Beats, Rhymes & House

So yeah, here is the first mix to be done on the new mixer that I got for my birthday (Numark Mixtrack Pro). Granted it’s not perfect, but there is a significant improvement in the standard of mixing compared the mixes that used to be made on my laptop. This is something that I love and something that interests me massively, so I’m sure it will be taken more seriously after I’ve left Uni, but for now this is purely for fun. New year, new start and all that. Hope you enjoy it, and feedback would be massively appreciated. All about the groove baby. Tracklist after the jump and the cover is by Will Prince.

1. Skinnyman - Little Man, Part 1
2. Groovefinder - All This Love (Richard Earnshaw 2010 Remix)
3. Gramophonedzie - Out of My Head (Libex Remix)
4. Onno - The Boy Who Drunk Too Much (Original Mix)
5. Craig Hamilton - Boogie
6. Stars On 45 - Stars on 45 (Addy Van Der Zwan Remix)
7. Supernova - Beat Me Back (Original Mix)
8. Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin (Pol_On Edit)
9. David Amo & Julio Navas - Happy End (Roy Rosenfeld Remix)
10. Bastian Van Shield - Billie Was Here (Umek & Jay Lumen Remix)
11. Jet Project - U Know
12. Burns & Fred Falke - Y.S.L.M (Treasure Fingers Remix)
13. David Herrero - Spanish Lick (Original Mix)
14. Bucketheads - The Bomb (hausJacker Remix)
15. DJ Spinna - Music In Me (Feat. Shaun Escoffery)
16. Crazibiza - My Lips (Original Mix)
17. David Spritz - Time to Space (Jorgensen Remix)
18. Stefano Noferini - Disco Revenge (Original Mix)
19. Maya Jane Coles - Rugged

ENJOY & PASS IT ON!

P.S. Excuse the track jumping @ 3:36 - that didn’t happen during the mix, and I can’t understand why it’s come out on the recording.

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Sing!

Here is the title track from John Roman’s first EP, Sing!, which was released this weekend on Idiot House Records. Heard this on his ‘Reclusion’ mix last summer, and have been looking forward to its release ever since. You can get it now on Beatport, along with a sick Acid Beats remix. Big electro/house tune.

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Gettin Nowhere

Got sent the remixes for Magnetic Man’s latest single last week, and was blown away by all 3. Breakage & Skream both smashed it, but this Soul mix by Yoruba is an amazing take on the track. I love John.

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Jessie J performing Big White Room at the London Scala tonight. Apparently this live version is g

Jessie J performing Big White Room at the London Scala tonight. Apparently this live version is going to be on the album. She is fucking incredible.

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Catz N Dogz

Polish duo Catz N Dogz released their latest podcast/mix for Resident Advisor earlier today. For this very special mix they have reached right to the back of their record shelves in order to present the length of breadth of their house music interests. These are two of the most talented men in music right now. Interview and tracklist after the jump. Listen and download the podcast HERE.

What have you been up to recently?

The main thing is that we are in the middle of an album tour, playing DJ sets, playing live all over the world. We are kinda workaholics so we do everything at the same time. Right now we have couple of residences in Polish clubs and one at Berlin’s Farbferhnseher, where from time to time we invite friends to play.

We’re working on our label, Pets Recordings, (signing new artists, remixes and the new website is online now). We also want to do some videos. After the album we are already focusing on some new stuff that will come out and, of course, a lot of edits. Oh, and there will be album remixes coming out as well. (Carl Craig, Sect, Julio Bashmore.)

How and where was the mix recorded?

The mix was recorded in Ableton during our travels but we first ripped a lot of our old vinyl. Actually the biggest amount of time that we spend doing this mix was the track selection.

Can you tell us a bit more about the mix?

We wanted to do a mix that includes the whole spectrum of music that we play at parties. We play big room parties but small private venues in Berlin and in Poland as well. For us the biggest fun is to play various stuff.

How healthy would you say the electronic music scene is in Poland currently?

It’s a very difficult question… There are a lot of cool parties in various locations. If you want to party you should visit Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow and Wroclaw. Clubs have better soundsystems than a few years back and line-ups are cool. The best are festivals in the summertime: Audioriver, Opener, Boogie Brain, Tauron, Unsound and many more. We’re very happy that there are more and more new producers and the quality is OK. Some people still produce only for their friends and they don’t want to release it because they are too shy. This is one of the reasons why we started Pets.

Your recent album featured a dubstep track in “Only for The Moment”: is this a genre you will look to explore more thoroughly in the future?

We are working right now on a new project but we can’t say anything more because we don’t know exactly what it is until it’s finished. [laughs]

What are you up to next?

Increasing workoholizm.

Tracklist:

The Zillionth Watt - Out Hud - Kranky
Catz N’ Dogz feat. Paul Randolph - I’m Free - Mothership
Instra:mental - Let’s Talk - Nakedlunch
Vakula - Different Tone / El Guincho - Bombay (Catz N’ Dogz edit) - Different Tone
Theopilus London - Overseas (Soul Clap’s EFUNK mix) - CDR
Claude VonStroke - The Whistler (DJ Assault remix) - DirtyBird
Krush - Jack’s Back - MERCURY
Tomasz Wakulewski - That Time (Pol_on Remix) - Empedo
So Lonely (acapella)
Daniel Bortz - Toxic (Catz N’ Dogz dub) - White
Pop Kulture (DJ Dozia edit) - Ovum / Jay Shepheard – Haselnuss - Retrofit
Kevin Yost - It’s Getting Better - I Records
Love Don’t Let - A Classic Man dub - Nervous Records
Salt City Orchestra - The Book (Epilogue reprise) - Paper
Robert Cashin - Razor Fish (The Cupid Stunt remix) - Loosing Suki
Psionic Terror - Bad Autopsy
Maceo Plex - Girl I Like Your Style – Crosstown Rebels
Gemini - How Can I - Cyclo
Second Hand Satellites - Orbit 1.4 / Chinawoman - Party Girl - Shaboom
Kornél Kovács - Baby Step - Studio Barnhus
51 days - Paper Moon - Touche
Capucino - 1times1 (Soul Minority remix) - Rhymast
Swayzak - Devil of Rotation / Andronicus - Make you whole - M_nus
Kombi - Przytul Mni - Wifon

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Top 50 Hip-Hop Albums of All-Time

What do you do when you’re bored and have nothing to do for 3 hours? Yep, that’s right, put together your 50 favourite Hip-Hop albums of all-time. I got the original shortlist down to 84 albums, so as you can imagine, there are quite a few classics that didn’t make the list. Listening through my whole iTunes library and finding albums that I haven’t listened to for years was thoroughly enjoyable, and I think the end product is a pretty accurate reflection on what I feel is the best Hip-Hop releases I’ve ever heard. Hit the jump to see the list, and make sure you let me know if there are any albums that didn’t make my list, but would be in yours. My favourite track from each album is in brackets and can be listened to on the player below each album.

1. Common – Like Water For Chocolate (The Light)

2. Slum Village – Fantastic, Vol. 2 (Fall In Love)

3. A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes & Life (Keeping It Moving)

4. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die (Suicidal Thoughts)

5. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt (D’evils)

6. NaS – Illmatic (One Time 4 Your Mind)

7. Mobb Deep – The Infamous (Survival Of The Fittest)

8. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Ain’t Nothin’ To Fuck Wit)

9. KanYe West – The College Dropout (Family Business)

10. Slick Rick – Art Of Storytelling (Adults Only)

11. OutKast – ATLiens (Babylon)

12. Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle (Serial Killa)

13. The Foreign Exchange – Connected (Brave New World)

14. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (Remember Me?)

15. Jay-Z – The Black Album (Allure)

16. Gang Starr – Hard To Earn (Mass Appeal)

17. The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia (Runnin’)

18. GZA – Liquid Swords (Shadowboxin’)

19. Pete & CL Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother (T.R.O.Y)

20. Little Brother – The Listening (The Way You Do It)

21. KanYe West – Late Registration (Addiction)

22. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders (Electric Relaxation)

23. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Incarcerated Scarfaces)

24. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor (Sunshine)

25. Q-Tip – The Renaissance (Manwomanboogie)

26. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Lost Ones)

27. Ghostface Killah – Ironman (All That I Got Is You)

28. The Streets – Original Pirate Material (Has It Come To This?)

29. NaS - God’s Son (Get Down)

30. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (What They Do)

31. Jay-Z – The Blueprint (U Don’t Know)

32. Common – Be (Love Is…)

33. Clipse – Lord Willin’ (Grindin’)

34. Dr. Dre – The Chronic (Ain’t Nuthin But A G Thang)

35. KRS-One - Return Of The Boom Bap (Black Cop)

36. Ty – Upwards (Rain)

37. Souls Of Mischief - 93 ‘til Infinity (93 ‘til Infinity)

38. Talib Kweli/Mos Def – Blackstar (Definition)

39. Guru - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 (When You’re Near)

40. Skinnyman - Council Estate Of Mind (I’ll Be Surprised)

41. DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent (For Da Love Of Da Game)

42. 2Pac – Me Against The World (Dear Mama)

43. Pharoahe Monch – Internal Affairs (Official)

44. Eric. B & Rakim - Paid in Full (Eric. B Is President)

45. Method Man – Tical (I’ll Be There For You)

46. N*E*R*D – In Search Of… (Bobby James)

47. G-Unit - Beg For Mercy (Smile)

48. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet (Fight The Power)

49. Busta Rhymes – The Coming (Woo Hah!)

50. De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising (Buddy)

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Was lucky enough to get James Blake’s album last week and I haven’t stopped listening

Was lucky enough to get James Blake’s album last week and I haven’t stopped listening to it since it arrived into my inbox. Here he is in the Maida Vale studios performing one of my favourite songs from the album. Ground-breaking. Music from the future.

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Traktor

Wretch 32’s debut single, Traktor, is currently flying high on the iTunes singles chart. Here is the Drum & Bass remix from the Brookes Brothers, who have had a monstrous 12 months. Looking forward to what they have to offer in 2011.

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Skream & Example - Shot Yourself In The Foot Again (Video)

Here is the video for the huge single from Skream & Example. Directed by Example himself & The Chamber Bros (Tom & Andrew); this is a video that most young lads can relate to. Raw and original.

Download for free HERE.

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Video for the latest Jamiroquai single from his 2010 album, Rock Dust Light Star. Extremely sick.

Video for the latest Jamiroquai single from his 2010 album, Rock Dust Light Star. Extremely sick.

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