Electrifying Breaks

All is well in the world of electronic music - there’s a glut of sick breaks and electro releases at the moment. Breaks heads everywhere whinge about breaks DJs playing house and “diluting the scene”, blah blah blah - but how can mixing house and breaks be anything but beneficial? Anything can go stale if it’s left to stand for too long, and innovating new sounds doesn’t necessarily mean replacing established ones.

If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it.

If you think other people won’t like it, don’t play it.

People will always vote with their feet. I like this one, have a listen.

db xx

1. High Eight - Coming To
2. Mr. No Hands - Boingy Boingy Zappy Wap
3. Rektchordz - Captain Fruit Legs
4. Cosmonaut & Satellites - Sweet Music (DBF Rmx)
5. Ben Hash Key - Saulted
6. Alloy Mental - God Is Green (Meat Katie Rmx)
7. Cheap As Chimps - Speaker Dirt
8. Blatta & Inesha - Stoned Walking
9. JELO & Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese
10. Miles Dyson - Anthem
11. Splitloop - Pleasure Machine
12. Nick Supply - Hiznhiz (Stupid Fresh Rmx)
13. Funkasaurus - Atom Seed
14. Kid Blue - Way Back

Here is the new mixtape from The Cool Kids.

This is hot stuff right here:
That’s Stupid Mixtape

Enjoy

Glastonbury was awesome this year! I have three gems for you…

Since I can’t post video’s here at the mo, I’ve got the audio’s for you to check out.

First up is: Hot Chip and Wiley - Wearing My Rolex

Next up: Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris

Finally, all the controversy over bringing hip hop to Glastonbury was put to rest with Jay Z’s performance, he smashed it.  Here is the link to the video of Jigga performing Oasis’ Wonderwall then 99 Problems, in response to Noel Gallagher’s comments. Check it out:

click here to watch

Enjoy!

Broken Breaks, mixed by db!

Here’s another breaks mix for your ears - this one’s a bit more electro-ey.

One of the great things about breakbeat is that you can fuse it with electro house and it’ll still sound huge. There’s a couple of examples of that in this offering; expect more of this in the future as my two main influences are breaks and electro house. Enjoy!

1. Plump DJs - System Addict
2. JHz & Chris Carter - Cracker
3. Myagi - Giorgio Marauder (Diverted Rmx)
4. Rennie Pilgrem - Eraser Drumz (Drumapella Mix)
5. Utku Sonmez - Brain Anatomy
6. Rennie Pilgrem - Coming up for Air feat. Sarah Whittaker-Gilbey (Koma & Bones Rmx)
7. Sharam Jey - Message To Love (Alex Metric Rmx)
8. JBass & JMekka - Freestyle (Robosapiens feat. Sneaky Kreeps Rmx)
9. Jude Sebastian - Rubber Man (Miles Dyson Rmx)
10. LXR vs. Andrea Doria - Freak Me (Dave Spoon Rmx)
11. JHz - Thumper
12. General MIDI - Milton (Digital One Rmx)
13. Agent Alvin & Dumpster - Panel Beater
14. Mesmer - Rowlacoaster (Mesmer Reprise)

Stainless Style by Neon Neon is an unorthodox concept album between some of the big underground names of Hip-Hop, IDM, electronica and indie rock and it somehow works really well. Boom Bip is one of my favourite musicians; if you haven’t already then check out Blue eyed in the Red Room featuring Nina Nastasia, and his collaboration with Dose One
Here’s a track from the album, Dream Girls

Speaking of Anticon another album I’ve been listening to has been Why?’s release Alopecia. They’ve produced some great tracks on this album - check out The Hollows here. Looks like this album could introduce Anticon to a more mainstream audience.

This is the first official single from Nas’ upcoming album, it’s called “Hero”. The track features the talented Keri Hilson on vocals. Polow Da Don produced this track and has come up with a crazy energetic beat which will no doubt attract alot of plays on commercial radio.

Even though this track is obviously aimed at commercial radio, Nas does not neglect his lyrics at all. He comes with his brutally honest self, laying down provocative rhymes over every bar with that hunger and power he is known for. I am liking this tune, production and lyrics compliment each other perfectly. Enjoy!

Hero:

N*E*R*D are also back with the follow up to their second album “Fly Or Die” of 2004. “Seeing Sounds” is the title and is in reference to a neurological phenomenon called ’synesthesia’.

Shay from the group elaborates: “It’s a mixture of senses that may cause a person to experience colorful hearing, auditory smell.” I think seeing sounds is a great title, to be able to see sounds through colour would be amazing!

Here is the first track from their funky trio, “Everyone Nose” and it’s catchy too. I can’t wait for the album. This track also produced a remix featuring Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Pusha T. The remix stands as Pharrell, Kanye, and Lupe’s second official song as Child Rebel Soldier.

Everyone Nose:

Everyone Nose Remix feat. Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pusha T:

LL Cool J is back, finally! His last ever album for Def Jam, “Exit 13″ was originally supposed to be released in 2007 with 50 Cent acting as executive producer, but 85% of the album was scrapped and reworked. 50 Cent is also no longer overseeing the project but will still appear on a song or two.

“Exit 13″ will also be the first album from LL to feature a “parental advisory” sticker since his “G.O.A.T” album in the late 90s. LL discusses the album in this interview. He says that he took a 2 year break from acting and all the extracurricular stuff to re-dedicate himself to music. I have no doubt this will shine through on his album. I can’t wait to hear it! LL is one of those rappers that I miss, from Mama Said Knock You Out to Phenomenon he delivers and really is one of the greatest.
There are a few tracks that have been leaked onto the net which are said to be from his upcoming album, but here is one of the harder ones “Queens” on which he collaborates with G Unit & Kool G Rap. In it, he takes a swipe at Def Jam for their handling of him and his album.
Hopefully there will be some better tracks on the album too, enjoy!

Queens:

Every so often an underground UK hiphop artist will break through. Although this happens sporadically and very rarely do they remain in the spotlight, here is another artist breaking through to the mainstream. His name is DJ Ironik.

He’s been making music and DJing for a while now, and producing for other artists like Chipmunk and Firecamp. Ironik used to make harder beats but has softened his sound alot now.

His track “Stay With Me” is being rinsed on national radio at the moment. It has a very sentimental message to it, and it’s getting mostly positive reviews. The only thing that can be annoying about the track is the chipmunk vocals in it, however I did hear a version played on BBC’s Live Lounge with a girl singing. Her vocals were beautiful and did the track justice.Ironik was inspired to write his verses for his sister to let her know he would always be watching over her if anything ever happened to him, so beautiful sentiment. The beat’s pretty nice too and reminds me of Dyme Def’s track, “Jezebel” with the instruments used.

Check it out:

Original:

Here is the Live Lounge acoustic version of the track with vocals by Ny

Hope you like!

The long awaited album from Nas is still being pushed back after all of the controversy over his decision to change the name from “Nigger” . There were many rumours flying around that Def Jam had refused to release the album under the old name, and as a result Nas went on record to say “It’s important to me that this album gets to the fans”. Def Jam has denied this though, and Nas has made the move to leave the album untitled now.

Here is a statement Nas made about this:

“It’s important to me that this album gets to the fans,” Nas told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “It’s been a long time coming. I want my fans to know that creatively and lyrically, they can expect the same content and the same messages. It’s that important. The streets have been waiting for this for a long time. The people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it.”

Whenever it is finally released, it will be interesting to see what he comes with. In the meantime here is a track from the upcoming album titled “N.I.G.G.E.R (the slave and the master)”, take a listen…