The Heat Wave crew in London just sent over this new mix of “Half an hour of jump-up Caribbean rave music.”
the UK sounds of garage, bassline, funky and jungle filtered through the tasty carnival vibes of bashment and soca.
It’s a companion to their new Immediate Sounds club night which will feature heavy doses of said tunes.
Listen:
Gabriel Heatwave and Ben Dubstar; Immediate Sounds Vol 1
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Tracklist:
- Beenie Man & So Solid Crew – Yagga Yo
- Ms Dynamite & Menta – Ramp
- El-B – Shorty (Steppas Remix)
- Glamour Murphy – What The Woman Want (Acapella)
- QQ – Screechie
- Stacy – Let Meh Know
- Kyla & Paleface – Do You Mind (Crazy Cousins Remix)
- Geeneus & Zinc – I Try (Instrumental)
- Vybz Kartel – Stop Gwaan Stush (Acapella)
- Top Cat & Double 99 – Ripgroove
- Durrty Goodz – Pum Pum Stealer
- Tubby – Turbo Shandy
- Destra & Dizzee Rascal – Flex (Tim Turbo Refix)
- Plastic Gangsters – Rock To The Rhythm
- Shabba Ranks – Love Punaany Bad (Baby G Remix)
- Elephant Man – Nobody Nobody
- Notch – Nuttin’ Nuh Go So (RCola Remix)
- Soundclash feat Red Fox & Screechie Dan – Pum Pum Shorts
XLR8R magazine asked me to contribute to their annual Best Of poll this year and some of my comments are published in this month’s issue. I thought I’d share them — plus a bunch of the ones that didn’t make the cut — with y’all here:
Best Artist
South Rakkas Crew
I’ve been digin’ these guys dancehall productions for a minute but their “Mix Up” release on Mad Decent is completely untethered.
Best Album
Durrty Goodz; Axiom EP
Durrty is one of the most dynamic and talented rappers in the grime game, and many of the beats on this EP are stellar too.
Best Single/12″
Dude N Nem; Watch My Feet
The emerging juke sound has quite a few bangers bubbling up around Chicago, but this one is a true piece of pop-genius. It’s got the classic half-time/double-time, hip-hop/ghetto-house combination, and really fun party lyrics.
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I was recently invited to spin-up a set over at Northwestern University’s radio station; WNUR 89.3 FM. My man Jeekoos runs the Part Time Suckers (PTS) radio show there and diligently records the guest DJ sets. He’s got what seems like hundreds of them archived on his website.
Their show tends to be dubstep-centric — PTS member, Searchl1te rocked a set with Zulu at the Bass Goes Boom party last week, opening for Hatcha and Benga — but those who know me know that I have trouble sticking within genres, so my set is all over the place. I did however, stick within a 135 – 155 BPM range and the outcome is a blend of kuduro, blouse, bashment, dubstep, 2-step, boston-bounce, bmore-club, mashup, grime, acid, juke, ’80s, and more:
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Download: DJ C; PTS DJ Mix
Tracklist:
- Intro / Buraka Som Sistema; Buraka Entra!
- Drop the Lime; Come 2 Life
- M.I.A.; Boyz (DJ Flack Remix)
- Stereotyp; Boi Da Cara Breta
- The Big Heist (ft. JD So Solid Crew);What You Want
- Various; Don’t Ask
- Buraka Som Sistema; Sem Makas
- DJ C; Dehydrogenated (ft. Pamelia Kurstin)
- DJ C and Zulu; Body Work
- DJ C and Zulu; Ransom the Senator
- Mathhead; Broken Glass
- Murderbot; Give You Up (Murderbot Refix)
- Sosolimited; Um Nah
- Twista; Celebrity (Woodside Remix)
- Rough Squad; War
- Enya and Prodigy; Apeboy (Lenlow’s Enyagy Edit)
- Durrty Goodz; Axiom
- Kanye West; Jesus Walks (Unknown Souljah Remix)
- The Obvious; Clean But Dirty
- Luke’s Anger; Failure Probe
- Venetian Snares; Black Sabbath
- Bird Paterson; Automatic (Vyle Remix)
- Black Jack Ft. Nasty; Now Der Like
- Cheb Mami; Hatachi
- Drop the Lime; Final Countdown
- Durrty Doodz; Switching Songs 2
- Exillon; Moonshiner Remix
- Luke’s Anger; Love Hack
- Maga Bo ft. Max Normal; Homeboys
- Sosolimited; Biggee Grinds My Gears
- The Bug ft. Flowdan; Jah War
- DJ Scotch Egg; Aaron Spectre’s Scotch Egg Remix
- Bob Marley; Exodus (The Big Heist Remix)
- Starkey; Corner Store Riddim
- Santogold; Creator
- Dude ‘N Nem; Watch My Feet (Remix)
- DJ C and Zulu; Body Work (Murderbot’s Body Juke Refix)
- Q Beatz; Arabian
- Crime Mob; Stilettos (Baltimoroder’s Love Guide Remix)
- Murderbot; Shower Together
- Kim Wilde; Kids In America
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