Ok another Festival post to help to wet your appetite for the big event.  To find out more about the Incubate Festival ( and pls don’t forget Generation Bass is only a small part of it), tickets and other info, head over to the main festival site INCUBATE 2010.

You can also download the FULL GUIDE HERE.

Today it’ s all about 2 big figureheads in their respective scenes!

SABBO

Sabbo is a producer and DJ from Tel Aviv, Israel. Homie don’t play no trance though… It’s all dancehall and hiphop and global beats. Sabbo hit the charts a couple of times at home.

He’s a very diverse producer and is part of the SOULICO crew and also does stuff with Kuti.

However, his first and main love is dancehall and that’s what mainly does under his own name.  He is not limited to Dancehall though as you will hear from the tracks below, he can turn his magic hand to Moombahton and Dubstep too, to devastating effect!

Sabbo was also recruited, by none other than Diplo himself, to blog at the Mad Decent site after Diplo heard him DJ in a club in Israel.

Here’s some links:

Sabbo

Soulico

Sabbo & Kuti

Here’s some sounds – streams/downloads:

Y-Love feat.Describe-Move On (Sabbo Remix) by Sabbo

Make it sexy by Sabbo

Afrojack BangDuck (Sabbo’s Moombathon edit) by Sabbo

Look Pon Me-Natalie Storm (Sabbo Remix) by Sabbo

Tainted Dub by Sabbo

DANIEL HAAKSMAN

Few individuals in the Dance Underground can claim to have done as much for the exchange of musical ideas across the globe as DJ, producer, remixer and label owner Daniel Haaksman.

His involvement in remixing duo Haaksman & Haaksman (alongside his brother Felix) and compilations for Best Seven and Sonar Kollektiv put his name on the map, and after running Essay Recordings from 1997 to 2004 he started his own imprint Man Recordings in 2005. The label has since become the most prominent outlet for Brazilian baile funk in Europe. Man Recordings established artist collaborations between Brasil and Europe with names such as Crookers, Feadz, Jesse Rose, Edu K amongst others, and became also the platform for Haaksmans own productions and releases such as the “Who´s Afraid Of Rio” EP and the “Gostoso” EP and their remix edititions. As a DJ, Daniel Haaksman has played around the globe, and is loved for a club ready eclectic mix of baile funk, house, uk funky, electro, kuduro, dancehall or whatever.

Soak up some of his sounds here:

Lata Mangeshkar “Thoda Resham Lagta Hai” (Daniel Haaksman Remix) by MANRECORDINGS

Daniel Haaksman – Minimix for Jackmode Agency by MANRECORDINGS

Daniel Haaksman – FUNK LEGAL 2006 by Daniel Haaksman / Man Rec

Hello all,

I’m sorry but this is mostly a french speakers post special. Quickly, just to give some news of what’s happening in eastern suburbia of Paris. Listen global, act local !

First of all, we’ve got finaly our radio show. Every wednesday, on local radio Vallée FM, 98,4FM if you are in Paris, or eastern suburbs. This is a great radio, with much interesting shows. Like the Wa’agwaan show, a 1998 born dancehall show. Our show is called Global Bass (original name, isn’t it ?) and it will be on wednesday from 9 to 10 at evening.

Check it out.

Here is the first show. Feel free to dl it. This one was focused on two different “styles”, Baltimore Club and Balkan Beats musics, and we haven’t forgoten our musical classics with some Nora Dean, James Brown, and king of electric Mali Idrissa Soumaoro… It is a french speaking show, but hey, you can understand the music !

Globalbass n°1. Bmore sur Danube by videomit

You can check out website and the radio station Vallée FM website

By the way, we will organize a monthly guest DJ show, feel free to contact us if you want to stream one of your mix in France. Every music style is welcome, if it has bass innit.

Colonna-L’armata di l’ombra. Concept album soon !

This a video trailer I’ve done for my friend Colonna, originaly from Corsica, and now living in Paris. He will release the 11th of October his new concept album, full of dark and abstract hip-hop and instrumental. With his music, he gives us part of Corsica’s identity. But hey, no politics in here, just ambiance, dark but efficient.

Check out l’armata di l’ombra by Colonna. Soon to be released on Itunes too.
It reminds me that I’ve lot of things to tell about french hip-hop, especially in the golden years, the 90’s.

Peace y’all, and sorry for this extra-promo post.

From the tropical side of Cuba to the foggy side of UK, From the Spanish guitar to the electric breakcore of Cumbia
TODAY’S BANGERS ARE VERY ECLECTIC!

Salsa, drum n bass and dubstep!!
Caballo & TMFK- Azucah by caballo

NOISIA, ed rush & Optical goes back to Drum N Bass roots
Noisia, Ed Rush & Optical – Brain Bucket (VSN009) by NOISIA

THIS ONE IS VERY…VERY ..ORIGINAL.. you need to listen to it til the twist!! LOVING IT
Hostile Hams – Expeditions (V2) [Free 320kbps download] by Hostile Hams

Buckethead has been one of my fav guitar players since the 90’s..and he’s got the dubstep treatment!!
Buckethead – Sketches of Spain- (Meltus WiiWub) by MeltusRiddler

HEY!!! GUYS!! you have to check this amazing cumbia!!!
Back to the water (back to the cumbia refix)
Back to the water (back to the cumbia refix) by polymiller by arturomorgado

The Blunted Stuntman aka Leyton Smith is a permanent fixture on the South African electro-funk circuit, and he’s as passionate about breakbeat music (from jump-up jungle and nasty-frequency breaks to renegade-snare garage and Ninja Tune-style audio dope) as he is about local varieties of groove goodness.

He manages to balance these twin interests in a couple of ways: by night he bombards dancefloors with fierce beats that have global reach; by day he battles away working in the music industry – and inserts a bit of distortion into big business’s all-too-safe slipstream.

As a DJ, The Blunted Stuntman has amassed plenty party cred spinning in SA’s most essential venues, and he’s always infusing his frenzy-inducing breaks with some homegrown flavour. Smith also makes a difference from his offices at Soul Candi Records, the largest independent supplier and compiler of dance music in the country.

For over a decade, he’s been finding tracks for and refining a series he calls “Breakin’ ZA”. Essentially a showcase of the best beat freaks in the country, Vol. 1 came out as a limited edition CD over ten years ago; Vol. 2 is a DJ mix available on MixCloud, and Vol. 3 will be commercially available via Soul Candi soon.

Today however I’d like to point you in the direction of The Blunted Stuntman’s new ‘Voodoo Sessions’ set, which he sums up as, ”Pulling out all the stops, this has got Breaks, House, Garage, Dub… and one of the biggest selections of South African beats I have used.”

In his notes “The Stuntman” also marvels at a phenomenon we’ve been discussing on Generation Bass for a while: “How amazing [it is] that the rest of the world has taken to the tribal drumming of Africa, and how [he] can now play Julio Bashmore and Doc Daneeka amongst our own DJ Fresh & Euphonik.”

However, making a combination of kwaito-influenced house and international bass music sound like a natural match can be tricky. ‘Cross-cultural pollination’ is a common buzz-phrase for global bass-heads right now – this is the first time I’ve heard it emerge effectively from my own back yard.

And only someone with the Stuntman’s unerring passion, knowledge and determination could have pulled it off – Big up, Blunted!

Part of the Generation Bass team, Vince & I, will be in Dortmund, Germany this Saturday upon the invitation of the Globalibre blog.

Apparently there are 2 venues within the venue and so if you’re around you’re gonna hear some Generation Bass House in one venue and then more underground stuff at the other.

To find out more try their blog or join the events page on facebook but that is in German and so best of luck..lol..

From the studios of Max Tannone (the guy who who did the Mos Dub album about 5 months ago) comes the smashing Dub Kweli. These tracks are all masterfully cut, chopped and mashed into dubby hip-hop fire starters. I rinse his Mos Dub tracks frequently to smiles and big-ups here in Amsterdam and I’m confident that these Dub Kweli cuts will do the same.

This is album is a free download on Soundcloud or grab a zip of the entire album at http://www.dubkweli.com/

Enjoy! ~ Process Rebel

Dub Kweli by Max Tannone

ZZK’s Mash Up King is back and he comes bearing gifts once again.

We love Villa on this blog and some of his mash ups really got me interested in this scene in the first place.

We have done numerous features on him in the past and here’s perhaps the most enlightening, a 2 part interview:

Part 1

Part2

Recently he wrote to me to say he’s starting his first South American tour next week and here’s his parting gift to Generation Bass, 24 Mash ups

Thanks Villa and all the best with the tour bro’.

All of you based in South America, if he is coming to your town/city/shithole make sure you try to catch him live.

Villa Diamante – Mashups 2010

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Todos_Tus_Muertos_vs_Kode_9_vs_badawi.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Sumo_vs_Piranha_Piranha.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Soda_Stereo_vs_Optimus_Grime.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Manal_vs_Silkie.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Lumumba_vs_A_Gemmy.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Divididos_vs_The_Others.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Daniel_Melero_vs_Silkie.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Charly_Garcia_vs_Loefah.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/VillaDiamante-ViejasLocasvsBenga.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/VillaDiamante-LumumbavsAGemmy.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Andres_Calamaro_vs_Benga.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Babasonicos_vs_Silkie.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Matias_Aguayo_vs_KRio.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-6Blocc_vs_Los_REM_Stone.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Bomba_Estereo-La_Boquilla(Villa_Diamante_Cumbiastyle).mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Roska_vs_47Corp.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Diosque_vs_El_Remolon.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Sara_Hebe_vs_Uncle_Sam.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Malente_and_Dex_vs_Don_Omar.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-Lisa_M_vs_Riton_&_Primary_(L-Vis 1990_Remix).mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/VillaDiamante-ProxyRavenvsAlexis&FidofeatChingoBling.mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Villa_Diamante-LG_vs_Darkus(Roska_Remix).mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/Daleduro-MomentofSmoke(VillaDiamanteCumbiastyle).mp3

http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/mp/VillaDiamante-Calle13vsTheVeryBest.mp3

Just grabbed this from our homie, Ben of Akwaaba music, who in turn was introduced to it by Catherine Barnes.

This track is really NUTZ but original and I LOVE it!!!!

The first part sounds like a funked up female Fela Kuti complete with Rooster crows and then the second half descends into a kind of acoustic gospel blues!

I mean look at the title “Sosomoneycockplease”.

Break down that title..lol..

I’m sure the “cock” in the title refers to the animal but who knows!

I think this is an artist to keep your eye on, as this video and track indicates that we can expect some very interesting stuff to come from this artist.

Apparently you can grab Sosomoneycockplease from iTunes.

You can also hear more from Edoheart at her My Space.  Other tracks on their are not as catchy as “Sososmoneycockplease” and some blur the lines between songs and poetry/spoken performance in experimental avante-garde fashion!

This kid is Fire!! Mister Whacka also known from his parents as Bouwe de Vries is a 15 Y.O from Utrecht, Netherlands!!

He is Aggressive and Dark!! but also Melodic and explosive!! HE IS ABSOLUTELY SICK!!
He does these unpredictable drops but keeps the melodic way!
Hearing Impairment by Mister Whacka
He is great in Dark-step or Dubstep.. and i don’t even want to talk about his DnB!!!
One of the coolest kids i have recently listened to!!
You Have to listen to this:
THE MADMAN!!
The Madman(WiP) by Mister Whacka

This one is a good example if his melodic side
A New Day (Ft. Luka) by Mister Whacka

AND SURE!!
WE DO HAVE A FREE DOWNLOAD TUNE!!
All your bass belong to us
All Your Bass Are Belong To Us by Mister Whacka

Dubsteppers’ lookin’ for their Momma:

1. CAVALASKA

2. EALZEE

3. RESO

4. PHAELEH

5. BALLS OF STEEL

6. FILTH COLLINS

7. DROID SECTOR

8. DANEJAH

9. TORQUX & TWIST

10. OMEGA DUBSTEP & PINK FLOYD

11. HIGH RANKIN, EVOLVE OR DIE & IAN BROWN

12. FLeCK

LOOKIN’ 4 THEIR MOMMA @ THE CARNIVAL

Ok, today in London, UK,  it is Notting Hill Carnival day, the second largest street festival in the world!

So here’s a trio of grooves to get you into that mood!

CAVALASKA

SamBaRapSTeP, need I say more?

Cavalaska & Mc Dom Lampa – Samba Groove (SambaGrime version) by cavalaska

EALZEE

Been a while since we had this dude on here.

He’s back with a free album you can grab on his Bandcamp page. Man it’s a KILLA album, been blasting it all week, really, really excellent stuff and could not recommend it highly enough. Perfect for the dubby Notting Hill Carnival vibe.

Here take a look at the tracklist:

Here’s a mix to ease you into that.

Promo Mix for a Free Album @ ealzee.bandcamp.com by Ealzee

RESO

At the behest of Norman Jay, Reso has been meddling with the Rumba and here’s the result. Part of the Bacardi pioneers project, google it to find out more.

Ok, that’s it, my contribution to the carnival mood..lol..

Boriken Groove by Reso

PHAELEH

Majiika led me on to this artist, great stuff, brilliant remix by Akira Kiteshi.

BALLS OF STEEL

Now, I have not heard a dubstep remix of a popular track like this first one before, amazzing remix by this dude who friended me on soundcloud.

The MIA remix is a great one too!

Balls of Steel (born Reilly Steel) is a DJ and producer from Oakland, CA with a penchant for massive bass and sometimes even some pretty melodies. Originally trained classically, he turned his efforts toward electro, house, and dubstep in 2009, making bass-heavy dance music.

Steve Angello & Laidback Luke – Be (Balls of Steel Dubstep Bootleg) by Balls of Steel

Steppin’ Up (Balls of Steel Remix – HARD LA / M.I.A.) by Balls of Steel

FILTH COLLINS

Ok my favourite Australian Dubstepper is back with 2 sikk tracks, 1 free, 1 stream, check them out!

Filth Collins – Hold Tight (VIP) by Filth Collins

Filth Collins – Broken (Hulk Rmx) by Filth Collins

DROID SECTOR

Good enough reason and yep still sounds freshhh!

Droid Sector – Comatose [Free 320] by Droid Sector

DANEJAH

Naarsty track from this 21 yr old unsigned artist.  Covered him a few weeks back as, in addition to dubstep, he makes some stonking DrumSTeP too!

Welcome to Zion VIP (Free Download) by DANEJAH

TORQUX & TWIST

AWESOME track been in my record bag for a little while now!

OMEGA DUBSTEP & PINK FLOYD

One of our regulars is back for another week.

This time he’s come back with a classic Pink Floyd remix.

Pink Floyd – Brain Damage (Omega Remix v1) FREE 320 Download by OmegaDubstep

Check out one of his new releases too:

This is my remix of my good buddies Future Simple Project’s “Snow Lion”. I guess this fits into the “drumstep” category – faster (160) and more dnb influence, but still half-time kick and snare, and some heavy wobbles. I’m really feeling this tempo/style, so expect to see more tunes like this from me in the near future

This whole ep is fantastic, check it out:
http://www.addictech.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=58757

and check out more Future Simple tunes here:
Future Simple Project

and here:
http://futuresimpleproject.com

Future Simple Project – Snow Lion (Omega Remix) Available on Addictech by OmegaDubstep

HIGH RANKIN & EVOLVE & DIE & IAN BROWN

Don’t know what Ian Brown would make of this but I do know he’s huge into my Bro’ Celt Islam’s music and Celt does ocassionally play live with his tabla player, Inder Goldfinger.

Those strings are so ICONIC and I do like this remix!

Ian Brown – F.E.A.R. (High Rankin & Evolve or Die Remix) FREE DL by High Rankin

FLeCK

One of our favourite artists of 2010 and occasional contributor to Dubstep Monday.  Fleck will be back making some more DM posts very soon.

He’s remixed a Herr Muller tune for us which will appear on the forthcoming debut release on our digi label.  Watch out for more from him as he will be featuring prominently on some some of our future releases cause we just love his work sooo much.

Here’s a video to his great track VAMPIRES that some dude/fan just put together without his know how but yeah he likes it and I think I do too

Also we want to share to the planet more of his wonderful music
here we have
Dogar
Dogar (g-ta’s Dubstep Remix) by g-ta

To have at least a nice gifts for you guys he is dropping These AMAZING tunes as FREE DOWNLOAD
Awake (g-ta’s Desi DnB Remix) by g-ta

and
SHARABI
Sharabi Mash up by g-ta
More Punjabi-step
Sahiba Dubstep by g-ta

Classic sound gets the treatment
Maan Kari Na Ft. Manak
Maan Kari Na Ft. Manak (Final) by g-ta

AND last but not least
Another FREE DOWNLOAD jewel!!!
I totally loved this one!!!!
Khapp by g-ta

One of their (Fader’s) favourites BUT one of our favourites too

Via The Fader

FADER cover star Spoek Mathambo’s Mshini Wam is released August 30th on BBE, but we have the privilege of offering you a full preview of it for the next 48 hours. As you can probably guess by our current issue, it is one of our favorite albums of the year, and we’re excited to be the first place you can hear it. Listen below, buy the album on Insound and read our cover story in FADER Issue 68.

Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam by Peter Macia – The FADER

Well.. Caballo finally doing a Villera post!!
i have to admit it is not easy for me to write about cumbia villera because i have to contextualize how i discovered this type of cumbia, and like many…i hated/loved it.. to me it was really fun to watch and dance, but i never took it seriously as a musical style until living in the US in where i had to work doing incidental music.
i was mainly doing a lot of music from all over the world and villera was Really hard because it has this strong influence from Argentinian CUARTETO, which to me was a tropical variation of Milonga & latin grooves, specially in the Bassline, but Villera added this Chichera psychedelic Guitar and a really strong Bass Drum pattern that was really hard to get in sample/loop so i had to loop 80’s rock. ( Read the Story after the post)

CUMBIA VILLERA
This is la Cumbia de los Trapos from Yerba Brava

La Repandilla doing a great Villera version of Colegiala

PIBES CHORROS

RODRIGO EL POTRO singing to DIEGO

Damas Gratis

Repiola

PS: if u are Aregntinian Hope you like my Selection of Cumbia Villera and if you want to know how i discovered!!

THIS IS MY STORY!!
Back in ‘97 i was very into Death Metal on one side and Noisecore- Ragga Core on the other..
Basically i was a long haired, barely shaved, dark person.
i also felt like my own family’s black sheep who played in a band.
Someday my aunt, who always liked the posh side of life, comes over my place and invites me over her club in where i could either play golf or go swimming.. (there’s no human power to make me play/watch golf) so i chose it was time to get my annual bath..

Hours later i was in this club when an Argentinian girl also in her 20’s came over asking if i had a lighter.. (i have never smoked ..anything..lol) so i said no.. but as soon as she opened her mouth i had a crush on her accent!!! and on her as well..
I invited her a beer.. (no smoker..but i was a WORLD CLASS HEAVY WEIGHT DRUNK!!) and obviously if you are musician. you’ll understand me, in less than 3 seconds the conversation turned into music..
i Said i was in a band.. and she replied: A CUMBIA VILLERA ONE?
How on earth this girl thought i was in a Cumbia band? i had long hair!! sort of beard, and love dancing!!
DO NOT LAUGH AT ME.. this is the way i looked back in 97-98 HAHAHA ..

The next day i turned my TV on and saw a Villera band.. they all look like my band mates.. even same guitars!!!
AND THEY ALL HAD BLACK TSHIRTS with SKULLS AND LONG HAIR..lol
Everyone but MY FAVORITE !!
LOS SULTANES!!

THIS SONG MADE ME SOO HAPPY!!! for Years!!
And i wont even dare to post Mayonesa from Chocolate.

You know I like some of my stuff pretty weird and off the beaten track.  To me it’s not weird, it’s pretty much the norm, it’s just that other people think it’s weird

So how about some “Txalaparta” ?

It’s a game- like percussion encounter between 2 people involving 2 planks of wood which are struck rhythmically with round wooden sticks or other objects making a sound similair to a wind chime/marimba! – see pic below!

This is usually accompanied with some sitar, throat singing, some morrocan sounding castanets and strong basque flavas!

Just the kind of thing I love, Transnational Folkism

Grab this free track, xclusive to us, and then read all the official PR below written by a propa’ journo’..lol..

JAI ADIVASI

The album is definitely worth exploring if you love your Transnational Folkism and want to hear something different and fresh!

Release date 17 September 2010-usual on-line & physical outlets worldwide!

It can be a game, a friendly duel. It’s a dialogue, where it’s just as important to listen modestly as to make a bold statement. It can be made of wood, ice, stone.

The answer to this riddle: a Basque percussion instrument, the txalaparta, wooden planks laid over trestles and struck with sticks held vertically. It resonates in the hands of Oreka Tx, an ensemble whose album, Nömadak Tx (on World Village), finds them exploring new voices and connections for this ancient and once endangered instrument. American audiences in cities like Minneapolis, San Francisco, Washington and Chicago will get a unique chance to experience these worldly experimenters in September 2010.

“It’s a very different understanding if you’re used to playing your own instrument and mixing it with the band,” explains Harkaitz Martinez de san Vincente, who along with Igor Otxoa founded Oreka Tx. “You have to share the txalaparta with another person. It’s the sharing of the rhythm that’s difficult, and that’s the challenge.”

Oreka Tx—Martinez and fellow txalapartari Mikel Ugarte, joined by several other musicians fluent in Basque and global sounds—have taken their instrument, which they make themselves, from precious folk symbol to cosmopolitan high art. The sound recalls the marimba, but only in the way a piano resembles a pipe organ. Its satisfying union of rhythmic and melodic colors can be exploited in full, thanks to a duo of performers who are constantly engaged in improvisatory give-and-takes and passionate interwoven conversations, establishing and breaking down each other’s beats.

Between France and Spain, the Basque people have strong ties to the land and their language—though no links linguistically to the surrounding peoples—and a past that extends back to the beginnings of human settlement in Europe. The origins of the txalaparta (pronounced CHOLL-uh-PART-uh) are shrouded in the same sort of mystery as the Basques themselves: Its sound has been connected to everything from galloping horses and successful cider pressings to hill-to-hill communication.

Yet more recently, it was firmly linked to Basque identity, as a distinctive, unmistakable, very audible instrument banned along with the language under Franco. Condemned to silence, the txalaparta nearly died out, leaving a mere four players (two sets of brothers) by the 1960s. Thanks to a cultural revival movement, however, the instrument gained a new lease on life, and by the 1990s, was being taught regularly to interested students.

The txalaparta’s near brush with extinction means musicians can do almost anything, and be doing something radical. “It’s a young instrument, and anything you do is new,” Martinez muses. “You feel very close to the development, and by building it yourself, you also get very close to the instrument.”

For Martinez and Otxoa, this closeness combined with a love of travel led to their recent exploration of nomadic culture and txalaparta potential, Nömadak Tx, a project that included a recording, documentary film, and now live multimedia performances. Listeners get a glimpse of Oreka Tx’s epic journey to the Sahara, the Arctic, the Subcontinent, and the steppes via images and sounds interwoven with live musical performance.

The musicians of Oreka Tx went in search not only of nomads, but of people who share some of the Basques’ difficult fate as minorities without a recognized nation-state. They played with a throatsinger from the reindeer-herding Tsaan of Northwestern Mongolia, related to the Tuvans just across the border in Russia. They worked with musicians in refugee camps in Algeria, facing displacement and hardship after Morocco’s invasion. They made music with Adivasi musicians in remote, overlooked corners of India.

And wherever they went, they made a txalaparta from local materials that defined the nomads’ lives. They carved planks of ice with the Sami of Lapland. They struck stones in the Sahara, to reflect the desert’s power.

These innovations not only helped them connect with musicians on their travels, but changed the way they performed on the txalaparta. “It was so nice to be working with different materials like ice,” Martinez smiles. “The sound is very different compared to wood. You can’t hit it hard, so you have to play softer. We didn’t just make new songs on our journeys; we made a new approach to playing.”

Regardless of the materials and style, the instrument itself, while a meaningful part of Basque heritage, is also a powerful symbol: Two players must interact respectfully and intently to make any music at all. The dynamics of the instrument point to new ways of relating between cultures.

“It’s a nice symbol: Two people have to play same instrument, have to listen and respect other, to do one positive thing. The music doesn’t belong to one or the other,” Martinez reflects. “It can represent nicely the meeting point of different cultures and people. And it gives us another way to express that we Basques want to exist as part of this plural world, to give another color to the world.”

An incredible volume 2 release from Barbès Records. Been blasting this all week.

This is, for me, the next best thing in cumbia after Colombian Cumbia

Take a listen for now. We’ll come back to this again next month with a free download.

The Roots Of Chicha 2 (Sampler) by pressjunkiepr

Cultural phenomena streak through popular consciousness like meteorites. There’s a significant, even life-changing, impact made somewhere, but for many it’s only a moment that flickers by, soon to be swallowed back into the cosmos. Chicha might have been like that. Instead, a once-obscure music that enjoyed a fanatic embrace in the Peruvian slums of the 1970s has become a full-fledged global occasion – thanks to the stunning success of a 2007 CD called The Roots of Chicha.

The album, released by the Brooklyn-based Barbès Records, was a passionate act of cultural appreciation: a heartstrong effort to turn the world on its ear with something it had never expected to hear. It took listeners back to the late 1960’s, when a number of Peruvian guitarists from Lima and the Amazon created a new electric hybrid, which mixed cumbia, surf, Cuban guaracha, rock, Peruvian folklore, and psychedelic touches. This new wave of Peruvian cumbia came to be known as chicha. Scorned by the middle-class and the official tastemakers, chicha remained mostly associated with the slums of Lima, where the ever-growing population of Andean migrants embraced the music and its players as their own.

When Olivier Conan released the first volume of Roots of Chicha in September 2007, he couldn’t have foreseen the kind of impact it would have. The musician, who co-owns the club Barbès in Brooklyn and owns the label of the same name, had fallen in love with the music on a trip to Peru in the summer of 2006. Back in New York, he started his own band, Chicha Libre, as an attempt to share his enthusiasm. Then he released a compilation of some of the best chicha tracks from the ‘70s. The music quickly found an audience in the US and in Europe. Musicians and DJs embraced it as a lost link between rock and Latin cultures. Accolades flowed from the New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, El Comercio and the BBC. One of its songs was covered by the band Franz Ferdinand, actor Elijah Wood praised it profusely in an interview to Paste magazine. Chilean rock group Los Tres gave a copy of the record to then-president Bachelet, which somehow became national news.

And now, there’s more.

Roots of Chicha 2 showcases 11 bands and 16 tracks recorded from 1968 to 1981. This is music at once familiar and exotic -  rooted in the changing sounds fostered by the worldwide musical revolution that took place in the late 60’s – yet the music remains oddly timeless. The new collection is not a sequel. It’s an attempt to rectify some of the biases and inaccuracies of the first volume. Here, the selections focus more on the urban aspect of the music and less on the Amazonian side. It highlights some lesser-known bands, and broadens its scope to include some of the early Cuban-influenced groups that would play such a crucial role in the elaboration of the chicha sound. And it introduces some of the later bands, such as Los Shapis, who played in the more Andean style that would eventually define chicha. More roots. More chicha.

This collection includes such crucial chicha outfits as Grupo Celeste, which had a huge influence on the emergence of Mexican cumbia; Chacalon, the legendary “bad boy” of chicha; Ranil, the doggedly independent folk hero from Iquito; Manzanita, unheralded yet dazzling; and Los Destellos, whose seminal role in the evolution of chicha is further documented here.

The new edition is next chapter in a fascinating story. Even as a new audience for chicha has begun to develop far, far away from Peru, it’s the effect that the music has had in its contemporary homeland that has been the biggest surprise. For decades, chicha had been scorned as the trashiest expression of Lima’s slums. While the music certainly lived on with the working class, many journalists, students and musicians were becoming increasingly interested. Roots of Chicha became a perfect excuse to explore this obscured chapter of their popular culture. News that a gringo was interested in chicha found its way in many of Peru’s mainstream magazines, newspapers and TV – including canal cuatro and the very official El Comercio.

Within two years, a Peruvian cumbia revival was in full swing. Not only were old bands such as Juaneco y su combo and Los Mirlos given sudden attention, but popular Peruvian rock bands started paying homage to the music. All of a sudden, Peruvian cumbia found itself in the hip clubs of Barranco, the “bohemian” neighborhood of Lima. After 40 years, chicha was no longer invisible. Still, as if to avoid the social stigma attached to the music, people were calling it cumbia, not chicha.

Chicha still belongs to the slums.

JUANECO

You know we never leave you without some downloads and so here’s some from a previous post I did on Juaneco!

Go HERE to grab them!

Here’s a sneak preview to what will be our DEBUT release on the Generation Bass Digital Label.

A 6 track EP with remixes by FLeCK, Sonido Del Principe & Coco Bryce.

Coming out worldwide in September 2010.

Herr Müller – Uh 128kbps by generation bass

Herr Müller – Huh (FLeCK remix) 128 kbps by generation bass

This is not an indication of the direction that our label will go in as we want to surprise you with each new release.

Do let us know what you think..LOVE & HATE

Big thanks to our boys VideoMit & (Mr)VideoVince for making the preview for this release.

www.videomit.wordpress.com&http://globalbass1.wordpress.com/

Generation Bass presents Herr Müller. from Videomit on Vimeo.

One of our faves, George is back with an xcellent new release. Here’s what he says:

hello hello hello, thought id drop a couple of bits over to you all…

Firstly

Stay Around ft Jack the lad came out this week:

Stay Around ft Jack da lad by georgelenton

Here’s the beatport link : BUY AT BEATPORT

Secondly

Here’s a couple of FREE reggae tracks :

Forward by georgelenton

Alt Download Link

Capone by georgelenton

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Hopefully it’s sunny enough to suit those where ever you are!

Here’s a little animation called reach I watched earlier:

Insert some philosophical underlying concept to it *here*

anyhow…. that’s all!!

peace!

GL

x

Soundcloud ; http://soundcloud.com/georgelenton

Myspace ; http://www.myspace.com/georgelenton

Facebook ; http://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Lenton/132420317561

We and you, are very lucky today to have an xclusive from one of the American pioneers and reigning kinGs of the DrumSTeP scene, The Dirty Deeds.

If you recall we briefly covered these dudes a few weeks ago HERE as part of the DrumSTeP friday post in which, and much to to the astonishment of the DrumSTeP scene, Ozzy made a special guest appearance…lol…

DrumSTeP, of course, has not yet been fully accepted as a sub-genre all on its own.  Some say it’s just DnB or half time DnB, whilst others are all embracing of the term including our goodselves

Here’s what another respected source, GenXGlow.FM Radio,  says:

Many of us that pay attention to post-modern sub-genres in today’s electronic music culture would have some difficulty putting this fresh and unfamiliar term into perspective. The answer is simple; Half-step Drum and Bass. Tunes still weigh in at 170 to 180 BPM and possess that intoxicatingly wompy drum pattern with the snare hitting at the 3rd beat of every bar instead of the doctrinal 2nd or 3rd. The low end bass structure is slowed down to half, giving it a Dubstep feel.

Let’s leave those arguments behind for the moment and focus on the chiefs of today.

Here take a listen to what they’re all about, this is gonna BLOW U AWAY!

Dirty Deeds – Lose It (Drumstep Mix) CLIP DDIG #007 by DirtySynergy

Ok man, let’s get on with the Interview:

BACKGROUND

For those who might not be familiar with who you are, please tell us a little bit about yourself.

We’re Dirty Deeds (SDF1 & Blitz), a couple of fun-lovin’ guys from the L.A. (Los Angeles, California) area who enjoy making music.  Dating many years back, we’ve headlined & been supporting artists on many BIG events and acts here for quite sometime.

For several years we produced Jump Up/Dancefloor style Drum & Bass for several labels in the UK and here in the states.. Our long time performance & release schedule eventually led us to include Dubstep tunes into our repertoire as well.

Shortly after this we embarked on the production & performance of the Drumstep genre, which has become quite a secure fit for us at this time. Of course we still include many styles of DNB & Dubstep into our sets, because really we just like going BIG with the music we play.

DRUMSTEP

How would you describe your musical style?

BIG Fun energetic intense music that you can party, drive around or walk your dog to.

How would you define Drumstep?

Drumstep is… well how about we let people decide by listening.

When did you first hear Drumstep?

We were on the search for Mokele-Mbembe, when off in the distance….

Who would you credit as starting it all off?

Dunno for sure, but we’d like to thank Gregory Sylvester Coleman for his input.

A lot of people say it’s no different to Drum and Bass and does not need a new name like Drumstep, what are your views on this?

Jungle, Tech step, Jump Up, liquid, nuero funk, hardstep, drumfunk, clownstep, dubstep, J Tek…

Is there a Drumstep scene anywhere, and if so, what new names do we need to look out for coming from this scene?

It’s definitely emerging that’s for sure.  We’re seeing more quality artists play it around, and more fans gravitating toward it.

Artists new and established alike are producing it as well:

Dub Foundation
Taxman
Bassnectar
Heist
Danny Thunders
Hoogs
Stick Bubbly
Skorpio
Macky Gee
Mischief & Mayhem
Brockout
And many more talented artists as well.

UP COMING RELEASES

Tell us a little about some of your past & upcoming projects/releases.

Our Captain planet VIP tune came out early this year and was widely accepted by many including DNB Legend Grooverider, who played/rewound it on his BBC Radio 1 show.
Just recently we released ‘Lose It’ on our label and that tune includes vocals by one of us (Blitz), expect the Dubstep remix of this tune out soon as well.

Comin out soon is our Drumstep remix of ‘Hearts Under Fire’ by Vocalist Lea Luna, set for release on Reid Speed’s PLAY ME records.  Much more to come as well.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES

Please give us your TOP 5 Records, dance or otherwise!

In no particular order:

1. Goldie – Timeless
2. Dillinja – Twist em out
3. Prince – Let’s go crazy
4. Wu tang Clan – wu tang forever
5. Vince Black – Standing up for love

Who/what are your musical influences, music or otherwise?

Life experiences mostly.  The world around us / Crowd Reactions.

Your all-time favourite song/piece of music?

Is that possible?!

THE FUTURE

What is next on your musical agenda?

More releases of our music on various labels including ours. Also more drumstep releases by us and other artists on our own Dirty Digital label.

Oh, and we’re getting the live band back together for Dirty Deeds, something we haven’t done since 2008. This will include our music as well as other big tunes with live instrumentation as well.

Where do you see yourself in another 5 years time?

Making music & having fun.

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

Love – Life – Music.

Do your good works while your here on earth & don’t let ANYONE stand in your way. Most people who try to stifle what you do or say you can’t do something are afraid to do it themselves.

Let the music take you to a higher more positive level.

I couldn’t agree more man with that last statement!

Awesome stuff guys, thanks so much from all of us here at Generation Bass.

I already feel that we’ve just spoken to boyz who are gonna go on and make it MASSIVE and that we’re very lucky to have had this brief opportunity to chat with them, cause soon they might be far too BIG to talk to us..lol..

Grab this XCLUSIVE free choon that we’ve been given especially for all of you Generation Basers’ from these cool dudes, it’s an AWESOME DrumSTeP remix of a Kosheen track:

Kosheen – Hide U (Dirty Deeds DrumSTeP Remix)

To finish, listen to that awesome mix again:

Dirty Deeds – STEP OFF: The Drumstep vs Dubstep Showdown. by DirtySynergy

ALT DOWNLOAD LINK

TRACKLISTING:

*DRUMSTEP*
1 Bassnectar – Teleport Massive
2 Taxman – Look what you’ve done
3 Heavy Hittahz – The Pearl
4 Dirty Deeds – Lose it
5 Original Sin – Without You
6 Lea Luna & Mike Balance – Thrill of the Chase (J Rabbit Remix)
7 Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
8 The Force – Darkside
9 Original Sin – Step on
10 Hazard – Wicked So
11 Dub Foundation – The Gunmen
12 Sqlosh – Step off
13 Danny Thunders & Blitz – War of the Worlds
14 Danny Thunders – F*ck ‘Ardcore

*DUBSTEP*
15 Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg – Next Episode (Jay Robinson Clubstep remix)
16 Rusko – Da Cali Anthem
17 Borgore – Foes (16 Bit F*ck Hoes remix)
18 Champur – Punisher
19 Birdman & Lil Wayne – Pop Bottles (Dirty Deeds VIP dub)
20 Simon Bassline Smith & Drumsound – R U Ready (Dubstep mix)
21 Doctor P – Sweetshop
22 12th Planet – Reasons (Doctor P remix)
23 Flux Pavillion – Voscillate (Roxsonix Remix)
24 Barenoize – Chucky
25 Emalkay – When I look at You
26 Bassnectar – Cozza Frenzy (Bassnectar’s MEGA Bass remix)
27 J Messinian & Zound Collector – Terrorize

Dirty Deeds web links:

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirty-Deeds/125255598715?ref=ts

Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/dirty_deeds_

Myspace:
www.myspace.com/dirtydeeds

Drumstep vs Dubstep Mix:
www.soundcloud.com/dirtysynergy/stepoff

Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
www.soundcloud.com/dirtysynergy/captainplanetradio1

Dirty Deeds – Lose it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOo63UsL74

Dirty Digital Music Label:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dirtydigitalmusic

Got this e-mail through a few days ago from Paz from Lima, Peru who said this:

Really interesting to hear that the above album contains some samples of one of my Special Ladies, Oum Kalthoum

And this is the label that I’m trying to put out:

And here are some dumbia tracks i´m woking on right now:

Deltatron – Demasiado Joven by deltatron

Deltatron – Nose Bone by deltatron

Deltatron – Basstardo Dumbiero Mixtape by deltatron

Tracklist:

Zurita – Crunk Cumbia
Andrés Digital – No No No (I’ve got your man) Cumbia Remix
Loko Bono – Como Cañon
Negro Moreno – Los Borrachos de Babylon
Negro Moreno – Alta Technologic
Sonidero Cordobestia – La Subienda
El Remolon – Cumbia Lescanera (ft Pablo Lescano) vs Zaptap-Citizen 10
Mykol Orthodox – I`m the roughest RMX Cocoa Tea
Dj Mateo – Cumbia Namberwan
Villa Diamante – Arcade vs. Spank Rock
Super Guachin – Pega la Gilada
Bass Head – Los Reyes de la Milanga Remix
Lucas Luisao – Bambass Version
Negro Moreno – Julio Toquecito
Sandro Dalepedro – Portobello
Black Mandingo – 2pac vs. SGColombia
El Sonidero Quilombo – Cumbia Rockers 9
El Sonidero Quilombo – Cumbia Rockers 10
Le Freak Selector – Get Hi (Cumbia Remix)

Deltatron – L.M.C. by deltatron

Incredible new release on Foreign Beggars’ Dented Records imprint.

Just check this out, this is totally naaarsty!

AND

Here’s Plan B’s Acoustic remix:

Grab a promo mix from the man himself:

MEDISON MINI-MIX

Here’s the Official PR:

One of the hottest artists on the underground circuit, Medison has been turning heads left, right and centre recently with his incredible production.

Medison has been racking up collaboration after collaboration working with some of UK’s finest MCs, singers, songwriters and musicians, continually crossing boundaries between different backgrounds of music with his own unique style. This fresh talent has featured productions on albums alongside the likes of Jehst, Chemo, Fliptrix, Kashmere and more and that experience shines through on ‘Harry’, a warm and bouncy track that won’t fail to move some feet.

Having recently signed to the almighty Foreign Beggars’ Dented Records, Medison now turns out an intensely emotional debut with ‘Harry’ featuring rapper Skrein.

Bare Noize turn in a disgusting dubstep rework that’s as filthy as a mud pie with ebola ice cream on the side. Ruckspin throws the tempo to 174bpm and offers some D&B stylings. And finally, rounding off the package, is Plan B who turns ‘Harry’ on his head with an acoustic rework that’d be just as happy on the radio as it would on your iPod.

‘Harry’ EP Tracklist + Download Link

01. Medison ft. Skrein ‘Harry’
02. Medison ft. Skrein & Verb T ‘The Thrill Is Gone’
03. Medison ft. Skrein ‘Harry’ (Bare Noize Remix)
04. Medison ft. Skrein ‘Harry’ (Ruckspin Remix)
05. Medison ft. Skrein ‘Harry’ (Plan B Acoustic Remix)