GET SOME UK UK MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE

OK, so, ideally I would have a direct link to the track in question, but I searched the web high and low to no avail. I even tried uploading the mix from which I first heard this, but that didn’t work either. I have no other choice but to suggest you go direct to the same source I did. It’s worth it. If you are in anyway unfamiliar with the ridiculously solid body of work by 808 State then you’ll be doing yourself a favour anyway. But, as this post is generally about one specific track I have to insist that you skip through to Track 26 (starts coming in to the mix at about 51:12) in Dunfyboy’s 808 State Mix. I’m talking about a serious remix of an already serious rave anthem; Cubik. Widely recognised for it’s distinctive cascading synth stabs, the original tore up warehouses and dancefloors the world over when it was originally released as a B-side to one of 808 State’s singles. A few years later Jon Carter gave it the Monkey Mafia treatment and released, what you will hear, sounds not too dissimilar to the vibe in some of The Bug’s work from a few years back. Heavy ragga undertones with punchy, aggressive programming that wouldn’t sound out of place in some of the tougher edge Funky sets I’ve heard of late.

If you have any trouble finding it, it’s the track directly after MC Tunes ‘The only rhyme that bites’, and if you don’t know that then here it is for your guidance…

PS Dunfyboy has a lot of other decent genre and artist specific mixes that are worth some serious ear time. Check it out.

Dunfy: If you’re listening mate, can you hit us with some Soundcloud love

Oh Gosh! Not much else to say about the antics of this particular Notting Hill Carnival reveler, other than that she’s been slackly studying the art of the Dancehall Queen. Fortunately my eyes were saved from any such sights at this years Carnival. At this point I would normally say enjoy, but I don’t quite feel it to be appropriate for this one. No offense if this is your cup of tea though