Presenting...JDevious

After co-rocking the show at the last Thirsty Ear in Sheffield with JDevious, (see above - he's in yellow, I'm in my white taRDyboy tee!) and working together on the last taRDyboy mixtape (see below) he kindly asked for the parts of "Desert" so he could twist it into a wonky house jam. I obliged...he delivered!
There is a simplicity to the remix, but it's not for the simple. The bassline is a head nodder and definitely quite wrong, but it works a fuckin' treat! Expect to hear a lot more coming out of the JDevious camp.... and maybe even a couple of collabo's! Watch this space.

taRDYboy RECOMMENDS!
Roland Dubbs - Desert (JDevious Stuck In The Desert Remix)

BONUS + BONUS + BONUS +

Brand new remix from Roland Dubbs right here!!!
Dance Area - AA 24/7 (Roland Dubbs 'Reach For The Lasers, Safe As Fuck' Remix)

It's the system that makes you a wanderer...

You know when you completely forget about a tune, only to rediscover it years down the line and fall in love with it over again? Well, in my quest to recommend some tunes to a friend I happened back upon Romanthony's classic tune "The Wanderer"...(circa '94 i think?)
(There are a couple of versions of this track - I think the one I love is the "CD Remix #9")

I had this gem about 8-9 years ago, only to let it slip through the net somewhere along the way. It's such a beautiful song, I knew I just had to do something with it.
Problem is, I wanted to keep the same feeling it emotes and not fuck with it too much, you know - just basically convert it to a 4/4 beat, a bit of sidechaining, chop it up a little etc etc.
Usually with my Roland Dubbs' stuff it's all about the jackin', wobbly bass....but I couldn't do that to this song. It's just too nice...

Although Romanthony has worked with the likes of Daft Punk, don't be confused - he is a US House producer, working out of New Jersey originally. My remix has given this track a bit of a French House feel...hence the title "Roland Dubbs' Wandering In Paris Remix". So it's a little different to my other stuff!

I also recommend 'Romanthony - Floorpiece', it's on a totally different tip, more dancefloor orientated, and another favourite of mine that I HAVEN'T lost!
Anyway, here it is in full 320 glory...

Romanthony - The Wanderer (Roland Dubbs' Wandering In Paris Remix)
Romanthony - The Wanderer
Romanthony - Floorpiece

New Mixtape // Thirsty Ear Gig

Can you spot the taRDyboys in this pic? If so, well done!

This photo was taken at one of our favourite club nights, which takes place in Sheffield every month....Thirsty Ear!
Thirsty Ear are a collective of DJ's from our hometown, and they're good friends of us over here at taRDyboy - so much so, that we're playing a very special taRDyboy set at their monthly night TOMORROW (7/3/09).
Get down to the Harley Bar in the steel city for a good old knees up with plenty of Dubstep/Hip Hop/House/Drum & Bass and all the bits in between!

To celebrate this gig Roland Dubbs & JDevious have thrown together a bad-ass, live
mix for you to download....it's a bit of everything, old & new, all big tunes.
Grab it here.........Roland Dubbs - The taRDyboy Mixtape Vol. 2 Feat. JDevious!

Roland Dubbs – Desert
Skream vs. Shawty Lo – Stagger/They Know
Kid Cudi vs. Crookers – Day N Nite (Rusko's Big Trombone Remix)
Lily Allen – The Fear (Herve Saves Lily From The Fear Remix)
Aniki - Dope Girl
Trevor Loveys & Affie Yusef – Tear Up London
Stupidfresh – Spam Javelin
Calvertron & Benga – Like This
White Williams – Violator (Jack Beats Remix)
Lady Sovereign – Got U Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)
Tittsworth – WTF? Feat Kid Sister & Paserock (Nadastrom On Drugs Remix)
Gordon Edge – Set Your Body Free (Crookers Remix)
Machines Don’t Care – Beat Bang
Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats' Rinsed Out Rave Remix)
Notorious BIG – Hypnotize (Cold Blank Remix)
Mr. Oizo – Gay Dentist
Juiceboxxx & Dre Skull – Center Stage
M.I.A – Paper Planes (DJ Sega Philly Club Mix)
Buraka Som Sistema – Sound Of Kuduro
Herve vs. The Count – Jungle Steppers
Foreign Beggars – Hit That Gash (DJ Primecuts' Itchy Naan Remix)
Adele – Hometown Glory (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
Jokers Of The Scene – Baggy Bottom Boys (DZ Ravestep Remix)
La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream's Lets Get Ravey Remix)

Never The Same

Here's another track from low-key producer PJ Sapphire. It's a late night/early morning dubstep track, a step back from the dancefloor business currently associated with dubstep. More Burial than Rusko. No heavy, wobbly bass, rather a chopped string sample and eery vocal. Quite beautiful. Sneak a peak.

PJ Sapphire - Never The Same