Horsepower Productions - When You Hold Me
TUMBLKLAAT
Frank Rodas - Kick It VIP
Warlock & Noyeahno Presents The Rag & Bone Show - Sub.FM 12.21.11
It’s an end of year retrospective special. 2 hours featuring some priceless gems from the bygone eras of breakstep, 2-Step, early dubstep and grime. Pure memories and badass tunes from start to finish by the likes of Search & Destroy, Vexd, Horsepower, Plastician, Product 01 and more. Enjoy.
TRACKLIST:
2nd II None - Heavy Artillery
Plastician - White Gloves
Plastician - Unknown
Product 01 - Swords Over Stratford
Anti Konsum - Mr Materialism
Atki 2 & Renee Silver - Shocking Out Proud
Southside Allstars - Southside
Alias - Alias
Youngstar - Formula
Deadletterdrop #1 - white label
Darqwan - Round One
Protocol X - Future World
Dubchild - Shaolin Riddim
DJ Narrows - Kick Down The Door
Search & Destroy - Food Chain
Mark One - Equalizer
Vex’d - Pop Pop
Vex’d - Gunman
Soundproof - Bring The Lights Down (Caspa remix)
Marc Ashken - Roots Dyed Dark (Skream remix)
Parson - Sons Of God
Warlock - Click Clack
Crooked One - Annihilation
Starkey - Bounce
Benga & Walsh - Military
TRG - Broken Heart
Horsepower - The Swindle
(Source: Dubstep Forum)
Baobinga’s Breakstep Brukout
My personal history into electronic music from the casual to the more serious (some might say obsessive) starts with breakbeats; from drum ‘n’ bass and jungle to 135/140 bpm breaks and breakstep.
Baobinga (himself a member of the breaks/breakstep scene from its early manifestations) put together this 34 minute fast cut and somewhat essential sound lineup covering some of the core tracks of ‘breakstep’ spilling over into some dark garage and grime inspired plates.
Some have debated (internet and back room chin stroking mostly) and discussed the sonic makeup of the genre, where it started and so on. Some believe it to be a recent thing that followed the rise of dubstep, others know it existed before and was if you excuse the pun, instrumental in the early dubstep dubs.
To be honest it doesn’t really matter as much as some balding 30 something blokes might have you believe. What does matter, in the context of me writing this piece, is Baobinga, Sam Simpson to his mum, knows how to pick a deep dark rolling selection laying down many classics of the genre. From Mark One, Darqwan’s huge Said The Spider, Plastician when he was still Plasticman (which confused me as the first 12″ of his I bought I bought blind thinking it was the work of Richie Hawtin’s Plastikman). To Zinc’s alias Jammin’, Search and Destroy, the mighty Vex’d, the much applauded and still sought after Freeze instrumental from Grime kingpin Wiley; Geeneus, early Skream and finally ending up Loefah’s Twisup VIP with a remix lick from Youngsta and Task.
So there we go. Put together for the good folk over at Crazylegs.
“Although it never really got the props it deserved, the music loosely known as breakstep is one of the defining influences on what I do. Chopped up drums with a slight jungle / dnb edge (without being referential to the point of parody), plenty of bass, but with the mid-range held back enough to imply darkness rather than pile the rage on with a spade, and a bit of swing and bounce to the beats to link it with the emerging dark garage and dubstep scenes. J Da Flex’s much-missed show on 1Xtra was the place for the weekly update on these bits, and one of my career highlights is the fact that J played one of my bits on his mix for John Peel’s show way back when.
Anyway, all these tunes kind of came out as garage was dying, grime was starting to move away from hype instrumentals into more MC-dominated territory, and as dubstep was still figuring out what it was supposed to sound like – ie. a time of massive musical flux. Which is sort of where we’re at right now – in a bit of a state of flux, not entirely sure where things are going to go next… So this mix is a bit of tribute to the last time things felt like this. All done on vinyl, and for some random reason on a rotary mixer, which is categorically NOT the right kind of mixer for this kind of stuff!”
TRACKLIST:
Mos Def, Nate Dogg, Pharoah Monche – Oh No (Dj Hype RMX)
Darqwan – Cold Symptoms
SLT Mob – Stopper
Chase & Status – Wise Up
Mark One – Rain Dance
Shimano – Blues
Darqwan – Said The Spider
Bogeyman vs DJ Lombardo – Through The Keyhole
Wiley – Flat Derik
Plasticman – Anger
Darqwan – Taiwan Ink
Shimano – Roll The Drums
Jammin – Hold On
Search & Destroy – Mark Of The Beast
Wiley – Freez Instrumental
Vex’d – Lion
Geeneus – The Journey (Shimano RMX)
Fyrus – Jaws
Daluq – Supafine
Skream – Who R Those Guys
Loefah – Twisup VIP (Youngsta & Task RMX)
(Source: DARKFLOOR)
FACT mix 302 - Patrice & Friends (Nov ‘11)
We’ve no idea as to quite what spawned Patrice & Friends’ Cashmere Sheets, but we’re more grateful for its existence than 99% of other albums released this year.
The work of rogue house and grime producer Slackk, whose past releases have come on labels like Numbers and Diskotopia (there’s also the gliding ‘Polar Bear’, due for a December release on Unknown to the Unknown), apparently working in tandem with some undisclosed friends, Cashmere Sheets is effectively ‘80s boogie, funk and r’n’b reimagined at footwork tempo, with ultra high-res vocal samples riding lightning-fast drum rushes. The smooth wildly juxtaposes with the frenetic; think DJ Rashad’s soul-sampling tracks taken to a totally illogical extreme, and you’re in the right ball park.
Patrice & Friends’ FACT mix is only 35 minutes long, but it doesn’t let up once, with stacks of Patrice material both released and unreleased and stop offs from DJ Roc, DJ Manny, Juicy J & Lex Luger, Juke Ellington and more. If you’re bored of the softness of a lot of current UK dance music then trust us, this is your jam.
TRACKLIST:
Patrice & Friends – So I Took It Upon Myself
Patrice & Friends – Spellbound
Manny – Mystery
Patrice & Friends – She Got Ice In Her Mouth
Patrice & Friends – Barmaid
DJ Roc – Duel Of Fates
Lil Jabba – Raiders
Patrice & Friends – Gasp
Juicy J – Pills Weed & Pussy
Patrice & Friends – Waitress
Patrice & Friends – (Can’t Stop) Loving You
Patrice & Friends – Lovers, Us, The World
Falty DL – Brazil (Slick Shoota RMX)
Patrice & Friends – I Wanna Take You
Juke Ellington – Blow
Patrice & Friends – After The Rave
Warlock & Noyeahno Present: The Rag & Bone Show - SUB FM - 11.09.11
Tip top bumpin bass music. This weeks show features new music from Deca Rhythm, Frisfo Beats, Goldffinch, Warlock, Bok Bok plus some old and new classics thrown in for good measure. Enjoy :)
TRACKLIST:
1. Luke’s Anger Feat. Lee Scratch Perry - Earthworms
2. Lukid - My Teeth In Your Neck
3. Non 5ilent - Fontaine
4. Hxdb & 3rdeye - Transpacific (Resketch Remix)
5. Goldffinch - Burned Bit
6. Goldffinch - Funky Panda
7. Warlock - Space Junk
8. T Williams - Analogue Tour
9. A1 Bassline - Falsehood
10. Rustie - Zig Zag
11. Dismantle - Get On It
12. Kamikaze Space Programme - Rover
13. Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Lil Ma Bonus Beat
14. Martyn - Viper (London Arches Mix)
15. Woz - Loose
16. Warlock - Wilful Damage
17. M Cole And Scruffizer - Southern Electric
18. Warlock - Perana
19. Warlock - Too Late
20. Photomachine - Live & Direct
21. Orphan 101 - Fist First
22. Taz - Robogrime
23. Bert On Beats - Zonin (Woz Remix)
24. Dismantle - Computation
25. Broski - Target
26. Zombies For Money - Kayapo
27. Rack N Ruin Ft Navigator - Territory (Woz Remix)
28. Riffs - Girls Attack
29. Kamikaze Space Programme - Lawn
30. Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Porn Clash
31. LFO - Mentoc 1
32. Lenny D’Ice - We Are I.E.
Darqwan - Confused
Santos – Camels (DJ Zinc Mix)
Shut Up & Dance - Action
Chairman Chau Presents: Management Refuse The Right To Entry
House and Garage blended to perfection by the Chairman. Expect to hear tunes from artists like MK, Teena Marie, Scott Garcia, Kenny Dope, Groove Chronicles and Matt Jam Lamont.
TRACKLIST:
1. Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
2. D-Ha - Life Me Up
3. Bucketheads - The Bomb
4. Brawther - Spaceman Funk (George Fitzgerald Mix)
5. Danny J Lewis - Spend The Night
6. Same People - Dangerous (Crazy Bank Remix)
7. Bette Midler - To Deserve You Mk Mix
8. D.S.K. - What Would You Do?
9. De Souza - Keep It Coming
10. Myron - We Can Get Down (Groove Chronicles Mix)
11. Once Waz Nice - Messing Around
12. Scott Garcia - It’s A London Thing
13. Tynada - I Get A Rush
14. Urban Myths - Making Me Feel
15. Matt Jam Lamont - Feel My Love
16. Cloud 9 - Do You Want Me (Dem 2 Mix)
(Source: Chairman Chau)
Tenement Sound 15 - Brookwise Mix
Tunes that go bump in the night!
As the summertime party season sets upon us I thought it was only right to bring the bump this month with a flexed out mix of uk house and garage. Plenty of bangers floating about too with that Mosca release being my absolute pick of the bunch.
Speaking of all thing swing and jack don’t forget to lock in the Summer Innit Ghetto Blaster Picnic. As part of Melbourne Music Week the Heavy Innit and Chant Down crews are running an afternoon party down at Birrarung Marr and broadcasting direct from the decks in a 500m radius. I know mad eh…
So bring your beers, blankets and ghetto blasters for an afternoon of sunshine, dub and uk bass!
TRACKLIST:
1. The Knife - Schoal Swarm Orchestra [Rabid Records]
2. Balam Acab - Welcome [Tri Angle]
3. Brookwise - What Went Wrong (Cali Edit) [Unreleased]
4. Visionist and Lorca - W.M.I.D [Left Blank]
5. Maddslinsky - Further Away ft Taiwiah [Tru Thoughts]
6. Synkro - Girl [Mindset Records]
7. Dfrnt - True (Jack Dixon Remix) [Nu-Directions]
8. Artwork - Basic G [Tempa]
9. Spatial - 0470810 [Infrasonics]
10. Pariah - Orpheus [R&S]
11. Sully - Its Your Love [Keysound]
12. Mosca - Bax [Numbers]
13. Zed Bias - Neighbourhood (Steve Gurley Vocal Mix) [XL]
14. DEA Project - Rush [BG]
15. Mosca - Tilt Shift (Julio Bashmore Remix) [Fat City Recordings]
16. Blawan - Getting Me Down [White]
17. Mosca - Done Me Wrong [Numbers]
18. Brawther - Spaceman Funk (Deep Club Mix) [Secretsundaze]
(Source: TenementSound)
Hawerchuk - Caned Pees
// really wish breakcore garage took off as a genre… heads were never ready.
DNR Vinyl Guest Mix Vol 1: Noodles (Groove Chronicles)
DNR Vinyl is proud to announce their first guest mix, from Noodles of Groove Chronicles
TRACKLIST:
01. T Free - Anything - Groove Chronicles Mix
02. BM Dub - Take It From Me
03. El-B - El-Brand
04. Templeton Peck - Your Luv
05. Large Joints - Down On You
06. Groove Chronicles - Stonecold
07. Crazy Bald Heads - First Born
08. 5 Mob - Panic Stationz
09. Dub Masters - Forget Me Not
10. Rip N It - Volume 1
11. Industry Standard - Lets Start Love Over
12. GROOVE CONNEKTION 2
13. Twyce As Nyce - What Can I Do
14. Groove Chronicles - Your Powers Taking Over
15. Groove Chronicles & Sterling Styles - Nobody But You