Elevator Music launched at fabric earlier this month at the Numbers party. Their first compilation CD is released on the 8th February and features exclusive tracks from some of the most exiting players in the 140 bpm genre smashing bass music scene. I swear we should just call it 140 and be done with the whole ‘future tech-step psy-jungle funky wonk’ ridiculousness. Artists read like a who to watch for in 2010 list: Hot City, xxxy, Untold, Julio Bashmore and many, many more.
Having dropped Deadboy’s name in my last post, I thought that its only right to post up this stunning mix over at Get Me. GET SOME, Get Me – there’s bound to be confusion. Someone should tell them that their link to the mix on the front page doesn’t work.
Anyway, there’s the Zinc and Ms. Dynamite track, something from Dexplicit, newness from Deadboy himself and even an Untold remix of ‘Tik Tok’ by Ke$ha. Expect garage, 2-step, dubstep and all that.
Having been tipped by FACT magazine as one to watch for 2010, Julio Bashmore teams up with Vice to bring them an exclusive mix.
Kicking off with two massive tracks from Deadboy, it also features songs by Julio himself, Blackjoy and L-Vis 1990. Oh, and its got one of my favourite tracks from last year, Mosca’s “Gold Bricks, I See You”.
Nas and Damian Marley have been working on a joint album together, titled Distant Reltaives, scheduled for release sometime this year (it was supposed to drop in Autumn ’09 but we know how these things go…) Two tracks have been leaked:
Whatever your feelings about each artist individually, the prospect of an album collab is exciting. Lyrically and musically both these artists have had a dynamic effect on their respective genres. Personally though, the potential for a live show backed by a full band has me checking both artists’ myspace for tour dates. Watch this space…
I’m sure that by the time I’ve posted this article that the world will ‘already know’ about this site and that everyone on Twitter (or Bebo?) or whatever will have sent it to everyone else they know.
But it doesn’t matter.
This site is an archive of every Radio 1 Essential Mix ever. Most importantly, this site serves as a record of some of the best DJs around at any point in time, because it’s a pity that 5 days after you’ve heard them on the radio the BBC takes the mixes down from their site. And they go all the way back to 1993!
In amongst the Danny Ramplings and Roger Sanchezs of this world are stunning mixes by the likes of Flying Lotus, DJ Zinc, Gui Boratto and Scratch Perverts (2004 mix of the year if you ask me). Oh yeah, and hundreds of others…
But, because we’re so cutting edge over here at GET SOME, we noticed that the site doesn’t have Four Tet’s essential mix from 2 days ago. In this day and age, 48 hours is a long time to wait. Too long some might say. Well, Discobelle have come correct and you can already download the mix in ever-lasting MP3 format.
Tracklist? Sure.
Four Tet – Essential Mix 23/01/10
Four Tet — Angel Echoes
Floating Points — Vacuum Boogie
Robert Owens — Bring Down The Walls
STL — Jungle Sometimes
Oni Ayhun — Oar003
Weather Report — Non-Stop Home
DJ Sprinkles — Grand Central Pt1 (Mcde Bassline Dub)
Four Tet — Sing
Benge — 1981 Yamaha Cs70m
Joy Orbison — So Derobe
Melchior Productions — Different Place
Dem 2 — Luv’s Hard New York
Seelenluft — Manila (Manitoba Remix)
William Onyeabor — When The Going Is Smooth And Good
Pryda — Muranyi
Moodymann — Det.Riot
Zomby — Digital Fauna
Joyce — Aldela De Ogum
Joe Goddard — Apple Bobbing (Four Tet Remix)
Cassy — Soul Saviour
One Little Plane — Lotus Flower (Avus She’s Singing Mix)
Hard House Banton — Reign Spoilt
Four Tet — Sing (Floating Points Remix)
Troy Pierce — Oxytocin
Laurie Spiegel — Patchwork
Eluvium — The Motion Makes Me Last (Four Tet Remix)
It has been a long time coming but it is finally here, Binary Sequence – 66/31, the debut release on the Dark Arx imprint has dropped and is a very fine debut at that! It is reminiscent of all things that were great about Electronica in the 90′s with a big nod to the pioneering bass lead music now being produced in the UK. 66/31 would be more than at home if it was released by the infamous WARP RECORDS which is testament to the quality of production and hybrid of styles. If you like Autechre or are a fan of Boards of Canada, then this release is for you.
Here’s a little knowledge about Binary Sequence. Based in London, Binary Sequence has been playing, writing and producing music for 20 years. Before being swept up in the electronica of the late 90s, he spent years tackling the mind-bending harmonics and rhythms of 60s & 70s jazz as a saxophonist and pianist. While starting to write his own music, he began to explore the possibilities of electronic production and after much experimentation and refinement he has created a unique sound, combining dusty distortion with pristine production values. Sonic comparisons point to Pole, Dabrye and Burial – but Binary Sequence’s musicality is rooted in “Artificial Intelligence”-era electronica (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Black Dog).
Track 1, ‘Arc’, takes you on a hypnotic journey through the Dub-Techno sphere, mellow enough for your headphones yet big enough to hit your chest on a dance floor. You move through the spectrum with ‘Below The Ice’ which is more akin to Autechre and Boards, a spatial, gritty electronic experience, which I would say is a darker version of something you might hear on Four Tet’s definitive ‘Rounds’ release in 2003. Finally you reach the peak, in my opinion the track most likely to be heard at a GET SOME dance, ’66/31′. This one creeps up on you. It has been at least six months since I first heard this and I only got it a while ago. It has energy where it shouldn’t have and is dangerously dark. You can really hear the Techno and Electronica influences in this track, the way it builds, the layers that is has to it and the atmosphere it creates. I think this will be right up there in the end of year stakes when we look back at 2010 debut releases. Watch out for this label, big tings to come!
So hats off boys, I know how much hard work it has been to get this record out, congratulations and we here at GET SOME look forward to your next release.
A short film of talented young artist Jonathan Darby, doing his thing in the beer garden of Cargo. Tune in the background is by the excellent Mike Slott.
Yo yo, Matt here, newest recruit to the GET SOME camp. I’ve retired my blog REAL BAD and I’m taking up permanent residence here. Expect plenty of mixes, tracks and news as well as a few excluuusives here and there.
So, for my first post, here’s two mixes that have been in my headphones over the past couple of days.
Greena for XLR8R
Having headlined GET SOME 002, and providing a mix especially for us, Greena starts off 2010 with a mix for XLR8R. As ever, its a flawless blend of UKF, house, 2-step and everything in between. Plenty of exclusives and tracks from producers such as Geeneus, Terror Danjah, Omar S, Apple and Mosca. Don’t sleep on this one!
Kyle Hall for Fabric
If you don’t already know about Kyle Hall, then get to know! He might only just be out of highschool but already he’s wowed Detroit house fans the world over, not to mention heavyweight Omar S. His productions on his own label ‘Wild Oats‘ inhabit a grey area between house music and hip hop, and each one of his mixes is more accompished that the last. This mix for Fabric ahead of his first UK appearance on Saturday 23rd is an effortless showcase of the best that Detroit has to offer. Oh, and he recently remixed Darkstar’s ‘Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer’.
A great mix, definitely worth a listen. I was blown away at the back end of last year when London based producer Greymatter dropped his ‘When I Was Lost / Grot’ EP, and have been loving his work ever since. Expect big things in 2010, and who knows, maybe more of Greymatter here on GET SOME…? Look out for his forthcoming Album, ‘Mind Over Matter’, due to be released at the back end of next month.
SOMEnight, London’s premier weekly dance music event is opening its doors and decks to the cream of both the UK’s urban and dance music scenes in a bid to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Having partnered with Ctrl.Alt.Shift, a charity who use popular culture to take global action, and esteemed production outfit True Tiger, some of the biggest names in the business have agreed to waiver their fee’s to appear at the event, with the confirmed line-up a cross section of the UK’s talent spanning multiple genres.
The line up as it stands at the moment looks a bit like this:
Wiley (Island Records)
Tinie Tempah (Parlophone Records)
MistaJam (Radio 1/ 1Xtra)
JME (Boy Better Know)
Nihal (Radio 1/ Asian Network)
Heartless Crew (Rinse)
Hatcha b2b N Type with Crazy D (Kiss100)
The Freestylers
Ruff Sqwad
Marvell
Doorly
Riz Ahmed aka Riz MC
P Money
Loose Cannons (Kiss100)
DJ Cameo (1Xtra)
Logan Sama (Kiss100)
DJ Target (1Xtra) b2b Maximum (Boy Better Know)
B Live
Twin B (1Xtra) b2b Twin B (Island Records)
Sukh Knight b2b Scandalous Unltd. (True Tiger)
DJ Chef (Rinse.FM) & Rod Azlan (Dub Police)
Anti-Social (Quest, Razor Rector & Gangsta Boogie’s Heny G)
Reso
The Others (Dub Police)
Trolley Snatcha (Dub Police)
Terror Danjah b2b Elijah b2b Skilliam
Tayo
Seb Chew (YoYo’s)
George Lenton
Rico Tubbs
Gentlemans Dub Club – LIVE
The Thirst – LIVE
Debruit – LIVE
Blue Bear (True Tiger)
Chantelle Fiddy & Hattie Collins (Ctrl.Alt.Shift/RWD/I.D Mag)
Klose One & Rattus Rattus (Urban Nerds)
Nasha Experience
Drums Of Death (DJ Set)
Rootikal selectors: David Hill, Stuart Patterson & Ashley Beedle
Zero T (Drum & Bass Arena)
Slugz b2b Boyson
With 2009 being the year that many underground artists and genre’s achieved mainstream chart success there has never been a better reason for one and all to come together, share a great night of music and raise money for a worthy cause.
The event takes place at the infamous 1200 capacity Den & Centro (formerly The End) in central London on the 20th January.
All proceeds will go to Ctrl.Alt.Shift (a Christian Aid initiative) partners in Haiti where hundreds of thousands of people are already feared dead and many more are believed to be critically injured. Countless are homeless. The five partner groups are are targeting areas that are getting little help from other agencies. They hope to provide food, tents, hygiene kits, blankets, jerry cans for water, water purifiers and medical support.
DATE: Wednesday 20th January
TIME: 10pm-5am
PRICE: Minimum donation on the door £5
VENUE: The Den & Centro, 18 West Central St, London WC1A 1JJ (formerly The End)
If you’re not in London but still want to donate to help people affected by the Haiti earthquake, don’t forget you can text “GIVE” to 70077 to donate £5 to the DEC for Haiti. £5 goes to DEC. You pay £5 + your standard network SMS rate. The donation is deducted from your phone bill.
It’s finally here, after 4/5 years (by my count anyway) Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has finally released his new album, ‘There Is Love In You’. I saw him perform at Plastic people in 2007/08, to celebrate the release of his ‘Ringer EP’, which at the point was quite some change in direction. He moved away from his more experimental Electronica toward a deeper, more Techno influenced series of tracks. For me this was a very exciting change.
He has since collaborated with Burial, and allowed the prolific Joy Orbison to remix his latest single, ‘Love Cry’.
The question I was asking was, where next? Well This is where and from the quick listen I have given it, ‘There Is Love In You’ promises to be ever bit as amazing as his earlier works. Many producers are afraid of trying something new, changing direction, but Four Tet has and in my opinion he has done so successfully. This guy is genuinely one the greatest British musicians of our generation and slowly but surely he is being recognised as so.
It has been a long 5 weeks in the sun, recharging my batteries and playing some tunes! Lots of stories and lots of fun. NYE was a banger in Koh Chang, and being on national radio in Bangkok was ace!
If you follow OUZO on NOT READY this is where you will find OUZO from now on. NOT READY is moving in a different direction and will be a side project for me form now on. Expect music reviews, recommendations, mixes and the standard OUZO vibes coming soon. I have 3 HUGE compilations from Fabric that I’ll be writing about over the next week.
So, I have a gift for you to celebrate my return, I hope you like.
It may only be January but I am willing to bet that this will be one of the best mixes you will hear all year. Seamlessly blending between funky, dubstep, garage and grime in the manner we have come to expect from Oneman. LEVELS
