - Wobble (Unreleased)
4. Guido - The Way You Make Me Feel (Punch Drunk)
5. Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman D.M. Ragga Hop Remix (Epic)
6. Dials - Riggle Giddum (Unreleased)
7. Rustie - Ultraman Remix (Unreleased)
8. Debruit - Pouls (Musique Large)
9. Redinho - Mo Brap (Wireblock)
10. Ghosts On Tape - Equator Jam (Wireblock)
11. Peter Digital Orchestra aka Fulgeance - Red & White (Wireblock)
12. Apparat - Hold On Modeselektor Remix (Shitkatapult)
13. $tinkworx - Coelacanth (Strange Life)
14. Shadow Dancer - What Is Natural (Boys Noize)
15. L-Vis 1990 - United Groove (Mad Decent)
16. Apple - Chantes (Unreleased)
17. Lil Silva - Different (Unreleased)
18. Sticky - Juneirah Riddim (Ltd.)
19. Emvee - Nocturnal (Wireblock)
20. Secret Agent Gel Feat. Coppa Kid - Crew (Bok Bok Remix) (Unreleased)
21. Starkey - Knob Twiddler (Unreleased)
22. Dorian Concept - Trilingual Dance Sexperience (Unreleased)
23. 77Klash - Pressure (Unreleased)
24. Touchy Subject - Wicked Act (Wireblock)
25. Crime Mob - Knuck If You Buck (Accapella)
26. DJ Oddz - Strung Up VIP (Black Majik)
27. Mr. De’ - Detroit Zoo (Electrofunk)
28. Joker - Purple City (Kapsize)
29. Low Deep - I Know (Colourfulstate)
30. Redinho Bare Blips (Wireblock)
31. Clarke - Dirty Pixie (Warp)
32. Ludacris - Pussy Poppin’
33. AFX - Analord 9 Edit (Rephlex)
34. Bonecrusher - Never Scared (So So Def)
35. Rustie - Jagz The Smack (Stuffrecords)

Ribbit

Well. I'm in love. I've known about these guys for a while but never given them a proper listen. Now I can safely say they're one of my favourite producers of 2009!

I'm talking about the fantastically named, Frogs in Socks. For me, they take deep and percussive techno and tech house to a whole new level. Their bootlegs are off the chain, the choice of samples is fantastic, the production is top grade... i've never enjoyed or bopped to tech so much! It's music for the club, that doesn't discriminate, that's thoughtful and interesting and hardly ever repeats or grates on itself. It all ends up becoming a wonderful symphony of both aggressive grit and subtle warmth in the low end and glitchy samples and quirky sounds in the high end, all rolled up inside a rolling wave of cultural percussion and varied influences.

If it hasn't become clear already, I can't suck up to these boys enough. And it's not just me saying it! Frogs in Socks recently won the iDJ Mix Competition and Chew the Fat! DJ Competition with one of the best mixes I've heard in a LONG time. They've also been raped regularly by Radio 1 DJ's, played at this year's Snowbombing Festival and are a firm favourite of one of my other top producers, Solo.

Without further adieu, and before I do actually start to wet myself, here's a taster of Frogs in Socks:

Slumfrog Millionaires (iDJ & Chew the Fat! Winning Mix) - Frogs in Socks

We are The People (Frogs in Socks Remix) - Empire of The Sun

Dum (Frogs in Socks Remix) - The Martin Brothers [SOUNDCLOUD LINK]

Shack 54 (Frogs in Socks Remix) - Two Lone Swordsmen [SOUNDCLOUD LINK]

Right Here, Right Now (Frogs in Socks Remix) - Fatboy Slim

Be sure to hit up the myspace and their beatport page!

- KAISER

------------- New Star Eyes E.P!!!!! --------------

T&B have been running things stateside on the bass music front, T&B017 - sees original T&B Fam Star Eyes' first release with production duties from none other than T&B label boss Luca 'DTL' Venezia. T&B Gallic contingent Mikix the cat on the remix:

Star Eyes - Disappear (Mikix The Cat remix)

Other remixes come from Niche legend Dexplicit and Venezuelan Cardopusher, this looks set to be big! Make sure to pick it up from Juno when its released on 2nd June.


Bonus: here's some older T&B stuff

Blackfinger - UMF (Supra1 remix)


Mikix the cat - Freeze (Kanji Kinetic remix)


Drop The Lime - Hear Me (AC Slater remix)


Little Jinder - Polyhdron (Supra1 remix)

[Rory]

Tasty bass

Been doing the rounds, and found this lovely little garage/bassline track from Nottingham producer Nay Nay, off of his new "Classic 4 Track EP" release:

Twinkle (feat. Spyda) - Nay Nay

I highly recommend the whole release, got some good collaborations with T2 (of 'Heartbroken' fame), Spyda, Tombstone and Flex which are all reminiscent of that clubby bassline sound that was big a few years ago, but with a more interesting twist, and some unique sounds.

The whole release is available from Juno, be sure to check it out!

Also, as a bonus, here's one of Derelict's tracks off his Streetfighter EP. Proper midrange, crunchy, filthy dubstep that doesnt over do it! Again, be sure to get the whole release from Juno!

Jesus Fuck - Derelict

- KAISER

Do you like.....

….Bass? Assumptions made that your answer is in the affirmative else you wouldn't be reading this mindless drivel. Major amounts of Wobble present for this one - Totally bumming this UK Bass ting! Lots of these guys been repping with Audio Discharge - hopefully we'll get Raffertie down at some point

Hyper Bass


1. Squire of Gothos - Only Wanna Be With Bass
2. Trevor Loveys & Shab Ruffcut - Love & Change (Raffertie remix)
3. Raffertie - Sugar
4. Kid606 - Raving Cain (Doshy remix)
5. Raffertie - Wobble Horror
6. Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Raffertie remix)
7. The Scarlet Harlots - Backlash (Raffertie remix feat Shiftee Moova)
8. DeVille - Quente Demais (Kanji Kinetic remix)
9. Black Rabbit - Ard Krew
10. Doshy - Beat Plug
11. Duran Duran Duran - Face Blast
12. Egyptrixx - On Da Flo
13. Kid606 - Kill Soundboy Kill
14. Doshy - Bla Bla Bla (Kid606 remix)

[Rory]

You aint a Joker you're a Clown...

Was a mate of mine's retort to the young Joker when he was acting like a bit of a tit outside some nightclub in Bristol sometime… the details escape me. You can forgive the lad though, such a mercurial talent and barely out of Nappies. He's part of the Bristol purple wow crew that’s putting out so much lovely synth lead dubstep at the moment, anyone wanting to catch him can do so May 30th @ Lakota - for Rewind - the Neil Kymatik tribute.Here's an unreleased track that’s been doing the rounds
[Rory]


Joker - Solid State

The End...for now...

Played my final radio show of "KAISER on URB" tonight!

To mark the occasion, I mashed 57 of my favourite songs from the past few months of shows, into 57 minutes (Alright then...just over 58...)

Here's a recording for y'all to enjoy:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/60470913fd104e9a/

Alternate link for those of you having trouble with zshare:

http://www.mediafire.com/?xiqcyzrzetk/

TL:

Radio Ladio (Radioclit Remix) - Metronomy

Luanda/Lisboa - Buraka Som Sistema

Township Funk (Sinden Remix) - Dj Mujava

Watching (Dubbel Dutch remix) - Darling Farah

I Love NY (Baobinga Remix) - Drop The Lime

Dancehall of the dead (Kanji Kinetic Remix) - Kid 606

The Bashment Track - Baobinga

Suspense is killing me (Drop the Lime Remix) - Boy 8-Bit

Iron Man - Gtronic

Murder Rocket - Hostage

Paradise Slugs VIP - Venom & Damage

Rock It Out - AC Slater

Day n Nite (Agent X Remix) - Kid Cudi v Crookers

Can't Crux Themselves - Wonk vs Bounce Heretic

Jingo - Candido

Feel So Cyborg - Project Cyborg

Bruce Willis is Dead - Mr Oizo

Baggy Bottom Boys - Jokers of The Scene

Side by side - Felguk

Quicksand - (Joe and Will Ask? Remix) - La Roux

Western Jam - Jayou

Get Down - Jack Beats

Triple Drop ft MC Condom - Squire of Gothos

I Only Wanna be With Bass - Squire of Gothos

The Bomb - Bucketheads

What - Jack Beats

Wearing my Rolex (Pirate Soundsystem Remix) - Wiley

Hear Me (AC Slater remix) - Drop the lime

Mr Wobble's Nightmare (Squire of Gothos remix) - Kid 606

Meddle (AC Slater remix) - Little Boots

The Big Stef - Solo

I Be Shareholdin' - Kid 606

Yin - Wolfgang Gartner

In 4 The Kill (L-Vis 1990 Remix) - La Roux

Neva Let You Go - Dubbel Dutch

Rip Groove (Tim Deluxe Remix) - Double 99

Gutter Music - Starkey

Amalgamation - Bar 9

3k Lane - Jakes & Joker

More than money (Starkey Remix) - Sarantis

Night Thunder - Nero

Strung out - Bar 9

Escape from the hood - High Rankin

Tremor - Southbound Hangers

Shaolin Style (Nero Remix) - Bar 9

Mind Control - 501

Hit That Gash (Itchy Naan Re-rub) - Foreign Beggars & DJ Primecuts

Wheres my Money (Caspa Remix) - TC

Age of Dub - Ed Solo

26 Basslines - Benga

Track A1 on "Cunt Trax" EP - Unknown Artist

Science of Fear (Herve Dub) - The Temper Trap

I Remember (Caspa Remix) - Deadmau5

Not Alone (Doorly Remix) - Calvin Harris

Bonkers (Doorly Remix) - Dizzee Rascal/Armand Van Helden

Snake Eater - Joker

Blinded by The Lights (Nero Remix) - The Streets

- KAISER