May 3, 2012
If you go weak at the knees for a garage beat, silky smooth vocal and incessant chanting of the word rewind, then the names Wookie and Matt Jam are going to need no introduction.
With over 20 years in the business, working with the likes of Soul II Soul and Dynamite MC before making his name as a producer in his own right, it's fair to say Wookie has had something of an illustrious career.
With the garage revival in full swing, Wookie's back to claim his UK Garage crown with remix work for the likes of Justin Timberlake and Rizzle Kicks as well as his own production work.
Like Wookie, Matt Jam has been at the centre of the garage scene for almost 20 years both as part of the Tuff Jam production team, producing and re-dubbing the likes of Mary J Blige, Usher and Boyz II Men, and with his own production and djing work.
Listen and download their Mix Of The Week below.
Wookie and Matt Jam Lamont join Rob Da Bank, Artwork and loads more at Tayo’s Tracksuit Party at Paradise, Sunday 6th May. For tickets and more information click here.
Tracklisting
EMKYU - Gabrielle (Matt Jam Lamont & Scott Diaz Classic Vocal)
Hardsoul - Back Together (Scott Diaz Remix)
Jeremy Sylvester - Im in love with a DJ - Vocal Mix
R U Sleeping (Bump & Flex Vocal) - Indo
I need Your Love (MJ Cole) - ?
Black Puppet - Groove Chronicles
HeavyFeet_ft DRS - Blew That (Zed Bias Old Skool Remix)
Meleka - Love You Baby (Exemen Remix)
Platnum - Solar System (Zed Bias Remix)
Body Killin' - Vincent J Alvis
Hold It Down (Wookie Remix) - 4 Hero ft Lady Alma
BOP Track - Ralfi Rosario
Todd Edwards - Face To Face Remix
TJR - Just Gets Better (Unreleased Dub Vox)
G.O.D - Guys & Girls
Ndekha (Wookie Remix) - The Very Best & Moroka
Scrappy - Wookie
No More Rain (Wookie Dub) Angie Stone
Sincere (Wookie Remix) MJ Cole
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April 26, 2012
Roger Sanchez has been circling the globe, playing his sunshine inflected brand of house for nearly 20 years now.
Racking up hundreds of mega gigs along the way, as well as UK number one singles, it's fair to say Roger is a bit of a God of the game.
For this week's Mix Of The Week we have Roger's set recored at Amnesia, Miami during the Winter Music Conference.
Blending his trademark house sound with the glitchy electro currently turning the US on its head, Roger shows he can still keep up with the big guns.
Roger has just been announced to play South West Four Weekender in London on Saturday 25 August.
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April 4, 2012
Spanish DJ, Edu Imbernon has been turning heads for a while now with his disco tinged take on deep house. With releases on Young Turks, Dynamic, Get Physical and Skint under his belt and remix work for the likes of The XX and X-Press2, Edu's certainly made fair ground in a short time in the game.
His Mix Of The Week is a collection of rolling house numbers.
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March 6, 2012
Swindle and Silkie make sound system smashing grime and dubstep with a stylish, totally soulful touch. After having worked in separate circles for some time (Swindle with heavyweight tracks on Planet Mu and Rwina, Silkie with two stunning albums on Deep Medi) they came together on 'Unlimited', a collaboration forthcoming on Butterz. The track is a perfect example of the bass heavy but irresistibly funk inflected sound that the pair have been championing. It's a 140bpm banger that splices grime attitude, dubstep weight and an ear for melody that sets dance floors on fire.
The duo also stepped into the booth together for the first time recently, making light work of dropping groove laden grime and dubstep jams. After hearing them go tune for tune, Mixmag had to get Swindle and Silkie at the controls for a Mix Of The Week. This is their first mixtape together and they come armed with cuts from Silkie's massive 2011 album 'City Limits Vol. 2', Swindle's forthcoming tracks with Stinkahbell and Footsie as well as the aforementioned collaboration. If you're sick of wobble and bored of flaccid mid range synths, then this is the perfect antidote. 100% Swindle and Silkie productions throughout, this is the crucial sound of underground bass music.
Keep up to date with Swindle's productions via his facebook page
Swindle & Silkie MOTW Tracklist:
Swindle & Silkie - Unlimited Silkie - New York City Swindle - Pineapple Emile Sande - Heaven (Silkie remix) Swindle & Stinkahbell - Out of the Blue Silkie - Hold Your Head Up High Swindle - Ringworm Silkie & Distal & Mite - There's Something About Daisy Swindle - Do the Jazz Silkie - Untitled Swindle - 1028 Silkie - Untitled Swindle - Belfast Silkie - Grudge Swindle - Ignition feat. Footsie & Nadia Suliman Silkie - Underground Swindle - Moodswings vs Jodeci - Freakin You Silkie - Birth Swindle - Forest Funk Silkie - Maybe Baby Swindle - Guitar Hero Herbie Handcock - Just Around the Corner
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March 6, 2012
You might recognise Mike Norris as the guy who plays keyboards in La Roux's live band. But you might not recognise him as Fort Romeau, the one man production unit currently specialising in lush deep house that nods toward Detroit and Chicago.
His forthcoming debut LP 'Kingdoms', out March 6, took Mixmag HQ totally by surprise. Released by the consistently on-point 100% Silk, it's Norris' very first release as Fort Romeau and contains 8 tracks of retro-referencing house that moves in a forward thinking direction.
We asked the man himself to go into the mix and he's come back with a 45 minute work out that takes in Boddika, Kassem Mosse, Midland and Evan Tuell. It's a highly rhythmic selection from a producer who has come up with one of the best records of the year so far, which you can also preview below. Check it!
1. Untitled 1 - Marvin Dash 2. Boddika's House - Boddika 3. Voyeruism - Claro Intelecto 4. Moment (George Fitzgerald Remix) - Lee Jones 5. Coloured Sands - Glenn Astro 6. Palm Trees (Serge & Tyrell Dub Mix) - Gerd 7. The Alps (Kassem Mosse Fix) - Braiden 8. Creepy Crawlies - Ossie 9. Masks - Martyn 10. Tape Burn - Midland 11. Untitled 1 - Evan Tuell 12. I Need U - Fort Romeau
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March 6, 2012
LYNX VS SINISTARR
Two of the most exciting drum 'n' bass DJs and producers on the planet at the moment go head to head. This is a real treat for fans of forward thinking, deep , rolling d 'n' b, so listen and download below. Most importantly enjoy to top class DJs. To vote for a winner leave a comment below.
LYNX
Since making one of 2007’s biggest tunes with ‘Disco Dodo’, Lynx has continued to show why his totally individual and finely tuned productions keeps turning heads of tastemakers and fans alike. This mix showcases his own diverse and distincitve take on drum and bass and a few of the tracks off his brand new LP ‘Devils’ In The Detail’ out on his own label Detail now.
As shown perfectly with this mix, Sinistarr has a natural ability to bring a wide range of the influences coming from his home city of Detroit into his music, here seamlessly joining drum 'n' bass, juke, and Detroit techno and hip hop vibes. He’s showcasing this with releases on Metalheadz, Creative Source, Hospital and Renegade Hardware and with new releases forthcoming on CIA, Detroit Underground and Hit & Hope.
Lynx Tracklist:
Lynx Ft Sense - 9 Muses – Detail Lynx - Playskool - Detail Need For Mirrors Ft DRS - D.F.T.F. - Metalheadz Lynx Ft Ciah – Open Close Lock – Detail LSB – Beep – Demand Lynx Ft Noisia & Seed – Who’s This – Detail Survival – Everglade – Dispatch Lynx Ft Marcus Intalex & DRS – Jetlag – Detail Lynx Ft Kemo & Seed – Burn – Detail
Sinistarr Tracklist:
Adam F - Circles (Phillip D Kick Edit) - Footwork Jungle vol.2 System - Peach Fuzz - Exit Mr. De' - Throw -Electrofunk Records Sinistarr ft. Grimm - Dead Idolz - Renegade Hardware Enei - Cracker (Jubei Remix) - Critical Remarc - R.I.P. (Phillip D Kick Edit) - Footwork Jungle 3 Hudson Mohawke - Cbat - Warp << Grimm - Haze (Acapella) Om Unit & Kromestar - Solar Cycle - Cosmic Bridge Om Unit - An Eternal Way - Civil Music Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers - Warp LTJ Bukem - Horizons (Phillip D Kick Edit) - Footwork Jungle 3 Sinistarr - Your Obsession (2009 Early Version) - Creative Source Clicks & Whistles - Neva Get Caught (Subvader Remix) - T&A Records
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March 6, 2012
Gaudi is a full time internationally touring solo artist, a studio producer in demand and a respected musical innovator. In a career that spans over thirty years, he's had chart hits, gold discs and awards & nominations for his work; he has released 12 solo albums, has more than 250 productions and 90 remixes to his name and his tracks feature on more than 120 compilations. His most recent compilation, EVERLASTING, a double CD of largely unreleased gems is a must for electronic music fans. Check it out here
Also catch Gaudi at Glade Festival 14 - 17th June 2012 www.gladefestival.com
Gaudi's innovative approach to live performance and versatility as a producer has kept him at the forefront of his field throughout a notable and prolific career. His music is stylistically hard to pin down as he is an artist in constant evolution. His musical exploration, over the last 30 years in the industry, has however seen him foray into punk, new wave, dub and reggae, world, experimental electronica and 'stuff that rocks dancefloors'. He has however got deep roots, which run like a vein throughout his music, and they are big basslines, the spacious soundscapes of dub and the anarchic sonic potential of the world of electronic music. www.gaudimusic.com
TRACKLISTING
BIRD OF PREY – Atrium [from Everlasting] MOULDY SOUL - Whine and shin [Colony ] TRIPSWITCH – Squeeze theorem [from Everlasting] TAR-NAY - Walls Peeling -[SixBux] TRENTEMOLLER - Always something better (Gaudi remix) [from Everlasting] BLUNT INSTRUMENT – Impound lot [Simplify] MODESELEKTOR - Grillwalker - [Monkeytown] PORTER ROBINSON – 100% in the bitch (Gaudi edit) [Owsla] LEE COMBS – Punji - [Lot49] LAMB - Build a fire (Gaudi remix) [Strata Music] BEATSMACK - Oh baby (Gaudi instrumental edit) [Noize] SCREEN - Smokescreen (Psydub mix) [from Everlasting]
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March 6, 2012
Our Mix Of The Week comes from rave legends the Utah Saints. One of the duo's biggest hits was ‘What Can You Do For Me’ . Originally recorded in a bedroom in Leeds on a 1mb computer and first released in 1991, it was part of a great year for dance music: Pete Tong started at Radio 1, Ministry of Sound opened its doors, and the Prodigy and Moby had their first big hits. The tracks reworked one of their most successful tracks alongside top UK drum & bass producers, Drumsound & Bassline Smith.
The track has been reworked by the Utah Saint's alongside Drumsound and Bassline Smith and is out on Ministry of Sound Recordings February 26. Remixes come from Doorly, Herve and Felix Leiter.
Enjoy the mix!
TRACKLISTING
Intro – Utah Saints I Still Love you - Switch & Andrea Martin (Utah Re- Edit) Slam The Door (Original Mix) – Zedd Sprung – Zinc (Originalk Mix) Everybody in The Place – Prodigy (Bingo Players Bootleg) Shake That Pressure – Martin Horger Internet Friends – Knife Party (Original Mix) Civilization – Justice (LAZRtag remix) Bounce – Kellis (Acapella) 1980’s – Phunk Investigation (Original Mix) Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker (Original Mix) –Dada Life Earthquakey People (Loops Of Fury Remix) - Steve Aoki In The Air – Original – Adam F V Sonic C Stingray – Atrak & Zinc (Original Mix) Let the Beat Control Your Body (feat. Louisahhh!) – Brodinski (Original Mix) Antidote – Knife Party & Swedish House Mafia – (Utah Re-Edit) Brown Paper Bag – Roni Size – (Lee Mortimer Remix) Meeting Point – Drumattic Twins (Rory Lyons Mix) Meeting Point – Drumattic Twins (Herb Grinder Mix) Bangarang feat. Sirah – Skrillex (Original Mix) What Can You Do For Me – Utah Saints V Drumsound and Bassline Smith – (Herb Grinder Mix) Crush On You – Nero – (Pimpsoul Re – Edit)
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March 6, 2012
Considered a true pioneer of the scene, DJ Hatcha’s roots in dubstep go back to the late 90s. His influence over the course of the genre is undisputed, even playing a part in naming it. It was no surprise last year when we nominated him in the Greatest DJ Of All Time poll alongside the likes of Fatboy Slim, Jeff Mills and Carl Cox.
Continuing to dominate the genre whether it’s through his DJ gigs at the infamous FWD>> nights or festivals across the globe, you’ll also find Hatcha championing the sound through his weekly Kiss FM show, whilst keeping you entertained via Hatcha TV. Here he's done our Marooned on Mars feature - a bit like Desert Island Discs, he plays us the five records he would take with him if he was Marooned on Mars.
Hatcha recently mixed 100% Pure Dubstep Volume 2. Check it out here.
Kicking off the show with a 20 minute mix is Hatcha's labelmate, Lost. His debut release 'Neck Back' was released on Hatcha & N-Type's Sin City records label. After plays out on Kiss100fm, Lost was singled out by dubstep don, Jakes, and asked to join the Hench crew. Take a listen and you'll hear why!
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March 6, 2012
In 2001, Stanton Warriors laid down a fresh new sound with the seminal ‘Stanton Sessions’ that was instantly signed to XL Recordings. Overnight, Stanton Warriors became the hottest producers on the planet, and today they continue to stay at the very pinnacle of their profession. Stanton Warriors DJ sets are famed for incorporating exclusive original tracks mixed with homemade edits / remixes of cutting edge sounds from underground house through to abstract hip hop. It’s all blended into a melting pot of low down booty-electro-punkishness, and is continually reminding the world why Stanton Warriors have remained unrivalled in their genre for more than a decade. So needless to say we're well happy they've done a MOTW for us!
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