B.LOW – MALA, V.I.V.E.K, SGT POKES (BARCELONA)
Big Up to the B.LOW crew out in Barcelona for the amazing party last night at Razzmatazz. Mala’s set was absolutely spiritual as always. Our reporter Aeneas is a little to hung over and jet lagged for this whole blogging thing, so he just sent in the pictures below despite his digital camera being stolen last night.
Photos by Linda van Weert & Oli Benet
No CommentsVARIOUS ASSETS – NOT FOR SALE: RBMA LONDON 2010 (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Remember that RBMA Compilation we told you about? Well the audio yearbook for this year’s Academy edition has finally arrived: Various Assets – Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy London 2010. Boasting 41 exclusive collaborations by participants and lecturers from more than 30 countries, and it absolutely free!
CD1
01. Flava D – Ragga Sun
02. Robin Hannibal & Jullian Gomes – I Need Your Love
03. J-Wow & Sui Zhen – River Song
04. Marco Passarani & Julian Gomes – Walking Down Tooley Street
05. 00Genesis feat. Oddisee – Jackin4beats Pt. 1
06. Hudson Mohawke, Robin Hannibal & Myele Manzana – Ain’t Nobody Like You
07. Lucrecia Dalt & Makes Pants – Too Much Light
08. Chester Lone Ranger
09. James Pant & Lucrecia Dalt – A Breezy Slide Into Hell
10. Ango feat. Katy B – Fireworks
11. Poirier feat. Hasan Hujariri – Loop 1
12. Space Dimension Controller – Hazeygalacticwonkafunk
13. 00Genesis feat. Tranqill – Jackin4beats Pt. 2
14. Andras Fox, Sui Zhen & James Pants – Touch-N-Talk
15. Osborne, Modeselektor, Ango, Akshin, Ad Bourke & Vlad Caia – Jacbob Has Arrived
16. TOKiMONSTA, Lunice & Swede:art – Alpenglow
17. A Lone Boy, An Oud, A Theremin & A Funky Dread – T M 2
18. Clinic & Sui Zhen – Tell Me Once
19. Bala – London Mantra
CD2
01. Kidkanevil feat. Oddisee – Jackin4beats Pt. 3
02. Kool Clap & Venice – Vitamine
03. Ross McHenry, Biel Nascimbeni,Myele Manzanza, Jakob Schneidewind, Katy B & Infestus – The Song
04. Jackmaster, Mau’lin, Markur & Tony Nwachukwu – UK Hunky
05. Lunice – Strahl
06. Master MP6-60 & Robim Hannibal – Rocking All Night
07. TOKiMONSTA feat. Andreya Triana & Oddisee – Jackin4beats Pt. 4
08. B. Bravo & Robin Hannibal – What’s It Gonna Be
09. Dam Funk – I Need 2 Know
10. Sergej Fresh, Tutu Sweeney, Andras Fox, DJ Klem & Sui Zhen – Told Me
11. Lucrecia Dalt & Hasan Hujairi – Mimbre
12. 00Genesis – Endless Ocean
13. Homeless Inc, Juan Son & Jakobn Schneidewind – Solo
14. 00Genesis feat. Tranqill – Jackin4beats Pt.5
15. Tony Nwachunkwu & Tutu Sweeny – Breathin’
16. Daisuke Tanabe feat. May Roosevelt – Cказка
17. Amenta & J-Wow – Like That
18. Dza feat. AD Bourke – Endless Wishes
19. Flava D – It’s So Hard
20. Biel Nascimbeni & Juan Son – Cucaracha Madness Mix
21. Minus – Calling Number
22. Hasan Hujairi & May Roosevelt – Improvisation No. 136253892
DOWNLOAD the compilation in its full 320 kbit/s glory.
MADE IN… IPHONE – OUTER SPACES EP
Today, Retronyms are releasing Outer Spaces, an EP in which all the tracks were made using the iPhone app DopplerPad as one of the instruments!
Eskmo, Exillon, Jneiro Jarel, and Starkey all contributed tracks to the project, and they all did an amazing job.
As far as we know, this is the first EP of its kind, and we’re really excited for its release. Outer Spaces is available as a free download, and DopplerPad will be 20% off during the launch as well.
1 CommentRED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY AT SONAR
In a matter of hours, the Red Bull Music Academy’s sixth collaboration with Sónar festival will get into full sway. 29 acts from 16 countries will play the Academy-curated SonarDome stage.
Tune in to Scanner FM to hear two performances by Academy alumni each day of the festival – live over the Barna radio waves as well as on www.rbmaradio.com.
Thursday, July 17 // Ango (Noyes, Montreal) + Robot Koch (Jahcoozi, Berlin)
Friday, July 18 // TOKiMONSTA (Brainfeeder, Los Angeles) + GoldieLocks (Gut Instinct, London)
Saturday, July 19 // Space Dimension Controller (Clone, R&S, Belfast) + Axel Boman (Pampa, Stockholm)
Be sure to pick up, Various Assets 2010: Music Created At The Red Bull Music Academy in London. This double pack CD will be available for digital download on RBMA Radio on July 19. The package will include music from: Kidkanevil, James Pants, TOKiMONSTA, Sui Zhen, Robin Hannibal, Juan Son, Modeselektor, Flava D, Marco Passarani, J-Wow, Lucrecia Dalt, Space Dimension Controller, Lunice, Hudson Mohawke, Tranqill, Katy B, DâM-FunK, Minus, Myele Manzanza, and more.
***Also be sure to subscribe to Big Up Magazine’s Post-RMBA Podcast series for FREE!***
LOOK WHO’S BACK…SUCKAZ!!!!
In the words of Big Boss Lady Katya Guseva, “If I ever find those sneaky hackers who took down our site for 2 whole hours, I’ll chop their little finger knuckles off.” She’ll do it too, I heard she’s a part of the Russian Mafia but you didn’t hear it from me.
Anyways on a more positive note, we’ve added a couple new music reviews and FlyLo has released a new track via his Youtube Page:
COSMOGRAMMA SPECIAL 4/20
Brainfeeder Radio Presents…
COSMOGRAMMA SPECIAL 4/20
SHOW DETAILS:
To celebrate 4/20 and the forthcoming album release of ‘Cosmogramma’ on Warp, Flying Lotus and members of his Brainfeeder crew descend on the DUBLAB studios for several hours to play some records and make some sounds especially for you.
To open the show FLYING LOTUS will take you through the chosen cuts from his new LP, out 3rd / 4th May.
BRAINFEEDER artists participating include:
The Gaslamp Killer
Ras G
Samiyam
Daedelus
Jeremiah Jae
Tokimonsta
Teebs
Strangeloop
Matthewdavid
Listen, chat and connect to the video stream at > flying-lotus.com/radio
THE SHOW WILL BE ON AIR LIVE IN YOUR REGION ON 20TH APRIL 2010 FROM:
Noon – LA/SF
15:00 – NYC
20:00 – UK
21:00 – CET
04:00 – TOKYO
No CommentsTHIS IS DUBSTEP VOL. 2 (Out Now!)
So don’t sleep on this because this shit is bigger than Madonna.
GetDarker presents This Is Dubstep Volume 2.
This Is Dubstep Volume 2 is the follow up to the largest selling dubstep compilation ever, and it doesn’t disappoint, the compilation showcases all aspects of dubstep music, from the biggest names in the scene, including Skream, Benga, Caspa, Chase & Status, Breakage, Distance, Joker, Cyrus and many more.
1 CommentJAHCOOZI REMIX CONTEST: BAREFOOT DUB
The good folks over at BPitch Control are having a remix contest for Jahcoozi’s upcoming album “Barefoot Wanderer”, which is set to be released on the 19th of April. However, YOU my friend will be remixing “Barefoot Dub”, the opener track. You can do this by simply downloading the wave files here and remixing them. You can listen to the original mix here to get a feeling how the album is gonna sound like.
Jahcoozi – Barefoot Dub (edit ) by Jahcoozi
the winner gets:
* the possibility to be released on bpitch control (digitally)
* free promotion for the track by our label
* a goody bag with merch
Also be sure to pick up the forthcoming issue of Big Up Magazine for an exclusive interview with BPitch Control founder Ellen Allien.
3 CommentsOUTRAGE INTERVIEW (PART 2)
Photo by Missy
Interview by Ben Daniels
As far as non DnB influences what are the sounds that you incorporate into the music that you write?
I say more so in the last 5 or 6 years – because I started listening to drum and bass in its earliest form since I was eleven years old – obviously I listened to more commercial hip hop in the early 90’s and stuff. When I was growing up my parents listened to all kinds of random stuff – anything from fuckin’ Elvis to the Beatles and Tom Jones – my dad was a big fan of Al Jolsen, so it was really varied. My parents never had a particular sound they favored it was just really varied. I just liked good music – if it gave me a good feeling I liked it. But in the last 5 or 6 years I have kind of taken influence from outside of Drum and Bass. You know, I listen to things like Sonic Youth, Apex Twin, I like classical music, because you can pull out some good emotions, Radiohead, I really love the emotions from those guys – they do some amazing stuff. I take quite a bit of influence from the [early] Jungle Techno bit of it you know? Like ’94 between ‘92 and ‘94 as well. Certain ways and certain riffs and stuff that they used back then. You’ll always find an old school hint in my sound even though it doesn’t sound old, I mean you can always relate it to something from back then I guess. But, honestly I’ve really got an open mind – I’ll go out there and look up some random shit and be influenced by it. I’ll spend a week listening to a new artist I’ve come across or something that I haven’t listened to and just study it and get ideas. It hasn’t been something that’s been stuck with me from the beginning because as I said drum and bass was there from the very start.
In that same vein, there is a lot of nostalgia with Breakbeat Hardcore and early Jungle, how does it translate to what you are doing with J-Tek?
Well, it’s not the same. The people behind J-Tek have come from back when Jungle Techno was around and also a lot of them grew into Drum and Bass for what it is now and they kind of work a whole different way. The arrangements are different, the way they produce is different. The energy they put behind things is different, so all were trying to do is recreate the same energy but at a more acceptable spend and tempo I guess. If people want to say it’s similar that kind of sound then its fine. At the end of the day we only started off J-Tek as a label – and that people started calling it [the music] J-Tek is fine, they can talk – it all helps. We’d like it to fit in – the people who have supported J-Tek are anyone from MJ Cole who was massive in the UK Garage scene, I mean he played J-Tek 001 when he was tour when he was all over the world – in amongst all sorts of stuff – because of the tempo – you can do that! Mala from Digital Mystikz was playing our stuff, and I’ve heard of loads of other Dubstep artists playing our stuff. I’ve heard you’ll find it in a lot of Dubstep mixes. But we trying to do a new thing at an acceptable tempo that’s what to do – and recreate certain vibes to give it a new look basically.
Do you have goals to see the music grow in a certain way – where do you see it going?
I’d love to see it grow – and my whole thing with dance muisic is that its far too segregated. Like I remember you could go to a warehouse rave back in the day and you could have Jumping Jack Frost, Carl Cox, Sasha, – the most random line up you can imagine under one roof. And people would go out and have a good time. Right now everything is far too categorized. That’s why I love what J-Tek has become and so many different Djs are playing it from different genres. You’ve got drum and bass DJs, you’ve got Garage Djs you got Dubstep djs, you’ve got Breaks DJs you got Hardcore DJs. You got all these people from different genres playing a J-Tek track. So for me, if that helps bring the music scene back together and when you can go to a rave and have it all under one roof that would be fuckin’ great because that would help record sales because people are into music for the sake of the music not because it’s a fad or fashion. Not because their friends are into it – that they have their own mind about what they like. I think that’s what’s missing from dance music.
Here in the states, DnB has cooled off a bit and I think this Is true across the board. In the US, a lot of people have discovered Dubstep. Is that happing in the UK as well?
Its happening all over the world. It happened with UK Garage, it happened with Grime, it happens in waves. The good thing about drum and bass, drum and bass is underground, and it always will stay that way, in the sense that it had its time where people were getting signed to major labels but its always kind of been there, its became a part of the UK culture its been there so long. It’s there and it’ll always be there. Other things might overtake it – Drum and Bass might blow up and get smaller, bow up and get smaller, but drum and bass will always be there. You know it’s a part of the culture in the UK and lot of other countries and its been in other countries for like 10 – 15 years already if not more – you know the United States, I don’t know when the first parties in the States were, but I know New York has been having Drum and Bass parties in like ’96. You can compare that to where Dubstep is in the last 2 years – its really young and fine – I think that lots of people have jumped on it all over the world I mean I play in many different countries and every country I’ve played in, in the last six months, the promoters said to me Dubstep is the biggest thing right now. There is not one promoter who hasn’t told me that. I’m talking Belgium, Australia, new Zealand, Asia. Everywhere is saying Dubstep is the biggest thing right now. And I think it’s a good thing, I think Dubstep can actually help bring dance music back together. The fact that they are working with Hip-Hop artists and big vocal remixes make it a good thing.
And J-Tek can fit right in
Big Time! It can also offer something different, because you think about hardcore – its got breakbeats in it and stuff but it’s missing the bass lines of drum and bass – dub step will have to go in that direction I think to progress the music eventually I think.
Some of the most entertaining dubstep sets I’ve seen in a while have all included techno, 4 on the floor elements and breakbeats throughout the sets.
Exactly! I think a lot of genres are starting to join up now, all around the same bpm and if J-Tek can be a part of that – call it what – it’s a great thing and Ill be really pleased to be a part of it!
Check out Outrage’s label J-Tek Records: http://j-tekrecords.ning.com/
Outrage also recently re-launched his D&B label Backlash Records: www.backlashrecords.co.uk
No CommentsSCION IS TAKING OVER!!!
This month, Scion debuts its latest platforms for electronic and dance music, which includes a newly launched Web site, ScionAV.com that features a new music video series, entitled Scion A/V Video.
But the cherry on top of this Scion-licious cake is the Scion AV Radio App which is now live in the iTunes app store.
The Scion A/V Radio App allows you to:
1.) Listen to all 17 Scion Radio stations directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
2.) Listen to the latest remix projects and CD Sampler releases from Scion’s in-house record label Scion Audio Visual.
3.) Watch interviews with music artists with whom Scion has partnered.
4.) The multimedia platform capability also allows you to send links with content from the Scion Audio Visual App to yourself and friends to play.
Big Up to the Scion crew for keeping their game tight.
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