Archive for September, 2009

Milez – dubstep mixtape vol. 4

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Milez, aka Mathias Schwarzwald, is a dj/producer of various disciplines. His myspace page has his own production work on it, and that mainly consists of slow building, kinda minimal techno. But just as he has James Holden in his top 8 friends on myspace, he also has Synkro and Joker. So, maybe that gives an apt representation of his musical interests. It looks like he djs more on the minimal tech side of things, but I know he played at a Dub City party once, so he’s seemingly open for dubstep bookings too. Anyways, long story short, dude just put out his 4th dubstep mixtape thing and it’s worth a listen. Good tune selection and an overall upbeat feel. Never gets too deep, never gets too heavy – kinda like some nice Thai stick.  Check out the mix:

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tracklist:
001 TriFunk – Slowwalker (HxdB remix)
002 Model 500 – Starlight
003 Pangaea – Bear Witness
004 Dfrnt – Mucho Mojo
005 Peverelist – Junktion (Shed remix)
006 Giant – Rain Mind
007 DatA – Leaves
008 Peverelist – Erstwhile Rhythm (Original mix)
009 Phaeleh – Lounge
010 Pearson Sound – PLSN
011 XXXY – Science Friction
012 Indigo – Set To Cycle
013 Silkie & Harry Craze – French Knickers
014 Ribotto – Nappy Sunburn
015 Grookie – Fairty Wren (HxdB remix)
016 Indigo & Synkro – Turning
017 Appleblim & Ramadanman – Justify
018 Indigo & Synkro – Could This Be
019 Untold – Sweat
020 Andrea – Temper Tantrum
021 L-Wiz – Syrup Feeling (Blasta Raspberry Syrup mix)
022 Grand Puba – Get It (Reso mix)

[moos] – grote prijs van nederland mix

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

[moos] is a vj/producer duo (Maurice Dohmen and Jorrit H Poelen) from Utrecht. They do dubstep/technoish type music, and then accompany it with their own visuals. This year they recently were selected as one of 12 finalists in the Dance category of the Grote Prijs van Nederland (for those who don’t know, its a large national musical competetion in Holland). They concert to decide the winners is still a ways off, but we thought we’d let you know that their 20 min. mix for the comp is out, and worthy of listen. It’s pretty deep digital sounding dubstep mix, done on Ableton live, an composed of all their own productions. Check out:

[moos] GPNL 2009 Lowdown Mix by [moos]

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Tim Healey & Tai – promo mix

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Ok, so this doesn’t get the dubstep stamp, but it still rocks. Giany Pussy Records is busy with their second release (their first release being remixes of that “Yo Yo Get Funky” tune, with Crissy Criss cleaning up on it with the Yo Yo Get Grimey remix – was featured on 22tracks by Gomes btw) and it features Tim Healey and German electro/rap dude Tai. This time around the tune is the catchy Pocket Rocket – yea, dumb name, but I’m still diggin the tune. True it can be a little cheesey, but if your into party rockin’ mode the tune is pretty tight. Also check the Tes La Rok remix.  If none of this makes any sense to you, here’s a new mix from Tim Healey featuring tunes from the release and other stuff from the likes of Boys Noize, Mr Oizo, … you see where this is going – for fans of Diplo, Crookers, etc.).

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Tracklist:
01 artist: tim healey & TAI /// track: pocket rocket /// label: giant pussy
02 artist: boys noize /// track: jeffer /// label boys noize
03 artist: Bassment Jaxx /// track:raindrops /// funkagenda remix /// CDR
04 artist: Mr Oizo /// track: Flat Beat /// Calvertron rerub CDR
05 artist: dance area /// track: AA 24 7 /// label: news
06 artist: jean claude ades /// shingaling /// TAI remix /// tasted/greatstuff
07 artist: Busy P /// track: To Protect And Entertain /// Crookers Remix /// label: edbanger
08 artist: TAI & D.I.M /// track: Lyposuct /// label: boys noize
09 artist: tim healey & TAI /// track: mashup boyz /// Giant Pussy
10 artist: Zebra /// track: tell me what you want /// CDR
11artist: Jack Beats ‘Rinsed Out Rave’ Remix /// track: Drop The Pressure /// label: cheap thrills

And as a bonus here’s  a promo vid for the Pocket Rocket release:

Disciple of Dread EP – preview

Monday, September 21st, 2009

You know we don’t just bump dubstep nonstop, we gotta taste from the whole musical pie. Right now, and actually for the past while, we’ve been really feeling Kid606 and his Tigerbass posse.  Without getting too into specifics, lets just say Osiris has been dropping Mr Wobble’s Nightmare all over the place, and its always (always) goes off – no matter what the crowd. So, uh, go find that tune, and then catch up on Kid606 – dude makes some scratchy, dirty, techno, punk, i dunno, the words don’t do justice to this rave friendly, radio unacceptable stuff – we think its the shit!

Well, along comes this “Disciples of Dread”EP (on Shockout! Records) featuring tunes from Kid606, Cardopusher, and relative newcomer Badxman – and man, you gonna dig this. Dude has a tighter, more pulled together sound, very rhythmic – almost minimal to a degree. Thing is though its Tigerbeat, so for every part mainstraim, there’s an equal part of revolt. If you like more techno-dub dubstep, you’ll probably love this guy, even though there’s isn’t much techno-dub dubstep in anything he does. Feast:

3 tracks from shock20 Kid606/Cardopusher/BADXMAN-Disciples of Dread EP by Tigerbeat6

DFRNT – promo mix

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

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For those of you into that deep stuff, our boy DFRNT has just put out a mix to promote his new album Metafiction. We reviewed the album in Brrrap #6 (go read it if you haven’t yet).  If you want a dance-floor wobbler, check elsewhere, this stuff is pure melodic soundscape business – dig in:

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Tracklist:

01 Hatcha – Flippin’ (DFRNT Remix) [Dub]
02 Adam Johnson – 4 Squares (DFRNT Remix) [Dub]
03 DFRNT – 808 State of Mind [Dub]
04 DFRNT – On The Move [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
05 DFRNT – Tripped (Synkro Vocal Mix) [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
06 DFRNT – Decay [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
07 DFRNT – Sectioned [Dub]
08 DFRNT – Tenfold (DFRNT Less Is More Edit) [DFRNT.co.uk]
09 DFRNT – Dark Jazz (DJ Madd’s Even Darker Remix) [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
10 DFRNT – An Early Place [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
11 DFRNT – The Warmest [Forthcoming... On The Edge]
12 DFRNT – Wake Up [Forthcoming... On The Edge]