Music sounds better with you....

Riiight, time for the weekly dose of new tunage I've discovered while spending hours scouring blogs like some type of socially inept hermit. All tunes are as yet unreleased, but causing a skirmish regardless so get your frontal ear lobes locked onto these bad boys....

BLOG BURNER:

It was a hard choice this week I have to say, but after much soul searching I've decided that this new mix from L-Vis 1990 on MJ Cole & Wiley's forthcoming single 'From The Drop' is doing the damage. You can always trust L-Vis to go freaky-naughty on the remix and he certainly doesn't disappoint with this. Elastic bass, echoed vocal chops & a true badman riddim makes this fairly heavyweight material.

MJ Cole & Wiley - From The Drop (L-Vis 1990 Remix)



Next up, Diplo & Switch have dusted off the old percussion organ to give Gyptian's new single 'Hold Yuh' a nice dancefloor friendly bounce. To be fair, lyrically this song could have been easily placed on 'Guns don't kill...' which is probably why they've done such a fantastic job remixing it. Drop this peak time & trick people into thinking it's early 90's house. (Exactly what I'll be doing at Glasgow University Union).

Gyptian - Hold Yuh (Major Lazer Remix)



And the award for most unrecognisable remix this week goes to The Krays, if you ever wanted to hear Robyn in the style of Daft Punk then here it is. Consisting of Yuksek & Brodinski, The Krays have been firing off remixes all over the shop this year and the quality has never failed to impress. Slow building electro that will work for Aeroplane & Erol alike.

Robyn - Indestructible (The Krays Remix)



Finally, Riton & DJ Mehdi come together again after the summer success of their Carte Blanche project. Here they take on the Scissor Sisters new single 'Any Which Way', which already has a super-hot mix from Tensnake supporting it. On this version they fire off the sirens, beef it up for the dancefloor and get the piano chops out for the lads. Funkee. Catch Carte Blanche at the Sub Club for Mixed Bizness on the 29th of oct.

Scissor Sisters - Any Which Way (Carte Blanche Remix)



P.S the photos I use for these posts have nothing to do with anything other than the fact they look nice. Check out more at davidblackphotography.com

Awwww shiiit....

Time for some Saturday night weekend party tunage I think. I've been doing my bloody tax return all day so I'm 100% in the mood for getting completely grannied now and these tunes are most definitely going to help.

LOCAL HERO:

So this week's Local Hero award goes to none other than that mad-mental rocket we know as Pasty32. Using a quite exceptional sample of The Real Tuesday Weld track 'Last Time In Clerkenwell' and looping the shit out of it, this adaptation is probably the funkiest thing you'll hear this week. If you need an instant hit of Serotonin throw this on prepare to smile.

Pasty32 -'Clerkenwell'



Next up, Megamegaman boots up the remix machine to produce this stomping, robotised take on Mausr's new track 'Arcane Markings'. With that trademark electro Mega-flare that sounds like a Trojan Horse eating your hard drive and the uncompromising filth of a bassline which could well be on parole for some type of ear-bending crime this is the sound of a post-apocalyptic Top Of The Pops.

Mausr - Arcane Markings (Megamegaman Remix)



Finally, as Halloween looms ever closer it seems only right that we should give Hahaha's forthcoming 'Evil EP' a mention. Scheduled for release on his own label 'Swimteam Records' on Oct 31st the lead track, 'Afraid Of Sharks' is a bouncy number which actually reminds me more of the soundtrack to the opening levels of Donkey Kong then shark infested waters (no bad thing Fraz if your reading this). Strangely addictive.

Hahaha - 'Afraid Of Sharks'

Jungle Nation presents....Chase & Status + Nero: Preview

So tonight herald's not only a massive night for Jungle Nation in Glasgow but for The Arches as well. It's not often you get two massive name's from Drum & Bass & Dubstep taking over the entire complex, but with Chase & Status, plus Nero on the bill the stage is set for a night of epic proportions.

Chase & Status have of course gone stratospheric in the last few years producing pop mega royalty such as Rhianna, Dizzee Rascal & Jay Z as well as maintaining the underground intuition which got them noticed in the first place. As for Nero, now of course signed to C & S's own label MTA, they've been bubbling under as one of the hottest production duos in the world of bass since, well, Chase & Status.

Check out two of the latest tunes from tonight's headliner's here:

Chase & Status - No Problem



Nero - Me & You



We also recently caught up with Jungle Nation resident & promoter Djamba ahead of tonight's seismic bass-off, here's what he had to say:

S: Jungle Nation has been going strong in Aberdeen for over 10 years now attracting some of the finest talent DnB has to offer. Earlier this year you made a foothold in Glasgow, launching Jungle Nation at Stereo with Commix. Why did you feel the time was right to start JN in Glasgow and how do you feel it has been received in what is already a very crowded clubbing community?

D: We just felt that drum & bass is heavily under represented in glasgow. Especially with the demise of another monthly night at the time, we just wanted to give it a good kick up the arse basically. I play house, dubstep and all sorts of other genres, but i started out as a dnb dj and will always love it, so decided to go ahead and start Jungle Nation in Glasgow with Tez. I feel it has been received well, but our smaller events at stereo haven't reached the wider clubbing community - so we decided to take things up a notch and the reception has been amazing.

S: Some people regard Glasgow as a hard nut to crack when it comes to drum & bass with very few nights really making a success from it. With DnB becoming more prominent in the mainstream and cross pollination with dubstep do you think it’s become easier to promote this sort of night and do you think there’s room for more?

D: I think the reason people regard it as a hard nut to crack is because no one has taken the risk of putting on huge nights since 2005 when LiveEvil ran. Pangea was a really successful local dj night though, and had about 200 punters every month at the art school, and symbiosis still runs every 2 months and gets a good crowd in. I think it would be fair to say that drum & bass has maybe dropped off a bit since 2007or so, but its had a massive resurgence recently and will continue to grow back into the mainstream again. People like DJ Fresh, Netsky and Danny Byrd are all flying the flag for popular dnb these days getting plays on radio 1 daytime and what not.

S: You launched new monthly night 'Jurassic' last Thursday in the Vic bar of the Art School with Mixed Bizness doing their thing upstairs. The night is promoted as offering the finest in jungle & drum & bass. Was the night a success and do you feel drum & bass can stand alone now on what is arguably Glasgow’s busiest student night?

D: Yeah I was really excited when I got asked to do that by the Art School head of programming. I think it really showed that Glasgow is opening its arms to drum & bass and has given me the chance to popularise it amongst the student masses. Our launch was great, so many people were coming up saying "its about time we had dnb in glasgow", so yeah I think it can stand alone easily. Its a big room sound, theres no reason it shouldn't.

S: Tonight you welcome Chase & Status, as well as Nero to The Arches in Glasgow. Obviously nights such as Pressure & Death Disco are used to bringing in prolific artists from the world of electro, techno and house but this is one of the biggest line ups in dnb/dubstep to appear in recent memory. How are you feeling about tonight? Could this perhaps open the door to similar line ups as FWD >> and Rinse in London for example?

D: Yes, definitely. We have some more massive nights in the pipeline, and will be trying to book and push artists that might not be quite as well known in the club scene once we have established Jungle Nation as a brand. Tonight is going to be off the hook :)

S: Finally, how do you see Jungle Nation developing in the future? Obviously it’s been a major success story in Aberdeen and now Glasgow is following suit. Do you have visions of taking it beyond Scotland?

D: Haha, surprisingly some guy from London Facebook messaged me the other day and asked if I was going to do a night in London?! But hopefully it will develop into a popular club night where people come to listen to drum & bass and dance away to it. Who knows, open to anything!

Better warm up the screw face then....

WHAT: Jungle Nation
WHO: CHASE & STATUS + MC Rage & NERO, plus DJ Tez, Djamba, Giles Walker & Jongerre
WHERE: The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow
WHEN: Tonight, 11-3am
TAX: £15 advance
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148400991843591

Let me hypnotiZe you...

It's Tuesday morning, the weather is unreasonably dull and the workies relaying the road outside my house decided to get a 'jump-start' on the day's work. I should technically be in state of turbo-grump, however, an influx of new tunes has already made this a GOOD day....

BLOG BURNER:

After appearing on the David Letterman show recently with a silky smooth electronic number called 'Hypnotize You', NERD have found themselves as one of the most talked about bands on the blogosphere this last week. The discovery that the tune is also produced by Daft Punk fanned the flames and now a strategic leak has pushed this song into every conceivable ear-hole available. Any female readers should be aware that Pharrell's vocals could make you vomit.

N.E.R.D - Hypnotize You



After months and months of waiting, Burns & Fred Falke have finally got clearance on what should have been a song of the summer. Now scheduled for a full release on Dec 6th, 'Y.S.L.M (You Stopped Loving Me)' is shaping up to be one of the biggest tunes of the last quarter. Sampling Luther Vandross the Treasure Fingers have stayed true to the original sample on this remix. Can't put into words how happy this song makes me. Disco bliss.

Burns & Fred Falke - Y.S.L.M (You Stopped Loving Me) (Treasure Fingers Remix)



Here's a video of the original mix as well:



And here's something else that's resurfaced recently: Grum produces the goods once again with a remix for Human Life's new single 'Wherever We Are'. It literally seems that a mix from Grum is almost obligatory now if you want a decent remix package and here he takes a similar direction as 'Heartbeats' with regard to melody and dashes it with some Daft Punk esque synth lines. If your a budding producer, band, singer/songwriter then I'd get your name on the waiting list now. Could be a while.

Human Life - Wherever You Are (Grum Remix)



Finally, Sigma release one of their most anticipated singles to date as 'Stronger' goes roaring up the charts this week off the back of Andy C's 'Nightlife Vol 5' compilation. Like Nero, Sigma are definitelty a production duo to be watching in the world of sub-bass and dancefloor devestation. Following up summer smash 'Baltimore' they bring you another uplifting cut with a vocodered vocal taking this higher and HIGHER.

Sigma - Stronger

Mixtape Monday....

Where does the weekend go? Honestly, it seems like one moment I'm getting ravey at some big, filthy, bass-crunching party somewhere, the next I'm waking up with a monumental hangover and here we are again on Monday counting down the days til Friday finally gives us release! (Not that my weekday's are that bad considering I'm self-employed)

Anyway, if you feel like re-living the weekend some of your favourite club nights have provided live recordings of recent parties to get you grooving through the midweek drudgery. Firstly Subcity have released a live recording of their big Fresher's event at SWG3 last month. The night was by all accounts a HUGE success with hundreds of sweaty ravers turning out to get their party flex on. Catch set's by All Caps, Digging The Twelve Inch, Indra, Pasty32 & Shaun Fae Solar by clicking ze links. (Might take a hot minute to load)

Next up the lads from Hotbox have provided this deep, dark & dangerous recording of the Italoboyz at their 1st birthday in The Universal last month. This is three hours of solid grooves ranging from jackin' tech house to out and out techno madness, best of all, it's up for free download, so if you can't afford to go out this weekend put this in your stereo, dim the lights, get on some sunnies and bounce about your room like a twat.

Italoboyz@ Hotbox - Glasgow - 17.9.10 by hotbox-glasgow

Finally, Subcity's own DOMM has released his recent set at Beatitude for all to hear with more driving, underground beats to splash your soup to (providing your eating soup while listening to this, could be cereal). Anyway, Beatitude are cramming the punters into the 100 capacity basement of the Brunswick Hotel on a monthly basis and this is what it sounds like:

DOMM@Beatitude 01/10/10 by domm