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?)….
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
Forget bloody swine flu, that’s for amateurs. If you really want to do some damage then check Kanji’s infectious pandemic bass. It rots your teeth quicker than coca-cola and makes old ladies knee caps pop off. But then…. if that’s not your thing then here are some cheap flights to Mexico.
PS… if you’re wondering who the hell wrote this then my name is Rhys and this is my first post for Trash! Virginity officially lost. Drop me a line and see you at Stag & Dagger!
Diverted have built their reputation for energetic live sets via their monthly residency at London’s Air, seeing them playing alongside acts including the likes of The Bays, Justin Robertson’s, Thee Earls, Kraak & Smaak, Minuit and The London Breakbeat Orchestra. In February this year, they opened at Breakspoll 2009 providing almost an hour of live breakbeat, with Lee Richardson drumming at the centre seeming to have the solid timing and consistancy of something you’d buy from Roland or Casio.
Breakspoll 2009 was the first time I had had seen Diverted perform live, having already bought Frederick, as well as hearing their vocal edit of dub-step Visions on YouTube, I was suitably impressed, and it only made me even more curious to hear what their debut album was going to sound like.
Diverted’s album sees them carry their own, but also team up with the likes of Nathan Flutebox Lee (The beat boxer that also somehow manages to play the flute at the same time) as well as Rhys Baker (Our Own Devices) and globetrotting Australian MC, Nine Lives the Cat. Stand out tracks on the album include Frederick, the dub step banger Visions, summer smasher Summer Hiding featuring the rather haunting harmonic vocals of Danielle James and Big Baby Fear.
The album sounds really polished, warm and there is a dark undertone to its sound. It features a wide, wide, wide range of musical genres on it, from your basic club style breaks to vocal driven dub-step to intricately drum filled glitchy electronica to some rather warm summer-esque jazz. There is seriously something for everyone, give it a chance, it’ll be the best £9.00 you could spend this side of a recession… better still also go see them live, you wont be disappointed!
Hailing from London, England, Field Runner are an emotional four piece with a wide, wide range of influences. Being locked in the rehearsal studio since 2007, this three track EP shows that they have not been sitting on their arses. Their sound is a mixture of infectious emo pop and heavy riffs driven by some rather beefy sounding down tuned guitars.
They are now looking to take the UK by storm after playing their first live gig on the 16th April 2009 at the Hope and Anchor in Islington, London.
Rifoki (Bob Rifo + Steve Aoki do hardcore) coming soon as well.
So I started wondering about their hardcore love child, “Rifoki“, and what their life might be like, and what crazy adventures “Rifoki” might get into . . .
Baby “Rifoki” – Random Flickr pic
“Rifoki” living a normal “tween” life, having a hard time dealing with her new braces and the kids at school.
Will “Rifoki” grow up to be a “bro” that’s secretly into “Magic the Gathering?”
Will “Rifoki” rebel, leave home, and not having any real skills, other than her smoking hot bod, and become a stripper? – monroe-bloomington-talk.com
Will “Rifoki” become a notorious serial killer the media calls “The Bloody Beetroot?” – geekologie.com
Will “Rifofki” run into Last Nights Party or The Cobra Snake in the bathroom at on of her My 2 Dad’s crazy parties? – Deviantart.com
What side of the family business will “Rifoki” get into, music? – www.cddesign.com
Or running a chain of highly successful restaurants? – dailyhaha.com
Maybe “Rifoki” will create zany merch like The Insane Clown Posse?- ebay.com
Maybe one day “Rifoki”will run for President?
Will “Rifoki” start a movement that inspires thousands of cats to become part of the “Alt Pet Society” created by the popular blog Hipsterrunoff.com?
What do you think of Bob Rifo & Steve Aoki’s love child?
Late of the Pier first caught my attention as remixers, producing tunes infused with electro, rock, and pop elements with a dark edged tinge. They are now releasing “Fantasy Black Channel“, their debut album. The full length release gives you a better sense of who LOTP are as a band. “Fantasy Black Channel” pushes stylistic boundaries, contains infectious hooks, and the wide scope of their soundscape gives each track its own sound, dishing out a little bit of something for everyone.
The fan’s and critics are all over it, and in agreement, LOTP is a “hot buzz band“, to keep on your radar. Over the past year, the Nottingham four some of comprised of Sam Eastgate (vocals/guitar), Sam Potter, (synths/samplers), Ross Dawson (drums/percussion) and Andrew Faley (bass), have been receiving massive acclaim and extensively touring Europe. They make their highly anticipated US debut this March and April, hitting SXSW, WMC, and all points in between.
‘Brilliant’ -Rolling Stone ‘This band are the future’ – NME ‘Grand retro-futurism’ –Pitchfork ‘Strange & Exciting’ -Blender ‘A wild pastiche of pogo-friendly pop music…Late of the Pier isn’t so much late as right on time.’– Interview ‘The most thrillingly imaginative album of the year’ -The Fly
LATE OF THE PIER ON U.S. TOUR SPRING, 2009
March 18 – 21 Austin, TX South by Southwest
March 24 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
March 26 Miami, FL Gansevoort Hotel (DJ set)
March 27 Miami,FL Vagabond Hotel (DJ set)
March 28 Miami, FL Bicentennial Park
March 30 Atlanta, GA The Earl
April 01 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
April 02 New Haven, CT Yale
April 03 Brooklyn, NY Studio B
April 04 Philadelphia, PA TLA
April 07 Washington DC 930 Club
April 08 Boston, MA Paradise
April 09 Montreal, QC Les Saintes
April 10 Toronto, ON Kool Haus April 11 Chicago, IL Branded @ Congress Theater
April 14 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
April 15 Portland, OR Holocene
April 16 San Francisco, CA Popscene
April 19 Indio, CA Empire Polo Grounds
Already a sensation across the Atlantic, The Whip have marked their destination for the US, swaggering over across the pond in true Mancunian fashion to release their debut album “X Marks Destination” March 3rd. The album is an incredible mélange of beats and melodies; The Whip craft songs with shimmering synths, clanging chords and lingering melancholy, but are also ready and willing to tackle prickly power ballads as well as the dance floor detonators.
In 2008, the band they have played some of the year’s biggest festivals worldwide, including Glastonbury, Leeds/Reading, V Festival, Fuji Rocks, and Electronic Beats to name a few. After a killer showing this past SXSW and CMJ, The Whip will be back in the States this spring taking by storm Austin, Miami’s WMC and every city in between, showing the US how Manchester parties.
“Manchester outfit The Whip are redefining genres one party at a time.” – Nylon
“[The Whip] are the most authentically rave outfit I’ve heard out of this whole pseudo-movement. They anchor their spiky bleeps and strobing synths with a surprisingly strong rhythm section, consistently pulling the groove forward … Best song: “Blackout.” – Pitchfork
“Best Thing to happen to dance music….mutilatingly brilliant.” – NME
“The Whip certainly is great at what it does…they energetically raze your dancing ass with jacking beats carried on pop-perfect rock” – Filter Magazine
“X Marks Destination charges out of the gate with “Trash,” a snotty, exhilarating dance-rock rave-up”- SPIN
“If the White Stripes are the new Led Zeppelin, The Whip is the new New Order.” – Wired.com
“A band that puts out beautiful music… they whip out theinfectious dance-rock like it ain’t no thing, channeling all kinds of gritty and dirty in “Trash.” – CMJ
“While others in this evolving genre have failed to leave you with anything other than an electronic mash up of melancholic throwback 80ies crap, The Whip whips mainstream synth rock back into the sound of the future.” – BPM
“this record is a Joy Division/New Order-worshiping surprise that should have you dancing or nodding your head should it go near your club or iPod. Whip it good.” – Under the Radar
“The Whip are pros at getting a party started and fueling it to the late hours of the night.” – Tripwire
“The new Manchester is the old Manchester on steroids.” – SOMA
“[The Whip] have embraced flux as inspiration, moving between dark goth-pop-shard of which still linger in the ruffneck club hit “Trash” – and gritty proto-techno (on the exquisite album closer “Dubsex”) with astonishing ease.”- Remix Magazine
“On X Marks Destination, The Whip combine jittery ballads with cathartic techno disco, gemmed up in blistering bass beats and biting acid sounds. Stadium rave rock is finally here and it all begs the question – should I hug or pummel my partner on the dancefloor?” – URB
“The Whip is a delicious foray into everything good about disco-infused, electro-rock” – YRB Magazine
“X Marks Destination feels like a discotheque found on a distant planet; wistful songs like “Save My Soul” and “Sirens” conjure the lost-in-space vibe of classic new-wavers” – Alternative Press
THE WHIP NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
MARCH
20 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Filter Mag Party @ Cedar Street w/ Late of the Pier, Razorlight, White Lies
20 Austin, TX @ SXSW @ 508 House (DJ Set) w/ Rye Rye, Cool Kids, Late of the Pier, The Crystal Method, Michael Smith
21 Austin, TX @ SXSW – British Embassy Showcase @ Latitude 30
21 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Insiders Showcase @ La Zona Rosa – w/ Pendulum, The Crystal Method, Diesel Boy, Kaskade
24 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues – w/ Pendulum, The Crystal Method
27 Miami, FL @ WMC – Ultra Music Festival @ Bicentennial Park
28 Miami, FL @WMC – Anthem Magazine Party @ Gansevoort Hotel
30 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
APRIL
1 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom**
2 New Haven, Ct @ Yale Afro-American Cultural Center**
3 Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B*
4 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA*
7 Washington, DC @ 930 Club*
8 Boston, MA @ Paradise*
9 Montreal, Canada @ Les Saintes**
10 Toronto, Canada @ Kool Haus* 11 Chicago, IL @ Branded – Congress Theater*
14 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey**
15 Portland, OR @ Dantes**
16 San Francisco, CA @ Pop Scene**
19 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock
20 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland**
21 Los Angeles, CA @ Cinespace **
*with DeadMau5 and Late of the Pier
**with Late of the Pier
