(KA)BLAU!

Heard this on the recent Jack Beats Essential Mix, like 3rd track in, and had to snaffle a copy. Just wait til that fidgety goodness rolls in. Needs to be heard loud, on a dancefloor, preferably when hammered - but sober at the computer still does the job!



Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer - Blau!
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Highest Calibre

Yeh.... so I may have slept on this for too long, but turn up this superb effort from Calibre, and take a swim around in that HUGE bass! Oh yes my friends, oh yes.

Jack Beats Essential Mix

It's always a joy when artists, producers and djs you love and respect put together an Essential Mix for Radio1. This weekend it was Jack Beats who stepped up to the platters that matter at the Beeb to bring you two hours of AWESOME. Many a dope beat, many a big remix and many a Jack Beats production! Sickness guaranteed. Grab it here - Jack Beats Essential Mix

Check the tracklist...
1. Dead Can Dance – Dawn Of The Iconclast (Jack Beats Intro Edit)
2. Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)
3. Lee Mortimer & Laidback Luke – Blau! (LA Riots Remix)
4. Jack Beats – Labyrinth
5. Pase Rock – Nights (Nadastrom Remix)
6. L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
7. D1 – Pitcher (128 Mix)
8. Kissy Sell Out – This Kiss (Jack Beats Remix)
9. Black Box – Ride On Time (Zombie Disco Squad Remix – Jack Beats Edit)
10. Sound of Stereo – Button (Beataucue Remix)
11. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)
12. Foamo – Jookie
13. Tiga – What You Need (A-Trak Remix)
14. Zombie Nation – Seas of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
15. Diplo & Blaqstarr – Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)
16. Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)
17. M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade – Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
18. Mvsvem – French Jeans (Style Of Eye Remix)
19. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Waves (Chilli Gonzales remix)
20. The Black Ghosts – I Want Nothin’ (Jack Beats Remix Accapella)
21. Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum
22. SonicC – Unicorns On Acid
23. La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
24. Jack Beats & MC Dynamite – What (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
25. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (Siriusmo Remix)
26. Claude VonStroke – Vocal Chords
27. Popof – Serenity w/ Fingers Inc – My House Acapella (Jack Had a Groove)
28. Breakage – Justified ft. Erin
29. 16-Bit – Jump
30. Joker – Tron
31. Calvin Harris – You Used To Hold Me (Nero Remix)
32. Subscape – Hardcore Members
33. Doctor P – Sweet Shop
34. Benga – Little Bits
35. Donaeo – Riot Music (Skreamix)
36. Jack Beats – U.F.O (K-Hole Bass Riddim)
37. Lady Sovereign – Got You Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)
38. Unknown Artist – BG (Crookers DJ Tool Mix)
39. Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)
40. AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
41. DJ Zinc – Gimme A Camera ft. Angela Hunter
42. Hockey – Song Away (Jack Beats ‘Anger Management’ Unreleased Dub)
43. DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter (Jack Beats Remix)
44. The Count & Sinden – Panther
45. TC – Deep (Jack Beats ‘2008 Unreleased’ Remix)
46. L-Vis 1990 – The Bird
47. Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
48. Diplo & Laidback Luke vs. Proxy – Hey vs. Raven (Will Bailey Bootleg)
49. Faithless – Never Going Home (Herve Remix)
50. Fake Blood – Mars (Jack Beats Remix)
51. Jack Beats – Get Down VIP

Get The Fuck Up!

I've just spent the last week partying in Brighton with some friends, both old and new - and all amazing, which was fantastic. We got bent to a wonky soundtrack all week, especially on the Thurs night at Donkey Pitch w/ Debruit and Slugabed which was rindonkulous! So I thought i'd share with you some rather large ish we were breaking our necks too...

It would be wrong to pigeonhole Slugabed as merely another Dubstep artist trying to cut his own path. With elements of glitched up sounds, 8bit fills, wonky basslines and some off-kilter hip hop drums, he's much more than your run-of-the-mill 140bpm-er. Just check out his latest EP - Ultra Heat Treated. It's full of little gems to get you bouncing!

And here's the first track of his I heard which totally sold me. It's one of, if not THE best remix of Pharoahe Monch's classic slice of hip hop "Simon Says". It keeps all the original aggression, but notches it up to 11 with some serious bassline deviousness making you feeling ten feet tall! Turn this motherfucker UP!




Next up for you to check is a Flying Lotus beat from last year. A serious head nodder on the hip hop side of things, with extra added spacey synths and twinkley bits! It also contains possibly our most quoted saying of the week... SWEET BERRY WINE. It's only short, but perfectly formed...




Now for a totally different sound.

Swiftly moving on from the wonky weavings of bassy hip hop to the more straight-paved slickness of well produced house with an electro twang.
I bring to you a Rory Philips Remix of heartfelt proportions. It's a remix of a tune from 1980 (1980 for fucks sake! I wasn't even alive. That's mad old!!) that includes some understated vocals sitting perfectly on the uplifting, feel good vibe the song creates. The original is from an outfit from San Francisco called The Units who now seem before their time with their synth-punk sounds.
If you do listen to the original (which i recommend), then you can see that Rory hasn't had to do too much to it, as the quality is already there. He's just brought it forward to 2010 and made it dancefloor accessible - of the hands in the air variety. It's a great tune, enjoy the synthery goodness...




ALL THESE TRACKS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE IF YOU SEARCH FOR THEM, BE SENSIBLE FELLOW CONSUMERS.


And finally, a little BONUS treat for you. A straight-up, brash, uncoof and definitely stupid dubstep remix of Jay Z's 'Big Pimpin' courtesy of Roland Dubbs. It's not big or clever, so don't encourage him. It is, however, a bit of fun. TURN IT UP...a litte louder!
(available for free 320kbps download if you follow the link!)

Jay Z - Big Pimpin' (Roland Dubbs Ridonkulous Remix)

Roland Dubbs - Waiting For Tomorrow

New song for you from Roland Dubbs. Some lovely synths and an uplifting vibe to this chopped up, vocal driven, slice of goodness! Enjoy!

Roland Dubbs - Waiting For Tomorrow