SUB SWARA- Harper's Ferry 1/15

So after a prolonged break thanks to being back at home in singapore/indonesia with a couple visits elsewhere in between (all family no new music) my first post of the new year is an advertisement of sorts. With the new semester starting up its important we all get at least a small fix of dubstep before diving headlong back into school and Friday, January 15 at Harpers Ferry presents the perfect opportunity.Sub Swara will be making an appearance and tickets at the door are just 15 bucks. The music is a unique style of fusion dub coming out of NYC and they have worked with the likes of bass guru Bassnectar and producer extraordinaire iLL.gates. Listen for yourself and come to the show, i'll be there...

Sub Swara- Koli Stance

Sub Swara- Alabaster Dub

Bassnectar & Sub Swara- Select Frequencies (Sub Swara Remix)

till next time. be easy. HM

finals can suck my balls

i hate finals. but heres some classic eric cartman to cheer me up. cant wait to...


when hell ends monday there will be more dubstep, and much much more when i'm travelling home/at home.

"I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried something... I'd be like, HEY! You get your bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me some pie!"
-Eric Cartman

wish me luck and be easy. HM.

H.E.N.C.H's Mensah's Sahara & More

Coming straight out of Bristol, the brainchild of Dubstep veteran Jakes, the H.E.N.C.H (Hard Earned, Never Caught Hustlin' for those that don't know) label is chock full of awesomely grimey/filthy/nasty artists like Jakes himself, the infamous Chasing Shadows, Eddie K and a more recent addition whose chunes I've REALLY been digging lately- Mensah.


Another homegrown talent, it looks like Bristol has done it again by pumping out another awesome dubstep producer. His first release Sahara came out back in September of this year and it is truly a fantastic track. Its got a catchy mid-tempo drop that maintains a beat steady enough to rap over but heavy enough to just jam out or nod your head to when you turn that sub up high.

Just gonna keep it short and share some of my favorite H.E.N.C.H releases. Savor... for these tracks are really delicious:

Jakes & Joker- 3k Lane (direct link from UhOhDisco)

Chasing Shadows- ILL (mediafire link)

Damian Marley- It Was Written (Chasing Shadows Remix) (mediafire link)

Eddie K- Who's The Hardest? (mediafire link)

Mensah- Sahara (mediafire link)

Till next time everyone, be easy. HM.

SUBvert. smpls tht dstry th dncflr.

I hate to do it again but I feel like I must... another post for an artist on Excision's Rottun Recordings out of British Columbia. I'm telling you people the guys on this label are out of this world, literally. I've already talked about the ear-splitting likes of Datsik, DZ and Excision himself and today I move to another of their comrades... Subvert. The guy is relatively new to the scene but is by no means an unknown.


His sound is chunky, chopped-up bassline goodness with some of the sickest use of popular samples that I have heard in a while (the way he weaves the Panjabi MC sample so seamlessly into Unknown Virus is pure fuckin gold, gotta love Mundian To Bach Ke). His Speaker Humpin' EP is one of my favorite dub/glitch releases of the year (I'm talking up there with Akira Kiteshi's Pinball/No Glitch EP).

So here you have it folks, my personal favorites from Speaker Humpin'... plus a couple bonuses since I mentioned them ;)

Subvert- Speaker Humpin (mediafire link)

Subvert- Unknown Virus (mediafire link)

Panjabi MC- Mundian To Bach Ke (mediafire link)

HELLA BONUS:
Akira Kiteshi- Pinball/No Glitch Part 1&2 EP (QOOY download)

till next time everyone. bE easY. HM.

sexstep?

I've seen this word, sexstep, thrown around the blogosphere lately in relation to dubstep maestro Skream... it seems that Croydon's golden child has come up with a term to describe that sensuously heavy, lustrously full-bodied sound that he has. In all honesty I kinda like it, its pretty catchy and the music it describes is simply fantastic. He used the term to describe his Chromeo remix which he released earlier this year but I think his still only-on-vinyl (I want to know why... why can't I just have the song on my itunes?) Skreamix of Show Me by VonD feat. Lady PhePhe is the real representation of "sexstep". Check it out, truly awesome- the sections with nothing but subwoofer shaking bass are eerily gorgeous and Lady PhePhe's voice is pure seduction.



So if you liked that here are a few more of my favorite Skream remixes with that signature sexstep sound:

Chromeo- Night By Night (Skream Remix) (mediafire)

La Roux- In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix) (mediafire)

Mujava- Township Funk (Skream Remix) (mediafire)

till next time everyone, enjoy your sexstep and be easy. HM.

new yellow goodness!!

Time to pay a little attention to the house side of bassline music with one of my favorite artists of the latter part of this decade. They started producing their signature upbeat and uptempo wobbly sounding fidget house music (definitely my favorite branch of the house scene- think jack beats, crookers, a1 bassline, etc.) when the two Frenchmen teamed up in mid-2008 and I have loved just about every release from these two.

Mustard Pimp just tears it up on a few of their newer tracks and remixes (the stuff coming out in mid-late 2009 has been outstanding in my opinion)- they are building a solid core of originals and remixes for such a young pairing. They've only been in existence hardly over a year but have worked their way on to kid millionaire Steve Aoki's indie-dance label DIM MAK and released their first single (Cherry EP, classic) as members of the famous label which hold claim to artists like the bloody beetroots (maybe my all time favorite electronic producers), steve himself, MSTRKRFT, armand van helden, herve's first collaboraton project: machines dont care and many many more.

The duo's 3 latest releases are all four-to-the-floor bangers with awesome driving beats and a good mix of dark and light tones. These guys will be back on this blog soon enough. enjoy.

Dada Life- Let's Get Bleeped Tonight (Mustard Pimp Remix) (mediafire link)

Larry Tee- Let's Get Nasty (Mustard Pimp Remix) (direct link from GetHypedOnThis)

Mustard Pimp and Blatta & Inesha- Pigeon Flu (direct link from Discobelle)

As a little bonus I'm gonna throw in an older unofficial MP remix that is pretty sweet and can be a little frustrating to track down:

The Hives- Main Offender (Mustard Pimp Remix) (mediafire link)

Also, that local post promised a while back is still coming... its all in the works...
till next time everyone. have a good tuesday and be easy. HM.

me i'm a creator, thrill is to make it up

Today's topic, after a prolonged break from posting thanks to a way-too-good thanksgiving break, is a guy from the other side of the country but whose music is just way-too-good for me to not post something about him. The guy has been in the bay area making amazing music for a while but I've only just heard about him through a friend. His latest compilation in the genre he coined the term for- Acid Crunk Vol. 2 (it might be the best compilation of bassline music I've ever heard, get it if you dont have it already) contains the likes of datsik, opiuo, akira kiteshi and the man himself: An-ten-nae.

His sound has just enough thick and heavy bass to rattle your ribcage but with enough upbeat melodies, out-there acapellas and nutty bells and/or whistles to keep the mood light and fun. Lately I have not been able to stop listening to his mix entitled "Punk Rock Country Hop"; believe it or not that title loosely represents the sound he throws at you in the mix.

The influences in the mix are literally endless, as it seems he has pulled a little something out of every genre and mashed it all into a half hour. It doesn't try too hard though, despite voice appearances from the likes of M.I.A. and Yelle it is NOT some unoriginal mashup mix you would hear from girl talk, SMB and the like lameness. It still incorporates orchestral violins, lots of bassline wobble, banging jungle drums and the expected loopy, cut-up madness that is acid-crunk.

So people, I implore you, head here (http://www.an-ten-nae.net/music.html) and feast your ears. You will not be dissapointed- punk rock country hop is a free 320, you have no excuse. And make sure to get your hands on that compilation, the cover has a cartoon cowboy with a hat and shades and a cartoon cowgirl type with a gun both sitting on a cartoon turquoise car placed in what appears to be the middle of the desert. seriously.

And as an added bonus one of my favorite songs from a similar artist (they actually perform together regularly in the bay area if I'm not mistaken)



Collie Buddz- Come Around (Mimosa Remix) (direct link)

till next time everyone. be easy. HM.