Friday, April 30, 2010

Farace Friday - Free Tune - EXCLUSIVE - MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker Ft. John Legend - Laid Back Luke Remix (Farace Re-Rub)


TGIFF! You know what that means! It's Farace Friday and time for some free content. First up we have a bangin video from Farace's recent set @ Hush Nightclub in Victoria BC. Farace has been playing all over in 2010 bringing his bag of dancefloor destruction with him. From Vienna Austria, to Breakspoll, to WMC and this time at "Oh Great - Schools Out" showing the Canucks how Farace gets down. Complete annihilation is what's at hand. He assaults the masses with some ridiculous edits and rubs you won’t hear anywhere else mixed in with Farace's own Grade A productions combining as one all out peak time set. How about Wolfgang's 5th Pon De Floor to get em bouncing, that's what I'm talking about. Reworking the shit out of Felguk this guy is an animal with killer instinct! Hands up and kids screaming is what it's all about when Farace drops his Re-edit of Utah Saints "Something Good" Secondly, Farace shows his generous side offering up yet another one pf his Re-rubs for you all to hurt some people with. The boys of MSTRKRFT are masterminds themselves and have released some big tunas of their own while remixing close to fifty songs from the likes of Usher, Kid Sister, Chromeo, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Their own music is constantly being redone and reworked and they have worked with some awesome vocalists like Lil Mo, on "It Aint Love" and John Legend who supplied the vocals on today’s tune. "Heartbreaker" is a fantastic piece of work with striking piano and tormented lyrics and vocals. Farace takes the 4/4 Laid Back Luke Remix and completely reworks the shit out of it turning it into a steppy bangin broken beat. More good stuff from the Breakbeat ninja known as Farace.

 

MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker ft John Legend (Laid Back Luke Remix/Farace ReRub) by farace

MSTRKRFT on Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/mstrkrft

MSTRKRFT - "Heartbreaker" - Cool Hand Luke Remix - Farace Re-Rub - http://waxdj.com/download.php?band_id=1780&song_id=32431&mode=song_hifi

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Celebrating 25 Years of Kiss FM



Starting off as a pirate radio station in 1985, Kiss FM out of London is celebrating 25 years of pumping badass music through your speakers. Kiss FM was the first radio station to go from a pirate radio station to legitimate and it is believed that even as a pirate station they were garnering in the area of 500,000 listeners. Kiss FM was originally founded by Gordon Mac and counterparts Tosca, Pyers Easton and George Power. After trials and tribulations and hitting the streets with a petition the Kiss FM team was rewarded for their hard work by being awarded their license and being made a legal station on September 1st 1990. Kiss FM is still going strong in 2010 being broadcast across the UK and worldwide via the internet. Kiss FM has made a major impact on the music scene across the Globe and are still doing things big with resident djs like Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, and Jay Cunning. Winkball have been documenting 25 years of Kiss FM on their website and they've interviewed everyone from Gordon Mac to the original pirate Djs including Trevor Nelson, Paul 'Trouble' Anderson, Judge Jules, Danny Rampling, Tim Westwood, Daddy Bug and Steve Jackson. Compiling their stories from the early days of this legendary radio station and tracing the importance of Kiss FM on British and worldwide music, from the beginning until now. We've got a dope trailer below for you to watch and you can check out their website for tons of great interviews and more!



Click here to see the video wall


Winkball Webite - http://www.winkball.com/microsites/kiss25/people.html

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Free Dubstep Mix E Thuggin - Rigorous Intuition


Today we are focusing on the bassline business of Rigorous Intuition. They have released their first Dubstep mix and we've got it for you. The RI boys are repping Jacksonville FL in a big way. Consisting of former Sneaker & The Dryer member Red Echo and long time Allied Rukus front man Shattaproof. In the club you can expect pure energy from these guys with their upfront selection of heavy hitting Breaks and bass ridden Dubstep. Spanning from Tearouts all the way down to brutal Dubstep, these guys are sure to melt faces and entertain even the most avid club goer as they work their way through multiple genres never missing a beat. You'll never be sure what exactly is to come next when this crew gets behind the decks and brings the bass to a whole new level! Now I'm not going to claim to be an expert in Dubstep because I am not. I am not familiar with a lot of what is out there and it's just not my forte. That being said, I do know what I like and I know good music and good mixing when I hear it. Rigorous Intuition have compiled a devastating track listing and mixed it with expertise formulating an all business, no bullshit, in your face mix, packed with bangin tunes and bassline riddims!! Dubstep can easily lack energy with its slower tempos but RI does an excellent job of pushing things to the limit. Solid stuff!

Rigorous Intuition on Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/rigorousbeats


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Free Tune - Black Box - Ride on Time - Andy McAllister Re-Rub



Coming at you with the classic 80's/90's dance feel is Black Box. "Ride on Time" has all the right components to give it that nostalgic House feel. It also has all the proper elements for a number one hit as it made the top 10 in many countries, reached #1 in the UK and was the UK's best selling single of 1989. Drawing on samples from the 1980 Disco hit "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway, it also gives that disco feeling and funky edge. Among other songs, Black Box are also well known for their top ten classic and club sensation "Everybody Everybody". Taking things up about 5 notches, Andy Mc Allister spins it around 180 degrees and reworks the crap out of it. Andy runs the Breakbeat, Electro and Funk label, Ground Level Recordings out of Derby, UK. For the last 4 years Andy and his crew have been running an awesome breaks night in their home of Derby that has featured artists like The Drummatic Twins, Jay Cunning, and Superstyle Deluxe. The night has garnered praise from DJ Magazine as well as IDJ so if you are in their area an you haven't made it out to the night yet, you must be pumped full of Lunesta! Andy has had his hand in some killer releases as well like "If You Want It" with fellow Breakbeat belter Break The Box and he is also putting out some dope remixes and re-rubs like today’s offering. A phat chunky break and aphotic bassline now accompany the House piano and vocals making for a fine combination. Subtle edits and effects invigorate the mix properly, transforming it into a formidable Breakbeat banger.


Black Box - "Ride on Time" - Andy McAllister Re-rub - http://waxdj.com/download.php?band_id=1780&song_id=32397&mode=song_hifi

Monday, April 26, 2010

Free Tune - EXCLUSIVE - Robin Steal - Speedy Does It


Monday Monday..... you're always back like a bad dream. Thankfully here to save the day and give to the poor is Robin Steal. His latest venture draws on elements from 1991's Rave classic by Alpha Team, "Go Speed Go". Not quite Breaks or Dubstep it comes close to being Techno at times as well. "Speedy Does It" has a stiff crisp beat that works well against the classic vocal samples, breaking into the cartoon's theme song on the drops. Everybody get down!

Robin Steal on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000864992192&ref=ts

Robin Steal on SoundCloud - http://soundcloud.com/robin-steal

Robin Steal - "Speedy Does It" - http://waxdj.com/download.php?band_id=1780&song_id=32382&mode=song_hifi