In the mix...

Ok, it's been a while since we blasted you with some fresh mixtape action so here are three which our annoying our neighbours at the moment. Firstly, Mixed Bizness head honcho, Boom Monk Ben has released this heavy-skanking, sub-strangling, riddim-riding mix which features more booty busting action then I care to mention. Straight from the drop, this is a relentless grime wave of Funky, Ragga & Dubstep which will leave you desperate for more. From the familiar bashment of Redlight & Seiji to unreleased monsters from Duda & Hostage this is straight bass-bending fire. Catch Ben this Saturday at Radio Magnetic's Winter Rave at the SWG3 warehouse with fresh talent like FOUND, The Blessings & S-Type.

Facebook event: Radio Magnetic's Winter Rave

Benny Boom's Going Home With Ya Girl Mix by Boom Monk Ben



Next up, one of our favourite grime spinners, Jinty has come correct with this 'best of...' mix for 2010. If your yet to catch Jinty's 'Gutter Riddim' show on Subcity Radio, then we suggest you get on it immediately. This Friday he'll be bringing a review of the year, with some of the hottest dubplate drama from the street to the embarrassing converts who have gone mainstream weak. That's right. As for the mix, expect only the finest UK grime straight from the 1's & 2's. 'Street Fighter Riddim' still kills it....

DJ Jinty - 2010 Grime Mix by JINTY

Finally, on a completely different tip, our favourite disco diamonds Slow It Down have brought together all their finest re-edits of the year into one rather neat, super-grooving package. Opening with our personal favourite 'Change Of Heart', the mix takes in all types of irresistible basslines, contagious vocal cuts & head-nodding rhythms. We can imagine this being the perfect soundtrack to a hot day in 1980's Miami, cruising South Beach in your Delorean while girls in hotpants give you the eye. Oh yes, I can see it now....

Slow It Down - Radio Magnetic Promo Mix - Winter 2010 by SlowItDownGlasgow

This week I will mostly be listening to....

Another Monday rolls round then, but what a weekend. People are still talking about CO-OP's impromptu rave on Midland St on Friday night and it really is testament to just how exciting Glasgow's club scene is at the moment. If you want to get noticed these days it would seem you really have to be doing something rather interesting. There's absolutely no room for monotony, with Glasgow bursting at the seams with club nights you have to push the boat out! Anyway, here's some tunes I'll be listening to this week as we go hurtling towards another weekend.

BLOG BURNER:

Like Dr Dre last week this is another tune that I've been relentlessly searching for the past few weeks, only to find it's already out. There's no point in beating around the bush here, this is easily one of the hottest Drum & Bass songs of the year. Standout cut from Break's massive 'Resistance' album, the combination of heart wrenching vocals that literally reach out at you from the speakers, plus devastating drops make this utterly sensational.

Break ft/ Die - Slow Down




Next up, the weird & wonderful David Lynch diverts his twisted genius from film to music with this emotionally detached slice of robotic future-pop. Cold, calculated synths create a metallic atmosphere, while heavily vocodered vocals split by explosions and gunfire create the impression that this could be the pleading voice of a military android fighting some far flung war of the future. A very involved, but satisfying listen.

David Lynch - Good Day Today




After ruling the 2010 Miami Winter Music Conference with his highly addictive Boys Noize endorsed 'Tellyfoam', Jan Driver returns with another slice of bass bin scraping bashment in the form of 'Gain Reaction'. Drawing on the same formula as the likes of Seiji & other genre-bending visionaries I can imagine the reaction when this finally drops on a dancefloor and it's far from civilised.

Jan Driver - Gain Reaction





Finally, New York hipsters Hercules & Love Affair return with a tribute to early 90's house in this seriously slick slice of four to the floor dancefloor action. Featuring on their forthcoming second album 'Blue Songs', Shaun Wright provides some truly class vocals over a bouncy, warm bassline. You can imagine the Fast Show's Louis Balfour giving this a resounding 'NICE' at the Jazz Club. It even features a boombox inspired wig out close to the end.

Hercules & Love Affair - My House

The greatest club related PR stunt Glasgow has ever seen?

Sure, anyone could have thought of it, but not everyone has the balls to pull it off. Last night saw witness to what quite possibly could have been the best PR stunt a club has ever pulled off in Glasgow. After Naive packed in hundreds of punters to The Arches for a night of super charged electro with Busy P, Cassius & A Trak the inevitable 3am spill out was met with the sound of pumping beats from CO-OP's now legendary mobile disco.

While I tried to direct an impossibly nutted Australian to The Unit for an afterparty he was so desperately seeking it seems Glasgow's newest weekly had already got it started in what has to be the most convenient after-hours rave ever conceived. Literally 300 yards down the road the CO-OP boys had set up a PA system, along with decks from the boot of a VW Golf. Within moments hundreds of clubbers gathered for a frenetic street party and Midland St was thick with punters, all jumping about to hard hitting bass & crowd pleasing anthems (Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins went down particularly well). There were even people dancing on dumpsters, while others got carted about on wheelie bins.

And the best part about it? The police didn't show up once. This was an illegal street party in Glasgow city centre, blocking cars and no doubt causing endless health & safety hazards, yet after an hour & a half it was the party starters who shut it down. If you were there I'm sure you'll agree that was something special. There are already numerous video & photo accounts floating about, here are some of the best so far:

Midland Street Rave [ beta:waxx ] from beta waxx on Vimeo.

So if you were feeling the impromptu street party vibes provided by CO-OP last night we suggest you go check out their residency at the Sub Club every Thursday. It may be slightly more conventional but with Dirty Noise, Mount Heart Attack & Orderly Disorder behind the decks you know it's going to get messy. Catch special guest Derrick Carter on Dec 23rd.

Backtracking...

LOCAL HERO:

Towards the end of last week got a little hectic so I'm currently re-posting all the stuff that should have gone up (I'm actually writing this on Sunday, mental eh?) including our inaugural Local Hero award which this week goes to Spectra mega-pal B.Tone. Yet again the new Heartbeats compilation comes up trumps with this dubbed out, thunderous mix on Dirty Basement's ridiculously titled 'Funky Ass Boom Bap'. B.Tone's highly addictive minimal take aims it straight at the dancefloor with an 808 which will knock you off your feet. Nasty.

Dirty Basement - Funkyass Boom Bap (B.Tone's Simplified Mix)




Almost every week we get a new cut from Quahaze and they never fail to impress. Master of all things deep & funky, Jan Rybacki has got his sound nailed. Dreamy synths, grooving basslines & floating arpeggios roll without hinderence in this seven minute cosmic journey. Word has it that there is an album in the pipeline as well so keep your ears eh, pricked, I suspect there are great things to come.

Quahaze - So Real





Next up Pasty Thirtytwo gets grimey on 22 year old Baltimore rapper Rye Rye. With a bassline that sounds like a tricked out snail rocking a subwoofer on it's back, this filthy re-rub compliments Rye Rye's nasty lyrical style perfectly. I reckon this would probably make Baltimore's hardest hood rats shit themsleves on the kerb if you rolled up with this blasting out the lowrider. You know, if that's what people do in Baltimore.

Rye Rye - Bang (Pasty Thirtytwo Remix)




Finally, Slow It Down have been up to their re-editing hijinx again with this quality re-rub of early 80's funk sisters Krystol. After deconstructing the original and injecting it with some additional spunk, this is the type of slow-grinding, groove rider which will see you rocking a pair of parachute pants like you've just graduated from Bayside High. Smooth grooves yo.

Krystol - After The Dance (Slow It Down Edit)

Death Disco presents...The Mixmag Tour 2011 in association with Moda & Don't Stay In

It's just not fair, as if Naive's Xmas blow out with A Trak, Cassius & Busy P wasn't enough this Friday we also have Mixmag's annual tour to contend with the following night. I guess sometimes you just have to accept mild bankruptcy during the festive season, after all, what else are you going to spend your money on?

This year Death Disco have teamed up with Mixmag & Moda to bring you a downright dangerous line up consisting of some of the hottest name's in house, electro & certified bashment. For the Glasgow leg of the tour you can expect earthquake inducing wobble from Jack Beats, super-sexy French house from Parisian trendsetter Surkin as well as the trademark electro bounce from rising stars Jaymo & Andy George.


The party starts in Lincoln

Jaymo & Andy have of course enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame over the past few years with their In New DJ's We Trust show on Radio 1 cramming the finest disco, house & techno into a super-charged hour of highly entertaining, nonsensical chat & quick fire mixing. Their own label Moda has also been responsible for the output of such dancefloor rendering artists as Tom Staar, His Majesty Andre & Foamo - unwavering quality in other words. Here's what they had to say about the tour:

Jaymo: "New music is the driving force behind everything we do, whether it's our radio show, our DJ sets or the parties we put on. We try and champion new music from as many platforms as possible, this tour is now one of them! But as with anything, it's not just about the here and now - a true music fan wants to know about the history, the classics, the heritage. So we also wanted to get some big established names on the tour too"

Andy George: "The tour kicked off at Moda HQ (the Engine Shed in Lincoln) with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Jakwob, Jaymo & Andy George, Tom Staar and the headliner to end all headliners - Fatboy Slim!"


Fatboy Slim at The Engine Shed

"It's a milestone for any club night when you've got Fatboy Slim playing for you. He's usually DJing to thousands of people at a festival, not 1500 people in a warehouse, so this is really exciting for everyone involved. He played alongside some of the coolest nu skool heads - Jakwob and TEED, so the contrast of musical styles over the night was amazing!"

"It was important for us to get a real mix of acts that represented the music we believe in from live bands like Shake Aletti and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, to boundary pushing DJ's like Surkin and Jack Beats"

Sounds like we're in for a big weekend then....

WHAT: Death Disco presents...The Mixmag Tour 2011 in association with Moda & Don't Stay In
WHO: JACK BEATS, Surkin, Jaymo & Andy George, Union, Hushpuppy & Wavy Graves
WHERE: The Arches, Midland St
WHEN: Saturday 11th December
TAX: £12 Advance
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106891519377468