DREAM TEAM

So check this out for a recipe for disaster (in a good way):

The Mystery Jets write 'Hideaway.' In my opinion their best track to date.

This is subsequently given the old spit and polish by Erol Alkan.

In turn, Dave Taylor gives it the 'Switch' treatment, making it not only an alternative rock/pop/indie anthem, but also a hugely anticipated dance-floor destroyer.

Now, Diplo has done a re-edit of a Switch remix of a track produced by Erol Alkan originally written by The Mystery Jets. I think that, regardless of sales, suggests that the original song is pretty special. Mind you in re: the Diplo re-edit, it is literally just a 'hand clap.' Oh well, still a heavy tune.


Hideaway (Switch Remix//Diplo Re-Edit) // The Mystery Jets

BPITCH CONTROL, BERLIN

BPitch is a Berlin based label founded and partially run by the prestigious Ellen Allien. I presume that most of you who have just read this opening sentence will now be expecting a post focused towards the minimal beeps and bleeps that in recent years Germany and in particular Berlin has become famed for. Those of you who made this presumption to some degree are right, however, what I would like to primarily focus upon, is the diversity that Bpitch Control offers.





Linked below is a track off Ellen's fourth solo album 'SOOL,' (buy) and it illustrates the more predictable (I don't mean this in a negative way) side of the label. Ellen describes her new album as;

”SOOL is everything, everyone and none – SOOL is a phantasm, a creation, which reflects the album’s atmosphere, and also my person. I am me; but I am also what you made me for, what you do with me and what I do with you. And, SOOL is curiosity, room, and architecture. Sketches; drawing; adhering.”


Elphine // Ellen Allien


On the other side of the label, (this is where the contrast within the label is revealed,) is Modeselektor.





Modeselektor are also Berlin based, but offer a very different sound and recently won the title of 'Best Dubstep & Grime Act' at the BMA 2008 Awards. However its hard to pigeon hole their sound as precisely as this. On their 2007 Album 'Happy Birthday,' there are strong techno and electro influences (which nods to the tech/dubstep scene thats taking the UK by storm) and it features a vast array of guest artists: From TTC to Thom Yorke, Siriusmo to Maximo Park, this album plays host to quite the all-star cast. This album is compulsive listening and to get a taster of it, here's my favourite track from the album, 'Suckerpin.' Enjoy.


Suckerpin // Modeselektor

May Musical Magimix

Three very good/different tracks for you this week.

First up, the first track from DJ, blogger and general music lover 'Bryce.' Bryce runs a blog called 'Fly Music' with Telemachus from 'Black Forrest Ghetto.' I believe this is the first track he's produced, and to be honest, the boy dun good. Theres a nice combination of sounds within the track which flicker between digital bleeps and analogue beats......hence the name 'Atari Riddims,' you see what he's done there.


Atari Riddim Feat. Mavado // Bryce





Next up, relatively new from DFA, or new for me at least, Holy Ghost! I think that this New York duo have a great disco sound, typical or what DFA stands for today, and I look forward to seeing them when they make it to the UK. Its not new, its just a heavy tune.


Hold On // Holy Ghost!





Finally, a nice bit of techno to finish off your bank holiday. Vitalic is a producer famed for several monster tracks, although I believe this one to have been somewhat overlooked. Distorted synths, driving bass line, catchy twiddly bits, this is a 4am 'hands in the air stomper,' which if you find yourself at a techno rave at such a time, you'll be quite grateful for.


The 30000 Feet Club // Vitalic

Bag Raiders get Santogold's (The) Shoes

Bag Raiders are from Australia and have done some good remixes - I especially like their remix of Super Mal's track 'Bigger Than Big'.

I don't know the original, but a little research tells me that it features somebody called Luciana and is Track 18 of CD2 on 'Now [That's What I call Music] 67'. Good. Times.



Super Mal || Bigger Than Big (Bag Raiders Remix) [Fileden]

Bag Raiders also remixed Yo Majety's 'Club Action' a while back, throwing in some Enya ... The original track has been remixed/sampled/everything to high heaven but I've always liked this remix

Yo Majesty || Club Action Chris (Bagraiders sailing to baltimore edit) [Fileden]

Bag Raiders' Myspace

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The Shoes are from France. My introduction to them was via their remix of The Mystery Jets' 'Young Love'; I thought it was nothing special, perhaps because I liked the original track so much. I've since heard more, however, and like what I hear.

Here is KNOCK OUT:

The Shoes || Knock Out

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Santogold, she's great. See mention of her Old Blue Last Show below... L.E.S. Artistes, well, it's probably going to be this year's 'Umbrella Song'. The chorus sounds absolutely fantastic, and the whole tune is hard to shake from my head.

Here's the XXXChange remix - Santogold || L.E.S. Artistes (XXXChange Remix)

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One more thing, a great video of Noah and the Whale playing in Paris, on the Metro, from La Blogotheque... Watch it

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Also this has to be shared because it is so damn unbelievable...

Keepin' it cockney

Here is a mix that I found ripped off Mary Anne Hobbs' Experimental show. Although the lady sold out and did the voice over for those mouth watering M&S adverts, she has got very interesting taste in music, and im a big fan of her show, the last one of which you can stream here. Anyway this is a Rusko mix taken from her show. Rusko is one of my favorite dubstep producers, the reason being that I respect his lack of pretention in a scene thats riddled with it. I also like the fact that some of his productions really break the dubstep mold. This is clearly evident in his reworking of Adele's Cold Shoulder, which he gave the ruff-stuff treatment to relatively recently. The result? An absolute blinder of a tune, which im hammering out over and over in my sets these days. If your feeling this mix then you should go out and buy the Fabriclive 37 compilation which he did with label mate Caspa, as its pretty much the definitive guide of what 'jump-up dubstep should be about.


Cockney Knees Up Mix // Rusko

Flava Of The Week

So, last night was the much anticipated Santogold UK Album Launch at the delightful Old Blue Last. After being hailed as 'the new MIA,' I was intrigue but skeptical to see if this was to be the case. Don't get me wrong though, everything I had heard up until that point, I had liked: The reggae infused 'Shove It,' the avant-garde tunings of 'Creator' and the sheer accessibility of 'Les Artistes' seemed to me to be the basis for a strong album. So why oh why did the promoter in charge of sourcing a venue, decide to stage the launch at TOBL? Sure its uber trendy, and of course the audience was very much a whose who of credible London & American producers, DJs and the like, but quite frankly this doesn't compensate for the embarrassing quality of sound. Maybe i'm becoming a snob in my old age, but there must have been other options?!

Regardless of this petite rant of mine, she was great. Every track I heard was performed incredibly well, with the attitude and conviction that any artist up against MIA must have, and during the finale that was 'Creator,' that grimey, stinking, hot old pub properly moved. I look forward to seeing her over festival season, and I strongly recommend you go buy her album, as I think for me it will be quite the summer soundtrack. Also of interest, Dave "Switch" Taylor who has produced both MIA and Santogold has also announced that he will be heavily involved in the fourth coming Coldcut album due to drop early next year.


But now down business. Here's a selection of tunes, some old some new, that are currently doing it for me this week.



I would love to be able to tell you a little bit about '8otto', but their myspace is all in Japanese, which, to be honest has proved problematic. However they're signed to BMG Japan, their tunes are banging and I would have thought that its the kind of sound that makes the A&R department at Kitsune wobbly at the knees. Imagine Depeche Mode but heavily distorted and chopped to pieces and your beginning to get the picture. Their a band i'd love to see, just because of the energy they put into their tunes, and by the looks of things their performance. Mental mentality with dance dynamics. However, Britain's finest has done the dirty on this, and actually cleaned it up to some degree. The result? A relatively uncharacteristic house tune. Herve is definitely a producing talent to be reckoned with, and this choice cut proves that their's more to his production skills than the anthems he's most famed for.


Ozero (Herve's Hypnotherapy Remix) // 8otto



Next up we have a new collaboration between Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom, who are cunningly collaborating under the name 'Nadastrom'. Its early days for this collaboration, however they've got some big tunes, and this remix of Estelle's 'American Boy' is chunky, but in case you hadn't noticed I literally have a fetish for a garage-esque 'wobble.' Regardless, this'll get a graveyard dancing. Clearly influenced by the UK bassline scene, and the likes of Drop The Lime and the rest of the Trouble & Bass crew, these guys havn't wasted any time in getting noticed, and are due to have a release on Dubsided later in the year.


American Boy feat. Kanye West (Nadastrom Remix) // Estelle


Ninja Tune's Canadian signing Ghislain Poirier is an electronic producer who toys with grime influences with regards to tempo and content but strips it back to produce a much cleaner product compared to the UK's equivalent. The result of this is a highly polished production, which somewhat reminds me of the productions of orgasmic and Para One, who of course before they embarked DJ stardom were better know for producing French filth-mongers, and label mates TTC.


Bomb The Blocks Feat. Ms. Persia (Ghislain Poirier Remix) // Bassnectar


Penultimately, here is a track with some of the most shameless sampling you'll probably hear. I got this from Mad Decent, and it has an irresistible charm that you can't help but smile to. Featuring none other than X-Bonde Do Role front lady Marina, thats about all you can say about this track. Enjoy.


Girls Feat. Marina // Cuizinier





Last, but certainly not least, here is Aphex Twin Live From Coachella. Need I say more its fucking mad, and I cannot wait to see the man myself at Bestival this year.


Aphex Twin Live At Coachella 2008

Quite Simply What We're About.

Where have we been?

So, its been a while. And for that we can only apologise. Things have been seriously hotting up as we plot our next audio assault on London, but believe when I say there are gona be some treats towards the end of the year.

The true full scale launch of TROUBLE VISION is progressing rapidly, and is set to commence on the 19th September in our beloved Corsica Studios. Expect the unexpected across not one, not two, but three rooms. Several big names have confirmed which takes the figure of performing artists to over 20......pretty, chock, a, block you may say.

Anyway, enough of this mad hype, and down to business. Over the last few months i've been planning on Ninja Tune's behalf, the launch party for Daedelus' forthcoming album 'Love To Make Music To.'





Its out 7th June on Ninja Tune, and I can honestly say its a true pleasure to listen to. Folk orientated electronica combined with light hearted vocals set the tone for a mouth watering summer album. However, from my experience of Daedelus, this style although featured, makes up by no means the beef of his live sets. Though the application of a gadget called a 'monome' (pictured) and a laptop, he has the ability to sample, loop and re-edit live. From the live sets i've heard its shitting heavy, and I cannot wait to see it done live. So come check it out. 23rd May, Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle, London. Also playing will be Cadence Weapon (Live,) Rustie, King Cannibal (Zilla,) Etan (Live,) Capitol K (Live,) Patchwork Pirates, The Correspondents (Live,) Fly Music's Bryce, This & That and Oli DAB & Robin. Tickets are £9 in advance and available "here".



To moisten your appetite, here is Spank Rock's Alex XXXchange remix of 'Make It So,' off the new album.


Make It So (XXXChange Remix) // Daedelus


Also on the bill is Rustie. You don't come across many Glaswegian musicians who describe their sound as "Tropical/Folk/Trance" but there you go. His sound has also been described as dubstep, hip hop, aqua-crunk but whatever genre you choose to put him within, made up or not, Rustie is killing it, and has the hip hop community on their knees.....noshing. Check out nis new EP too, released on Stuff Records, which he's collaborated on with with California MCs Buddy Leezle and Cerebral Vortex from 215 The Freshest Kids, to produce a record "inspired by the two Ds - Drexciya and Dilla."


A Bay Bay (Rustie Re-Edit) // Hurricane Chris







Opening the evenings entertainment we have The Correspondents who will be busting the doors down with their home brand of '1930's Hip Hop.' Check the picture, its all very clever. MC Ratty B and DJ Chuckles have been playing and producing together for some time now and in their own words produce "lyrical and jazzy tunes that bounce like hip hop. They are intricate, but are woven together with a pervading humour." Check it out, if your not tapping your foot by the end of it, your probably dead.


The Correspondents // Rentaclown



On a less promotional note, here are three tunes that are killing it for me at the moment. The first encompasses everything I love about the whole b-more, wobbly, fidgety crossover vibe that seems to be everywhere at the moment. Destroy Disco has fused a catchy vocal intro with lots of claps and snares before the big bass-lead meltdown. Its mental.


Destroy Disco // But I Ain't



Secondly, the most recent offering from our favorite Sheffield-iananan: Toddla T. Soundtape Killin ft. Serocee is a huge tune, and here, has been given a nice little bassline twist by non other than Nastee Boi.


Soundtape Killin ft. Serocee (Nastee Boi Remix) // Toddla T



Finally, a guilty pleasure. Modern bmore is rapidly becoming associated with cheesy pop covers, that suddenly become more creditable with a few claps....this proves my point completely.....I love it though.


Bmore Enur (Extended Sinusitis Mix) // Wing Wang Twins