Headshotboyz

DOWNLOAD >> Crutch Mixtape Feb 2009 by the Headshotboyz. Funky, bumpy, Crux and Electro-fied. A pile of pimp material is this fun mix.

• 01. Buraka Som Sistema - Yah! feat. Petty
• 02. Wolfgang Gartner - For The Love Of Girls
• 03. Lost Daze - Jump Flex feat. T.O.K. & BL (Vanilla Gorilla Remix)
• 04. Stupid Bastard - Hype Up
• 05. Shinichi Osawa - Push (Tronik Youth Remix)
• 06. Ron Carroll - Bump To Dis (Bart B More & Bingo Players Remix)
• 07. Steve Angello - Gyspy (Daagard & Morane Remix)
• 08. Headshotboyz - Detector/Tellemgood Dirty Dutch Vox
• 09. Scott Cooper & Andy George - Jump & Twist
• 10. Wolfgang Gartner - Hook Shot
• 11. Rudenko - Everybody
• 12. His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong
• 13. Neon - Ship In Ship (Hatiras Remix)
• 14. Headshotboyz - Thar
• 15. ZXX & Paul AnthonyJiberish

Much thanks to Fried My Little Brain, a source of quality media.

Atomic Hooligan

Most likely the next show I attempt to make it out to will be for Atomic Hooligan. Click their link to visit their MySpace which has a bunch of goodies, free downloads, a MiniMix, and tonnes of video.

With such control of the decks it appears February 27th's BASSIC event at Sumo Lounge could be a fantastic night. Bump this 2 PART set!

Atomic Hooligan @ Blacklight Prom -Part 1

Atomic Hooligan @ Blacklight Prom -Part 2

Kay Pettigrey - The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Cute rendition of the Fresh Prince theme by Kay Pettigrey - a Grade 7 student in Toronto. Pleasant vocals that made my Saturday, in mellow tone that I've grown to love recently.



Enjoy! The dance tunes will come in time, there has not been anything exceptional to come my way in a bit- though I haven't searched hard since I've been working harder. 12 hour days in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, riding public transit, and drinking tea from water bottles.

Hydroplaning Dolphins

The BBC always has interesting documentaries. Perhaps its the narration or the pan-flute still in use from the Middle Ages that makes the videos so appealing, but in any case these dolphins are evolution in perspective.

Best International Group

- Born on old school computers in Angola, Kuduro genre is low-tech, high-energy lower West African dance music driven on free samples, cracked software, and percussive patterning. -

Buraka Som Sistema are a collective of old-world and new-world technologies and cross-border recording and vocal artists. Mainly based in Lisbon, Portugal, the flavour of Kuduro meets HiFi equipment and many Angolan migrants in the suburbs and the city itself. Add in production skills from M.I.A. and king of Kuduro DJ Znobia, plus Angolan MCs, - and this cross-border sound cult is the only true international group fit for the title.

Watch this great interview from XLR8R TV when BSS were in the US for the first time.




Black Diamond is the full debut album from Buraka Som Sistema which they're touring currently.
Here's the intense video the first released single Sound of Kuduro which saw a big range of producers and vocal talent. Plus, check out the dancing - The kids got moves!



As for their sound - check out these two very different mixes created some great zines. DJ'd rather than live, the mixes sample Buraka Som Sistema's progressive sounds and include a bit of outside material.

theFader Mixtape

Pitchfork Media Mixtape


Both links follow to the original posts and come with tracklistings. Even as a pale Canadian the warm bass and upbeat rythems get played quite often. I probably watched that documentary 20 or 30 times while writing this post, and would have put more effort into it had I not gotten sick. But in any way, watch Buraka Som Sistema and other international collaborative groups. They're bringing music from shadowed cultures and forefronting it to wide audiences with some of the best vocalists (Sabarosa's annunciation is wild!) and production men and women without the need of borders, aside from cultural differences. But spice up the cold months and get ready to shake! BSS is truly an international act.

Kalemba/Wegue, Wegue - great live performance turned music video for their 2nd single which is #2 on the Portuguese charts at the time of writing.


PS. Happy Birthday to the late Bob Marley! <3 One Love!

Hannah Holland - SHAKE IT UP ft Mama

New release from Hannah Holland and Batty Bass Records. Catch more this Spring when the full shops up and running!
Personally, I think her skills are gonna claim 2009. Just my picks.

BEST PODCAST - Batty Bass Radio

Timing and taste is everything for this award! People crave good, upfront music and the efforts to release one mini-mix a month won this award. Not only that, if you manage to download all the casts you'll see the development of a truly unique sound called Batty Bass.



Today, Hannah Holland has released the 13th edition of
Batty Bass Radio << Click to Subscribe!

Hannah's Bastard Batty Bass podcast blends the latest & greatest underground club tunes into pre-event hype. Representing her monthly club's flavour, the 20-or-so minute cast is perfect for myPods. Thousands tune into the sound of wobbly head-bobbing bass - expansive and inclusive of many genres: a bit of Techno and House, Progressive, NY Garage, Baile Funk, B'More, Jungle, and the environmental depths of Dub-Step. It has even been ranked in the Top 5 subscriptions on Podbean - climbing past 100,000 other casts!!

The ferocious sound-sisters Hannah Holland, Mama Shamone, and MC Chickaboo blast patrons with street smashers and quirky MCing, in an environment of creative and clashing culture. Batty Bass' two years of monthlies have made the first Thursday of the month a must-do on London UK's club calendar.

Outside the monthly, miss Holland is regularly called up to the decks at the infamous Bugget Out parties and has taken her skills to such clubs as London's Fabric, Ibiza's Space and Manumission, the great Exit Festival in Serbia, and more recently traveling down-under. The tuned unique sounds of Batty Bass have reached a global audience.

Any North American promoters that want to drown their crowd in bassy-sound, Hannah is looking for bookings in June~ish 2009.
DJ Booking info in right column.

OUR PREVIOUS POSTS (full of media and links to articles and .mp3s) also make her the Most Blogged on RiotRiotRiot, though she didn't have to try hard there. We love ya HH!.. <3

Join the podcast and sync it to your device! Episodes 4, 7, 11, and 12 are our most played (I'd know more if I hadn't reinstalled iTunes.

Kap Bambino - French Indie Thrashers

Charging out of Bordeaux, France, Kap Bambino powered through 2008 with intense vocals from Caroline Martial and electro-thrash mixes from the hands of Orion Bouvier. Their full throttle performance meets independent spirit and the pair have been touring their show through the global underground all year. At the same time they have been releasing tracks on their fully hands-on label, WWILKO - including all artwork and recordings.

Sample their material and bold quirk:

LIVE Performance and Interview with Dazed Digital


And if you start this video as the one above is ending then you should get a seamless mix into

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The Ting Tings UPDATE

The video is back up! Earlier today the new video for the US release of That's Not My Name had errors with sound/video sync. Although embeds are disabled you can catch the video on YouTube!

The Ting Tings are the Breakthrough Artists of 2008

Playing and pushing their performances for two years since their debut at 2007 Glastonbury Festival on BBC's Introductory stage, The Ting Tings played massive sold out shows, toured the world, and are now being recognised for their astounding, seemingly simplistic efforts. One of the most posted and exciting journeys to watch. We knew the UK duo would reach the masses in 2009, and now releasing a redone video for That's Not my Name, they are certainly the breakthrough artists from start and onwards. Best in 2009!

Post Posting Script: As expected the video was removed two hours after its release. This is just our ability to get the goods before others. In replacement I've sampled some of my favourite vids (that I can get in my territory) below:

Great DJ


We Walk - LIVE at Toronto's Mod Club


Shut Up and Let Me Go - LIVE @ Radio 1's Big Weekender

West Coast Canadian DubStep

Hands down! This bassy award goes to DJ Cure for his work with Aufect Recordings, his local promotion work, and his talents behind the decks. You can read more about Cure, and download this chunky and grimey mix that sealed the deal:

DJ Cure - Stimulus Simulus
STREAM or DOWNLOAD (Link)

Praise the Roof - We Have Closure!

Andy C droppin' Pendulum and MC GQ on the mic - the Holy Ghost meme gets an early award for syncing the F out of those revivalists!

Canadian LIVE Breakbeat Hardcore

These guys are a band and the track Kill Bella Donna is my favourite, possibly only 7". There are more 7"s I want, but I'm not paying customs. So sneak them in when you get here ;)
Dirty, raunchy smash-lyrics.
Belladonnakillz - Kill Bella Donna (Panacea Remix)

VV Brown - L.E.A.V.E.

Official video for VV's new single - available March 2nd.

BIG UP Hometown Legend

Big mix coming from a local legend! I will leave it to his words, and his skills, to tell you his music. Pretty loaded as far as track selection,

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No editing was done, no mastering, no computer mixing programs....just me, 2 Pioneer CDJ200s, and my stinking old 2 channel American DJ.

It is as close as I can get to a thorough tracklist -

1) Who's Who - Sexy Fuck (Robbie Rivera Bangin' mix)
2) ?
3) Sahira - ?
4) Sharooz - Get Off (Miles Dyson remix)
5) John Dahlback - Human Animal (remix)
6) Wolfgang Gartner - Clap
7) Interplay - Everybody (remix)
8) ?
9) Popof - ?
10) ?
11) Maybe it's Me - Artist Unknown
12) Sasha - Xpander (Deadmau5 remix)
13) Dr. Kucho - Groove is...
14) Alex Metric - Caller
15) Empire of the Sun - Walking on Dream (Mobin Master remix)
16) Dataworx - Control
17) Addy - A Better Day
18) Sharooz - Lollipop Machine
19) Jelo - Stars (remix)
20) Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Unreleased remix)
21) Jelo - Illectrolingus
22) Prince - When Doves Cry - Rekka remix
23) CRW - I Feel Love (remix)
24) Onionz - Burning
25) ?
26) Todd Terry - Uncle Tech (Genetick and geo remix)
27) Deadmau5 - The Reward is More Cheese
28) Bryan Cox - Get Nasty feat Discoette (Original mix)
29) ?
30) Macca - The Big Rinse
31) ?
32) Orbital - Belfast (Deadmau5 remix)
33) Moby - Stars (Deadmau5 remix)
34) ? (I Think Another Popof remix)
35) Bassline Time - AC Slater
36) Chase and Status - Pieces


DOWNLOAD or STREAM (ZShare)

RIP Jughead (Juggy)

March 2007 - Jan 13 09

Mary Jane Baker

LIVE on Bassteasers Digital


2HRs of intense breaks, fidgit and garage!! What a great set from Jess.

BassTeasers Digital Presents Mary Jane Baker

FREE STEAMING MIX: Mind Killa - Jess' first breaks set and most requested mix. Mary Jane Baker is the funky-chunky sound technician.

Catch her LIVE tonight on Bassteasers Digital

Upfront House, Breaks, Fidget, and GARAGE!
COME BACK to download the show tonight! 2HRs of inspiration for your Wednesday Hump Day!

He's Back! and Creepy!

...

The Verve LIVE at Glastonbury 2008 Bittersweet Symphony

On the Block

Toronto's newest online radio show, Bassteasers Digital Radio, will gather the GTA's top DJs for weekly guest mixes, Sunday (possibly extended) sessions, and intamitely bring to you the talents of your nights.

They enter into the soundstream with a smooth and funky 2HR mix by Mike Conradi (RC,SA) - a light to heavy mix of house, techno and breaks. With a phenomenal pool of talent already situated in Southern Ontario, BTDR is on a defining path of showcasing the true sounds of Canada's Underground.

Next Tuesday tune in to a truly talented miss of the decks, Mary Jane Baker. A grand friend of mine, Jessica Greenwell inspires crowds with sounds unlike any other. Spliced and blended with a unique dedication. In her own words;

It's gonna be rad bitches! House, Breaks and maybe even a bit of B'more & Garage for my hometown crew. Dont miss out, I promise you a rockin Tuesday night!

So tune in January 12 @ 8PM EST, so.. 6PM my time! , catch the radio link in our coming, more orderly link-list.

Buzia.008

Jamie Kidd is ends 2008 with a groovy bass journey and technotic temperament. Entering 2009 with Buzia.008, a bold mix from Toronto's changing times. Architecturally brilliant as always, and just a fair bit more just barely losing it.

Jamie Kidd - Buzia

01 // Seth Troxler & Patrick Russell — Doctor of Romance

02 // Frank Lorber, Bernd Maus & Erik Besier — Tres (Stripped Down Dub)

03 // Seismal D — Not Human (Hugo Remix)

04 // H.O.S.H. — Super Sick Bowl [ jk edit ]

05 // Nyra — Tongue

06 // Hugo & Daniele Papini — Physical

07 // Ramon Tapia — Just Me

08 // Tiger Stripes — Hooked (Guy Gerber Remix)

09 // Paul Ritch — Aquarel

10 // Audio Bullys — Flickery Vision (Tim Green Dub Mix)

11 // Paul Ritch — Split

12 // Marc Romboy — Sonora (Hugo Remix)

13 // Ralph Sliwisnki — Pox Box (Johnny D Remix)

14 // Polder — Ginger (District One Remix)

15 // Roland Clark — Black In My Soul (Tiger Stripes Dub Vox)

16 // Matthias Meyer — Tout Va Bien

17 // Guido Schneider & Andre Galluzzi — Too Late To Land [ jk edit ]

18 // Alter Ego — Jolly Joker (SuperMayer Remix)

19 // Dave Shokh & Tony Rohr — Dirka Dirka (Par Grindvik’s Extended Alley Rock 12)

More of the Kidd,
MySpace,

Production duo Metalogic,

His parties, check out Cherry Beach in Summer. Party on the lakefront, cool yourself of to some beats.

LOL

Viral Video Pet Store

All those cute and furry videos of the interweb combined by CollegeHumor TV.
They're pressing out some quality videos and recently signed with MTV.
Hopefully the only time MTV gets mentioned on this blog.

Bizarro

By Dan Pirarro is an off-kilter, but oh-so-relevant comic that always gets a chuckle from me.
These particular drawings get an extra laugh from me now that I've moved to Cow Town.






The one is about any cat. I moved 3000Km away and there are now two cats, not one that wake me up every morning..

2009

Starts in Calgary. The move went well besides a hangover and turbulence and first time flying, on a seven AM flight. But that quickly passed and set into jet-lag. All is well now and I am heavily enjoying myself in the city. Here are some pictures from my webcam in my room and balcony.

Fresh off the plane


Hung some of my design paintings


Looks pretty, pretty cold ( -38 feels as cold as it sounds)


NOTE: -40F and -40C are the same temperature.

Jetlag



Growing vegetables instead of owning pets



TBC

The Breaks are Acid

Marty McFly


Collingwood, Ontario's Breaks phenomenon rings in 2009 with acidic beats and his right-on-time mixes. Grab this while you can! His shows always steal crowds from the neighboring clubs for reasons you'll soon hear.
DOWNLOAD (Right Click, Save As)


Nice little 9minute live performance:

Rick Astley Megamix

Common.. it's goooooooooood!

Cheap Thrills

Steve Aoki lays down a hip set of 2008 classics.

DOWNLOAD - Steve Aoki Essential Mix

1. Larry Tee - Carmina Burana / I Love U (Bart B More mix)
2. Les Petit Pilous - Wake Up - Boys Noize
3. MSTRKRFT - Bounce (Bloody Beetroots 90 mix) - Dim Mak
4. MSTRKRFT - Bounce (A-Trak mix) - Dim Mak
5. Herve - Cheap Thrills (Armand van Helden mix) - Cheap Thrills
6. Fake Blood - Mars - Cheap Thrills
7. Weird Science - Haus of Cards - Dim Mak
8. Machines Dont Care - Afro Jacker - Cheap Thrills/Dim Mak
9. Busy P - To Protect and Entertain (The Crookers dub mix / vocal mix) - Ed Banger
10. Basement Jaxx - Hey U (Switch and Sinden mix) - XL
11. Proxy - Raven - Turbo
12. Junkie XL and Steve Aoki - 1967 Poem (club mix) - Nettwerk
13. Steve Aoki - Dead Meat - Dim Mak
14. The Fashion - Solo Impala (Weird Science mix) - Epic
15. Duran Duran - Skin Dive featuring Timbaland (Steve Aoki keyboard club dub mix) - Epic
16. Metro Station - Control (Weird Science mix) - Columbia
17. Shitdisco - Ok (Yuksek mix) - Fierce Panda/Dim Mak
18. The Bloody Beetroots - Dimmakmmunication - Dim Mak
19. MSTRKRFT - VU VU VU - Dim Mak
20. Lazaro Casanova - Venganza (Felix Cartal mix) - Classanova
21. Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (The Crookers mix) - Mental Groove
22. Bugo - La Mano Mia (Cecile and The Bloody beetroots mix) - Universal
23. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo - Data
24. The Presets - My People (DIM mix) - Modular
25. Felix Cartal - Montreal Dreams (Aoki edit) - Felix Cartal
26. SPA - Pets Dance (Aoki edit) - Dim Mak
27. Debonaire Samir - Samirs Theme (instrumental mix) - Milk Crate
28. Daft Punk - One More Time (Aoki edit) - Virgin
29. Daft Punk - One More Time (House Moguls JFK edit)
30. Jean Elan - Where Is Your Head At (Klaas mix) - Big and Dirty
31. The Who - Baba O-Reily (Sebastien mix)
32. MGMT - Kids (Aoki intro edit) - Columbia

Just some..

Sneaky Sound System

some puppets dance to a gay disco-rock track. There is totally some domestic abuse, and if you ever watched Pinochio's Revenge.. yeah man.

From Calgary, the new home of RRR

You like Funk? Breaks? Steeze stature and fierce phantoms that make up this fantastic mix. Deep, punky up-beat, and a dece(nt) ratio of vocals (as they can get repetitive in Breaks and Hip-Hop) and breakdowns and transitions. And its broken into single tunes so don't have to like it all.

Evil Ed, Rodney P, Fifth Suite, Dynamite MC, Dizzee, MIA, Cane Matto +

DOWNLOAD = FABRICLIVE 20 - Joe Ransom
It comes with its own tracklist.

Trash Menagerie's 2008 Grand List

:

Cute,

but when I was a child we stabbed cloves into them and let em' dry up.


Smelled' live orange-clove spices.
This mix reminds me of rave.

Wake Up, Live.

DIESEL

an iPod/Zune micro-set by SteveFrench:: (my alter ego)

ZSHARE DOWNLOAD

Americana

Buffer Overflow by Sean Clauretie

Its WINTERGEDDON

The coming of the Ice Age!

Found my very first ever recorded set. Classic Hardhouse (UK, Scouse)
Maybe I'll post it one of these day. But you can't open your gifts early, I did that one year and damn.

Storm 3 of Wintergeddon. Ending in an ice storm. My plane better be in 'I think I can, I think I can' mode on Sunday morning. Enough nonsense! However, I will be spending this NYE in Banff, Alberta! Old friend works a bar-rail for aprés and my roomate has a friend in the mountains for the night. Not woodland creatures, but people. Skiing is apparently reaching -30C and Calgary is -42C. Bitchin', I'll be in my man-cave all winter.


Hot Chip performing live:

No Fit State



I Keep Falling


I Was a Boy From School

Track Called Safety

Bang It

Toronto Canada's, Mike Conradi is a dedicated DJ and local legend. He seamlessly showcases Techno, House, and Breaks, and a little Electro thrown if for the party. This latest mix features loads of Toronto producers including Jelo, the Phat Conductor, and night queen Sydney Blu.

Putting this up for the Saturday night pleasure seakers, maybe even a little after-party bumper.
Mike Conradi - December 20th, 2008 (Right Click, Save As)

1 Jelo & Adam K - Crazy Disco
2 Robb G & The Phat Conductor - Snatch Racket
3 Wolfgang Gartner - Flashback
4 SPKR Ninjaz - Elephatn
5 Aquilaganja - Typical (incredible melting man mix)
6 Chris Anderson - Overdose (jelo's ol'skool luv mix)
7 Rekka - I Say You say (jef harly mix)
8 Jelo & Adam K - Ragnarok
9 Bingo Players - Bounce (Till Ya)
10 Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down
11 Pedro Carilho - Nada De Ti (d-unity big speaker mix)
12 Joseph Indelicato - Learn To Dance (d-unity's afterhour terror mix)
13 D-Unity - Tension
14 Lutzenkirchen - All That Jazz
15 Sydney Blu - Senses & The Mind (olivier giacomotto mix)
16 The Killers - Mr Brightside (bass weazal vs mikey hook mix)
17 Koma & Bones - Hit Me

No Matter What.. .

Barbie always looks the same.

Khoda

Description:
What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

Director and art director: Reza Dolatabadi


Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

Having a Little Fun Today

Manuel Osbourne-Paradis placed Third at Val Gardena, Italy today in FIS World Cup ski racing. The videos aren't up yet, but here is is 3rd place finish on the treacherous Lauberhown course in Wengen, Switzerland at the end of last season. The announcers are awesome.

Wonky Business!! Reprise

Another fine mix (kinda exclusive) coming from our gal Hannah Holland. It has been a big year and 2009 promises to be even BIGGER. Watch for wonky bangers on Batty Bass Records. Perfect balance between club and the underground, and still pioneering and engineering the movement each awakened day. Absolutely fabulous!

Hannah Holland - Can You Dance To My Beat? Dec 08 Mix (ZShare)

1. “THE BIG STEF” – SOLO
2. WHAT CANTO IS IT? – MIKE MONDAY BOOTLEG
3. MY ANGELIC DEMONS – JUSTIN MARTIN
4. CHOP – BINGO PLAYERS
5. GENERATION NOISE FEAT. BOOGSHE (AFROJACK REMIX) – LAIDBACK LUKE, ROMAN SALZGER
6.GET UP (DIPLO RMX) – BINGO PLAYERS
7. RHYTHM INSURANCE – CHAIM
8. TANZBOMBE (ROBAG WRUHME REMIX) – ROBAG WRUHME, PASCAL FEOS
9. THE CUT – BENGA
10. FLOOR DEM – CASPA

Wonky and catchy. Definately had me dancing around my room today with the mix on repeat. Something new I've been trying - really allows to leave the room and come back throughout the day and still be entertained. I'd have more to write about, but this move is draining me. Back to head bobbin' and dutchin'

Loaded Set!

Annie Mac's Mash Up show on Radio One plays a palpable variety of genres. This one set is loaded with goodies! Santi, Crookers, Chem Bros, and Roni Size and Ladyhawke mini mixes. It's old, from the Summer, but full of upfront audio for an upfront audience, who might not have been tuned in at the time.

Today is just a blend of white, wind and a wayward blogger.
As always, enjoy!

Annie Mac's Mash Up on BBC Radio 1 (June 4, 2008) - Roni Size, Ladyhawke +
1. Sub Focus - Lights Out (live from Glastonbury)
2. Herve feat Plastic Little - Cheap Thrills - Data
3. Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning - Modular
4. Dizzee and Calvin - Dance Wiv Me (Agent X mix) - Dirtee Stank
5. Dizzee Rascal - Thats Not My Name - Live Lounge
6. Chase and Status - Take Me Away - Ram
7. Chase and Status - Judgement (Informer) - Ram
8. The Rapture - No Sex For Ben - Rockstar Games
9. Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Cant Turn Around (Lifelike mix) - Backyard
10. MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice mix) - Sony/BMG
Roni Size Mini Mix
11. …
12. Basement Jaxx - Twerk - XL
13. Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Rusko mix) - Atlantic
14. Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders mix) - Atlantic
15. Common feat Pharrell - Universal Mind Control - Geffen
16. ACDC - Thunderstruck - Atlantic
17. ACDC - Thunderstruck (Crookers mix)
18. Fake Blood - Mars - Cheap Thrills
19. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast mix) - XL
20. Santogold - Lights Out - Atlantic
21. Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo mix) - Mad Decent
22. Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont reconstruction mix) - Sixsevenine
23. Paleface and Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazi Cousins mix)
24. J Majik and Wickaman - Crazy World (Brookes Brothers mix) - Data
Ladyhawke Mini Mix
25. …
26. Drums Of Death - Breathe (Curses mix)
27. Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy - Charisma
28. The BPA feat David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal - Toe Jam - Southern Fried
20 Minutes Of Rave
29. Jay-Z - Big Pimpin
30. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feelin On
31. Zinc - Marching
32. Cap N Harry - Take Me Be (Kissy Sell Out mix)
33. Mandy Vs Bookashade - Body Language
34. Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor
35. Chemical Brothers - Midnight Madness
36. The Killers - Mr Brightside (JLC mix)

DJ Zinc Grows Farther

Under my limited intake of Jungle and Drum and Bass DJ Zinc is one artist that tops my list. Classic take on complex rythems and dedicated showcasing of the music. He's been around a while and eventhough he reigned, and might still reign, the top of the DnB DJs, his new twist in influence comes not from a funky broken-beat. But rather the 4/4 line of House music.

I'm not complaining. My tastes towards DnB have diminished over time (unless the DJ is extremely intricate and talented in his mixing and track selection.) So Zinc plays House. Or Funky, or UK Funky. Great! Keep reaching new audiences and growing with the music.

What is Funky?

It feels to me a bit like UK garage, except it’s a bit more 4/4. The UK take on house often is grittier. I guess it’s because British people have been listening to lots of reggae and jungle, so they bring those elements.

Read the Red Bull Music Academy Interview with Zinc for his view on his growth as a musician. Which it truly is: growth. Instead of staying in a stagnant situation, he furthered his approach and updated witht he music. Impressive, intriguing, and instyle.

Thanks to RinseFM for the download link.
Zinc - November House Mix (Right Click, Save As)


Sample his older DnB style:
Creeper

BRAND NEW - Pendulum!

Official release from Pendulum's YouTube channel. The new video for their single Showdown, due out january 5th.

EXCUSE ME

While I Dance.

Mr Scruff

Drum and Bass king Andy C's downtempo beats. Under the guise of Mr Scruff, his jazzy dub lines and quirky melodies hit that sweet spot. It's the morning, just listen to the music.. me too tired to write. Although he has a cute website.

Get a Move On


Scruff's latest release with official video:

Music Takes Me Up


Sweet Smoke



Jazzy, dubby, deep and soulful.

Jazz Potato


Fish

Dance Advance

Sander van Doorn (NL) teams with Brit's Robbie Williams. What a suprising mix of two well-known artists. It is quite a good tune. The music video is alright, it definately has that Hed-Kandi commercial feel. The video itself is not released on the networks as of today, but a leak has sprung up:

Sander van Doorn and Robbie Williams - Close my Eyes



Likewise, it is a thrill to see van Doorn back in the spotlight. After his attempts at pushing off DVDJing throughout the 2007-2008 Winter season he is back to production and DJ sets. Best club-party of my life - Sander van Doorn at Rum Runners in London, Ont. Massive set, non-stop driving bass and great track selection.


Well the man who put Trance back into the spotlight with his dark twists and pings is re-championing his definitive sound. Watch for his releases. Any of you willing travel to Miami Winter Music Conference expect a showing of supreme selection and sectioning of his sets to get the crowd infused and lifted.

Sander van Doorn - Clubbin' - SlamFM LIVE on 11/29 (MegaUpload)

What an amazing mix! Trance can be iffy, but I know some out there still claim it to their heart.

RUSKO ESSENTIAL MIX

HUUUUGE mix by Rusko!
DOWNLOAD RUSKO's ESSENTIAL MIX
1. Rusko feat Clipz - Scareware
2. Jakes - Rock The Bells
3. Rusko - Gogogadgetrusko - Sub Soldiers
4. The Quemists - Dem Na Like Me (Subscape mix) - Ninja Tune
5. Stenchman - Prime Time Swine
6. Rusko - Jahova - Sub Soldiers
7. The Prodigy - Breathe (Numbernin6 mix)
8. Rossib And Luca - Dont Cry Soundboy
9. 12th Planet - 68
10. Jonny Osbourne - Rudeboy (2008 mix)
11. Rusko - Mr Muscle - Sub Soldiers
12. Tc - Wheresmy Money (Caspa mix / Jack Beats mix) - D:Style
13. Skream - Meta-Lick
14. Skream - Horny - Tempa
15. Enur and Natasja - Calabria (Bomberman mix)
16. The Others - Kingpin - Subsoldiers
17. Redlight and The Voodoos - Superkurl
18. Stenchman - Run Rabbit Run
19. Chase and Status feat Kano - Against All Odds (dubstep Mix) - Ram
20. Rusko - To Da Floor
21. Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Rusko big trombone mix) - MOS
22. Rusko feat Crookers - Oy!
23. Jakes - Modem - Hench
24. Rusko and Diplo - Major Lazerr
25. Rusko - Woo Boost - Civil Music
26. More Fire Crew - Oi - Go!Beat
27. Skream - Murderer (VIP)
28. Rusko - Period
29. Benny Page and Zero G - Majestic
30. The Others - Bazooka - Dub Police
31. Unitz - The Drop Vip - Dub Police
32. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (Rusko chapstick mix)
33. Benga - Bengas Off His Head - Tempa
34. Skream - Dutchflowers (Rusko Babylon mix) - Tempa
35. Doctor - Raise He Temperature - Souljazz
36. Chase and Status - Saxon - Ram
37. Marcus Visionary - Black Panther Riddim
38. Distinction and Kromestar - Zappah
39. Rusko - Lets Go
40. Rusko feat Lutan Fyah - Soundguy Is My Target - Subsoldiers
41. Caspa - Louder (VIP) - Subsoldiers
42. Skream - Woinky
43. Benny and Vincenzo - Burberry Boy
44. Chase and Status - Eastern Jam (VIP) - Ram
45. Rusko - Hammertime - Subsoldiers
46. Reso - If U Cant Beat Em (Rusko VIP) - Civil Music
47. Rusko feat Virus Syndicate - Dirtydirty
48. Dz - Down - Black Acre
49. Zero G - Ranzom
50. Leon - Bring It On (Rusko mix) - Island
51. Skream - Fastlane - Tempa
52. Rusko - Do U Wanna Have A Party
53. Giant - Rocker
54. Kidsister - Pronails (Rusko mix) - Atlantic
55. Bun vs Ill Bill - Choppa
56. Kid Sister - Switchboard - Atlantic
57. Benny Page - Liar Liar
58. Rusko - Moaners - Subsoldiers
59. Rusko - Cockney Thug (Buraka Som Sistema mix) - Subsoldiers
60. Marcus Visionary - Flying Dubs
61. Benga - Night (Buraka Som Sistema mix)
62. Rusko - Mr Chips - Subsoldiers
63. Rusko and Clipz - Rats In The Kitchen
64. Rusko and Clipz - Rats In The Kitchen (Clipz mix)
65. Pendulum - Showdown (Clipz mix) - Warner
66. Clipz - Offline (VIP)

Skream - SupaFly

What Would We Do?

Hot Chip and Wiley - What Would We Do? LIVE at Glastonbury 2008.



Suprised I found this on a CHAN forum. I only thought they knew the buzzing sound coming from their mother's clit/vibrator.


WWWD is the opening of the Glasto set by Hot Chip. Albums are great, but weave those tunes together and that is something performers and artists do. This was truly the break up of popularized techniques in marketing (MTV, YouTube) in 2008. The festival season showed these breakthrough artists in light, where the television painted them as you gotta be real cool to like this music.

Truth to say - the people who like the music do not deviate. We create.

Art can't exist without followers. But followers should know they are not apable of the full understanding of the artist. This want to know more is called intrigue. Not a trend.


Studio

Fight Like Apes

Dublin, Ireland's Fight Like Apes opened for The Ting Tings and eventually caught the ears of The Prodigy. FLA will be opening for The Prodigy on their upcoming UK tour.


Lend Me Your Face


Jake Summers



Do You Karate

The Ting Tings Accoustic

Live accoustic rendition of Traffic Light. Find more of The Ting Tings by using our search in the top left corner.


We love them! And now that they are finally getting radio play in North America, we can't wait until they go on tour!

a Robot Without a Lie

Well, it is officially ski season. My home-hills have opened and I am readying myself to bust out my mom's iron to wax my skis. You know, it is interesting in all sorts of minds what music does to us. And yet, one of the greatest things it does is connect us, through our different forms and ears.

In 2008, the entire year was about breakthrough artists. Blog-house took off for the beginning part of the year, for which their indie status craved the right-clicks of those fucking hipsters. We have created our own scene. Free of hipster-trend-fuckers and decidingly about the damn music we listen to. For those of you who still think illegal bootlegs are the greatest thing since sliced bread - enjoy you're sliced bread. We like ours thick, and customized, home-made, roasted in a heritage oven and served.

In the notes of mentionables would be plenty. Now is not the time to repeat, and this is certainly a special, most influencial artist who crossed the boundaries of underground rooms everywhere. The Proxy (USSR). Simplistic industrialised take on many genres. Dancing in the Dark and Decoy were purchased because of their sinister bass-attacks against all other artists (WMC, one studio, one soundboard 'production groups' essentially) at the time.

So dope I can't smoke it today.

The Proxy - In New DJs We Trust
Chemical Brothers – ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ [Soulwax Remix]
Laven & MSO ft. Malte – ‘Reach’ [Alte Schule Acid Instrumental]
Polymorpbic – ‘Rock To Play’
Autodidakt – ‘Shit Your Rack’ [Proxy Remix]
Volatile – ‘Faces Of War’
Proxy – ‘Who Are You?’
Math Head – ‘Get Hype’
Aleem –‘Felix Yo!’[Chef Remix]
Shadow Dancer – ‘Cowbois’ [Dilemn Remix]
Math Head – ‘Turn The Music Up’ [AC Slater Remix]
Digitalism – ‘Home Zone’ [Proxy Remix]
Proxy – ‘Raven’ [Live Edit]
Medicine – ‘I’m Sick’


To be honest: the MC says it sounds like 'Drum and Bass.' I think is sounds like House with Breaks? Is that a London, Ontario thing? You decide.

in the Panels of Glass..

The Virgin Mary came to visit at work today. It scared the blip right out of me - so I had to take a picture! Later on in the night it appeared as though someone were kneeling beside her.

Mary, Me, and Ice Cream.

Brrrrrrap!!

Walking to my work to get snacks in a snowstorm,

Our Work is Never Complete

But it is Time to Pretend it is. Nifty retro-impressionist video to back the similarly titled track by MGMT.

YES! YOU CAN:

Watch Hi-Qual QuickTime

Watch Lo-Qual YouTube.

Jesus Was Black

Prop 8 The Musical - Gay Marriage vs NWO.
I knew Ellen had something to do with it. Right at the end you can hear her scream.
Normal gay people do exist people. We do.

A Trak Goes Personal

Mentally.

I'm feeling you.
Getting Ready to Go Out - Herbie James Party Mix


Bumpy, groovy party house. Gay, liberating, ungeneral to a good time. For those girls all around the world, the men don't respect your world. Liberate!

FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

Invaders Must Die

new Prodigy.

Buraka Mixtape

Total fun, upbeat mix. The trio Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, Portugal) pull up party in quick time = perfect for iPods.

Buraka Som Sistema Mixtape Link

1. Buraka Som Sistema: “Intro”
2. DJ Malvado: “Puto Mekie”
3. Radioclit: “Secousse (Crookers remix)”
4. Buraka Som Sistema: “Skank & Move” [ft. Kano]
5. DJ Znobia: “Patchy Luanda”
6. Debonair Samir: “Samir’s Theme”
7. Buraka Som Sistema: “Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)”
8. DJ Furioso: “Activate”
9. Buraka Som Sistema: “Sound of Kuduro (Drop the Lime remix)”
10. Reso: “If U Can’t Beat Them


Props to PitchFork Media.

the name is EMBRYON

We're really gonna start to shape up with our 'core brothers and sisters. Toronto has dedicated support behind its doors of music mayhem.

Bristol: Rise Up!

As released, here is December 3rd's Experimental Show with Mary Anne Hobbs. A continuation of this post.

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Hyetal - 'We Should Light A Fire' (Dubplate)

Pinch Mix
Moving Ninja & Pinch 'False Flag' (Dubplate)
Pinch 'Attack Of The Giant Robot Spiders' (Dubplate)
Pinch 'Motion Sickness' (Tempa)
Pinch 'Teleportation' (Edit) (Dubplate)
Pinch & Pavel Ambiont 'Poison-Remedy' (Dubplate)

Joker Mix
Rsd ‘Trample’ (Joker Mix) (Dub)
Joker ‘Untitled.Rsn’ (Dub)
Joker ‘Digidesign’ (Dub)
Joker ‘There She Go's’ (Dub)
Joker ‘Do It!!!’ (Dub)
Joker & Ginz ‘Purple City’ (Dub) Pimp Style

Gatekeeper Mix
Gatekeeper - 'Slow Motion Dub'
Gatekeeper - 'Event Horizon'
Gatekeeper - 'Ignite Feat. Grilza & Dread Mc'
Gatekeeper - 'Which Way'

Komonazmuk Mix
‘Music for Mary Anne’ [Exclusive tracks written especially for the show]

Jakes mix
Jakes - 'Part Of Me Part Of You' (Hench Dub)
Jakes - 'Forgotten' (Hench Dub)
Jakes - 'Justice' (Hench Dub)
Jakes - 'Paper V.I.P' (Hench Dub)
Jakes - 'The Mysteronz' (Hench Dub)

Appleblim Mix
Hector - 'Tension' Al Tourettes & Appleblim Remix (Forthcoming On Phonica Records)
Appleblim & Le Ruffiant - 'Ravenous' (Unreleased)
Sideshow Ft. Tikiman - 'If Alone' Komonazmuk & Appleblim Remix (Forthcoming On Aus Music)

Headhunter Mix
Brendon Moller & The Spaceape - 'Strangers' Headhunter Remix (Deep Space Media)
Aligning Minds - 'Way Back When'
Headhunter & Djunya - 'El Presidente'
F - 'Night Drive'
Headhunter - 'In Motion' (Tempa)

Gemmy Mix
Gemmy – ‘Kodama’ (Dub)
Gemmy – ‘Johnny 5’ (Dub)
Gemmy – ‘Temptations’ (Dub)
Gemmy – ‘Shanti Riddim’ (Dub)
Gemmy – ‘Rusty Tin’ (Dub)
Gemmy – ‘Wata Dwn’ Sound (Dub)

Peverelist Mix
Hyetal - 'Pixel Rainbow Sequence' (Peverelist Mix)
Peverelist - 'Bluez'
Peverelist - 'Clunk Click Every Trip'

RSD Mix
Henry & Louis – ‘Rise Up’ RSD Mix (Edit) (Forthcoming On 2 Kings)
RSD Feat. G.Rina – ‘You To Know’ Versatile Mix (Dubplate)
RSD – ‘Good Energy’ (Dubplate)
RSD – ‘Naked Mariocart’ (Dubplate)

Wedge Mix
Wedge And Aesoteric – ‘If Symptoms Persist’
Wedge – ‘Bequest’
Wedge And Rasha Shaheen – ‘Backward Puzzle’
Wedge And Aesoteric – ‘Detachment From Reality’

Forsaken Mix
Forsaken Feat. Ben Blackmore - 'Sagrada'
Forsaken Feat. Ben Blackmore - 'Cross The Border'
Forsaken Feat. Ben Blackmore - 'Evening Star'
Forsaken Feat. Ben Blackmore - 'Learn The Hard Way'

Greatest Interview

Creds go to my brother!

Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Faithless - God is a DJ - PinkPop 1992

Downside Up! a DubStep Mix

The story I tell might be a bit wonky in history. But if memory serves me right DJ Cure used to throw weekly Drum and Bass events locally in London, ON. Now on Canada's West Coast, his blend of DubStep is featured on Aufect Recordings. Plenty of solid mixes through that link - definately grab Stimulus Simulus and check out the other releases.

DJ Cure - Downside Up!
Quark - Patagonia
Alien Pimp - Slaves of the bling
HxdB - Prism
XI - Dreaming Void
Noah.D.and.Roommate - Street
Self Evident - Touch your toes
12th Planet. C-Sick
DZ - A.W.O.L.
Reso_If you can't beat em
Caspa - Where's My Money Remix
Chase and Status - Eastern Jam
Sasquatch feat Asher Don - Hangman (bombaman remix)
AC Slater - The Woah
Bombaman - Kotchy
Starkey - GutterMusic
Sunship ft. Warrior Queen - Quits
Wil Blaze - Woop Woop
Satori.and.Marcus.Visionary-Y.All.Ready
DJ Cure - Rain Machine
Woogie-End Dub-DZ Remix
Taal Mala -Knife Switch

TONIGHT - Vibo City - London Ontario

it was neat to design this flier. one last effort for the local scene.

Little Boots Mini Mix

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She says "its a bit silly but I kind of thought that was more fun than trying to show off how many songs you can fit in 5 minutes... so yeah here u go!"


Be sure to check out her MySpace for a cute Christmas tune.


OBTW, I might have settled for a broom-handle Festivus pole instead of dragging a Christmas tree up three flights, a week after Christmas. I will aim to upgrade to an aluminum Festivus pole for 2009. Resolutions baby!

I the Kid, the Rooster my Enemy

YouTube Stole My Idea

for BIGGER video..

This is now a standard:
It's a clip about those damn Mormons. I'm posting it because I thought it was a parady narration over Superman the Cartoon. HA!


Always ahead of the curve here, but I tell you one thing: I watched Zeitgeist: Final Cut for the first time. Pretty true. The interest in the cosmos is essentially an early form of mind-play, likewise with horoscopes. Though I think God was nailing me extra hard this week.

Excitement of the week: Lotto Lady won a $5000 BIG Prize on a $2 Instant Scratch ticket. Best part is earning commission of $150 from two Lucky Letters - M, and O.

'MOM' was a good payback from a few down-weeks of winnings; Lotto Lady is a big-spender weekly-regular. She wants me to use it for New Years at the Elbow River Casino, which living Downtown Calgary, Alberta might make to be a nice, easy night in the new city. It's going to be wikked living close the Red Mile, the Saddledome, Calgary Stampede, and some of the best skiing in the world!


60 Hours of work left, family Holidays, and then a great start to 2009 living in the cleanest city in the world.

2600 KM

Super Steep Skiing

Just came across Chris Davenport's photo-blog on his skiing adventures. Have not scrolled more than three pictures and look at the skiing in Antarctica:

TADT - The American Dream Team

The term "American Dream" was first used by James Truslow Adams in his 1931 novel, "The Epic of America. Truslow wrote of "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone", a land of "opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." This was "not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature…" that , "of which they are innately capable…recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."

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Since his prolific writing, the "American Dream" has evolved. The American Dream Team is on the frontier of audio-visual sets reaching the masses. Born in Brooklyn, NY, TADT brings electro, house, and hip-hop to the crowd mixing turntablism with mind-altering visuals. Comprised of DJs, VJs, producers, designers, and animators TADT is here to raise the bar with a multi-sensory party experience.

TADT MySpace

the DeadMau5

Anyone who partied a few years ago in Toronto, Canada's town of the Underground, would have see a giant, plush, walking mou5 in the city. But literally, as Joel Zimmerman mastered his sound, he went from unknown to global phenomenon! You may not like the borderline-commercial style of the house he releases, but Deadmau5 throws a show.

Here he is at Miami Winter Music Conference 2008 Mainstage



Faxing Berlin



And some funky beats from Fort Knox Five - The Big Score

Dark by Design LIVE at Tidy Weekender 11

Ah man, one guy who did not get enough wax sent to Canada.

Playing Mad World - JDS & DJ Neil

Judge Jules LIVE @ Planet Love 2007 - Northern Ireland

As crazy as Judge Jules can hype a crowd, he was years of fanstatic mixes and parties under his belt. It is such classic Jules to freak over his music and work his crowd up. Big Room sound champion!

Yoji Biomehanika - Sensation Black 2004

A wee bit later in the night. With all 70,000 people, and the Sun's gone down.

DJ Promo - Sensation Black 2004

So fucking evil!

Needy Child, Hair to the Side

Crying Blood - VV Brown




Crying Blood - Hannah Holland (Batty) Remix
serious, listen to the effects and control on the bass and that three-pulse high note.. nice envelopes! don't get me started on the vocal loop...

VV Brown - Crying Blood - Hannah Holland Remix Right Click To Download

Bristol: Rise Up! - a Radio 1 Dubstep Documentary

Mary Anne Hobbs tours Bristol, UK recording a documentary on Dubstep for BBC Radio 1. Check out the influences, the art, the sounds of a developing movement of experimental sounds.

Ketsarku Mozgalom - Venetian Snares

Beautifully creepy Breakcore.

Britney,

You weren't the one that changed the world. You didnt' tell me what to agree on, I did. I made my own decisions before you sobered up. You are still a bitch for deceiving millions of people. But as a human, I can accept that you've regrown parts of your past, tumored over your horrendous appreciaction of your fans and yourself, and have tried through troubled times to help yourself.


I couldn't care less for you. However, I could not care more for allowing addiction disease to be the forefront of the public. We all are touched by addiction. We all struggle through different emotions, depending on our experiences. Addiction needs to be known as a disease.


And you should be proud, you're sober. You're beautiful because of your decisions.
But never say it was just you. Never say you didnt have help from the looks, the words, the choices of others. We all help eachother.

Addiction takes a while to overcome, and I cannot see supporting you when you do not acknowledge that to the public. Our realisations as addicts also has to acknowledge those who helped us. I know my friends and foes have their opinions, but I personally know that thye each helped.


But I do give you hope, and I give others hope.

Addiction is horrible.
Know it, understand it, speak up, offer solutions.

Understand how it affects you and those around you.
And be better for it.

-G.

Classiqs of Breakcore

Many people in the pop-disco scene don't know what any intelligable electronic music consists of. Rythem, bass, strategy, and finesse. Pop-house has none - the DJ's have it all.


While this set's DJ (me) may not have it all, he's got a good track selection. Enjoy it, hardcore broken beat massacre. Well, more of a friendly PLUR Puddle, but same idea of mass-organisation!


:P


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Remember, we do our best to make it right,
day or night,
we fight for our
music.

A-Trak and Erol Alkan ESSENTIAL Mix

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