lower end spasm.

London Orient: Kode9 Sinogrime Minimix

2009-11-18T14:07:00.005Z

"Canary Wharf is like our Statue of Liberty," Roll Deep producer Target once said. "It pushes me on. It's like all the money is there and it's an inspiration to get your own."

London

Shanghai

Sinogrime is a sub-genre that barely ever existed, a momentary glitch in the supposedly predictable sonic geography of London dance music. Around 2002-3, with garage crumbling and the cement still drying on grime as a genre, a few producers in E3 suddenly lurched further east than they ever had before.

This is the sound of Shanghai towerblocks and the millennial promise of a new superpower, refracted through the scuffed windows of Crossways Estate in Bow. From the outset grime's sonic palette defined it as the most futurist of genres - a steel sword cutting cleanly through UK hip-hop's wooden edifice - but it rarely sounded as futurist as this.

I went to interview Kode9 for The Guardian recently (link here), and among other things we got talking about sinogrime… Here’s what he said:

I’ve always been fascinated by these little squiggly synths, whether it’s been in jazz funk, or gangsta rap, or 80s synth pop… and also grime. That’s what I love most about grime actually, that kind of hyper-coloured sound. I was never so into the aggression of grime – I liked it in the MCs and the music, but it was actually how fucking beautiful melodically Target, Wiley, Terror Danjah, Ruff Sqwad and Jammer were – the Chinese style instrumentals.

I did this mix a few years ago that was just Jammer and Wiley and Target - of just half an hour of these Chinese-style plinky-plonk sounds… it was a bit sloppy, but it is fucking amazing music. Those guys were just on taking an aspect of hip-hop and blending it with really quite jarring, brash melodies.

For the first time, here is that mix:

Kode9 – Sinogrime Minimix

No tracklist I’m afraid – “all the tracks are Jammer/Wiley/Wookie/Wonder/Geeneus, but there were no track names on the Jammer whites”. We’ll stick it on the Lower End Spasm podcast too when Bok Bok gets back from the Night Slugs tour of last century's superpower.

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Further listening/further reading:

Sharky Major – Diss Ain’t A Game (sendspace/youtube)

My favourite sinogrime track ever: a superb beat by Jammer, with the riff nicked from an obscure old-school Jet Li film - I know this from watching (whatever it was called) at 3am once.. I pretty much leapt out my chair when the credits rolled and this oh-so-familiar melody started playing. Sharky Major’s crushingly poignant - and ironic - lyric, reflecting on the tension between headstrong ambition and harsh reality in the wild east, is one of the most memorable in grime:

I feel like I aint as good as people say I am
I know I can spit ten times better than I've ever done
Watch me rise with the morning sun

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Wiley – Shanghai (sendspace/youtube)

I masochistically agreed to select and write about the ten Essential Wiley tracks for FACT recently. This extraordinary beat was without doubt the missing number 11, very hard to leave out.

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Blackdown on China’s near(er) east, with some wonderful Soho pics, as well as commentary from Steve Barker.

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A post on Dissensus discussing various sinogrime vinyl, some released, some just dubs, from Simon78. Wait... Dizzee had an instrumental called 'Chinky Ting'?? If anyone can sort me out with an mp3 of Jammer and Mr Wong's 'Chinkrasta' I'd be very grateful for that, too.

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PS - I've been writing some less-musically-specific things on my personal blog recently (on mobile phones and treble cultcha, here), so keep that RSS-ed.

crazy, crazy

2009-10-26T17:08:00.001Z

@ Night Slugs x FACT last friday

JAM CITY Fact mix

2009-10-19T19:51:00.003+01:00

Kiran Fact wants Jam City all to himself here.

JAM CITY - Fact Mix 93

1. B.Calloway - Swimming
2. L-Vis1990 - United Groove (kingdom remix)
3. DJ Gazzeto - Gazzeto Eskhaleni Zone 1
4. Bookworms - African Rhythm
5. DJ Gukwa - Terminator Returns (Jam City whirlpool edit)
6. Jam City - What I Think About You dub
7. Gremino - Shining
8. Jam City - Runnin Yr Mouth9. DJ Quest - Devils Bay
10. Endgames - Ecstacy (Jam City Refix)
11. Respite - Hundreds and Millions (Jam City edit feat. Natasha)
12. Jam City - Underpass Limiter

13. Surface - Falling in Love (Jam City Edit)

RIP Dress 2 Sweat / Numbers power moves

2009-10-15T23:22:00.002+01:00

OK I admit I'm biased. But ever since their first release of booty, bmore and club bass edits, Dress 2 Sweat has been one of my favourite labels. Earlier this month myself and L-Vis had the pleasure of dropping the final ever Dress 2 Sweat release in the form of the Night Slugs EP.
D2S isn't over however - it's across-the-board party aesthetic will last on as they amalgamate with sister labels Stuff Records and Wireblock to form Numbers Records, a move that will see them basically taking over Glasgow/ the world. All is explained at www.nmbrs.net

Our aforementioned 12" comes with a CD mixed by Jackmaster that showcased the label's 12-strong catalog, showcasing the label's early roots in bmore and booty edits, thru to hybrid ghetto house, bassline and finally our own material, whatever genre that is.
To celebrate the release, the end of an era and the start of a new one, here's the mix for free download, for anyone haven't reached the vinyl!

JACKMASTER – 60 Minutes of Dress 2 Sweat

Rod Lee – Let Me See What You Workin’ With Rustie Remix (DTS008)
Kazey + Bulldog – Ballin’ (DTS010)
Rod Lee – Oh Yeah (DTS011)
Kazey + Bulldog – Big Truck (DTS004)
Kazey + Bulldog – Big Truck Pt. II (DTS010)
DJ Tameil – I Get Money (DTS003)
L-vis 1990 – Playing With Knives (We almost released this)
Kazey + Bulldog – Sweet Harmony (DTS004)
Bok Bok – Ripe Banana (DTS012)
L-vis 1990 – Hide (DTS012)
Dikulous – You Know What To Doo (DTS001)
Kazey + Bulldog – Snap Yo Balti (DTS004)
DJ Tameil – Back That Thang Up (DTS003)
Kazey + Bulldog – Fo Da Real G’s DTS010)
Tactic – Can’t Juke Without Me (DTS-XXX)
Rod Lee – Understand (DTS002)
MOVES!!! – Promise (We almost released this)
Bok Bok – NNTF (DTS012)
Piddy Py – Prickly Rose (DTS007)
Piddy Py – Giggle Riddim (DTS007)
MOVES!!! – All Skate VIP w/ DZ Remix (Original mix appears on DTS009)
Rustie – Throw Some D’s (DTS001)
DJ Deeon – Like We Do (DTS006)
DJ Deeon – The Chase (Demo)
Pistol Pete – Knuck If You Buck (DTS001)
Rustie – Lean Wit It (DTS001)
DJ Deeon – Put It In Yo Mouth (DTS006)

bonus:
PISTOL PETE's Knuck If You Buck refix from DTS001

Baobinga

2009-10-14T02:37:00.002+01:00

Baobinga's new material, both solo and alongside DJ ID, is bangin. It's got both the subtlety and dancefloor payload needed to withstand the current hybrid-bass climate. In fact Baobinga and ID's version of United Groove is my current choice to drop!

In this mix Binga lays out his vision for the perfect contemporary rave hybrid sound, bangers alongside the mash ! Lets go>

BAOBINGA - Quick Lil Promo Mix October 09

1. Zero 7 - Medicine Man (Cooly G RMX) - Atlantic
2. Bubblez - Loser - Devotional Dubz
3. Baobinga - Ride It - Build DUB
4. MJ Cole ft Serocee - AO (Zed Bias RMX) - Prolific
5. TRG - Tribal Flex - DUB
6. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Bok Bok & Greena RMX) - DUB
7. Baobinga ft Rubi Dan - Raggipahop - Monkey Steak DUB
8. DJ Sneak - Get Da Ho (DJ Mes RMX) - House Guest
9. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor - Mad Decent
10. Andrea Lai & Madox - Smoke King (Baobinga RMX) - DUB
11. Redlight - Kid Soldier - DUB
12. Baobinga - Make It Drop - Trouble & Bass DUB
13. Skepta - Sweet Mother - Boy Better Know
14. Jamson & Viper - Urban Hero - Relentless
15. L-Vis 1990 - United Groove (Baobinga & I.D RMX) - Mad Decent DUB
16. TRG - Strobe Lick - DUB
17. Killa P & Rossi B - Police A Come - DUB
18. DJ Znobia - Me Batem (Baobinga & I.D. RMX) - Enchufada
19. Dexplicit - Shut It Down - DXP
20. Taz Buckfaster - Half Man, Half Trout - Rwina DUB
21. Baobinga & I.D. - Tongue Riddim - Build DUB
22. Wedge & Shadz - Running Away (Guido RMX) - If Symptoms Persist DUB
23. Dorian Concept- Trilingual Dance Sexperience - Affine Records
24. Moving Fusion - Atlantis (Bad Company RMX) - Ram
25. Baobinga & I.D. - Jah - DUB
26. The Dream - Hit It On The Road - Def Jam
27. Busy Signal - Up In Her Belly - VP Records

NIGHT SLUGS Dubplates 2009

2009-09-15T13:33:00.004+01:00

Compiled productions and remixes by Bok Bok & L-Vis 1990

NIGHT SLUGS Dubplates 2009 mix

01 - BOK BOK - Ripe Banana [Dress 2 Sweat]
02 - Buraka Som SIstema - Generale (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fabric]
03 - Royal T - Beat Fighter (BOK BOK remix) [No Hats No Hoods]
04 - Hardhead - Toothbrush Country (L-VIS 1990 edit)
05 - BOK BOK - Citizens Of The City Dub
06 - L-VIS 1990 - Zahonda [Sound Pelegrino]
07 - Little Jinder - Youth Blood (BOK BOK remix) [Trouble & Bass]
08 - L-VIS 1990 - Compass [Sound Pelegrino]
09 - Untold - Stop What You're Doing (BOK BOK edit)
10 - BOK BOK & L-VIS 1990 - Wake Up Early [White]
11 - L-VIS 1990 - Hide [Dress 2 Sweat]
12 - Riton & Primary 1 - Who's There (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Phantasy]
13 - Egyptrixx- Just Say Really (BOK BOK remix) [Idiot House]
14 - Kingdom ft Shyvonne - Mind Reader (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Fools Gold]
15 - L-VIS 1990 - Changes
16 - Secret Agent Gel - Crew (BOK BOK dub) [Bass Tourist]
17 - Gucci Vump - Sha, Shtil! (L-VIS 1990 remix) [Sound Pelegrino]

JAM CITY in the mix for Lower End Spasm

2009-09-08T02:17:00.003+01:00

I post this mix with great pride!
Jam City's aesthetic is completely unique and so on point. He takes a stripped-down but psyehcedlic path through house, grime and juke, via synth-drone, afro-electro and warm vintage boogie-funk.

You won't have heard many of the tracks in this 30 minute epic before.

Listen out especially for Jam City's own productions and edits scattered throughout.

JAM CITY - mix for LOWER END SPASM

intro/keith sweat
quentin harris (viggs afrodesian mix)
dj sdoko - world on fire
jam city - funked out
dj sdoko - wesjomza feat mthoko
temza m'remb'l - eclipse
jam city - clocktower
dj twitty - sweet dance
jam city - in the park
kingdom - joshua juke
dj deeon - let me bang (jam city refix)
jam city - szabo
jam city - island
dam-funk - searchin' for funks future (jam city edit)

coming up this week!

2009-08-25T02:07:00.001+01:00

NIGHT SLUGS CARNIVAL AFTERPARTY!!!!

BOK BOK'S BIRTHDAY YARDCAST

2009-08-13T19:44:00.004+01:00

LETS GO!!!!

This Saturday I'm celebrating my birthday by inviting round some of my favourite DJs, and we'll be streaming live audio/visuals from the Night Slugs South East London bunker.

DJs playing will be Oneman, Braiden, Manara, Girl Unit, Jam City, Greena, myself and other guests passin thru.

Lock in and join the fun at www.ustream.tv/CHANNEL/BOK_BOK from 5pm GMT onwards

WHAT'S A YARDCAST?

Several weeks ago DJ Oneman started streaming live sets from his bedroom at www.ustream.tv/channel/yard-sessions. With little or no prior notice he would hit the stream button and jump in the mix, only after announcing it on Twitter of course. Oneman coined the term "yardsessions" for these broadcasts, and when I saw that I knew he was on to something.

I had to borrow the idea from him.

So - a yardcast is a spontaneous home/studio broadcast. It's is a phase-shift in braodcasting, what the emergence of interent radio was to FM stations.
But unlike the (relatively!) clockwork rotas of Rinse and Sub FM, the yardcast format is less like a radio show and more like a live event. It may be dissembodied, but what the 'event' of the yardcast loses in physicality it gains in universal accesiblity. We're not limited by budgets, venue curfews, commercial concerns or geographic location. Everyone can join in this party.
Unlike the institutional regidity of station broadcasts, a yardcast slots perfectly alongside tweets and status updates into the real-time continuous, ongoing stream of discourse.

That's the pompous, but nontheless important part over.
The rest is a big all-day party you're all invited to.

Mos Dan's top Wiley

2009-07-26T18:47:00.003+01:00

It's safe to say we're big Wiley fans, not just of his music but of his epic carreer and personality.

When Dan told me he was convinced to put together his Top 10 Wiley, I just shook my head at the sheer scale of the task.
We'll he's actually done it, over at FACT's blog!

damn

night slugs 11 / radio with Kingdom

2009-07-22T03:02:00.008+01:00

When Kingdom was in town for the Night Slugs summer party last month I was luclky enough to convince him to come DJ back 2 back with me on my Sub FM show.

There's no CDJs in Sushon studios (serato 4 lyf lol) but after a few retweets we were kindly accomodated by INVERTED AUDIO
We were late to the session and had to rush setting up, so one deck would only play Serato and the other only CDs

We were forced to play one track each, but this 1 for 1 thing ended up really pushing and pulling on this set in a cool way. There was a mad thunderstorm in the background btw with massive hailstones, it was june.

BOK BOK b2b2 KINGDOM - Night Slugs Show - Sub FM 27 . 06 . 09

01. Mini Kingz - Funk Me
02. Soultonic Soundsystem - Generals
03. Cooly G - Dis Boy Part 4
04. Cooly G - Craze Refix
05. Ghose On Tape - Predator Mode (Roska remix)
06. Fuzzy Logik - The Way You Move
07. Hardsoul ft Fierce Ruling Diva - Self Religion (Believe in Me) (Hardsoul Reconstruction)
08. Kingdom - Bakka
09. Doneo - Be Mine
10. Dre Skull - I Want You (Bok Bok Dub)
11. Cooly G - Digitally Higher
12. Footsteps - Baby Kinta
13. Lil Silva - Red Remix
14. Lil Silva - Different (Kingdom's Jazmine Sullivan Remix)
15. Mosca - Square One
16. DJ Corlando - Passa Passa (Kingdom Refix)
17. Brackles & Shortstuff - Sutorito Faita
18. Gremino - Scarce
19. Mark Pritchard and Om'mas Keith - Wind it Up
20. Terror Danjah - Zumpi Huntah (DOK Remix)
21. Zomby - No
22. Kingdom - Joshua Juke
23. Untold - Stop What You're Doing (Bok Bok edit)
24. Maluca - Culebra (prod. NGUZUNGUZU)
25. R1 Ryders - Karnifour
26. Kingdom - Mindreader ft. Shyvonne
27. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
28. Submerse - 2nite
29. Bok Bok - Ripe Banana
30. Baileee - Live Drums
31. Terror Danjah - Save The Last Dance ft Elrea
32. Xara - You Got Me
33. Pangea - Memories

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TONIGHT!!!!!

We're proud to invite one of the most forward-thinking house producers in the world Christian Martin, founding member of the unstoppable Dirty Bird soundsystem alongside the Claude Vonstroke.

We think Cooly G's cyborg deep and tech is the perfect match for Christian's subversive music
I'm thinking of this night as kind of a soundclash between US and UK wrong-but-right house.

Join us at East Village. We'll also be giving away the new Trouble & Bass compilation CD!

Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP

2009-07-20T18:58:00.003+01:00

wow

incredible generous for Gee to give this massive tune away. Respect. I hear something about a Rinse 15th Birthday party soon at somewhere calld Matter ;)

GENEEUS - Yellowtail VIP (320)

Grindin Chart - July

2009-07-19T18:19:00.001+01:00

Grindin blog network chart for July 2009:

01. Fast Life Yungstaz - 'Party Time (Surf Party)'
02. Lemonade - 'Big Weekend (L-VIS 1990 Remix)'
03. Joy Orbison - 'Hyph Mngo'
04. Egyptrixx - 'Just Say Really (Bok Bok Remix)'
05. Riton & Primary 1 - 'Who's There?'
06. Holy Ghost - 'I Will Come Back'
07. Mariah Carey - 'Obsessed'
08. Crystal Fighters - 'Xtatic Truth (Renaissance Man Remix)'
09. Rampage - 'Lovin You Is Easy'
10. Boy 8-Bit - 'Wolfen'
11. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie - 'Moombah (Afrojack Remix)'
12. R1 Ryders - 'Rubberband'
13. MJ Cole ft Digga - 'Gotta Have It (MJ's Funky Dubb)'
14. Rye Rye Ft. MIA - 'Bang (Buraka Carnival Remix by Buraka Som Sistema)'
15. Momma's Boy - 'Give It Up'

Jackmaster in the mix for Lower End Spasm

2009-07-14T04:53:00.004+01:00

Blackdown writes about a new wave of DJs in his Pitchfork Column:
a small but innovative cluster of producer/DJs, from Ben UFO to Oneman, Brackles to Braiden, Alex Bok Bok to Grievous Angel, Shortstuff, Martin Kemp and Joy Orbison...

I move to add Jackmaster to that list - one of my favourite DJs and the curator of both the influential Wireblock and Dress 2 Sweat labels. Along with the Numbers and LuckyMe collectives Jackmaster has defined Glasgow as a glowing outpost of global gutter music. And like some of the DJs listed above, Jack's ear for cross-genre party bangers has been taking him deeper of late.

This mix is hard! Recorded live and executed to perfection. We're proud of this one, enjoy:

JACKMASTER - mix for Lower End Spasm

1. Khixbrrr - Fairies Helixir Remix (Forthcoming Northern General)
2. Karizma - Twyst This
3. Blackhouse Project - Come Dancin'
4. George Morel - Let's Groove
5. L-vis 1990 - Run (Forthcoming Dress 2 Sweat)
6. 24 Hour Experience - Together
7. Maroy - Basement Dimensions
8. Hot City - Setting Me Free
9. Pearson Sound - Wad (Forthcoming Hessle Audio)
10. Deadboy - U CHEATED (Demo)
11. Aardvarck - Nosestep
12. Todd Edwards - Open Your Eyes
13. Roska - Holograph
14. U.S.L. - Making Love
15. Dead Letter Drop
16. Zed Bias - Been Here Before
17. Manitoba - If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be A Fucking Airport
18. MJ Cole - Gotta Have It (MJ's Funky Dub)
19. Menta - Sound Of The Future (Edit)
20. Silkie & Mizz Beats - Purple Love
21. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Forthcoming Hot Flush)
22. Hyetal - Pixel Rainbow Sequence
23. Freeland - Do You (Joker Remix)
24. Joker & Ginz - Re-Up
25. Guido - You Do It Right
26. Gemmy - Word Perfect
27. Mark Pritchard & Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up (Forthcoming Hyperdub)
28. Aardvarck - ??///???/
29. Taz - Gold Tooth Grin (Forthcoming Glasgow)
30. Deadboy - Way That I Love U (Demo needs mastered)

2 mixes for this week

2009-06-28T20:55:00.005+01:00

1.

UNTOLD - Fact mix 58

I haven't even heard this yet but it promises to be sick. Untold has been one of my favourite producers for the last few months and now many are starting to agree, including Crookers of all people, who charted Untold's stop-the-dance anthem Anaconda at number 1 on beatport. C-R-A-Z-Y times!

Stereotyp - Uepa (feat.Joyce Muniz) - Man Recordings
Untold - Just for You (Roska remix) - forthcoming Hotflush
Hot City - No More - forthcoming Infrasonics
Untold - Never went away - unreleased
Untold - I can't stop this feeling (Pangaea remix) - forthcoming Hemlock
Untold - No one likes a smartarse - unreleased
Untold - Gonna work out fine - unreleased
Untold - You didn't win the holiday - unreleased
Untold - Stop what you're doing - unreleased
DJ C - Jump Up and Bounce (ft. Ms. Thing) (LV remix) - unreleased
Littlefoot - Sell my soul - unreleased
Mount Kimbie - Esasub - unreleased
TRG - Siberian poker - unreleased
Ramadanman - Bleeper - unreleased
Ramadanman - No swing - unreleased
Joe - Perculate - unreleased
Untold - Flexible - unreleased
Shortstuff & Mickey Pearce - Tripped up - unreleased
LV - Crossfire - unreleased

2.

GRIEVOUS ANGEL - Crazylegs 002 mix

Crazy Legs' booking policy continues to impress me. I'm yet to attend one of their nights but judging by their booking policy and presentation, they're definitely on a wavelength - Bristol's answer to Night Slugs?
Anyway this is the 2nd of their mix series and it comes from longtime badman Grievous Angel. A lot of the GA productions Kode9 has been championing can be heard here, check it out.

0:00 Dem 2: Baby You’re So Sexy – Vocal MixIt
3:50 Dru Hill: Freak Like Me – El B Remix
7:00 Missy Elliott: Work It – Grievous Angel Remix
11:30 Cooly G: Floating
13:30 Uncle Bakongo: Baga
16:10 David Byrne and Brian Eno: The Jezebel Spirit
19:11 Hard House Banton: Sirens
21:05 KenLou: The Bounce
25:16 Riko: Ice Rink – Grievous Angel’s Drum Ritual Remix
29:06 Riko: Ice Rink – Grievous Angel Remix
35:16 Roska: Climate Change
36:55 Cooly G: Dis Boy
41:30 Q Burns’ Abstract Message: Innocent – King Britt Scuba Mix
46:02 Refuge: Frozen – Grievous Angel Remix
49.48 Lady Saw & Cecille: Loser – Grievous Angel Remix
54:40 Grievous Angel Ft. Rubi Dan: Move Down Low – Funky Remix

SUPRA 1 in the mix for Lower End Spasm

2009-06-17T15:20:00.004+01:00

The latest episide of the Lower End Spasm podcast comes from Krakow's SUPRA1, new members of our NYC family the Trouble & Bass crew. They recorded this mix live especially for us, seamlessly charting the territory between that str8-to-the-floor "heavy bass" sound and the deeper vibe that Night Slugs and the Spasm have been subtly moving towards this year. In other words a perfect summary of what we mean when we say "gutter house & heavy bass". LETS GO!!!

SUPRA1 in the mix for Lower End Spasm

1. Geeneus feat. Amy Bullman - Saturday
2. Sticky - Jumeirah Riddim
3. Hard House Banton - The Reign
4. Crazy Cousinz - Inflation
5. Julio Bashmore - Um Bongo
6. Lil Silva - Burning
7. Zinc - Blunt Edge
8. Drop The Lime - Tabac Theme
9. Blackfinger - UMF (Supra1 Remix)
10. Joker & Ginz - Re-Up
10. Gemmy - BT Tower
11. Joker & Ginz - Purple City
12. Sarantis ft. Warrior Queen - More Than Money (Starkey Remix)
13. Starkey - Knob Twiddler
14. ID - Handbagger (Baobinga rmx)

ps> watch out for Supra1's forthcoming EP on Trouble & Bass recordings.

Joy Orbison

2009-06-16T18:53:00.002+01:00

One of my absolute favourite tunes right now is by a producer cheekily called Joy Orbison. The track in question is called "Hyph Mngo" and it's gonna drop in the near future on the mighty Hotflush label.
Joy's sound is prefect for me right now - deep, epic yet banging, morose, drenched in synths, and rhythmically occupying the uncharted territory between dubstep, garage and house that Ben UFO, Oneman, Brackles, myself and others are working hard to explore right now.

Here's a mix Joy Orgison has put together. Keep an eye out for him!

JOY ORBISON - DLDRMS001

Pearson Sound "Indelible" (Aus)
Karizma "Drumz Nightmare" (R2)
Nu-Birth "Anytime" (Locked On)
Tonya Renee "About You" [Karizma Boucha Remix] (Home Recs)
Altered Natives "Rass Out" (Fresh Minute Music)
Joy Orbison "Smother" (DOLDRUMS)
Efdemin "Acid Bells" [Martyn Remix] (Curle)
Shed "Selection One" (Soloaction)
Ultramarine "Hooter" [Carl Craig Remix-Joy Orbison Edit] (Real Soon)
Joy Orbison "Tentative Bidding" (DOLDRUMS)
Martyn "Hear Me" (3024)
Joy Orbison "J. Doe" (DOLDRUMS)
Joy Orbison "Hyph Mngo" (Hotflush)

Telepathe - Devil's Trident video

2009-06-16T18:41:00.003+01:00

Telepathe - Devil's Trident from Christopher Chambers on Vimeo.

I discovered Telepathe from Kingdom's remix of Chromes' On It. The first 'new band' I've been into in a very long time. Crazy how their sound palette is so in tune with the king of club music my ears are seeking out right now: 808s / toms / droning sawtooths / a celestial otherness.

NIGHT SLUGS 10

2009-06-11T20:48:00.005+01:00

********** ATTENTION ATTENTION **********

It's the second of this year's Night Slugs all-night parties @ Egg room 1, this time a tropical summer special. Our guests: Rinse FM boss and old skool don Geeneus, the best grime DJ in the world Spyro, and our beloved friends Kingdom and Ben UFO. Are we serious? Yes we are.

Make sure to RSVP 'yes' on the Facebook to get on the reduced door fee list:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114959012064

bonus audio:

BLACKBOX - I Don't Know (KINGDOM Remix) (320)

!!TERROR DANJAH live @ Night Slugs 9 ft BADNESS!! (direct link)

sendspace mirror

a lot of people have been asking me to post that set, so here you go for all the Terror/grime/Night Slugs fans. Don't sleep on this! You know how we get down... Badness jumps on the mic, Terror plays classics and exclusives and then gets into some jungle at the end

Enjoy and I hope to see you London & surrounding areas ravers on the 19th!

Girl Unit - Chicken Tetrazini remix

2009-06-07T03:54:00.002+01:00

United Groove

2009-06-03T15:48:00.004+01:00

EDIT!!!!

this single is OUT NOW with artwork by yours truly! click here to check it out on Juno

and here's the b-side

Bok Bok mixtape for LuckyMe

2009-06-03T00:27:00.005+01:00

Dancefloor synth digi-psychedelia on this one
"lots of polysynth make me want to get lean and have sex in a room full of
purple smoke..." - Anonymous

BOK BOK - Manara's Golden Fleece mix for LuckyMe

01 - REFUGE - U Best Believe
02 - DONAEO - Love To Happen
03 - MOSCA - Square One
04 - DRE SKULL - I Want You (BOK BOK remix dub)
05 - ALISON HINDS ft MACHEL MONTANO
06 - DJ CLEO - East Rand Funk
07 - R1 RYDERS - Rubberband
08 - DORIAN CONCEPT - Trilingual Dance Sexperience
09 - SHORTSTUFF & MICKEY PEARCE - Tripped Up
10 - ZOMBY - With Lasers
11 - ELECTRIK RED - Drink In My Cup
12 - JOKER & GINZ - Purple City
13 - TERROR DANJAH - Sidechain
14 - BOK BOK - Crew dub
15 - DJ ASSAULT - Vandalism
16 - MR DE - Time Space Scrilla
17 - BASUTBUDET - Take Them Out To Eat (BOK BOK's sundown edit)

If you're wondering what's up with our Manara all b&w except for the gold jacket there, hit http://www.thisisluckyme.com/html/mixes.html. Also check there for the full LuckyMe mix series, its pretty weighty stuff.

ps:

A Buffoon Empiricist Manifesto

2009-05-21T15:54:00.003+01:00

Buffoon Empiricism is a response to the terrible perseverance and proliferation of information and music online. Everyone can access everything, all of the time. Every message board post has a download inside. Every riposte has another riposte. Club music has become more of a spectacle than ever in the last five years; regarded, consumed and critiqued from a metaphorical and physical distance.

FWD>> is now being streamed live around the world from Curtain Road.

We admire the futurist beauty of being able to smash great distances with technology, underground music seeping up through the global soil. We admire the fact that you can listen to one of London's most seminal club nights as it happens in your bedroom.

We admire all of this, but we'd prefer to admire it from the dancefloor of Plastic People.

RSI hurts. Dancing heals.

The Ten Commandments of Buffoon Empiricism

1) Thou shalt go to raves.

2) Thou shalt dance.

3) Thou shalt flash thy lighter.

4) Thou shalt give some serious thought to trying socaerobics.

5) Thou shalt invent ridiculous new skanks in funky dances (and in IKEA), if only to annoy the purists (and IKEA). Thou shalt put videos of yourself doing these skanks on the internets, but only if you've first performed them in a rave, or the food hall of a Swedish furniture store.

6) Thou shalt aim for a 35% reduction in the time you spend on internet message boards by 2012.

7) Thou shalt feel free to document the music you hear and the things you see in new and interesting ways. Tweeting from raves is okay.

8) Thou shalt also feel free not to document the music you hear and the things you see. Someone else probably is, in any case.

9) Thou shalt be justifiably proud of the long tradition of buffoonery that precedes you. Don't worry, you don't have to wear the jester's hat.

10) Thou may have other gods besides buffoon empiricism – theoretical gods, rational gods, scientific gods, gods with throats of fire and hair made of twine. Buffoon empiricism is not a jealous or vengeful god.

Dubble Step - riddim surgery

2009-05-19T20:13:00.003+01:00

Dubble Step is an automated process / riddim surgery / refix formula / insta-fun engine / miracle of modern science. Dubble Step feeds on monotonous midrange halfstep and excretes raw, monsterous soca-n-bass bangers.

Dubble Step is like waking the dead. Dubble Step will save our dancefloors:

BENGA - 26 Basslines (dubble step edit)

ps. I didn't do it.

artefact of my weekend

2009-05-19T15:15:00.005+01:00

busy weekend! Out to Terror Danjah & Egyptrixx (& Badness!) who smashed Night Slugs (audio soon come), Hessle Audio & Jackmaster who smashed Fabric, myself and L-Vis who smashed Leicester in a 3 hour marathon, and Kode9 who smashed FWD in an unprecedented start-to-finish marathon of epic scope.

So much music, so many vibes. Here's a little artefact, the audio from my Sub FM show from Saturday gone:

BOK BOK - Night Slugs show, Sub FM 16 May 2009

01 - UNTOLD - Just For You (ROSKA remix)
02 - DJ GREGORY - Don't Panic
03 - DONAEO - Love To Happen
04 - KODE9 - Black Sun
05 - ALISON HINDS Ft MACHEL MONTANO - Roll It Gal (funky mix)
06 - GRIEVOUS ANGEL - Icering Drum Ritual
07 - FOOTSTEPS - Worker
08 - CRAZY COUSINZ - Bounce ft AIDONIA
09 - ALTERED NATIVES - Bullet Blade Knuckle Slap
10 - COOLY G - Narst
11 - ZOMBY - Blueberry Cheese
12 - DIGITAL DUBSTAR - The Hornz
13 - APPLE - Mr Bean VIP
14 - SHORTSTUFF & MICKEY PEARCE - Tripped Up
15 - UNTOLD vs TEMPA T - Next Anaconda (ONEMAN blend)
16 - MOSCA - Square One
17 - SECRET AGENT GEL - Crew (BOK BOK remix dub)
18 - JOKER & GINZ - Purple City
19 - XI - Dreaming Void
20 - S CHU - Tribal Widow
21 - BOK BOK - I Want You dub
22 - R1 RYDERS - Rubberban
23 - ZOMBY - With Lasers
24 - SHORTSTUFF - Stuff
25 - SHYSTIE - Pull It (ILL BLU remix)
26 - XI - Genesis
27 - TRG - New In Town (dubblestep remix)
28 - MARIO - Bloodclart Bass
29 - NUMAN - Your Eyes ft PhePhe
30 - WICKEDA - A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kafe (RAMADANMAN remix)
31 - MACABRE UNIT - Lift Off
32 - L-VIS 1990 - Compas
33 - MARTIN KEMP - No Charisma
34 - JOE - Rut