The Beekeepers ‘Apiculture’ album drops on Jalapeno Records on 9th May so as a treat here’s a free remix from Parker of the killer track from the album, ‘Queen Bee’. It features the mighty vocal talents of UK Hip Hop legend Mystro and bangs hard so get it jacked…
It’s about that time again, here’s a new mix from Benny Boom. Featuring some unreleased bizzle from soon to be massive Glasgow producers HaHaHa & Raksha, newness from Wiley, Funkystepz, Canblaster and Ill Blu as well as a bit of Destiny’s Child, it’s got to be done…
No Shame In My Game Mix by Benny Boom
1. Wiley – Numbers in Action – Sticky remix (Big Dada)
2. Maddslinky – Dub Is For Real (Featuring Mr Scruff) (Tru Thoughts)
3. Funkytwinz – Energizer (Unknown)
4. The Cheerz – Esta Loca (Myd Bounce remix) (Sleep Disorders)
5. Funkystepz – Fuller (Hyperdub)
6. KILLAQUEENZ feat LADY CHANN – Double Up (The Only & Breakdown remix) (Grindin)
7. Ill Blu – Overdose (Numbers)
8. Big Dope P – Kazfara Juke (Dubbel Dutch Remix) (Moveltraxx)
9. HaHaHa – Burka’s Palace (Unreleased)
10. NGUZUNGUZU – Got U (Canblaster & Berou Bonus remix)
11. Mojek – Afraid Of Revolution (Emeka’s Jungle Bass Remix) (Unreleased)
12. Wiley – Numbers in Action – Toddska remix (Big Dada)
13. A1 Bassline – Shock Headed (Tighten Up)
14. Jamie George – FLYING SAUCER (J KENZO AREA 51 RELICK MIX) (Roska Kicks & Snares)
16. Katy B – Broken Record (Zinc Remix) (Rinse)
17. The Milk – Danger (Greenmoney Remix) (Unreleased)
18. Canblaster – Clockworks (original mix) (Nightshifters)
19. Raksha vs HaHaHa – Crave For You (Unreleased)
20. Jacques Greene – Another Girl (LuckyMe)
21. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name (EMI)
Canblaster is one of our very favourite new artists. Since we find out about him in 2010 we’ve been nothing but blown away by all his releases and remixes. His unique brand of glitter house and chunky beats sets him apart as one of the most exciting and distinctive electronic artists working today. Ahead of his much anticipated set at our How’s Your Party? Bank Holiday Special on April 29th we caught up with the man himself to have a word in his ear. Here’s what he had to say…
Hey, how’s things?
Fine, finally sunny in Paris so Im chillin with the Club Cheval guys outside the studio!
First off, what made you want to make music?
I owe it to my mother I think, she really liked music and wanted all his children to be in music school, and I remember sometimes late at night when I was younger, I remember her listening to techno on headphones and dancing through the night.
Are you working on anything at the moment?
Right now I’m in the studio with the rest of the Club Cheval crew (Myd, Sam Tiba and Panteros666), we’re workin on an album together. Beside, I just finished remixes for The Count & Sinden, Boys Noize & Erol Alkan, and Funkin Matt & Teki Latex. And a remix for Donovans with Panteros666. Also working on a few featurings with Mumdance, Crookers, Douster, French Fries, and my 3rd EP for Marble, featuring a track with Sam Tiba.
Your new EP ‘Master of Complication’ dropped in February, can you tell us a little bit about the concept? There seems to be a big emphasis on the idea of clocks and time.
Yeah, I liked the idea of spinnin tracks at different tempos, and I didn’t have the chance to do really different tempos. But when I met Nightshifters, Jess and DJ DonnaSummer, they made me feel like I could really do something different, that really works as a full EP and not just 4 tracks, with a common theme and evolution. And Time is one of my obsessions, screwd and chop, pitching tunes…
Your Part of the Club Cheval crew, what’s that like?
We always help each other a lot, everyone got his speciality. Like I’m in charge of the chords, Sam Tiba of the ghetto feel and the hats, Panteros of the rhythmic side and the gabber/indie stuff, and Myd is the Pop mind of the band. We’re working on our live, with synths and drums, can’t wait to finish and test it.
Club Cheval recently remixed Underworld, how did you feel about being asked to do that?
I really like the band so it felt really good. We really tried to do something modern but using their old sounds or patterns. The second part is inspirated by the drum rhythm of Pearls Girl for example, the vocal is cut like in Cowgirl, and working on his voice was really a pleasure!
Your EP was released on Nightshifters, your first release on that label. Would you consider collaborating with any of the other artists on Nightshifters?
Yeah, I really like the other 3 artists that got signed at the same time as me, Magnum, Talk and Distal. They’re really on a good tip right now! And they did really important releases with the Ghetto Division fam.
Any other labels you’d like to work with?
RIght now, Im focused on Belgium label Pelican Fly and Para One, Surkin & Bobmo’s new label, Marble. My next EP will be released on Marble, same for Myd and Sam Tiba. And I’m gonna do a few collabs for Pelican Fly, with Richelle and Berou, but the boss of the label, DJ Slow, is a long time friend and inspiration, and Im glad to see these 2 labels having such good feedbacks after just 2 releases.
We hear you started off as a composer for video game music, what was that like?
In college I was a heavy music video games player (like Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, etc …) and I knew a few guys from a developing team, I started doing music for little freelance games and finally some arcade companies asked me to send them some beats. That was really interresting, so different from club music…I like keeping the balance between melody and drums when I do music now.
What’s the music scene like in Douai?
I didn’t find it yet…
What’s been your best club experience, either attending or when you’ve been playing?
My first two US tours were amazing, met tons of people that were just names on MP3s before this, strong emotions and testing different crowds was really a good feeling.
What’s been your favourite release of 2011 so far?
The Ghettophiles ones, especially DJ Rashad – Just a Taste, the forthcoming Machinedrum on Planet-Mu,
Ambitions for the rest of the year?
3rd US tour, play more in Europe, maybe Australia too. And getting the Club Cheval Live ready to roll of course!
We know you’re a massive techno fan, the favourite genre of the Glasgow electronic scene. How excited are you to play the Subclub?
Very excited, you have amazing artists and labels in there, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Numbers and Luckyme with lots of big releases…Out to Blackwax, I play their last EP all the time !
Anyone who’s paid the slightest bit of attention to to what we do will know we are massive fans of Bjork at MBHQ. She’s da best and that’s all there is to say on the matter. As we anticipate her forthcoming album with baited breath and sweaty palms, we can keep a lid on such nervous anticipation by treating you to this tasty little re-edit of her classic ‘Hope’ from her last album Volta. Courtesy of an exciting and mysterious young producer from Glasgow known as Feliz Plastico, it takes the original and brings some snap and pop to it with tough drums and a solid groove aimed squarely at the dance floor. It’s been tearing up the floor at our weekly shindig in Glasgow so we felt it only right that we shared it with you lot.
While you’re at it, check out Feliz Plastico’s debut EP for 3rd Abstract Records. His ‘Nature’ EP was recently released and has been causing a stir amongst the house and techno heads among us. Check it out and get yourself a copy on the double.
Clouds are at it again. Not content with setting the world alight with their fantastic ‘Numbers EP’ for Turbo Recordings, they’ve followed it up with a DJ mix to savour. Recorded for The Loose Cannons show on Kiss FM, it’s 18 cuts deep in 30 quick fire minutes and bangs as hard as you can handle. It shows Clouds at their very best, ripping up dance floors from front to back…
Clouds DJ Mix For Loose Cannons On Kiss FM (Direct MP3 Link)
1. Rebotini - Decade Of Aggression (Jesper Dahlback Remix)
2. Sei A - Sweet Lies
3. Jori Hulkkonen - Threats
4. Mr. Oizo - M-Seq
5. Seth Troxler feat. Matthew Dear - Hurt
6. Osborne - Bout Ready To Jak (TNT’s Acid Mix)
7. Phil Kieran - Cut Copy Waste
8. Popof - High And Down
9. Zoo Brazil & Adam SkyCircle Jerk
10. Play Paul & Nicos Marcos - Breathe (Jan Driver Remix) -
11. Housemeister - Verflixt
12. LFO - We Are Back
13. Stefan Goldmann - The Maze
14. Clouds - Geometry
15. Audion - The Pong
16. Animal Collective - Peacebone (Pantha Du Prince Remix)
17. Art Department - Vampire Night Club feat. Seth Troxler
18. Zombie Nation - Shottieville
One of our esteemed residents DJ NoFace, has been busy in the lab recording this super dope promo mix ahead of this year’s series of Viewpoint Parties at the fantastic Kelburn Castle in Largs. We are hosting a full take over on June 4th featuring Benny Boom, Killer Kitsch, NoFace vs MGCK, Djamba vs Point To C, Vitamins DJs, Astroboy, S-Type & Profisee, HaHaHa and Bigg Taj so you know you’re in for a party. With the mighty Electrikal Soundsystem bringing the bass bins and the best location for a party in Scotland, it is very much ON.
Early bird tickets for the Mixed Bizness Takeover on June 4th are now SOLD OUT. However there are still some standard entry tickets available so get in amongst it if you know what’s up.
In the mean time, check the mix from DJ NoFace. It’ll see you right…
A Journey Through Kelburn by NoFACE
1. Dam Mantle – Anti Psalm (Remix)
2. Resketch – Connected
3. Koreless – MTI
4. Pariah – Prism
5. Jamie Woon – Night Air (Deadboy Remix)
6. Pariah – Crossed Out
7. Martyn – Friedrichstrasse
8. French Fries – Merel
9. Roska – Squark
10. Kelis – Brave (Dark Sky Remix)
11. Mosca – Nike (Club Edit)
12. MJ Cole & Wiley – From The Drop
13. Joe – Level Crossing
Our man Mr Benn recently recorded a tip top remix of Joe Driscoll’s excellent Mixtape Champs track, and it’s being given away free as part of a free remix campaign so get your ears round this.
Joe Driscoll is posting two remixes of the title track from his new album ‘Mixtape Champs’ for free download every Tuesday up through June at www.joedriscoll.net. His new album will be released May 23rd on Localization Records, just in time for the summer festival season with remixes from Skitz, Mr. Benn, Tom Caruana, Eddie Rankin of Gentleman’s Dub Club, Jon Kennedy, and Don Hendicutz. Currently on tour in the U.K., he will be appearing at many of the finest festival stages through the summer: Glastonbury, Secret Garden, Shambala, Beatherder, Sunrise, and GreenMan to name just a few.
Driscoll, an innovator of live looping, creates the soundscape of a live band utilizing beatbox loops and multi-instrumental grooves. He was a pivotal part of the One Taste collective whose alumni include Jamie Woon, Little Dragon, and Portico Quartet. He has collaborated with artists like Arrested Development, Rodney P & Skitz, and dancehall legend Spragga Benz.
The first remixes are from our very own Mr. Benn, adding his signature summery reggae hip-hop flavors, and Don Hendicutz taking it back to the old school with his aptly titled ’93 remix. Get some.
Joe Driscoll – Mixtape Champs (Mr Benn’s nod to the creator) by Mr Benn
Point To C is many things to many men. To us he means the most though. Not only is he our consistently brilliant chief designer, responsible for our flyers and general visual aesthetic, he’s also one of our crack team of resident DJs, spinning his unique mix of glacial beats, hip hop heavyweights, techno sound scapes and generally tasteful yet most dance worthy selection of quality music. He is also the man behind the always-on-point Grampian Mountains blog, which he uses to showcase his seemingly endless creative endeavours as well as share his musings with the world at large.
Check out this article on 5 of his favourite DJ mixes and what they mean to him. Covering the likes of Rob Hall, Andy Votel, Hexstatic and Autechre, it’s a worth while read and we can think of few better ways to spend 15 minutes of your time before spending the rest of your life tracking down the mixes in question….
Point To C – A DJ Mix : 5 Selected Favourites (link to Grampian Mountains blogspot)
Benny Boom is back in the saddle with another hip shaking selection. It features original tracks and remixes from our esteemed brethren Hint, Parker, S-Type, Kazey, The Revenge, DJ Moneyshot and William Breakspear as well as some big hitting beats from the last few months. It’s a standard affair but y’all know you love it…
Benny Boom’s ‘Where’s My Alibi?’ Mix by Benny Boom
1. Mosca – Tilt Shift (Fat City)
2. Red Astaire – No Mo! (Homegrown)
3. The Cheerz – Whooz Da Baddest ?! (TV On Mars Remix) (Moveltraxx)
4. Proxy – 8000 (Diplo Remix) (Turbo)
5. Sonido Rampage y Nader – Hocus Pocus (Unknown)
6. Tape Loops – Never Do That (Parker Remix) (Jalapeno)
7. Smerins Anti-Social Club – Alibi (Mr Benn Remix) (Unreleased)
8. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar (William Breakspear’s ‘Quids In’ Remix) (Unreleased)
9. Jack & Juke – 9th Wonder (First Word)
10. Sub Swara – The Balance (Fort Knox Five Remix) [feat. Fort Knox Five and Mat the Alien] (Low Motion)
11. Hot Chocolate – Cadillac (The Revenge Edit) (Jisco Music)
12. Tori Amos – Professional Widow (SDC Disco Mix) (Ooft Music)
13. Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You (Loud Minority Radio Edit) (Unknown)
14. Wu Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M (DJ Moneyshot’s Travesty mix) (Unreleased)
15. Big Daddy Kane – Raw (Stanton Warriors Remix) (Unknown)
16. The Town – Spartanic(Unreleased)
17. Max Romeo – Protest To The M1 (DeVille Remix) (Senseless Records)
18. DJ Zinc – My DJ feat. Benga and Ms Dynamite (Zinc Music)
19. Dubbel Dutch – Bongo (DDJs Productions)
20. MJ Cole & Wiley – From The Drop (Hint Remix) (Unreleased)
21. Taylor – CMB (Girl Unit Remix) (Super) / Ms Dynamite – What You Talking About!? (Acapella) (MTA)
22. S-Type – Medusa (Phuturelabs) / Tweet – Oops Oh My (Acapella) (Elektra)
Our man Parker features on the latest ‘Into Battle’ EP, which has just been released on block party vibing label Bomb Strikes. It’s a fresh and funky retake of Jimi Hendrix’s classic ‘Foxy Lady’, brought up to speed with that unmistakable Parker charm.
It’s a vinyl only release for now so cop the 12″ from Juno while you still can…
Not only is our man DJ Moneyshot rather adept at spinning the old wax, he’s proving to be quite consumate producer these days too. His beats may not come so fast but they do come thick and funky so it’s little surprise that he’s got two brand new tracks featured on Jalapeno’s new Jalapeno Funk Compilation. Released on 28th May, ‘Mellowdip Park’ features on the full release proper while the slam jamming ‘Rob Resurrected’ is exclusive to iTunes as a digital download…
Our boys Mia Dora, HaHaHa & Raksha have just released their new track, a collaborative effort called High Sheen for a new label of the same name. Released today, it’s available from all good retailers so get it…
Profisee has released his debut solo album this week and it’s worth getting excited about.
Featuring collaborations with Starkey, Neil Landstrumm, Dam Mantle, Ghislian Poirier, S-Type and more, ‘From All Angles’ is one of the best hip hop albums we’ve heard in a while. Don’t take our word for it though, just get to know.
Parker is back with the latest and greatest release on his very own Monkey Butler label. This time he’s laid down a bubblin, dubby house roller for us all. And he’s done it so well.
Available April 30th from all good music retailers.
Parker has released his second single on his hotly tipped Monkey Butler label and this time he’s upped the ante with a bass heavy, dubstep smasher that is sure fire to nice up every dance. Available digitally from all good music retailers, it keeps on him right on track as one of the main names to watch in this crazy year we call 2012.
Memory9 is set to make 2012 his own. His Black Dragon EP is the first release on Mnemonic Dojo and is all we need to hear to know that we want MORE. Bridging the gap between Juke and Dubstep, this prodigious bleep freak has re-imagined both in his typically unique and effective way. They also make the dance go buckwild and that’s what counts…
Our man in Milan, Memory9, is set to release his latest EP this week and to set the hype to over drive he’s recorded this fresh to death DJ mix. Mixed with typical style and precision, it’s 24 tracks deep and sets the pace perfectly for 2012.
Soosh has just released his second EP, this time for Dutch label Fremdtunes. On ‘SoFar’, Soosh expands his wonderful style of soulful, warm melodies and drops of clapping-sounds, soft percussion and vocal shreds. Soosh is in good company on his EP, with some fantastic remixes commissioned to seal the deal. London’s Greenwood Sharps and Dutch youngster Jameszoo both remix ‘Us’ in their own highly infectious manner while beat-miner Kelpe re-arranges and delightfully smoothes out ‘Speechless’. Finally, Sekuoia adds some washed out vibes to the digital release with his bonus remix of ‘Everything You Say’.
On February 11th we invited our good friends at Vitamins in Glasgow to help us throw as party. Ben UFO was there, Mosca was too. La Cheetah was place and this happened…
Hint likes to keep us on our toes. Not only has he just released his 3rd artist album but he’s also finished off his 4th, yes…4th, promo mix for this fantastic release. By now you know that he is a bad man behind the wheels and if you don’t then you’ve come to the right place…
Check this classic mix from DJ Moneyshot. We won’t bore, the man himself can do that for us…
Parker is set to release his second single on his hotly tipped Monkey Butler label and this time he’s upped the ante with a bass heavy, dubstep smasher that is sure fire to nice up every dance. It’s set to drop on 26th March from all good music retailers. Stay tuned for more from the party starting king.
‘Golden Ratio’ the lead single from ‘From All Angles’, the forthcoming debut album from Profisee
Featuring collaborations with Starkey, Neil Landstrumm, Dam Mantle, Ghislian Poirier, S-Type and more, ‘From All Angles’ is released today.
‘From All Angles explores the search for balance amongst chaos, observes the beauty that exists around us, and appreciates the many qualities we already possess – the journey is the reward.’
The Allergies is the all-new production/DJ outfit from heavyweight disc jocks Rackabeat (Chai Wallahs) and DJ Moneyshot (Solid Steel). Drawing on such influences as Boca 45, Gramatik and RJD2, the pair aim to bring that vintage sound of sampled funk, psych, hip-hop and rock back to the forefront of club music. With remixes for Double Yellow (Tru Thoughts) on the way, and tracks lined up for a Riddim Fruit compilation, the duo can’t wait to gauge reactions to their new direction.
DJing live they take on two decks and efx, whipping through dope beats and funky breaks with skill and speed, looping on the fly and layering up acapellas to detonate dance floor dynamite. Expect an EP soon, and shows that breathe new life into the finest dusty old records. For now, get your mitts on this rework of a hip hop ultra classic…
This new mix from Boom Monk Ben is another club mix of deep, bass riddims, jacking house numbers, old school classics, unreleased exclusives and future anthems. Almost every one of the artists is playing a Mixed Bizness party at some point in 2012 and this mix sums up where Benny Boom is at just now. It starts off quite deep and wonky and slowly turns the screw as it goes, upping the jack factor before pulling out the classics to send them home.
‘Golden Ratio’ the lead single from ‘From All Angles’, the forthcoming debut album from Profisee
Featuring collaborations with Starkey, Neil Landstrumm, Dam Mantle, Ghislian Poirier, S-Type and more, ‘From All Angles’ is released on 11th April 2012.
‘From All Angles explores the search for balance amongst chaos, observes the beauty that exists around us, and appreciates the many qualities we already possess – the journey is the reward.’
Memory9, our man in Milan, is set to launch his very own label this month with an EP of solo work that has got us frothing all over for what lies in store in 2012. Black Dragon EP will be the first release on Mnemonic Dojo and is all we need to hear to know that we want MORE. Bridging the gap between Juke and Dubstep, this prodigious bleep freak has re-imagined both in his typically unique and effective way. They also make the dance go buckwild and that’s what counts.
It’s released through all good music retailers on March 28th but for now let the anticipation grow and grow…
Soosh, our newest recruit and one of our favourite music making men about, is set to release his second EP for Fremdtunes on March 19th. On ‘SoFar’, Soosh expands his wonderful style of soulful, warm melodies and drops of clapping-sounds, soft percussion and vocal shreds. Soosh is in good company on his EP, with some fantastic remixes commissioned to seal the deal. London’s Greenwood Sharps and Dutch youngster Jameszoo both remix ‘Us’ in their own highly infectious manner while beat-miner Kelpe re-arranges and delightfully smoothes out ‘Speechless’. Finally, Sekuoia adds some washed out vibes to the digital release with his bonus remix of ‘Everything You Say’.
Hint has recorded another promo mix to help stoke the fires in the run up to his new album, released on Tru Thoughts on March 19th. This time it’s a bit od a history lesson…
Our main man and resident MC Profisee is set for a massive year. His album ‘From All Angles’ is set to drop and features collaborations with Neil Landstrumm, S-Type, Dam Mantle, AK Kids, Poirier, Nasty P, Scharkz and Dems. Yep, it’s sounding big but that should come as no surprise. Before the LP comes your way you can get your hands on this future anthem from all good record stores. Produced by Starkey, it’s a jump up, synth led, grime inflected banger with a sing-a-long hook you wish you’d written. It’s released today on digital and ltd 12″ through Abaga Records.
Hands in the air and prepare for the hold up!
Mr Benn is beginning 2012 in the only way he knows how. With a dancehall skank. He’s flipped the new Monkey Mafia single into a digital bounce off, just how we like it. Out now from all respectable music retailers.
Whitney is gone but not for…wait, what was I saying? Anyway, not that we are ever ones to jump on a band wagon, here’s a Whitney Houston remix for you. It’s just a cheeky little re-rub by our man of the moment Hint but like everything he does, he does it so well.
This is the first in a series of mixes Hint will be putting up in the run-up to of new album release on March 19th.
Mix 01 is a 55 min House mix. Mostly new and forthcoming releases, with an old classic thrown in too.
Hint’s Warehouse Mix of “Crash and Burn” featuring Natalie Storm is available right now, exclusively on Beatport for 2 weeks, along with a varied bunch of remixes from other talented producers such as Darq E Freaker, Modest from Belleruche & The Bamboos.
Parker, our brother in bass, launches his Monkey Butler label on this very day, with the first release coming from the man himself. Featuring long time collaborator Sarah Scott, he’s come correct with some future bass soul, the likes of which you’ve never heard. It’s sexy but tough, like the best Valentines Days. Check the preview and get to know. Buy direct from the links below…
In the run up to our man Hint releasing his new album for Tru Thoughts, he’s got a plethora of free bees and exclusives to offer up to keep the fires burning and headphones yearning while we wait for patiently for our Daily Intake. To kick things off we have a bonafide Hint classic to share with you…
