Welcome back.

I hope you’ve had a good chance to digest some of the beautiful sounds created by AlexisK.

Now, let’s delve deeper into the mind-set of one of Dubstep’s most exciting and innovative future legends!

INTERVIEW:

BACKGROUND

GB: Who are you, please introduce and tell us a little bit about yourself.

I’m AlexisK. I’m from Wellington, New Zealand. I am a 23 year old female producer and musician

GB:How long have you been producing music and what’s been the plan?

I started using FL studio 8 in September of 2008. I’d been using guitars and recording on cool edit and cakewalk pro for a year or so before that but was given a copy of Fruity Loops by a good friend who introduced me to drum and bass in may of 2008. First track I ever heard was Audio – Vigilante and then The Qemists – Stompbox (Spor Remix). TO this day, both are my favourite tracks and I am lucky enough to have them both on vinyl

It was January last year that I decided that I wanted to be a producer. Not just a bedroom musician but a real producer. Someone who knows how to craft sounds and songs.

As far as plans, I have a list of goals I’m working towards. There are labels that I am working to be a part of, definitely, but mostly I want to be working with the people who inspired me to be better at what I love doing. I love vinyl and a huge goal for me is to be releasing on vinyl by the end of next year. Its something that really drives me to push in different directions with the ideas for tracks.

DUBSTEP SCENE

GB:When did you first get into Dubstep?

First heard dubstep at Phat 09. Was lucky to catch an amazing set by Skream and Benga. Was just blown away by the huge wall of bass. Was pretty much sold on it after that. I loved the heavy crisp stuff by the likes of Rusko and Caspa and owe Rusko a huge thanks for his producer masterclass vids for filling in a lot of blanks on dubstep for me.

GB: How did you get into it?

My DJ partner Spinsta (Nieta Moore) has been my best friend for nearly 13 years now and she has been a hugely dedicated and driven DJ for the last 5 years, it was her influences that totally got me hooked on dubstep and dnb. With any style of music, you can learn to really appreciate it if you find someone who can show you how to listen to it. Show you what to appreciate about it and how. She did that for me with Dubstep and DnB.

GB:What is the Dubstep scene like in New Zealand?

Dubstep is gaining a lot of momentum here in New Zealand with some really amazing work being done by some very talented producers. Truth, P-vans, Optimus Gryme, L Que, Olie Bassweight, Majiika…there is a lot of talent which is really starting to get some good following. Can only mean good things for our whole music scene really

BEING A GIRL

GB:Tell us a little bit about your experiences of being a women and involved in a predominantly a male driven genre?

I wouldn’t say the genre is male ‘driven’ as much as male ‘orientated’. I haven’t had to deal with as much of it as some of the female DJ’s I know as I haven’t played out yet. I’m definitely glad there are more female DJs, producers and MCs coming through now and doing there thing. There is a lot of talent waiting for the opportunities.

GB:How are you perceived by guys in the scene and other women?

There is definitely a lot of pressure to ‘tart it up’ in the scene. But its about the same from both guys and girls so I think that its more a general thing throughout the scene.

GB:Is there anything you would like to change about perceptions or about the scene generally as it relates to women?

I’d like to see people get the opportunities that they deserve. That they have worked for. And not have their gender, sexuality or anything else of that nature be the first thing that defines them.

I’d love to see an equality in expectations for everyone. So if people like what you do, they would say you are a talented producer. Instead of your talented for a girl having said that. I like that I can be proud of being female and able to produce music that people enjoy. Multi-tasking has its up sides

UP COMING RELEASES

GB:Tell us a little about some of your upcoming releases. Of course there’s a couple of tracks that you’ve kindly put aside for me and away from public view as I’m hoping to license them for one of our Generation Bass Compilation releases this year..heee…heeee. Aside from us, do you get approached by other labels for licensing requests and if so who/what do you have coming out?

I started pushing a few tracks out in January this year as I felt I had progressed enough with my tracks over the last year to start sending stuff through. The initial idea was that, even if the quality wasn’t up to standard, hopefully the idea’s came across strong and it would get me on the radar. Has been a pretty amazing month though.

I Am in the process of finalising 2 EP’s with Permanent Damage Records.

The first, The Death of Everything Cool, is a 4 track EP coming out in March. The second, as yet, is untitled. Also have 3 tracks coming out with them on compilations over the next 3 months. I also am just finalising a 5 track EP with Optimus Gryme Recordings here in New Zealand which I’m really excited about aswell.

Besides the EP releases, I have a few tracks coming out on compilations from HBBR Radio UK and have a track on the soundtrack to American Dance Legends TV show in the US coming out in April. The aim is always vinyl though. Hopefully by the end of next year.

TUNESMITH & INSPIRATION

GB:You’re pretty prolific on the churning out the great tunes. How are the musical ideas conceived and how do you go about turning an idea into a fully formed track?

Sometimes I just click ‘new’ and start playing with a synth and a drum kit. Most of the time, I have a theme or general idea or concept for a track and collect and/or make some samples for the concept.

I have a bunch of samples for different concepts so that when I dont have a fresh idea in mind when I click ‘new’ I can choose from the concepts I’ve already pre-worked. Some of them are just trying to capture a ’soundscape’ of a moment.

For example, the track Sewer Rats I was trying to make it sound like you were listening to the track in the sewers and the sounds represent a story.

Alexis K – Sewer Rats by AlexisK

In the track ‘Easy Company’ I wanted it to tell an audio-visual story about being in Normandy during World War II on D-day. Trying to make the song evolve out of the atmosphere from the place was fun. Built that whole soundscape from scratch.

Alexis K – Easy Company by AlexisK

I have about 70 or 80 concept ideas in there at any one time and am just slowly working my way through and adding more as I think of them.

GB:What sort of equipment & software do you use to make your music and what are the processes involved?

I use FL studio 9 XXL now. Edirol Orchestral vst, Albino 2, NI Massive and currently a Moog Analogue synth. Also use a digitech rpx400 and OM3 Mic for live recording.

When I started, I wanted to get to the point where I could make tunes efficiently. By that, I mean that if I had an idea for a track, or a melody in my head, I wanted to be able to jump in the studio and be able to make it, to hear what is in my head on the computer. So I started to learn everything I could. Still am now.

But there are things that people don’t tell you. Like, to define your own sound. You should spend a lot of time going through samples and making your own drums. I use the same drum kit through all my tracks (is a variation on 24 different snares, 4 kicks and a series of hats and 3 amens). I layer them different each time to give the sounds some uniqueness but overall, the tracks have a similar ’sound’. It’s like choosing your electric guitar and amp or your drum kit and sticks. It’s a huge part of your sound but it also comes down to how you use them.

GB:How many tunes do you have in your bank of tracks and how many are you presently working on?

I only started finishing tracks properly in the last week of December last year so have been going back over some older tracks and finishing/rebuilding them. But currently have 31 ‘demos’ that I am pushing (or will be soon) to labels. about 70% are Dubstep (or dubstep oriented) and the rest are dnb or triphop.

I have about 6 tracks I have started in the last 48hours that should be finished within the next few days (including the one to accompany this interview) and most likely would have started another 3 or 4 from the list of concepts or just out of interest to see what happens by monday (its thursday as I write this).

I tend to work on one track for an hour or so, then switch to a different one, then another after an hour again. That way I am sparking off different Ideas from each project into the other.

A lot of the time I will build just the main 64bars of a track listen over and over for an hour or two until it sounds dull and then build it again or rework it until it sounds fresh again, so by the time anyone else listens to it I’ve heard it about 50 or 60 times.

GB:Where does the inspiration come from for your stuff. Cause one minute you’re churning out a tune with a 7/8 time signature with Middle Eastern inflexions, the next minute you’ve produced another awesome Movie Score-Step (Cinematic Dubstep) tune and the very next you’ve got another Drum and Bass baby popped out…how, where…why!!!!

I just try and capture what I am feeling in that moment. When I was playing guitar all the time, you could always tell what I was feeling by what I was playing. I set out to learn how to do that with production. To get to the sound and vibe I want as quickly as possible. Which is why I structured the way I taught myself producing so I could do it quickly. To capture that ’spark’ that happens.

I love film and games and have always wanted to write the music for a feature film and or a video game. So a lot of my focus on melodies has been from listening to a lot of film soundtracks. Trying to figure out how they create a mood with certain sounds and notes. I try to recreate the same mood with different instruments and sounds

TRANSNATIONAL DUBSTEP

GB:I’m really, really, really interested in your Transnational Dubstep stuff and that’s what brought you first to my attention. What else you got cooking on that front?

Definitely more Transnational Dubstep coming along. Some really ambitious ideas that may or may not work but I’m definitely loving the vibe that comes from different cultures music.

GB:Where does the influence/inspirations come from for the Middle Eastern, Indian and South American stuff?

A lot of that influence comes from my metal and rock background. I used to play guitar in a thrash/metal/grunge band. I grew up listening to Deftones, Tool, Incubus, Korn and Limp Bizkit. Soundgarden, QOTSA, Perfect Circle, Sepultura.

I mean, if you listen to a lot of the tribal drumming or the bass rhythms I use, a lot of them are based on the sounds, scales and rhythms metal guitarists use. I basically am trying to make rock/metal with a dubstep soundscape in a lot of tracks

Also, there is something magical about the Middle Eastern modal key and South American percussion. Just does things to me…

GB:What are you feeling when you’re making the Transnational Dubstep stuff?

Usually an exciting tension that builds as the track comes together. The melodies and rhythms tend to find you when you have chosen the sound. Sometimes it’s the most amazing thing to just pick a set of sounds, or a theme, and then just see what happens. Usually the vibe of the track comes through from the sound and you can feel where it needs to go.

GB:If I had to choose, my favourite track of yours, I would have to say either Undertow or Tribal Grind, both of which are Transnational Dubstep tracks, what are they about?

Undertow was about the growing discomfort with the way things are heading in certain parts of the world. The vocal is a prayer. I felt moved by it and even though I don’t know what was said, I couldn’t help but feel humbled by the passion that came with it.

The Tribal Grind is a long story but it kinda is meant to be the soundtrack to a fantasy that a friend of mine shared with me apparently it fits it well.

GB:Will you promise that you’ll define all your Dubstep tracks that come with an ethnic inflexion within the genre of Transnational Dubstep from now on..lol..

I think I can definitely give it a try!

MUSICAL INFLUENCES

GB:Do you live for music?

It’s probably closer to say that I live despite the music. I literally spend all my time, from the moment I wake till the few seconds before I fall onto my bed asleep surrounded by music. I’m always that girl who is dancing in the club with headphones round her neck because she couldn’t stand not having music for even just the 10min walk to town or the 20minute stumble home at 6am.

GB:Please give us your TOP 10 Records, dance or otherwise!

Well, these are more albums but in no particular order:

Deftones – White Pony. Soundgarden – Superunknown. Audio – To The Edge of Reason. Burial – Untrue. Massive Attack – Mezzanine. Portishead – Dummy. Thomas Newman – American Beauty OST. Amanda Fucking Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer. Amon Tobin – Foley Room. Everything from Freak Recordings.

GB:How did you get into music, what are your musical influences?

My dad was a musician and still plays a mean guitar and bass! Grew up listening to Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, U2 and Paul Simon. I think a lot of that comes through in my music too. Edge from U2 uses a lot of echo and I draw a lot of inspiration from them all.

GB:When you are not working on music, what sort of music do you listen to?

Everything from current value (tightest production I’ve ever heard) and Doc Scott through to Santogold and MGMT. Have a huge love of Mars Volta, and Fall of Troy. But still usually end up going back to the triphop stuff of the early mid nineties.

GB:Who you do you rate at the moment?

-DJ’s: DJ Spinsta @ Radio Active, DJ Foster from SubFM. Definitely rate Blackplanet from Chch for their live show. Am loving Truth’s massive sets and eagerly awaiting their new album coming out soon.

-Producers; Love Current Value 2012 LP. Been really digging wagawaga, Macka, Fujiwara and Riccicomoto from Soundcloud. Also some mint local talent from NZ at the moment; Majiika, Olie Bassweight, Bit Jax and P-Vans.

-Artists; Digging this solid rock band Kabanaz from Wellywood lately and some of the new stuff coming out from a new Welly producer ‘Fis’ is amazing. This guy is a serious talent waiting to break loose!

GB:Your all-time favourite song/piece of music?

Thats a fricken hard one! Probably the red roses theme from American Beauty or the track Alice by Cocteau Twins (theme from The Lovely Bones)

GB:Your all-time favourite movie?

What Dreams May Come. Dir. by Vincent Ward. Starring Robyn Williams.

GB:Your all-time favourite book?

Checkers by John Marsden.

GB:Your greatest influence – music or otherwise?

My dad. His love of music and all his influences gave me the passion and appreciation for what makes a good song. What makes a melody feel beautiful, even if it’s something dark.

THE FUTURE

GB:How do you see the future for Dubstep?

I see it expanding into more areas. It has so much potential to be a huge umbrella term for a whole group of different styles. at 140bpm its pretty much open to being mixed with any other genre so its fairly limitless in terms of unique songs that can come from it.

GB:What is next on your musical agenda?

At the moment I’m concentrating on trying to get a dnb EP signed. Working on alot more dnb (and dubstep of course) but also have electro and triphop stuff that I have been thinking of putting out again. I’m just basically seeing what happens when I start with a blank track.

GB:Where do you see yourself in another 5 years time?

Hopefully crashing the couches of a list of talented producers I have put together who I really want to collaborate with. Its a long list and includes some pretty ambitious names. But its always good to have big goals to work towards.

There is a huge culture of ‘remixing’ in dubstep (which is great) but I think we are overlooking what can happen when people actually come together to make something new. Can spark off something that neither could have thought of by themselves. SO, hopefully, doing alot more of that in 5 years.

GB:If there is one thing you would like to say to the world, what would it be?

Be open to a shift in perspectives, it keeps life interesting.

BLOGOSPHERE

GB:Who is your favourite blog (wink, wink) and why?

Generation Bass! Because it’s the first one I’ve read this year!

THE GENERATION BASS XCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD

When I first suggested that we do a big feature on AlexisK , she immediately offered to make a track especially for the blog in my favourite Transnational Dubstep style.

Within a matter of days she’s come up “Gumby’s Night In Cuba” which we are very proud and honoured to be the first in the world to stream and to offer as a free download.

It’s a Dubstep track like no other that I’ve ever heard. It’s SALSA-STEP….with a tinge of 1940’s JAZZ-SWING!!!

It’s XCLUSIVE, UNIQUE, BRILLIANT and IMHO created by a GENIUS!

Limited to 100 downloads only, so be quick and grab it!!!

DOWNLOAD GUMBY’S NIGHT IN CUBA HERE

STREAM HERE

Alexis K – Gumby’s Night in Cuba by AlexisK

THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH AlexisK…

THIS IS NO HYPE..YOU ARE THE FUTURE!

DUBSTEP MONDAY @ GENERATION BASS

Man got to tell you that this is the first of many firsts.

It’s the first time that this artist ALEXISK has been interviewed and appeared on a blog.

It’s the first time that I’ve spent this much time investing in preparation on a post on somebody who is yet to establish themselves within any scene anywhere in the world.

It’s the first time that I’ve felt so 100% sure and confident that in time to come this relatively unknown artist is going to go on to greater things.  Not just within a particular genre like Dubstep but on a general level because she has the depth, adaptability, foresight, talent, originality, passion and driving ambition to reach some truly spectacular heights.

It’s also one of the first times that an artist has suggested to me to create a new track especially for Generation Bass to accompany a feature!

So with a preamble that could only befit somebody of legendary status, I introduce you to the Future First Lady of Dubstep!

AlexisK

I first came across this artist a little while back and as soon as I heard her music it struck a chord with me on all levels.

I heard the signs of GREATNESS!

I think for the first time I had discovered a Dubstep artist who not only shared the open vision and saw the same endless possibilities that can be found within Dubstep but who also has the capability to produce and deliver on that vision.

The more I explored, the more and more I became impressed with what unveiled itself before me.

This girl creates straight up Dubstep, Transnational Dubstep, Popstep and Movie Score-Step and DnB!

In fact I’m pretty sure she could create almost anything!

Take a listen to these for starters:

TRANSNATIONAL DUBSTEP:

This track has to be one of the best Transnational Dubstep tracks I’ve ever heard!

Alexis K – Undertow in G# by AlexisK

This one’s been done in a 7/8 time signature!!!!!

Alexis K – The Optimal Grind (16bit Wav) by AlexisK’

These next two, I would call MOVIE SCORE-STEP!

Alexis K – Ritmo di Luca by AlexisK

The best Ennio Moriccone influenced dubstep track I’ve ever heard, it’s a KILLA!!

Alexis K – Sundance at Dawn by AlexisK

The next one is a more straight up dubstep track.

Majiika – Diamonds In Time (Alexis K Rough Cutz Remix) by AlexisK

That’s just for starters, that’s not even scratching the surface of what hidden gems this artist has and what she is capable of producing in the future as she matures!!!…She’s only 23yrs of age!!!!!

AlexisK DnB

I’m not a DnB fan at all, in fact as soon as I read it’s a DnB track my interest wanes like a lead balloon but she’s getting me into DnB with some of her productions and that’s never happened before either!

Take a listen to these:

Alexis K – Binding by AlexisK

Alexis K – Easy Company by AlexisK

SIGNS OF GREATNESS

That is the sign of a great artist.  Someone who can entice you into a genre which you really cannot stomach and I cannot stomach DnB unless it’s by AlexisK or my homies’ Supreme Selecta & Celt Islam.

BIGGER THAN JUST A DUBSTEP ARTIST!

To reinforce my belief that this artist will be bigger than just in the Dubstep genre, here’s a new track she has done ACOUSTICA DUBSTEP!

She plays all the instruments on this track!!!

Alexis K – Losing Red by AlexisK

There’s lots more coming in Part 2 including an in-depth interview & a FREE DOWNLOAD of a track that our First Lady has created especially for GENERATION BASS as a WORLDWIDE XCLUSIVE !!!!!!

You cannot grab this tune anywhere else and also it’s only up for a LIMITED 100 Downloads.

Check back in a couple or few hours time  or even sooner!

Birmingham’s premier DUBMEISTER, BOOGIE DAVE, the guy behind one of the best inner-city Festivals that has ever happened in sunny Birmingham, UK -DROP BEATS NOT BOMBS is putting on another great night in Brum on Friday 19 Feb 2010.

Boogie Dave has been plugging Dubstep in the West Midlands since 2006 and so he’s been there very early on in the scene and had the foresight to see back then the endless possibilities and world wide domination that Dubstep seems to be taking on NOW.

He’s hosting the fabulous BENTLEY RHYTHM ACE for a live gig and here’s what he says:

That`s right, folks, the legendary Bentley Rhythm Ace are reforming for a series of live shows and this event will be the Launch Night. Expect chaos and mayhem in abundance.

With support from Cut La Roc and, fresh from supporting Dub Pistols on tour and former vocalist with Norman Cook`s Beats International, Lindy Layton.

This will be an amazing sell-out show so be sure to purchase your tickets without delay.

TheTicketSellers | Boogie Dave Presents… at Space2 @ The Custard Factory Tickets

Here’s something to remind you about B.R.A.

THE AFTERPARTY

Then there’s the issue of the mammoth AFTERPARTY starting at 1am and going on till mid-day the next day!!!

VON D headlining and me (DJ UMB a.k.a. UNA MUSICA BRUTAL) playing a supporting role alongside Boogie Dave, Roscoe and some of the other finest Dubstep DJs’ that Birmingham has to offer.

Here’s what Boogie has to say about that:

An Afterparty that you will never forget!!

With very special guest, VON D (Black Acre, Argon Records, Disfigured Dubs) from Paris, France – check out www.myspace.com/vonddd.

Support from DJ UMB a.k.a.Una Musica Brutal, Boogie Dave and Roskoe, RCAINE plus many surprise friends.

A Funktion 1 sound system that will change dubstep in Brum forever!

FREE to use HOT-TUBS…yes, Hot-tubs, with water and steam, you know.

And I`m very proud to say that it`s the first time this secret location has been open to the public as a new culture-shift underground venue.

Make sure that you can say you were there the first time!

TheTicketSellers | Von D (BRA Concert Afterparty) at Secret Location in Digbeth Tickets

LOS MACUANOS FROM MEXICO ARE KICKING MAJOR ASS WITH THEIR RUIDOSON !!! Catchy HOT raw, low and SICK!!!!
La Burrita by LosMacuanos
this is virgencita
Virgencita by LosMacuanos
mi fav. from them La metralleta
El Metralleta by LosMacuanos

FREE STUFF? si si …u know..GB!!! lol
THEY DROPPED THIS WICKED MIXTAPE
El Fin (Promo Mix 2010) by LosMacuanos
IT CAN ALSO BE FOUND atNEWOTHERTHING

KNOWA!

What drew me to this guy?

Well, this track…Cumbia Dubstep with an Arabic Inflexion!!!!..ORIGINAL!!!:

Cumbia Dub by Knowa

Cool, ain’t it ..possibly one for our Generation Bass compilation!

The guy has just released his new EP on 1320 Records (sound tribe sector 9’s label) and on knowaknowone.bandcamp.com.

Check it out cause it contains some rad tracks and is a very interesting release!!!

Here’s a free download from that EP that Knowa has kindly agreed to provide to us as a worldwide XCLUSIVE!!!

NOBLE SAVAGE

LIMITED TO FIRST 100 DOWNLOADS!

And take some time to read this below because it’s Deep and Heavvy and MEANINGFUL!

OFFICIAL SPIEL:

Street Ritual, LowPro Lounge and 1320 Records Present:

Noble Savage EP Vol. 1

“I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.”

The term “noble savage” expresses the idealized concept of the natural man and the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization. The Noble Savage EP is an expression of the conflict between nature and western society as well as the fusion of modern music technology and indigenous music technique.

Taking influence from all over the world, Noble Savage starts out on the Big Island of Hawaii, with a psychedelic surf dub jam featuring The Laboratory and guitarist Open Mike.

Track two is a Dubstep version of a latin Cumbia from Colombia. It then moves into deeper and darker spaces with the title track Noble Savage, and the danceable, arabian influenced, Sands of Allah. The final track, “Bass Tribe 2012″ is a neo-tribal experimental piece used in performances by the Dakini
Temple’s Elizabeth Bast.

The idealization of the noble savage may have been a racist myth, but the value of the preservation of the ways life that are sustainable, versus the vanity and environmental destruction of material capitalism can’t be denied.

“We abhor that brutality which, under the gaudy names of ambition and glory, . . . sheds the blood of men who are all brothers.”

LINKS:

www.StreetRitual.com
myspace.com/djknowone

A few weeks ago we reported on this feature HERE about our homie, Frederic Galliano’s travels to Angola with one of the original innovators of UK Funky & Tropical House, DJ Gregory.

We linked to a feature on the DEFECTED Label website and we were the only blog to do so.  Our homie, Galliano reported to us last week that that feature has since become the most popular editorial piece on the Defected website and has shot this brilliant Kuduro track that Gregory has done with Sidney Samson and Dama S to No.1 on the Traxsurce download charts!

Here’s that track again…man it’s MASSSIVE!!!!

ORIGINAL MIX

MASTIKSOUL REMIX

MAIN MIX

WE HAVE SOMETHING THE WORLD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS!!!!

Now if you read this week’s post you probably knew we had a great interview with PALENQUE RECORDS bigwig, Lucas Silva, who promised to show us AND I MEAN IT FOR REAL!!! The Last time they recorded something like this was on may 3rd 1999 in San Basilio!!

AND TODAY AS A WORLD WIDE PREMIERE!! Generation bass has the Honor to drop for FREE!!! the best, oldest, and wisest Afro Colombian band of all times

SEXTETO TABALA DE PALENQUE!!! from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free town of America, in where the black slaves said no to the empire, and today still remain as a black free town (if you haven’t heard them before…let me tell you, they are the real roots of what we know as cumbia..and most of them are around 80 y.o!!!!

Here my people. we share this jewel

ESTO ES CANDELA (translation THIS IS FIRE!!!)

IN CASE YOU CAN NOT DOWNLOAD IT AND WANT TO..GO TO THE BOTTOM PART OF THIS POST!!

Man!! what a tune!!! and it comes with a BONUS TRACK!!! via Palenque Records

The Champeta emperor himself Luis Towers is doing a collaboration with Quantic

Releases this epic tune nacido en palenque

NEXT IN LINE?!!! M.I.A !!!! Si si!!! from her upcoming album!!!!!

Our homie David Starfire is giving away a remix of a new unreleased song “There’s Space For Ol Dat I See” (produced by Rusko) that M.I.A.

Wicked song!!!

Grab and listen to it HERE

!!!!FEELING LAZY? AND WANT TO DOWNLOAD IT..GO TO THE BOTTOM

NEXT ONE IS SOMETHING I WAS WAITING FOR DAYS TO POST!!!! ALSO A WORLD PREMIERE!!!

La Muerte is one of the sickest CUMBIA n’ Drum n’ Bass songs i’ve listened in ages.

RADIOREBELDE is releasing their first album “RESISTE” which mixes rhythms from Colombia’s pacific and atlantic coasts, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba and New York, with electronic sounds like drum n bass and 2step.

Grab FREE!!!! their COLOMBIAtrack

RADIOREBELDE was born in Buenos Aires in 2008, with singer and songwriter Santiago Ramirez (Caribbean Selecta Sound, Son del Mar, Sunshine Soundsystem) and music producer and composer Simon Gonzalez (Dirty Cash, Sunshine Sound sytem, Panic) also known as DJ SAIMON PHOENIX. This soundsystem’s visuals are taken care of by Pablo Marrone aka VJ DSG.

NOW download THE WHOLE WORLD PREMIERE ALBUM EVERYTHING POSTED HERE PLUS MORE WICKED STUFF, JUKE BOYZ, THE BEST CUMBIA REMIX EVER!!, PROCESS REBEL

It’s that day again, that time, that hour, that post, on that blog…..

that moment,

…Sexxy Saturday Cumbia!

2009 was great for Nu Cumbia, 2010 is gonna be even better…..

WORLDWIDE DOMINATION

Today:

1. DJ ORION

2. MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND

3. MR IOSO

4. MR RIDGZ

5. LOS MACUANOS

CUUUMBIAAAAAA!!!!!

1. DJ ORION

No stranger to this blog, DJ ORION returns once again with 2 new tracks:

Stabbin em (Orion & King Louie) by dj_Orion

La Burita (Orion Edit) by dj_Orion

2. MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND

M.I.S. back again for the second week running with 3 more new tracks too and an old classic which we posted wayyy backkk!

This first one is just really my cuppa, going back to the 50’s which our friend BINARY CUMBIA ORCHESTRA does so brilliantly!

It’s one M.I.S. have done for a Perez Prado Remix album!

Mambo del Politecnico Perez Prado (Mexican Institute of Sound remix) by MexicanInstituteofSound

This next one is kinda weird but BRILLIANT!

Gershon Kingsley vs Mexican Institute Of Sound Jewish Expirience (Mexican Institute Of Sound Mix) by MexicanInstituteofSound

Here’s a GREAT remix by Ralph Myerz of an M.I.S. track hot off the press, uploaded last night!

Yo Digo Baila (Ralph Myerz Remix) Mexican Institute Of Sound by MexicanInstituteofSound

I fancied sticking this next one up again for some of our new followers, it’s an old CLASSSIC!!!!!

Mexican Institute Of Sound/ Cumbia (Of Love) The Remix by Tom Tom Club by MexicanInstituteofSound

3. MR IOSO

VENEZUELA is great for many things but here’s 2 of my favourites:

1. Hugo Chavez ..and his Parrot..lol!

2. Mr Ioso & Sonotech

We were the first to introduce this guy and his sidekick SONOTECH to the blogosphere world and he’s come back with another great mix comprising almost entirely of SONIDO DEL PRINCIPE jamz and some of his own cutz and some with our Caballo!

MR Ioso is 1st Generation, Generation Bass Family

mr. ioso – cumbia, sonido mágico II by mr. ioso

01. Sonido Del Principe vs Erikoismies – Aint life a MF
02. Alika y Nueva Alianza – Para Bailar Cumbia (El Hijo de la cumbia remix)
03. mr. ioso – bemba kuriara
04. Sekreto – Gota (El Hijo de la Cumbia Remix)
05. Sonido del Principe – Systeme Solar (SDP edit)
06. Sonotech – Guerrilla Amapola
07. mr. ioso feat. Caballo – Mo Fyah!
08. Sonido del Principe – Wucumbia
09. Sonido del Principe feat. Caballo – Cartagena
10. Sonido del Principe – Cumbia Curry
11. Black Mandingo – La Cumbia de Giorgio
12. mr. ioso feat. Sonotech – DA CUMBIA
13. Sonidero Cordobestia – Maria Candela
14. Son nacional – Roc Boyz (SDP edit)
15. Illya Kuriaki – Jaguar House (Toy Selectah 20.08 Refix)
16. Charles Trees – It’s The&

4. MR RIDGZ

ALERT……Let off the sirens!!!!!

New Kid on Da Cumbia Block..lol

What’s up my name is Ivan Rodriguez, I’m am one of the gutarrists of Koñorteño a band Based in Tijuana, Mx by way of San Diego, Ca.

I’ll be posting up some remixes, original and comissioned tracks I make to share with you guys. Some tracks are from an alternate project I have “El Hijo De La Diabla” where I mix a little cumbia, vallenato, hiphop, dub, funk etc etc… hope you enjoy the music!

La Pollera colorada – El Hijo de La Diabla (El Pollo Loco Rmx) by MrRDGZ

Pon de floor – Major Lazer (Hijo de la Diabla Rmx) by MrRDGZ

La suma de todos – Koñorteño by MrRDGZ

Notas Tristes – Koñorteño by MrRDGZ

Andres ese es – El Hijo De La Diabla (Mixtape sample track) by MrRDGZ

5. LOS MACUANOS

Again, guys we covered here a little while back and they’ve just come up with this AMAZZING Promo mix, I REALLY, REALLY LOOOOVE this one!

One of the BEST starts to a Nu Cumbia Mix I’ve ever heard!

El Fin (Promo Mix 2010) by LosMacuanos

Just discovered this the other day.  Had no idea that Massive Attack had collaborated with Hope Sandoval and been given the remix treatment by Gui Boratto.

I was just not expecting this at all.

If you recall we covered Hope Sandoval back HERE not so long ago and the next minute she turns up most unexpectedly on an EPIC track, man it’s gorgeous.

Sounds like Radiohead and the guitar part later in the track sounds a bit like the guitar bit in Blue Monday by New Order.

This is a Down-Tempo Melancholic Club Monsta and I just can’t stop listening to it!

Massive Attack – Paradise Circus feat. Hope Sandoval (Gui Boratto Remix) by lucidonline

SI SI..if you have followed the blog, it’s been a while since we posted something from our homies BEAM UP who are always bringing the best in dub, bleeps, balkan, grimey bassy, bass, bass, bass, polyrhythmic, abstract, glitch, minimal, maximal, electro, breaks, jungle, raggajungle, dancehall, indian classical, middle eastern, oriental and much much more…in their wicked mixtapes and tracks!!

This time they are giving the OUTERNATIONAL DUBSTEP!!! seriously.. can’t stop listening to it!!! just to give you a taste of what’s inside:
Fleck’s track is pure dubstep madness, then soulico’s tune will make you fly!! and bronta’s scorpio 007 theme is a TRACK that worth the whole mix!!!

GRAB THAT M’F!! CUZ THIS IS OUTERNATIONAL BOMB!!! SOUND TUNED INTO GOLD IN A DUBSTEPPED FORM!!!!
Outernational Dubstep mix 4 Generation Bass by Beam Up & DJ Delay

Hello – AC Slater
White Collar Grime-Mistabishi
Heads Up- Bassnectar
black vomit -Dokkebi q
Mutants (Warrior Queen) – Liquid Stranger
Nazad_VK_Sidestep_version – Village_Kollektiv
GENOCIDE DENIED part II- FLeCK
1000 Nights (Featuring Ravid Kahalni) – Soulico
James Bond Theme (Bronta Scorpio Secret Agent Remix) – Fanfare Ciocarlia
URBAN FIRE-FLeCK
BeatWaySick (feat. Busdriver)- Moderat
BRAIN DANCER – FLeCK
Hardcore Cherry BonBon-Dokkebi q
Aftershock – Liquid Stranger
MERDA feat.CONNECTIONIST- FLeCK
Ontological Ground of Being-Timeblind