Nothing makes my mind’s vocal chords sing like great stories about musical dissemination. So here is one for your books: While two UK backpackers are hiking the tiny island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, they meet local islanders John Regis and Thony B, who, during an unfortunate rainstorm were kind of enough to take the hikers in. What they didn’t know was that the Brits were carrying a Speed Garage and 2-Step compilation CD, the sounds of which wouldn’t leave the island of Vanuatu until the two formed the production duo Pacific Steppaz, and were making innovative 2-Step and Dubstep sounds together with samples from a Melanesian choir. The results are quite interesting, and they’re below for your listening pleasure.
The first tune, their “theme song” entitled “Pacific Steppaz,” features a nice 4/4 beat that is slow to build, stretching the song with a welcomed patience before unleashing a triumphant array of youthful choral voices and the added benefit of a polite, but impressionable bassline.
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Pacific Steppaz – Pacific Steppaz Theme
The second tune, and my personal favorite, is entitled “Gerrard II. (Sat In Silence). Utilizing the bright choral samples of the Melanesian choir again, this tune pairs them with a subtle 2-step riddim, reminiscent of Kanye’s best moments with tribal drum samples. Darkening the tune with a menacing vocal sample, a man recites the words “We buried them ourselves”, foreshadowing an ominous break midway in the song, dropping into some spacious and hollow Dubstep bizness, conjuring Shackelton’s skeletal production techniques.
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Pacific Steppaz – Gerrard II. (Sat In Silence)
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posted by TheCrookedClef at 3:00 pm
Little Lamin
I feel pleased to introduce to Trash readers an important addition to us multi-genre band of outsiders, Mr. Lamin Fofana, a member of the Dutty Artz family. You may know Lamin from his “Recession Rap Podcast” series, a Fader Magazine-approved collection of Hip-Hop and Rap hopefuls, waxing wise about, among other hot topics, money. This signifies Lamin’s first foray into the soundclash world of Tropical, Dubstep, and Dancehall, wrestling with a wide array of unclean sounds, challenging the ear and moving the body. I look forward to the day when people like Lamin rule the world. Don’t say I didn’t tell you so.
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Lamin Fofana – Fatmata Was Here
“INGREDIENTS”:
01. Bvdub – Return To Tonglu
02. RHy-s on – 2
03. Bijan Mofid – Shahreh Ghesseh, I & II
04. Co$$ feat. Blu – Angelic
05. Jamie Vexd – In System Travel
06. Zomby – Tears in the Rain
07. Dred Man-Gi feat. Nell – Não Ta Se Entender
08. Kasai Allstars – Tshitua fuila mbuloba
09. King Midas Sound – Cool Out
10. Alpha Blondy – Jerusalem
11. Cauto – Despartar
12. G-Side – Alpine Tick
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posted by TheCrookedClef at 2:04 pm
Hi, my name is Stefan Nickum and I go by “The Crooked Clef” as a DJ. I’m unofficially based out of Seattle but operate globally as a contributor here at Trash Menagerie where I write frequently about streetwise dance music, heavy in bass, from around the globe. In addition to writing, I mix and record a live set of music in a monthly series entitled “Trash in the Bassment.” Genres highlighted in these mixes include, but are not limited to, Dubstep, Electro, UK Funky, Tropical, Cumbia, Baltimore Club, and Kuduro. So far the mix has been featured on blogs from around the world and has received particular notice from Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker magazine.
Departing from the impromptu eclecticism of my “Trash in the Bassment” series comes my first official mix. The mix is entitled “Cognitive Estrangement,” and still features my live mixing style, but with a more focused song arrangement. As the title suggests, I’m interested in making connections between danceable (direct) songs and headier (indirect) songs. This mix features a familiar collection of artists and genres that represent this interest of mine, and are mixed in a way that feels both functional and dysfunctional; crowded and spacious.
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The Crooked Clef – Cognitive Estrangement
Tracklist:
01. Drop the Lime – We Are The Future (Trouble & Bass Recordings)
02. DJ Shaun D – Alien Spaceship (Unreleased)
03. Kingdom – You (Fool’s Gold Records)
04. Rampage – Lovin’ U Is Easy (Nightshifters)
05. DJ Lokey – Get With This (Get Busy) (Unreleased)
06. Rob Threezy – You Bad (DJ Sega Remix) (Nightshifters)
07. Momma’s Boy – Give It Up (Unreleased)
08. Egyptrixx – Just Say Really (Bok Bok Remix) (Idiot House Records)
09. L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (Mad Decent Records)
10. Geeneus – In To The Future (Rinse)
11. The Phantom – Cambodia (Unreleased)
12. Emvee – Nocturnal (Wireblock)
13. Untold – Just For You (Roska Remix) (Hotflush Recordings)
14. Kode9 – Black Sun (Hyperdub)
15. Gold Panda – Mayuri (Various Production)
16. Brackles – Sutorito Faita (Planet Mu)
17. Falty DL – Human Meadow (Boxcutter Remix) (Planet Mu)
18. Various Production – Bside (Various Production)
19. Joker/Ginz – Purple City (Kapsize)
20. Ikonika – Please (Hyperdub)
21. Mark Pritchard feat. Om’Mas Keith – Wind It Up (Hyperdub)
22. James Blake – Air & Lack Thereof (Hemlock)
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posted by TheCrookedClef at 5:12 pm
When you’re out celebrating your lives this weekend make sure to swing by Glasslands on Friday July 10th to celebrate Kingdom’s life as he celebrates his birthday with a special edition of Club Vortex. But if you don’t know Kingdom you may feel more cause to celebrate his music. The New York producer has officially been snatched by A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold Records for release of Kingdom’s song “Mind Reader,” featuring the singer Shyvonne, as well as his tune “You.”
Flown out for the festivities will be L.A. hopefuls Nguzunguzu (yes, that’s spelled correctly), and Total Freedom, whose party “Wildness” is described by former Wildness guest Jace Clayton (DJ/Rupture) as “fun dancing mayhem.” Where 808 drum machine hits are distributed with anarchical disregard and bass is only outmatched by rhythm, these guys will give New York Tropical a run for its money. And if you need a small, sweaty, steam-filled window with which to peel through, Nguzunguzu and Total Freedom have put together a free-form tracklist-less mix of vinyl, live vocals, drum machines and Ableton concrete together to give a special edition of the Club Vortex mixes.
Post-Script: If you are unable to make it to Glasslands on Friday, Nguzunguzu will be opening for the Dutty Artz family at “Que Bajo!?”, alongside Uproot Andy, Geko Jones, and Chief Boima of Ghetto Bassquake fame. Arriba!
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Nguzunguzu & Total Freedom – Wildness Mix for Club Vortex
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posted by TheCrookedClef at 1:08 am
Ok, So i don’t exactly need to waste a whole load of your eye ink telling you who the hell Count & Sinden are, but you might think i had a stutter if i started ranting at you about their night Mega Mega Mega.
I’m sure once you’ve seen the line-up, you’ll be down to Plastic People in a flash waving your diver at the door staff and dancing dancing dancing to the likes of Scratch Perverts, L-Vis 1990, Calvin Harris & Fake Blood. Oh yes, and not forgetting Martelo! Which leads us nicely onto our free download (you see what i did there?)….
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Martelo – Live At The End Of The World
Here’s the tracklist:
01. Jape – Floating (DIM Remix)
02. Jack Beats Vs Dynamite MC – What (Boy 8 Bit Remix)
03. SIS – Trompeta
04. Unknown – Unknown
05. Lil Silva – Diffrent DJ Zinc – Killa Sound feat. No Lay (Skreamix)
06. DJ Narrows – Saved Soul
07. Youngstar – Bongo Madness
08. Redlight – Rock The House
09. Furacao 2000 – The Book Is On The Table
10. As Tchutchucas – Catuca (SIR MIX A LOT – BIG BUTTS)
11. Axe bahia – Sensação (Thong Song)
12. Bonde Do Vinho – Toma Dengosa (Wiseguys Sample)
13. Bonde James Bonde – Detox (Toxic)
14. DJ Edgar – Coracao do FUNK (Groove Is In The Heart)
15. Xxxchange – AA24-7_XXXMASH
16. Unknown – Push Me
17. Major Lazer – Pon De Floor
18. Martelo – Waste (ASAP EDIT)
19. Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
20. Jack Beats – K Hole (PLAY OUT TEST 1)
21. Rusko – Cockney Thug (Scratch Perverts Remix)
22. Basement Jaxx – Bongoloid
23. Buraka Som Sistema – Sem Makas
24. Buraka Som Sistema – Sound Of Kuduro (Radio Edit)
25. ReSo – If Ya Can’t Beat Em
26. Skream – Simple City The Prodigy – Warrior’s Dance (Benga Remix)
27. ZOMBY – Aquafresh
28. ZOMBY – Strange Fruit
29. Dexplicit – Judas
30. L-VIS 1990 – United Groove 0.2
31. Proxy – Raven
For more info check Count & Sinden’s MySpace
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posted by Rhys Isterix at 10:13 am
Before listening to this mix you may want to spend some quality time with Ben UFO, Hessle Audio label head, and whose Fabric Live promo mix was posted here last month. The mix is a seminal body of songs from a label that’s poised to do some important things to the genre of Dubstep in 2009. One of those important things is Joy Orbison out of . Just a month ago Joy had nearly as many Myspace hits as me (not many), and today his Myspace views have nearly doubled as his tune Hyph Mngo is tearing its way through streaming play buttons and soundsystems. Offered to you today is a mix from Joy Orbison, his first official mix to hit the internets. This mix is called Doldrums and features an important backstory to Joy Orbison’s influences, highlighting a collection of Deep House, Funky, and Joy’s own 2-step inspired Dubstep productions. If Myspace friends are any sure foreshadow, we may see a release of some Joy Orbison tune via Hotflush Recordings in the near future. Until then, keep this on repeat.
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Joy Orbison – DLDRMS001
Tracklist:
01. Pearson Sound – Indelible // Aus
02. Karizma – Drumz Nightmare // R2
03. Nu-Birth – Anytime // Locked On
04. Tonya Renee – About You (Karizma Boucha Remix) // Home Recordings
05. Altered Natives – Rass Out // Fresh Minute Music
06. Joy Orbison – Smother // DOLDRUMS
07. Efdemin – Acid Bells (Martyn Remix) // Curle
08. Shed – Selection One // Soloaction
09. Ultramarine – Hooter (Carl Craig Remix/JORb EdiT) // Real Soon
10. Joy Orbison – Tentative Bidding // DOLDRUMS
11. Martyn – Hear Me // 3024
12. Joy Orbison – J. Doe // DOLDRUMS
13. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo // Hotflush
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posted by TheCrookedClef at 4:00 pm
