Hey peeps... Really sorry for the lack of postage on this blog during July... I'm working full time during the week from 10am til 7pm... and as soon as I get home I just want to chill most days. Will be getting some posts scheduled up on the weekend and getting the blog back to business very soon.
Until then I was wondering if you'd be able to do me a small favour. I've entered a competition on Mixcloud to win a copy of Ableton Live Suite and Serato 2.0, the competition closes tonight and the top 10 entries get judged, and I'm really in with a great shout of winning, so I'd love some support. Basically just follow the link to my mix or stream the mix on this page to get my play count up.
Also let us know what you think of the mix :)... Thanks much in advance!
Pangaea // Sunset Yellow w/ Human Life - In It Together (Acapella)
Zinc // Old Flame
Gella // Twinkle Feat. Spyda (Baobinga & I.D. Remix)
Evolve Or Die // Wheel & Come
Drop The Lime // Sex Sax (MJ Cole's Lubricated Relick)
Geeneus // Get Low Feat. Ms Dynamite
Redlight // Stupid Feat. Roses Gabor
Redlight // Kid Soldier
Major Lazer // Hold The Line (Skream Remix)
Swindle // Airmiles
Magnetic Man // I Need Air
Howdy... June mix from me... had some awesome support from everyone on the with my last mix that helped me win the Braindrop Mixcloud comp... cheers... here's my latest offering, hope you enjoy!
Went in a slightly different direction with this one... focusing on a lot more UK Funky and some top Bass tunes. Less of the bangers and more of the Funk for this one... lots of summer tunes.
If you're feeling any of the tunes then please support the artists in the best way possible by buying them from a respectable retailer. I really recommend Supra1's 'Ghoster' and the GreenMoney remix of 'Josephine', beautiful.
You can nab it below via Mediafire or stream it via Mixcloud. Enjoy!
Mindflow - Switched 92 Eternal - Feeling (Luna-C Remix) Kill The Noise - Jokes On You AC Slater - Take You ft. Ninjasonik (Doorly Remix) The Count & Sinden - Strange Things (Mele Remix) Lady Chann - Sticky Situation (Toddla T Remix) Geeneus - Get Low (Crackish) ft. Ms Dynamite Redlight - Stupid ft. Roses Gabor Redlight - Kid Soldier Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Skream Remix) Swindle - Airmiles Diamond K & Al Ripken Jr - Hands In The Air (Bok Bok Remix) Girl Unit - IRL (French Fries Remix) Modeselektor - Art & Cash (SBTRKT Remix) Cubic Zirconia - Josephine (GreenMoney 'Trancestep' Remix) Supra1 - Still Believe ft. Amy Douglas (L-Vis 1990 Remix) Supra1 - Ghoster
Now some people might say that #13 is unlucky, but I see that very differently, because today I'm presenting you with my own mix for April. Featuring a few exclusive tracks and my own picks for tracks I think are really gunning it at the moment.
It's the second in my Future of Funk mix series, you can catch the first in the series from both Soundcloud and Mixcloud if you're feeling the first one.
As usual I take things on quite an upbeat and full on approach and then towards the end tone things down... firstly working with some new bass, then onto a more housey tip, before playing some dubstep that I'm feeling at the moment, that isn't necessarily 'wobbly', but that has an edge about it.
I've been constantly trying to get away from the wobbly and 'filthy' infested side of dubstep for a few months now, and I think the tunes I've included go some way towards that. I wouldn't have included Spanish Fly for example, had it not had some cheeky salsa-erish edge to it :).
I love odd ball tunes, and anything with a tropical kind of feel to it, gets my vote every time.
I've uploaded the mix to Mixcloud, Soundcloud and Mediafire to cater for people's personal preferences... the main link highlighted in blue takes you to the mediafire download page and then I've embedded the other links, should you wish to go to them. Please give it a listen and most importantly, enjoy :).
1. Douster - King of Africa VIP
2. Geoffrey James - Just Another Jack (Dizz Remix)
3. Sduk - Clunge
4. Drop The Lime - Devil's Eyes (Tomb Crew Remix)
5. Drop The Lime - Devil's Eyes (Foamo Remix)
6. Drop The Lime - Howling
7. Foamo - Jookie
8. Myd - Train To Bamako (Canblaster Remix)
9. Herve - Hot! Drum Attack
10. Foamo - Centavo
11. Sam Tiba - Barbie Weed
12. Mumdance - Sacrifice Riddim ft. Badness
13. Joker - Tron
14. BBE - 7 Days and One Week (Emalkay Remix)
15. J.Rabbit - Spanish Fly
16. Tom Piper & Blaze Tripp - Brrrap
17. Raffertie - 7th Dimension
18. Kastle - You Got The Love
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it... I've also done up some wee artwork for it as you can see above, as I hate posting up pictures of myself.
Although I'm trying to promote myself here, it's not just about me and my mixing, it's most importantly about the music... As is shown below in the video I've embedded of Hard House Banton's The Music, as a wee in joke I have with most friends who refer to me as, The Music Man.
Hey hey peeps... quick heads up on my next gig this weekend @ This is Not a Rave supporting none other than Scott Cooper, who many of you may know from his great remix of AC Slater's Rock It Out, out last year on Nightshifters, which I was a big fan of.
I'm super excited to be supporting such a big dawg in the game; as a former part of the Moda collective, learning his trade with the likes of Andy George, Jaymo and Tom Staar. He's toured The States, Canada, Europe and had regular annual outings to Ibiza. I've got a lot to live up to, but relishing the chance to give people some fine tunes to dance to.
It's being held at Shoreditch's famous Horse & Groom, a place I believe I once got chucked out of for being under-age, so it will be quite lols playing there this time. I'm not 100% sure on my set time yet... but I will add it to this page / tweet it when I know... 'Vesper Twitter'. Essential details below:
SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY
This Is Not A Rave @ Horse & Groom
28 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, EC2A 3NZ
9 til 4am
Free before 11pm - £4/ £3 conc
Showcase:
Scott Cooper (Wearhouse Music / Potty Mouth Music)
Vesper (Squeaky Bleeps)
+ Residents: Not Shy / Nic Liu / Pressplay / Rick Tozer
Scott Cooper blends jackin electronic house with eclectic influences of hip-house, ragga and dancehall. His diverse spin on the underground sound has made him a less predictable - but always rowdy - addition to the Potty Mouth Music roster.
“I’d describe my style as all-embracing in the way that I like to get a lot of different sounds and make sense of them in both my productions and my DJ sets".
Scott does his thing, and does it well, but I'll be taking things down a slightly different route with some quite serious, but non the less beats this time around. I've been quite used to playing to a more 16+ grimey/funky crowd lately, so it'll be a nice change. Basically if you like anything on Trouble & Bass, Hostage-vibed or anything of the slightly odd natured, but crazy Dubstep with lots of soul, then come down for a dance, it's sure to be a riot!
Support also comes from T-I-N-A-R residents Not Shy, Nic Lui, Pressplay and Rick Tozer.
Downstairs, Mooch are riding high of the blow out 1st Birthday last month and have been asked to party again. They've got Chris Finke venturing down from Birmingham’s techno institution which is Atomic Jam who'll be dropping some tech-house n dirty techno with support from the residents Natalie Coleman, Yellowcake and Nick Subkulture.
Head honcho Not Shy has made available this fantastic promo mix to get you in the mood for the night. Grooves and vibes of the future aplenty here, please get on the d/l.
Abstract Source – 2KX [CD-R]
Julio Bashmore – Um Bongo’s Revenge [Dirty Bird]
Mosca – Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [Night Slugs]
Dakunt – T’a Surdou Dakunt (Lorcan Mak Remix) [CD-R]
French Fries – Senta [Young Gunz]
Oliver $ – Gypsy Carnival [Made To Play]
MYD – Train To Bamako (Canblaster Remix) [CD-R]
Cajmere feat Dajae – Brighter Days (Mercury Edit) [CD-R]
Oliver Twizt – Gangsterdam (Nom De Strip Remix) [Mix Mash]
Wiley – Never Be Your Woman (Jaymo & Andy George “Moda” Dub) [Virgin]
Also, while your at it, download my latest mix that I recently did exclusively for YouMissedOut, which I let you know about last month. This is more along the lines of what I'll be playing down at T-I-N-A-R, with some groovy tech shoved in for good measure.
Drop The Lime - We Are The Future
Star Eyes - Disappear (Dexplicit Remix)
DJ Zinc - Killa Sound ft. No.Lay (Skream Remix)
Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP
Malente - Dex ft. New Kidz Lions (Douster Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (BeatauCue Remix)
Vato Gonzalez - Badman Riddim
Dre Skull - Gone Too Far ft. Sizzla (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Remix)
Jayou - Crack Hands (Genetic Krew Remix)
George Lenton - Troll
Adam F & Horx - Shut The Lights Off ft. Redman (Caspa & Trolley Snatcha Remix)
DJ Prime Cuts - Warning ft. Dynamite MC (Eddie K Remix)
Flatline - Hollow Dub ft. Darker Knight
Kicking off this week with the relaunch of the highly renowned Squeaky Bleeps 'Mix Monday' feature (coz not every other single blog posts up mix features with some sort of witty alliterative title. And our title isn't even really witty, just alliterative).
First up we have a mix from renowned dubstep, 2step and everything in between DJ, Oneman. Oneman has reached some fairly lofty heights in the world of 2/dub-step DJing without ever producing a single beat - fairly impressive considering how production-centric that world is. He was the only DJ on Mary Anne Hobbs Generation Bass show not to produce, has a show on Rinse FM and needless to say is pretty neat on the 1s and 2s. If you're a Brighton local, or even South Coast local, then make sure you reach to new night Aka Aka Roar. All the lineups are heavy, but Oneman's headline set on Monday 18th January will be something truly special if this mix is anything to go by. This new mix from him has some cracking tunes in it too - I heard that Boogaloo Crew tune played by them on Friday, and it really goes off in a club - a lovely 2stepping beat and great lush sweeping synths. New material in the mix comes from Joy Orbison (She Dressed In Her Best has to be the best tune yet from JO?), Terror Danjah (Air Bubble is the slightly more melodic, but still truly deep tune from TD's upcoming Butterz release), Brackles & Shortstuff as well as Mumdance. Anyway, nuff chat bout the mix, tracklist follows with a direct download link here.
and the Mixcloud player for the mix below too if streaming is more your thing.
Bad Autopsy - Mag
Hard House Banton - Reign
Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn's Dark Mix)
Delphic - Doubt (Doc Daneeka VIP Dub)
Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok (Roska Remix)
Alphabeat - The Spell (Drums of Death Remix)
Hervé - No Sleep (Martelo's Insomniac Remix)
Desto - 20 20 Hindsight
Addison Groove - Footcrab
Joy Orbison - She Dressed In Her Best
Guido - Beautiful Complication
Brackles & Shortstuff - Pipey D
Mumdance - So Squalid
Terror Danjah - Air Bubble
Swindle - Airmiles
The Boogaloo Crew - Rising Sun
Lil Wayne - A Milli (Harmonimix)
Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire
Next up is a local boy done good - Jared Philippo aka ADHDJs is also pretty tidy on the 1s and 2s, bringing his own brand of heavily dub and reggae infused dubstep to venues like Fabric, Corsica Studios, Roundhouse and many more. For this mix though he's gone on a bit of a nostalgic tip, recalling the heady days of 2step ruling clubland! The mix (Drink & My 2step) touches on everything that was good bout that scene - Todd The God Edwards, Wookie, MJ Cole, Zinc + everything else in between. Mixing is very tight, and tunes are big, make sure you get on this! If you're feeling the mix, check out Jared's other mixes at his Podcast and get some more info bout this gee at his Twitter.
ADHDJs // Drink & My 2Step Mixtape
Tracklisting:
Artful Dodger - What Ya Gonna Do (Kinell Mix)
SIA - LTTLE MAN (WOOKIE REMIX)
Steve gurley - WALK ON BY
Girl ft Skully MC - Closer
El-B - Music In The Night
Alex Lee ft C-Jay - Want You Back
Donna Dee - Clock The Dough
DYNK - shorty swing my way
Sticky - golly gosh
WOOKIE - WHATS GOING ON?
DJ Zinc - Hold on
Oris Jay - Brand Nu Flava
TJ Cases - You Bring Me Joy
Lisa Roxanne - No Flow (G4orce remix)
Roni Size - Reprazent - Dirty Beats (WOOKIE REMIX)
Pay As U Go Cartel - Champagne Dance
MJ Cole vs De-Ryus - Grass Aint Greener
M-Dubs - Over You
Sunship Ft Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure (Into The Sunshine Mix)
Kristine Blond - Love Shy (B-15 Project Mix)
M Dubs - Over Here
New Horizons - Find The Path
Guy Smone - You're Mine (MJ Cole remix)
Anthill Mob - You Should Have Known (Todd`s Vocalised Mix)
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Garage Remix)
Same People - Dangerous (Original Mix)
One Dark Martian - It Doesn't Have To Be This way
Sticky - Stuck to the floor
Zed Bias & MC Juiceman - My Sound (Al Brown Remix)
Misty Dubs & Valerie - The Pain You Caused
Scott & Leon - Just 4 You (About 2 vs Krome Angels Remix)
About 2 Ft Cameron - Let The Music Take Control (DJ Chunky Remix)
Stephen Emmanuel Colours - Hold On (SE22 Mix)
138 Trek - DJ Zinc
Lady Stush - Dollar Sign
Jammin - Kinda Funky
George Morel Let's Groove (Bass City Rollerz Remix)
DJ Treble T ft MC Charlie Brown - They Call Me
DJ Zinc - Go DJ
Finally, SqueakyBleeps very own Vesper has just had an exclusive mix featured on YouMissedOut. It's half an hour of funky, dubstep business. It's not available for download but you can stream the mix over at the website.
Drop The Lime - We Are The Future
Star Eyes - Disappear (Dexplicit Remix)
DJ Zinc - Killa Sound ft. No.Lay (Skream Remix)
Geeneus - Yellowtail VIP
Malente - Dex ft. New Kidz Lions (Douster Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (BeatauCue Remix)
Vato Gonzalez - Badman Riddim
Dre Skull - Gone Too Far ft. Sizzla (Buraka Som Sistema Remix)
El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Remix)
Jayou - Crack Hands (Genetic Krew Remix)
George Lenton - Troll
Adam F & Horx - Shut The Lights Off ft. Redman (Caspa & Trolley Snatcha Remix)
DJ Prime Cuts - Warning ft. Dynamite MC (Eddie K Remix)
Flatline - Hollow Dub ft. Carleton Hall
Vesper's Chart #1. Mom & Dad // The Whole Sh-Bang (Harvard Bass Remix) #2. Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer // Blau (Original Mix) #3. Zeds Dead // Dark Side Dub #4. DJ Zinc // Because #5. Jammin' // Go DJ #6. Plump DJs // Be Good #7. Krafty Kuts & Skool of Thought // Sound Check #8. Solo // Rawmania (Beataucue Remix) #9. Youri Donatz & Franky Rizardo // I Like This Sound (Original Mix) #10. Thør House // State Of Mind (Flatline Remix)
Ben White's Chart #1. Geeneus & Ms Dynamite // Crackish #2. N.W.A // Express Yourself #3. Jose James // Blackmagic (Untold/Joy Orbison Remix) #4. Julio Bashmore // Jack Got Mac #5. Zinc // Because #6. The XX //Fantasy (Ben White Remix) #7. Redlight // Feels So Good #8. Wookie // Scrappy #9. Terror Danjah // Reloadz #10. Joy Orbison // J Doe
New mix by me here... and an amazingly flattering picture of myself. All of my current fav tunes in the electro/techno/house scene... please have a listen!!!
I've left out the majority of the wobbles I normally play and focussed on some quality electro/techno with a lot of bite. It's not really easy listening by any means and there's a lot of new tunes in there, but I hope you enjoy.
1. Florance & The Machine - Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix) 2. Claude VonStroke - Vocal Chords (Original Mix) 3. Kid Kaio & Moradzo - Aranha (Original Mix) 4. Yolanda Be Cool - Afro Nuts (Douster Remix) 5. Alvaro - Make It Funky (DJ Punish Remix) 6. Hot City - No More (Original Mix) 7. Burns - Turbo (Jokers of the Scene Remix) 8. Will Bailey - Hustlin' and Scratchin' (Original Mix) 9. La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix) 10. B.Rich ft. Domonique - It'll Be Alright (Original Mix) 11. The Count & Sinden - Mega (Schizofonics Remix) 12. A1 Bassline - 8oh8 (Original Mix) 13. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Harvard Bass Remix) 14. AutoErotique - Gladiator (AC Slater Remix) 15. Adam Freeland - Only A Fool Can Die (AC Slater Dub Remix) 16. Juiceboxxx - 100MPH (AC Slater Remix) 17. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Beatau Cue Remix) 18. Digital Manges - Manges (Sharkslayer Dub) 19. Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok (Original Mix) 20. Spencer & Hill - Cool (Afrojack Remix) 21. Momma's Boy - Give It Up (Original Mix) 22. Nadastrom - Ghetto Pass (Original Mix) 23. Congorock & Crookers - Sbombers 24. Proxy - Who Are You (Original Mix) 25. Proxy - 8000 (Original Mix)
Hey all... got a very special treat for you all here. My first mix under my new name Vesper, which is aimed at launching me to the next level of DJing in London clubs and, hopefully beyond!
I've been working on it for the past couple of weeks, and I'm about as happy as I can be with it, even if it did take me 5 days just to decide on an ending! It's quite a long one, clocking in at almost an hour and 3/4, but trust me it's very worth it!
I definitely think I've taken a huge leap forward with my mixing talent and style, that I want to use to help get my name out there! It's basically a big mash-up of the freshest sounds that I'm digging right now, spanning House, Techno, Electro and Dubstep.
Please pass this mix around to as many people as possible, and by all means pass it onto people who run nights and all that shiz, if you know anyone who runs one :). To book me to play a set, anytime, anywhere in the UK, just give me a shout at my new email: VesperDJ@googlemail.com
Hope you enjoy it... any feedback is as always very much appreciated!
Please get in touch with content, or if you'd like something removed...
apheticstate@gmail.com
If anyone has ever wondered what the email refers to... Aphetic is a latin word, which means To Let Go... We feel this is the mindset all should adopt when listening to new music.
