As a spot of promo for my upcoming gig with Yasmin in Austria on Monday, I decided to put together an exclusive Snowbombing mix, containing a bunch of upfront Grime, Dubstep and Hip Hop tracks, as well as the odd classic. It contains some of the tracks used in January’s Annie Nightingale mix, but with a lot more scratching this time around!
I’ve also pressed up 150 of these on CD, all individually numbered. If you want a copy, hit me up!
Tracklisting:
01. Lethal Bizzle – Pow! 2011
02. Musical Mob – Pulse X
03. Kozzie – Destruction
04. Royal T – Orangeade
05. Teeza – Bounce
06. Twista Feat. Kanye West – Overnight Celebrity (Acapella)
07. Swindle – Airmiles
08. D Double E – Bad To The Bone (Woooo Freestyle)
09. Chris Brown – Look At Me Now (Instrumental)
10. Fused Forces & DJ Cable – Flocka Riddim
11. Starkey Feat. Merky Ace & Kozzie – PC
12. Mensah – Digital Dreamer
13. Kanye West Feat. Jay-Z – H.A.M.
14. Emalkay – Crusader
15. The Thunderclaps – Grindin
16. Rude Kid – Electric
17. Tempa T – Next Hype (Acapella)
18. Yasmin – On My Own (Royal T Remix)
19. Kano – Get Wild (Redlight Remix)
20. Littlefoot – Sell My Soul
21. Wretch 32 – Traktor (Mike Delinquent Remix)
22. Kanye West – All Of The Lights
This much anticipated EP from Maverick Sabre will be released on the 4th March – but orders can already be placed over on iTunes.
The release of the Traveling Man Mixtape last year helped catapult this talented London born, Irish raised singer/songwriter into the limelight. Amongst those he has collaborated with are chart toppers Wretch 32, Professor Green (their track ‘Jungle’ won an NME Award last night!) and legendary duo Chase & Status.
For a taster of what’s to come visit the official website where you will find music, gig information and clips from various performances including his Maida Vale sessions.
So, here’s a quick mix that I put together for this year’s Valentines Day.
Last year, DJ Hotpoint & I brought you the Heavy Petting mixtape – It was our definitive collection of Slow Jams. Rather than repeat the same formula, this time around I’ve selected a bunch of love-themed Dubstep & Grime tunes (yes, they do exist!), alongside a healthy dose of misogynistic Hip Hop & Booty Bass in the latter half of the mix, plus a cheeky bootleg, and some material that’s forthcoming on Triangulum!
The result? A mish mash of everything from JME, to Wiley, Three 6 Mafia, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, DJ Assault, Necro, Dizzee Rascal, Borgore, Ruckspin, Chromeo and more!
01. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv U [INTRO] (XL Recordings)
02. Ruff Sqwad & Wiley – Together (White)
03. Terror Danjah Feat. Elrae – Down (Hardrive)
04. Frisco – Crazy (Boy Better Know)
05. Tinie Tempah – Wifey (DL Recordings)
06. Ginuwine Vs. L-Wiz – Pony (DJ Cable THUGSTEP Refix) (White)
07. Ruckspin – Get Naked (Ranking Records)
08. Jamakabi – Pum Pum Riddim (White)
09. JME Feat. Special K & Jewels – Oh (Boy Better Know)
10. Chromeo – Night By Night (Skream Remix)
11. Roll Deep – Ride Or Die Chick (Roll Deep Recordings)
12. J Kamata & 2000F – You Don’t Know What Love Is (Hyperdub)
13. Δdmin – Love Bump (Forthcoming Triangulum)
14. Borgore – Love (Edit) (Shift Recordings)
15. DJ Assault – Ass-N-Titties (Assault Rifle)
16. DJ Assault – Nut In Your Eye (Intuit-Solar)
17. Project Pat Feat. Ludacris – Dis Bitch Dat Hoe (Relativity)
18. Three 6 Mafia – Put Cha D. In Her Mouth (Columbia)
19. Ludacris Feat. Shawnna & Lil’ Fate – P-Poppin (Def Jam)
20. Necro – Get On Your Knees (Psycho+Logical-Records)
21. Dr. Dre – Bitches Ain’t Shit (Death Row Records)
22. Ludacris – Ho (Def Jam)
23. Too Short – The Bitch Sucks Dick (75 Girls Records and Tapes)
24. Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Too Short – Big Booty Hoes (Bad Boy)
25. Dizzee Rascal – Jezebel (XL Recordings)
Shouts to Glen Stone aka DJ Abstrakt for the artwork.
Well my names in the question. I’m a DJ, promoter, sometimes graphic designer, and i run a vegan crunk night… these days i’d like to think of myself primarily as a party dj, but not a typical cheesy one. I love to mix genres in my sets from hip hop and all it’s related genres to dance music from house and garage to dubstep and the odd DnB track and generally just try to play things in my own way, keep it quick and interesting.
Tell us about Livin’ Proof…
Well we’re just past our 3rd Birthday and things are going well. The 4 of us who run it (myself, Rags, Snips and Budgie) all met at Deal Real records where you’d usually find us on a friday evening when they did the instores (or behind the counter in the day where some of us got paid in vinyl to work). When we started the night it was the only night of its kind playing the type of hip hop we loved so more than anything it was just a great party for us to play tunes we couldn’t play elsewhere and for like minded music heads to get together and have a party. I think it was last May when we left Marketplace and moved The C.a.m.p. in Old Street, the Queue’s we used to get at Marketplace were insane, was literally one in one out by 9pm, so the move to a bigger venue was a good one. We’re still doing the nights Vs Work It which are always a lot of fun, so expect more of them now and then, we’ve had the odd big gig here and there, and we’re off for a couple of dates in Germany in March, playing Cologne at their carnival and at Hip Hop Dont Stop in Berlin.
You were dj’ing on the Boxfreshers ‘10 Tour. Any funny / memorable moments we should know about?
I think the most best moment of the tour was after the Bristol show, and after 3 days without one, finally getting a shower! But yeah was a lot of fun being on tour, the bus was dope, everyone on tour was great, we had our ups and downs along the way, but ultimately was a lot of fun and met some great people. Was a great experience.
iPhone or Blackberry?
Cant live without my iPhone
What movies have you been watching recently?
Black Dynamite is one of the funniest films i have ever seen, first saw it when i last played in germany back in October and seen it a good few times since. Make sure you watch it. Apart from that saw 127 hours the other week which was good, and I really need to see Black Swan asap.
…and what music have you been listening to / playing out?
Skillit’s Ready 2 Light is dope, Kanye & Jay-Z’s HAM, Debruit’s Nigeria What (although thats kinda old now), still loving All of the Lights and Black and Yellow although they’ll prob be overplayed very soon if not already. biggest tune last year has got to be Gatto Viola’s Backstabbin’ Angie re-edit been in pretty much every set i’ve played since I got it in October.
Show us your favourite youtube clip…
I still love this…
Tell us your Top 3…
Nights you’ve played at…
Last year: Livin’ Proof 3rd Bday, Hip Hop Kemp Festival in Czech Republic and Motive’s Xmas party at Cordy house was a lot of fun. Before that, i think playing Fabric Live in 2005 was a big one, Secret Garden Party is always dope and my old night Ill Commotion at Cargo was amazing.
Albums of all time…
Tribe Called Quest – Beats Rhymes & Life
Wu Tang Clan – enter the 36 Chambers
The Roots – Things Fall Apart
Mixes
Chris P Cuts: MK got me that sticky ish promo mix
Dj Rags: J Dilla Changed my Life
and er one of mine, Khalil: What You Laughing at?
Cities
London, Barcelona, New York
Foods
Japanese, Pizza, Jerk Chicken
Upcoming gigs
Stop.Drop.Roll at the nest with Ms Dynamite & Mosca / Fri 4th Feb
Being a Dickheads Cool Party at “A Secret East London Venue” / Thurs 10th Feb
Livin’ Proof at Hip Hop Don’t Stop in Berlin / Sat 5th March
Whilst I’m working on a new installment of my Podcast for 2011 (along with some other mixtapes), here’s a mix that I was asked to do last week for Wretch 32, for Annie Nightingale’s show BBC Radio 1, which aired on 20th January 2011.
25 mins of Grime (and Garage) for your ears, featuring new music from Lethal B, Kozzie, Yasmin and of course, Wretch 32.
01. Lethal Bizzle – Pow 2011
02. Musical Mob – Pulse X
03. Kozzie – Destruction
04. Royal T – Orangeade
05. OGz – Hot Ones (Royal T Remix)
06. Swindle – Airmiles
07. D Double E – Bad To The Bone (Woooo Freestyle)
08. Dream McLean – Woooo Freestyle
09. The Thunderclaps – Grindin
10. Rude Kid – Electric
11. Tempa T – Next Hype (Acapella)
12. Yasmin – On My Own (Royal T Remix)
13. Kano – Get Wild (Redlight Remix)
14. Littlefoot – Sell My Soul
15. Wretch 32 – Traktor (Mike Delinquent Remix)
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A bit of a recent favourite is dub step wunderkind and ‘master of dulcet tones’ vs r’n'b samples James Blake. He has recently performed at The Boiler Room and at BBC’s Maida Vale studios.
You can download the amazing Maida Vale sessions here
i-D Magazine have put together a mixtape of their top tracks of 2010. It’s an exciting eclectic mix of electronica, witch house, tropical, dub step and hip hop referencing pop, featuring artists like Jamie Woon, JJ, Jamie XX, Salem and Tanlines.
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