JACK BEATS x BBC ESSENTIAL MIX

Jack Beats are about the only dudes who make "house" music I can really stand to listen to anymore. Finally, they come out with an Essential Mix of their own and it's 2 hours of jackin' beats!

Untouchable.

[DL] Jack Beats - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

1. Dead Can Dance – Dawn Of The Iconclast (Jack Beats Intro Edit)
2. Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)
3. Lee Mortimer & Laidback Luke – Blau! (LA Riots Remix)
4. Jack Beats – Labyrinth
5. Pase Rock – Nights (Nadastrom Remix)
6. L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
7. D1 – Pitcher (128 Mix)
8. Kissy Sell Out – This Kiss (Jack Beats Remix)
9. Black Box – Ride On Time (Zombie Disco Squad Remix – Jack Beats Edit)
10. Sound of Stereo – Button (Beataucue Remix)
11. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Epic Last Song (Jack Beats Remix)
12. Foamo – Jookie
13. Tiga – What You Need (A-Trak Remix)
14. Zombie Nation – Seas of Grease (Harvard Bass Remix)
15. Diplo & Blaqstarr – Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)
16. Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)
17. M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade – Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
18. Mvsvem – French Jeans (Style Of Eye Remix)
19. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Waves (Chilli Gonzales remix)
20. The Black Ghosts – I Want Nothin’ (Jack Beats Remix Accapella)
21. Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum
22. SonicC – Unicorns On Acid
23. La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
24. Jack Beats & MC Dynamite – What (Boy 8-Bit Remix)
25. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (Siriusmo Remix)
26. Claude VonStroke – Vocal Chords
27. Popof – Serenity w/ Fingers Inc – My House Acapella (Jack Had a Groove)
28. Breakage – Justified ft. Erin
29. 16-Bit – Jump
30. Joker – Tron
31. Calvin Harris – You Used To Hold Me (Nero Remix)
32. Subscape – Hardcore Members
33. Doctor P – Sweet Shop
34. Benga – Little Bits
35. Donaeo – Riot Music (Skreamix)
36. Jack Beats – U.F.O (K-Hole Bass Riddim)
37. Lady Sovereign – Got You Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)
38. Unknown Artist – BG (Crookers DJ Tool Mix)
39. Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)
40. AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
41. DJ Zinc – Gimme A Camera ft. Angela Hunter
42. Hockey – Song Away (Jack Beats ‘Anger Management’ Unreleased Dub)
43. DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter (Jack Beats Remix)
44. The Count & Sinden – Panther
45. TC – Deep (Jack Beats ‘2008 Unreleased’ Remix)
46. L-Vis 1990 – The Bird
47. Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
48. Diplo & Laidback Luke vs. Proxy – Hey vs. Raven (Will Bailey Bootleg)
49. Faithless – Never Going Home (Herve Remix)
50. Fake Blood – Mars (Jack Beats Remix)
51. Jack Beats – Get Down VIP

TRUMPDISCO

"Here's our Summer promo for 2009/10 where you can get a sneak peak at what to expect from us over the next few months. 13 Tracks of originals and remixes, most of which are unreleased and unheard." - Trumpdisco

[DL] Trumpdisco - Summer Promo

Tracklist:

1. Rammstein - Sonne (Trumpdisco Remix)
2. Trumpdisco - Bullshit
3. Trumpdisco - Dark
4. Phoenix - 1901 (Violate vs. Trumpdisco Remix)
5. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (Trumpdisco Remix)
6. Trumpdisco - Sonar
7. Marble Sharps - Side Effects (Trumpdisco Remix)
8. Trumpdisco - Hoax Strikes Again
9. P.O.L. Style - Vampire Killah (Trumpdisco Remix) [Nightshifters]
10. The White Electric - Into You (Trumpdisco Remix)
11. The Greenskeepers - Planet (Trumpdisco Remix) [Brooklyn Fire]
12. Trumpdisco - Not Drowning, Raving
13. Gigi Barocco - Puah (Trumpdisco Remix)

AC SLATER x JOKER x GTRONIC

As you've probably noticed, I've been on a pretty massive dubstep kick lately. Which is awesome because I love sub bass more than life. However as a DJ, the truth is that unless you've got a room full of bass-obsessed people who share the same love for dubstep, you're going to get mixed reactions and a lot of confused faces when dropping certain tracks.

I can't speak for those living overseas of course or probably for those of you out in LA or NY. However, I'm currently located in the dirty South where dubstep is still a very foreign thing - so this post will be focused more on "dancefloor friendly" tracks.

AC Slater remixes are pretty much always a go-to. I have no idea who "The Grand National" are, but this remix is catchy and contains a very low bassline that flows throughout the song. Pretty chill, nothing too crazy but definitely a track I wouldn't think twice about dropping.

[DL] The Grand National - By The Time I Get Home (AC Slater Remix)

More dubstep producers such as Joker have been remixing more popular groups such as Simian Mobile Disco who've just released their 2nd full length Temporary Pleasures. You know you're getting into some funky melodies with a Joker track - I like this one a little more than the rest.

[DL] Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix)

GTRONIC is one of few producers I've been following closely. He definitely has a signature sound and has gotten play and support from acts like The Bloody Beetroots. He's got that raw, straight-to-the-point bass synth that sticks out amongst the sea of weak, half-assed basslines. This song is hard as nails and perfect to drop at the peak of a party to take the intensity to the next level.

[DL] GTRONIC - Cameltoe

BOYS NOIZE x BBC GUEST MIX

Here's a 20 minute guest mix by electro/techno genius Boys Noize adding more hype to his forthcoming full-length "POWER" which is going to be one of the best dance albums of the decade judging from the preview...

[DL] Boys Noize - BBC Radio 1 Mix 09/18/2009

UDACHI x JUBILEE x PAYPUR

New York's Udachi and Jubilee's collaborated EP "PAYPUR" has officially been released by Nightshifters today and is probably one of the best releases you'll hear all year. I've heard this track in several mixtapes back to even last year so I'm pretty excited to hear the whole thing in it's pure quality and to also have it in my collection of music to spin out.

Buy the release here.

[DL] Udachi & Jubilee - Paypur (Original Mix)

- S.

BOYS NOIZE x POWER

YES! I've been an avid fan of Boys Noize when I first saw him DJ a few years ago. You haven't seen people go apeshit until you've seen what Boys Noize can do to a crowd. I'm talking people doing flips and drop kicking people. While being an amazing DJ with more than a handful of insane tricks up his sleeve - his top notch production keeps me excited. Having been around the German techno scene for years and years now, his new album is pushing the limits of electro obviously taking a lot of influences from German (GOOD) techno music mixed in with his personal gritty raw style. His 2nd full lenth album "Power" is forthcoming on his record label in October followed by a world tour. Buy it. Listen to it.

[DL] Boys Noize - Nott (promo)
[DL] Boys Noize - Starter

READY FOR THE WEEKEND

Fake Blood does what he wants with songs and I'm glad he does. I'm ready for the weekend, are you?

[DL] Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend (Fake Blood Remix)


For those in the area, be sure to come out to Little Rock's only monthly dance gathering of it's kind... COOL SHOES. Come get yer dose of indie electro, ghetto tech, bassline, fidget, and more tunes that'll leave your clothes drenched in sweat. RSVP on Facebook!

- S.

THE PROXY x THE BLOODY BEETROOTS

Not as good as the original (though it never is with The Proxy) but still heavy and dark as all hell with a solid build-up and even more hype for the original release.

Who the fuck are you?

[DL] The Proxy - Who Are You (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

- S.

SUB KULTURE

Mark your calendars if you're in the central Arkansas area on the 8th of August and prepare your ears and faces to be brutally damaged by BASS!

Here's some music.

[DL] Bar 9 - Coalescence
[DL] Freeland - Do You (Joker Remix)
[DL] Dre Skull - I Want You (AC Slater Remix)

- S.

TUNES TUNES TUNES

Air Jordan 1 High Strap 2009 Holiday Collection

Solid tracks I've been thoroughly enjoying lately.

[DL] Rico Tubbs - Gangsters (Jay Stewart Remix)
[DL] Bar 9 - Shaolin Style (Nero Remix)
[DL] OlliE! & Bare Noize - Dancing in the Dark VIP

This tune contains samples from Russian techno producer The Proxy's "Dance in the Dark." Absolutely fucking FILTHY.

[DL] The Proxy - 8000 (Rip from Tiga's Set)

This is a rip from a recent set from Tiga which is pretty much a preview of a new track from The Proxy. It reeks of Russian pride and damnit, Russians go HARD. Without being on his nuts too hard, I think that The Proxy is pushing the limits of dance music right now by using these foreign sounds. Though I think music as a whole right now is moving in a very progressive direction where people all over the world are coming together and meshing their own sounds and influences - going international. Thank fucking god.

- S.