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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Trash In the Bassment Vol. 6

Hype-Can

Hype-Can

Volume 6 may be one of the more cohesive entries into the “Trash In the Bassment” catalog, if not the hypest. Previous installments run on the eclectic side, doing many things at once in an amorphous melange of bass heaviness. I hope this one is shorter on motley and heavier on crew as recurring genres and sounds lace what is a particularly high-energy set of the best in bass from the month of June.

Recorded in a live, one-take fashion by myself (The Crooked Clef), this critically-acclaimed series is a monthly collection of songs that I’ve downloaded from a variety of blogs, songs I’ve purchased, as well as the occasional exclusive. The tracklist is featured below with links to songs available for download (free or not), where the link will either take you to the great blog that posted it or the virtual record shop for purchasing. With out further ado…

This mix was recorded using 2 Technics 1210 MKII’s, a Pioneer DJM-400, and Traktor Scratch.

NYC: Go see Kingdom play T&B tonight.


The Crooked Clef – Trash In the Bassment Vol. 6

01. Hot City – Set Me Free (Available on Boomkat)
02. Black Box – I Don’t Know (Kingdom Remix) ((Trash Menagerie))
03. Emynd – Hold It Down 2009 ((Crossfaded Bacon))
04. Scottie B & King Tutt – African Chant (Top Billin’ Remix) ((Get Weird Turn Pro))
05. DJ Master-D – Mad Drumz (Curb Crawlers)
06. Zombie Disco Squad – Banton Boot (Curb Crawlers)
07. L-Vis 1990 – Come Together (Available on Beatport)
08. Dre Skull – I Want You (Bok Bok Remix) ((Available on Beatport))
09. Star Eyes – Happy Haus (Exclusive Star Eyes mix for Trash Menagerie)
10. CT Burners & Jubilee – Kick It (Birthday Party Berlin)
11. Norrit – Feel the Rhythm (Dubbel Dutch Remix) ((Discobelle))
12. Buraka Som Sistema (Feat. Petty) – D…D…D…D…Jay (Poligono Big Pachanga Remix) ((Curb Crawlers))
13. Mavado – Blessed (De Tropix Remix) ((Mad Decent))
14. DJ Rupture – Cumbia De Las Piratas (Refix) ((Mudd Up))
15. Amadou & Miriam – Sabai (Uproot Andy Remix) ((Ghetto Bassquake))
16. Cooly G – Narst (Available on Boomkat)

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posted by TheCrookedClef at 9:12 am  

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Trash Menagerie Radio on THEHYPE.FM feat. Mikix the Cat

Tune in TODAY, Wednesday 24 June, for the second installment of Trash Menagerie’s online radio show on TheHype.fm!! We’ve picked a special guest for this next one, in the form of Trouble & Bass artist, wonky Parisian, MiKiX The Cat!!

Radio show time – Wednesday 24 June at 4PM EST //  9PM GMT!!

Click here to access the show and stay tuned as we will post the mix in the coming weeks! Listen to our first show, which aired Wed, 27th May, from Trash Menagerie’s Local Hero!!

To get you ready for the show, here’s a favorite Mikix remix of mine, Mendel’s “Beatburger” (Mikix The Cat Mac Honey Remix). Love it!!


Mendel – Beatburger (Mikix The Cat Mac Honey Remix)

Previous Mikix The Cat music on Trash Menagerie –
Mikix The Cat Movin Around Ep
Bass Welterweight Kanji Kinetic

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posted by Lovestar at 3:45 am  

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Winter Mix 08′-09′ – The Captain

Poppin Bubble Gum in 2009

From Left to Right T&B Crew: Drop the Lime, Star Eyes, Math Head, The Captain

Still spilling out into the new year are plenty of well-deserved looks at the world of bass music. Acting as both a recap and a forecast though is an offering by Trouble & Bass Recordings manager The Captain. Busy with a quickly burgeoning catalog of talent T&B Recordings its been a while since The Captain gave us a mix of his own. And of course this roster wouldn’t be complete with out the the tastemakers that run the label. So here I offer you The Captain’s Winter Mix, showing you just how keen the T&B ear is. Watch for a particularly big and scary Dubstep bookend that feels optimistic for that genre’s progression in 2009. With a lot of new material from the T&B camp coming out by the end of the month (Curses!), there will be no shortage of bass-line boundary pushing from this crew. Don’t stray.


The Captain – Winter Mix 08′-09′

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posted by TheCrookedClef at 9:29 pm  

Friday, October 10, 2008

Black Holes-Little Jinder Remix

Via Trouble & Bass

Via Trouble & Bass

A couple weeks back our very own Local Hero (no pun intended), wrote to us about Black Holes. It was a very heady subject including algorithms and low frequencies, but in the end we got a better look into Chicago’s up and coming duo. Adding now to the arsenal provided by Local a few weeks ago is a big victory for the Black Holes kids. Last week the Trouble & Bass family announced the winners of their Little Jinder remix contest for her E.P release on T&B Recordings called “Polyhedron.” Black Holes indeed won and their remix of Polyhedron is available for you, at 320kps, at the bottom of the page.

You’ll notice immediately the foreshadow of bass heaviness as soon as the track starts. But beware of the breakdowns, as the truly professional rework of this Little Jinder tune comes to your attention quickly and only builds through out the rest of the track. The song is dynamic, rave-tastic, and will bass you. A particularly glorious moment comes at around 2:20 as Little Jinder’s tender voice juxtaposes the darkness of the Black Hole synths.

As this is a special treat for you Trash readers, be sure to pick up her Polyhedron EP over at Beatport, Turntable Lab, Juno, and iTunes. Further remixes of the track will be available soon from Drop The Lime, Math Head, Blackfinger, AC Slater, and Goon & Koyote. Congratulations Black Holes on being included in an all-star line-up of US & UK producers! Enjoy the heat below and look out for Black Holes to do big bassy things in 2009!


Little Jinder – Polyhedron (Black Holes Remix)

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posted by TheCrookedClef at 1:40 pm  

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER RECAP

This is what Trash Menagerie was throwing down during the month of September. Features, interviews, parties, and plenty’a mix and MP3 download. We’re snuggling in for the busy month of October. Have you started thinking about your Halloween costume yet? We’re looking for ideas, so please hit us up and let us know if you’ve got any. Last year we gave you a heads up on how to MAKE YOUR OWN DAFT PUNK COSTUME. Hipster Runoff offered up a bit of inspiration, “WTF SHOULD I B 4 ALL HALLOW’S EVE”, But is it “ok” to be a Justice this year, if you were a Daft last year?

A truly scary option, the United States Vice Presidential Republican
Candidate
and current Governor of AlaskaSarah Palin.
Sarah Palin Halloween Viking
Hmm, I guess she didn’t get understand the memo regarding last year’s Halloween Party. It was a Nordic theme. Looks like she still won anyway, even though she didn’t really come close to qualifying.

Sarah Palin 7 Months Preggers “I can hide my belly in a sexy, yet sophisticated, little black business suit.”
Sarah Palin seven months pregnant
Goodness, her belly is HUGE, she looks like she’s going to pop any day now, right?

This is what Demi Moore looked like when she was seven months preggers . . .

Demi Moore vs Sarah Palin Pregnant
Photo: Vanity Fair

Sarah Palin’s Witch Doctor . . .

Other potential options – “Sarah Palin Mayor of Meth”, “Sarah Palin Miss Alaska”, “Sarah Palin Soccer Mom”. Wow, and to think, the election isn’t even over yet, we’ve still got a few weeks to go . . . goodness, i’m sure we’ll have so many more choices to choose from. Maybe i’ll pull off one of those “couple costumes,” and we can go together as “Foreign Palin Policy“. One of us will be Russia, and the other Alaska, and we’ll stand on opposite sides of the room and say “I can see ya over there, behave yourself!”

“Sarah Palin Miss Alaska”
Sarah Palin Swimsuit Gunslinger

Anyway, Sarah, this song is dedicated to you . . .

Disco Villains – Move Bitch
Get more Disco Villains

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER FEATURES

NEW MIX – TALIESIN “VIRTUAL LIGHT”
2008 End of “Summery”
Division Kent – Gravity in Your Face
Dskotek Emerges From the Rabble of LA
Why Republicans Should Go Down!!!
Bloggers Beware!
Bass Welterweight Kanji Kinetic
Revolver Disco
On A Mission
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
London Airwaves Festival Line-up Announced!
The BOX is ON
This Juan’s for You
Sarah Palin Beauty Queen
Diesel 30th Anniversary Parties!
Mystery Jets – Half in Love with Elizabeth – Delorean Remix
The Presets & The Aria Awards – They are like . . . GRAMMY’s, YO!
Midnight Juggernauts – Into the Galaxy – DANGER Remix
Charlie Ash
Miss OddKidd – Don’t Be Afraid To Sweat – Remixes – Drop The Lime & Goldielocks
Salem – Dirt Video
Rewind Chicago 1990’s Rave – Hardcore Jungle
Uproot Andy-The Great Migration
Spitzer’s – Rainy winter in Sydney
New Madlib Album & J Rocc Podcast on Stones Throw
Death Set Live at Studio 1087 pt 1 of 2
FOOLS Remixed GOLD
The Rapture !K7 Mix – Unmasterd
Crying Blood Ties in VV Brown, Holland, Weatherall, Death In Vegas, !!!
Little Boots – Meddle – Designer Drugs Remix
Yo Majesty Makes it Clap
Hold On! Hot Chip Touch Too Much
PLAYBACK – Episode 1 – Andy Butler – Hercules and Love Affair
Krudmart-Steve Kream’s Autumn Love Mixtape
Hey! Hey! Its Hey Champ!
MSTRKRFT – Fist of (oh my) God Tour
Micachu live at DURRR
A Black Hole is Opening
Bang! Bang! Eche!

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER MIXES

Bite This! Robotic Mix From Montreal’s DJ Spaz
Little Boots – Computer Fairyland Mixtape
A Very Vanilla Mix from London’s Lesser Panda
4AM Jess vs. Proper Villians
Ruffneck DJ Set @ Brockout! Chicago, 1995
DJ Trace w GQ & 5-0 @ Psychosis – Chicago, 1995
Uproot Andy – Guacharaca Migration
The Toxic Avenger Live at Piknik Electronik – Montreal
Jon Hillcock Xfm Mixes

TRASH MENAGERIE SEPTEMBER LISTINGS

NY’s New Favorite Place to be on Friday’s
N.A.M.E. festival 2008 – Edition n° 4 – France
NewPop + Dj Mehdi, Local Hero – Chicago!
MSTRKRFT Fist of God Tour
Somewhere In The Universe There Must Be Something Better Than Man’ 2nd Birthday – Brighton
Sinden at LOVE 9/20/08!
POP MONTREAL 2008 FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
Atmosphere on Tour & on Kimmel
2008 DECIBEL FESTIVAL : FULL LINEUP & PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Italian Invasion – LA

GET IN TOUCH WITH THE TRASH MENAGERIE CREW – CONTACT@TRASHMENAGERIE.COM

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Bass Welterweight Kanji Kinetic

Kanji Kinetics EP Shock Tactics

Kanji Kinetic's EP "Shock Tactics"

Coming through the bass-pipeline this week is Trouble & Bass’s new soldier Mikix The Cat. His EP entitled “Freeze“, will drop September 16th via Trouble & Bass Recordings. Adding to this exciting release from UK’s recent T&B hire, are remixes from Bass heavyweights Drop The Lime, Starkey, and most interestingly Kanji Kinetic whose remix has already been released to the blog world as promotional material.

The Mikix The Cat single “Freeze,” is a Rave sprinkled Electro tune that’s Bass Heaviness contorts it into a headier piece of progressive dance music. This reflects greatly upon what Trouble & Bass has come to represent, and the Kanji Kinetic reworking is a particularly noteworthy experience, as it highlights his extraordinary production skills and the heavily underrated EP from Rag & Bone entitled “Shock Tactics .” Rising out of the bass-heavy milieu of London’s Grime/Dubstep culture, Kanji is poised to make a ruckus, as his spot on production is top-notch and long lasting.

Utilizing the ominous sounds of Dubstep and pairing them with the more flighty drum patterns of Bassline and Rave, Kanji interrupts his tracks with quick blippy interludes, reminiscent of Hip-Hop producer’s interest in video game sampling. On the title track “Shock Tactics,” Kanji’s dynamism truly shines. Having created the major layers of the aforementioned cake, head throbbing bass is dolloped in unforgiving amounts. The end result is a quick-stepping, fidegty love affair with the moments in which Kanji’s bass bursts through the track.

As the Dubstep/Grime community forays into uncharted territory, 2009 should see a lot experimentation and enlightenment. Keep your eyes and ears to the East as New York and London continue to push these boundaries and trouble the waters of an increasingly sticky Bass community.

Via DJ Donna Summer’s excellent “Birthday Party Berlin,” here is quietly distributed a track from an up coming Kanji Kinetic release on Rag & Bone.


Kanji Kinetic – The Buffalo


Mikix The Cat – Freeze (Kanji Kinetic Remix)

Also, here is a link to the up and coming UK blog Scene X Science, where Mikix The Cat has offered up an exclusive mix to preface his T&B release. Enjoy!

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posted by TheCrookedClef at 1:32 am  

Friday, August 8, 2008

Little Jinder Meets the Kings of Bass

LittleJinder

Who would have thought that the beloved kings of bassline heaviness, NYC’s Trouble & Bass crew, would release an EP so sweet and pure that it conjures up thoughts of a dream-like world where young girls float on billowy clouds?? If purity is what T&B was in search of, they’ve found it in the ethereal voice of Stockholm’s Little Jinder.

For their 12th release, Trouble & Bass have set their sights on the soft sensations of Josefine Jinder, the 20-year-old Swede with whispering Bjork-esque vocals. Little Jinder shares her thoughts on the discovery of synthesizers around the same time she discovers boys and sings of three-dimensional space and symmetry in “Polyhedron“.

Self-written and produced by Little Jinder, the 5 song debut EP, ‘Polyhedron‘ (released 5th August on Trouble & Bass Recordings), will leave you reminiscing of a time in your youth when your heart was flooded with those ‘first feelings’. Catch her on tour in support of the EP release with gigs in Berlin, Helsinki, and Stockholm and a tentative U.S. tour in fall!

Head over to Discobelle and listen to the heavenly remix of Little Jinder’s “Eat My Fear” by Drop The Lime.
Purchase Polyhedron at Turntable Lab!!!!


Little Jinder – Polyhedron

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posted by Lovestar at 8:34 pm  

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Trouble & Bass Releases!

MATHHEADS NEW RELEASE!!!!

TM’s favorite bass boys, Trouble & Bass, have been quite busy lately and have a massive string of various releases and compilations forthcoming. To mark their latest release of Math Head’s “Turn The Music Up” EP with Palms Out, hitting online stores and limited vinyl, they provided us with a sample from the EP in the form of the heaviest, bassiest tune from the T&B camp yet. It makes Proxy’s Dance In Dark sound like a nursery rhyme.

And since they are so generous they’ve also given us yet another remix of Drop The Lime’s biggest hit to date “What I Need” this time from Top Billin’s Sharkslayer from Finland. He remains in the same heavy bass vein but with a taste of garage and a think break. DTL’s four track digi-EP “Like Thunder”, containing “Good Inside”, “I Love New York” and “I Want 2 Know”, will do wonders to your brain. Be sure to check Drop The Lime’s Fabric mix on Trash, here.

LIKETHUNDER

Turn The Music Up‘ and ‘Like Thunder‘ are available for purchase! Limited edition full color vinyl coming soon! We’ve taken care of the search for you, choose your buyer, click a link below, drop $’s and enjoy.

Turn The Music UpTurntable Lab, Juno, Beatport
Like ThunderTurntable Lab, Juno, Beatport

Upcoming Trouble & Bass Releases:
Curses! What I Need (Sharkslayer Remix)
Baobinga “State of Ghetto Jackin”
Blackfinger “Fearless”
Drop The Lime e.p.
Mikix The Cat “Freeze”
Little Jinder
Heavy Bass Comp
T&B Artists Comp ‘No Escape From NY’


Math Head – Get Hype


Drop The Lime – What I Need (Sharkslayer Remix)

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