tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57243788274242902352024-02-18T17:57:34.619-08:00Musical Mana!FREE MUSIC TO MAKE YOUR BOOTY SHAKE!
If you like what you hear, please buy tunes from the artists and labels featured.Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-29740723276376610012012-05-25T04:34:00.000-07:002012-05-25T04:46:56.153-07:00Bass cannons and trouser wobblersEasy now - Upstart here for the first time in loooongtimes. I'll blame a lack of internets during my time in Berlin, but really it's just chronic laziness. Still, despite not having posted here for a couple of months, I've been snuffling away for musical truffles like a big metaphorical piggy.
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But I think rather than bore you all with my lukewarm banter, I'm just going to crack on with the bangers.
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First up:
Stumbled upon this massive banger while out in Berlin: IMF by Terry Lynn
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This for me is the biggest tune I've heard this year, so imagine my surprise when I found out the album came out in 2008! If you can already see me goggle-eyed and amazed, imagine my further surprise when I found out as I was writing this post that <a href="http://terrylynn.bandcamp.com/album/kingstonlogic-remixes">THE WHOLE ALBUM IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD</a>.
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Yes, that's right, I'm shouting, partly because it's phenomenally awesome and partly because I need to distract my work colleagues from the fact that I need to change my trousers now...
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Ahem... moving swiftly on, next up is Bust a Fuze from southern UK's mysterious mastermind WBBL. Crank up your bass cannons in advance:
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Hells yea.
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If your neck is not yet broken from nine minutes of ferocious bouncing, wrap your lugholes around this - Benji Boko's mahoosive remix of Roots Manuva classic, Witness:
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This tune is coming out on Benji Boko's Remix album, released (I believe for free, it's actually a little unclear) on the 28th of May, which is this Monday. Get updates by signing up for Benji's newsletter, here: <a href="http://eepurl.com/dfGIU">http://eepurl.com/dfGIU</a>
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Ready for another bassy funkgasm? Spark up a fat one for DJ Voita, Mr Cocoman and The Solid Vibes:
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I think that's what they're asking for anyway...
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So one last bouncy tune before I steer back towards MusicalMana-licensed genres - gird up your swing pants and wiggle to this little gem from Kid Kasino:
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I'm finding it harder to track down Glitch Hop and Glitch that really floats my boat at the moment - lots that I'm hearing recently just sounds like a re-hash of the Glitch Mob or Koan Sound... Having said that, Mouldy Soul, in my opinion, never fails to crank out the bangers.
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Chilled it may be, but don't underestimate The Harangu:
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And now, the dubstep. Whether you are a Skrillex-hater, a Skrillex-lover, or downright Skrillex-agnostic, this beat from Skullee is BRUTAL:
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So that's it from me, aside from a resolution to post more often! And now, before I get in trouble with MoM, here's a picture of a fish:
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Love and kisses, UpstartUpstarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853745435181837877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-73098272638498089452012-03-24T05:40:00.000-07:002012-03-24T05:40:55.732-07:00UK Glitch Hop on Glitch.fm #1-5 - Get the set!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLSpH3TEeQQnW6U0GU4IYr6l043epdNUNenYU3J_hhElbtbn3jCsObaqlE5pVHdgIcNTi7UjkVzptm2pkpEC9q0ofTQCeYZK1sz6zkX5nq8wp2WRZzwQIaMBfR7kJ7bLEuzf31DbIJeFn/s1600/ukglitch_3-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLSpH3TEeQQnW6U0GU4IYr6l043epdNUNenYU3J_hhElbtbn3jCsObaqlE5pVHdgIcNTi7UjkVzptm2pkpEC9q0ofTQCeYZK1sz6zkX5nq8wp2WRZzwQIaMBfR7kJ7bLEuzf31DbIJeFn/s320/ukglitch_3-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>If you've been wondering where I've been for the last month or so, I've been busy setting up the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">UK Glitch Hop community</a> and our weekly show's on <a href="http://glitch.fm/">Glitch.fm</a>. We've just finished the first rotation of five shows, which is all the space we have <a href="http://soundcloud.com/ukglitchhop">on Soundcloud </a>to archive, so get 'em while they're hot! <br />
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Tune into <a href="http://glitch.fm/">Glitch.fm</a> every week from 10pm-12am GMT for fresh UK glitch hop with me (Morbidly Obese Midget), Your Niece (Uppercut), William Breakspear (Skanky Panky), Mouldy Soul and Colony Productions, plus sick guest mixes from the best British producers out there. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/282415175164494/">My next show</a> is this Wednesday 28 March when I'll have a guest mix from <a href="http://soundcloud.com/inaudible">Inaudible</a> and another secret weapon tbc.<br />
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I'm also mostly blogging over at <a href="http://ukglitchhop.blogspot.co.uk/">UK Glitch Hop</a> now, where you can read interviews with DJs and producers, get a monthly round-up of the best tunes and mixes and all the latest news about events near you.<br />
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Big ups yoo-kay! Let's keep it poppin' innitChris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-84757627256579625642012-03-05T12:00:00.005-08:002012-03-05T12:17:01.652-08:00DJ Peachimpy-Ra - Raumble in the Jumble<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu01eZopT37hpQHyssXxkFoN7AtGyE9pGLHeAUz1S6FHKefN_Yct6-y60MmEZAIDSjHtsgOeRBIhPBvfUKpkIx6kaTUGAH6WmUmiiirz-Jb36obX5KRmM8QP6pZ86bANXfI8H86C67Fw/s1600/raumble-in-the-jumble.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu01eZopT37hpQHyssXxkFoN7AtGyE9pGLHeAUz1S6FHKefN_Yct6-y60MmEZAIDSjHtsgOeRBIhPBvfUKpkIx6kaTUGAH6WmUmiiirz-Jb36obX5KRmM8QP6pZ86bANXfI8H86C67Fw/s320/raumble-in-the-jumble.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716506392497203170" /></a><br /><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">LO Peachi ear: Just an udder mix from me. Basically, essentially, fundamentally a collection of all my favourite downtempo dubstep from the last year or so. Deep, rumbling, powerful base with some lovely melodies and vocals is the theme, Many thanks to Mihkal and Mimosa for inspiration. Wish I could mix like them, but fuggit, it'll do ;-) Enjoyeous!</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38801873&show_artwork=true"></iframe></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Playlist:</span></div><div><span>Breathe - Minnesota</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Afterglow - </span><span>Phaeleh ft. Soundmouse (Akira_Kiteshi_Remix)</span></div><div><span>Sharps - Growth</span></div><div><span>ThirdEyeHigh - Eastern Sun and Obscure (RDRemix)</span></div><div><span>Your Love - Mimosa</span></div><div><span>First Light feat Rayelle</span></div><div><span>Magical World feat Nelly Furtado - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Bassnectar Remix</span></div><div><span>CAPS LOCK ft. 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Here's a link to another lovely wobbly deep downtempo dubstep mix from MiHKAL. Very much in the same vein as his amazingly beautiful </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/mihkal/snuglife" style="text-align: left; ">Snuglife mix</a><span style="text-align: left; ">, previously on this blog </span><a href="http://musicalmana.blogspot.com/search/label/MihKAL" style="text-align: left; ">here</a><span style="text-align: left; ">. This one is like a big bass blanket to wrap around you in these cold days of winter issintit! Some great tracks from Mimosa, Gladkill, Love & Light and a nice remix of an Emancipator track. Enjoy!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33337574&show_artwork=true"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To get a free copy follow the buy link on the soundcloud listing above, which goes to their facewaste page and LIKE it and then scroll for it in the very first PLAY tracks box. Took me a while to find it, but there is some other stuff in there you might like too (and some stuff I can pretty much guarantee you wont ;-)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And almost more importantly here's another EPICALLY AWWGSUM MIX of a MiHKAL live set at RE:CREATiON- this is a beautiful mix full of lovely PHAT wobbling grinding and bumping bass resonating around with layers upon layers of lovely sounds to tantalise and titilate your taste buds! Starts pretty mellow but then heads a bit more up-tempo and then goes through the roof, but still all with a lovely undercurrent of wompy bass. MMmmmm tasty! Then it mellows out again and finishes with a beautiful track by Gladkill - just stunningly emotional! Great mix essentially! Pour this into your ears and all over YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW!!! Can't believe it's free!!! salsa impressionante!!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F19314977&show_artwork=true"></iframe></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div>Tracklist - Sonic Seduction: </div><div>1. Gladkill - Let You </div><div>2. Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (MiM0SA Remix) </div><div>3. Marty Party - Just Because of You </div><div>4. ill-Esha - Pretty Banger </div><div>5. Love & Light - You're the Reason Why </div><div>6. Swordfight - We Will Never Know </div><div>7. ChrisB. - There And Back Again </div><div>8. PANTyRAiD - Beba Gettin' the Money (MiHKAL MASHUP) </div><div>9. Emancipator - First Snow (Ooah Remix) </div><div>10. Random Rab - Apparently </div><div>Much Gratitude to Syd Woodward & The Do Lab </div><div>Bookings Contact: Sylvie@streetritualartists.com </div><div>((( ∆ )))</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>TRACKLiST - LIVE & Re:Creation :</div><div> Emancipator - First Snow (Ooah Remix) - (1320 Records)</div><div> Simplex - Theia - (Soundcloud)</div><div> R/D - Your Misty Eyes Are M.I.N.E - (The Designed Disorder)</div><div> Deathstar - Seismic - (Soundcloud)</div><div> Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Maps (Sugarpill's TehSlideBass Remix) - (SoundCloud)</div><div> ill-Esha - Cherry Blossoms - (True Score Theory)</div><div> Hanssen Ft. Chadwick - Rising sun (Splatinum Remix) - (Dubstep Records)</div><div> Pillow Fight - Hand on the Steel - (Prime Dub Records)</div><div> Minnesota - Push it - (Tycho Records)</div><div> Phetsta - Dance All Night - (Technique Recordings)</div><div> Stephan Jacobs & Love & Light - The One ft. Delvo - (Muti Music)</div><div> DCarls - Runaway - (Simplify Recordings)</div><div> Ben Samples - Drop Bombs (ChrisB Remix) - (Daly City Records)</div><div> Unlimited Gravity - THose Little THings - (Bandcamp)</div><div> Slim THugz - Fistful of Dollaz ft. Yound Joc - (Bandcamp)</div><div> Ghetto Sexuual - Planetary Two Step - (Abstract Logic Recordings)</div><div> ChrisB & David Block - In The Name of - (Simplify Recordings)</div><div> Sugarpill - Delirious - (Simplify Recordings)</div><div> Guttstar - Hot Mess - (Soundcloud)</div><div> Gladkill - Out of Your Comfort - (Made in Glitch)</div><div> ...Much Gratitude to all the artists, and to my friends & family for all your love, support, reflection, creation and inspiration...</div></div>PeachimpyRahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10326458029222440628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-14458205762951076682012-02-11T10:47:00.000-08:002012-02-11T11:27:57.812-08:00DJ Peachimpy-Ra: Re-Radiance Bump&Bounce<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nciVZXjVamNQvCY5yFGl9gjt6iR3GYtdTI95G49dBA7yMlMHcTLbApYOU0TEQxsHgOVfn0ZIecnjz5Bnj3irTf-6Vc-H1I30rNfHBb5QTIGaFvSziddxBePzh6eLu7jCMp69IaSRiP4/s1600/radiance-small.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nciVZXjVamNQvCY5yFGl9gjt6iR3GYtdTI95G49dBA7yMlMHcTLbApYOU0TEQxsHgOVfn0ZIecnjz5Bnj3irTf-6Vc-H1I30rNfHBb5QTIGaFvSziddxBePzh6eLu7jCMp69IaSRiP4/s320/radiance-small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707953985140365506" /></a></div><br />LO Peachi ear: Just a quicky to post a new mix from your's truly. First time back after a while and, well the best thing I can say about the mixing is that there aren't many of them and they are over quickly! I am not pretending to be a great DJ, I just enjoy it. So getting over quickly leaves plenty of quality time for what is hopefully a nice selection of bumpy funky dub-steppy tracks. Nice and light and uplifting to listen to - well that's the aim; it cheers me up anyway! I hope it's infectious. The title is a dedication to a good friend of mine who I hope rebounds and finds her radiance again. She deserves it ;-)<div><br /></div><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F36271305&show_artwork=true"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>If you like the second track as much as I do then check out Archnemesis' free albums <a href="http://soundcloud.com/playthissongloud/sets/archnemesis-peoples-radio">here</a>.</div><div>Particularly proud of getting JPods Hobo Style in there (and mixing it with Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Bob Marley..LOL! - no respect!)... but you escaped a really cheesy Pimpsoul remix of Ducksauce's Barbara Streisand - so count yourselves lucky ;-)</div><div><br /></div><div>TRACK LISTING</div><div>Mooqee, Beatvandals - Backup</div><div>Archnemesis - Hey Now</div><div>A Skillz - Got the Rhythm (feat. 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Mouldy Soul's released yet another kwality EP, this time through BroKen Records<br />
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The man with the stagnant spirit has also reworked Hedflux and Neurodriver's psy breaks banger Energy Vibration into an off-kilter mechanical squelch-fest for the <a href="http://broken-robot-records.com/">Broken Robot</a> remix competition.<br />
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The last I heard from KURSA was dubstep tune that showed a lot of potential but was a bit too jump up. Further investigation reveals that the man actually has more funk than that. Bonnibelle is a badass mid-tempo lazer bass blaster to be released very soon through those purveyors of quality free music from the psychedelic underground, <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wonkay%20records&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wonkay.co.uk%2F&ei=wCsrT6iAEY-48gPr3JiBDw&usg=AFQjCNEhYnwnPUp08WMWSvgyHOTXCddIag&sig2=Rr-BrmaBTgpbdZ8M193Bew&cad=rja">Wonkay Records</a>. Grab the Hackney test track below, while you wait.<br />
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Hiding away down in deepest darkest Brizzzzol have been The Beat Dweebs, who profess to making music that makes you go 'Uuuuuhhh...' S'gotta hella lotta funk. Works for me.<br />
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Pistol Shrimp's got an EP coming out on Prime DUB and it's all about this track. It's like Bobby Tank having a bubble bath with Koan Sound. Love it.<br />
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Following hot on the heels of <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/supernova-shimi-sonic">Mouldy Soul's Shimi Sonic remix</a> last month, Dephicit's previewed this nice little number out soon on <a href="http://riddimfruitrecords.co.uk/">Riddim Fruit</a>:<br />
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Another nice release from Brighton's Donky Pitch, this time in the shape of man like Boss Kite<br />
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On the even more off-kilter Brainfeeder style side of things, Illum Sphere from Manchester gets airtime from a lot of Low End Theory residents. This went up on his Soundcloud just before the New Year, with a release expected soon<br />
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New one for me this month, downtempo glitch schizznit from Drowzy Beats in Brighton. This is exactly what you need to put on after a hectic day at work. Kick back and enjoy!<br />
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And lastly some guy called Rat posted this to the UK Glitch Hop Facebook page, which sounds kinda nice. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mixtapes </span><br />
My find for the month has been Jae Nimbus. I went to Elixir of Life for NYE, but had enough if the party after Slackbaba and Shpongle. I wished I stayed becuase two days later Nimbus posted this mix onto UK Glitch Hop. Mostly self produced tunes, it bodes very well for his first release through Broken Records. Keep an eye out for him playing in Brighton and further afield. Even better, book him to play your party! <br />
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Track Listing:<br />
1. Mouldy Soul - Whine and Shine [Colony] <br />
2. Pretty Lights - Still Night [Pretty Lights Music] <br />
3. Prefuse 73 - Choking You [Warp] <br />
4. Mimosa - Another Day [Beatport] <br />
5. Sedge Warbler - Octopus Lover [Skanky Panky] <br />
6. Modeselektor - Dark Side Of The Sun (feat. Puppetmastaz) [Bpitch Control] <br />
7. eDIT - Artsy (feat. The Grouch) [Alpha Pup] <br />
8. Figgy - Dr Gonzo [Soundcloud] <br />
9. Bassnectar - The Sound [Amorphous] <br />
10. Dj Shadow - Walkie Talkie (Spanky Panky Allstars Mix) [Skanky Panky] <br />
11. Tipper - Covered In Lobsters [Tippermusic] <br />
12. Koan Sound - Max Out [Screwloose] <br />
13. Enya - Boadicea (Vespers Remix) [Vespers] <br />
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For fans of mid-tempo and variety, you can't do much better than Orangudan's Kneee Deep in Glitch. It's a brilliantly mixed journey through glitch funk, techno, hip hop and breaks. Beware the monkeys.<br />
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Pink Lady - Feed Me <br />
Feeding Time - Mouldy Soul <br />
Talking Smack - K+Lab <br />
Come N Get It - J.Me.J <br />
Tom Cosm - Bubble Butt - Tom Cosm <br />
Gameboy - Mr. Bill vs Black Samurai <br />
Night Of The Living Kebab - Messy Mass & Baba Gnohm <br />
Assbref - Skeetaz <br />
Majoram - Mr. Bill <br />
Talk Box (Original Mix) - KOAN Sound <br />
Android Porn - Kraddy <br />
Ahi Haka (Original Mix) - K+Lab <br />
Cyber Dojo Lazer Training - Zen Death Squad <br />
Blackjack - Samples <br />
Falling Into The Mine - Mad Zach <br />
Glitch Villain - Mad Zach <br />
Simmer Gently - Blunt Instrument <br />
Skurry - Skeetaz <br />
Mashington - Mad Zach & R2 The Specialist <br />
What If Jimi Was A Monster - Mouldy Soul <br />
Covered In Lobsters - Tipper<br />
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Agent Smith cut his teeth playing funky breaks and has the turntable scratch skills to boot. He's now applied his skills to the world of funky mid-tempo glitch with some extremely ear pleasing results. More like this please! <br />
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What if Jimmy is a monster- Moldy Soul <br />
Creamy Taco- Opiou <br />
Yippy cheese face- Moldy Soul <br />
One Sure Curative- Slack Baba <br />
The light we bring- Love and Light <br />
Robo boty- Opiou <br />
Global declaration- Omega <br />
Freeze dried cellophane- Ali Berger <br />
Busted Up- Staunch <br />
Slappy cans- Opiou and Mollusk <br />
How we do- J Pod <br />
Lunatics- Vent <br />
Rae! Good thymes- Opiou <br />
Social know how- JFB<br />
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More psychedelic leaning wobble from Rama Oood. I'm glad to see the downtempo rooms at psy parties are continuing to be the havens of glitchy squelch that they always should be. Just need to get rid of that other room now.<br />
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If all that wasn't enough, here's one last set from Dj Prokogy who's been in touch via Soundcloud. Keep up the good work in spreading that glitch love y'all!<br />
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The Fat Man</div></div>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-75902114027713806802012-01-29T13:22:00.000-08:002012-02-01T02:33:01.214-08:00Rama OOOD - Wobble Chops<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOwCMo21vDsPK0sfQ_4a0MNpsfDF4ZzuPx5UaC9Z3pQz-EQGDCG3mlm26TCsQnllCLvdOONXG1imMxD-8Irlhd3YvkA7jkoc4l0mtAEh00avR1zwxVSbSgpnfbWtgZQO41WvsXczYREA/s1600/Rama-oood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOwCMo21vDsPK0sfQ_4a0MNpsfDF4ZzuPx5UaC9Z3pQz-EQGDCG3mlm26TCsQnllCLvdOONXG1imMxD-8Irlhd3YvkA7jkoc4l0mtAEh00avR1zwxVSbSgpnfbWtgZQO41WvsXczYREA/s320/Rama-oood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703169896472762626" border="0" /></a><br />Hey Peachi ear! Just a quicky to hook you guys up to this lovely squelch-fest of a mix from <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rama-oood">Rama OOOD</a>. Or as his mum knows him <span>"Ramsay Melhuish" - </span> who claims to be part of the UK psychadelic trance furniture as an original member of the trance production team of OOOD that's been going since 1994 issit! Well we don't really do psy-trance on this blog so I'll take his word for it, and probably the closest we get is <a href="http://soundcloud.com/hedflux">Hedflux </a>style psy-tech-funk, which has a few psy-tranc'esque licks to it - but non of that torturously dull 4/4 drum beat bass. Basslines can be fun and varied guys!! Anyway check out this free download from Rama OOOD as its just a lovely mellow voyage through a pulsating and flowing world of sqishy wibbly bass that'll wobble your chops off if you don't watch out.... apparently!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27746740&show_artwork=true" scrolling="no" width="100%" frameborder="no" height="166"></iframe><br /><br />I actually found it hanging out next to <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul">Mouldy Soul</a> on a soundcloud search for more hypersquelch and I can see why! If you haven't listened to Mouldy Soul and you like this kinda stuff then check out their new EP <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/sets/hypersquelch-ep/">Hypersquelch</a> - I particularly like Yippee Cheese Face - great name, great track! Bought it and gonna keep it... so ner!<br /><br />...and hasn't Rama OOOD got MASSIVE feet ;-) Enjoy! squelch squelch squelch<br /><br /><div class="description"><p>TRACK LISTING - (Genre: Psychedelic WonkStomp)</p> <p>Beardyman – Kitchen Diaries<br />Ray Charles – Good Thyme (Opiuo mix)<br />Galactic Booty Activation – Ninjas brothas motha<br />Opiuo – Creamy Taco<br />Bondi Junkie – GooseBumps<br />Galactic Booty Activation – Lightning and Rain<br />Opiuo – Forensic Lick<br />Mr Bill – Chubby Bubby<br />Govinda – Universal On Switch<br />Slack Baba – Perverting Mankind<br />The Mollusk – Coloured PencilsOpiouo – Moose tooth<br />Opiuo – Slip (Vent mix)<br />Galactic Booty Activation – Precious cargo<br />Opiuo – Bogan Protein<br />Galactic Booty Activation – Structural Liberation<br />Ill Esha & Dewey B – H.A.A.R.P<br />Spoonbill – Hejow<br />Mr Bill – Perfectly Peppered<br /></p></div>PeachimpyRahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10326458029222440628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-36924612268968216452012-01-25T15:40:00.000-08:002012-01-25T15:41:47.941-08:00Morbidly Obese Midget's Heroes of 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Better late than never...<br />
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My year began with a Jpod mixtape discovered via the Ghetto Funk blog. They've been consistently the best blog for free tunes, mixtapes and top dollar releases, but when your rooster includes Featurecast, Fort Knox Five, Basement Freaks, J-Pod, Stickybuds, Funkanomics, Pimpsoul and Nick Thayer to name just a few, then you can't really go wrong can you? Check out the <a href="http://ghettofunk.co.uk/vip/package/">VIP membership</a> option for 2012<br />
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My favourite glitch hop label of the year with consistently strong releases and a roster that covers DCarls, ill-esha, Knight Riderz, Stephan Jacobs, Minnesota, Love an Light, K Theory, +verb, Freddy Todd and Sugarpill. Nuff said.<br />
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For playing more sets at Burning Man than almost all the other DJs put together. Well, not quite, but it was a stupid number. I heard 30. He's also always got time for other musicians and fans, running workshops all over the world <a href="http://illgates.com/2012/01/ill-methodology-workshop-now-online/">and online</a>. Oh.... and he's released another dope album full of collaborations.<br />
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Another Ghetto Funk affiliate and he of 'Where's my Monkey' notoriety. Parker opened and closed 2011 with top notch mixtapes and has upheld a track record of solid releases throughout, both as one part of the Beekeepers and with his own remixes. I love his variety, samples and ability to move between styles - glitch hop, ghetto funk, d'n'b, dubsstep, electro swing. Plus he's a lovely guy and played a banging set for the handful people that were there to see him in Guildford earlier in the year!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bassnectar</span><br />
Because I'm sick of everyone crediting Skrillex for creating the dubstep scene in the US. Bassnectar has done more than anybody to promote bass music stateside and he deserves all the props he can get. Plus his first UK shows for 7 years at Fabric and Secret Garden Partys were off the scale! I wasn't the biggest fan of Divergent Spectrum, but this free remix EP is badass<br />
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In the last few years Soundcloud has become the de facto tool for marketing and discovering new music to audiophiles. One half on Hong Kong Ping Pong, DJ Spinforth deserves a knighthood for his weekly <a href="http://ghettofunk.co.uk/category/scour/%20%20">Soundcloud Scour</a> at Ghetto Funk, which he's been persistently updating since the start of the year, each edition complete with a hilarous comedy photo. Sir Spinforth we salute you!<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24971113"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24971113" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/spinforth/spinforths-durty-disco-1st">Spinforth's "Durty Disco 1st Birthday Set" 30 09 11</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/spinforth">Spinforth</a>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-30507164362550637852012-01-25T13:56:00.000-08:002012-01-25T13:56:57.167-08:00Too good to be free: Archnemisis, Nastynasty & Thriftworks<div>I'm not sure what's sparked it, but in the last year so there have been a slew of seriously good albums and EPs offered for free download via Bandcamp. Here's three recent releases from the US that are too good to be free...<br />
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Nastynasty has a well established habit of giving away his best tunes for nothing. The Memorabilia EP is a good taster of the range of his sounds, from floaty subs to bubbling bass and off kilter funk, often lifted with deliciously soulful vocals.<br />
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</div>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-42256624896749830552012-01-20T09:06:00.000-08:002012-01-20T10:47:34.151-08:00Mary Tale - Empress Relentless (Mary Melt) Mix<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiLNDi0LNTu56rxOAKelOztSzlrZFAYNez9KdySvkIJeEAS5b79AuiGs6XLSMyBdygqhkHwSDllSu7iWDkZ_-g9U-AtO4jJ0SDih4X7nsa9e9ha7CCLMxd9l1OsE2ESU_dGtZ1Egixow/s1600/mary-red-feathers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiLNDi0LNTu56rxOAKelOztSzlrZFAYNez9KdySvkIJeEAS5b79AuiGs6XLSMyBdygqhkHwSDllSu7iWDkZ_-g9U-AtO4jJ0SDih4X7nsa9e9ha7CCLMxd9l1OsE2ESU_dGtZ1Egixow/s400/mary-red-feathers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699770490546072258" border="0" /></a><br />Hi all, Peachi ahoy after a long absence - forgive me. I guess I just haven't been listening to much new music recently apart from chasing up Morbjits MM updates. He's gona all glitch hop though, so I think its time to get back to some heavy tech funk breaks and who better to kick things of with than a favourite of the MM blog <a href="http://www.facebook.com/maryoreillyra">Mary Tale</a> (artist formerly known as Mary Miss Fairy and treasured Ra-family member). Tis another belter from her with the kind of epic build-ups and drops remiscent of her legendary <a href="http://www.frenchburners.org/content/view/248/280/">Paris Burners</a> - <a href="http://musicalmana.blogspot.com/2012/01/morbidly-obese-midgets-top-3-dj-sets-of.html">Moulan Rouge set</a>, [made it into Morbjits top three for 2011] - that set nearly took the roof off and fried a few onion garlands and burnt the bagettes!! [to be slightly racialistical - forgive me Monsieur Polo OohlaRa]<br /><br />Before reveiwing Mary Tale's new mix, just a heads up to some SOPA and PIPA goings-on in the USA, to do with piracy and copyright infringment and freedom of the internet, that might seriously affect the whole internet by closing down sites like this. And I don't mean just this blog, but the host company for this site and any other media sharing sites, like: youtube, wikipedia and wordpress. To find out why check out <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html">this TED video</a> that explains how they may become liable for user copyright infringments and managing that may become prohibitive. Then get informed and then get active, If you're from the US then get intouch with your government representative, if your not an Amerkan (mmmgay) then hassle your Amerkan friends to do so. It seems this bill wont pass, but a similar one may do soon, so stay informed and get active where necessary. Cheers!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpS_mN5kgbSv90wRzr4ZgLvvwZmkuGcQxkX-DMUS87B_2tb8hm9GYtRLx1ET8STC00Uv1OU25pAqENqAcbjrg4K9OMkx_XFPp9NDsZNe7GL4PwWkboIH8v7Wl9g4dAlKIBfG7AJEn4pA/s1600/Empress+Relentless.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpS_mN5kgbSv90wRzr4ZgLvvwZmkuGcQxkX-DMUS87B_2tb8hm9GYtRLx1ET8STC00Uv1OU25pAqENqAcbjrg4K9OMkx_XFPp9NDsZNe7GL4PwWkboIH8v7Wl9g4dAlKIBfG7AJEn4pA/s400/Empress+Relentless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699770314805921298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now onto the main event. Mary Tale's 'Empress Relentless Mix' is a corker, check it out:<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33901322"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F33901322" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/marymissfairy/empress-relentless-mix">Empress Relentless Mix</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/marymissfairy">MaryMissFairy</a></span><br /><br />I particularly like the first third as there as some really good build up tracks that drop into some massive drops. Mary has a great ear for tracks that do this and this makes listening to her set really high energy because you're on a roller coaster ride the whole way through. Although it seems to go a bit happy hardcore at around 13mins for a bit, it bounces back with some real brain melters in the mid section too. Very hard to describe the high energy tracks in there, but the best compliment I can give Mary's mixes is that I save them for special occassions and I have to be full on to listen to them. Not for the faint of heart and beware yee who wander across the mix half arsed, cause you will be dominated by the fembots of hard bass!! Which reminds me that I loved the tagline that comes with this mix:<br />"Like being beaten up by dominatrix robots whilst watching cute as a button anime characters Carlton dance for you...essentially"<br />- obvious innit, once you've listened to it!! I wasn't so sure about the drum and bass dessert at the end from about 47mins onwards but it wasn't too bad and you know, by now, she can do what she wants as you kneel before the Temple of the Empress Relentless taking it like the bass slut you are.... ehem... cough cough... OK, maybe that's just me then! ;-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsELL3DhlZTFTZV2-31KeaXqVby8xefLok-bH7d712VbcALaceu37HUacFCgicR1dDU-kSJFj-ii04BVSjW2V1L511JHQ0ANbnspAJot6z6-H9QdZnTbqqB5xvoYcxtEG5WiA4k8axrs/s1600/Empress+Relentless+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsELL3DhlZTFTZV2-31KeaXqVby8xefLok-bH7d712VbcALaceu37HUacFCgicR1dDU-kSJFj-ii04BVSjW2V1L511JHQ0ANbnspAJot6z6-H9QdZnTbqqB5xvoYcxtEG5WiA4k8axrs/s400/Empress+Relentless+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699772318288510626" border="0" /></a><br />So Mary didn't make it freely donwloadeable on Soundcloud, sort of by mistake, but she said its OK for you to get your versions of the full mix via this blog. So <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?s9lhlpho71zqn0a">here's the link</a> and ENJOY!<br /><br />Thanks for a great set MMF-Ra. Looking forward to hearing you live again sometime xPeachimpyRahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10326458029222440628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-85668575961055746092012-01-11T17:03:00.000-08:002012-01-11T17:05:30.422-08:00Morbdily Obese Midget's top 10 releases of 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.themetatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cdlt-artwork_600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.themetatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cdlt-artwork_600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Zen Death Squad - Cyber Dojo Lazer Training (Made in Glitch)</span><br />
While Tipper's mid-tempo wobble has <a href="http://www.addictech.com/charts/?chart=newreleases&year=2011-01-01">dominated the glitch hop charts at Addictech</a> this year, the best <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">UK Glitch Hop</a> release for me has been ZDS's Cyber Dojo Lazer Training. Here's a trio of UK producers who took the US by storm with their live show on their autumn tour. They've been locked away writing over Christmas so I'm expecting big things for 2012.<br />
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These Bristolians have been releasing bass for a while now, but their debut on Skrillex's label took me completely by surprise when I heard Funk Blaster on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. The Max Out EP was good, but this sounded like nothing else on the radio... until Doctor P and Flux Pavilion release Superbad! There seems to be quite a trend for this kind of funked-up not-dubstep at the moment for which I'm wholly in favour. Check out Must Be The Feeling on Nero's album, DCarls All In (see below) plus Bobby Tank's Vanquish EP for more in this direction. They even make Skrillex sound better: <a href="http://www.bwompbeats.com/music/%7Etate/2011b/01%20Kill%20Everybody%20%28KOAN%20Sound%20Remix%29.mp3">Skrillex – Kill Everybody (KOAN Sound Remix)</a> (right click save as to DL). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_659560391">DCarls</a><a href="http://soundcloud.com/dcarlsmusic"> - All In (Simplify Recordings)</a></span><br />
DCarls has release a string of shit hot EPs on Simplify and a recent banger Jump featuring UK rapper Maksim through Play Me. It's All in that gets my vote for all it's pure funked out glory though, incredible<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stickybuds - Guaranteed (Hot Cakes)</span><br />
I think this just about qualifies as 2011. Deekline & Ed Solo's Hot Cakes series has been a non-stop hit factory of classic d'n'b / breaks remixes for the last few years and I've been giving this double A side with Stickybuds heavy rotation all year. D'n'B versions of Aloe Blacc's Need a Dollar and Adle's Rolling in the Deep also worth checking out.<br />
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I seem to remember this coming out in 2010, but since I Need a Dollar didn't get a UK release until 2011 and I've been playing it every chance I get, I'm including it here. This is Jpod at his bouncy, soulful remixing best. Later in the year the <a href="http://www.addictech.com/p/73767">EMS EP</a> with the Root Sellers on vocals was brilliant laid back mid tempo glitch hop and he's just released his first debut album <a href="http://swingsetsounds.addictech.com/">Halfsteppin</a> through his own Swing Set Sounds label. In a much apprecited gesture, you can buy FLAC, wav and MP3 all for one price <a href="http://swingsetsounds.com/">directly from the label</a>. You can also get instrument tools to cook up your own sounds on Ableton. Brilliant.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mutimusic.com/index.php/release/ill_esha_reverie"><span style="font-size: large;">ill-esha - Reverie (Muti Music)</span></a><br />
ill-esha makes lush music and Reverie is such a beautiful laid-back bass album. I usually reach for it after a party, but it's also perfect in headphones on a nice day. Has had one of the longest rotations on my mp3 player this year.<br />
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2011's been an epic year for this duo from Reno, Nevada, with two EPs on Simplify followed by an awesome collaboration with Stephan Jacobs and their first album in the autumn. Their set that I caught on the Temple of Boom at Burning Man was amazing.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benny Benassi - Cinema (</span><span style="font-size: large;">Stephan Jacobs remix)</span><br />
After the promise of 2010, 2011 has been an amazing year for Stephan Jacobs with the Mad Era and In the Vortex EPs plus brilliant collaborations with NiT GRiT, Ben Samples, Love and Light and +Verb. The set I caught at Burning Man for Dub Scouts completely absorbed me. Check out his recent <a href="http://mk2systems.com/memekast/mk064.html">memekast</a> for a taste of how good he is. This Benny Benassi gets my Jacobs tune of the year award though, with Pizza Party's Don't Stop (below) a close second. <br />
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Has released two lush, melodic lovestep EPs this year Double Helix and Catch a Drift. Grab 'em both at his <a href="http://guttstar.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a><br />
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As the soundtrack to my summer, and with a nostalgia that makes me remember summers at school 10 years ago, this is my pop pick of the year. Always gets people dancing and smiling! <br />
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Ok, this was a 2010 release, so a bit of a cheeky bonus, but it's been another soundtrack to this year. Soulful reggae, ska and hip hop combined in a feel good album by a band who are even better live! The other 2010 discovery for me this year was Lotek's International Rudeboy. Like Roots Manuva in dub, but more variety.<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5316052"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5316052" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/scubaroots/06-welcome-to-paridise">06 Welcome To Paridise</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/scubaroots">Scubaroots</a>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-53911848570039994382012-01-05T13:56:00.000-08:002012-01-11T16:59:47.172-08:00Morbidly Obese Midget's top 3 DJ sets of 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beardedkitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bassnectar-djs-in-the-col-013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.beardedkitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bassnectar-djs-in-the-col-013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Your Niece / Bassnectar, The Collysilium</span><span class="st"><span style="font-size: large;">, Secret Garden Party, UK</span> </span><br />
The Collysilium and the Bearded Kitten scaled up big time at this year's Secret Garden Party. The hay bale amphitheatre was about twice as big as last year. During the day it played host to mud wrestling and all manner of silliness, then at night it turned into the best dancefloor on site. Headlining the Saturday night was none other than US bass music pioneer Bassnectar himself, his first UK festival appearance in 5 years. On just before him was Your Niece, who's been pioneering West Coast crunk on these shores since before everyone else cottoned on, up for his biggest support set to date. He certainly didn't disappoint. Together they delivered well over two hours off unadulterated bass pleasure while the Collysilium went completely nuts. Amazing.<br />
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We took Mary to Paris as a last minute stand in and the French burner community had no idea what hit them. By far the best set of the night. She never disappoints.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lee Burridge, Dawn at the Robot Heart, Black Rock City, USA, 3 September</span><br />
I could have chosen Mim0Sa's set at Fractal Nation, Stephan Jacobs at Dub Scouts, or any number of afternoons dancing at Distrikt. Purely because it was one of those beautiful moments where so much comes together, though, my favourite set at Burning Man 2011 has to be Lee Burridge on the Robot Heart at dawn on Saturday morning. Beautiful, minimal blissed out, groovy music in a truly amazing place with truly wonderful people.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JN3v0IcxUEE" width="420"></iframe>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-90529292110425445942011-12-29T10:54:00.000-08:002011-12-29T10:56:27.937-08:00UK Glitch Hop: December round-up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope y'all suitable stuffed after the last few days of feasting! The gifts ain't over yet as here's your December round-up of UK Glitch Hop...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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South West duo <a href="http://soundcloud.com/criticalcuts">Critical Cuts </a>aka. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/dephicit_production">Dephicit </a>& <a href="http://soundcloud.com/barelylegit">Barely Legit </a>have released a sweet and squelchy mixtape called Half Cut Sesh One, which suggests a.) that they were half cut when it was recorded and b.) that there's a volume 2 on the way. Catch them <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/331629473520539/">on New Year's eve at the Phoenix in Exeter </a>alongside a massive d'nb, breaks and dubstep line-up. They've also got a monthly show on <a href="http://www.southwestunderground.net/cat/7/">SouthWestUnderground</a> - more news when it gets back on air in the New Year.<br />
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Congrats to Mouldy Soul and Colony Productions who reached the top spot on Addictech at the beginning of the month with his <a href="http://www.addictech.com/p/87360">HyperSquelch EP</a>. UK represents!<br />
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Honorary Londoner AMB has posted a new mid-tempo track to his Soundcloud with a beautiful melodic breakdown about 3/4 in<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/goodingfluence">Goodingfluence</a> shared this re-fix of Tipper's Chrome Splat on the <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/uk-glitch-hop/tracks">UK Glitch Hop Soundcloud group</a><br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31623763"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31623763" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/goodingfluence/tipper-chrome-splat">Tipper- Chrome Splat (Goodingfluence Edit) Free download!</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/goodingfluence">Goodingfluence</a> <br />
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I'll leave you with this<span class="subtitle"><span class="user tiny online"> lush glitched out remix of Lamb's Butterfly Effect by Manchester's </span></span><span class="subtitle"><span class="user tiny online"><a class="user-name" href="http://soundcloud.com/pixie-dust-darkness"> ☆¸.•*`Pixie-Dust☆¸.•*`•.¸</a> , </span></span>again from the <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/uk-glitch-hop/tracks">UK Glitch Hop Soundcloud group</a><span class="subtitle"><span class="user tiny online"></span></span><br />
<span class="subtitle"><span class="user tiny online"> </span></span><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31808205"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31808205" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/pixie-dust-darkness/lamb-butterfly-effect-pixiedust">Lamb - Butterfly Effect (☆¸.•Pixie-Dust Remix¸.•☆)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/pixie-dust-darkness">☆¸.•*`Pixie-Dust☆¸.•*`•.¸</a> <br />
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That's it for now. If I can find the time I'll be doing a round up of the year in the next few days. If you want to be considered for inclusion, post your tunes and mixes in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">Facebook community </a>and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/uk-glitch-hop">Soundcloud group.</a> <br />
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We're hoping to have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/glitch.fm">Glitch.FM</a> show in the New Year - watch this space!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMkHRMV6YGRc2f3qJqEyhzBT_lGUZ97DnJZGnJGZ0izpEclnb8xgjCnVm5C195Oi4YigyyyLSNmRTPLanlidn02aPCOxAx9bllbmuJtb2jyxOmRZRH2rUWHsvKL-h_5tydkn8_O_fYcuC/s1600/UK+Glitch+Hop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMkHRMV6YGRc2f3qJqEyhzBT_lGUZ97DnJZGnJGZ0izpEclnb8xgjCnVm5C195Oi4YigyyyLSNmRTPLanlidn02aPCOxAx9bllbmuJtb2jyxOmRZRH2rUWHsvKL-h_5tydkn8_O_fYcuC/s320/UK+Glitch+Hop.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-75872379037058238822011-11-24T15:56:00.000-08:002011-11-25T00:32:13.437-08:00UK Glitch Hop: November round-upBig month for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">UK Glitch Hop</a>! Not only have we got a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">Facebook community </a>and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/uk-glitch-hop">Soundcloud group </a>going great gunz, but there's been a shedload of quality music coming out, including...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://funkyimg.com/u2/1000/283/37935700-tipper-bubble_control_ep-_tipp00dep2_-web-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://funkyimg.com/u2/1000/283/37935700-tipper-bubble_control_ep-_tipp00dep2_-web-2011.jpg" /></a></div>...the return of the king! Following on from the Snake Eyes EP, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tippermusic">Dave Tipper</a>'s dropped a stonker of a release <a href="http://www.addictech.com/p/85927">the Bubble Control EP</a> - accompanied by a promo mix that's had glitch hop producers the world over jizzing on their controls with excitement at the quality of his production. Just read the comments below...<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27923502"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27923502" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/tippermusic/tipper-promo-mix-2011">Tipper Promo Mix 2011</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/tippermusic">tippermusic</a><br />
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You'll probably also like this well timed freebie from Enig'matik.<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28489378"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28489378" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/enigmatikrecords/tipper-cycleswithincycles-sun">Tipper-Cycleswithincycles (Sun In Aquarius BOOTLEG RMX) [ENIG'MATIK RECORDS FREE PROMO]</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/enigmatikrecords">Enig'matik Records</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=skanky%20panky&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fskankypankyrecords.com%2F&ei=nFHPTrfaLtHU8QO2ueiRCw&usg=AFQjCNHiwjYHJcX-CnMSaoKcT7zt8x8mpQ&sig2=sUKiKfmaBb4kcRVZrnhDug&cad=rja">Skanky Panky </a>records co-founder <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=william%20%20breakspear%20facebook&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwilliambreakspear&ei=_k_PTrSCNIOV8gP4wNAF&usg=AFQjCNFWQxj9naLCkerGFo5dg4I68iMsdg&sig2=N_DJNnDHQgaOV7bMc9iIiA&cad=rja">William Breakspear</a>'s given us a tantalizing taster of his long-awaited album Bardcor, coming out ant minute now on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rocstarrecordings">Rocstar </a> <br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27765529"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27765529" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/william-breakspear/bardcore-album-preview">BARDCORE ALBUM PREVIEW!</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/william-breakspear">William Breakspear</a></span> <br />
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...and a tasty remix of<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=k%2Blab%20facebook&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fklabmusic&ei=dVDPTu7qKY6o8AO73-jOCg&usg=AFQjCNFJoXQBB2Ikp8ymtNxsA2BulBvUXQ&sig2=GsFxMd9MFwhnvVAuQAgF3A&cad=rja"> K+Lab's </a>and Funkdamunk's brilliant <a href="http://soundcloud.com/klabnz/mcfly-was-a-raver-clip">McFly was a Raver</a><br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28415988"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28415988" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/william-breakspear/mcfly-was-a-raver-wb-remix">K+lab and Funkdamunk - Mcfly was a Raver (WB's "Power of Love" remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/william-breakspear">William Breakspear</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000013268874-63u47l-crop.jpg?6485e1c" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000013268874-63u47l-crop.jpg?6485e1c" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/BobbyTank/216993144983795">Bobby Tank</a> unleashed the epic Vanquish EP on Vermin Street right at the start of the month. Described by <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/zendeathsquad">Zen Death Squad </a>as a "Pure funk dream" the three original tracks and myriad of varied remixes span post-dubstep, glitch, wonky and funk. Brilliant:<br />
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src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26564037"
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Swiftly followed by the even more off-the-wall Nexus Moonburgers EP:<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26865831"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26865831" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bobbytank/bobby-tank-nexus-moonburgers">Bobby Tank - Nexus Moonburgers EP (OUT NOW ON PRIME DUB L.A)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bobbytank">BobbyTank</a> <br />
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Plus here's a more recent freebie:<br />
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src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27430856"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bobbytank/break-away-1">Break Away</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bobbytank">BobbyTank</a> <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dygz78ls5cy51.cloudfront.net/71bfc7c412e74c59901b79b51d2639b5" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://dygz78ls5cy51.cloudfront.net/71bfc7c412e74c59901b79b51d2639b5" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/inaudibleuk">Inaudible</a> served up a killer mixtape this month too, this one for Guildford's <a href="http://www.kanefm.com/">KaneFM</a>, which recently got it's licence and have been havin' it even larger ever since. I don't know how he's crammed so much into 30 mins! Catch him in Birmingham on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=314057341957228">22 December</a>.<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27982240"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F27982240" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/inaudible/nov2011-mix-for-kane-fm">Nov2011 Mix for Kane.fm</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/inaudible">inaudible</a><br />
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Tracklist<br />
01. Dimlite – Elbow Flood <br />
02. Robot Kotch – Bugs <br />
03. Nosaj Thing – Quest (Low Limit Remix) <br />
04. Soulparlour feat. Raziel Jamaerah – Don’t Stop <br />
05. Unknown - Thai Honeymoon <br />
06. Amon Tobin – 4 Ton Mantis (Bonobo Remix) <br />
07. Modeselektor feat Miss Platnum – Berlin <br />
08. Milez Benjamin – Chop That Wood <br />
09. Zen Deathsquad – Superman (ZDS Remix) <br />
10. NastyNasty – Brooklyns Finest <br />
11. Fulgeance feat 215tfk – Bien Rond (Kelpe Remix) <br />
12. French Turist - seq6 (Vox Noam) <br />
13. Montgomery Clunk - Sink The Clunkmobile <br />
14. Acre – Patterns <br />
15. Mad Zach – Glitch Villain <br />
16. Modeselektor feat. Busdriver – Pretentious Friends <br />
17. ill.Gates, Opiuo & Vent – TriLLogy <br />
18. Spoonbill – Catfish <br />
19. Logreybeam - Premonition (evac remix) <br />
20. Tipper – LED Down (Serc Remix) <br />
21. Lakritze – Killswitch <br />
22. Monolithium-Selfish Lil Crunk <br />
23. Nino & Coco Bryce - Metropolis (Krsur Remix) <br />
24. Swedeart feat. Stray - Linguistics (Sam Irl Remix) <br />
25. Mr. Bibal & Chiky B – Galaxy <br />
26. Kraddy - Operation Prometheus<br />
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Mouldy Soul's been teasing us with two very tasty new EPs, on <a href="http://soundcloud.com/colony-productions">Colony Productions</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/broken.recs.uk">Broken Records</a>, and a laid back little remix for <a href="http://riddimfruitrecords.co.uk/">Riddim Fruit</a>, release dates still tbc <br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28352277"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28352277" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/supernova-shimi-sonic">Supernova - Shimi Sonic (MouldySoul Remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul">Mouldy Soul</a> <br />
<object height="225" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1303827"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1303827" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/sets/insert-ep">Insert Ep</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul">Mouldy Soul</a><br />
<object height="225" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1303818"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="225" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1303818" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/sets/hypersquelch-ep">Hypersquelch EP</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul">Mouldy Soul</a> <br />
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If you can't wait for those, get your chops round these freebies in the meantime:<br />
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Slugabed's let some kittens out the closet. (Doesn't he look cute?)<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28583127"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28583127" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slugabed/kittens-free-dl">KITTENS (FREE DL!!)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slugabed">SLUGABED</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://files.list.co.uk/images/2011/10/19/rustie-glass-swords-packshot-warp217-480-LST091006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://files.list.co.uk/images/2011/10/19/rustie-glass-swords-packshot-warp217-480-LST091006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It might not have been November, but Rustie's debut LP, Glass Swords, is still pretty fresh. It sounds a lot like a game boy at a disco. Grab the free sample of All Nite here:<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21783045&secret_token=s-aMY84&color=000000&show_comments=true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21783045&secret_token=s-aMY84&color=000000&show_comments=true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rustie/all-nite">Rustie - All Nite (taken from Glass Swords)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/rustie">Rustie</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000014422292-1djvk7-original.jpg?4b4bd6e" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000014422292-1djvk7-original.jpg?4b4bd6e" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/koansound?ref=ts">Koan Sound</a>'s mixed-up another monster, this time for LAs <a href="http://soundcloud.com/killthenoise">Kill the Noise</a><br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie"
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src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28717323"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/koan-sound/kill-the-noise-deal-with-it-remix">Kill The Noise - Deal With It (KOAN Sound Remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/koan-sound">KOAN Sound</a><br />
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I was inspired by their Funk Blaster EP for my last mixtape:<br />
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TRACKLIST:<br />
Koan Sound - Talk Box<br />
K Lab / Funkdamunk - McFly was a Raver<br />
Blunt Instrument - Simmer Gently<br />
D Carls - All In<br />
Koan Sound - Funk Blaster<br />
GRiz - I'm Home (FreQ's Moombahton Relick)<br />
K Theory - Glitch & Blues<br />
Love and Light - Ninjas Brothas Motha<br />
William Breakspear - Vowel Mouthed<br />
Knight Riderz - Enter Reality<br />
Eddy Crusher - Starting Blocks<br />
Opiuo - Moose Tooth<br />
Bobby Tank - Questar<br />
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Ninja Dave's put me onto this wicked slab of electro glitch-funk from London's Sabre Pulse. The rest of the album morphs across the hole gamut of bass music, well worth checking out!<br />
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On the flipside Orangudan's served up a beautiful downtempo mix. Good to see lots of <a href="http://ninjatune.net/">Ninja Tune</a> and other flavours in there: <br />
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You can argue whether it's glitch hop, but <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=benji%20boko&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benjiboko.com%2F&ei=_NjOTu7bE9Kv8QONzfHYDw&usg=AFQjCNHGw2NlfOGkwYRcxifHtMFKnw3FaA&sig2=BEb6a1keCFlOeWmQHLvRWA&cad=rja">Benji Boko</a>'s doing pretty well on the <a href="http://remix.djshadow.com/">DJ Shadow remix comp</a>:<br />
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They're not from UK, but my personal vote's for Blunt Instrument's <a href="http://remix.djshadow.com/tracks/213">funky-arsed bass version</a>, currently sitting at the top of the group:<br />
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And last but certainly not least, the grand master of west-coast digital psychedelia, <a href="http://www.androidjones.com/">Android Jones</a> has an exhibition at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144481625651376"> Hoxton Gallery</a> opening 28 November. You've probably seen his work in the Inspiralled gallery at Glade, at Boom Festival or in the Fractal Village at Burning Man where <a href="http://fractalnationvillage.com/home/art/purchase-prints/tiger-rosey-by-andrew-jones-2011-burning-man-ticket-art/">it graced the flyer this year</a> and many of these works will be the result of his legendary live performances, where he visually realises his response to the musical environment he's in. Don't miss it!<br />
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What have I missed? If you want to be considered for inclusion, post your tunes and mixes in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKGlitchHop">Facebook community </a>and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/uk-glitch-hop">Soundcloud group.</a> Oh, and if you want to have a say in what we<br />
call our show on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/glitch.fm"> Glitch.FM</a>, then<a href="https://www.facebook.com/questions/189753467777444/?qa_ref=qd"> vote here!</a><br />
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LatersChris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-11992622482895267872011-11-06T10:39:00.000-08:002011-11-06T11:04:16.797-08:00Review: The Glitch Mob at Spectrum Bass Bomber, Electric Brixton, 5 November 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/system/images/154049/default/glitchmobsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/system/images/154049/default/glitchmobsmall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Comprising three of the most talented early innovators of West Coast glitch hop - Ed Ma (<a href="http://soundcloud.com/edit">edIT</a>), Josh Mayer (<a href="http://soundcloud.com/ooah">Ooah</a> / Of Porcelin / PANTyRAiD) and Justin <a href="http://soundcloud.com/boreta">Boreta </a>(NastyWays / Slidecamp) - The Glitch Mob have done for their music in the US what Benga and Skream have achieved for dubstep in the UK.<br />
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The timeline is fairly similar too. edIT's first release on Planet Mu in 2004, Crying Over Pros For No Reason, is one of the earliest examples of the genre that now not only saturates the West Coast of Canada and America, but has followers across Europe, Australia, South Africa and beyond.<br />
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2007 was probably the year that saw the scene begin to consolidate itself, with a second album from edIT, a classic release from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bassnectar">Bassnectar,</a> glitch compilations on Muti Music and Interchill, and the first tunes from Ooah and Boreta. In the Bay Area and LA, edIT, Ooah, Boreta and co-founder Kraddy found themselves touring together to promote their sound.<br />
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A string of genre-defining remixes as <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20glitch%20mob&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theglitchmob.com%2F&ei=JdC2TuuTAZGz8QPip534BA&usg=AFQjCNFN_1iiUszpmSJN9ItVBdfWH3Hejg&sig2=V-HuZwEvQFKejSAC_XWv6w&cad=rja">The Glitch Mob</a> followed, freely shared through their website, and collated in 2009's <a href="http://www.theglitchmob.com/music/2009/01/crush-mode-mixtape/">Crush Mode mixtape</a>. The music had all the bounce of the most beat focused hip-hop, all the bombast of rock, and a tendency towards the epic, layered with g-funk synths and guitar crunches. Last year the departure of Kraddy foreshadowed the release of the collective's first self penned album, Drink the Sea.<br />
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The album marked a change. It was geared towards live shows rather than record bags, with pounding drums and a stadium feel. As a DJ, I was disappointed an found many of the tracks to be too similar, but Drink the Sea is loved by many and found the Mob a lot of new fans. Although I couldn't make it to their UK album launch at Koko and January 2011 tour, I heard reports of the live show: three guys fiddling with laptops, that didn't fulfill the promise of the epic music.<br />
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Which brings us to <a href="http://www.spectrum48k.com/">Spectrum</a>'s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218941761502649">Bass Bomber</a> at <a href="http://electricbrixton.com/">Electric Brixton</a> last night, the second UK date on an epic European Tour for the Mob. <br />
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When we arrived, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/petejordan">Pete Jordan</a> was playing a banging bass set that just about covered all bases imaginable. In front of him sat three sets of Ableton controllers, touch screens and electric drums, all controls facing towards the audience. Where they going to be turned around? They surely wouldn't play with their backs to us? <br />
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As the edIT led the Mob onstage, black shirts, white ties, in a cloud of smoke, crowd chanting, the trio leaned over from behind their kit, still facing the audience, to begin sequencing and playing touch-pad synths and effects in full view. This was going to be a live show.<br />
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With the "put your hands in the air" sample of the opening track, things had the instant feeling of a stadium rock concert. As hundreds of live hand claps began to punctuate the beats, I couldn't help but feel a tingle up my spine.<br />
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While some might question the virtuosity of playing patterns on pre-programmed touch pads, tracks like 'Fortune Days' soon began to really show off edIT and Oaah's deft finger-work, trained through years of vinyl teasing. Meanwhile Boreta was a quiet presence on the left, like the rhythm guitarist of the group, constantly cuing and tweaking. The drums got a frequent battering from all three, adding a strong dynamic to their movement on stage.<br />
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The stand out tracks were the classic remixes 'Red Dress On', 'Monday' and 'West Coast Rocks', which really got the whole place popping like it was New Year's Eve. It also gradually became apparent that the 'same sounding' feel of the album tracks actually held the live set together as a thematic progression. <br />
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The set culminated in an encore opening with the suitably epic 'Drive it like you stole it' and it was another cover, The White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army' dedicated to all the "filthy fucking bass lovers out there" that wrapped things up in triumphant style, to a sea of arm, people sitting on each others shoulders and double-time clapping. The Mob's sound is so warm and all encompassing that I don't think anyone really wanted it to end.<br />
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On the basis of last night's performance, The Glitch Mob have successful overcome any criticisms leveled at their live show and are all set to be the melodic stadium-rock pin-ups of the glitch-hop world. The real strength of their achievement for me, though, is that unlike Magnetic Man they've managed to do this without compromising an almost entirely instrumental sound.<br />
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Having finally understood the context of the Drink the Sea, I'm now looking forward to seeing where they go with the next album. <br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/lowri-257/hardware-software-and-pink-floyd-an-interview-with-the-glitch-mob-6073/">this interview with Ooah </a>and The Glitch Mob's latest mixtape here:<br />
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Full props to Pete Jordan and the Spectrum crew for getting the Mob over here (twice now!). I'd love to see more US acts brought over next year (ill.Gates, Love and Light, Mim0Sa Stephan Jacobs) with support from UK talent like Zen Death Squad, KrossBow, Inaudible, Bobby Tank or William Breakspear. If you're with me, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Glitch-Hop/178763668876424">like this</a>!Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-38717192150851075992011-11-02T17:49:00.000-07:002011-11-02T17:51:19.763-07:00Still in a Reverie with ill-esha<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.electricmohawk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ill-esha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://cdn.electricmohawk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ill-esha.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<b>ill-esha's first album, Circadian Rhythms (above) was a real grower for me and stayed playlisted for a long long time. The latest</b><b></b><b> release this summer on Muti Music, </b><b>Reverie,</b><b> has been no different - it just keeps getting better! Her sound is really organic, with some kinda bass soul. She just makes damn good music. <a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/reverie/674767">Check out the samples below and Get the album!</a></b><br />
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<b>Full tracklist</b><br />
<b>Reverie</b> (Muti Music)<br />
1. Sidewalk Chalk 4:56<br />
2. Retrospect 3:57<br />
3. 33 and a Third feat. Joe Mousepad 4:21<br />
4. The Golden Mean 4:53<br />
5. Iron Waterfall 5:18<br />
6. Pretty Banger 4:46<br />
7. Slide Over 5:39 <br />
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Recent banger with Opiuo <br />
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Here's a nice bunch of remixes that always go down well too... <br />
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</b>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-56889238907716032372011-10-31T18:22:00.000-07:002011-11-01T13:51:34.018-07:00UK Glitch Hop rocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxMjckQhRBvAFq9culhgqN-HY3mNv90NIRFydlMFGRoAPnwN9_toanrtFez-NZuk42MDNh7rlkCVn8Zcolr-lz3-hlGcnw4MiBn9BfYeiQJEsIdEFvlIozglY3wKjMHqh9Z1se2Jvmj8b/s1600/40043_127794700600636_122127134500726_141318_3560575_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxMjckQhRBvAFq9culhgqN-HY3mNv90NIRFydlMFGRoAPnwN9_toanrtFez-NZuk42MDNh7rlkCVn8Zcolr-lz3-hlGcnw4MiBn9BfYeiQJEsIdEFvlIozglY3wKjMHqh9Z1se2Jvmj8b/s320/40043_127794700600636_122127134500726_141318_3560575_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
So, following a 2011 UK tour from Bassnectar (the first in 7 years), <a href="http://www.theglitchmob.com/shows">The Glitch Mob also return to the UK this weekend</a>. With dubstep getting ever more US sounding (Flux Pavillion, Doctor P), a jaw dropping EP from Zen Death Squad this summer (pictured above) and an amazing forthcoming tune from Koan Sound on Zane Lowe's playlist this week, the time feels ripe for UK Glitch Hop to blow up in 2012.<br />
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On this tip I've started a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Glitch-Hop/178763668876424">UK Glitch Hop Facebook page</a> to help you keep track of events and releases, as well as keeping everyone else posted with what you're up to (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Glitch-Hop/178763668876424">Like Like Like</a>). According to Facebook there's over 30,000 of us in the UK who like US glitch hop acts, so lets get behind our home-grown talent as well. They fucking bounce! Here's a guide to what's out there at the moment...<br />
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Released today, here's a sample of that literal Funk Blaster from Bristol's Koan Sound: <br />
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With heavy props from the likes of ill.Gates, Ben Samples and Muti Music boss Dov, this is my EP of the year so far from London's Zen Death Squad. They've just completed a US tour and have a new release on the boil.<br />
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Bigup the originator - Dave Tipper is one of the artists that got this whole thing started and probably the first person I ever heard playing glitch hop in the UK<br />
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Led by William Breakspear and based in Liverpool Skanky Panky records has been flying the glitch hop flag on these shores for almost two years now. Although their artists range from far and wide here are a few of the UK based gems, including Son of a Glitch from London and Fredo from Bournemouth:<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5516108"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5516108" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/skanky-panky-records/sprf005-top-cat-special-request-sixam-remix">SPRF005 - Top Cat - Special Request (SixAM remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/skanky-panky-records">Skanky Panky Records</a> <br />
This one from <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fredo%20soundcloud&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Ffredo-1&ei=xjuvTqnfLNLc8gOhkMS9AQ&usg=AFQjCNF2zdg4dP3aEsDhzs3b15dIxVI5lg&sig2=Bpv8Ny3d7nphA1oFaMvAjw&cad=rja">Fredo</a><br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4370164"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4370164" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/skanky-panky-records/sprr001c-vowel-mouthed">80kbps - SPRR001C - Vowel Mouthed</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/skanky-panky-records">Skanky Panky Records</a> <br />
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The first DJ I ever heard smashing balls of lazer crunk across UK dancefloors was Your Niece. He opened for Bassnectar at Secret Garden Party this year and blew the Colisillium apart<br />
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Cambridge's Mouldy Soul comes with a heavy wobble, delicate minimal techno sounding glitches, is signed to Colony Productions and had his first release with KrossBow through Addictech earlier in the year<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24738529"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F24738529" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul/what-if-jimi-was-a-monster">What if jimi was a monster</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mouldysoul">Mouldy Soul</a> <br />
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I seem to remember Vent from London making heavy ass dubstep smashers, but they've recently co-produced a sick track with ill.gates and Opiuo and released more mid-tempo wobble through Colony Productions<br />
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Inaudible from Birmingham has been pretty audible in the glitch hop community, comes highly recommended from <a href="http://www.doktorkrank.net/">Doktor Krank</a> and has even remixed Freddy Todd and Splatinum.<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2859634"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2859634" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/inaudible/freddy-todd-thug-tastic-inaudible-remix">Freddy Todd - Thug Tastic (inaudible remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/inaudible">inaudible</a><br />
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Orangudan in Worcester has been smashing out the wobble and mid-tempo for some time<br />
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On the mid-tempo / electro side of things there's a very tasty producer coming on in Guildford called WBBL<br />
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Also down in Bristol DJ Parker is rather partial to a bit of glitch-hop. Although I've not yet heard a full glicthed out release from him it can only be a matter of time (nudge nudge, hint hint)<br />
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Last and probably least, here's a bunch of my old glitchtapes (fresh sounds on the way!)<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12405397"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12405397" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/musicalmana/morbidly-obese-midget-burning">Morbidly Obese Midget - Burning Night Paris (Wobble Till You Bounce)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/musicalmana">Morbidly Obese Midget</a> <br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7343177"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7343177" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/musicalmana/morbidly-obese-midget-droppin-bombs-on-ya-glitch">Morbidly Obese Midget - Droppin bombs on ya glitch - Nov 2010</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/musicalmana">Morbidly Obese Midget</a> <br />
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It's 1am on a school night, so I'm bound to have missed about a million people off the list. If I have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-Glitch-Hop/178763668876424">post your tunes here</a>!Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-24960951286512573032011-10-12T13:39:00.000-07:002011-10-12T14:50:04.883-07:00Cryptex - Slaying it!So I've been travelling Europe for the last five months making streetshows - apologies for the silence on the music front... Now I'm back, I'm busily trying to catch up with everything I've missed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86MAPb4BNtMLINbsGuurMrEiQGgsisr14xV2XbP0gjkk-5mDBOiAZ-SB9sdOn7_I_uuo8hSh94HzhTFJDXDZoeDY_eH4fENX3nopEJPBUK57195e-SMuyos30KeAtQMktVN4lgQYIuWI/s1600/Cryptex_IsolatedIncidents-300x145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86MAPb4BNtMLINbsGuurMrEiQGgsisr14xV2XbP0gjkk-5mDBOiAZ-SB9sdOn7_I_uuo8hSh94HzhTFJDXDZoeDY_eH4fENX3nopEJPBUK57195e-SMuyos30KeAtQMktVN4lgQYIuWI/s320/Cryptex_IsolatedIncidents-300x145.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662712553859237058" /></a><br /><br />Straight to number one on my list of BOOM TUNES is 'Slay It' from Cryptex's new EP, 'Isolated Incidents' available for download now (<a href="http://www.addictech.com/p/83125" target="_blank">http://www.addictech.com/p/83125</a>):<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25005432&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25005432&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/cryptex/slay-it">Slay It [Isolated Incidents EP - Gravitas Recordings, OUT NOW]</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/cryptex">cryptex</a></span><br /><br />Smooth symphonic intro drops into HEAVY oscillator glitch... I freakin' love it!!<br /><br />Next up, another new release, this time a collab between basically all my favourite artists: Aussie electronic rockstars Blunt Instrument and US glitch powerhouses Love and Light. This tune is off the brand spanking new EP 'Reheated and Remixed' and it's called 'Simmering Beans Gently for Pauly':<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25391208&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F25391208&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/bluntinstrument/blunt-instrument-simmering">Blunt Instrument - Simmering Beans Gently For Pauly (Love and Light Remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bluntinstrument">bluntinstrument</a></span><br /><br />It's a mashup of tunes from Blunt Instrument's recent EP 'Twice Baked' - 'Simmering Gently' and 'Beans for Pauly', with some serious Love and Light crunk juice to spice up the mix. Get the full EP here (<a href="http://www.beatport.com/release/reheated-and-remixed/817976" target="_blank">http://www.beatport.com/release/reheated-and-remixed/817976</a>)<br /><br />And finally, a cheeky hiphop curveball for all you electronic heads out there - I sniffed this out while I was travelling and didn't get to listen to it for a while, and since then it's really grown on me to break into my 'most listened' tracklist:<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15613416&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15613416&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1f00ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ghettofunk/han-son-feat-jayz">Han son feat.Jay-Z</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/ghettofunk">ghettofunk</a></span><br /><br />If you like the tune, you can download it free from the 'members only' section of the <a href="http://www.ghettofunk.co.uk" target="_blank">Ghetto Funk</a> website.<br /><br />That's all from me for now, I need to get downloading more music...<br /><br />Love and kisses,<br /><br />OliUpstarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853745435181837877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-74789000845563642862011-10-09T12:49:00.000-07:002011-10-09T14:24:51.580-07:00Review: Burning Man 2011 - Rites of Passage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318933_10150391102710984_505470983_10023880_447405669_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317373_10150390966175984_505470983_10023124_1692427883_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317373_10150390966175984_505470983_10023124_1692427883_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
After yearning to to check out the West Coast bass music scene since 2007, this year, with clearance from work and a willingness to plunder my savings, I finally made it to Burning Man with D-ra.The theme was Rites of Passage and this certainly was a pilgrimage for me.<br />
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Burning Man takes planning. This is a desert festival based on radical self reliance in a currency free environment, not an English country garden with overpriced food stalls and potable water on tap. For more details check out the <a href="http://www.burningman.com/first_timers/">survival guide.</a><br />
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Getting to Black Rock City is all part of the experience. Stories of broken down RVs and hours spent waiting for a lift from Reno are common. We flew out to San Francisco and found an eco-bus traveling from Santa Rosa (using <a href="http://burningmanrides.com/">this brilliant new ride-share site</a>) so had a fairly easy ride of it - until at about 10pm Sunday night we hit the most epic queue of tail lights you've ever seen. Even so, were one of the earliest to arrive on site and it was quite an experience to feel the city fill up around us.<br />
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Our base for the week was with the <a href="http://pinkheartcamp.wordpress.com/">Pink Heart </a>at the prima-playa real estate of 9.30 Esplanade. We couldn't have chosen a nicer camp to stay in or a better way to connect with others on the playa. As well as providing shelter from the sun and pink fluffy sofas for tired limbs, we were giving out <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/Bring-Frozen-Bliss-to-Burning-Man">Coconut Bliss ice cream</a> and ice cold cucumber water to all who came.<br />
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Black Rock City (click on map above) is vast and full of distractions. The best analogy I can think of in terms of size is Glastonbury Festival, where it takes hours to get between stages. It's nothing like the muddy crush of densely packed bodies bogged down in drizzle though. With a vast open space between the two sides of the city and day-time temperatures of up to 50 C, it's the complete opposite.<br />
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The best piece of advice anyone gave me before we went is to get a bike. Without one you're either gonna spend your days trekking epic distances on foot or remain slave to the whims of mutant vehicle drivers as they meander across the playa at random. We had ours actually delivered to the Playa by the guys at <a href="http://www.bikes4burners.com/">Re-Cycle</a>.<br />
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The other way to travel in style is to catch rides on mutant vehicles. These DIY art projects bring the mad max flavour to the festival and for me were one of the real creative highlights of the week Many take nautical or animal themes, but there's all kinds of craziness out there. You often only glimpse them emerging from dust clouds or far in the distance, somewhere out there on the borders of mirage and reality. At night they're lit up with EL wire and fairy lights, as are all the bikes and people (you don't wanna be a dark-wad and get run over).<br />
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After a day of settling in, we kicked off the party on Tutu Tuesday at <a href="http://www.distriktcamp.com/">Distrikt</a> with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/getmandy">M.A.N.D.Y.</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/leecoombs">Lee Combs</a>. It's all about Distrikt for the daytime party. Set deep in the suburbs of 9 and Funeral, the system fires up at about 11am when it's got too hot for anyone in a tent to sleep anyway. This is the Ibiza beach party of the playa, albeit with a more steampunk disco feel. It reminds me of the daytime Origin Stage at Glade or Funky Beach at Boom - good time vibes, beautiful, semi-clothed people and pumping progressive house building into tech funk as the dusk draws in.<br />
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My favourite moment came later in the week when <a href="http://www.azcacophony.org/santarchy/">a group of Santa</a>s and their elves started to infiltrate the crowd around the rig. Before we knew it the dance-floor was being pelted with snowballs.<br />
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Later that evening the city came to life. With sound the main sound camps still pretty muted, we decided to jump on the first art car that came our way and ended up all the way out on Liminal at the edges of the city for a game of glo-frisbee. A few more cars took us via a few artworks to the Man, the Temple - a most beautiful, peaceful building that would look quite at home in the Alhambra - and eventually across to the purple geodesic shapes of <a href="http://wiki.disorient.info/">Disorient</a> at 2 o'clock and Esplanade.<br />
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I'd been told that one of the best places to see the sun come up is the legendary <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1898816426">R</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robotheartlove">obot Heart</a>, a colossal mobile rig on the back of a truck, which we found somewhere out past the temple playing deep house and funky progressive techno.<br />
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By Wednesday I'd managed to find someone with a <a href="http://rockstarlibrarian.com/?p=1157">music line-up </a>(thanks to the <a href="http://rockstarlibrarian.com/?p=1157">RockStarLibrarian</a>) to scour for set times. One of the first must sees on my list was <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/stephan-jacobs">Stephan Jacobs</a>, who I caught at <a href="http://plancast.com/p/6lwm/dubscouts-camp-welcome-ohm-drone-burning-man-2011">Dub Scouts</a> that night. It was like heaven to finally be submersed in some proper interesting bass and his set was right on point. Stephan is by far one of my favourite producers at the moment and has just dropped this <a href="http://soundcloud.com/simplify/sets/stephan-jacobs-mad-era">sweet new EP on Simplify</a>.<br />
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Next up was <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/sugarpill">Sugarpill </a>at <a href="http://element11.org/rites-of-zion-burning-man-2011-2/">Basscamp's Temple of Boom</a>, on the corner of 10 and Esplanade, surrounded by glowing mutant vehicles an open to lasers stretching across the playa from other stages. I've been aware Sugarpill via our blogs for about 3 years, watching him progress to become a very exciting producer, so it was a great pleasure to see him play such a good set.<br />
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Sugarpill was followed by another of my 'must sees', local lads <a href="http://www,soundcloud.com/love-and-light">Love and Light </a>from Reno. Alongside Opiuo these guys have been behind a funkier, squelchier bouncing glitch-hop in the last two years and their set really carried that energy, with girls and guys that had previously been lost in their own bassheads dancing together with the funk.<br />
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<a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/ill-gates">ill.gates</a> kept the tempo up, bringing in some more ragga stylings and varied beats. Going for some kinda playa record, this animal played over 30 times throughout the week, visiting just about every sound camp, so I dipped in and out quite a few of his sets which between them covered just about every kind of bass music. A true innovator, he's just dropped his first full length album since 2008, <a href="http://illgates.com/music/the-ill-methodology/">The ill.Methodology</a>.<br />
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I was woken up by some friends Thursday afternoon and headed back to Distrikt via a mojito bar built above an old school bus. On the way back we found the notorious snack food glory hole and thankfully avoided any complimentary cock.<br />
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Thursday night was <a href="http://mutimusic.com/">Muti Music</a> showcase at <a href="http://thedolab.com/">The Do Lab's</a> <a href="http://fractalnationvillage.com/home/tag/burning-man/">Fractal Nation Village</a> over at 2 and Graduation. The combination of <a href="http://www.mutimusic.com/2/news/releases/muticd004-various-clipping-paths/">Muti Music's Clipping Path</a>s compilation and Fractal Nation's art dome coming to Boom and Glade in 2007/2008 are what led me towards a love of the West Coast bass scene in the first place. Now I was finally here!<br />
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After the Burning Man regional effigies around the man were burnt I headed over via a Beats Antique DJ set at HookahDome (more on them later), arriving in time to catch <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/heyoka-1">Heyoka</a> perfectly setting the scene with some squelchy psychedila, whilst I caught up with my fire dancer friends at the back.<br />
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Tigran was followed by label boss <a href="http://www.mutimusic.com/2/news/artists/artists-dov/">Dov</a> who played another wicked set through the full Muti Music repertoire of glitch-hop, dubstep and drumstep. We left while Freq Nasty was blowing the roof off with his own flavour of energetic dubstep.<br />
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It seemed like most of the crowd joined me in heading to the Fractal Nation Village again to see<a href="http://beatsantique.com/"> Beats Antique</a> playing their full live set. This is quite the playa event. The place was so packed that I decided to hang out behind the mixing desk where there was space to dance with all the sound quality afforded to the legendary Monkey King at the controls. As a result I didn't see much of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZenpwtuko">Zoe Jakes bellydancing</a>, but the tunes were good and we had a loads fun.<br />
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Not interested in David Starfire ("he was just a wanker anyway", reports our Musical Mana correspondent) we split over to the Hookahdome to catch the end of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dulcevita">Dulce Vita</a>'s dubstep set and to see <a href="http://soundcloud.com/knowa">Knowa Knowone</a>, another target on the list. Due to some kinda tech issue that prevented clean switch-overs the crowd had completely disappeared by the start of Knowa's set. As he eased us into his glitched out percussive beats more and more people drifted toward the torchlight patch of dust, until by the end a very happy crowd were popping and swaying to Knowa's conscious sounds. Someone very kindly lent me some fire poi for my only voluntary spin of the week, finishing just as the technical hitch kicked in again. I went to have a chat to Knowa afterwards and he's a real lovely guy. Did you know he was at Secret Garden Party last year? Neither did I, but I hope he comes back!<br />
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After riding and dancing on a few art cars that were cruising up and down the strip at 2, we set off on foot into the deep playa for sunrise. Halfway across we found a Hawain hog roast BBQ going on!<br />
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I made it to Robot Heart just after sun-up to find a load of our mates for a magical morning in the hands of <a href="http://soundcloud.com/leeburridge/">Lee Burridge</a>. Sunshine out grooves, beautiful smiling people, girls in cages dangling off a crane, crazy art cars, amazing outfits and plenty of booty shakin'. <br />
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After dancing our fill we retired to the bar at Nexus, where <a href="http://soundcloud.com/treavor-moontribe">Treavor Moontribe </a>was playing some funky and floaty Opiuo laden glitch-hop. I think I reached the point where I was to drunk to stand, or climb the dome, around the time Nanda came on. <br />
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We didn't wake till Sat eve - just in time to rock the conclave with the <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC4QtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyfw0DefD8Bo&rct=j&q=Fireworks%20Collective%20youtube&ei=yfSRTv7WNoqPswb48eHlDw&usg=AFQjCNEb9TPazuG2yA4PpFtSufL0pwtqiQ&sig2=G4DUdNgoF5AahCrd0YODsw&cad=rja">Fireworks Collective </a>before the man burnt. Hungover and drained, we went back to bed straight after, not waking up till just before dawn to see the sun come up from the temple. After exploring some art as far out as we could walk, we went back to pack up camp before watching the temple burn.<br />
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This review doesn't even come close to capturing the crazy scale of everything that happens at Burning Man. If you've not been yet, just do it and don't worry too much about catching all the DJ's you wanna see (I never got to see Opiuo, Samples, Sub Swara, Guttstar, Gladkill, Chris B, Mikhal and many more). Just go with the flow and don't get stuck on the sound camps. Make sure you make the time to explore all the art properly and to bimble through the weird and wonderful world of the suburbs - that's where the experience really lies.<br />
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I'll be<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmusicalmana&rct=j&q=morbidly%20obese%20midgets&ei=rfeRTrgsgsPxA_zoqD0&usg=AFQjCNGJHqxU2cb9TFung6u0gPCvUy60Dg&sig2=Lobov1pwvJk7YWVm5rVypg&cad=rja"></a> playing a glitch-hop set as the <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmusicalmana&rct=j&q=morbidly%20obese%20midgets&ei=rfeRTrgsgsPxA_zoqD0&usg=AFQjCNGJHqxU2cb9TFung6u0gPCvUy60Dg&sig2=Lobov1pwvJk7YWVm5rVypg&cad=rja">Morbidly Obese Midget </a>in The Village at <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDecompression_party&rct=j&q=london%20decompression&ei=dveRTqW_Lsau8QP16qU7&usg=AFQjCNEKp04udi_ehkIjLSv4hPtGxkXfVw&sig2=5MMJhyTGgsQ4IOcIDNC0_g&cad=rja">London Decompression</a>, 1.30am on 21 October. See you there!Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-20719011601991903152011-09-24T04:22:00.000-07:002011-09-24T04:22:50.802-07:00Review: Wonk#ay Records - VA - Shaken<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/releases/w013/images/bunkle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/releases/w013/images/bunkle1.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />
Based in Brighton and London, Wonkay Records pride themselves on a philosophy of free access - from rawkus parties to their ear pummeling brand of night time and progressive psytrance downloads.<br />
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This is the label's second compilation of more downtempo and dubstep flavoured tracks (<a href="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/releases/w005/">download WONK#OUT vol.1 here</a>) and I'm really loving the graphics by JOEK.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/releases/w013/">Download Wonk#ay Records - VA - Shaken</a> (click through)<br />
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1. Hermit - Pontain<br />
Surprisingly for Wonkay we're eased in with tranquil flutes and the sound of running water. More Chilled Buddha Vol.78 than Headfuck Bleeps vol.2, but there's a rumble of boneshaking bass lingering there underneath the shuffling percussion. A nice chilled basscape.<br />
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2. Duskky - Say You<br />
A seemingly unrelated sample of 'One man went to mow' precedes a menacing bass and rimshot delay intro. It builds around a soulful trip-hop vocal into a slow stomping atmospheric downtempo-breakcore track, laced with static infused piano samples. The track holds tension throughout - one for a pensive mood, albeit with a positive vocal message. "You can be what you wanna be" innit<br />
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3. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/zendeathsquad">ZenDeathSquad</a> vs Roger - Superman Remix<br />
If you're gonna sample Roger Trout's talk box vocals you can't really fail to bring on the funk. This is classic gfunk-infused glitch-hop with whomping lazer basslines. West Coast sounds from London baby. I hadn't come across these guys before, but I'll be keeping an eye on them from now! With props from ill.Gates and Dov, you can get their debut release from Additech <a href="http://www.addictech.com/p/74021">here</a><br />
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4. Bunkle - Curly Fries<br />
Label boss Bunkle weighs in with an industrial stagger, sounding like a drunk production line with a nervous tic, or Ministry trying their hand at dubstep. I'd suggest <a href="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/ArtistProfile/Bunkle/">downloading a full set</a> from this man to get the bigger picture.<br />
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5. Kursa - Nanocluster (DEMO)<br />
Despite a promising intro and some good jump up energy going in, I find myself a bit dissapointed by this one. The bass sounds a little too generic in that angry sawing dubstep mode and I don't feel like it really gets anywhere past the first minute and a half. On the other hand, if this was dropped live I can totally see it getting the room bouncing. With some development it could become a stonker.<br />
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6. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk">Coda</a> - Pablo<br />
Coda are a live dub / dubstep band who've been breaking up the monotony of this DJ heavy arena for sometime. Upbeat and refreshing two-step breakbeat, swirling synths and bright trombone dropping into an oscillating bassline, dubwise samples and guitar chops with mesmeric ease. It's far too short - gimmie more!<br />
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7. Scamp - Frequency<br />
Scattergun drum patterns bubbling with menacing squelches morphing into a slogging elasticated kick drum snare with eirie nightime harmonics underneath. My girlfriend thinks this sounds like robots farting whilst having sex underwater. With samples like "What the fuck are those noises?" this is like a down-tempo mirror for the Dark psy sounds of Wonkay's full on dancefloors releases.<br />
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Personal highlights: 1, 3, 6<br />
Overall: It's free - download it for yourself and make your own mind up!<br />
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<a href="http://www.wonkay.co.uk/releases/w013/">Download Wonk#ay Records - VA - Shaken</a> (click through)Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-14378443881896535802011-09-15T10:44:00.000-07:002011-09-15T11:04:36.197-07:00Slamboree - Neo Balkan Rave Circus at ShambalaLO Peachi here - Hey hey, been a while and welcome to the end of the summer wind down. Good to see C-Ra last night and reminded me I used to write for a music blog... cobwebs off, here we go!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_1lzD2OP2z-RH6CeolarihGXI1MwR3wx4dqFkw8MYLqL8h3OKidPyoVTCRl-VGlI1RC7U3fmSgimE26QMjf6f_OehZg9Iuia7tjPQF11VjONnGI3vgtAHAK7X7nGkXwfZc2HBuPChBo/s1600/slamboree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_1lzD2OP2z-RH6CeolarihGXI1MwR3wx4dqFkw8MYLqL8h3OKidPyoVTCRl-VGlI1RC7U3fmSgimE26QMjf6f_OehZg9Iuia7tjPQF11VjONnGI3vgtAHAK7X7nGkXwfZc2HBuPChBo/s320/slamboree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652648270808710770" border="0" /></a>Top musical highlight for me this summer was checking out Slamboree at Shambala. Although I think SGP is by far the better festival on all fronts, Shambala did serve up this little gem. Pumping dubstep with live acoustics and a crazy amount of circus style things on stage. I did have the pleasure of camping next to them and hearing their rehearsal in the back of their Luton van - sounded great there too. Loads of crazy energy and great fun at 2am. Here's one favourite - but the other free downloads on <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree">soundcloud </a>are also good ;-)<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14836500"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14836500" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree/slamboree-prokofiev-free-mp3">Slamboree - Prokofiev (FREE DOWNLOAD)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree">SLAMBOREE</a></span><br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14805999"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14805999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree/slamboree-little-boxes-tetris-remix">Slamboree - Little Boxes (FREE DOWNLOAD)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree">SLAMBOREE</a></span><br /><br />The other main highlight was PLAY festival which rocked the juggling festival type genre thingy. Great to have it back on the calender and sporting some of the best shows and workshop selections this side of Chrisendom! Off to Brizzle now for the last juggling fest of the season - back home to the heart of the British Juggling scene....AAAAaahhhhhh!<br /><br />Here's Slamboree on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.facebook.com/slamboree">facewaste</a>... and another blog with a <a href="http://www.marcreck.com/music/new-slamboree-video-radio-show-free-download">video </a>of them on it. Book these people for next year now...THEY ROCK!<br /><br />Here's some stuff by their DJ I think - <a href="http://soundcloud.com/freear">Frear</a>. This is a great free 30mins mix starting with a great sample - very high energy shnizzle ;-)<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F3691675"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F3691675" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/freear/freear-i-want-you-to-get-mad-dj-mix">'I WANT YOU TO GET MAD' FREEAR DJ MIX - FOR FESTIVAL BOOKINGS EMAIL: MFREEAR@GMAIL.COM</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/freear">_.ılı FREEAR ılı._</a><br /><br />...and this sounds good for starters...<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15296108"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15296108" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree/slamboree-soap-on-a-rope">Slamboree - Soap on a Rope (sneaky peeky)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/slamboree">SLAMBOREE</a></span><br /></span>PeachimpyRahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10326458029222440628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-24300359776486899542011-06-03T00:36:00.000-07:002011-09-24T03:16:46.776-07:00Marsh on the Marshes: The Badical's Hi-Tec Hip-Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.packlondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/BADD21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://www.packlondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/BADD21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The first time I saw The Badical they were blowing up a jungle dome in the desert with their twisted science, a potent concoction of multi-flavoured bass music. <br />
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Last time I saw Andrew Marsh he was clinging onto the back of a bass buggy mobile soundsystem on Hackney Marshes, a mutant Mothercare vehicle for outdoor-types being put to good use to protect a darling pair of speakers, busy blasting beats into the assembled ranks of BBQ eating warehouse-dwellers. From what I remember, swigging cider as the sun set over the East Coast railway, his set scoped classic hip hop to 90s cheese filtered through various prisms of flitched out hip-hop, IDM and dubstep. There was also lots of other stuff so pleasantly unexpected that I can't remember it.<br />
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madvillian - all caps<br />
flylo - grapesicles (samiyam remix)<br />
unknown white label<br />
J Dilla - workinonit<br />
MED - Cant Hold On<br />
Foreing beggars - Glacial (ft syntax)<br />
D...iplo - Big Lost<br />
Clark - Herr Bar<br />
Osland and erro - Everything in its right place<br />
Soldier Girl RJD2 remix<br />
Fourtet - Smile around the face<br />
The Knife - We share our mothers health<br />
LOTP - The bears are coming<br />
Kis sister - unknown<br />
Try Again - Simian mix<br />
sentinal - Eliot Lip<br />
Monday - Glitch mod edit<br />
mochipet - Turbo Thizz penetration<br />
Busy P - c-est chollet (or something)<br />
Krazy Baldhead - revolution<br />
Modeselektor - Edgar w/ the first rebirth double drop<br />
All is full of love - plaid remix<br />
TTC - Antenne 2<br />
HudMo - Overnight<br />
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In other news, Andrew has designed <a href="http://andrewmarsh.me/index.php?/projects/synflower/">The Synflower</a> - a multi-player musical instrument for one to eight people - and an <a href="http://andrewmarsh.me/index.php?/project/aerodynamic-umbrella/">Aerodynamic Umbrella</a>. Nice one!Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-51471861553989033282011-06-02T15:15:00.000-07:002011-06-02T15:15:08.791-07:00Music for post-traumatic stress decompression on a summer evening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Broken_ipod_touch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Broken_ipod_touch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You know how sometimes you just get bored of everything you have on your MP3 player? You've heard it all before. It all sounds the same. Why the hell have you been bothering with all this shit?! Why don't I just listen to pop music or the radio? Or maybe you have more than 8GB capacity...<br />
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I've been having this kinda existential crisis with my whole life lately. Thankfully though, after another day of suffocating in my mentally over stimulating and anxiety inducing work, I left the office to the sounds of four mixes I've recently downloaded and went to sit by the river, where I achieved a more zen-like state of glitchitation. Just what the perspective-adjusting mind doctor ordered. Enjoy.<br />
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AfroMonk runs a wicked blog right<a href="http://afromonk.com/"> here</a>. He's just got back from <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Flightninginabottle.org%2F&rct=j&q=lightning%20in%20a%20bottle&ei=UADoTfqSEsjChAfvofGvCg&usg=AFQjCNErK6ZRbJY9mcnSd7Co2La62vL5qQ&sig2=3asaiAvPP7pz6BZDwJ8B8A&cad=rja">Lightning in a Bottle</a>. Git. This is a damn tasty lovestep mixtape he's done for <a href="http://brasky.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://brasky.org</a>.<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15753912"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15753912" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/afromonk/afro-monk-presents-left-behind">Afro Monk Presents: Left Behind - (http://www.brasky.org)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/afromonk">AfroMonk</a></span> <br />
Featuring music by: Gladkill, +verb, Manni Dee, Guttstar, Nico Luminous, Thriftworks, Elfkowitz, Mimi Page, Omega, Jobot, NastyNasty, Tokimonsta, B. Bravo, Epcot, The Human Experience, Chris B, & Ghetto Sexuual<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/killsmith">kLL sMTH</a> from Smoulder, Bollorado makes some proper synapse tweaking insertdescriptivenamehere-step tunes like <a href="http://soundcloud.com/killsmith/smoothstep">Smoothstep</a> and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/killsmith/kill-smith-a-journey-through">a journey through time and bass</a>. This is a live set from the Ghost Ranch wherever the fuck that is<br />
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TRACKLIST <br />
1. Smoothstep vs. Cassie <br />
2. Funky Crunk <br />
3. Slamborghini <br />
4. Gnaardvark vs. Stilettos - crime mob <br />
5. Subsonic (kLL SMTH Remix) - Excision <br />
6. Babylon (kLL SMTH Remix) - NiT GriT <br />
7. Bustle Hustla <br />
8. Rump Shakin <br />
9. Nurrbody into Body Movement - Conquest<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/simplify/">Simplify</a> have simply put out some of the best glitch-hop and bass music of the last year from Stephan Jacobs, Love and Light, Chris B, Ben Samples, Elfkowitz and Blunt Instrument. Like a glitch-hop finger buffet, this mixtape by Aaron Simpson has it all and more. Fuck. Yeah.<br />
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TRACKLIST <br />
01 Nero – Me & You (Danger Remix) (MTA) <br />
02 Opiuo – Patchouli Dump Truck (Addictech) <br />
03 Love & Light – The Light We Bring (Simplify) <br />
04 Samples – Montauk Point (Made In Glitch) <br />
05 Knight Riderz – Light It Up (Made In Glitch) <br />
06 DCarls – All In (Simplify) <br />
07 Blunt Instrument – Simmer Gently (Simplify) <br />
08 Digital Rust – Loophole (Addictech) <br />
09 Love & Light – Slap and Tickle (Simplify) <br />
10 Freddy Todd – Skattabrain (Simplify <br />
11 Kraddy – Let Go (Instrumental) (Minotaur) <br />
12 Gramatik – The Uprising (Cold Busted) <br />
13 DCarls – Flavorhythm (Simplify) <br />
14 Gramatik – Who Got Juice (Cold Busted) <br />
15 Who Cares – These Three Words (ill-esha Remix) (Simplify) <br />
16 Pretty Lights – Hot Like Sauce (Rustified Remix) (Pretty Lights) <br />
17 Freddy Todd featuring Unc – Homefaced (Simplify) <br />
18 Hirshee & Tonye Aganaba – So Good (Big Fish) <br />
19 Stephan Jacobs – In The Vortex (Simplify)<br />
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When you need to chill-the-fuck-out after that one, try Guido's latest 29 minute mixtape, which sends me floating out into a sea of twostep Light Emitting Diode twilight. It's even got some conscious grime vocals set to such beautiful minimal bassline production that it almost sounds like he's not angry. Lush.<br />
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TRACKLIST <br />
Class act <br />
Quick idea <br />
Africa <br />
The PL Remix Type & J B Love (Remix) <br />
Lunar Eclipse <br />
Micro X (Forthcoming State Of Joy) <br />
Most wanted <br />
Ballin' feat Baobinga (Forthcoming BUILD) <br />
What I'm here for feat Scarz <br />
Dust Off <br />
Same Road feat ShadzChris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-2385505773121608982011-05-31T08:58:00.000-07:002011-05-31T09:07:06.062-07:00Look Mommy - I made a thing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHw9LFX3Ho_4XESlXfvM32WcPj-TN_8fKmfY9ug9vvcgYPZoh7NAYUr8DCl64rz_IIXnLLvyu4RQgKnL_v50YCrrNibP_ZtHqoVCWZeD7VWioFWKYMp4QXGz15vo_-FVqAK7KbBxmAwk/s1600/41506_61012593_1919443_n.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHw9LFX3Ho_4XESlXfvM32WcPj-TN_8fKmfY9ug9vvcgYPZoh7NAYUr8DCl64rz_IIXnLLvyu4RQgKnL_v50YCrrNibP_ZtHqoVCWZeD7VWioFWKYMp4QXGz15vo_-FVqAK7KbBxmAwk/s200/41506_61012593_1919443_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612911632760219522" /></a><br />One of the last things I did before leaving the UK was have a little DJ jam with my man the Wizard, on the shiny new VCI300. I made this, which I quite like:<br /><br /><object height="81" width="60%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13548069&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a800ff"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13548069&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=a800ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <br /> <span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/olithejuggler/cant-stop-this-condensation">Can't stop this condensation</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/olithejuggler">OliTheJuggler</a></span>Upstarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853745435181837877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724378827424290235.post-23792495230770824512011-05-25T15:51:00.000-07:002011-05-25T15:51:53.264-07:00Fort Knox Five in London this Friday + UK dates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01bMsJfeMhbZlwIX3XuP6Pfubtwf152AulnSS_gmIIr8jFAgllaLXX2U9DaSKfhphHGI49Vf5JpILx4s7wNfA1RpjQ3k6xk2EEV1r_jq5Z8nSXtChA2o88l81bou7QtyvxrMEfeUhkqQ/s400/fk5+peaceful+invasion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01bMsJfeMhbZlwIX3XuP6Pfubtwf152AulnSS_gmIIr8jFAgllaLXX2U9DaSKfhphHGI49Vf5JpILx4s7wNfA1RpjQ3k6xk2EEV1r_jq5Z8nSXtChA2o88l81bou7QtyvxrMEfeUhkqQ/s320/fk5+peaceful+invasion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Dammit - why am I never in London when my favourite DJs swing by?! Fort Knox Five in town this Friday as I make my way to deepest darkest Wales. At least I can listen to this mixtape on the way down. Have fun you lucky buggers...<br />
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<strong>DJ Jon H of FK5′s “Peaceful Invasion Tour”:</strong><br />
Friday May 20 – Vienna, Austria @ Café Leopold<br />
Saturday May 21 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Camp Sessions @ Mixtape<br />
Friday May 27 – Southampton, UK @ Orange Rooms<br />
Friday May 27 – London, UK @ Fabric<br />
Saturday May 28 – Budapest, Hungary<br />
Friday June 3 – Edinburgh, UK @ Voodoo Rooms<br />
Saturday June 4 – Jersey, UK – Ultrafunkula @ Pure<br />
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<span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive/peaceful-invasion-mix-2011"><object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15466023&"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15466023&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><span></span></a><a href="http://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive/peaceful-invasion-mix-2011">Fort Knox Five: "Peaceful Invasion Mix 2011"</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive">fortknoxfive</a></span><br />
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<span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive"></a></span><strong>Tracklist:</strong><br />
Ready or Crunk (DC’s Finest Edit) – Fort Knox Five vs. Opiuo vs. The Fugees<br />
Express Yourself (A Skillz Edit) – Charles Wright<br />
G.O.A.T. (Nick Thayer Remix) – LL Cool J<br />
DANCEHALL KINGS – JSTAR<br />
Dancehall Kings – JStarr<br />
Studio Base (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs. Rob Base vs. Alan Hawkshaw<br />
Nickleodeon – J-Roc<br />
Step Into A World (Dave Nada Edit) – KRS-One<br />
Take It Back (Dillon Francis Remix) – Toddla T<br />
Just Buggin’ (A Skillz Remix) – Whistle<br />
Pimp Deep – Pimpsoul<br />
Iced Kranz (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs. Ice T vs. George Kranz<br />
Wicky Wacky (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs. Fatback Band<br />
Gypsy Breaks (Breakbeat Junkie vs DJP Remix) – Basement Freaks<br />
SUGARFREE STYLE – JAVIER MORILLAS vs AFRIKA BAMBAATAA<br />
Sugarfree Style – Javier Morillas vs. Afrika Bambaataa<br />
Wacalote Blast (DCs Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs Boozoo Bajou vs Calagad 13<br />
C.R.E.A.M. (DJ Moneyshot’s Travesty Mix) – Wu Tang Clan<br />
Showrocker (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs. Bassjackers vs. The Partysquad<br />
As We Enter (Deekline & Red Polo Remix) – Damian Marley & Nas<br />
Badman Killa (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs. Vato Gonzalez<br />
Revolt – Neighbour & Think Tan<br />
Falsehood – Bassline<br />
Oye Good Time (DC’s Finest Remint) – Fort Knox Five vs Santana vs Chesire<br />
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<a href="http://www.fortknoxfive.com/">www.fortknoxfive.com</a>Chris - Morbidly Obese Midgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712381308558823780noreply@blogger.com1