London is banging

A lot of my friends go to university up north in places like Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Newcastle. Gus is a perfect example of one of these jebends, joking! Every time i've visited these Northern cities i've enjoyed myself immensely although I still haven't found the time to hit up Manc but all in good time....Me and Gus were discussing lineups of various nights and what they had to offer in different cities across the isle, obviously we have a slight almost un-noticeable Newcastle-London beef when we talk about these things but that's understandable right? Well anyway in the last week I've seen some unbelievably good stuff in the Big Smoke. A real mash up of genres and some of the top dj's in their respective games.

Although when i've been before i've not enjoyed North London club the Egg, the night I went to would have been hard not to enjoy for anyone who is liking the emergence of the tech-house as a big genre. The two labels to watch out for were both showcasing some huge talent on the night Deadfish and Sound Pellegrino. Renaissance Man, Riva Starr, Mowgli, Solo, Zombie Disco Squad and Round Table Knights all amazing producers and djs. I missed Round Table Knights which is long....to make up for it here's one of my favourite tunes right now....

Crookers feat. Kid Cudi - Embrace The Martian (Round Table Knights Remix)

and here's another from the Knights, remixing Style Of Eye who is also a sick producer...BIG

Style Of Eye - Grounded (Round Table Knights Edit)

Sticking with Deadfish artists here's some from Label founder and generally amazing legendary producer Solo, get them while you can because free Solo tunes won't be around long....ya get me?

Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Solo Bootyleg)

Solo - Joga Bola

Solo - Afreaka

Moving on to the Sound Pellegrino artists, Renaissance man are big and getting bigger. Here's a one of theirs that has had remix attention from another of my favourites Riva Starr....

Renaissance Man - What is Guru?

this track is an example of how looping a simple vocal sample can be so effective....

The Gossip - Love Long Distance (Riva Starr Remix Vocal)

and just as a bonus here's a tune that Renaissance Man and Nat Self of Zombie Disco Squad both dropped (found it on curbcrawlers blog today which was a nice surprise)

Siopis - I'm on Miami

I haven't got any ZDS tunes that I would get away with blogging, apart from remixes which have appeared on loads of other blogs so for the purpose of keeping it fresh.....Nada

Seeing all of these at once really helped my cravings for the more minimal side of house. If you get a chance to see any of them take it!

Moving to a completely different ballgame now. FWD is every sunday at Plastic People. If you're a fan of dubstep and in London then I suggest heading there. It's full of true dub heads really but even going once might get you hooked. It was free this sunday and Plastician, Chef and Floating Points were on the bill. Obviously the first two are already big names, Floating Points is less well know but trust me he is a sick producer, his first e.p. entitled Vacuum has just been released on vinyl and it's a beauty of a record, here's a youtube link....



Plastician and Chef both played sets packed full of heavy dubplates, memorable tracks include the huge Emalkay tune When I Look At You, which is an absolutely massive track, which you will surely have heard if you've seen a dubstep dj in the last 2 months or so.....



Plastician finished of the night with Intensive Snare featuring Skepta on the mic, grimey stuff.....



All in all a pretty good week of music in old London town, and it has more to offer with this week with new nights starting up all over the place. Jaymo and Andy George's highly successful Lincoln night Moda comes to London with Jack Beats playing the launch party. And new night called Some Night starts at The End (I refuse to call it The Den, I loved that club too much, and would quite like to slap the idiot who decided to just change the letters round instead of giving it a new name.) Anyway A1 Bassline plays the launch night as do Stenchman and Suhk Knight it's going to be huge....

Will have some nice posts coming up soon, hope you like the blog at the moment, can't seem to get rid of the second floating points youtube box sorry about that...keep it checking for new posts

Safe x

Some Example remixes that haven't be blogged as of yet that are pretty awesome

Firstly I'd like to say that I think Example has been one of my favorite artists since I saw him about 3-4 ears ago supporting Plan-B in Shepherds Bush. So I'm happy he's getting allot more popular. Although I do fear for his future as with other rappers who follow the dance scene. Look at what has happened to Dizzee, started as an amazing grime MC and now cocky self confessed pop star. They are completely different of course, partly due to the fact that Example is a West London boy and thus pretty awesome already.

Anyway enough of the rant onto the remixes. The first one up is a remix by Moam. I have no idea who Moam is but the remix is making waves in the trance community. This is due to Tiesto dropping it at Privilege in Ibiza this summer, so it could be one of his alias's. I personally like it. I know people are wary of Trance but those people normally are pretentious idiots who don't understand that music is music and should not be constrained due to the perceptions of a genre. Anyway listen to it and enjoy it, hopefully;

Example - Watch the sun come up (Moam remix)

Next up is a remix by an Electro outfit called 'Devil's gun'. Thye're from the UK but that's all about I know, check their myspace here. I really enjoyed this remix. It's tinged with just the right amount of Electro. Pretty epic as well. Anyway enjoy it fools;

Example watch the sun come up (Devils Gun 'Zeitgeist' remix)

Camo & Krooked are breathtaking

September is looking like an absolutely awesome month for D n' B.The best of this month are really Camo & Krooked. I recently discovered them thanks to DirtyPhonics. They're Austrian and seem to be part of the new wave of D n' B producers coming from Europe who are really bringing back allot of energy to the scene.

 The tune is called 'Skyline' and by god it's a beauty. It's a preview but when It comes out I recommend everyone to buy it. It's got a Euphoric & scientific beauty to it that makes it simply unique. Anyway here it is;

Next up is another Camo & Krooked tune. The Black Eyed Peas have got a remix competition going at the moment on beatport. It's for their, ultimately, annoying song 'I got  a feeling'. Anyway hope you enjoy it;

Anyway hope you enjoy the tunes because they're awesome. Try their myspace as well, trust me it's worth it.

How about some of the grimiest dubstep ever heard?

I'm now back up in the toon and feeling already pretty dirty so why not make the most of it eh. So I recently came into possession of some extremely filthy Dubstep & by god you're gonna enjoy it. So first up is a bloke called Trolley Snatcha. He released an EP the other week which is pretty exciting.

 My favorite tune from it is 'Scattah' although 'the future also being fantastic. The 'Future' gives the impression of a frog walking down a highway (you'll understand it when you hear it). While 'Scattah' is more industrial & in some ways darker, it also has more step to it than 'future'. Anyway thought I'd give you my favorite tune but do try & buy the EP, it's worth it;

Trolley Snatcha - Scattah

Next up is new tune from the breakbeat legend Ed Solo. Ed Solo has been one of my favorite Breaks DJ's for absolutely ages but I hadn't really delved into his Dubstep productions that (I didn't actually know that he produced Dubstep). But he's been releasing stuff on Sludge records for a while now. Sludge records always seem to deliver grimy little tunes so was excited when I can across this JFB & Ed Solo release.

 

The tune is called Egyptian horns, and to be honest when I first heard the title I thought of some cheesy funky house horns being used. Instead you have these quite dark & amassing tones with a very deep deep bass.  It's the kind of tune that could be worked into a Film like 'shifty' or a similar one of UK origin. Anyway I hope you enjoy but also check out his other stuff on Sludge plus his stuff done with Deekline, Wizard, & Skool of Thought;

Ed Solo - Egyptian Horns

Xtatic Truth Remixes

Xtatic Truth has been one of the biggest songs of the summer and has received remix attention from some great artists. Here's the original track....

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth

L-Vis 1990 regularly churns out remixes of the biggest tunes. This one of Xtatic Truth is good, it's got a funky feel to it. Check out L-Vis 1990 writing on the curbcrawlers blog he has a vast knowledge of music and posts some excellent tracks....

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (L-Viss 1990 Remix)

Renaissance Man one of my favourite artists on one of my favourite labels. Quite a similar housey feel to this remix but with less of the bongos. Not Renaissance Man's finest work but still pretty sick....

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Renaissance Man Remix)

Always save the best to last I say. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, I don't know a lot about them apart from that they are from london and have a pretty stupidly long name which is very annoying to type. This is a very special remix though, It's got a nice delayed drop and will surely be played out by djs for some time to come.

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)

Shouts out to youcancallmepelski boys for posting the T.E.E.D remix.

Safe x

Omen

Bonsoir
Just a quick one, loving this at the moment

Aspin & Dipace vs. Mojax - Omen's On Fire

Raaaaaaaaaar what a drop, more big ones coming soon, maybe even some exclusives stay tuned

Mid september tunes, they are pretty massive!

Hello fools, hope all is well. Am about to back to uni so thought I'd give you  a little taster of some new tunes that I'm listening to at the moment. Also if any of you are gonna be in Newcastle then be sure to go to Rub-a-dub-dubb on tuesday. Also by the way clock Kanye being an utter douche bag at the VMA's and Obama's reaction on my facebook page, so so joke. Anyway so to the tunes.

First up is a drum & Bassey/ Breaks tune I really like & came across only a day ago. They one the Drum & Bass newcomer awards this year so are very very big and there's certainley allot more to come. They're parisian DJ's & an Mc called Youngster. What I like about the tune is the electro/breaksey feel t ti and the raw energy. This energy can be seen on their live sets. I've posted a little vid of their live set & it looks really awesome, I like how they drop A1 rock it at the end anyway enjoy.

Dirty Phonics - Vandals

Next up I thought I'd tell you that Logistics is back!!!!!! And my god he's as good as he's always been. He's

released a new album called Crash, Bang, Wallop. It's got some of his old material but some new tunes as well

and by god they're good. 'Transporter' is amongst my favorites as well as 'Platinum'. What I love about Logistics

is how chilled out his tune can be & then at the same time can destroy any dance floor. I saw him last about 2

years ago at fabric & it's definitely worth seeing him at any opportunity. Anyway thought I'd give you one of

the best from the album, please enjoy, it's a classic by the way but a really fantastic edit of it;

Logistics - Eastern promise

Breaks is amazingly fun & don't understand why more people don't love it. It's almost the modern version of

Soul. Anyway I picked up this real wicked new compilation album called 'evolved Breaks'. It deals with the

euphoric side of breaks. Anyway there is one tune on it which I find absolutely beautiful. Starts off really

Trancey. It then heads into a nice little beat that builds & builds until BOOOSSHH, some real beautiful

lyrics. It's not a club banger but a real real treat. I really hope you enjoy it;

Aeron Aether ft. Catherine - Twilight

Anyway hope you enjoy these tunes. Have an absolutely fantastic weekend!!!! x