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Bad Girls Scale it Back – M.I.A. Meets Little Dragon

Published by admin on February 13, 2012 in Free Tunes, Mashups / Remixes and Podcast. 0 Comments

Bad Girls Scale it Back - M.I.A. Meets Little DragonWhen I heard M.I.A. was performing at the Superbowl halftime show it was almost compelling enough to get me to tune in for that oh-so-overblown of American past-times. I didn’t, partly because I knew if there was anything interesting to see it’d be all over YouTube before you can say YouTube

Sure enough, the most talked about aspect of the Super Bowl this year — besides Clint Eastwood’s ode to American sticktoitiveness — was M.I.A.’s middle finger. It doesn’t sound very interesting on the surface but if there’s one thing M.I.A.’s really good at, it’s being controversial, and with one tiny little gesture she was able to whirl media spin rooms into a frenzy.

Meanwhile, M.I.A.s new video for her track Bad Girls had already been generating some controversy of its own. Whether it’s for vapid lyrics, or stereotypical Arab imagery, not everyone gives the track or the video a +1. But I tend to agree with this assessment in Albawaba  In Defence of MIA’s ‘Bad Girl’ Arab-Bashing. Here’s an excerpt:

Bad Girls is surely not something new in pop-world with Madonna and many before singing vacuous lyrics on ‘material’ feisty or just ‘naughty’ girl types. If ‘bad girls’ on this occasion signifies gun-touting or even, in being strewn over, and in, cars, criminal, girls in a country that prohibits them from driving (while filmed in Morocco it is distinctly meant to represent Saudi Arabia), then the video presents a distinct challenge to the stereotype of Arab subjugated women.”

Anyway, I find it to be a compelling piece of pop with an underlying sense of rebellion that invokes the kind of discussion which brings me back to the heyday of Public Enemy. It’s beautifully crafted in a way that truly paints M.I.A. as a bad girl in the eyes of both the east and the west. What’s your take?

The drawback for me was that I couldn’t easily find an instrumental version of the bangin’ beat by Timbaland protégé Danja, so I decided to make one through the magic of editing.

M.I.A. Bad Girls (Instrumental) MP3

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And while I was at it I whipped up a little mashup featuring another of my favorite female vocalists, Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon.

DJ C Bad Girls Scale it Back (ft. M.I.A. & Little Dragon) MP3

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DJ Mix: The Funk So Rubber

Published by DJ C on October 30, 2011 in DJ Mixes, Free Tunes, Music and Podcast. 0 Comments

When I first heard the TB303 “acid” bass line sound I was blown away by its alien feel. The wobbly portamento tones sliding into each other struck me as an audible illustration of the mailable, bouncy nature of rubber.

I also remember when I first heard Fatboy Slim’s Rockafeller Skank I thought the vocalist was saying “Right about now the funk’s so rubber” and while that was a great way to describe the bouncy guitars in the track, it was an even better way to describe the elastic acid-breaks tracks I had been getting into at the time. So I was disappointed when I figured out the vocalist was not sharing my enthusiasm for rubbery sounds but instead was conjuring “the funk soul brother.”

Those acid sounds which developed in the ’80s Chicago house movement, and continued to evolve throughout the ’90s worldwide, are still a major influence on bouncy tunes today. I’m always a sucker for a good tweaked out acid line and this mix encapsulates some of my favorite rubbery tracks throughout the ages:

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DJ C – The Funk So Rubber ->


Tracklist

  1. The Big Heist ft. TOK & Beenie Man – “Bring It On”
  2. Hardfloor – “Knuckle Skills – Home Run”
  3. Mr. Scruff – “Sea Mammal”
  4. Luke Vibert – “Lover’s Acid”
  5. Mr. Scruff – “Ug”
  6. Luke Vibert – “Funky Acit Stuff”
  7. Hardfloor – “Dubdope”
  8. Hardfloor – “Drive Thruw”
  9. South Rakkas Crew – “Hotter Than Them (Extended Mix ft. Kid Foreigner & Bigga Boss)
  10. Like Vibert – “Acid2000″
  11. LyricL – “Loose Broken”
  12. Fast Eddie – “Ain’t it Funky”
  13. Josh Wink – “Higher State of Counciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk Mix)”
  14. Blawan – “Kaz”
  15. Fatboy Slim – “Everybody Needs a 303″
  16. Crookers – “Embrace The Martian (ft. Kid Cudi – Seiji Acid Remix)”
  17. Ultramarine – “Butch”
  18. DJ C – “Nanocheck”
  19. DJ Scotch Egg – “Aaron Spectre’s Scotch Acid Remix”

What’s Up With Dubstep?

Published by admin on September 29, 2011 in Art, Free Tunes, Genres, Music and Newsy Bits. 0 Comments

A couple of newsy bits flew by the radar today including:

“Don’t Believe The Hate: Skrillex Is Already The Next Big Thing…”

&

“James Blake is Not Feeling the U.S. Dubstep ‘Frat Boy Market‘”

It’s quite obvious that “Dubstep,” weather it’s the indie-rock version or the metal version, has seeped it’s way into the pop world.

So I was excited to find in my inbox on the very same day, some music that to me represents something closer to a direct descendant of the roots of dubstep:

Max Ulis’ soundtack to Illustrator, Tyler Fewell’s Seven:

Max Ulis – Seven by King Deluxe
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Suffocation Keep

Published by DJ C on July 1, 2011 in Free Tunes, Mashit Releases and Music. 1 Comment

A few years ago I was asked to do this remix of Suffocation Keep by The Slip. It was a fun challenge to make an electronic interpretation of their sweeping, melancholic, indie-rock tack, and I really liked the outcome, but alas, it was never released.

I added it on as the last track on my Umami album, but instead of selling it along with the rest of the album I decided to give it away as a free bonus track.

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DJ C – Suffocation Keep (Ft. The SLIP) by Mashit

New DJ C Album, Umami: Free Downloads

Published by Mr. Mashit on May 11, 2011 in Free Tunes and Mashit Releases. 4 Comments

DJ C’s new album Umami comes out May 31. Between now and the end of the month we’re going to give out each of the 17 tracks on the album for free, but each download will only be available for one day. Follow Mashit on Twitter to find out how to get each day’s download. In the meantime, give Umami a listen here:

DJ C – Umami

Party scientist & beat producer DJ C is known far & wide for his Boston-bounce sound, but he’s now called Chicago his home for the past 4 years and the influence of that historical home of house music, those fertile fields of footwork & juke, that booming base of booming bass, has seeped stealthily into his subconscious. Add this new layer to DJ C’s eclectic signature sound and this album equals an irresistibly fresh sonic flavor. From dubstep & club bangers to ravey dancehall anthems; from balkan to bhangara to baile, DJ C mashes it all into the deliciously varied and delectably danceable Umami.

DJ C; “Resonant Frequency Modulation” Mix

Published by DJ C on November 7, 2010 in DJ Mixes, Free Tunes and Podcast. 6 Comments

This past summer I recorded a DJ mix for London’s Resonance FM radio station to celebrate the release of my Jump Up & Bounce / Mad Again record. The mix aired  on the Exotic Pylon show the week of the release. The show is available over at their site but I thought I’d release the mix here in it’s raw form:

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DJ C; Resonant Frequency Modulation

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Tracklist

  1. DJ C; Hardcore Tonight Riddim
  2. MaddJazz; Selekta Riddim (Ultravid ‘Yah’ Remix)
  3. Baobinga ft MC Spyda; Criss Like HD (Poirier RMX)
  4. South Rakkas Crew; Mad Again (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
  5. Marcus Price & Carli; Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed (Kingdom Remix)
  6. Willy Joy & Rob Threezy; Sundown
  7. South Rakkas Crew & Deerhoof; Choo Choo Beep (+81)
  8. DJ Flack; Enemy Beats
  9. Poirier (feat. Face-T); Enemies (DJ Flack Mix)
  10. Ghislain Poirier (feat. Face-T); Blazin’ (DJ C Mix) 
  11. Sully; Broadway G 
  12. Si Begg; High Volume (Si Begg VIP remix)
  13. DJ C; Jump up and Bounce (Remix Instrumental)
  14. DJ C; Jump up and Bounce (Remix ft. Ms. Thing)
  15. South Rakkas Crew feat MC Gi & Mr Dockery; Hands Up (South Rakkas self-remix)
  16. Supra 1; Ghoster
  17. Jamtech Foundation; Park The 9 (ft. Voltage)
  18. Sully; Cadillac
  19. Sub Swara; Belgrade Riddim (DJ C Remix)
  20. DJ C; Clown Dub
  21. DJ C; Du Ting
  22. DJ C; Mad Again (Du Ting Mix)
  23. Mochipet & The Hustle Heads; Get Your Whistle Wet (DJ C Remix)
  24. DJ C; Whistle Dub
  25. Felix The Housecat; Kick Drum (Jeekoos Remix)
  26. RSD; Kingfisher
  27. DJ C & Zulu; Exhibition Virtues (Elected Remix Instrumental)
  28. DJ C & Zulu; Exhibition Virtues (elected remix)

Kid Kameleon “Extremely Small and Precise Sounds Part 2″ DJ Mix

Published by admin on May 8, 2010 in DJ Mixes, Free Tunes and Podcast. 2 Comments

Kid Kameleon “Extremely Small and Precise Sounds Part 2″ DJ MixBack in ’07 Mashit partnered with Kid Kameleon and the London-based music and culture portal, Spannered to bring you 2 mixes of low-end revelry. Now we’ve decided to ally once again.

Kid K is back with the bass, but this time the treble is tweaked in a most explicit manor. The sounds are “extremely small and precise.” That’s how the Kid describes this breed of esoteric, minimal-dubstep-esque material. Give it a listen and define the genre for yourself:

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Kid Kameleon; Extremely Small and Precise Sounds Part 2

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Tracklist:

  1. Arovane; No.8 Amx
  2. Sideshow; If Alone Feat Paul S.Hilaire
  3. El Rakkas; Seas of Disease (LV Remix)
  4. Taal Mala; Plus
  5. Shackleton; (No More) Negative Thoughts
  6. Simple; rO
  7. 2562; Kontrol
  8. LV and Josh Idehen; Face of God
  9. El Rakkas; I and I  
  10. Peverelist Ft. Pinch; Revival
  11. Appleblim; Vansan (Gatekeeper Remix)
  12. Gatekeeper; Blip
  13. Appleblim & Geiom; Shreds
  14. Ramadanman And Appleblim; Justify
  15. Kanye West; Love Lockdown (Flying Lotus Remix)
  16. Burial; Shuttle
  17. Mount Kimbie; Taps

Now go check out Kid Kameleon; Extremely Small and Precise Sounds Part 1 over at Spannered.

And for old time’s sake listen back to the last Kid Kameleon-Mashit-Spannered colab, the Aim High and Aim Low mixs.

Must Be The Beer

Published by DJ C on April 17, 2010 in DJ Mixes, Free Tunes and Genres. 11 Comments

I had an interesting experience DJing in Portland, OR last night. It was similar to something I once witnessed at a gig in Ghent, Belgium. The more wild, crazy, hard & heavy I was willing to go with the music, the more the crowd responded and danced.

The opposite is generally the norm in Chicago, Boston, and really most places I’ve played. The more familiar the crowd is with the music, the more they dance. If I go a bit too left-field the dance-floor clears in a hurry. When that’s the case I find myself dropping a track like “Waterfalls” by TLC to get the crowd back on the floor. Last night, after I’d play some classic dancehall or an Eric B & Rakim track, I’d begin to lose ‘em and had to play super-esoteric dubstep or breakcore to fill the dance again.

Today I had brunch with my friend Paul AKA Strategy who runs the Community Library record label, and he observed that Portland seems to have a crew of working-class party kids who who are gravitating toward extreme music. The breakcore/dubstep events like the one I played at last night are drawing upwards of 700 enthusiastic, sonic-freaks. This crew is unlike the folks Paul referred to as “hipsters” who represented a gentrification of underground culture and who, at this point, gravitate toward more mainstream sounds.

I’ve witnessed what Paul’s taking about in Chicago too. The hipster club-nights tend to specialize in forms of music that have bubbled to the top; weather it’s electro-house, ’90s revivalist stuff, or ironic mashups. DJs at those nights might be able to drop in a dubstep track for underground cred, but if they were to play more than a couple they’d be in danger of losing the crowd.

Obviously there’s a time and place for mainstream dance-party action, but I wonder why there’s not more place for underground experimentation. I don’t mean nights of specific music like “Stictly acid-crunk all the time!” In my view that’s were genres steer off the cliff. When drum & bass, dubstep, etc solidified into something definable their specialty club-nights became a bore.

With that in mind. Check out Strategy’s “A Rainy Night in Portland” mix for XLR8R ->

I never realized Nu Shooz was from Portland!

Party Like It’s 19-Naughty-9

Published by DJ C on December 31, 2009 in DJ Mixes, Free Tunes, Genres and Joystyxx Radio. 2 Comments

I’m headed to a New Years Eve party in Brooklyn tonight and was asked if I had a danceable version of “Auld Lang Syne” to drop at midnigt. I didn’t. Instead I made this medly of some memorable pop hits from the last decade, kicked off by a classic, Glen Miller version of “Auld.” Enjoy, and happy new year!

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DJ C; Party Like It’s 19-Naughty-9 –>

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Tracklist:

  1. Glen Miller; Auld Lang Syne
  2. Britney Spears; Toxic
  3. Chingy, Ludacris, & Snoop; Holiday Inn
  4. Tweet; Oops (Oh My)
  5. Beyonce; Diva
  6. Radiohead; No Suprises
  7. Jay-Z; Dirt Off Shoulders
  8. Baby Cham; Ghetto Story
  9. Outcast; So Fresh So Clean
  10. 50 Cent; PIMP (Bombist, Post&Bim Rmx)
  11. Jay-Z; Run This Town (ft. Rihanna)
  12. Shaggy; Angel
  13. Timbaland & Magoo; Indian Flute
  14. Rihanna; Umbrella ft. Jay-Z
  15. Red Hot Chilli Peppers; Scar Tissue
  16. Blu Cantrell; Hit “Em Up Style (Oops!)
  17. Destiny’s Child; Jumpin’, Jumpin’
  18. Eve; Let Me Blow Your Mind
  19. Fabolous; Can’t Deny It
  20. Fat Joe & Terror Squad; Lean Back
  21. Jay-Z & Beyonce; Me and My Girlfriend
  22. P Diddy; Bad Boys For Life
  23. Snoop Dogg; Drop It Like It’s Hot
  24. Shaggy ft. RikRok; Wansn’t Me (Soundwasta’s Let It Be Me Mix)
  25. 50 Cent; In Da Club
  26. 50 Cent; I Get Money
  27. Brandy; What About Us
  28. J-Kwon; Tipsy
  29. Kanye West; Golddigger
  30. Tiger Ranks; Party With Me
  31. Lil’ Mama; Lip Gloss
  32. Beyonce; Single Ladies
  33. M.I.A; Galang (Diplo Remix ft. Lil Vicious)
  34. Busta Rhymes; Pass the Courvoisier (Ft. Pherell)
  35. Mark Ronson; Just Ft. Alex Greenwald (Radiohead)
  36. Rihanna; Pon Da Replay
  37. 50 Cent; Candy Shop (Instrumental)
  38. Cham & Beyonce; Crazy In Love Remix
  39. M.I.A.; Pull Up The People (Carrasco! Amerie Remix)
  40. Jay-Z; I Just Wanna Love You (Give It To Me)
  41. Remy Ma; Conceited (Instrumental)
  42. Snoop Dogg; Beautiful (Ft. Pharell)
  43. Busta Rhymes; Touch It (DJ Tameil Mix)
  44. Missy Elliott; Work It
  45. 112; Peaches and Cream
  46. Lady Sovereign; Random (A Brucker & Sinden Mix)
  47. Kelis; Trick Me Twice (Heatwave Remix ft. TOK)
  48. Gwen Stefani; Hollaback Girl
  49. Gnarles Barkley; Crazy
  50. Gorillaz; Dare
  51. Justin Timberlake; Sexy Back
  52. Gwen Stefani; Wind It Up
  53. Missy Elliott; Gossip Folks
  54. The White Stripes; Seven Nation Army
  55. Enur Ft. Natasja; Calabria
  56. Gorillaz; Clint Eastwood (2-Step Mix)
  57. Sean Kingston; Beautiful Girls (Suicidal)
  58. Ludacris; Roll Out
  59. Dr. Dre; Forgot About Dre (Ft. Eminem)
  60. Jay-Z; Big Pimpin
  61. Usher; Love In This Club
  62. Chamillionaire; Ridin’
  63. Amy Winehouse; Rehab
  64. Rick Ross; Every Day I’m Hustling
  65. Lil Wayne; A Milli (Hollertronix Remix)
  66. Hurricane Chris; A Bay Bay
  67. Damien Marley; Welcome to Jamrock
  68. Outkast; Hey Ya

Major Lazer “Hold The Line (DJ C Remix)”

Published by DJ C on July 9, 2009 in Free Tunes, Mashups / Remixes and Podcast. 17 Comments

Whoa! It’s been too long. Here’s a brand new track for your perusal:

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Major Lazer; “Hold The Line (DJ C Remix)”

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More remixes here, including Poirier’s ->

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