BLAWAN AND PARIAH START A NEW LABEL TOGETHER?

http://blog.rubadub.co.uk/post/10804100953/blawan-pariah-launch-new-label

POSSIBLY THE BEST THING EVER.

30/09/2011 Switch- I Stil Love You

RISING

27/09/2011 Helix - Drum Track

Didn't think too much off this heard when I first heard it on Benji B, but quickly realised its dancefloor potential. AND it's forthcoming on Night Slugs which is even better news!

FORGOTTEN FUNK TUNES WHICH ARE SICK #006: Marcus Miller & Miles Davis - Tutu

Woo your friends down the vintage clothes fair with your intimate knowledge of one of jazz's greatest crossover albums.

24/09/2011 Madslinky- Moonshine

Very very smooth, Zed Bias's aliase Madslinky.

24/09/2011 Riffs- Don't Leave Ur Girl Round Me

This tune is definitely rising at the moment, it featured in Mele's FACT magazine mix and Dark Sky dropped it when I saw him last night. Juke is blowing up fast.

I Agree

Why Glasgow is killing it right about now...

Fairly self-explanatory.

20/09/2011 Narsty Old 1z #001

Wigflex turns 5!

If your in the Nottingham area, you could do worse than to check out Wigflex, who are going in ever so hard with their fifth birthday lineup!

20/09/2011 Keudo- Severant LP

If these three teaser tracks are anything to go by the new Keudo album 'Severant' is shaping up to be quite something. Keudo achieves an almost relaxed and casual atmospheric euphoria.

Kuedo - 'Severant' Sampler by Planet Mu Records

Scandinavian Subs

It is just occurred to me that some of my favourite dubstep both past and present comes straight out of Scandinavia. Here’s a brief journey around the Viking lands at 140bpm:

Sweden- L-Wiz

L-wiz, a guy named Claes Rosen, is responsible for the most beautiful piece of dubstep ever made; Girl From Codeine City, which featured on the Caspa & Rusko fabriclive. Despite this track reaching great heights he never really took off elsewhere, which is a shame because his back catalogue features some of the most promising dubstep direction out there; it sits kind of in the middle ground between Jazz, Dubstep and Abba. He even brings in live performance elements. Also check out his label All Out Dubstep.

Norway – Tes La Rok

Also reaching prominence in the UK with releases on Dub Police. Tes La Rok, had a profilic output of 12”s over the last 4 years. One track I want to draw attention to is entitled ‘Lickashot.’ It featured on N-Type’s Dubstep Allstars 5, but was never given an unmixed release but it is absolutely relentless. 

 

Finland – Shawty

Finally a guy who has been making huge movements in the ‘nu-school’ of dubstep, with his banger ‘Shawty.’ Very interesting the effectiveness of a tune essentially built around a stretched vocal sample. I shouldn’t have to introduce this one.

19/09/2011 Jamie Grind - Whenever We Say Goodbye

New bit from Jamie Grind, sounds kinda similar to Koreless but with more teeth. Big tune!

18/09/2011 Mosca- Dom Perignon

New forthcoming from mosca.

18/09/2011 Hudson mohawke- Pleasure

Sorry to keep going on about this guy but everything he touches turns to gold. He's even launched a new label Pleasure Principle, on the back of this release!

16/09/2011 XXXY - You Always Start It

"You know we'll be at into it most of the night, probably into the early morning"

16/09/2011 Rustie - BBC Welcome to the Hood MIX, Annie Nightingale

Rustie pulled out this mix for Annie Nightingale's 'Welcome to the Hood' series on her BBC Radio 1 show. Featuring tracks from his forthcoming album 'Glass Swords' and some VIP's it's definitely worth a listen and you can download it below.

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?c1aarrtxo7b5lzd

Tracklist
Ice Tunnels – Rustie
Dreamzz – Rustie
4eva – Rustie
Sawdust – Rustie
Zonez – Rustie
Loveking – Machinedrum
Bad Science VIP – Rustie
Crystal Caverns 1991- Lone
Ultra Thizz- Rustie
Kasrave – Your Love
Stay Together – Redhino
Café Del Mar (Hookers & Blow Remix)- Energy 52

16/09/2011 Cahb - In Our Moment

This guy is 17, big ratings.

Cahb - In Our Moment (Free Download) by Cahb

15/09/2011 Full Attention - Terror Danjah

Completely letting this one slip under the radar was CRIMINAL. Bangs so hard; sweetness and sub in perfect measure. Dropped August 15th on Hardrive!

15/09/2011 Bok Bok - Dark Hearts (Dub)/

NEW BOK BOK DUB. 

15/09/2011 Kastle- I Know

American producer from San Fransisco, some quality stuff. Lends his style well to both big name remixes for the likes of Blu Mar Ten and The Weeknd, and impressive original productions.

13/09/2011 Jamie XX FACT Mix 282

http://www.factmag.com/2011/09/12/fact-mix-282-jamie-xx/

Killing it again.

13/09/2011 Sicko Cell / Say Yeah (Hazy Hood Edit)

LOL this is actually jokes, what a larf.


Sicko Cell / Say Yeah (Hazy Hood Edit) by Hazy Hood

Nottingham Event Highlights

 Since I’m Nottingham bound for university, probably third best city in the country for bass music in my opinion, here’s a quick roundup of some nights I am HYPED for. 

15/09/2011 DOGMA PRESENTS RETURNS – TODDLA T & SEIJI

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239613352749597

This Thursday night is pretty much an institution, nowhere else can see you see a top quality act every week, for free! Toddla T is dropping in on the back of his new album launch, and Seiji is a guy with some very impressive stuff I can’t wait to see after seeing him at carnival. 

23/09/2011 GIRLS GO FREE: DARK SKY

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264934923535082

Girls Go Free have brought some extremely good nights to Nottingham in the past, Phaelah was one of my personal favourites. The vibe is always fun and friendly at these nights. Dark Sky needs no introduction;

07/10/2011 DOLLOP: THE 2 BEARS, GHOSTPOET, LOEFAH, ONEMAN, INSTRA:MENTAL

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213554315369466

Jesus Christ what a line-up, Dollop looks set to swallow up Detonate as Nottingham’s most popular electronic music night. It’s not hard to see why; Dollop’s exciting and forward thinking line-up makes the Detonate one look like a boring and tired recycle of the acts they have been putting on for the past year already. Detonate definitely need some kind of change up. Also with ‘many more’ acts to be announced an optimist could pray it could get even better.

14/10/2011 BASSLACED: Joker, Zinc, Breakage, HESSLE AUDIO; PEARSON SOUND BEN UFO PANGAEA

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211842932208939&ref=ts

This one has something for everyone right across the spectrum. With a visit from Hessle Audio, this pretty much seals Nottingham's place in the world as a mecca for new music fans! Nottingham is the shit right now SAY NADA!

Recording Industry Pie Chart

10/09/2011 Scuba- Adrenalin

First thing Scuba's put out under his solo name since the Triangulation LP. Decent stuff, old school housey vibes, drops 26th September on Hotflush.

09/09/2011 Commodo- Querky

Had to pull it back up again for one second for this one. Dubstep doesnt usually grab my attention as much nowadays but when its some tightly produced shit like this it takes me back to why I love it. This one dropped back in 2010 on Untitled Recordings, European dubstep imprint.  The kick in this is shattering, enjoy...

09/09/2011 Submerse- Stay With Me

New one from Submerse off the Bento Box EP released today! And with that I'm off to fabric LARGE UP NIGHT SLUGS CREW.

07/09/2011 Redinho- Edge Off EP

Yet another artist that deserved to blow up this summer but hasn't really appeared to make a dent if his youtube video counts are anything to go by. This EP contains some serious tunes from smooth funky 'Edge Off' to dirty beat 'Whips.' His time seems yet to come...

06/09/2011 Rustie - Ultra Thizz / Dreamzz

This album is shaping up to be absolute dirt. Rustie - Ultra Thizz / Dreamzz (out now) by Rustie

06/09/2011 How To Dress Well - Ready For The World

Bit late on this one by the looks of it but we have only just discovered the serious lo-fi emotional vibes of How To Dress Well. Hauntingly Good.

05/09/2011 Saw The Light - Jamie Grind ft. Hackman

When I first heard this tune way back when I thought this guy was going to huge. I went back onto youtube today and was astonished to see this tune had less than 2k plays, what a travesty. Anyway check it out see if you agree, give it a while for those vocals to sink in...

FORGOTTEN FUNK TUNES WHICH ARE SICK #005: To The Other Man - Luther Ingram

The sleek horn section on this number featured on J Dilla's tune 'Gobstoppers' off the critically acclaimed Donuts album. This tune features in the intro to Benji B's shows on Radio 1. A superb riff, and not a bad tune as ballads go...

04/09/2011 Boddika - Acid Jackson

If I had a quid for every unreleased Bodidka tune I want right now I would probably be able to buy vast amounts of fried chicken.

02/08/2011 Pearson Sound- Untitled

One of my favourite tracks off the Jamie XX Essential Mix is this as yet untitled track from Pearson Sound, this cannot come out too soon...

01/09/2011 Thundercat- The Golden Age of Apocalypse

I am actually stunned I have a new favourite artist after listening to a handfull of his tracks, I am so sure... You might have heard Thundercat, bassist Steve Bruner, on tracks by Flying Lotus especially off Cosmogramma. He just put out his debut LP, produced by Flying Lotus. The basswork is ridiculous, the tracks are beautiful and this one has grown on me already; I can not physically stop listening!