Another great new release from Man Recordings featuring an array of talented artists, J-Wow from Buraka Som Sistema, Toddla T from BBC Radio 1 and head honcho of Man Recordings, Daniel Haaksman. They all join forces for Wildlife’s first EP on Man Recordings.

Stream the release here:

Listen to Wildlife’s Mix:

Watch the Vid:

Read the PR:

WILDLIFE! who first gained public attention for his unanimously praised productions for Jamaican bad gal Terry Lynn, and then continued making waves with global bass bubblers “Jumbie”, “Metazoa” and his dancehall-soaked “Buckup EP”, readies his first outing for Man Recordings.

The Swiss badboy teams up with Buraka Som Sistema’s J-Wow, with Toddla T and with Mr. Daniel Haaksman himself to deliver a bass fueled 4-tracker, respectfully paying hommage to a variety of genres they’re drawing inspiration and influence from.

On “DNO” WILDLIFE! & J-Wow deliver slowed down kuduroesque rhythm patterns paired with heavy sub-bass action , while the Toddla T collabo “Hear Dat” swings between grimey dancehall and post-apocalyptic soca madness. On “Paragon” WILDLIFE! and Haaksman take things up to 150 bpm, clashing a Juke/Footwork influenced percussion section with chopped-up vocal bits and genre-defying electronica weirdness. WILDLIFE! rounds things up, with dub influenced half-time smasher “Clappaz”.

Grab a Freebie:

DNO – WILDLIFE FEAT. J-WOW

All Aboard The Transnatty Express! Sarah Young drops a BELTER of an EP which will rattle the rafters in every Bass club from Babylon To Brazil and back to Blighty again.

Well well well,this Young lady been causing quite a stir lately. In the past year or so she has hooked up some pukka little sponsorship deals an got herself some pretty happenin hype. Clash mag  just interviewed her but that didnt stop us lot from wantin to poke our collective Gen Bass nose in her Badgyal bidniz. More to come on that later.

In the meantime,it hardly needs to be said,the ubiquitous Sarah Young is a busy bee. Djin in Clubs  all over Londinium,she has teamed up in the past with with a pretty exciting bunch of trailblazers such as; Donaeo, Mz Bratt, Mistajam, Toddla T, Swindle, Jammer, Roses Gabor, David HeartBreak, Lioness, Dynamite MC, J2k and RedLight. She even has her own Radio slot and has had her mixes played on the likes of BBC 1Xtra. Her  shows on Nasty FM are professional, chirpy, thorough and she always drops a ton of class beats and just as many exclusives. Before we get down to propa bizniz lets establish some ground rules.

First up this is a Global Bass EP from the UK (UK=The Untied King dom or The North Atlantic Isles as some of us non Jingoists prefer to call it :) This EP is also ‘TRANSNATIONAL’. What are we on about?

Who better than Dj UMB to give us his Definition Of A Boombastic ‘Transnational’ Thang. I asked him, what encouraged him to redefine that, which is more commonly known among certain ‘twoddle class sandle wearers’ as ‘World Music’ (arghhh the pain, I’m melting) like a whirlwind on Pro Plus UMB replied as only he could;

”World Music to me is a Colonial term.

It represents to me all that is wrong and bad in this world.

It represents a f****d up mind-set. It says to me that non-western music is not worthy of a title like Rock or Hip Hop or Jazz and you know why? Cause the mindset that came up with that term were still living on colonial time and they didn’t feel that Rai, Gnawa, Bachata, Salsa etc etc were worthy of being a 1st class citizen like Rock, Jazz, etc etc.

They felt it was inferior and so they bracketed all music from such countries in an umbrella term and called it World Music.

Apart from that f****d colonial mindset, what does world music mean?

To me it means Madonna, Rihanna, U2, Coldplay etc etc, that is all world music. All music is from this World, so it is World music.

It’s a term that makes no sense cause it was invented by nonsense people trying to continue the British Empire.’‘

Gallus,any excuse to post this for the uninitiated.

Sorted.

Now we’ve squared that up lets get this show on the road. An buckle up eh, cos were goin a magic carpet ride, an we’ve a mighty scirocco on our tail, btw, that’s not the wind u hear whislting, it’s a Sufi Heterophony, back of the class, pay attention, it’s party time and everyone has to bring their own psilocybin punch.

Ok,this is Traveller’s music and lets be honest here, we’re ALL Travellers, we’re all moving to an from somewhere, whether its in our minds or in our Earthboots, we all travellin’ thru time. I’m also thinking Oceans of Consciousness, Transcendental Vibrations, The Universal Field, The Fantastic Voyage and other Supracensory Meditations.

Now were onto my Bombastic Definition of The Transnatty. Yup,that was defo a ripple in the phorce. I’m hearin’ Inner Growth, Jasmine chords, Jade green synths, percussion like a butterfly wing colliding with raindrops in Monsson season. This is musical colour with scent of Saffron, ancient Myrrh and Olive Branch. Scintillas of pearly dew drops scuffle with seven octaves. Thirteen notes are pursued and harnessed by the seering wind and heat of a Sub Saharan sandstrom. As the Sun (SOL-omon) rises in the East, I’m sure I hear Ibn Al Arabi whisper somethin about vastness, light and depth, now theres talk of the Evolution of Creativity. Father Imhotep Himself just popped his head though the Nebulus, breathed deeply three times an bellowed something about The Origin of All. Original.

The meaning of @Sarah’(in Hebrew and adopted by Gitano/Gypsy-Etymology of GYP-sy being Out Of e’GYP’t) is Princess.Young (In Irish Gaelic is ‘Og’ = ‘Tir Na Og’='Land of The Young’, which is Irish ‘Nirvana’ or ‘Heaven’.(It’s where we all go when we shake off our silted mortal coil)

I told you eh, today is Transnatty Definitions Day. An’if u havent got it yet we are exploring The ONENESS of all things whilst ‘ceremoniously’ smashing through borders, chekpoints and frontiers. One Love anyone? So yeah, Sarah Young has taken music home. Alpha to Omega and back Home again to Afrika. Good on her, she’s heard the call. Give Thanks And Praise.

Ok back to the jive, am hearing Ancient MusikAlchemical reverberations. The World Lies Within’ avec a Trinidad of Treble Clefs and Upanishads pon d mic. Hope you dont mind if we try and sharpen the owl Musical Intellect now.

You can even hear the bass rumble in far off Pleiades and not the crappy Alpha Male keech that smells like the underside of Beezlebub’s leftover steak pie but a warm Algebraic type of Bass. Subtractive even, as in resonating from the Kemet, like old school Ethiopian ‘Pebble Counting’. U know the one, yeah that one, the ancient code broken by African merchants hundreds of years before the modern computer was even invented and on which our entire modern Computing system is founded, Global(ly) Bass’d even.

Binary bass codes mixed with Hue-Man.’Not enough Afrika in Computers’ apparently, (cheeky Brian Eno- our Global Bass comps are gem packed full of Africa) Indeed  computer DNA is inherently Afrikan, as Ethiopia is in Afrika, it’s a continent not a country, remember? Also massivley diggin the Drum pattern Geometry on this EP, despite the lockjaw’d tempos, Sarah still manages to capture the essence of those highly adept Anlo-Ewe Polyrhythmns.

This EP is like an oasianic cul de sac of verdant palm trees in the middle of the concrete jungle where we dwell. It’s II Tone Music that boots Enoch Powell flat on his decomposing fandango, it boots him so hard even Eric Claptout is wincing. Rivers Of Dread Beat Ina Blood, Streams of collective consciousness, streets paved with Gold, Frankinscence and Myrrh (again gifts from Abyssinia) and these streets, our streets, are now embalmed with Cola nuts, Palm wine, Khoisan, Igbo Yoruba, Fulani, Bameleke, Zulu, Incata, Sufi, Masai, Songais, Highlife,  Bantu, Quawali, 12 Tribes of Judah, Lions on Mount Zion.  Arc of The Covenant. African Fractals launch into hyperspace and fly through the galaxy talking Native Tongues.  It’s a new Paradigm.  A Kaleidoscope of Afronauts climbing The Intergalactic Tree of Musical Knowledge and hand in hand we dance to The Mystery.  Medicus Curat Imhoteps Musica Sanat. The Trinity is complete. Idaltu to Sapiens. Herto Bouri. Repeat Ad Infintum and Create.

Shalom/Salaam.

Anyway.

‘I Am Sarah Young” Tracklist and Line-up

1. Ajambo Si ft. Slick Don and Lioness ( Kuduro, featuring Lioness & Slick Don)

2. Dumbahton ( Moombahton, Bhangra, Dutch House & Dirty South style Mash up)

3. Ride & Whistle ft. Dynamite MC & Natasha Shyrose ( Soca )

Heres what UMB had to say about Sarah’s EP:

“Sarah Young is establishing herself in the UK Transnational Bass scene in no time at all with her vigorous self-promotion and hype BUT her free debut EP released in conjunction with world-wide brand Addidas, more than lives up to that hype! This EP surprised the hell out of me because if this is just a taster of things to come, I have no doubts that we will be witnessing the birth of something very special here. One of the most refreshing things I’ve heard in 2012 thus far in the Transnational Bass scene! This has commercial hit written all over it!!!!’”

Heres a lil’ peak behind the scenes ie ‘the making of’

KDL- And now to the interview mobile!

KDL-I see this is a CD release,when will it be available to download digitally?

SY-Same day! We’re releasin’ an online version too. xx

KDL-Haha ok i was a bit worried there, can u tell me more about the Mcs, why u chose them, what impressed u about them  and did u let them do their thing or was there a theme u wanted them to address?

SY-Yeh, i wanted to get UK talent on the EP as although i do Global Bass and all my influences are from across the globe its important to rep your own. I had to have a female mc on Ajambo si, and Lioness was perfect, she a big  MC here in the UK and always comes up with the lyrical goods. On the Ajambo track i also wanted to create a conversation between Lioness and a male MC, so i chose Slick Don who’s worked with man like Toddla T. He’s real fresh talent from up north, i love his accent, he’s got a really nice rythmical flow and is cheeky, which is exactly what i needed for this track as its all about boooootay. As for Dynamite mc, what a legend, known him for years and years from when i was about 17/18 and always secretly wanted to work with, so when i sent him Ride & Whistle and he said he loved it, it was like, yessss! i love writing so i was quite involved in the lyrical process and direction, i think that’s very important.

KDL-Ok great stuff can now just tell me a bit about ur musical background, home school, college to present day. Also do u play instruments? What software do u use and what kit u have in the studio.

SY-Grew up in a mad musical family, my Mother played like a million instruments including piano, classic guitar, flute etc.Whilst growing up, however,my choice of instrument was the drums. I hated school so much, the only time i was happy when i was in music and art class, there was something about creating things that gave me peace. I sung from when i was 7 to 15 quite intensely, i went to the Academy of Contemporary Music here in the UK between the ages of 12-15, studied Song Writing, Production and Vocal Training, this is where i really came out of my shy shell and got a taste for performing. I didn’t really know djing was a career option until i was 17 and started going out, and the boyfriend of my best friend at the time was a dj and we would be out every night behind the dj booth, and i would watch him and think… hmm i can do that! Rest is history! So yeh i play drums, im alright on the keys, i use Logic and just went to Ableton for live gigs, which is weird after being on CDs for so long, but i love it. I really wanna buy Maschine so bad, and dunno Melodyne for vocals! i’m just moving house now so i cant wait to set up my own home studio!!

KDL-Amazin,So what is ur favourite Organic Musical Instrument sound?

SY-The instrument you hear on Ajambo si in the intro is from a carved out sweet potato with metal pluckers attached, kinda like a Sanza, i picked it up in South Africa 4 years ago, so i love that. But i especially love the Sitar, its the most beautiful sound in the world.

KDL-Can u list lifetime influences plz, from cradle to present day

SY- From day 1 until 5 -Mozart, Billie Holiday, Ravi Shankar. Ages 5-13. Sergio Mendes, Latin music parents would play at parties. Samba and Mambo, Spice Girls, Bob Marley (+ David Rodigan on Radio) Luck and Neat, early UK Garage music, Craig David (ahhhhh!) Eternal, Warda and old skool Arabic music. Ages 13-18 started out djing Grime, loved all things lyrical!! Dizzee Rascal, Roll Deep, Jill Scott, Timbaland, Soul 2 Soul, Vybz Kartel and Afrojack, De Opposites (Dutch rap group) Beyonce, all day everyday, would drive parents mad. De la Soul Slick rick,I’m obsessed with 90′s hiphop! I also tried out mixing Dutch house with latin sounds when i first got booked for gigs. Ages 18-22 Kuduro, Baile Funk, Reggaeton, Neo Soul, Dirty South, Chicago Footwork,Juke, Rap, Bhangra and then met Moombahton! rest is history :)

KDL-Interesting list! Ok what gigs u got coming up?

SY-Playing at hidden on the 20th april along side all the Big Boys, Munchi, Nadastrom. gonna be sick + a whole load more, check the website!

KDL-(behold below d flyer :)

KDL-Any albums in the pipeline?

SY-yikes. i’m hoping 2013 might be album year!! i’ve got a few more EPs to go before that .

KDL-Where do u live in London, do u feel ur environment has a big influence on ur music..I see u speak a few languages as well, do u find being bi-lignual is a major influence on ur love of global bass?

SY-Yeh London in my eye is the only city in the world i’ve been too where it is so so so ridiculously diverse. On one street you can have over 30 cultures living together. London is like a mini world, in terms of music, it is very rich and blessed. Here in london reggae, dancehall and bashment there is a big scene and i would say that has been a major influence on what i play and what im starting to produce. In terms of languages, i think for any global bass producer its wise be able to converse in a few different languages and have an understanding of many different cultures and even religions. Holland has been a massive influence on my music, the whole dutch house scene and defo being able to speak it has helped me understand the culture of their music. In terms of Arabic and other influences, this is the music i grew up listening to and a culture i can really relate to, i actually really want to research Yemenite music and music of Hebrew/Jewish origin.

KDL-There are lot of noises bein made right now emanating from the Moombahton quarter, what would u like to say to the knockers on the outside and which artists do u think are making headway and impressing u the most within the scene

SY-Big fan of boyfriend and Cabo Blanco. Also big on what Frank Mendez has done for the scene, he is really pushing. Babysteps and 2deep seem to be constantly releasing bangers and there hussle seems to be right on point! Punx Sound Check are also putting there experience with big dubstep basslines into making some Moombahton and Core bangers. Also big up all the UK moombah fam, the boys beind Moombah Ldn, Smutlee, Ginger etc All of those crew are trying to form a Moomabah UK group, i think thats the way forward!

KDL-Likewise can u show some love for Global Bass Artists

SY-David Heartbreak, Munchi, Oliver Twizt, Buraka Som Sistem (and Blaya) Hard House Banton, Schlachthofbronx, Diplo,Slick Shoota, Guerilla Speakerz, Baloji, Rashid,Brenmar, Gnucci banana … i could go on!

KDL-What would be ur ideal dream gig and with whom and where?

SY-I have 2 ideal gigs, maybe more dream gigs! One on a huge massive stage in central park in new york, with Common as my hype man and Jay Z as a surprise guest and it would be a free gig so everyone could roll through. Second would be headlining one of those mega shows in Brazil, because when they do concerts over there, they do it BIG, i’d prob get Dave Nada, Heartbreak, Munchi and Beyonce to pop through for that:) Oh also I would love to play a straight Moombahton set in Jamaica on a beach, i think that would be dumb dope.

KDL-So whats next for Sarah Young?

SY-For the month of April apart from playing out im gonna be locked away in the studio geeking out with all my new equipment working on next ep, also re launching website and gonna aim to give a free track away each 3 weeks to a month. gona be in North America and hopefully plans to go to the UAE at some point this year, can’t say much more, but keep it locked! Also i am pretty independent, as in i dont have an agent or manager or label, i’ve tried to keep it like that for as long as possible, but i think cause it’s all getting a bit busy i’m gonna need to give in and get a team lol maybe ill acually be on time for things then!

KDL-Nice one Sarah, thanks for ur time. Good Luck with all, Go In Peace To Love and Serve The Bass! :)

Now for the goods:

Sarah Young – Ajambo Si feat Lioness and Slick Don

Sarah Young – Dumbahton

Sarah Young -Ride & Whistle Feat Dynamite MC & Natasha Shyrose

Official Press release;

‘Sarah Young would like to introduce ”i am Sarah Young” EP out 29th March 2012 Representing Global Bass, DJ Sarah Young brings you her highly anticipated debut EP aptly titled ‘i am Sarah Young’ . Kuduro, Dutch House, Moombahton, Bhangra, Soca and Dirty South, Sarah takes inspiration from native traditional music from a selection of countries and continents and pulls it apart to create a cultural blend of music that is made for the club.Go grab your free CD at the Earlham street adidas Store from the 29th March. A free download will also be launched to the public on the 29th on the adidas Facebook Page and Twitter.An ‘Introducing DJ Sarah Young’ behind the scenes mini documentary will also be launched online on the 29th.’

Post Script;

Brought to you by Adidas, same company that kitted out Jesse Owen with his track shoes in the 1936 Olympics.

Addis Ali Babassynia.Abaracadabra.1001101010010 Arabian Binary Nights.

*Waves at the blingy book burning Anti-Intellectual division*

Hasta la Proxima – Khev de Leon

Tis the season! A Parang mix from Marflix is my only concession to Christmas, but man it’s a good one. Then we got M’Siou Rigolitch with a balkan-swing-punk-metal excursion and some afro-latin-funk-house from Empresarios

Marflix

I had to include at least one Christmas themed mix this week, and if you listen on you’ll understand it had to be this one. Marflix is your guide to the world of Parang.

Parang is a seasonal folk music from Trinidad played around Christmas time. It’s very likely that Parang was brought to Trinidad by Venezulan migrants. Parang is usually played by small bands with Cuatro, Guitar, Shak Shak (Maracas), Toc Toc (Claves), Mandoline, Bass Box and other instruments. In Trinidad, traditional parang music is largely performed around Christmas time, when singers and instrumentalists (collectively known as the parranderos) travel from house to house in the community, often joined by friends and neighbours. While the traditional Parang is sung in Spanish, the modern version – Parang Soca – is in English.

Marflix – We Parangin 2011 by Faluma

DOWNLOAD: Marflix – We Parangin 2011

Mastamind – What Is Christmas Without a Rum
RemBunction – Macafouchette
Ajala – Bring Yuh Rum (buy this track: buy at Amazon.DE)
Ricardo Drue – Fork
Sliver & Ice – Eating Everything
Da Spirits – Sweet Bread
Preacher – Ah want a liquor
Leon Coldero – Ron
Marcia Miranda – Bring Out De Ham
Annoited – Brint Out The Rum
Scareface – Free Drinks
King David – Trini Christmas
Generation X – Christmas Again
Sharla Dianne – Christmas Morning
General Grant – House_to_house
Ken “Professor” Philmore – Christmas Stagger
Ataklan – Christmas Stagger
Sheldon Blackman – Home 4 Christmas
Bunji Garlin – What is Christmas
Scarface – Theifing Santa
Gen-Ex – Ah Different Christmas
Jadee – Ah Touching Down
Renice – Ah Sweet Christmas
Denise Belfon & The Family – Mandolin Fiesta
RemBunction – Baila La Parang
Baron feat. H2o Phlo – De Sweetest Christmas Lime
Ziggy Rankin – Woman For Christmas
Leon Coldero – Bella Trinidad
Patch – All I Want For Christmas
Crazy – Maria
D’ Chancellor – Rum and Parang
Annesia – Bobolups
Creig Camacho – Garlic Pork
3rd Bass – Who Party Is Dis
Ronoman – Bachellor
3 Amigos – Rum Confessions
Patch – Nothing
Shaft – Tabanca Christmas
Chucky – Ole Time Christmas
Pelf – Last Brush
KMC – Iceless Christmas
D’ Chancellor – Why Yuh Drink Meh Rum?
Francine – Hurray Hurray
Bindley B – Santa Say
Crazy and Friends – More love for christmas
Neisha “jus’ tis” Guy – I pay fuh dat
Young Voice – Loving Neighbor
Marcia Mirinda – Rund de Bread
Fuki – Suzie
Relator – Bottle & Spoon
Merc – Puncheon
Sprangalang – Bring Drinks
Chai – De Parang Cyah Done

M’Siou Rigolitch

Appearances by The Dreadnoughts and Diablo Swing Orchestra near the beginning – whose albums Polka’s Not Dead and Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious are two of the finest of the last ten years – cemented this on my must-listen list. Obviously not a huge amount of mixing on show here with mostly rock based tunes, but the selection is epic, a real education for anyone wanting to dip their toe in these waters…

Kyyhylly – Alamaailman Vasarat
Vodka Inferno Diablo – Swing Orchestra
Goblin Humppa – The Dreadnoughts
Soupe ! Porcs ! Moutons ! – Jabul Gorba
God Is Busy, May I Help You? – Kultur Shock
Da Mama – Russkaja
Gankino Horo – Farmers Market
Jaj, A Világ! – Napra
Bubamara – Boikot
Ciocarlia (Live) – Gert Wilden & Orchestra
Immigraniada – Gogol Bordello
Yidu Tramvayem – Haydamaky
Lentava Mato – Alamaailman Vasarat
Meecztow Revolution – Flying Pooh
Chabib Diare – Cankisou
Villain – The Barons Of Tang
Cuidado – Vicious Hairy Mary
Marsz Turecki – Brathanki
Heavy Nagila – Boney Nem

Empresarios

Deep afro latin tropical vibes right here from Empresarios.

Empresarios – Sabor Del Año Mix – December 2011 1 by Empresarios

1.) Empresarios – Sentimiento (Original Mix)
2.) Javi P3z – De Rhumba (Original Mix)
3.) Quantic & His Combo Barbaro – Un Canto A Mi Tierra (J Boogie Remix)
4.) Kidboy – Change De Manteca (Original)
5.) Captain Planet feat Fredy Massamba – Dame Agua (Original Mix)
6.) Empresarios – Bestia (Original Mix)
7.) Captain Planet feat Fredy Massamba – Ningane (Original Mix)
8.) Mr. Confuse – En Movimiento (Una Mas Trio Remix)
9.) Empresarios – Bailando (Bobby C Sound Remix)
10.) Valique – The Journey (The Uptown Fellaz Remix)
11.) Anto Vitale – Majico (Doruk Ozlen Remix)
12.) Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel – Sexmachina (Extended Version)
13.) Dubtribe – Do It Now (Tom Middleton’s Cosmic Dub Mix)
14.) Second Sky – Art of Influence (Empresarios Remix)

Dropping first exclusively here on GB, here’s the incredible new EP from Blk.Adonis & Rizzla in which Dancehall culture through a gay lens becomes a brillianly nightmarish K-hole carnival. 4 tunes exploring the darkest, most sinister recesses of Dancehall, Soca & related genres.

GRAB THE EP FOR FREE: Blk.Adonis & Rizzla – PNP EP

Dancehall is of course well known for its sometime homophobic leanings, but Blk.Adonis & Rizzla don’t rail against it (“Dancehall has a homophobic past like everything else does”, is their matter-of-fact response), instead choosing to explore and subvert it. “Blk.adonis and Rizzla embody both the love and fear of this music, bringing ragga back and forth to a dark, queer room they seem to live in by themselves.” This tweet from Rizzla in a way sums up the simultaneous love for, and massive subsersion of, the culture, and all this love, fear and subversion comes over incredibly well in the actual music, which is in itself pretty impressive.

PNP – blk.adonis + rizzla by rizzla_dj

Title track PNP (“a double play on Jamaica’s beleaguered People’s National Party and “Party and Play,” i.e. drug-fueled gay sex”) sets the mood for the EP with screwed down dancehall vocal snips and apocalyptically reverberating bass. More screwed down (and around, and across) vocals run through juke/footwork based SHE ONLY DANCE and will keep looping through your head like a death threat. GO STR8 vs SO FINE, a juked out socacore stomper, gets assualted mid way through by an Amen and almost gabba kicks and we’re at some seriously evil voodoo warehouse party. There’s a real teknival vibe to this but without the emotional emptiness of hardtek, junglecore and those other microgenres, instead a sort of schizophrenic claustrophobia. The EP closes with melancholy future-bashment workout BEKIKI which in any other context would seem pretty dark itself but here serves as an almost happy ending.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GRAB THE WHOLE EP FOR FREE:

Blk.Adonis & Rizzla – PNP EP
1 PNP
2 SHE ONLY DANCE
3 GO STR8 vs SO FINE
4 BEKIKI

“This is for the boys who bruk out when the dj drops Chi Chi Man. WE SEE U”

We’ve been calling these guys the Best Dance Act in the world now for over 2 years and since then they have been signed to Man Recordings, Mad Decent and now Mixpak.

As usual, nothing but surefire dancefloor fyah on this new PowerSoca EP!

Here’s the PR:

Big news is they just released a brandnew original EP on Brooklyn based Mixpak Rec. today. The EP is called “Mudders” and features 2 Carnival Tracks and 2 Remixes:

Munich is far more than just Oktoberfest and Giorgio Moroder. For fans of forward thinking bass music, it is the home of powerhouse duo Schlachthofbronx. With their distinctive blend of genres, this twosome has been burning up dancefloors the world over, leaving a trail of sirens and airhorns in their wake.

On their new EP for Mixpak, Schlachthofbronx turn up both the fun and the tempo with some 165+ BPM power soca insanity. The Mudders EP features ace remixes from Toddla T as well as Canblaster and Myd and is sure to send any tropical minded dancefloor into overdrive. Standout track “Wave and Wine” is at once driving and melodic; modern and timeless. This is peak time music for 21st century raves.

With releases for lauded labels like Mad Decent and Man and tours with MIA already under their belt, you know that Schlachthofbronx aren’t playing around. They had a big 2010 and their 2011 is shaping up to be even bigger. Catch them rinsing out festivals throughout Europe this summer, and don’t forget to bring your whistle!

To celebrate the release and to get everybody in proper Carnival Mode, Mixpak and Schlachthofbronx are giving out the lead track “Mudders” for free!

Stream the EP:

Schlachthofbronx – Mudders EP by Mixpak

BUY AT ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS (ITUNES, BEATPORT ETC) LIKE:

Lets see some projects:

The first is the Dj Murlo. With production with a lot of bass and fast BPM, a mix of soca with wobbles, this dj/producers transformed Beyounce and Rihanna in a real ghetto sound. Other remixes sounds more to basemant sound and a kind of ghetto tech. But, isn’t just the popular singers that received the remixes of this great producer, Slick Don, Kes and Vybz Kartel too. Now, no more text, let’s go to music:

Nocturnal – Stay down the road (Murlo roadmix) by Murlo

Murlo – Temper by Murlo

Kes – Come Gyal (Murlo RMX) by Murlo

Beyonce – Diva (Murlo Refix) by Murlo

Rihanna – Only Girl (Murlo Remix) by Murlo

Slick Don – Inna Dis (Murlo Remix) by Murlo

Bonus from this producer is this mixtape. Opening the set with this: Murlo the biggest dj in the world, you need to confirm if this is real or not.

Murlo – Gully Workout Mixtape by Murlo

BAGAMIX

Bagamix = Mix of tropical beats, heavy and electro sythns, with old brazilian songs.

The lyrics of this 3 remixes is very funny and shamed at the same time. Think in a music that you singed a lot when you’re chield and when you grow up you get shamed to listen this music again. But now, this music is cool. So what you do?
Fagner – Borbulhas de Amor ( Bagamix Remix ) by bagamix
Grupo Revelacao – Deixa Acontecer ( Bagamix Remix ) by bagamix
Art Popular – Pimpolho ( Bagamix Remix ) by bagamix

FunClassic

Having fun with music.

The idea to mix classic music with funk beats isn’t new, but can result in something very cool. In this projects, this crew transformed the original and more serious sound in something happy, dancing and invite you to this new tendency. Using the carioca funk beats and the model to produce (sampling the music), they’ve 5 produces now. The most and popular classical music are in this part as Betthoven, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi and Carl Off. Well…maybe you don’t understand so much of classical music to recognize this names, but you will remember when you listen to:
07 O Fortuna (C-Nunez funClassic Remix) by funclassic
01 Quinta Sinfonia – Allegro Con Brio (Guto de Almeida funClassic remix) by funclassic
03 Turkish March (Dj Wally funClassic remix) by funclassic
05 La primavera (Tecyo Queiroz funClassic remix) by funclassic

More dub fusion from our man Process Rebel! Rowdy Limbo introduces a latin and soca-esque flavor into a monster dubstepper where unexpected drops and bridges set off funky fresh new vibrations and directions. Wicked riddim, crazy twists and turns. yep it’s a banger! :-)

on the flip – the head-nodding Cool Talker sets an African jazz rhythmic structure to introduce a trumpet sample that fires off into a cut-up and improvised solo accounting the exploits of the cool talking sonic protagonist. A bit more laidback than the other one, but def great dancefloor stuff, although this could use a bare riddim edit, mr rebel, another great drop from SUBINFINITY!

SUB006 Rowdy Limbo/Cool Talker by processrebel

And because he’s such a nice guy, he’s giving away this other cut, which is another version of his ROWDY LIMBO cut called DIRTY LIMBO. food for the floor guys, dont sleep!

Dirty Limbo (Radio Dial Mix) !Free Download! by processrebel

Released by: Subinfinity Recordings
Release/catalogue number: SUB006
Release date: NOW! 2011

4 mixes this week… It’s a musical tour of the tropics starting with some brand new kuduro FYAH from DJ Jess, followed by, since it’s carnival time, some soca from Threeks. Then we got baile funk from the Globalibre boys, finishing with some moombahton / Afro-hop from Mix Master Moss.

DJ Jess

Got sent this this morning & had to post straight away since kuduro can be so hard to find… Brand new kuduro mix right here from DJ Jess (of Jess & Crabbe – remember I posted Crabbe’s KILLA 3bal mix a while back). Excellent mix of raw n dirty kuduro and cleaner, shinier, more UKFunky leaning stuff, promoing some material from their Bazzerk compilation coming out in 2 months on Mental Groove (the tunes marked with **) – from the sound of this mix it’s gonna be full of BANGERSSSS… can’t wait!

DOWNLOAD: DJ Jess – B Fox Goes To Luanda

01 Pacheko -Lamissy **
02 DJ Rick & DJ Wilson – Na Paz **
03 DJ Wilson – Jess
04 Spoek Mathambo – Gwababa (DJ Mpula remix)
05 The Shine – Ta Doce (club mix)
06 Zook – Met Ja Bilen
07 DJ Patrick – Intro
08 Diamond Bass – Stereotype (Original) **
09 Cabo Snoop – Windek **
10 Munchi – Git Em (Kuduro rmx)
11 DJ Marfox – Rádio Oxigénio AM **
12 DJ PM – Vas Preso!!!!
13 DJ Wilson – Doutro Mundo (Exclusivo) **
14 DJ Dú Marcel – 2º Round **
15 Os Lambas – Estou Contigo
16 DJ PM – O Apito Timido
17 DJ PM – O Último Grito **
18 Munchi – H.A.L. (Bootleg Kuduro-More Rmx)
19 DJ Cratera – Run With The Original
20 Cabo Snoop – Tsik Tsik
21 DJ Hodji & DJ Kriika – Electro Tokyo Version 2
22 DJ Ketchup – O Babo **
23 DJ XinaDinhO – Sente A Karga
24 JackBass – MothFucking Music
25 Bruno M – Takule Kuya **
26 Motafied Beatz – So Sabi (edit)
27 DJ Nigga Fox – Cranganhada
28 Samsa – Afro Army
29 DJ PM – House Zulo
30 Captain Bubbles – Nerima Funk **
31 Bruno M – Dança Do Scomba **
32 DJ Santiago – Melodia De 2011 **

Threeks

Today being Ash Wednesday, people all over the UK spent last night munching pon pancakes (is this a tradition anywhere else?) whereas people in the Trinidad spent the last two days wining pon each other & having their party of the year. Not sure where I’d rather be to be honest: pancakes are awesome. But I suppose you could go to carnival then have pancakes when you got back. Or maybe they have jerk pancakes there?

Anyway.

Here’s a mix from Threeks in the carnival spirit, soca all the way baby, whack this on and get wining on whoever is nearby, or if there’s nobody around just do it on some furniture or something…

DOWNLOAD: THREEKS: MADNESS – POWER SOCA MIX 2011

01. Threeks Intro
02. Nicole Prescott – It’s Time
03. Shal Marshall & Screws – All Out
04. Swappi – Happy Times
05. JW & Blaze – Together
06. Patrice Roberts – Wave It Away
07. JW & Blaze – And Iz Dat
08. Shal Marschall – Doh Drag D Flag
09. Zuki & Tim Tim – Do Wah Yuh Want
10. JW & Blaze – Wild & Frisky
11. Destra – Welcome Back
12. Erphaan Alves – Mas On D’White Line
13. Machel Montano – Advantage
14. Pelf – Dusty
15. Kerwin Du Bois & Farmer Nappy – Shutdown
16. Blaxx – Normal
17. Bunji Garlin – Hold A Burn
18. Faye-Ann Lyons – Consider It Done
19. Busy Signal – Get Outta My Way
20. Shurwayne Winchester – Paparazzi
21. Omari Ferrari & Kamau – In De Fete
22. Shurwayne Winschester – Over N Over
23. Machel Montano & Skinny Fabulous – Duracell Plus
24. Blaxx – Trouble
25. KMC – Burning Calories
26. Nadia Batson & Tallpree – Lighters Up
27. Iwer George – Come To Meh
28. Choppa – 2 Fast For Dem
29. Fire Empress – Colors
30. Destra & Skinny Fabulous – Madd Party
31. Super Jigga TC – Do It
32. Devon Matthews – Doh Jam Meh So
33. SW Storm – Yuh Mudda Can
34. Machel Montano – Hard Wuk
35. Patrice Roberts – Wuk Meh
36. Chynee – Meditation
37. Pelf – Obeah
38. Machel Montano – Illegal
39. Skinny Fabulous – Swanky Gal
40. Rita Jones – Keep Dem Waving
41. Devon Matthews – Doh Make No Scene
42. Devon Matthews – Just Whine
43. Ziggy Rankin – Wining Up
44. Prestan – Posse
45. Kes – Fete Hard
46. El-A-Kru & Tizzy Ft. Richard Trumphet – On De Road
47. Third Bass – Ready For De Road
48. Nadia Batson – Parade
49. Shurwayne Winschester & Skinny Fabulous – Road Calling
50. Crazy – Madness

O.live.R & axe.l

Our friends over at Globalibre are a constant source of badassss mixtapes and this blend of raw dirty baile funk is no exception. Cool tune using the MSN messenger noises comes in at 6.30, reminds me of Afro-E & Smokio’s tune ‘MSN is Swag’ (from a few years ago, when swag meant bad (as in, y’know, bad meaning bad)). Grab that here & compare & contrast: Afro-E & Smokio – MSN is Swag

O.live.R&axe.l Baile Funk Mix by Globalibre

No tracklisting for this one, sorry!

Mix Master Moss

I’m generally a bit hesistant to post moombahton mixes at the moment – don’t get me wrong, like every other dedicated bandwagon-jumper I think it’s awesome, but it’s just that it’s still such a young genre which has achieved popularity & hype disproportionate to its age, resulting in the fact that moombahton DJ mixes probably outnumber actual moombahton tunes by about 2 to 1 – it’s therefore hard to find a moombahton mix which offers anything unique whatsoever. Mix Master Moss has delivered the goods with this little mix though, blending some usual-moombah-suspects with a few african hip hop / kwaitoesque tunes to give a genuinely different take on the genre – even though half these tunes are on every other moombahmix out there..!

DOWNLOAD: Mix Master Moss – Moombafricah

Gidi Gidi – Atoti
David Nada – La Gata (Moombahton Mix)
E-Sir – Moss Moss
Sidney Samson – Riverside (Moombahton Mix)
Munchi – Pepe Volvio
Msimu kwa Msimu – XPlastaz
Nadastorm – Trompaton
KRS-1 – KRS Moombahton
David Nada – Punk Rock Latino

TRACKFEST-ITES:

1. SHAZALAKAZOO

2. MC GRINGO & BUMPS

3. NEHUEN

4. djjimp

5. LE FREAK SELECTOR

6. GHETTO SEXUAL

7. GOVERNMENT 4000

BALKUMBIA – SHAZALAKAZOO vs BINARY CUMBIA ORCHESTRA

BALKAN vs NU CUMBIA..works for me…

La Inconformable (Shazalakazoo Remix) – The Binary Cumbia Orchestra by shazalakazoo

MC GRINGO & BUMPS – BAREFOOT/BAILE FUNK & SOCA

Listen to and/or download this GREAT track!

SECRET TRACK DOWNLOAD HERE

NEHUEN – UK FUNKY/DUBSTEP & HIP-HOP

Great to hear that another dude we covered wayy back got signed up, seems that almost every new artist I break in whatever genre, is being signed up for something by somebody.

Well, all that will have to change soon as we’ll be signing to our own GENERATION BASS digi label :-)

Anyway here’s whats being said about this release, which I am LOVING:

Nehuen- Let it go by nehuen

Nehuen-Winter holidays by nehuen

Nehuen & emmerson – Cocoa rain by nehuen

djjmp – INDIE-HOUSE

Some GREAT HOUSE tracks here by djdjmp, another Argentinean artist, sound production, xcellent remixes and perfect commercial dance floor fodder!

Phoenix – 1901 (JMP Remix) by djjmp

Pony Pony Run Run – Walking On A Line (DJ JMP Remix) by djjmp

ROISIN MURPHY – MOMMA’S PLACE (DJ JMP REMIX) by djjmp

Groove Armada – I won’t Kneel (DJ JMP Remix) by djjmp

LE FREAK SELECTOR vs LIDO PIMIENTA

Always loved this track, has to be one of the closing ANTHEMS to the whole scene I think.

Here’s a great refix of it by LFS!

track: Humano.
vocal: Lido Pimienta.
music: Le Freak Selector
samples: Krill Minima, Osunlade, Martin eNe.
label: unreleased

Humano – Lido Pimienta / Le Freak Selector mix by Le Freak Selector

GHETTO SEXUAL – BASSSS

A dude from the USA called LAXMAN put me onto this, big thanx dude, GREAT STUFF.

A mix of different genres xtremely suitable for this blog!

Capoeria by Ghetto Sexuual

Put A Weight On It by Ghetto Sexuual

Planetary Two-Step by Ghetto Sexuual

GOVERNMENT 4000 – GLOBAL GHETTOTECH

Well, it’s been almost a year since I did my last Global Ghettotech mix, favouring Dubstep more recently as I got a little tired of the sound.

BUT here’s a MASH UP mix which demonstrates yet again why GG can sound so  great!

Bullshit or not pt.14 by Government4000

mc gi – origami (me joga no tatame) / dj edgar remix,
malente & dex – bangkok feat. bonde do role / malente & dex remix,
malente & dex – bangkok feat. bonde do role / extended version,
michel cleis – la mezcla / beware & amp; Motorpitch booty,
steve angello – che flute / douster edit,
mitsoura – lei toi,
tigetstyle – girl from pakistan feat. bikram singh & elephant man,
soulico & axom – pitom banu / wido remix,
busy signal – da style deh / douster dagga remix,
dj mujava – sgwejegweje / schlachthofbronx remix,
afrojack e (no) pitbull / dj chernobyl baile-timbalada edit,
yolanda be cool – afro nuts / douster remix,
pastor mbhobho – ayobaness,
yolanda be cool – afro nuts / lisa delux edit,
mastiksoul & dj malvado – barro com sal / original mix,
madera limpia – la lenta / schlachthofbronx remix,
shazalakazoo – manea / max pashm 4×4 remix,
la bande à basile – la chenille / douster gwada remix,
frikstailers – baile frik / original mix,
yolanda be cool – holy cow / dj beware and motorpitch Remix

To start this epic post what better than BALKAN BEAT BOX in a huge heavy mix by RJD2 dropping a FREE wicked tune

Balkan Beat Box – War Again (RJD2 remix) by Rock Steady

HERE’S THE ORIGINAL VIDEO

NOW LET’S MOVE TO SOMETHING AS GOOD AS UNIQUE

Our German partners from radikalsunflowers have one guy who has been posted quite a few times lately everywhere..and the reason is very simple

HE ROCKS!!!

so in case you haven’t heard this guy before:

HERE IT IS

ANDRES DIGITAL

cumbialogic & soca master!!

Kingston Logic vs. El Marranazo by AndresDigital
all of his epic soca tunes are for free
R.S.C. ft Jaky Tuff – Destinacion Realidad (Carnival 2010 Mix) by AndresDigital

THIS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS A COLD BEER IN A PARADISE BEACH!!

Shaggy, Calle 13, Damian Marley n beastie boys in a cumbia remix!!

General Levy in a soca-dancehall!!!

AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SHARE THIS ONE!!

CUMBIA MIX

THIS IS ONE OF THE DOPEST CUMBIA MIXES EVER !!