Stand By For Biscope

Whilst the Mix N Blend album is still warm in your players, we have yet more Bass packed goodies from Cape Town with these two tracks courtesy of Dubstep duo Biscope, one of whom is Electro producer Richard The Third. We have a bootleg remix of the soul classic Stand By Me that maybe shouldn't work, but it does so well, plus an original Hip-hop tinted dancefloor track that is bound to do damage.

Download: Ben E King - Stand By Me (Biscope Boot)

Download: Biscope - Fire

Buy some more Biscope from Juno.

Look Mom, Mix N Blend

Mix N Blend most definitely live up to their name on new album Look Mom No Hands which just dropped on the fairly seminal African Dope label. In fact when it comes to mixing up and blending the most exciting and relevant sounds worldwide today they are most definitely at the forefront. Like similar genre busting Dance music groups such as Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada, this is feel good fun music and although it won't revolutionise modern music, it means there's not a great deal of ego wanking and is that a bad thing? A number of our favourite glitched up Hip-hop and Dubstep crews come out of the group's native Cape Town and there's a few present here, such as: PH Fat on the Hulk hopping bounceathon Spring Step, which sounds slightly like it should be the theme music for a twisted kids detective series; or Fletcher who joins them on Shall We Swing, the kind of tune that might have been made if a mischevious time traveller decided to introduce computers and ketamine to a 1930s speak easy, reminding us of acts such as Freddie Cruger or Lucas (of 'The Lid Off' fame, remember him?). We've mainly posted up the crew's Dubstep outings previously and there are a few tracks that represent that here but there's so much more, with big Reggae and Hip-hop influence, Breaks, Drum & Bass, Soul, Jazz and a fair splattering of bass all being thrown into the Mix N Blend pot. You can pick it up from African Dope direct, Juno or Track It Down now.

We also have this super chilled Dubstep-esque remix of the Fat Freddy's Drop track The Raft by the crew (+ SFR) for you to download from their Soundcloud account.

Fat Freddys Drop - The Raft (Mix n Blend n Sfr's Re-edit) by mixnblend

Download: Fat Freddys Drop - The Raft (Mix n Blends n Sfr's Re-edit)

Massive Monday Bag Of Mixtapes

As we abstained from last Monday's Mixtape session due to political reasons we have made up for it by giving you a bumper addition this week which includes: our very own Quantum cadet, Monkey with a Dubstep selection he mixed up for 3zee1's show on Sub FM last week; a Take Flight Club mix from Doc Daneeka, who we first came across through his nights at the Monkey Bar in Swansea although we didn't make the link to his latest alias when we first heard Metabeats dropping some of his UK Funkier than though tracks recently; next is Metabeats' Darkhouse Family bredren Don Leisure with the first of a new monthly mix series, dropping some seriosuly tasty Liquid Soul and Future Hip-hop. We then hop over to South Africa as Liver gives us a homegrown mini mix selection from Cape Town and finally, a firm favourite of ours and the first to actually introduce us to Liver, Boom Monk Ben with a killer selection, something of a fusion of all the other mixes in one handy helping.


Monkey - Tell Ya Mama Mix by Chrome Kids

Tracklisting:

01 Red - I Should Tell Your Mamma On You {Dam Funk Remix} (Stones Throw)
02 Monkey - Cygnas X1 (Pesky Plates)
03 Monkey - Never Knew (Dub)
04 Starkey feat Badness - OK Luv (Planet Mu)
05 Pete Lawrie - Panic {Monkey Remix} (Dub)
06 Stagga - Timewarp Dub (Robox Neotech)
07 Stagga & Monkey - Original Misty (Rag & Bone)
08 Toast - Shipwreck {Monkey Remix} (Robox Neotech)
09 Monkey - Bubblin' (Pesky Plates)
10 Don Leisure - Japan Only (Dub)
11 Stagga & Monkey - Glass Bong (Sonic Lodge)

Download: Monkey - Never Knew / alt link

Doc Daneeka :: Tfc Mix Series Vol 4 by Take Flight Club on Mixcloud

Tracklisting:

01 Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Remix)
02 Xxxy - Sing With Us
03 Unknown - Unknown
04 Trg - Since Last Night
05 Dj Cleo - Dikota
06 Rivva Star - I Was Drunk (Doc Daneeka's Drunker Than You Mix)
07 Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn Mix)
08 Justin Martin - My Angelic Deamons
09 Pearson Sound -Wad
10 Doc Daneeka - Electric Sandwich Rhythm
11 Zombie Disco Squad - Vie!
12 Crazy Cousinz - Inflation
13 Roska - Hey Cutie
14 Nb Funky - Frequency
15 L-Vis 1990 - Run
16 Doc Daneeka - Funky Bit
17 Gucci Vump - Sha Sti (L-Vis 1990 Remix)
18 Mosca - Gold Bricks, I See You
19 Mele - Flexi
20 Deadboy - If You Want Me
21 Florence And The Machine - You Got The Love (The xx Remix)

Download: Riva Starr - I Was Drunk (Doc Daneeka's Drunker Than You Mix) / alt link


DON LEISURE - NOVEMBER STUDIO MIX by Don Leisure

Tracklisting:

01 Samiyam & Hudson Mohawke - Eff This (CDR)
02 Schlomo - Hotboxing The Cockpit (Tokimonsta Remix) (CDR)
03 Nosaj Thing - fwd (Beat Dimensions)
04 Qilin - Robocaper (CDR)
05 Hudson Mohawke - Still On It (CDR)
06 Floating Points - Shangri La (Planet Mu)
07 Debruit - Solesides (Reso Remix) (CDR)
08 B Bravo - Talk To Me (Frite Nite)
09 Ras G - Overcast 78 Beat II (P-Vine)
10 Hud Mo X Dam Funk - Tell Me What You Want From Me (Warp)
11 Madlib - Get It Right (Stones Throw)
12 Lukid - Veto (Werk Discs)
13 James Blake - Air Or Lack There Of (Horses)
14 Darkhouse family - Number 43 (CDR)
15 Madvillain - Rhinestone Cowboy (Stones Throw)
16 Joy Orbison - Wet Look (Hot Flush)
17 Joker & Ginz - Stash (Hyperdub)
18 Guido - Orchestral Lab (Punch Drunk)
19 Gemmy - Rainbow Road (Planet Mu)
20 Citizen Snipz x Nyabhingi - Subwayz (Unreleased Vocal Mix) (CDR)
21 Lukid - Chord (Werk Discs)
22 Footclan - New Sound (CDR)
23 Don Leisure X M.A.S.K. - Unusual Place (CDR)
24 Samiyam - Donuts With Sprinkles (Fat City)
25 Hudson Mohawke - Gluetooth (Warp)
26 darkhouse Family - Stay Blazed (Fat City)
27 Wajeed - The Look Of Love


Download: Liver - Flip Flop Glitch Pops Mix

Tracklisting:

01. Liver – Intro
02. Mr. Sakitumi – Secret Agent Man with Liver feat. Disco Israel – Earthworms (Acapella) (unreleased/ unreleased)
03. Sibot feat. Spoek Mathambo – Banging On The Drum (Jarring Effects)
04. Sibot – Super Mix with. Mix n Blend feat. Sian – Drug in a Mug (vocals) (Unreleased/ African Dope)
05. P.h. Fat feat Fuzzy Slippaz – Big Five (Liver Remix) (African Dope)
06. Mr Sakitumi – Magnifrique (unreleased)
07. Sedgewarbler – Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mouth (unreleased)
08. P.h. Fat – Squelch This (African Dope)
09. Gazelle – Die Verlore Seun (Mix N Blend Remix)
10. SFR – Kwaito Mandla (unreleased)
11. Mix n Blend feat. Rayelle Goodman – First Light vs. Mix n Blend – Everyone Calm (African dope)


Download: Boom Monk Ben - Benny Boom Ain’t Misbehavin’ Mix

Tracklisting:

01. Fever Ray - Seven (Martyn Remix) (Rabid)
02. Gucci Vump - Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Remix) (Institubes)
03. Roska - Tack Tiles (Roska Kicks & Snares)
04. Warrior One - The Machine (Promo)
05. Les Rhythmes Digitales - Disco 2 Disco (Tease) (Wall of Sound)
06. Diplo & Laidback Luke - Hey! (Southern Fried)
07. Trevor Loveys & Sinden - Organ Grinder (GreenMoney Remix) (Cheap Thrills)
08. Malente & Dex feat New Kidz - Lions (Exploited)
09. The Big Pink - Dominos (Switch Remix Instrumental) (Promo)
10. Fast Eddie - Yo Yo Get Funky (Nick Thayer Remix) (Giant Pussy)
11. Zinc - 128 Trek (Bingo)
12 Masters At Work - Work (Acapella) (Tommy Boy)
13. N*E*R*D* - Everyone Nose (Amen Crackhead Remix) (Unreleased)
14. Dead Prez - Hip Hop (Flufftronix Remix) (Unreleased)
15, Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy (Z-Trip Hellarazor Remix)
16. Shorterz 99 - Enigma Groove (Bigger Than Barry)
17. Starkey - Leak Riddim (VIP Mix) (Slit Jockey)
18. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Hot Flush)
19. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Remix) (Counter)
20. Rusko - Sound Guy Is My Target (Sub Soldiers)
21. James Brown - It’s A Man’s World (Regrooved By Parker) (Good Groove)
22. Fats Waller - I’m Saving My Love For You (Mix n Blend’s Phats Wilder Bootleg) (Unreleased)

Nothing But Fire

Tenuous link number 89.7. Tonight in the UK is Guy Fawkes night, otherwise known as Fireworks night or Bonfire night thanks to the consentual pyromania that sweeps the nation. Back in 1605 Guy Fawkes and his Catholic homies tried to blow up the Houses Of Parliament whilst the Protestant King James I and his bredren were all inside. The Houses Off Parliament nowadays (and we have it on no authority back then as well) are chaired by The Speaker, kind of a referee for politicians. So we have, in celebration of this historic occasion, a bunch of tunes to blow ya speakers the f**k up!


Next Tuesday sees the release of Elucid's brand new album, The Sub Bass Diet with a mixture of original production and choice dubs by the likes of Kode 9 and Joker, all laced with Elucid's poetically exorcised frustrations. We were real excited when we heard one of our favourite Brooklyn rappers had hooked up with one of our favourite Welsh producers Metabeats and the excitement was well founded, Take Charge is sheer fiiiiyaah! We hear there's more from the two on Metabeats album that should be out early next year. DN3 does similar justice on the latest leak from the album too, you can feel the unplugged rage spilling from the mic to the mixing board.

Download: Elucid - Take Charge (produced by Metabeats) / alt link

Download: Elucid - Then We Rage / alt link


Even those who can't remember the days when Jungle was king and Navigator was one of it's mightiest warriors, or even later before Big Beat became Breaks and Freestylers were second only to Fatboy Slim as it's main exponents. Even if you have no memory of such things (and to be honest most who were actually there probably have a hazy reccolection at best) you will no doubt have heard the monster tune that is Ruffneck from Freestylers and Navigator that first dropped over 10 years ago. What? Still no? Well it matters not because a new remix from Ctrl Z relies on more than simple nostalgia to rock a crowd. Already getting play from the likes of Stanton Warriors, Krafty Kuts, Freq Nasty, Deekline and of course the Freestylers themselves, their version will be dropping on Vinyl along with an Excision & Datsik Dubstep remix on November 23rd with a digital package including further mixes from High Rankin, Bassline crew Pirate Soundsystem and this one from Rack n Ruin.

Download: Ctrl Z vs The Freestylers - Ruffneck '09 ft Navigator (RackNRuin Remix) / alt link


With us already being fans of Raffertie's very own brand of Bonkers Bassline it was intriguing to say the least when we heard he was turning his hand to more Hip-hop based beats. We weren't disappointed when he dropped us the mighty Hulk Hop style refix for Foamo's Wardance and it has had some major rotation from us since. Now those kind fellas over at ScenexScience have made it available so that even those of you most recession hit may wash your cares away in a big wave of glitchy killer bee bass music.

Download: Foamo - Wardance (Raffertie Remix Feat. Shiftee Moova) / alt link


Incidentally it was on a Raffertie remix that we first heard Scarlet Harlots who, if there is an ounce of justice in the music industry deserve to be huge. As we witnessed at Bigger Than Barry a couple of months, they're the perfect blend of good honest party rock, underground dance music and credible pop music, without any of the obvious contrivance one might expect from such a winning formula. Their track A Secret came out last month on Bigger Than Barry's own imprint with dope remixes from: Shorterz, who brings us Midget House 'an amalgamation of House, Garage and Electro' and also joins compadre Enigma on a Dubstep flex; and Kitch N Sync who flip a filthy Fidget version. We're a little late on this but the simple fact that we're not already over-run by these fellas on every station shows there's work to be done before justice is served.

Download: Scarlet Harlots - A Secret (Enigma & Shorterz Dubstep Remix - Preview) / alt link

Download: Scarlet Harlots - A Secret (Shorterz Midget House Mix - Preview) / alt link

Download: Scarlet Harlots - A Secret (Kitch N Sync Remix - Preview) / alt link


Finally, at the risk of renaming this site, Foreign Bloggers we have a remix of yet another Beggars track, and yes once again it's huge. This one's been around a while however and is resurfacing due to the remix being from DJ Primecuts from the Scratch Perverts who shall be hosting their annual Beatdown session at Fabriclive (see above flyer) next Friday.

Download: Foreign Beggars - Hit That Gash (DJ Primecuts Itchy Naaan Re-Rub) / alt link

Kyza Live In London

After the hugely successful Shots Of Smirnoff release earlier this year, playlist on BBC 1Xtra, multiple appearances on Tim Westwood, Mistajam and DJ MK & Shortee Blitz’s radio shows, the legend that is Kyza hits the stage in a very special show at The Rhythm Factory in London. Joined by a full live band, and seriously remarkable support from DJ MK, Sarah Love, D Gritty, J2K and more, this is not to be missed.

Download: Kyza Smirnoff - Rules Of The Game / alt link

Download: Secondson ft Humurak D Gritty - Rags / alt link

United Colours Of....?

Some excellent press shots from Foreign Beggars that tie in nicely with their United Colours Of Beggatron album, which if what we say holds any sway you should all be owning by now. They also have a brand new single with two of the hottest emcees of the moment Dubbledge and Badness, 7 Figure Swagger which includes a firing Bar 9 Dubstep remix and has the track Don't Dhoow It with a funkalicious Machine Drum refix on the flip.

Happy Halloween People

We shall be getting our living dead on for the Bristol Zombie Walk then ducking rude boy yout's armed with an unlimited supply of eggs to get to Shout Out Loud's Dance Of The Dead in Cardiff before getting ourselves properly zombiefried, dancing til the dawn of the dead then perking ourselves up with a couple of Bloody Marys and carrying on with the rest of the weekend. Feel free to join us or let us know your plans for this most freakish of festivites. Here's some ghoulish goodies to get your groove on to (did I really just say that? Could well deserve being hung drawn and quartered for real over that shocking string of words).


Download: DJ POL Style - Vampire Killah EP (zip)


Download: Kaptain Cadillac - Mad Decent: Kill Yourself Vol 4 / Tracklisting

Download: Ben Samples - Crypt Tales / alt link