Danny Byrd – Tonight (MJ Cole rmx)

Danny Byrd’s recent “Ravedigger” album has been causing quite a stir with it’s old skool style take on modern dnb and the next single from the project sees garage don MJ Cole step up to the remix desk.

Stripping back the BPMs to just over 130, Cole retains the energy of the original and keeps the floaty atmospherics intact while throwing his trademark big bass work into the mix and working a huge synth line around proceedings.

Released on the 24th of January 2011 through Hospital Records.

Danny Byrd – Tonight (MJ Cole rmx – instrumental)

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NoFACE – How Did It Come To This – free download

Dj Noface has quickly built an impressive reputation for himself around Scotland with sets at outdoor parties galore and residencies at Elektrical, Split and Mixed Bizness. You can also catch him playing the very best in Drum n Bass, Hip Hop, Dubstep, Electro, Funk and Reggae every Friday night on Subcity with his Custom show.

His latest venture into the world of production is the brilliant “How Did It Come To This”, an energetic slice of UK funky goodness that he’s offering up for free download below.

How Did It Come To This by NoFACE

Bakey Ustl – EP1

Firecracker sub label Unthank comes up with this monster first release by Bakey Ustl. The A side “A Tender Places” has weird house runs and a multitude of samples which sandwich a remarkable yet strange breakdown. This tune has all the right moves however and is being played out by some of the most cutting edge house DJ’s of 2010. Vinyl only for this release and a limited run so if you like, go pick it up a Rubadub.

Bakey Ustl – A Tender Places

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The Boiler Room – Pictures Music Special

If you haven’t heard of The Boiler Room then you need to get involved as soon as possible. Streamed live every Tuesday from The Pattern Cutting Factory in East London, Platform Magazine and host ThristianBPM guides listeners through a live spectacle at which the likes of Mount Kimbie, Oneman, Mosca, Bullion and James Blake and more have played and DJ’d.

This week our friends at Pictures Music are hosting with a cracking line up:

Koreless
Dark Sky
Seams
Rudi Zygadlo (Special Guest)

Live on the night from 8 with video, mixes, podcasts and tracklists within 24 hours. This is your new Tuesday night thing baby!

Some tunes to get you in the mood.

Up Down Up Down by Koreless

Reflex (96kbs) – Out Now by Dark Sky

Harvey McKay – Mind Frame

While 2010 has been another great year for Soma, their 2011 campaign is already building up speed. The first release next year will be a new EP from Harvey McKay in the shape of “Substanz Underground”.

Set to land on the 10th of January, the EP’s lead track “B Class” sees McKay in fine form, delivering a moody slice of quality techno. The title track also gets a nifty remix from Jon Virtue but it’s the closing track on the EP “Mind Frame” that really got our attention.

Keeping his trademark dark n doomy vibe intact, the inclusion of some old skool rave style stabs fighting through the wall of sub bass add a little light and shade to proceedings and mark the track out as one of his finest to date.

Available to pre-order now from the Soma Shop.

Harvey McKay – Mind Frame

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Paul Reset – Beardism Vol 4

Well now Decembeard is well and truly underway, it seemed only right that the fourth volume of the Beardism series should be unleashed.

Once again genre hopping all over the place, from house and techno to old skool rave, dubstep and finishing on a lovely slice of modern classical. Stream below or download for portable listening.

Paul Reset – Beardism Vol 4 by paulreset

Tracklisting:

Resketch – Ghosts (L2S)
John Tejada – Sweat on the Walls (XOX 2004 mix) (Poker Flat)
Egyptrixx – Recital (A Version) (Night Slugs)
Iori – Spatiotemporal (Phonica White)
Ben Klock – Static Test (Ostgut Ton)
Untold – Come Follow Me (Soul Jazz)
Simian Mobile Disco – Fugu (Delicacies)
Kingthing – Frequent Lover (Car Crash Set)
Drums of Death – Won’t Be Long (Joe Goddard remix) (Moshi Moshi)
N Joi – Malfunction (RCA)
SL2 – Changing Trax (XL)
Carl Cox – Does It Feel Good To You – Six Minutes of Madness (Perfecto)
Julio Bashmore – Chazm (Ten Thousand Yen)
Lung – Afterlife (Kryptic Minds rmx) (Kokeshi)
Pearson Sound – Blanked (Hessle Audio)
Clint Mansell – Welcome to Lunar Industries (Black Records)

Shackleton – International Fires – free download

While Shackleton’s productions are often lumped into the dubstep genre, as with many producers these days, that description only tells a small part of the story.

His new Dj mix for Fabric sees him cram in 22 tracks in it’s 70+ minute duration and leaves you feeling slightly on edge and unsure of exactly what just happened as the tracks conjure up an otherworldly atmosphere and subtly freak you out while also retaining a dancefloor groove.

More than half of the tracks are unreleased and showcases an impressive library of new material which we’ll hopefully be able to get our grubby mits on soon. For a starter, the brilliant “International Fires” is available to download for free and should send you rushing over to your retailer of choice to pick up the full mix.

Free download courtesy of XLR8R. Pick up Shackleton’s Fabric 55 mix at Boomkat.

Shackleton – International Fires

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Lazy Sundays

Having said goodbye to the good old Roast, we move things on for our Sunday feature and bring you Lazy Sundays. It’s aim is to relax and chill you out after the rigors of a hard week at work and hopefully a busy weekend on the dancefloor. We will bring you the best new electronica and ambient tunes as well as allowing us to delve into some older tracks and hidden album classics from time gone by.

First up we have oOoOO and a remix of the Marina and the Diamonds tune “Obsessions”. The San Fran leaders of the “witch house” sound turn this pop tune into a brooding, emotional slice of electronica. So much better than the original we think!

Marina and the Diamonds – Obsessions (oOoOO Remix)

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Next we have Telefon Tel Aviv. After the tragic passing of one half of the duo (Charlie Cooper) last year no one was sure if the name would continue. It wasn’t until Apparat was putting together his DJ Kicks for !K7 that Joshua Eustis decided to make the track “Lengthening Shadows” for the mix. The song is so poignant one can’t helped be moved by the story and the subtle emotion held within.

Telefon Tel Aviv – Lengthening Shadows

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Finishing up this week’s offerings we’ve got a freebie from Glasgow producer Velocet. Packed to the brim with atmosphere, it’s 7 minutes of lovely downtempo beats with beautiful strings a-plenty.

Velocet – Go With The Flaw

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Cliff – On The Fly Vol 1

Having been very lazy on the mix front and being shown up by the number Paul has been doing, it’s time for me to get a wee mix series on the go.

Not having as much time as I would like, the name for the series came very quickly (some of the mixing also testified to this!!). They will be a mix of styles and in a more manageable 30 odd minutes in length. First one is flavoured with house, funky and electronica.

Cliff – On The Fly Vol 1

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Tracklist:

H.O.S.H. – Cash the Chord
Decimal – Melody Attack
Caribou – Sun (Midland Re-Edit)
Ramadanman & Appleblim – Void 23 (Carl Craig Re-Edit)
Jacques Greene – Holdin On
Dennis Ferrer – The Red Room (Obj Vocal Mix)
SBTRKT – Hide or Seek
L-Vis 1990 – Reprise
Caddyshack – Drugs Danny

Hard Ass Sessions Vol IV

Buraka Som Sistema’s Enchufada imprint has been on fine form this year with two volumes of it’s Hard Ass Sessions series packed with top quality beats from the likes of Bok Bok and Melé while T Williams made his debut for the label with the brilliant “Getting Mine”. To bring 2010 to close, the fourth volume in the Hard Ass Sessions lands on December 7th.

The bar’s set high from the off with Martelo and Canblaster’s “Cannibal” bursting in with tribal percussion, huge sub bass and an epic string hook. Dubbel Dutch is up next with “Dead Pool” and it’s the pick of the bunch for me. Taking a slightly calmer approach than the opener, we’re delived a dubby slice of garagey goodness with subtle synth work and a bit of an old skool feel throughout.

Seiji’s up next with “Buzzcut” and it’s more of his trademark tough drums and high pitched stabby synth line while Savage Skulls & French Fries finish the EP off in a similar vein with “Marawa”.

Available from Dec 7th at Junodownload.

Dubbel Dutch – Dead Pool

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