Yet another fantastic bass heavy mix off the No Love Lost Records Mixtape Project series. This one coming from Bushwick, Brooklyn’s DJ/producer AC Slater. Don’t worry, he looks nothing like the horribly tan, extra beefy, character off the 90’s show, “Saved by the Bell!” What you’ll get is a whole lotta bassline with some solid remixes, a slew of great tracks and a Jeff Spicoli intro – “Make up your mind duude! Is he gunna shit or is he gunna kill us?!” Influenced by early 90’s hip hop and some old school rave music, this mix is sure to cause some dancefloor (or bedroom) madness!!!!
01. Jeff Spicoli (Intro)
02. L-VIS 1990 - Change the Game (VIP Mix)
03. Unkle - Restless (Fake Blood Remix)
04. 50 Cent - Fire (B. Rich Straight Fire Remix)
05. AC Slater - Bassline Time (Dirty Freek Remix)
06. Stupid Fresh feat. Stellar MC - Get The Fuck Up
07. Cadence Weapon - House Music (A1 Bassline Remix)
08. Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
09. Bitwise - Remote Execution (B. Rich Remix)
10. AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked
11. AC Slater Featuring Lismore - Up Against the Wall
12. Freestylers vs Cameo - Push Up Word Up (AC Slater Remix)
13. Moby - Alice (Drop the Lime Heavy Bass Remix)
14. The Presets - My people (D.I.M. Remix)
15. Robin S vs Steve Angello & Laidback Luke - Show Me Love vs Be (Hardwell Remix)
16. Kid Dub - Techno Boy
17. Ron Carroll - Walking Down The Street (Bart B More Jackin Down The Street Mix)
18. Purple Crush - Shopping on the Dancefloor (AC Slater Remix)
19. AC Slater - Party Like Us
20. Math Head - Do Damage (Passions Remix)
21. Math Head X Passions - Turn The Music Up (AC Slater Remix)
22. Jeff Spicoli (Outro)
While fully immersed in their new tour “Music Tastes Better With You”, Buffetlibre DJ’s have edited the sequel to one of the most celebrated sessions of last year – another helping from the Verbena Selected series. As with the last session, which received more than 15,000 downloads in less than 3 months, Buffetlibre DJ’s have left the task of choosing the tracklist to their favourite artists of the moment. With names such as Simian Mobile Disco, Midnight Juggernauts and Dragonette collaborating last time round, now it’s down to The Gossip, Dj Mehdi, Cut Copy, Shy Child and Busy P, founder of the French label Ed Banger. So, to discover Busy P’s secret love of Deee-Lite, Make Model’s weakness for Le Tigre, and the eighties touch that made Girl Talk fall for Jane Child.
And as if that wasn’t enough, Verbena Selected 2 has arrived accompanied by Verbena Rewind 2. In this new set dedicated to the 80’s, Buffetlibre DJ’s have followed the advice of several national and international music sources in putting together the tracklist. Contributors include - Discobelle, Electric Zoo, The Beeb Blog, Discodust, Electrorash, Proyecto Batidora, Red Threat, Trash Menagerie, Get Wierd Turn Pro, Madrid, Acid Boys, Streetkiss, iheartcomix, Kidz by Colette, Pretty Much Amazing, Cause=Time.
According to every spy movie I’ve seen, those with a routine are easiest to follow. If that holds true then it’s safe to assume they’d have a hard time locking down on DJ Craze. The Nicaragua-born and Miami-bred DJ first made a splash sweeping turntablism competitions around the world, then took his skills to the dancefloor and turned the international drum n bass scene on its head. Now he’s gone and made a mix for Fabric with tracks representing the old, the new and the not so drum n bass. What’s he gonna do next? Leave Miami? Actually, he is. Our informants across the pond let us strap him down and give him the third degree about that and more…like his mix, which hits stores in the US March 11, 2008.
Speaking of mixes, here’s his Fabriclive Radio Mix.
Track list:
01. Beanie Sigel - You Ain’t Ready for Me - Rocafella
02. Swizz Beats - Money in the Bank - Full Surface
03. Khaled - Holla At Me (Instrumental) - Terror Squad/Kosh
04. Freeway - Lights Get Low - Rocafella
05. Lil Wayne - M.I.A. - Terror Squad/Kosh
06. Breakwater - Release The Beast - Phantom Sounds & Vision
07. Gaz - Sing Sing - Salsoul Records
08. Pitbull - Go Girl - TVT Records
09. Connie - Funky Little Beat - Sunnyview Records
10. Freez - I.O.U. - Streetwise
11. Freez - I.O.U. (Dyce Freestyle’s Death Remix) - Streetwise
12. Shannon - Give Me Tonight - Emergency Records
13. Siedah Garrett - Do you Want It Right Now - Island
14. Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (Crookers Remix) - Southern Fried
15. Sexual Eruption - Sounds Better With You - Geffen/Virgin
16. One More Rainforest….
17. Treasure Fingers - Come True Tonight - n/a
18. M.I.A. - Come Around (ELI Remix) - Interscope
19. The Get Funky Crew - Shake Them Titties - Vision Records
20. Blaqstarr - Shake To The Ground (Claude Vonstroke Remix) - Mad Decent
21. Shala - The Great Chicago Winter (Zebo Remix) - n/a
22. Basement Jaxx - Nifty - Atlantic
23. Craze - Roc Bass 30:50 - 32:04
24. ? - Danca Potranca 32:04 - 32:34
25. Timmy T - Time After Time 32:34 - 34:34
26. Chromeo - Needy Girl (Boy 8-Bit’s Talk Box Dub) 34:34 - 36:33
27. Blaqstarr - All The Girls Around The World (KLEVER SO SO DEATH Remix) 36:33 - 38:47
28. Ocelot - This is Our Time (Treasure Fingers Remix) 38:47 - 40:31
29. Usher - Dat Girl Right There (instrumental) 40:31 - 42:00
30. Timbaland - Bounce (Let Me See Them Titties Craze dub 42:00 - 44:12
31. Green Velvet - Shake and Pop (Hydroz Remix) 44:12 - 45:10
32. Magic Mike - Drop That Bass 45:10 - 47:40
33. MC Shy D - Tearin It Up 47:40 - 49:23
34. Cool Kids - Miami Beach 49:23 - 52:26
35. KP & Envyi - Shorty Swing My Way 52:26 - 54:44
36. A1 Bassline - Girl Thing 54:44 - 57:01
37. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss (Eli Escobar + Doug Grayson Remix) feat. Wale 57:01 - 60:00
Craze - FabricLive38 Radio Mix
Ok, now onto the interview!
Waxyjax: So listening to the mix–you do what you do best, which is mixing hi level turntablism with danceloor sensibility and genre mixing. I just wanted to know what process you went through in crafting this particular mix.
Craze: With this mix i just wanted to do something different from what I’m known for. I’ve been known for the hip hop/turntablism/drum n bass thing for a while and last year I put out this mix CD through A-Track and Disque Primeur. It was a Miami Bass mix and that went really well so when Fabric and my people got together and asked if I wanted to do a CD I said hell yeah and Fabric said I had complete freedom to do whatever I wanted to do and I submitted a couple tracks…and boom, I did the mix!
W: It’s good to have complete freedom for something that’s gonna be released commercially. Did you guys run into any issues with licensing of any songs? Was that even on your brain at all?
C: yeah, that’s like with any mix CD that comes out on this level. I gave maybe two or three tracklists of what I wanted and some didn’t get cleared and the ones that did get cleared made it. That took a little time, but the tracks that made it I’m really feelin.
W: You did mention that you wanted to want to do something a bit different from drum n bass and hip hop since that’s what kinda built up your reputation back in the day. I did notice Armanni Reign is MCing on it, I also know he [works with] drum n bass djs. Do you plan on collaborating with other drum n bass artists for future projects regardless of what genre it’s gonna be for?
C: Yeah well actually a lot of the drum n bass heads that were making noise in US drum n bass are actually moving onto the whole electro thing right now….like Treasure Fingers used to be apart of Evol Intent, and Ewun now goes by Kill the Noise and they’re making noise now in the electro scene. We’re planning on doing some stuff. Treasure Fingers just got signed to Fool’s Gold. So yeah, I plan on doing stuff with them. Armanni’s a dope lyricist so I’m still gonna be working with him in the future on some different stuff–not drum n bass stuff.
W: Everything seems to be cyclical. What do you think is gonna be the next sound that people are gonna gravitate towards?
C: It’s been electro for a minute. I don’t know what the next thing is, honestly. There’s always something new poppin up. I think people right now are A.D.D. about music. Like something’s dope for a year and then they move on to another thing the next year. I don’t know what’s next, but it’s all moving to the dancefloor, which I like.
W: I like that too. Of some of the genres that got trendy over the past few years. Which ones were you most skeptical about?
C: I knew electro was gonna kill it just from going to a couple parties in the beginning I was like, “Oh man, this stuff is crazy!” The one that I kinda wasn’t into, but now I’m starting to see differently is dubstep.
W: I know Juju [is involved in dubstep]–Was he the one that turned you onto it?
C: He was the actually the first person that schooled me to it. The first time i heard dubstep was at some party in New York about 2 or 3 years ago. It was in a side room and they were going off to it. I was like, what is this? Ya know, I love bass, I love heavy heavy bass. I was at the bar, posted up listening to the music and was like, “Yo, this is like some slowed down drum n bass!”
W: Yeah, it’s pretty crazy. I didn’t pick any up in the current mix. But is dubstep something you might wanna be throwing in any sets in the future?
C: Maybe in the future. I always switch up. That’s part of me. I always like finding new things to get into. But i don’t know, right now it’s not part of my future, but who knows. I like it. Like the stuff that Juju’s doing, I like. So who knows.
W: You mentioned in your press release that you’re gonna be working in the studio with Klever, Killa Kela and Mayday! Is that sound gonna be closer to hip hop or are you gonna mix in some electro and other things?
C: The stuff with Klev, it’s gonna be a mix of what I like. Like the club stuff and a bit of Miami Bass influence, combined with his whole electro crazy madness. The stuff with Mayday is gonna be more hip hop, but [Mayday!’s sound is] hip hop. It’s not golden era it’s more musical. We’re gonna try and make something new. I’m actually working with Bernie, the vocalist, on some freestyle kind of music. Some old school Miami kind of freestyle 2008 kinda vibes.
W: Killa Kella?
C: Yeah, he sent me a track that he wants me to do something over before I came to the UK and I haven’t gone to the studio yet, but yeah. Homeboy is dope! He’s a dope vocalist, he’s not just a beatboxer and that’s what made me wanna work with him. I was like, yo I heard his songs and he got a crazy voice and he got a (more…)
No Love Lost Records and Trash are developing quite a healthy relationship. Give us a proper mix and we’ll be more than pleased – I’d say elated if it ends up being as good as this one RAFFERTIE has created for The Mixtape Project and given to Trash to post as an exclusive.
I have to say that I absolutely luuuurrrvvve what the Brits are doing these days with their mixes. The last I listened to over and over was from ME ME ME – MeMeMe is a Fine Piece of Ass. All this OLD JUMP UP BASSLINE is really causing quite a stir inside!!!! Kicking if off with a William Shatner intro right into an excellent mashup of “So Solid Crew vs. Hostage - 21 Seconds (Raffertie’s Mashup).” Within this superb mix lies “Solid Groove - This Is Sick (Yeah! Woho! Remix) (Raffertie’s Wideboy Edit)” which is just killing it every time – The Yeah! Woho! Remix and now Raffertie’s “Wideboy Edit” of it which is beyond perfect. Shit, listen to what happens with DJ V and Rolla - “Miracle”. I don’t recall hearing that track sound so good, IF EVER, until NOW. Toss in some garagey bassline and BOOM, MAGIC.
Another highlight is “OH SNAP!! - Bill Cosby Sweater (Hostage Remix)”, which I love, especially when blended right into “Chaka Kahn - Ain’t Nobody (Raffertie’s Remix)”!!!!! If this style can cross over to the states, IMMEDIATELY and infiltrate itself into the clubs, then we’re sure to have a right BANGIN party!!!! DJ’s of the planet are you listening?? This is the stuff that make panties moist, now please, without further ado, GET ON THIS MIX!!!!!!!!!!!! (and a few words from NLLR, cheers Lee!!)
01. William Shatner (Intro)
02. So Solid Crew vs. Hostage - 21 Seconds (Raffertie’s Mashup)
03. Oxide & Neutrino - Shoot to Kill
04. C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
05. Urban Hype - A Trip to Trumpton (12 inch Club Version)
06. Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload
07. Benga & Coki - Night
08. Doolally - Straight From the Heart (Bump & Flex Vocal Mix)
09. So Solid Crew - Haters
10. Solid Groove - This Is Sick (Yeah! Woo! Remix) (Raffertie’s Wideboy Edit)
11. DJ V and Rolla - Miracle
12. Missy Elliot - Work It
13. Faithless - Insomnia (Raffertie’s !WRONG! Bass Dub)
14. Jackson 5 - Want You Back (Acapella)
15. Live O Productions vs. The Peaches - Parental Fucking (Raffertie’s Mashup)
16. OH SNAP!! - Bill Cosby Sweater (Hostage Remix)
17. Chaka Kahn - Ain’t Nobody (Raffertie’s Remix)
18. The B15 Project - Feels So Good (Raffertie’s Flying High Remix)
19. Cut & Run - Out Of Space (Buda Edit)
20. Niche - Gun Shot
21. Kanji Kinetic - Passionista (Ft. DeaD PersoN)
22. Kanji Kinetic - Trick Wobbler
23. M-Beat Ft. General Levy - Incredible
24. Wildchild - Renegade Master (Urban Takeover Mix)
25. Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom
26. Bryan Cox - Where You At (Gaetan Remix) (Raffertie’s Tempo Edit)
27. Coolio - Gangster’s Paradise (Raffertie’s Jungle P.I.M.P. Remix)
“To help spread the RAFFERTIE gospel, The Mixtape Project has hooked-up with the ever sexy TRASH MENAGERIE. Be sure to stop by TRASH to say, what’s-up! Oh and as a bonus, you’ll find a link to the mix RAFFERTIE sent TRASH in January, the aptly titled “Baaaaaaaaassline!” mix – RAFFERTIE’s “Baaaaaaaaassline!” for TRASH MENAGERIE.
Do you like Bassline? Niche? Speed Garage? Old Skool Rave? We here at The Mixtape Project absolutely love them, so does DJ/producer RAFFERTIE, hence our inevitable request for the man to whip-up one of his brain liquefying, breakneck sets for us. Fidgeting, reversing, retrofitting and wonkifying (yes, I just made that last one up!) his way through twenty-seven tracks (appropriate since this is our twenty-seventh exclusive mix) RAFFERTIE once again proves himself to be one of the most innovative and hands down (more…)
Lets kick the week off right with a brand new CROOKERS mix which they’ve just posted on their My Space blog. Seems like great things are happenin’ down under!!!! Be sure to get your Crookers fill if you’re in any of the Australian cities listed on their flyer above!!!!
01. Midnight Juggernauts - Scorpius
02. Crookers - Big Money Comin
03. Krames - Sound of The Police
04. SantoGold - Creator (Scottie B mix)
05. Ron Carrol - Nike Spinnin’ (The Count & Sinden Remix)
06. Moby- I love to move in here (Crookers CRACK mix)
07. Boy 8 bit - Wolfen
08. N.E.R.D. - Everyone nose (Phra Re-fix)
09. DJ Godfather - Short Dick Man
10. Skream - Midnight Request Line (Chavy Boys of London mix)
11. Rico Tubbs - Gangsters
12. BSS - One Blood Kuduro
13. Cupid - Cupid Shuffle (Bird Peterson Remix)
14. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction (Wideboys bassline mix)
15. The Whip - Trash (Crookers mix)
16. Bumblebeez - Rio (Boy 8 bit mix)
17. Bumblebeez - Rio (Crookers mix)
18. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Crookers mix)
19. Dada Life - The Great Fashionista Swindle
20. Bloody Beetroots - Boom Night
21. Azzido da Bass - Dooms Night (Crookers BUM mix)
22. Crookers - Purple lens game - (Bloody Beetroots mix)
Picture taken from www.rickbluhm.com, art director for “Supermarket Sweep” as well as my favorite “Reading Rainbow”.
You know when you’re in the mood for something and you don’t know what it is? Then, as if by magic, it finds you. Or not by magic, but simply from taking armfuls of mixes you don’t have the time to listen to.
On Monday, I found this yet-unheard mix tape back from September last year.
The simply titled “Glitchy Hip Hop & Dubstep mix” features two tracks nabbed from Mark Rae’s 2005 dancehall and hip hop mix album “Ode to a Dying DJ” plus loads of good hip hop, breaks, electronica, and dubstep tunes. It’s in the vein of GlitchBitch’s In Glitch We Trust, which we featured in October last year.
And okay, it’s not the best mixed tape I’ve ever heard, but there’s something about the imperfections that remind me of buying bootleg mix tapes in the Puerto Rican parts of Williamsburg from the selection of bootlegs purveyed underneath dusty glass cases. It reminds me of summer and sweaty small bars with parties going off in the back, as if parties were some illegal trade.
I’ve eeked out that the mixtape’s near-anonymous creator is from Australia and is called Nic who’s produced artwork for fellow Ozzies, breakbeat artists Ctrl-Z and Smithmonger. And that’s it.
The frigid weather we’ve been having in Chicago, -1° F, is enough to keep a person holed up in the house for days on end! Not too terrible if you’ve gone to the grocery, stocked up on some good food, a sugary snack or two, perhaps picked up a few movies and have some good music to get you through the chill!!
The lovely Kimberleysmobiledisco of TM, featured MeMeMe late January, It’s All About MeMeMe! complete with an excellent mix to get us going! I’ve just listened to the most recent they’ve whipped up for NLLR and it is one FINE PIECE OF ASS in the form of a mix. Sink your teeth into this one wherever you are, freezing or hot. Cheers!!
“MeMeMe, aka Moxie and Purlow, are a very tight Nottingham based DJ duo with a much buzzed about residency at much loved club, STEALTH. Having already played alongside the likes of EROL ALKAN, KISSY SELL OUT, SINDEN, NIGHTMOVES, BANG GANG DEEJAYS, LATE OF THE PIER, FRIENDLY FIRES, DETBOI, PRIMARY 1, D.I.M., CRYSTAL CASTLES, GUNS & BOMBS, LILLICA LIBERTINE and RORY PHILLIPS, these two fine and most talented individuals have thoroughly earned their deejay stripes and their career is barely off the ground. If like me you’re a big fan of the utterly fresh sound folks like HERVE, SINDEN, SWITCH, DROP THE LIME, SURKIN and friends are currently throwing down, then you’re gonna’ flip over this mix. In the space of 13 tracks and 1 hour MEMEME manage to whip up the euphoric frenzy of a full nights clubbing at the coolest venue imaginable. There’s more whirring Bassline and Dubstep-style sub-bass, Bmore and Jukey shake, grinding Electro pulse and stuttered post-Hip Hop, post-Rave beat and melody in this mix than you’ll know what to do with. It’s an absolutely bangin’ set from start to finish, comprised of only the very hottest tunes out there at the moment, selected and mixed to woofer trembling perfection. Needless to say MEMEME are going all kinds of good places in 2008. If after enjoying this exclusive mix that MOXIE and PURLOW have lovingly crafted for you, you are left craving more MEMEME, then you’re in luck! They did a sweet-as mix for Trash Menagerie only last month, which I’ve conveniently linked below. So there we are, go friend MEMEME, MOXIE and PURLOW on Myspace, check out their extensive list of upcoming dates and get on this mix!!!” – No Love Lost Records
01. Drums Of Death - Breathe (Curses! Remix)
02. Bulgarian and Spoek - Zombie Door (Santiago and Bushido Remix)
03. Solid Groove - This Is Sick (Yeah! Woohoo! Remix)
04. Fagget Fairys - Samo Ti (AC Slater Remix)
05. Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Switch Remix)
06. Crookers - My Penny
07. CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter (Twockers Respect To Van Helden Remix)
08. Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone (Destroy Disco Mix)
09. Hostage - Rave Rave Rave
10. The Count and Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
11. Benga and Coki - Night (L-Vis 1990 Hyper Bass Remix)
12. Congorock - Exodus (3 Is A Crowd Mix)
13. Bok Bok - What The!
We recently caught an earful of - La Mode. Hailing from Melbourne - Brendan Cordell (Dan Fantastik) Michael Spencer (PaperKuts) and Jamal Sakini (Malfunktion) have have caught the eye of acts such as Ajax, Gildas & Masaya, and have a forthcoming remix for Cazals, soon to be released on Kitsune. Influenced by Mylo, Daft Punk, Riot in Belgium, Royksopp, and The Teenage Ninja Turtles, give a listen to their remixes of Digitalism, Bloc Party, and original La Mode track - Salami, and hear if you can catch any of that.
01. la mode - Salami
02. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (A-Track Remix)
03. Leonard de Leonard - Leonizer Fever
04. Edu K - Gatas Gatas Gatas (Crookers mix)
05. Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose to give it - (boy 8 bit dub)
06. DatA vs Yelle - J’aime Pas L’art
07. Digitalism - Idealistic (A-Trak_Remix)
08. Cazals - Life is Boring ( La Mode’s Rubber dub dub)
09. boys noize vs Regrets - The Battery
10. Brodinski - bad runner
11. The Presets - My People (DIM Remix)
12. Crookers love to edit Timberland boots
13. Detect - DanceDivision (Yuksek Remix)
14. Digitalism - Magnets (la Mode’s Space pirate Remix)
15. Wax stag - Short Road
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