September 2011
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VIDEO: Rednek - They Call Me
This one is just funny.
http://youtu.be/xSQ23kHjCsM
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Mikey Likes iT - Brainwashed Lizard Puppet
Mikey Likes iT is the musical identity of Michael Robinson, a NJ based EDM producer whose music is a blend of intricate bass-lines and atmospheric soundscapes. I met him a few times before realizing he even MADE music. It was at some warehouse party in Jersey City that I saw him spin a set of self-produced tracks, and he did so on an old-school synthesizer hooked up to Ableton. His style...
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Help Me Identify A Track: Identity Festival...
So Definate has been a busy boy. He’s my good friend, and has been knocking out high quality videos at a furious pace. We filmed interviews with Dillon Francis and Starkey. Took trips to Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, and Kansas City to film shows I was playing at, as well as a quick drive to Philly to document me headlining Mad Decent Monday. We released an EP through Nu Urban and Rock The...
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Schlachthofbronx : CARIMBO EP
Benedikt and Jakob just released their second EP on Man Recordings.
After their earlier 2011 EPs (“NASTY BASS” & “CHAMBACU REMIX” on Mad Decent and MUDDERS on MIxpak), the guys follow up their first Man Recordings EP “AYOBA” which featured on Showtimes “Nurse Jackie”.
The new baby is called “CARIMBO” and features 4 tracks full of...
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Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes
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After two highly acclaimed string driven, predominantly acoustic projects, Natacha Atlas returns to the Global Dance-floor with the Mounqaliba Remixes. Globally celebrated singer Natacha Atlas’ latest release Mounqaliba was a decidedly acoustic affair, recorded with a 20-piece Turkish ensemble and a chamber orchestra & integrating western and...
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MIDWEEK MIXXXTAPES: BEAM UP, BERTIE BASS HITS,...
This week… Beam Up delivers the dub, Bertie Bass-Hits brings the balkan and Capricorn Productions ministers the minimal…
Beam Up
Not a mixtape per se, but a live set from Beam Up (aka DJ Delay, and various other names…) recorded live at Fusion Festival, with live horns from Beam Up and David Karla and based loosely around some of Beam Up’s favourite riddims.
Beam...
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Melo is doing for the ladies . Second Sky -...
Ok. Quick post single track , i’m running to La Merce festival , but before i go i need to post this amazing track from Melo . Massive ladies vibes , so sweet so calm . A hi quality trip brought by Melo . Should i call it transnational moombahton???
Essential download . I hope to listen more like this .
Second Sky - Messenger (DJ Melo Remix) by azdjmelo
Now i’m running , this...
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Skittles with Camo and Krooked - The Lesson
Thank goodness people are more focused than I am. James over at Example Media has been vigilant in pushing his artists, and I’ve been incredibly busy. I usually already know the artists or labels I post about, or hear an incredible release that sends me sniffing out the producers. It’s nice when people put these things in my hands.
Skittles has 5 years in the game, and has been...
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Frandomeda - Sound From Space EP [Moombahton]
Twisted, grimey, and heavy on the acid riffs is this kid FRANDOMEDA from Orlando, Florida. These tracks have their place with heavy fidget like moombahcore and are in no way in the sexy and easy listening moombahton category. Choice tune is “Aliens on Acid” where FRANDOMEDA flexes some TB-303 acid sounds and fucks with it hard. Preview and download all 5 tracks!
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EL BUHO - A Guide to the Birds of South America
In my finest Attenborough voice, I saw this and just knew I had to blog it. I luv the concept, sounds and the originality. This is just GREAT!
El Buho’s ‘A Guide to the Birds of South America’ EP is the first digital release from global music blog Rhythm ‘n’ Roots. The EP was inspired by a simple idea: take recorded birdsong samples and use them as a base around...
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FLeCK : THE APOSTATE
FLeCK sent me this track over a year ago for the Transnational Dubstep compilation but we didn’t end up using it for that compilation. So a year later, he now lets it loose for free download and it still sounds as fresh as it did when I listened to it over a year ago.
The thing about FLeCK though, is that I just know that I’ll be listening to his music for quite some time to come...
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Sexxy Saturday Cumbia - Equinox
Summer is finally over in the north, even though today in my city it was 105 degrees (F%$#ng Phoenix!). This is truly my favorite time of year right before the storm of corporate holidays takes over the souls of the first world inhabitants. But that brings up a whole other topic I could blog crazily about forever. So I won’t go there just yet. Instead I’ll look forward to the changing of the...
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BRUJATON & MOOMBAHTON BANGERS!
BRUJATON
Brujaton is simply one of my sub-genres of this year, hands down. I can’t really describe how I feel when I listen to this shiit except that it makes me feel good and puts a smile on my face and I have to play it repeatedly. For me, it’s like listening to a classic album over and over again. It just does things to me :-)
It’s just like a real bummer that save for...
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GoldRush ....Still After The GoldRush......
Still in DeeP Luv with this boy’s music, there’s only one. Get after the GoldRush!
Here’s a new free track he’s just done which is SUBLIME, as usual!
Grey Sunrise [Free DL] by GoldRush
Here’s another track that you can buy on this great compilation put out by Subsynthesis. This track is released as part of the Bass From Above II compilation, a 33 track album on...
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HEARTBREAK'S EUROPEAN TOUR & MOOMBAHSOUL...
He wrecked the joint recently @ Incubate, Tilburg and broke a few female hearts along the way :-)
So now here’s your chance to catch one of his rare appearances in Europe in a city near to YOU.
And whilst we’re here, it just occurred to me that we didn’t post his most recent compilation and the finale to his MoombahSoul series and so here it is, Moombahsoul 3, along with...
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MOOMBAH MARAUDERS - MOOMBAHTON VS. NATIVE TONGUES
Over 2 Jonny Kwest:
These comps are my way of re-introducing music and artists that were highly influential to me (and in my opinion highly over looked these days) to a new generation.
As close as all these originals are to my heart, I knew I couldn’t fuck around with this one. A lot of work went into this and I’m very proud of the outcome.
Despite being bogged down with their own...
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BOYFRIEND & JIMMY LUV EXCLUSIVE
Great new exclusive & original track from Boyfriend from Lithuania, one of the original vanguard of Moombahnista’s.
The track features Ragga vox by Jimmy Luv and some sexxy ass female vocals by an unamed source!
You need to grab this sublime slice of MoombHaLL!
Boyfriend - Safada feat. Jimmy Luv by BOYFRIEND
SAFADA - BOYFRIEND FEAT. JIMMY LUV
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MIDWEEK MIXXXTAPES: BEHLING, DJ KAXTRO,...
This week begins with some Slow House (or is that Lean House?) from Behling, then we’ve got a Ghanaian hip hop selection by DJ Kaxtro and finish on an epic, dark, cinematic sonic collage from Psychological Strategy Board…
Behling
Wanted to post this as a follow up to the Lean House which UMB posted the other day. Behling is an alias of Baobinga (or possibly ID, not 100% sure...
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Thugstep: King Fantastic - Locals Only
There’s something about Cali rappers I like. Everything feels different. The vibe. The attitude. The fashion. The lifestyle. But this Cali rapper was never normal to begin with.
King Fantastic has been vocalizing some of the most innovative bass music I’ve heard, and actually has something to SAY. He also is a visionary, never settling for just releasing a track. There’s...
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NEKI STRANAC : DARK SIDE OF THE MOOMB
TBH, I wanted to blog this cause I just love the title so much, regardless of content. Def one of the best titles ever for a Moombahcore mixtape. However, the content is really DOPE too!
Neki said he spent a few months of his life on this mixtape. I find that incredible cause I’ve never spent more than a couple of hours on one of mine but I guess that shows when you listen to one of my...
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Out Now: Nappy vs. Definate - This Is Anger
Rock The Dub has been offering up refixes for this project every week building up to today on Soundcloud, and it’s been a soft push for an insane project.
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This track started out a year ago as a concept with Definate and I. He had a 4 bar loop,...
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Minimal Transnational Futurism... GULLS - Boom...
Exploring the reaches of DUB SPACE, and SCI-FI POLY-RHYTHMICS, Gulls takes cues from world classical / traditional musics, minimalist ethos, dub pioneers, and oversized sound systems.
Gulls new EP “Boom Miami” is out now on 12”. I’ll get to that in a bit though, and I’ll introduce you to Gulls the way I was introduced - since I think it sets you up pretty well to...
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Sexxy Saturday Cumbia - Sci Fry Your Mind!
With so much free time on my hands now I swear my house hasn’t looked cleaner. As I try my best to fill up my days and nights with things to do whether it’s improving my blackjack skills tremendously, cleaning house over and over, catching up on gigs around town that I have always had trouble getting to before or staying on top of all the new cumbia online, I still have too much free time damn...
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Free Download: Suicide Silence-Bludgeoned to Death...
The production quality and ear that Atlanta duo Mantis posses is incredible. They are taking their city by storm, and offered a free track once they hit 3000 likes on facebook. I love the style they bring to the table, and this track is particularly aggressive. Enjoy.
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Various Artists - Global Bass Vol. 2
Oy, oy, oy ! ! ! !
It’s still summer in Barcelona ! ! !
It looks like holidays never end in Barcelona , we are really busy with the chiringuitos closing parties and we are still waiting for la Merce, a huge festival all over the city . I was attending really nice parties from the folcore crew , bomba stereo concert , and gigs with our collective United...
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: FELLOW vs ELGATO!
THE GLOBAL MASHUPS project continues! - this means we bring couples of artists together, in Tilburg, Holland during the Incubate festival, 12-18 sept 2011. We’ll supply them with a working spot and they will work here on music for a day, presenting the results live, at night. The following day we will repeat this at another venue in Holland, WORM, Rotterdam and another one in Amsterdam called...
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: MENEO vs BERTONBEATS!
THE GLOBAL MASHUPS project continues! - this means we bring couples of artists together, in Tilburg, Holland during the Incubate festival, 12-18 sept 2011. We’ll supply them with a working spot and they will work here on music for a day, presenting the results live, at night. The following day we will repeat this at another venue in Holland, WORM, Rotterdam and another one in Amsterdam called...
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: RUTTA vs BARRACUDA!
THE GLOBAL MASHUPS project continues! - this means we bring couples of artists together, in Tilburg, Holland during the Incubate festival, 12-18 sept 2011. We’ll supply them with a working spot and they will work here on music for a day, presenting the results live, at night. The following day we will repeat this at another venue in Holland, WORM, Rotterdam and another one in Amsterdam called...
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MIDWEEK MIXXXTAPES: JACK B NIMBLE, BEN JAY,...
Two moombah-based tapes today from Ben Jay and Dangergirl - selected for the fact that they’re taking a slightly different perspective on the genre. But first up a super dutty UK Bass tape from Jack B Nimble. Let’s do this:
Jack B Nimble
Repeat appearance from one of my favourite DJs with this mix taking in house, UK funky, UK Garage and UK bass of all kinds. Wicked stuff -...
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BASSNECTAR FREE DOWNLOAD : COLOR STORM REMIXTAPE
Yessss, the Lazer Bass God is back with a killa’ new mixtape that’s gonna annilhilate those massive sold out arena’s that he often plays nowadays. One of America’s biggest dj’s, nuff said!
Bassnectar - Color Storm Remixtape
Bassnectar - Color Storm Remixtape [FREE DOWNLOAD] by Bassnectar
Bassnectar Color Storm Remixtape Track Listing
Bassnectar - Color Storm...
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Mix: Bird Peterson - Drankenstein 2
So I started hearing about Bird Peterson in 2005 or 2006. Dude was making phenomenal artwork, and releasing some cool Baltimore Club edits. My, how things have changed.
Bird Peterson got the Mad Decent co-sign, and last year released the Drankenstein mixtape. This follow-up also dropped through Diplo’s imprint, and is just as epic. A stack of sultry beats with accentuated vocals....
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MAD MAJOR MELVIN MOOMBAHTON MONSTA'S - 5M'S
These dudes just contacted me over the weekend, I’m very surprised I’d never heard of them before cause they area SMASHING it with their Moombah Tunes.
They’re gonna be collaborating with Sazon Booya on their next EP.
DJ/ Production duo from Madison, WI consisting of Jake Hirshland and Alex Leeds. We make and play Jewish Folk songs, and people seem to love it. Get at us, and...
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Heartbreak & J-Trick Valley Girls
One of the members of the Original Vanguard of Moombahton versus one of the New Wave kids and we get some hotttt shiiiit.
Man, this is the first track from an intended Ep by these Moombahton Heavyweights.
Really lookin’ forward to the rest of this EP as this first track is blindin’ man!
Heartbreak & J-Trick Valley Girls ( Original Mix ) by David Heartbreak
Here’ what...
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Disc Jockey Nappy - Mix for DJ Fusion's Urban...
DJ Fusion asked me to sort a mini-mix for his radio show a couple weeks ago, and I picked some of the most aggressive tunes I had. It starts with the DJ Kutz banger ‘Superman’, which I’d been waiting on since the beginning of the year, and ends with Heroes and Villains production on Young Lyxx’s ‘How I Does It’. This is 20 minutes of pure filth.
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: QUIEN vs FLECK!
THE GLOBAL MASHUPS project continues! - this means we bring couples of artists together, in Tilburg, Holland during the Incubate festival, 12-18 sept 2011. We’ll supply them with a working spot and they will work here on music for a day, presenting the results live, at night. The following day we will repeat this at another venue in Holland, WORM, Rotterdam and another one in Amsterdam called...
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Afrojack - pop on acid count effectz moombahton...
Really didn’t feel like blogging today but then I saw this and just had to!
Thanks to Hector Heathcote for sending this to me!
afrojack - pop on acid (count effectz moombahton mix) x The Film Artist from hector heathcote on Vimeo.
Download the track too:
Afrojack - Pop On Acid (Count Effectz Moombahton Bootleg) - FREE DOWNLOAD by Count Effectz
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: MUTHONI vs SILKIE!
THE GLOBAL MASHUPS project continues! - this means we bring couples of artists together, in Tilburg, Holland during the Incubate festival, 12-18 sept 2011. We’ll supply them with a working spot and they will work here on music for a day, presenting the results live, at night. The following day we will repeat this at another venue in Holland, WORM, Rotterdam and another one in Amsterdam called...
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GLOBAL MASHUPS: HOPE vs PROCESS!
For this project we are asked to bring together vocalists and producers from non western countries like Kenia, Tanzania, Guatamala, Bolivia and Zimbabwe, and have them work with upcoming stars in dance music in the west right now. The idea is that by interacting, you learn about each other’s background and it can help you develop your own style as an artist, without walking the ‘obvious’ path....
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Sexxy Saturday Cumbia - El Grito, Texano, and...
I end this week happily wiping my hands clean of it. I was removed from my job due to some silly Facebook mishap (I’m still not going to watch what I say). A few hours ago I was served at my front door with a court summons for running a red light. I know I did it, I remember clearly; I wasn’t even intoxicated (yet). I’m guilty but I don’t want to flippin’ pay because I don’t want to give money...
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Joker - Back in the days Ft. Buggsy, Shadz, Scarz,...
Joker just placed this on YouTube. As you might imagine, I was quick to post this up. His production has been consistent, inspiring, clean, and different. I really think Joker holds the ability to turn himself from an icon to a superstar, and only time will tell if he gets there. He’s gotten play from every major DJ in the world, in every venue, and on any radio show that matters. While...
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FREE CROSSROADS COMPILATION
Crossroads has landed distribution!
To celebrate we have put together this free compilation to share with you all. These tunes will give you an idea as to where this label and these artists are headed.
Once again we have selected a variety of work from both established artists and up and coming artists in the U.S., U.K., and The Netherlands in the hopes that it will appeal to a broad...
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THE NEW WAVE OF MOOMBAHTON
The New Wave of Moombahton is well & truly here!
Here’s a selection of some of the dudes coming through in the past 6 months or so causing some Supa-MoombaH MayHeM!
It’s by no means an exhaustive selection or even definitive and also it is in no particular order. A few Generation Bass artists there too but of course I’m gonna include dudes I’m feelin’ and am...
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MIDWEEK MIXXXTAPES: DJ RAHDU, DJ BONSU, STARFOXXX
This week: DJ Rahdu starts with a summer neosoul selection, DJ Bonsu comes with some HipLife & Afropop and finally Dave from starfoxxx presents a bunch of stuff he’s into…
DJ Rahdu
Rahdu - from the excellent BamaLoveSoul blog - laments the summer’s end (UK readers: ‘Summer’ was those couple of weeks in April when it didn’t rain) with this mix of...
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SKRILLEX IN PARIS WITH MUUUUNCHI!
A video shot in Paris about Skrillex with a major guest appearance by none other than the Moombahcore King himself, Señor Big Hair, Muunchi!
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Jozi - Moving The City
South African band Jozi star in a 8 Part reality TV show following them (Ishmael Morabe aka Ishmiza and Leslie Mampe aka Da L.E.S) travelling around the world taking their new found muthaland sounds global.
JOZi with their new project manager David kibuuka find themselves in Swaziland, Namibia, Limpopo, Ghana and Nigeria in the strangest of situations. They finally travel to New York, Atlanta...
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DJ UMB MIX ON MOOMBA+ RADIO
Ok this is the first 1 hour + of the mix I laid down for Moomba+ Radio last week.
I played for just over 2 hours but here’s the first 1 hour plus a bit.
Sorry it goes slightly a bit wonky during the Trowa transition but we ain’t all perfect :-)
Pioneerd CDJ’s & Pioneer DJM 600 as usual!
Huge thanks to Tony Vapid Forns for inviting me to play on the show.
Contact him if...
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Dev - Killer (H3 Moombahton Remix)
Been supporting my Malaysian bro’s throughout their Dubstep & Drumstep periods and I’m happy again to be suporting them in their new Moombahcore era with this KILLA track!
Dev - Killer (H3 Moombahton Remix) by H3 (We Are Mutants)
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BLACKMILL
Really, really gorgeous melodic/luvstep vybz here courtesy of this fantastic producer.
Blackmill started of producing music at the age of 8 when he received his first musical instrument for his birthday - an Acoustic Guitar which he still plays to this day so look out for future tracks in this genre. At the age of 15 he started producing trance and uploading them to youtube under the alias...
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THE POWER OF BRUJATON
Brujaton keeps reaching influential ears with Toy Selectah now on board as a recent convert. That’s not surprising cause my bro’ Toy has always had impeccable taste!
This phenomenal new sub-genre baby off shoot of Moombahton is just some of the freshest stuff I’ve heard in a long time and it continues to completely enthrall me.
Get on the Bruja!
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Chico Ye - El Sonido Matador
Chico ye wanted to share his first release with us that just came out through Choles Records, a netlabel that distributes its music for free. It contains a bunch of old school cumbia tracks turned into crunk, dubs and a reggaeton rework.
It has received support from Toy Selectah, Dj Rupture amongst others.
Chico Ye - El Sonido Matador
Tracklist:
1. Cumbia de los Angeles
2. Cumbia Zenaida...