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

MUSIC x MUSIC x MUSIC

Oops. Working two jobs, school starting, and trying to finish a million tunes all at once kinda puts blogging at the bottom of my priorities. Enough about my personal life though - I've been surprised at the amount of QUALITY music that's been coming out the past month. I'm sure DJs everywhere are as pumped as I am about this, so be sure to peep out all the gems below.

P.S. Can anyone tell me where summer went?

First off... yes the La Roux remixes are played out - but sometimes... sometimes... there's good reason behind the hype. I really wish that all American Top 40 hits sounded like this instead of the horse shit the tasteless idiots play on the radio these days - but I won't get into that right now. The girl's voice is a perfect element for remixing. Here are two of my favorites of the next wave of remixes of La Roux - "I'm Not Your Toy." Jack Beats once again prove that they know how to properly use the "wobble" to make anyone go nutzo on the dance floor.

I also like DatA's take on the song. There's something about orchestral sounds in dance songs that I really like.

[DL] La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
[DL] La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (DatA Remix)

Next up is Fake Blood, an artist I've been following since he mysteriously came up on the scene (maybe 2 years ago now?) He was M.I.A. for a few months but lately he's been pumping out remixes again and also has an EP coming out on Cheap Thrills. Below is a track from the said E.P. and is a bit different from the Fake Blood you're used to. I'll always be a fan of disco and I love the use of the sample in this song.

The remix of the Gossip is crucial if you're a fan of his "usual" work - super dark and at the same time has catchy, hypnotizing melodies layered with extra fat basslines in the background. And yes, the remix has the signature "Fake Blood" that he somehow chops up and glues together from the audio in the actual song - which still blows my mind.

[DL] Fake Blood - I Think I Like It
[DL] Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)


B. Rich collabs with Sue Cho and MC Whiskey Pete to put out another high-energy party beast of a track. House music with lots of bass + huge drops = club banger. Give me the bass!

[DL] B. Rich ft. Sue Cho and Whiskey Pete - Bump

Drum n' Bass legends Evol Intent are back and I'll let the music do the talking for this one. I can't have this huge post without some dubstep....

[DL] Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Evol Intent Remix)

- S.

JACK BEATS x HARD FEST MIX

Here's a 30 minute mix put together by Jack Beats to promote the upcoming Summer HARD Fest happening on August 8th - one of the biggest electronic events to happen worldwide. The track list looks fucking solid as it starts off with a track straight off their upcoming EP on Cheap Thrills records titled "U.F.O." Let Jack Beats show you the proper way of the wobble.

[DL] Jack Beats - Hard Summer Mix 2009

TRACKLIST:
1. Jack Beats- U.F.O
2. L-Vis 1990- United Groove
3. Hard House Banton- Sirens
4. Trevor Loveys- Organ Grinder (The Counts Big B-Morgan Remix)
5. Boy 8 Bit- A City Under Siege
6. Hockey- Song Away (Jack Beats Anger Management Remix)
7. Project Bassline- In da VIP
8. Jack Beats- Get Down VIP
9. Proxy- Raven (Crookers Remix)
10. Diplo & Blaqstarr- Get Off (Jack Beats Remix)
11. Fake Blood- Mars (Style of eye Remix tool)
12. Sharkslayer- So Sincere (Renaissance Man Remix)
13. Jack Beats- Labyrinth
14. MJ Cole- AO (Zed Bias Wind- Up Mix)
15. Herve & Jack Beats- Rainstick W/ Major Lazer- When you hear the bassline (Ft. Miss thing) acapella
16. Duck Sauce- Your Nasty

- S.

STENCHMAN + MORE

"Tonight there are two kinds of darkness in this city. First, there’s that darkness which is merely the absence of light. And then there’s that darkness which is the physical presence- the very manifestation- of the ultimate, Satanic evil. That second and malignant form of darkness feeds upon and cloaks itself in the first and more ordinary kind of darkness, cleverly disguises itself. But it’s out there. Therefore, I don’t wish to have shadows close to me this night, if I can avoid it, for one never knows when an innocent patch of shade might be something more than it appears."

No, that isn't a member of the mask-happy metal band Slipknot, but probably one of the most blatantly fucking evil dubstep artists I've seen to date. Check out his new track "Gutfucker" below which reminds me of the scene from one of the SAW movies where the dude is getting pig guts slammed onto him. RUDE!

[DL] Stenchman - Gutfucker

*BONUS*
[DL] Zombie Nation - Forza (Housemeister Remix)
[DL] AC Slater - Vertigo (Nick Supply Remix)
[DL] Hostage - Special Brew
[DL] Patrick Wolf - Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)

- S.

LADY SOVEREIGN + JACK BEATS

Short and sweet post for youz guys before I hit the sack.

[DL] Lady Sovereign - I Got You Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)

- S.