Back in August, whilst gearing up to his Planet Mu label compilation entitled Bangs & Works Vol.1 Mike Paradinas shared his take on the origins of Footwurk/Footwork and Juke. Whilst showcasing some snippets and teasers of the scenes best he also featured a couple of the tracks secured for Planet Mu. These clearly whet the appetites of many. Since then there has been a definite upspring in the mentions, conversations and touch points featuring Juke and Footwork.
Although many will tell you it’s been on their radar for a couple of years (or more) it’s only in the last few months that it has consistently crept into a plethora of infulential DJ’s mixes and set-lists. Just today, FACT dropped their one hundred and ninety-ninth mix by none other than Mosca. His mix goes straight in hard with DJ Roc ‘Let’s get it started’ on a Juke, into Jungle, jump up vibe. In a rather similar fashion Mark Pritchard, in his Africa Hitech guise, did a little something similar on Wednesday night at Deviation when he used a coupe of Juke bangers as his stepping stone into a sweet old school Jungle selection which went down a treat. Unfortunately not all crowds are as open-minded as the Deviation regulars. This is something our very own J Money found out first hand on Halloween Friday. It sounds like the punters may have been genuinely scared by the intensity of the Footwork vibes. Oh well, maybe next year By then we’ll probably have seen someone like Wiley riding the Juke to widespread acclaim, winning over initial doubters. Although I couldn’t make it in person I also hear that Mr Paradinas did a special guest set at CDR in October alongside Mark Pritchard. As a hotbed for fresh ideas, new talent and some serious innovations in production I imagine his set there would have been met with open ears.
So, while we’ve got a bunch of guys seeding the sound to the open-minded in a dancefloor context, we thought it would make sense to help satiate the interest that seems to be culminating by rounding up some tasters for you. Some more lengthy and focused explorations and showcases of the Juke sound and it’s peripheral influences in mix form come from the likes of Chrissy Murderbot (below), a guy called Screwtec (who runs a Juke/GhettoTech/BootyBass night in Leipzig, Germany) and another favourite of ours being Kaptain Cadillac’s ‘The Footwork Chainsaw Massacre’ mix that Ouzo posted here a few months back. Of course, there is also Mike Paradinas’ own Mixcloud rinse out.
To top it off, if you want my take on where this could be heading, I think Chrissy Murderbot hit’s a tasty note with his Trey Songz ‘Neighbors Know My Name’ remix. I know, it’s sometimes hard to swallow, but when new vibes get the vocal treatment they typically go on to gain wider appeal. And, to be honest, if it sounds like this, I ain’t complaining.
Definitely liking where this guy is heading with his sounds. Check this out, “Can’t give you love” is his latest Soundcloud offering and to date remains unsigned (not for long I imagine). With a slightly tougher edge than some of his more mellow peers on the techno-edged evolutionary path of Dubstep, you can almost feel the main room sweat dripping off this one. Close your eyes and pump it up. Trust me. This one’s got more Jack than the White Stripes.
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
I am in Copenhagen at the moment and I missed the last Deviation session with Mala, a long time hero of mine and someone I have been lucky enough to sit next to on a flight to Munich and hear him play a massive 4 hour set to 20 people (plus countless DMZ sets, of course). Obviously I was intrigued to hear about how it went down and stumbled across a nice little post regarding Mala’s last tune. It is an absolute banger and if the rest of the set was up to this standard, I definitely missed a huge night! Here it is, check it out.
YO! Hello from Copenhagen people… I have wanted to do something with Tom Scott, a friend over at Chemical records, and was talking to him before Christmas about bits and bobs. After chatting I realised that it was Chemicals 10th year as an online store (pretty good going if you ask me) and that now would be a good time to ask him some questions. Watch this space as Chemical and Get Some may have something up their sleeve for 2010! So here is the interview, hope you enjoy. Thanks very much Tom!
PEACE&OUZO!
Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Tom Scott and I’m responsible for marketing at Chemical Records. I’m involved in too many things to list them all here, but mainly focus on music-related fashion marketing, PR and advertising. If you’ve ever seen a Chemical Records vinyl giveaway on Dubstep Forum, that’s me as well.
Where are you currently based?
I live and work in Bristol. Bedminster, South Of The River.
When did you first get involved with music and what were you doing?
Chemical is actually my first music industry employer. Before I came here I was running the show online at Drooghi, which was a great menswear retailer in Cardiff.
How has the music industry changed since you first got involved? In your opinion, has the online revolution has a positive effect on what you do and the music industry?
I think the biggest change has been the shift in importance for artists of live performances over record sales. It’s something that many DJs and producers have known for years now: record releases are important for establishing your name, DJ sets and live PAs bring in the regular income.
As for the online revolution, I think the general assumption that digital music sales are killing off vinyl couldn’t be further from the truth. Being an online vinyl retailer allows us to sell to scores of emerging markets and our vinyl sales are stronger than ever. That’s the real benefit of the internet on the music industry, it’s opens it up to many more talented people who never would have had a look in previously. If you’re making great music, geography shouldn’t be a limiting factor in getting it heard.
It wasn’t very long ago that the music industry pronounced vinyl dead. In the last couple of years digital music has begun to find its feet, how has this affected your business and has vinyl made a comeback?
Vinyl was and continues to be the foundation of our business. As I mentioned in my previous answer, the internet has allowed us to sell to a number of countries that most people would have dismissed offhand if they didn’t know any better. Hopefully, access to our music has been a contributing factor in the growth of their local scene.
Do you find there to be a prejudice against DJ’s who use MP3′s and is software like Ableton Live bridging the gap?
I think it’s a fairly typical response to new technology, especially when the existing way of doing things has been around for so long. Personally I think once people realise the versatility these digital interfaces give you they’ll be more open to them. I know guys in the US like Starkey work closely with manufacturers on testing and development and speaking to Starkey about it, he’s said it’s opened up so many more options to him in terms of the music he can play. What DJ wouldn’t want to broaden their range, increase the number of bookings they can get and the number of people they can play out to?
What can we expect from Chemical in 2010?
2010 is the 10th year of the Chemical website, so we’ve got one or two things lined up to mark the occasion. Without going into specifics and giving the game away, we’ve got a number of products and events coming that are going to make this a year to remember.
If your career in music was to end tomorrow, what would you do instead?
If wasn’t working in music or fashion, I’d like to think it was because I’d gone off in a MK1 Range Rover to build a vineyard in the Cornish Riviera.
Who should we be watching in 2010?
Kastle, Mensah and Cosmin TRG are the three I’m watching.
Kastle is a new project from B.Rich that’s remixing and producing on a Roger Troutman/Zapp level.
Mensah is H.E.N.C.H.’s prodigal son. I’ve been lucky enough to see him go B2B with Jakes at Run and you feel the future of this music’s in safe hands!
TRG needs no introduction – he’s one of those very lucky people that can turn their hand to any style of music and produce amazing things.
And finally, please complete the following sentence…
GET SOME… Sun!
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 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.
As the year draws to a close, and the dust settles on Friday, we thought we would post up the pics of another great night! If you see yourself, please comment.Thanks to everyone who came, and to EXEL, ISHU, GREENA, DARK ARX, SSG, and everyone else involved. So, we hope all of you have a great X–Mas, and NYE, and we’ll see you in 2010…
It’s kinda like an advent calender, and this is the third day of GET SOME! Today we are proud to bring you an exclusive mini mix by DJ Greena which you can listen to and download here! Check it out and enjoy!!!!! Friday is looking BIG.
PEACE
Tracklist Julio Bashmore – um bongo (dead boy remix) (dub)
Karizma – how fly this life is
Pangea – sunset yellow (forthcoming hessle audio)
Jam City – underpass (dub)
Martin Kemp – after the night ( forthcoming blunted robots)
Mosca – square one (greena rmx) (forthcoming night slugs)
Mya – free (brackles rmx) (dub)
Zed Bias – neighbourhood (steve gurley rmx)
KMA – cape fear
Aardvarck – nosestep
Peverelist – esperanto
Davinche – buzz lightyear
Wiley – you would get wileup
By then we’ll probably have seen someone like Wiley riding the Juke to widespread acclaim, winning over initial doubters. Although I couldn’t make it in person I also hear that Mr Paradinas did a special guest set at CDR in October alongside Mark Pritchard. As a hotbed for fresh ideas, new talent and some serious innovations in production I imagine his set there would have been met with open ears.
