Good friend and fellow bass fiend The Crooked Cleff has the best taste of any of the bloggers writing over at Trash Menagerie. He also does serious damage behind his Traktor pulled decks. He has been putting out a semi-regular series called Trash in the Bassment- check last edition’s tropical deluge for confirmation of the mans skills and taste. His latest goes all house-y in that way that I get embarrassed about loving. But believe- this is a HEAVY HEAVY mix that I can imagine going off at Night Slugs or any of the other gutter house/heavy bass parties that you can find out in the wide wide world. Below find Vol VI
Theophilus London drop some Brooklyn wave on this new song from The Bery Best. As if you don’t already know, The Very Best are a fantastic outfit from Lilongwe, Malawi and London, Europe bringing you ghetto pop sweetness. I’m quite looking forward to their album, which should be coming out soon.
This is, how you say, my shit. Instinct, producer from De Tropix, made this mashup of Mavado’s hit So Blessed. Some people are saying ’soca’ which seems to be everyone’s go to term for anything that is 4×4 with snares that aren’t straight on the upbeats. If you listen to soca you know that soca is FAST which this isn’t. Sounds kinda like Funky to me but with the sugary synths and Vado mashup I personally will be filing this under LDN Tropical. I like the graphic too but to really get there it needs more animals but that’s just me. Anyway, BAD.
This Friday, July 3rd – Quite Possibly the most fun I’ll have playing a show this summer. Every year La Farra NYC hosts the Vallenato on the River boat party and this year they’ve hooked up with Que Bajo?! to make sure the Afro Colombian heat gets represented as well. Here’s a peak at last year’s event.
LA’s Very Be Careful is coming in to tear and down the place with cumbia and vallenato vibes while Uproot Andy and myself hold it down with even more Afro-Caribbean basshead vibes. There are a limited amount of tickets left you can buy them here. There will only be 25 tix available at the dock.
Now here’s a treat we’ve been playing since spring
Tracklist:
Colleen- The Happy Sea
8 Ball and MJG- Relax and Take Notes
Sukh Knight – Diesel Not Petrol
Raffertie – AntiSocial (B. Rich Remix)
Lexie Lee- Warlord’s Daughter (Paceface and Sticky Rmx)
Joker- Purple City
Trina Ft. Lil Wayne- Dont Trip (Lunice Lazer Rmx)
Fused Forces- Cock Back and Blast
Fused Forces- Footsteps
LionDub and Shadetek Ft. Jahdan- General (Marcus Visionary Rmx)
Timbaland- Pony Inst.
Cardopusher- Lacra
Salem – Trapdoor
This is a dubsteppy thing- but keeps things fresh and colorful with plenty of pressure.
I’m back on the blogging horse/elephant- new mixes and an exclusive interview with Lisbon’s Octa Push come soon!
All roads lead to Glasslands tonight. You can do your warm up stretches and practice your skank routines to this excerpt from my Mo’glo Radio show last night on 91.5 . The rest of the set list will be available later today on KEXP’s Mo’glo Blog. I’ll link that out of the comments section. More Time.
If you like these shattered songs, do come in early tomorrow! I’ve got loads more (rare vinyls in digital format), and I plan to to play a dub-heavy set tomorrow night, 10PM – 11:30-ish. I might drop in two or three recent favorites/freshness, but I’d like to keep it 97% dusty and mystical! Also, I don’t feel the pressure/anxiousness I felt last/first time I deejayed (although NY Tropical 6 was quite massive!) The nervousness is dissolving, and quickly being replaced by excitement and optimism. If I lapse into a state of irreverence or just absolute enjoyment… I’m only letting the music take over. Reality is hard right now, goal is to get lifted and transported. Enjoyment!
Jahdan’s album Buzzrock Warrior drops in September. In the meantime, we’re setting the Summer on fire with Jahdan’s Bazooka Shot mixtape, which is coming sooner than you think. The night this freestyle was done, I think the guys (Jahdan, Klash, and Matt) recorded five other tracks, and this was the last one. It was pure fun. I gave the instrumental to Matt, he edited/re-shaped it in less than two minutes, Jahdan & Klash went in. Jahdan was alredy familiar with the hit song by Toronto’s own Drake, and was singing it the minute he heard the beat. I had never heard this song by choice. Klash wasn’t familiar with it, so he start singing Radiohead’s “Climbing the Walls,” and I was like yeah! Anyway, the vibe at Casa de la Jones (Geko Jones’ home-studio, where it all goes down) was great, and everyone was having a good time. We’re doing it again next week, putting the finishing touches on the Bazooka Shot tape. Jahdan and Klash are going in again, and they might be remixing, freestyling, covering whatever tune they feel like again.
As you all probably may know I teach at DubSpot in NYC teaching people to make beats with Logic. For Dubspot’s second anniversary Dan who runs it is doing some parties. This one should be great, Rupture and I will be there DJing. Of special interest, at least to me, is the early sound-check session where dub master Scientist will be giving a talk about mic placement and general production/mixing wizardry before the show. The daytime seminars, including one with Rupture, should be very cool too.
Sunday 6.28:
ABLETON LIVE 8 WORKSHOP SESSIONS DAY 2:
Performing with Live: ‘Taking Ableton on Stage’
11am > Coffee with Marley
12-1:30pm > Jon Margulies: DJ / Live PA – Hybrid Sets with the Akai APC40
1:30-2:30pm > DJ Rupture: Integrating Live Instruments
2:30-3:30pm > Late Lunch w/ MONO: 365 DJ Pack Giveaway
3:30-4:30pm > Peter Kirn: Controllers for Live
4:45-5:45pm > Barry Cole: My Tracks Are Banging… Now What?
6:00-7:00pm > Scientist meets Badawi – Dub Mixing
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*Hi Fidelity DubSpot Sessions / DubSpot 2 Year Anniversary Party #3*
* 7:30 – 9:00pm ‘Soundcheck with Scientist’ & Dub is a Weapon (Workshop)
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**9:00 – 10:00pm Badawi Live!
10:00 – 10:45pm Scientist Mixing Dub is a Weapon Live!
10:45 – 11:30 DJ Kiva
11:30 – 12:15am Scientist Mixing Dub is a Weapon Live! Part 2
12:15 – 2 am Gold Dust Presents: DJ Rupture & Matt Shadetek
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