So I’ve been signed up for regular updates from Boomkat (the awesome Manchester-based record distributor that specializes in electronica, reggae, and various other breeds of contemporary art/party music) for about a year now, and every week they come through with a genre-centric 14-tracks package, a compilation of the best and brightest representing one genre, sub-genre, musical discipline, or even one significant musician.  The series has included packages from individual geniuses like Vladislav Delay, Rustie, and Roska, as well as comprehensive anthologies of long-buried rave genres like early 90s hardcore jungle. (Sorry junglists!)

This week, they’ve decided to showcase the sounds of urban Scandinavia’s best-kept secret, an intriguing sub-genre known simply as Skweee! It’s kind of like IDM, except it doesn’t suck.  It’s got the complicated, cerebral rhythms and sparkling lead synthesizers of IDM, but with glitch-hop coherence and consistent attention to the low-end presence.  Alot of the stuff in this package brings an interesting throwback lo-fi approach, sounding like it was dubbed to tape and re-recorded through giant guitar amps.  Perfect for bedroom listeners and ketamine-fiend warehouse ravers.

Here in Boston, the sound has started to pick up alongside wonky styles, glitch-hop, dubstep, and other variations of quirky bass music and now we’ve even got an on-topic monthly party night, aptly titled Lost in Bass, with residents Dsub, Professor Pious, and Stickem.  You can check out the associate blog at the link above, which sports event listings, live mixes from the residents (and their favorite artists), along with other goodies.

Here’s a mix from our man Dsub, originally released by the Boston-centric blog On a Friday, recorded live at one of Boston’s best party nights, Bassic, a monthly dubstep/future-bass residency that has brought in the likes of Appleblim, Starkey, Caspa, The Bug + Warrior Queen, Headhunter, Untold, Martyn, and more!   Just so you’re aware that Boston doesn’t sucks as much as they say it does.

This mix is fucking ba-na-nas.  It really clicks in at around 40 minutes, big ups to DSub and Jason Bergman over at On a Friday.  Download it here. Or stream it below.

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No tracklist right now, being that it’s recorded live, we were all hella drunk, and I don’t think anybody bothered to write down what got played and when.  But you can expect a carefully assembled selection of glitch-hop, skwee, dubstep, and half-step fidget jams for your aural pleasure.  Enjoy.

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Hated by every council this side of Kingsland road, The Z-Shed rears it’s ugly head for another night of stinking hot bass action. Now i’m not being gorey when i talk about bleeding edge but this is definitely the night to be at if you want to be standing on the frontline where the highs speed past your ears like bullets and the  bass kicks you off your feet like a hell of a tonne of a bomb!

The Z-Shed Vs Coin Operated Vs Bin Juice – Warehouse Spesh!

Presenting:

King Cannibal (Warp) – lurching dancehall riddims from the belly of the bass beast
Kanji Kinetic (Boka) – One man rave machine hitting us with his brand new live set!
Squire of Gothos (Trouble & Bass) – Sheff towns gobbiest take a trip to the smoke
Pirate Soundsystem (Wide) – Things that go bump in the night
Mustard Gunn (Coin Operated)- The broken sound of rank
Onken Vs Spaceface – 92 rave Armageddon
+ Filed Under: K, Absnif, Bin Juice Dj’s, Kevlar, Squincy, Child Mo and DJ 121

Saturday 20^th March, secret E2 location, close to tube links, call 07719361116 on the night for directions

And don’t forget to check out the event on that Facebook thing and MyShed

WRITE THE NUMBER ON YOUR HAND SO YOU DON”T FORGET!

And as it’s Friday tomorrow here’s a mixtape . And if you don’t live in London and have no idea where Kingsland road is, don’t worry yourself too much – but you are missing out ;)

THE Z-SHED MIXTPE 08: MUSTARD GUNN by zshed

Tracklist:

01. squire of gothos – out of order
02. fagget fairys – uzela (drop the lime remix)
03. autonation – sit on the bass (jerome hill remix)
04. rye rye feat. M.I.A – bang (buraka som systema’s WTF i asked for a kuduro remix)
05. baobinga & id – extravaganza man
06. foamo – everything cool (gtronic remix)
07. rico tubbs unbelievable (mr miyagi’s gangster remix)
08. laidback luke & diplo – hey! (foamo remix)
09. kid606 – mr wobbles nightmare (squire of gothos remix)
10. jackbeats feat. dyna – what
11. b-rich – make me dance (squire of gothos remix)
12. 16bit – chainsaw calligraphy (kanji kinetic remix)
13. udachi & jubilee – smoke rings (dre skull remix)
14. dave nada – apocalypse theme
15. bruce stallion – drugs=bad (squire of gothos remix)
16. dave nada – apocalypse theme (12th planet & flinch remix)
17. bruce stallion – boom

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You certainly remember BURNS. Pushing the boundaries – as always – this dude offers a refreshing approach to the banger genre. The Funk hast just been re-invented.

The footage of the video above has been filmed during BURNS’ tour of the US with Deadmau5.

Go get the EP, which includes three more tracks, on Beatport. Follow the man on Twitter.

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Version culture may be one of the more elusive corners of the music industry as new riddims and their deejays circulate faster than we can organize them. So rather than trying to ride this many crested wave, I often turn to the incomparable Heatwave blog where my long-held love of Dancehall is constantly re-sparked.

Growing up on an island, we held the (mostly) naive notion that Dancehall and its roots were somehow soulfully connected to our water-bound lives of banality and bourgeois boredom. Tensions abound here, but Dancehall, Reggae, and its culture was steeped so heavily in my community that some have gone on to produce professionally and even adhere, however faithfully, to principles of Rastafarianism.

9/11 sizzles in everyone’s minds, that morning as clear as day for those in the West watching the horrors of the East , and amidst the tumult of my adolescence and the day itself, I bought Anthony B’s “That’s Life”, less symbolic than a distraction from the days events, but I’ll never forget peeling off the plastic and losing myself in croons and chats of peace, pseudo-feminism, and love.

Rarely do I offer the latest in Dancehall business, but lately it has landed in my hardrive and stuck to my play button like sticky icky. As I stumble and trip to the end of one of the last quarters of my college career, I curl my lip and wine to this quatro of solid gold hooks and chats over the Rooftop Riddim. With relentless energy and a truly diverse approach from each deejay, I’ll be bouncing and wining all the way to Austin on Mavado’s despairing laments of love and loss (my personal favorite) and Beenie Man’s rudeboi steez.

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Flippa Mafia – Naah Lef Him Again

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D’Angel – Come Over

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Charly Black – Turn Me On

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Beenie Man – Under Curfew

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Mavado – House Top

P.S. Yes, I’ll be in Austin for a blissful week of music and people. If for some reason you recognize the anti-gravity hair, show love!

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The symbolic analysis above was borrowed from Autostraddle’s lengthy, biting critique of how Taylor Swift is, in fact “a feminist nightmare.” According to “Riese,” a contributor over at Autostraddle, America likes Taylor Swift because she embodies “a palatable conservative ideology in the form of a complacent, repressed feminine ideal. It’s working ’cause Swift writes good songs and America is terrified that its children have been scarred by Britney Spears’s psychotic vagina and Miley Cyrus’s obnoxious adolescence.”

The author explains that Swift’s music videos reinforce gendered double standards such as the virgin/whore dichotomy, then goes on to address the fact that the narratives within those music videos are quite unimaginatively lifted  from bad 90’s teen films. And yeah, nobody’s original, but some people are more creative with their copying and reproduction than others.

Most importantly, she worries that Swift may set a dangerous precedent towards the “vanilla-fication”  of popular music, to which Rob Harvilla over at the Village Voice responds, “Are we all aware that 2008′’s Album of the Year trophy went to Herbie fucking Hancock, doing Joni Mitchell covers? That Steely Dan beat Eminem? That the allegedly august company Swift now joins includes Natalie Cole, Norah Jones, “Smooth”-era Santana? Peep the past decade of AOTY victors and our virginal heroine comes out looking like the goddamn Sex Pistols.” Fair enough.

Brandon Soderberg also chimes in with a discussion of whether or not Ke$ha’s commodified “edginess” is any better than Swift’s ernest innocence. Among other things.

Anyways, I thought the diagram was brilliant, the debate is interesting (if a little sensitive), and that in fact it is DEEPLY shameful that Swift beat out Gaga and Beyoncé for the big Grammy win.

While we’re on the subject of gender, music, and sexuality, I stumbled over to Patent Leather Daddy the other day, only to find a FABULOUS mix/compendium that’s packed with everything from Gaga remixes and Nicki Minaj to Hudson Mohawke and Marilyn Manson.  All of which is accompanied by an equally FABULOUS little film from Anthony over Hotgymnast.com…  anyone know if this man is serious or not? I guess it doesn’t matter.

Anyways, the mix is an eclectic blend of off-kilter, noise-y indie vibes, ethereal 4×4 beats, and epic half-step hip-hop syrup.  It displays an unusual curatorial instinct, and manages to make me give a few moments of tolerance to jams that I would usually skip immediately.  And it’s TOTALLY PERFECT FOR GETTING YOURSELF AMPED AND READY 4 DA GYM.

Some highlights from the mix include:

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Soldier of Love (Kastle Remix) – Sade

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A Human Disaster (House of House Remix) – The Juan Maclean (This track takes a while to warm up when it gets in the groove pocket it really nails it and stays there for a while)

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Ooops! (Hudson Mohawke Remix) – Tweet ft. Missy Elliot

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Russian Roulette (LoCiti Remix) – Rihanna

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HeavyFeet have been busy strapping on extra weight to their already hefty arsenal ready to cause more damage to dancefloors up and down the country than an obese elephant from doncaster in a pair of jimmy choos!

Like Mary Shelley they’ve pulled together some grotesquely catching tunes to form a monster of a mix stitched together fresh for Spring. If you’ve been following their promo mixes you’ll understand that they are hyped ready to galvanise even the stiffest critics.

Not satisfied with having their names on the lips of every content insurance employee in the land they have also decided to raise their own herd AKA label entitled Stamp! Beats.

Over the next twelve months HeavyFeet will release twelve singles, each comprising of an original vocal track, a club mix and guest remix. The original of each monthly release will be given away for FREE. Stamp! Beats launches on 05.04.10 (UK way round as in 5th April innit)

Super Size never felt so right.

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Roisin Murphy – Momma’s Place (HeavyFeet Remix)

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HeavyFeet – Spring 2010 Promo Mix

01. Hot City – Sweat [Ramp]
02. Pearson Sound – Indellible [Aus Music]
03. Pearson Sound – Wad [Hessle Audio]
04. DJ Gregory – Triby [Faya Combo]
05. Doc Daneeka – Drums Of The Deep [Fabric]
06. R1 Ryders – Right Foot Forward [Rq Ryders]
07. Deadboy – U Cheated [Well Rounded]
08. Jovonn – Trama (K2 Beats) [Defected]
09. Edu K – Broken Tap [Anabatic]
10. Radioclit – Secousse (ROund Table Knights Remix) [Mental Groove]
11. Roisin Murphy – Momma’s Place (HeavyFeet Remix) [CDR]
12. Aniki – Suck My Disco (Nom De Strip Remix) [CDR]
13. The Young Punx – Juice & Gin (Riva Starr Remix) [Mofo Hifi]
14. Nouveau Yorican – Boriqua (Harvard Bass Remix) [Sound Pellegrino]
15. Robbie Williams – You Know Me (The Count & Sinden Dub) [Virgin]
16. L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (Cosmin TRG Remix) [Mad Decent]
17. Nick Thayer – The Zombies (HeavyFeet Remix) [Passenger]
18. Suncycle feat. Mavado – No More (Redlight & Toddla T Remix) [Suncycle]
19. Serocee – Badeng (MJ Cole Remix) [CDR]
20. Fast Eddie – Yo Yo Get Funky (Nick Thayer Remix) [Giant Pussy]
21. Skitzofrenix feat. Golly – Droppin’ That [Sneakerz Muzik]
22. HeavyFeet vs. Virus Syndicate – I Spy… (HeavyFeet Club Dub) [Stamp! Beats]
23. Apster & Firebeatz – Skandelous [Made In NL]
24. DJ Sneak – You Can’t Hide From Your Bud (Gramphonedzie Nu Skool Remix) [Magnetic]
25. The Young Punx – Ready For The Fight (Black Noise Remix) [Mofo Hifi]
26. Deekline & Wizard – Gimme A Piece Of That Booty (HeavyFeet Remix) [CDR]
27. Wiley – Never Be Your Woman (Andy George & Jaymo Dub) [Virgin]
28. Blatta & Inesha feat. RQM – Bite Your Lip (Congorock Remix) [I Dischi Della Valigetta]
29. AC Slater – Play The Record Again [CDR]
30. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Clap Your Hands (House Mix) [Technique]
31. Drop The Lime – Set Me Free (NROTB Carnival Mix) [Trouble & Bass]
32. Rob Threezy – Your Love [T&A]
33. Cosmin TRG – Tribal Flex [Tempa]
34. Marcus Visionary – St. Vincent [Liondub International]
35. HeavyFeet vs. Virus Syndicate – I Spy… (AC Slater Remix) [Stamp! Beats]
36. Breakage feat. Newham Generals & Rodigan – Hard [Digital Soundboy]
37. Jack Sparrow – The Chase [Tectonic]
38. D1 – Jus Business [Dub Police]
39. Skream – Burning Up [Digital Soundboy]
40. SL2 – DJs Take Control 2009 [New State]
41. Slipmatt – Hear Me (Junki Munki Remix) [Can You Feel It]
42. Danny Byrd feat. Liquid – Sweet Harmony (Jungle Mix) [Hospital]
43. Motive – Screwtop [Bingo Beats]
44. Heist – Moonshine [Co Lab]
45. Baobinga & ID – Jah [CDR]
46. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Speed Freak [Technique]
47. Original Sin – Ark [Playaz]
48. Xample feat. Jakes – No Respect [RAM]
49. Bassment Jaxx – Twerk (Sub Focus Remix) [XL]
50. Adam F & Horx feat. Redman – Shut The Lights Off (Adam F & Sigma Remix) [Breakbeat Kaos].

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