Yes! I’ve been waiting for what seams like eons to write about this new bit from Knifehandchop. Now with Fabric being released on a compilation LP promoting Canada’s Electronic Music Festival MUTEK held annually in Quebec, we’ve got the green light.
Knifehandchop hits home with a gatted and chopped Ragga vocal over booming electro beats.
We wrote about the illusive Zodiac Cartel back in the winter months and feel it’s due time for some love again.
In addition to a new mixtape (seen in the post previous to this) Zodiac is back in action with lovey remix of Rennie Pilgrem’s Drumma.
Back when we first wrote about the Cartel there was talk of an alias connection to Elite Force. This has yet to be confirmed on our end. But, never the less offers a pretty slick segue into the the following two Riva Starr files. It’s like playing connect the dots! Only with big room house and fidget guises!
All of the files linked are available in high rez versions at Beatport.
Rennie Pilgrem - Drumma (Zodiac Cartel Rmx)
Elite Force - Melodik Hypnotik (Riva Starr Mix)
It’s been a while since we posted something. Sorry about that! Good news is that during our little break, we got a shit load of tunes and music sent our way.
Figured I’d group the best of the mixes together in this one post. Oddly enough, all the mixes happen to be from our English friends overseas. Normally I wouldn’t think anything of it.. only that in 42 hours, I’ll be on a British Airways redeye to London.
Spooky.
Alternating the mix links are a few flyers of nights our party will be intoxicated at! Come find us!
Enjoy!
(myspace)
HiJack - Higher
Consistent - French Fried
Oliver Garcia - Sensation (HiJack Remix)
Harry Axt - Riffler
Santiago & Bushido - Head Trick
DJ Fame - In The Ghetto (The Bulgarian Remix)
Natty Jack - Jackin Da Garage (HiJack Remix)
The Bulgarian - Barn Dance (HiJack Remix)
Rene Van Munster - Working Title
Oliver $ - Marshmallow
Deadset - Same Great Taste
Jacob London - The Final Chapter
Style Of Eye - Koka Cheva
Zodiac Cartell - Used & Abused
Riva Starr - I Know You Want My Thang
Santiago & Bushido - For The People (HiJack Remix)
Nick Holder - Bad Girl (Solid Groove Remix)
Lenny D Ice - We Are I.E. (HiJack Remix)
Ryan Mergatroid - What You Do To Me (Stupid Fresh Remix)
Haraku - Gameboys On Acid (HiJack Remix)
Boosta - Last (Crookers Remix)
Poxy Music - War Paint (Speaker Junk Remix)
Nic Sarno - Watch This (HiJack Remix)
Ryan Riback - Boom (Lee Mortimer Remix)
Faithless - Miss You Less, See You More (Switch Remix)
Phil Weeks - Make You Wet (Jesse Rose Remix)
Zombie Disco Squad - The Definition of Zulu House
(myspace)
Plastic Buckets in Amsterdam Intro
Solomun & Stimming - Ghostdog
Poxy Music & Gina Mitchell - War Paint (Claude Vonstroke Remix)
Justin Martin - Nightowl
Mowgli - Oriente Express
Induceve - Time to begin
Zombie Disco Squad - Vie!
Riva Starr - La Conga
Italoboyz - Bahia Mucho Lungo
Circle Children - Zulu
Zombie Disco Squad feat. Crystal Fighters - I know you want me
King Samir - Samirs Theme (Sidney Sampson Remix)
Juice String - Sex Weed (Laidback Luke Remix)
Worthy - Mummer
Style of Eye - Fanfar
Scott Cooper - Live On Galaxy FM
(myspace)
Jacob London - Droppin Squirrels (Jacob London Remix)
Lennie de Ice - We Are IE (Hijack Remix)
Cooper & George - Pianoman
The Bodysnatchers feat Sporty & Yolanda - Call Me (Lee Mortimer Remix)
Natty Jack - Jackin da Garage (Hijack Remix)
Jaymo ft Lady Red - The Grind
Kink - Bad Man (The Bulgarian Remix)
Lee Mortimer - Summer 2008 Mix
(myspace)
XX Teens - How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim (Acapella)
Li’ll Bo Tweak - Pressin On
Rennie Pilgrem - Drumma (Zodiac Cartel Remix)
René van Munster - Woop Woop Samba Time
Voodoo Chilli - Love You
The Body Snatchers feat Yolanda and Sporty - Call Me (Lee Mortimer mix)
Primary 1 - Hold Me Down (Foamo Remix)
Mystery Jets - Hideaway (Switch Remix)
ACDC - Thunderstruck (Crookers Remix)
Tong & Spoon - Gas Face [Lee Mortimer Mix]
Plastic Operator - Home (Speaker Junk Remix)
TJR - Sonic Chronic (Lee Mortimer Remix)
Ryan Riback - Boom (Lee Mortimer Remix)
Yelle - Ce Jeu (Roger Seventy Two Bounce Remix)
Boy 8-Bit - The Things That Freeks Are Made Of
Aaron LaCrate feat Young MC - Know How (Theme Mix)
Jesse Garcia - Off Da Hook (Duke Dumont Remix)
Jaimie Fanatic - When Will I Be Famous (DJ Bam Bam Remix)
Mundyke - Since My Baby Left Me (Lee Mortimer Remix)
Wooho! with the blessings of Mad Decent, we can share some of the South Rakkas Remix EP! Just so happens the file chosen is our fave out of the bunch.
Boy 8-Bit absolutely destroys the dance with a funky shuffle break and classic garage terrorist bline. The clincher for me has to be the clever steal drum adaptation of his signature melodies.. just in time for summer.
South Rakkas Crew’s Mad Again EP is out now on wax and hi-bit digital formats and come fully stocked with remixes by Jokers Of The Scene, Drop The Lime, Fake Blood and a wicked catchy refix by Eymnd that samples the 1983 classic Auto Man.
South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Boy 8-Bit RMX)
Buy this at turntablelab or itunes!
Douster (France) submitted a number of his original productions to the cc mailbox and I must say, I’m quite impressed.
There’s just something about these!
The production is decent, although nothing ground breaking. Truthfully, I think mind blowing production is over rated anyways… Once you get into that whole gear-geek, eq a hihat for 4hours frequency fetish shit you’re on a one way trip to a producers pissing contest.
Douster has going what a lot of producers with immaculate production don’t, a decent sense of what works to shake butts. You can have the slickest most creative sounds known to man, but if your tunes lack that inherent funk .. you’re just wasting your time.
Douster has funk by the trailer load. The studio skills will come in time, but for now he’s got a surplus of what matters most.
Picked up a few new Bassline bits recently and thought I’d post the cream of the crop this week.
First up Chalace Man by Delinquent. This has been floating around for a while although the classic 8 bar style bassline and ragga vocals make this one a fresh cut in our books.
Run de riddim! drop the bass!
Alias was gracious enough to offer up his new tune Hot Feet to the share alike internet pack. Toronto’s Alias has picked up some pretty serious attention lately after having a number of his original and rmx productions championed by heavyweights Drop The Lime and Rene Van Munster.
With an forthcoming EP on a label that for now will remain nameless, a new co-production project with UK based Foamo and a stockpile of edits and bootlegs, our boy’s tunes will be on heavy rotation this summer.
Speakerjunk front man Trevor Loveys is by no means shy when pushing the envelope. I’m always impressed with the wide span his beats take. Today we go from dark electro bass fidget fusion to soulful vocal 2 step garage throw back in a single shot.
Got Dat Bass was recently released on Loungin’ Recordings and comes backed with a healthy dose of b-sides (namely Pressin’ On and Hold Tight) by Loveys himself along with Chris Belsey under the Li’ll Bo Tweak alias.
Dark 808 electro bass reminiscent of Dexorcist and Dynamix II with a uk fidget twist. (BUY 12″)
Loveys gets soulful and bubble with his remix of Kraak & Smaak’s Squeeze Me. If this song doesn’t scream London circa 1999 I don’t know what does. (BUY 12″)
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me (The Trevor Loveys Skeezer Pleezer Mix)
We’re pretty hyped about hosting the mixtape debut for the elusive project dubbed Trap House. To be frank, not much is known about Trap House although I do have my suspicions as to who’s behind the moniker.
Judging by the heavyweight dubplates in the mix, a wise guess would be Trap House runs with some of the big boys. Sorry no myspace link for more info on Keyser Söze.
In other news, I heard that Fake Blood is really Tiesto.. is it true!!???
Trap House - Curb Crawlers Mixtape 2008
Nina Sky Feat. Daytona - Clothes Off
Destroy Disco - Hello
Krames - Players Choose You
Ron Caroll - Nike Spinnin (Count and Sinden Remix)
Kraak N Smaak - squeeze me (Trevor Loveys Remix)
Dj Flex - Amazing (Antoine Clamaran Remix)
Pink Skull - Drugs Will Keep Us Together (Trevor Loveys Remix)
Secret Handshake - Summer Of 98 (Crookers Remix)
Trap House - Untitled
Rico Tubbs - Gangsters
South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Drop The Lime Remix)
Detboi - Hold Up
Destroy Disco - Fly Or Bounce
Destroy Disco - Fly Or Bounce (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
Jokers Of The Scene - Acidrod (Destroy Disco Remix)
Fake Blood - Mars
Trap House - Step Into
Cutty’s limb by limb vocal strikes again! Our boys Nacho Lovers worked up this lovely edit of Style Of Eye’s Big Kazoo backed with vocals from our favorite raggamuffin mc Cutty Ranks.
Life is busy in Nacho Land. Their Fools Gold Podcast session should be reaching your itunes playlists any day now The Our Go On / Acid Life 12″ (also on Fools Gold) is just around the corner to boot.
Style Of Eye - The Big Kazoo (Nacho Lovers Limb By Limb Edit)
Curb Crawlers Blog and Fistfight of Nacho Lovers have teamed up again, this time to launch a new monthly event in Toronto starting May 3 called Acid City.
Both parties have had a bunch of success working together in the past and the combination of bass heavy beats and jackin’ fidget / house creates a pretty unique stamp on Toronto’s underground.
Acid City starts May 3rd! Capacity is limited so make sure to get inside early!
Oh hai.. um holy fuck?
Toddla T’s new single Soundtape Killing drops any day now backed with some massive remixes by a few of our favorites, Detboi and Nastee Boi.
Without a doubt T’s original and Detboi’s refix will populate the blogs shortly so I thought we’d large up Nastee’s mix here.
Bubbly bassline goodness from Northern Line’s workhorse ftw.
Recently saw our buddy XI’s Dubstep refix of 8Ball and MJG’s Take Notes getting some long deserved love on the blogs.
Here’s a more recent rework of Eazy-E’s Neighborhood Sniper by XI that’s been getting a shit load of play by some dubstep bigshots around the area.
Pump Pump!
Our mates out of Ottawa Jokers of The Scene show little sign of slowing as their steady stream of bangers continue to roll in.
Hot off the widely championed Fools Gold EP Yall Know The Name, the JOTS camp at back at it this time serving up a few remix heaters chalk full of gritty ass basslines and chunky fucker drums on the otherwise predominately mnml / experimental Swiss imprint Mental Groove.
If you’re a player, make your way over to Phonica and pick up JOTS refix of Brodinski’s Bad Runner. Our choice pick, Shake A Leg Remix (Water Lilly & St Plomb on the original) is linked below for preview purposes n’ ting n’ ting.
Water Lilly & St Plomb - Shake a Leg (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)
Kevin Saunderson’s 3rd installment in the History Elevate series recently hit shelves. West Coast recluse and Curb Crawlers favorite John Tejada does a beautiful job warming up the low end in Saunderson’s Just Want Another Chance.
Backing this release is KILLER, albeit shockingly dark rework of Inner City’s Good Life by Mathew Jonson. History Elevate 3 is out on KMS 12″ now.
Kevin Saunderson - Just Want Another Chance (John Tejada Remix)
New music from Clark Able here.
We blogged about Clark a few months ago but, as the official release date of his forthcoming Lemon Head EP os ESP is just around the corner it seams more than fitting now than ever for us to give some love again.
The file attached shows Clark on the remix buttons. French house players Erik Bo & Tony Will get the treatment as Clark gets his sexy on refixing Funk Addict into a bass driven raunchy disco banger. A1 grade material to get a dancefloor moving trust!
Clark Able’s Lemon Head EP is set to drop on ESP soon with remix work from Hijack and Nic Sarno in addition to fellow Italians Crookers.
Also watch for Clark Able’s Back In the Bronx EP dropping soon on Jack Union.
Erik Bo & Tony Will - Funk Addict (Clark Able RMX)
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Bonus Ball:
Originally saw this viral video on Prancehall.
12 hours later it was removed from the youtubes. WTF? let this be!
Big old dick slap to Warner Music if you guys pulled it. This video is 100% better than the rubbish you call the official.
Is your marketing group smoking rocks?? Use some of that big budget and pay off whoever is complaining about this refix already.
Poor Wiley…
Rusko is so fucking sick right now. Our man is sure to set 2008 a fire. Here’s something new to spark the year into gear.
A fast paced shuffle hats with ear bleeding leads screaming in some spastic off beat pattern give this anything but a sleeper beat. Plus it has a sample of a monkey yelping at the end. A MONKEY!!
2 N A Q is out now backed with Gone 2 Far on on Storming Productions sublabel Sub Soldiers.
Still recovering from a bit of an extreme Saturday night. I was meaning to post up some of these on Sunday but err.. never got around to it. Seams a more fitting now anyways as they’re a tad different than the music we usually have up. 3 tunes I’ve been feeling lately. Some new some old..
Kate Wax - Catch The Buzz - Surkin Remix
(Out now on Mental Groove) (Kate Wax) (Surkin)
(Out now on Kindisch / Get Physical) (H.O.S.H)
Low Motion Disco - Love Love Love pt 2
(out now on Eskimo) (Low Motion Disco)
Twice in one month we’re treated to new music from Mowgli. This time our boy has go at remixing Mr. Elastic (The Bulgarian)’s Justice.
You’ll find this similar to Mowgli’s last posting here. A stripped down wobbly slow burn loaded with some junk in the trunk.
Mowgli’s remix is available on Sokolov Sounds at all fine digi-shops soon.
I’m going thru a lot of classics lately, and some of the serious dirt finds it’s way here. As selfish as I am with DJing, sometimes you just have to share.
This came out on Locked On in 2000. See any future in the bass lines? It’s like staring at yrself in the mirror an’ shit.
