This coming Thursday (9 September 2010) at 10 p.m. (CET), one of the best radio stations in Poland Radio Luz broadcasting from Wrocław, available on 91.6 fm in this city and globally via the Internet stream - will host again a fantastic show called Summer Hype (the first edition was a great success!!) showcasing the young talents of the Polish glitch-hop / dnb / dubstep / beatz / hip hop / UK G & F scene with a special guest from Southampton (UK) - DJ Jus associated with Beat Cleavers collective, a mad turntablist and beatmaker. You should definitely check the beats and pieces served by him along with local Wrocław's heavy-weight champions - Bontone, Boorgroove, Subwena and Tips'n'Tricks. From 80 to 140 bpm, from dnb to wonky and back. Spontaneity guaranteed!
When you hear more glitch than usual, please do not fine-tune your radio, just enjoy the sound!
FACEBOOK EVENT SITE (including info in Polish about the artists featured in this show)
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
Finally, a very good Glitch hop mix made in Poland! It's really nice to see West Coast / glitch / acquacrunk / lazer bass sound gaining a strong foothold in my country, the more so as this music in the previous year spred across the globe pretty fast, which is clearly visible in the tracklist of this very mix, including tunes by Robot Koch (Germany), Loops Haunt (UK) or Pixelord (Russia). The more people pushing this future sound in my native land the more chances to book artists and create some scene, which - few exceptions notwithstanding - has been non-existent so far.
But the wind of change has finally blown some fresh air to the Central Europe. The perpetrator of this mix - Mash Machine with his friends from the pioneer Polish dubstep crew of My Head is Dubby, having open minds about music decided to launch a new side-project callled Boorgroovee and are seriously thinking about pushing this hard-to-describe sound in Poland. This mix was recorded and published as a part of the Boorgroove platform. Expect to hear more from them soon and for the time being, immerse yourself in these beautiful beats and fantastic sonic landscapes.
Boorgrove tracklist: robot koch - hard to find ---general degree [acapella] loops haunt - impact omnihammer jantsen & dave seied - original nuttah [re-work] architeq - birds of prey [fulgeance emotronic rmx] bassnectar - teleport massive [robot koch rmx] pixelord - cartoon friend kelpe - the blankout agreement [slugabed rmx] architeq - sleeping bear lament [take rmx] kidkanevil - gotta be fresh take - bouncing cherries architeq - sleepin bear lament [james pants remix] eskmo - harmony ----onra - the ritual mosca - square one [bok bok rmx]
