Monster no. 2: Starkey: The creator of monstrous, unrivaled and one-of-the-kind synth symphonies you cannot confuse with anything else. Very good news is I'll see Starkey playing live at the forthcoming Audioriver Festival in Płock in a few days! Super stoked I am :))
Monster(s) no. 3: Stephan Jacobs vs Die Antwoord: Another monster remix by Stephan Jacobs, this time reworking the original by RSA's most famous monsters - Die Antwoord.
Finally the Mash-up Monster: Weekid representing Łódź, Poland, mashed up great PANTyRAiD tune with voice samples of very concerned and angry people talking in Polish about a missing cross (or "krzyż" in Polish - you hear this repeated over and over in various contexts - most clearly when a guy screams Gdzie Jest Krzyż - (eng. Where is the cross) like at 1'23" and on). A clear allusion to the current political situation too complicated to describe on a music blog :) Absolutely fantastic patchwork!!
Let's start from a live bomb, an audio file from a new regular night called Cassette held monthly in NYC by Machine Drum, Lando Kal and a few others. It's a 3.5h live set by Eliot Lipp, Machine Drum, Lando Kal and Praveen. The leitmotive of Casette is "We Make That Sh*t Wann Dance" Yeah, I totally agree, I could hardly sit on my ass at work while listening to this pumping mixture of disco, rnb, crunky electro, hiphop, funk, glitch, B-more.
Moving to harder and more glitchy areas, MIMOSA has dropped an ultra heavy and crunky mix which may be a real hazard for your home soundsystem. Tigran rides on a very unique sound, combining soft and hard components in a special way. I'm a real sucker for everything coming from his camp, and this mix is absolutely top-notch quality.
(BTW, don't forget to check MiMOSA's Psychedelic Stereo EP released just a few days ago. Great music, outstanding artwork!)
Track List: 1. MiM0SA - iN Search of Beauty 2. PantyRaid vs. MiM0SA - Chaos Control 3. MiM0SA - Days Go By (ReMiXx) 4. MartyParty vs. MiM0SA - The Perfect Flaw 5. MiM0SA - Looking Back 6. MiM0SA - California Rude Boy 7. MiM0SA - LSD Excursions 8. NastyNasty - Python Kiss (MiM0SA ReMiXxx) 9. MiM0SA - Money to Blow (ReMiXxx) 10. MiM0SA - Bamboo 11. MiM0SA - Ride The Snake
More distortions in another glitch-hop / crunky / heavy bass mix by Mash Machine from a new Polish-based glitch hop project Boorgroove. Slugabed, Freddy Todd, Fulgeance, Opiou, Knight Riderz - it's enough to attrack me instantly. Great bass medication!
A slight change of mood and more interesting stuff from Poland. Space Ish mix by Weekid hailing from Łódź (just wonder how your international browsers will see our strange Polish letters he he). West Coast sound meets beat scene, wonky sound fights with glitched basslines. Classic and modern at the same time. With edIT, Prefuse 73, Harmonic 313 of Flying Lotus on one side and Rustie, Architeq, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, PANTyRaiD on the other. A real, sublime and eclectic sonic feast!
Tracklist: 01 | Dimlite - When Devices Off 02 | Flying Lotus - Quakes 03 | Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin (Instrumental) / fLako - Hot Ish 04 | Fulgeance - Haggis 05 | Dorian Concept - Four Teen 06 | ediT - Certified Air Raid Material 07 | Cinnaman - Parker 08 | Harmonic 313 - Problem 2 09 | Architeq - Sleeping Bear Lament (James Pants Remix) 10 | Afta-1 - Believe 11 | Prefuse 73 - Towelette 12 | Dorian Concept - Tropical Hands 13 | PANTyRAID - Headcase 14 | Humanleft - Le Clap Rap 15 | Mr. Oizo - No Day Massacre 16 | Low Limit - Turf Day 17 | Flying Lotus - GNG BNG 18 | MHE - MHE005 19 | Rustie - Zig-Zag 20 | Architeq - Babylon 21 | De Juepuchas - El Último Viaje
Another wicked boy :) Jay Wikid, from Vancouver, Canada, member of the infamous Integrated Grime Unit in a wild, fat, funky glitch-hop mix. Lots of great rapping, acapellas and voice samples based on twisted, heavily rolling basslines plus dope synths, including a few originals and remixes by the man himself. An ultimate tool for any party. Just Try it!
Tracklist:
1. ZOMBIE DISKO (JAYWIKID)
2. ROBOCAPS VIP REMIX (JAYWIKID/MC CHADIO)
3. FRISKY (JAYWIKID)
4. 2010 BREAKDOWN (JAYWIKID)
5. LES LILAS (SPOONBILL)
6. LOW RIDE SLOUCHER (EATSTATIC)
7. HOT LIKE SAUCE (PRETTYLIGHTS)
8. CHOP THAT WOOD (MILEZBENJIMAN)
9. BWAMP (JAYWIKID)
10. REMEMBER ME BY (JAYWIKID)
11. I.G.U.BOUNCE (JAYWIKID)
Changing mood once more and entering downbeat, leftfield, dub, dnb, etno, instrumental hip hop and trip hop zone with a fantastic mix by Wear Rock, from NYC. This mix has been on a nearly constant rewind in my player for the last few days. Heartbreaking voyage into the land of sad but beautiful melodies and spacey, extended, pulsating bass, smoothly moving towards more oriental vibe. The absolute highlight of this set of mixes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Tracklist: Philip Glass — “Einstein” [Buy It] Emancipator — “Ares” The Arch Cupcake — “Rubix Dude” [Buy It] 2Pac — “Still Ballin’ (Mimosa RMX)” Slouch — “Canaria” Zomby — “Digital Fauna” [Buy It] No Band — “No Title” [Buy It] The XX — “Space Bass (Jamie XX RMX)” Sine Weaver — “Tyranny Of The Barline” [Buy It] Lynx & Kemo Feat. Bango Collective & Denis Jones — “The Raw Truth” [Buy It] Dupe — “Vistareel” Celt Islam — “Wahdaat ul Wajood (Unity of Being)” Delhi 2 Dublin — “Stage 5 (Ecodek’s One Drop RMX)” Tabla Beat Science — “Palmistry” [Buy It] Larry McDonald — “Head Over Heels” [Buy It] KRTS — “Misunderstood”
Next mix is the work which falls into my personal category of "Hit Parades" as the tracklist of The Fozzie Bear Crunkadelic mix by Psymbionic (a DJ and the owner of the cool blog: Bwomp Beats) includes all the best of the last few months in the mid-tempo glitch / crunk and dubstep department. I love every single tune on this mixtape.
Reso – Hemisphere Eskmo – Sister, You Have Got To Listen PantyRaid – Enter The Machine Mimosa – Dead Like Me Siren – What a Life Sub Swara – Hi Fidelity (ill.gates Remix) vs. Kraddy – Forget About Dre Instrumental Klone – A Lot Kooler FreddyTodd – Can’t Fathom This (NastyNasty Remix) Product 1 – Ready2Rage (Bassnectar and Jantsen Remix) Mochipet – Godzilla New Year (Vibesquad Remix) The Widdler – Slow Dance Chubby vs. Seventh Swami – Escape Artists Opiuo – Nun Cha Ka Heyoka – Borscht Bassnectar – Boombox (Bassnectar Remix) vs. Eprom – 64 Bytes (Eprom Remix) Bird of Prey and Chillax’n – Pipe Dream
