Mix Monday #13: Vesper

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 :).

Vesper - Future of Funk #2

Future of Funk #2 by VesperDJ

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

Future Of Funk #2 by Vesperdj on Mixcloud

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.

You know who you all are.

Mix Monday #12

Took me a while to get together the mixes this week... spent far too long in bed on Sunday. Went to Matter on Saturday night, got dragged along to some Skins party, didn't know what to expect, but tickets were £3, Voddy Redbulls were £2.50 and Zinc was playing.... so who can refuse that... especially when he finished his set with 20 minutes of solid Jungle vibes... win much!

Anyway onto this weeks golden nuggets... and a lot of hot exclusives from Nic Sarno here with new cuts from Jack Beats (actually awesome), AC Slater, Sam Tiba (you need to check this tune out), Myd and Nic himself. Just under an hour of tropical bass and rainforest beats for all the family. That Jack Beats tune is madness.

Nic Sarno - Spring Mix 2010

Spring Mix 2010 by Nicsarno on Mixcloud

Douster - Punani ft. Spoek Mathambo (Dub Version)
Funkin Matt - Zee!
Act Yo Age - Song For Nona (Savage Skulls Rmx)
Kid Kayo - Too Saxy
Myd - Rwall
Sam Tiba - Barbie Weed
Jack Beats - Revolution
Crookers - Cooler Couleur ft. Yelle (AC Slater Rmx)
Switch - A Bit Patchy (Alvaro's A Bit Latin Mix)
Boris Dlugosch - Bangkok (Roska Rmx)
The Bulgarian - Midnight Light (Kink Ghetto Mix)
Tom Piper/Ryan Riback - ? (Jackinori & The Dutch Radder Rmx)
Jesse Rose - Non Stop (Dub Mix)
Savage Skulls & Douster - Bad Gal (Phra Rmx)
Crookers - We Love Animals ft. Soulwax & Mixhell (Nic Sarno Rmx)
Vandalism - Throw Your Hands Up (Angger Dimas Rmx)
Partysquad - Pull Up
Partysquad - Crazy Funky Style
French Fries - Predador (Tomb Crew Rmx)

Next up is Supra1... we're massive fans of everything Supra1 have done in the past, and their new direction has been a very pleasent addition to my ears. They're remixes of Drop The Lime's Devil's Eyes and Mumdance & Brodinski's Eurostarr have both been top notch. In this latest mix for The Fat! Club you can catch Brackles' take on their latest offering titled I Still Believe.

The Fat! Club #004 - Supra1

Supra1 - The Fat! Club Mix 004 by Thefatclub on Mixcloud

Egyptrixx - Phones
Dva - Ganja
Zinc - Wile Out ft. Ms Dynamite
Brackles & Shortstuff - Pipey D
Brodinski & Mumdance - Eurostarr (Supra1 Remix)
Supra1 - I Still Believe (Brackles Remix)
Rude Kid - Jack Daniels
Killa P - Police Ar Come
Terror Danjah & Dok - Code Morse
Breakage - Hard ft. Newham Generals & David Rodigan
Kamikaze - Ghetto Kyote
Desto - Cold VIP
Numan - Code Four
James Blake - Air & Lack Thereof

To finish off here's something more along the chilled route, a new mix from one of my favourite producers out there, Bomb The Bass known to many as Tim Simenon. If you're not familiar with this producer, then I suggest you stick your head inside a Piñata, so we can all take pops at you. Bomb The Bass came to light back in 1987 with his No. 2 hit Beat Dis... helping to almost single handedly usher in DJ culture over night and was responsible for on of the most iconic images in clubland... The Yellow Smiley Face. Yes, pretty damn big. I was lucky enough to be given the honour of reviewing his last album Future Chaos a couple of years ago, and it's good to see him at work again so soon, and promoting his latest release, Back To Light, his new 10 track LP, produced in conjunction with Gui Boratto. An interesting pairing none the less, and since I've not reviewed an album for quite a while, expect one on Bomb The Bass in the next week or so, it's been long overdue on this blog. You can also grab a FREE mp3 from the album if you head over the album's official site... HERE.

Bomb The Bass - Back To Light Promo Mix

!K7- Bomb The Bass by Radio Magnetic on Mixcloud

ESG – Ufo
Nosaj Thing – 1685 / Bach
Maybes -
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl is a Computer
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
Martyn – Vancouver
Forsaken – Boat Noodles
James Blake – Air & Lack Thereof
Lusine – Two Dots
Bibio – Jealous Of Roses
Nosaj Thing – Coat Of Arms
Opiate – PK 50
Helixir – Capioera Dub
Plaid – Non Hoi
Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
The Gaslamp Killer – Anything Worse

Mix Tings...

Got 3 new mixes from you today, all from fairly well known heads - Polish peeps Supra1 (you can read the Squeaky Bleeps feature on them here), Mumdance with some big grime riddims and unreleased tunes from him and two mixes on a different, downtempo tip - one from Joy Orbison, and a hip hop mix from Mr Beatnick, who rolls with the One Handed Music crew - Alex Chase, Bullion, Paul White.

Joy Orbison // BSRkR01

Thriller – Genie
Floating Points – Love Me Like This
C.O.M.B.I. – It A Late
Eddie C – Make It Better
The Revenge – Night Flight
B.W.H. – Stop
James Pants – We’re Through
Alicia Meyers – I Want To Thank You
Fudge Fingas – DinsDins4Dada
Bumblebee Unlimited – Lovebug (DK Edit)
Arthur Russell – Hop On Down
Nite Jewel – Weak For Me
The Samps – Traincummings…..
C.B. Funk – Subway To Cologne
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting

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Mr Beatnick - Autumnal Recessiontronica

Floating Points vs Obba Supa
Clause Four - Track 3
Tokimonsta - A Sweet Day
Dot Rotten - Without You
Soundspecies - Psychedelic Xylophone
Hudson Mohawke - 3:30
Landslide - Parables (Rollin Dub)
Mount Kimbie - Sketch On Glass
LV - Don't Judge - Fantastic Mr Fox remix
Sbtrkt - 20:20
Sebastien Tellier - L'Amour Et La Violence (Floating Points Remix)
Subeena - Analyse
Delia Derbyshire - Experimental Demo (1968)
Flying Lotus & Life Force Trio - Auntie's Lock
Space - Architeq Remix
Dredi - Untitled
The Blessings - Explicit American Cinema
Mr Beatnick - Fallin Apples
Illum Sphere - Chasing The Midnight Moth
Loops Haunt - Impact Omnihammer
Paul White - All Because I'm Green

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Mumdance BBC 1Xtra Mix

"yo here is a mix I did recently for Redlight's in New DJ's we trust show. I tried to cover as much ground as possible... the mix is 30 mins long:
1st 15mins Grime with Jammer, C gritz & Diesel
2nd 15mins instrumental & deeper with some of my new bits...
hope you enjoy"

1. Mumdance - Kerplunk Part 1
2. Shazam & Slater Brockman - Forward March
3. Silencer - Dirtbag
4. P Money - Left The Room
5. Wiley - Wot U Call It? (Tease)
6. Terror Danjah - Bipolar
7. Plastician - Cha (Switch)
8. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx)
9. El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Rmx Ft Jammer)
10. Egyptrixx - Everybody Bleeding
11. Agent X - Decoy
12. Mums Of Death (Mumdance & Drums Of Death) - Golden Axe
13. Mumdance, Shortstuff & Brackles - Sick in a Bag
15. Mumdance Ft Badness - Sacrifice Riddim

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Supra1 x Discobelle Mix

1. Royal-T – Beat Fighter (Bok Bok Remix) / Unreleased, forthcoming No Hats No Hoods
2. Brackles & Shortstuff – Saturito Faita / Planet Mu
3. Joy Orbison – Wet Look / Hotflush
4. TRG – Siberian Poker / Unreleased
5. Gemmy – Rainbow Rd / Planet Mu
6. Supra1 – Kowloon / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
7. Rustie – Bad Science / Wireblock
8. Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith – Wind It Up / Hyperdub
9. Terror Danjah – Zumpi Hunter (Swindle Remix) / Planet Mu
10. Supra1 – I Still Believe / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
11. Drop The Lime – Devils Eyes (Supra1 Remix) / Unreleased, forthcoming Trouble & Bass
12. SMD – Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) / Wichita