With the holiday weekend here and the sunshine beaming down across the UK, the Labs crew are preparing to hit the Electric Frog festival for the 2 day electronic extravaganza. We need some sugary snacks to keep us going and there is none better (or worse for your teeth) than the mighty Wham Bar. As you take time to think about how hard it is to chew one of these bad boys we have some tunes and mixes to help with the summer vibes.

First up we have British soul master Omar getting together with Dubstep guru and Zed Bias to bring you an amazing summer tune. Due out at the start of may this is one to bring the sunshine!

Omar & Zed Bias – Dancing by Tru Thoughts

Next up we have big friend of the blog Krystal Klear. The big guys been real busy in the last few months and has kindly stuck some of his new bits up on his Soundcloud. All worth a check but we have hand picked one of our favourites below.

Pistol Chauffeur – without Talkbox by KrystalKlear

Keeping the funk and boogie theme in full flow we just got this amazing podcast for Oki-ni into the inbox. Its by the modern godfather of the funk boogie sound DâM-FunK. It just don’t get much better than this.

oki-ni presents TRUTH by DaM-FunK by oki-ni

TRACKLISTING

Larry Bright Sunbeams
Fashion Love Shadow
Onra Moving
Norma Jean High Society
Charles Earland Tell Me What It Is
Paradise Stop And Think
Glenn Jones Everybody Loves A Winner
Oliver Cheatham Something About You
Bryan Loren For Tonight
Mazarati She’s Just That Kind Of Lady
Tangent I Just Got To Be Free
Jimmy G. Get It On
Prince & The Revolution Girl
Baby Buddha My Generation
Prefab Sprout Silhouettes
Prefab Sprout Spinning Belinda
B.F.C. The Climax
Jeff The Brotherhood Beastmaster 42

We also just received a mail from Jamie Grind to tell us about his free remix of the Hackman tune “More Than Ever”. Pitched up vocal and slick synth work over a nice house beat make this another summer winner. Grab it quick before the download limit is reached.

Hackman – More Than Ever (Jamie Grind Remix) FREE 320 by Jamie Grind

Last one up Edinburgh tunesmiths and the brains behind the LuckyMe collective The Blessings are giving away the tune “Real Guns” on the ever brilliant XLR8R website. Real light and dark bits to this tune with the uplifting synths and menacing undercurrent. Can wait to hear the rest of the EP when it drops!

The Blessings – Real Guns

The LuckyMe collective are an extended family of musicians and artists founded in Scotland, UK. Formed in the spring of 2002 they started by putting on genre bending parties at various venues firstly locally and then everywhere from London, Barcelona and NYC. We love how they combine art, visuals and music together to create a really special party vibe. Its no wonder artists such as Hudson Mohawke, American Men, Mike Slott and Rustie are on the roster.

The crew have been been good enough to put their tunes on Soundcloud to enjoy. We also have a preview of The Blessings release “Galaxy High” due out on the 16th May on Nod Navigators. Subtle keyboard work and glitchy samples bring out the Hip Hop DNA with spacey nods to house sewn in. Great stuff and if you like pre order on the Nods link.

KSNN10 The Blessings Galaxy High by LuckyMe Music.Art.Parties

They also have an amazing “Girls” mix series which reads as a who’s who of all the cool cats in underground music. We thought this needed to be shared so first up we have Ben UFO from the Hessle label with this on point platter selection. Following that we get Lukid who slowly builds up into a techno click fest. If you dig these sign up to their podcasts on iTunes.

LuckyMe – Ben UFO – Hessle Forever and Ever and Ever Mix

Lukid – Don’t Luke