Pipedown Mix Series: H.U.D

So it's the beginning of another week, and what better way to celebrate the summer solstice today than by posting up a new mixe?

This mix is the next one in the excellent Pipedown blog's mix series. This mix comes from H.U.D. (Hang Up DJ), who runs an excellent series of warehouse parties (the last one feautured Lazer Sword, Bok Bok and Jam City). This three deck mix moves between South African house, dancehall, techno, house and juke.

Pipedown Mix Series - H.U.D

(right click, save as - hosted by Pipedown)

H.U.D. / Pipedownmix07 by Pipedown on Mixcloud

While on the subject of Pipedown, watch out for the 3rd of their parties at London's Rhythm Factory - it takes place July 3rd, and entry is completely free - the lineup is stellar, with Addison Groove, James Blake back to back Airhead (for the first time ever live I believe) and all the Pipedown fam - Cntrst, Matt Flynn and Rylski. Get yourself attending over at the facebook event.

Pipedown #02 - Keysound

The Pipedown blog is coincidentally also celebrating their 1st birthday during the month of March - and I can't think of a blog/collective who have been as solidly excellent in everything they've done over that year (bar perhaps the blog, Blackdown they are collaborating with for their second night).

So to ring in their 2nd birthday, the Pipedown boys are taking over both rooms at the Rhythm Factory on Wed 31st March. Joining them are the Keysound team - Keysound is the label run by Martin Clark aka Blackdown, one of the longest running and most intelligently written dubstep and grime blogs.

So on the night the Pipedown residents are joined by Blackdown & Dusk (Rinse FM, Blackdown), LHF and Kowton. The LHF productions that I've heard on the Blackdown blog and on his Rinse show has to be some of the most exciting new music I've heard in quite some time - and this rare DJ appearance from them is not one to be slept on. I've never been able to obtain much information on the LHF crew - but their productions sound absolutely out of this world, like nothing else that is being produced at the moment. To get a taste of what to expect on the night, check out the LHF warmup mix for the night - download here or stream below. All of the names on the tracklist are one of the 7 producers that form the LHF collective. Amen Ra is the crew's DJ and has mixed this promo mix. Make sure you cop this mix, and click attending on the facebook event here AND THEN ACTUALLY ATTEND.

TRACKLIST
No Fixed Abode – Sirius Nanotech
Double Helix – TSR-1
Low Density Matter – Blue Steel (Forthcoming Keysound)
Double Helix – Shadows of the City
Amen Ra – Song For Auset (feat. Double Helix and No Fixed Abode)
No Fixed Abode – Indian Street Slang
Double Helix – An Eastern Philosophy
Amen Ra- Fragments Of A Love Story
Amen Ra – Final Chapter
Catta – Fourth Motion (Double Helix Remix) (Forthcoming Dubsquare)
Amen Ra – Unbroken Chain
Double Helix – The Chains
No Fixed Abode – Strangelands
Amen Ra – One Way Ticket

Lhf / Pipedownmix06 / Promo For #Pipedown02 by Pipedown on Mixcloud

Pipedown 001

Our pals over at Pipedown have always been absolutely top at bringing the web, the world's most forward thinking dance music - whether that be Hip-Hop, House, Techno, UK Funky, Dubstep, UK Garage or anything else in between. This dedication has seen a fairly large payoff for the Pipedown lads, especially recently. SDUK's track Clunge is out soon on Starkey's Slit Jockey Records imprint as a double A-side with Numan's Skull Crusher (pre-order here or here). Also recently, of the web's most well known blogs You Can Call Me Pelski recently hailed Pipedown as one of their 'Best Things About 2009'. So what better way to ring in the new year with a new mix and a new enterprise from the Pipedown boys?

This new enterprise brings Pipedown firmly into the physical realm, with the Pipedown monthly night kicking off a week from today, Wednesday 27th. James Blake, Greena, Om Unit and Elijah & Skilliam are playing, all of whom I strongly recommend googling if you haven't yet (also keep your eyes peeled for some of these names appearing at new Brighton night Aka Aka Roar sometime in the next few months).

To find out more information about the Pipedown night, head here or to the facebook link here. To help promote the night, each of the four residents is creating a mix of fresh tunes for your ears - first off is Joel Baker aka Cntrst. The mix includes a few tracks from everyone playing, and is tiiight as. Must have listening. The tracklist follows, with download link and stream from mixcloud at the bottom of this post.

Pipedown 01 - Promo Mix by Cntrst

Dowee – Fckurblp
Cosmin TRG – Love 2 Hide
Aphrodisiax – Unfinished Business
L-Vis 1990 – United Groove (Kingdom Remix)
Hanuman – Bola (Atki2 Remix)
Geeneus – Ultrafunkula
Mosca – Square One (Greena Remix)
Martin Kemp – Aztec
Greena – Tenzado
Geiom – No More Tears
Bad Autopsy – Mag
James Fox – Put It Back (Ramadanman Remix)
Africa Hi-Tech – Blen
Mosca – Nike
Hyetal & Shortstuff – Don’t Sleep
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Brackles Remix)
Destiny’s Child – Bills Bills Bills Bills Bills (Harmonimix)
Starkey – Rain City
Gemmy – Johnny 5
Terror Danjah – Air Bubble
Royal T – Beat Fighter (Bok Bok Remix)
Terror Danjah – Sidechain (DOK Remix)
James Blake – Air and Lack Thereof
Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Harmonimix – Trim
Zomby – Tarantula
Floating Points – Truly
Om Unit – Lavender
Joker – Digidesign (Om Unit Remix)

Weekly News 20th May

Bit of a quiet week so far here at SB, but that's about to change - got an absolutely jam packed Weekly News for you, with new releases, new mixes, and upcoming events.

Toys R Us again this friday, at the massive Fridge in Brixton.  DJ action coming from me, Niyi (keep an eye out for his next single, Amelia, with remixes from me, Cobra Krames, Ben Mono and many others), Goldielocks (live), Unicorn Kid (live), My Panda Shall Fly, Dick Turpin, Nova and last but definitely not least... Bassline hero Dexplicit! This is possibly the most excited I've ever been about DJing alongside someone... And all of that for £7.50 advance or £10 on the door.  Check the facebook event here

Mad Decent Soundystem @ Bugged Out this Sunday at Union Car Park - ought to be an absolutely massive night, tickets are £17.50 in advance from ticketweb.I've already grabbed mine, so don't hang around!  DJ lineup is absolutely massive - Diplo, Skream, Fake Blood, Boy 8 Bit, Mumdance, Crookers, Riva Starr, Nic Sarno, Hannah Holland.  Check further down in this post for a bit more news on the Mad Decent front...

Last week was also absolutely huge in terms of events - we had Night Slugs with Terror Danjah, Egyptrixx and the residents on Thursday and FWD with Kode 9 all night long on Sunday.  Terror Danjah absolutely killed it with his exclusive Grime set, big up to anyone who reached for it! If not you can grab a tune below.

Terror Danjah - Creep U 2 Crawl

(Hosted by the Lovely Curb Crawlers Blog)

Although an exam on Monday prevented me from hitting FWD, I've heard amazing things about K9's set - and managed to find a half an hour recording that made me very jealous of anyone who made it.

Kode 9 @ Fwd 17/5/09 30min snippet

High Horse at the new (and greatly improved) T-Bar was also a real hit on Friday night - the Blogger's Delight team (Skull Juice, Casper C)'s new night is getting off to a real start - guests include In Flagranti, a Turbo showcase with Noob & Matt Walsh.  High Horse is a weekly night, every Friday, at T Bar and I recommend you get down there - if not, then at least check out this mix they did for Fact Magazine:

FACT Mix 48 - High Horse  [Alternative link] 

 

 

Tracklisting:                                

Haventepe - Re-Uptake [Baum]
Jackmate - Male Kicks [Philpot]
Maurizio - 4.5 [Maurizio]
Literon & Ovatow - Permutation 1 [Frantic Flowers]
Nick Hoppner - Makeover [Ostgut Ton]
Pitto - Feelin' (Dub) [Rejected]
DJ Madskillz - Down The Rabbit Hole (2000 & One's '90's Re-Edit) [100% Pure]
Alton Miller - Inner8 (Literon Remix) [Rize Radical]
Dot - Kinda Strange [Moon Harbour]
Markus Fix - World Clock [Cecille]
Christian Burkhardt - Dos [Love Letters From Oslo]
La Pena - Tool 3 [La Pena]
Sascha Dive - Untitled [Deep Vibes]
Brothers' Vibe - Revolution [SOM Underground]
Jesper Dahlback - The Real Jazz [P&D]
Blagger - Strange Behavior (DJ Koze Remix) [Perspectiv]
Plez - Thing For You (Factory mix) [Plezure]
Slowhouse - Untitled [Slowhouse]
Da Rebels - House Nation Under A Groove [Clubhouse]
Kris Wadsworth - High Roller [Hypercolour]
Schatrax - Restless Nights [Schatrax]
G-Man - Quo Vadis [Styrax]
STL - Something Is Raw [Something]
Ame - Ensor [Innervisions]
Santiago Salazar - Arcade [Macro]

Another reason I didn't make it down to FWD was that I was locked in to the Pipedown TV Launch, which was a massive success!  Connecting the dots between dubstep, grime, funky and everything else between, the mixing was class and despite the Pipedown crew's claims that the visuals looked crap, I was well impressed (although that may be more of a reflection on my knowledge of VJing/ all things visual than anything else.)  You can stream the audio and video from here, Iplayer style, or just download the audio below:

Download the show.

Tracklist:
Joker – Solid State
Frisco – Man Down
Wiley – Hummer Activity
James Blake – Air and Lack Thereof
Eskmo – I Dream I’m Flying
Various Production – Trycycle
Sbtrkt – Rundown
Tayreeb – 123 Sun
Bullion – Get Familiar
Joker – Digidesign (OM Unit Remix)
Paul White – Alien Nature
Hud Mo – Oooops!
Kode9 – Black Sun
Shed – Wedged Chicken (Martyn Remix)
Footsteps – Green Light
Roska – Elevated Level
Seiji – Hohoho
Donaeo – Party Hard (Heatwave Refix)
Crazy Cousins – Bongo Jam (Skepta Remix)
DJ NG – Tell Me
Crazy Cousins – Inflation
Crazy Cousins – Love Shy Remix
Apples – Chantes
Young Nate – Wind It Gal
Lil Silva – Seasons
Ill Blu – Pull It
Starkey – Gutter Music VIP
Gemmy – Bass Transmitter
Zomby – Aquafresh
Sarantis – Focus
Burial & Fourtet – Moth
Jamie Vex’d – Radiant Industry
Joker – Do It
Maniac – Thug
Lil Silva – Funky v Pulse
High Rankin’ – Bubble & Squeak
Unknown – C•nt 3
Raffertie – Do That
Toddla T – Coin Off
Hud Mo – Still On It
Gemmy – Supligen
2000F & J Kamata – You Don’t Know What Love Is
Jakes – In Tha Place To Be
Mr. Lager – Tell Me
Radikal Guru – Kingston Town
Rusko – Soundguy Is My Target
Skream v Mavado – We Dem A Fick (Pipedown Blend)
Joker & Rustie – Playdoe
Man Like Me – London Town (Rudekid feat. JME Remix)
NEXT HYPE PIPEDOWN SPESH
Chase & Status – Saxon
Newham Generals – Heads Get Mangled
DJ Oddz – Strung Out VIP
Choong Family – Adrenaline Remix
Darqwan – 3 Note Blue
Jammin – Kinda Funky (Wookie Remix)
Emvee – Glitch Dub
Twizzle – Skydiving (Greenmoney Remix)
Computer Jay – Epiphany
Tayreeb – Da Funk
Stenchman – Puking Over

In the new releases field this week, got a couple of special things for you - a lot of you may have already copped the new Don Diablo feat Example single from Palms Out.  Although the mixes (A1 Bassline, Doorly and a few others) were definitely doing it for me, I finally got the promo today and realised that actually Palms Out hadn't posted the entire package and there were two treats in there - the Spor mix bringing some proper heavy DNB action as well as a mashup with Aerodynamic that absolutely KILLS it.  You'll find them both below, now I've just got to choose which one to play out this weekend.

Don Diablo feat Example - Hooligans (Spor Remix)

Don Diablo feat Example Vs Daft Punk - Aerodynamic Hooligans

Another new release this week is the third installment of the Rebirth Essentials compilation series. Peak-time tunes, pure dancefloor tracks, and a different vibe too, more eclectic, atmpospheric, balearic and electronic.  Top choices are Sei A's mix of Telespazio, the Audiojack re-edit of Hugo's remix of "Pump It" by Robytek vs Shield Feat Foremost Poets (confusing I know).  It out to be ought by the end of May, but until then check it out on Beatport.

Bit of news from me this week - I've got down to the last stage of the Union DJ competition, which means I get a set at the next Union @ Fabric.  If my set is judged to be the best out of all the competitors that night then I go to Ibiza with the Union boys this summer as well as playing at every UK Union event!  I've also got cheap tickets for the event, on June 1st with Pendulum, Killa Kela and a suprise Special Guest, so hit me up for details.

The other bit of Mad Decent related news is biiiig - yesterday Diplo posted up my remix of College by Asher Roth on the MD blog, so big up the Mad Decent crew for posting it!  Head over and check out the post, or you can grab the tune below:

Asher Roth - College (Ben White's Time To Get Grimey Mix)

Last but not least, I finally jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, so make sure you head over to my twitter and get following!

Weekly News

New Brick Bandits Material

New material from the Brick Bandits crew has emerged this week on the Mad Decent blog - comprised of some of the biggest names in bmore (DJ Lokey, Mike V, Rob Threezy, DJ Sega, DJ Tameil, DJ Tim Dolla), their last EP was on Mad Decent and it was BIG. Number Advisory, Robot Club Rock and The Chase had to be the stand out tracks for me. The new material sounds just as big as the older stuff, some classic bmore action creating proper heat on the dancefloor.

DJ Lokey - Get With This (Get Busy) (Link hosted by MadDecent Blog)

Mindie 3rd Birthday this saturday at 93 Feet East - live performances from Pillars of the Community, Adagio, and Nova . DJ action from Rattus Rattus + Klose One (Urban Nerds), Me, Dead Boy and Ordio Kid. Entry is £7 and you can check out the event here.

Pipedown TV Launch

SUNDAY MAY 17th.
9-11pm GMT.
Pipedown TV. Live and direct.

...THE FUTURE/
Once a month Sduk+cntrst are about to bring the Pipedown vibez, not just sonically, but visually too! Yes, you heard. Not only will you be able be able to hear but you will be able to see. This is 21st century radio. This is PipedownTV.

Expect an amalgamation of bass music oozed through the roughest of fruit blenders producing the most exotic concoction we like to call 'Technicolour-dayglo Melt with a topping of Gfunk sleeze.'

This week also saw the annual Radio 1 Big Weekender... The dance stage was as strong as ever, with Erol Alkan, 2 Many DJs, Pete Tong, Plump DJs and Annie Mac. Of those, I stayed up late enough to catch the Erol Alkan, Annie Mac and 2 Many DJs sets... The Erol Alkan set was absolutely amazing, best set I've heard from Erol in a while, and the Annie Mac was equally enjoyable - if a bit less subtle. Unfortunately the 2 Many DJs set was a tad formulaic, and was a bit too similar (read: identical) to the Creamfields 2008 set. We've got the Erol Alkan set for you below, make sure you check out the end: Blue Monday into Waters Of Nazareth alone is worth listening to.

Erol Alkan @ Radio 1 Big Weekender

This week I finished a new mix, for JAYOU - track is called Crack Hands, so I thought I'd post it up here and let you all get your hands on it. My mix channels a UK Funky vibe, with some mean subs and bass.

JAYOU - Crack Hands (Ben White Remix)

Next up we've got a mix that has been getting a lot of attention on some of my favourite blogs - Curb Crawlers & Lower End Spasm. I thought I would post it up as well, purely as it is well worth everyone's attention - the track-listing alone makes it one of the more exciting sets I've heard for a while, and the mixing is no different. Ben UFO, head of Hessle Audio, completed this mix for Fabric as a promo for Hessle's takeover of Room 3 @ Fabric on the 15th May. So if this pleases your ears then make sure you reach for the 15th, the lineup is BIIIG: Skream, Rusko, Patchwork Pirates and Jackmaster (Dress To Sweat) in Room 1, Fabio and other DNB big names in Room 2 and TRG, Ramadanman and Pangea join Ben in Room 3.

Ben UFO - Hessle Audio Fabric Promo Mix

Tracklist:

Greena - Maracay (Forthcoming Applepips)
Omar S - Busaru Beats (Sound Signature)
Aphrodisiax - Unfinished Business (Jus House)
Karizma - 33rd Street Anthem (Defected)
Unknown - Unknown (Unreleased)
Altered Natives - Rass Out (Fresh Minute)
Pearson Sound - Wad (Unreleased)
L-Vis 1990 - Hey! (Unreleased)
Brackles and Shortstuff - Sutorito Faita (Forthcoming Planet Mu)
Deep Cover Inc. - Deepin’ Side [NYC dub mix] (FX)
Ramadanman - No Swing (Unreleased)
STP - The Fall [T++ remix] (Subsolo)
Peverelist - Teachings (Unreleased)
Shortstuff and Mickey Pearce - Tripped Up (Unreleased)
Untold - I Can’t Stop This Feeling [Pangaea remix] (Unreleased)
Bump and Flex - Promises [Hardstep dub] (Urban Heat)
Untold vs. Tempz - Nextaconda (Unreleased)
Youngstar - Bongcat Riddem (White)
James Blake - Air and Lack Thereof (Unreleased)
Untold - Flexible (Unreleased)
Ikonika - Fish (Unreleased)
Mala - Hunter (DMZ)
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Unreleased)

Weekly News

One of my favourite up and coming techno producers, Darling Farah from the UEA, has got a new track for your ears. Called Darkroom, it's a blend of the minimal feel which a lot of Darling Farah's productions have, and a more maximal approach.

Darling Farah - Darkroom 

Diplo's new project with Switch, Major Lazer, have finished recording their album - it's a reggae/dancehall album, with a whole load of amazing guest vocalists, and the youtube videos of Major Lazer DJ sets have made me so excited for the album, especially the snippets I've heard of the track Pon Di Floor. Diplo has released the first track of the album for free download on the Mad Decent blog - it's called Hold The Line and has Santigold singing on it. Surf rock guitars and a proper boss drum beat make me even more excited for the rest of the album, as does the leak of other ML track Zumbi that some blogs have posted.

Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Hosted by Mad Decent Blog)

This isn't as such old news, but it's so quality that I had to post it. The boys over at the Pipedown blog recorded a minimix to launch the blog, and I've only recently managed to get it on my Ipod. For 5 minutes long, it's properly chock a block full of tracks - electro, house, drum and bass, jungle, dubstep, garage, hip hop. Hopefully we should have a full feature about the Pipedown crew (SDUK and CNTRST) soon.

Pipedown Minimix

TRACKLIST_
Shy FX & T Power - Don't Wanna Know (Feat. Skibadee)
Joker - Stuck In The System
Starkey - Gutter Music
Dusk & Blackdown - Concrete Streets (Feat. Durrty Goodz)
Joker - Gullybrook Lane
JME - Awoh
Jakes - 2 Steps Back
Jakes - 3kout
Synkro - Hold Tight
Skream - Fick
Rusko - Hammertime
Rusko - Get Your Cock Out
Benga - Better
Wiley - Local Lad
Benny Page - Swagger
Ghetto - Sing For Me (w/ Rudekid)
Sean Paul - Temperature
DJ ZInc - 138 Trek
L-Vis 1990 - Apple Bass
Xrabit & DMG$ - Killin 'Em (Xrabit Remix)
The Bug - Poison Dart (South Rakkas Crew Remix)
Buraka Som Sistema - General
Klaxons - It's Not Over (Skream Mix)
Mujava - Township Funk
DJ Manaia - Sobrevivente De Rave
SL2 - On A Ragga Tip
Original Sin - D Is For Danger
Original Sin - Don't Be Silly
Danny Byrd - Shock Out
Chase & Status - Smash TV
Brookes Brothers - Tear You Down
Aphrodite - Return To Jedda
Rebel MC - Junglist (Feat. Peter Bounce) (DJ Zinc Remix)
Rebel MC - Jah Sunshine
Jaymo - On The Grind
MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix)
Kanye West - Workout Plan (Galactik Knights Remix)
His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong
Tom EQ & Jak-Z - Killa
Proxy - Raven
Evil 9 - All The Cash (Feat. El-P) (Mumdance Remix)
Goshi Goshi - The Lock Shot
Diplo - Blow Your Head
Drop The Lime - Hear Me (Drums Of Death Remix)
Heavyfeet - One Last Time
Steed Lord - It's What You Do 2 Me (Jack Beats Remix)
Partyshank v Yo Majesty - Club Action
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
Baobinga - State Of Ghetto Jackin' (Feat. DJ Nasty)
Andy George - Big Dipper
Skibadee - Tika Toc
Ini Kamoze - Hot Steppa
Krafty Skillz - Insane Banger
Kulture - Diesel (cntrst Edit)
OliverDaySoul - Bopgunn
Bullion v Paul White - Get Familiar
Flying Lotus - RobertaFlack (Martyn Remix)
Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)

The Chew the Fat blog are hosting a remix competition of Lee Mortimer's new track This Is Real Shit. Download the parts here, and send a link to download it (from somwhere like YouSendIt) to club@thefatclub.com. As an added bonus, if you get it to them before the party on the 24th you’ll also get free guestlist so include your full name. I've had a quick go at a mix

Lee Mortimer - This Is Real Shit (Ben White's Fake Shit Mix)

Hostage has also had a couple of new tunes this week - Massive, which is a classic 4 to the floor stomper, and has already had radioplay from Annie Mac on her BBC1 show The Mashup, and another tune which is a bit more different from Hostage's usual fare. It's called 8 Bit Boom Riddim, and is a nice bit of more chilled out dubstep action. With a nice chunky bassline, you can tell Hostage has been listening to Joker. Hostage has said he's not going to be producing much stuff like this, so might as well get on this while you can.

8 Bit Boom Riddim - Hostage

Last but not least, it's rare that dance music and charity combine, but our friends over at Noise Porn are doing just that this July. The project is called the Mongolian Mixtape Marathon. The plan is for the Noise Porn team to depart on a 10,000 mile drive from London to Mongolia on July 11th, crossing Europe, central Asia and culminating with a dash across the mighty Gobi Desert. They will be raising money for Save The Children, in association with the Mongolian Charity Rally. The culmination of the drive will be donating educational materials and clothing to to the Mongolian people as well as donating the vehicle to a local farming community.

The dance music aspect of the Marathon is that during the 800+ hours driving time, they're intending to listen to dance music non-stop all the way there! Each DJ will be asked to submit a one hour mix of their favourite tunes and also make a small donation (of at least £1). All the mixes will then be put together and listened to them non-stop, all the way to Mongolia!

DJs confirmed include Krafty Kuts, Brodinski, Ben & Lex, AC Slater, A1 Bassline, Aquasky, NAPT, The Rogue Element, Foamo, Trevor Loveys, Jaimie Fanatic, Miles Dyson and Nick Thayer.

They have already had or confirmed future radio coverage from a number of radio stations including NuSkoolBreaks, Brap.FM, South West Underground, BangingTunes, and Leith FM.

Noise Porn have also secured free advertising on the international clubbing website DontStayIn.com and London clubs/venues like Fabric, The Egg and The Fat! Club have pledged their support.

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT info@mongolianmixtapemarathon.com, or head over to the website to get involved.