Free Tune + Free Mix - Atomic Hooligan

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far and enjoying the holidays. The lady and I are looking forward to trimming our tree tonight and we picked it up last night at the same place my family has been going to for over 20 years! Today is like an early mini Christmas with a sleigh full of stuff in the bag via that festive duo from Watford, Atomic Hooligan. With two acclaimed albums on Botchit & Scarper under their belts, Atomic Hooligan are well established as dance music trend setters and innovators of bass. Atomic Hooligan have graced the front covers of DJ and IDJ magazines, performed LIVE @ Fabric with their 9 piece band and officially remixed Underworld. Not to mention that Terry's energetic Dj sets, truly prove that Bass music is a winning formula! Returning to Functional with "Is It Real", a cheeky and infectious chunked up odyssey complete with one of the gnarliest bass lines you'll hear this side of the pond. Proper groove breaks and Parliament styled vocals are 100% guaranteed to inject peak time funk into dancefloors far and wide! If you don't believe it, you can "get the funk out my face".
 Funkatech's finest purveyors of smashing up the dancefloor at any cost, the ones like Pyramid take the remix bull by the horns and deliver one almighty stadium sized bass whumping re-lick (Featured in the FREE mix below). With a climactic intro guaranteed to get the crowd into a frenzy, they soon drop into half speed Dubstep, a pneumatic synth lead and menacing subs. But whoa there! Watch the drop! The sparse beats, soon make way for a climactic build into tear out bad boy D'N' B styled breaks taking absolutely no prisoners. You have been warned!
 KouncilHouse (Nominated best breakthrough producer at the International Breakbeat Awards / Best Producer @ 2010 Nu Rave awards) has produced with Micky Finn, D'Cruze (Suburban Bass), Leeroy Thornhill, (Ex Prodigy) and Brian Douglas (Future Sound of London) and has remixed for the likes of The Freestylers & Pendulum, Smart Systems, Stakker Humanoid, Atomic Hooligan and the Dub Pistols. KouncilHouse brings forth a romping and stomping 4/4 behemoth bass line funking monster to complete the package.

Atomic Hooligan 'Is It Real' [FB062] by Functional Records

Starting off the freebies we have Atomic Hooligan's "Scramble the Egg" (Also featured in the FREE mix below). Putting a Dubstep twist on the classic track, AH give a fresh and tough feel to a well known tune. Dirty bass fills out the main bits while the first breakdown reminds you where you are with parts of the original synth line coming through. The main break hits you with the guitars first quickly slamming back in business stylee with the ridiculous bass.

Atomic Hooligan - Scramble the Egg by bassmusic
 
Next up we have got the new Autumn mix from the AH boys which is packed full of unreleased material from the mighty "Bass=Win". Kicking things off with the grooving and wobbly vocal stomper "Clubbin" from Snide and moving on to other big forthcoming bangers like "The Power" from Aniki with big time vox sample and heavy driving low ends. Rounding it out is the Pyramid remix of "Is It Real". Just thirty-six minutes long, Atomic Hooligan pound through eleven tunes in that short period of time keeping your ears and your mind working.

Atomic Hooligan Autumn Mix Tracklist

1. - Snide "Clubbin" (Bass=Win)
2. - The Roto Mafia "Gangsters & Bullet"
3. - Aniki "The Power" (Bass=Win)
4. - Snide "Cot Damn" (Bass=Win)
5. - Atomic Hooligan "Grizzle"
6. - Unknown "Hi Tops" Cruz Jones Remix
7. - Sangers "Nasty Girls" Marten Horger Remix
8. - Virus Syndicate "Bust The One"
9. - Filthy Rehab "Nesquick" Atomic Hooligan Remix (Bass=Win)
10. - Atomic Hooligan "Scramble the Egg"
11. - Atomic Hooligan "Is It Real" Pyramid Remix

Atomic Hooligan Autumn 2010 by The Kick It Blog

And just to sweeten the pot, we've also got a couple of videos for your viewing enjoyment as well. Merry X-mas ;)


 

 

   Atomic Hooligan Website - http://www.atomichooligan.com/

New Release - KIR244 - Just For Fun - Onzeground - Memory Machine + Direct Input Remixes & 2 Free Tunes - Altered Beats Vs Blorgio - No Love

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I know it really only applies if you are here in the States but I am and I will certainly be feasting later on today!! Kick It is back with another big release and this one is coming out you from label new comers Just For Fun. Stepping on the scene from the land of France, Just For Fun are turning out some heavyweight crossover tunas and today we have one of their freebies available below.  Putting a nasty reworking on Difuzion Crew's "Where's Dario", it's fun, cheeky and monstrous all at the same time. Stomping beats, zappy bass and rock synths battle it out with the original vocals. Heaps of edits fuel the fire on this floor-burner! Blasting bass through your speakers with their first effort on Kick It, Just For Fun are obviously in it to win it. "Onzegrounde" is a peak time workout, wasting no time getting down to business. Super catchy chords and a rough and tough bassline get things moving quickly. Excellent edits on the drums three minutes in provide a big moment before the main drop. A massive build with a quick stop brings it all back around and we're off and running again. Memory Machine is first up with his Teched out and driving remix that is a little more laid back but still plenty big enough. Mad synths and a raunchy bassline provide plenty of spark to keep the people moving. Rounding things out is the Direct Input Remix which focuses more on the melodic side of things bringing in a killer Breakbeat and a touch of the 80's in a way I am totally digging. If Tear Outs are more your thing, this is going to be the one for you with an Autobots-esque bassline and plenty of vocoder to keep it funky. Don't miss out on another big release from Kick It Recordings, available today wherever you pick up your digital music!

Support From -

Far Too Loud - "Nice release. Particularly liking the Memory Machine remix with that sliding bass... that's definitely going to get people moving!!"

RuN RiOT - "Big Anthemic peak time party tune!! Would have loved to have remixed this one!"

Bill Vega - "Direct Input remix for me. More 'Breaky' and great production/vibes. Like it a lot - 8/10"

Ashley Slater - "Loving that, there's a touch of Alex Metric in there we think."

Bass Reflections - "Big tunes. Definitely the Direct Input mix for me. Loving the pitch bends and hot leads! Another solid release from Kick It."

Daniella Downs - "Memory Machine mix is definitely my favortite. Different but very nice!"

Mobius - "Memory Machine mix on this for me for sure. Reminds me of a lof the good bits of Twocker in many ways but with a Breakbeat and some wicked hands in the air synths. Nice stuff!"

TJFX - "Original and Memory Machine Remix are outta this world!! Just For Fun is right!"

Just For Fun "Onzegrounde" on Track It Down - http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/house/track/2834423.html

What would Thanksgiving be without some free tunes to go along with it right! So not only do we have the Just For Fun tune available below but we also have Altered Beats Vs Blorgio "No Love" for your ears to feast on. It goes without saying that Electro House sound is one of the genres at the top of the game right now and we here at Kick It are big fans of the sound ourselves. Bringing you a super funky one is Blorgio and his edit of "No Love". Catchy bass and grooving vox make for a real sexy and slamming tune. Grab it for free!

Difuzion crew - where's dario (justforfun remix) FREE DOWNLOAD by Just For Fun Music

Altered Beats Vs Blorgio-No Love FREE DOWNLOAD by Blorgio

Just For Fun on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/just-for-fun-music

Kick It Recordings Website - http://www.kickitrecordings.com/

Free Tune - Buraka Som Sistema - Restless - Karetus Remix

We've got a big banger up for grabs today coming at you from Karetus. Putting their own take on Buraka Som Sistema's "Restless", the boys from Portugal turn out a real proper tuna. Buraka Som Sistema was founded in 2006 and is an EDM project also stemming from Portugal. Specializing in the fusion of Techno beats with the African Kuduro genre, they are generally accredited with creating the "Progressive Kuduro" genre. Buraka Som Sistema have also won a MTV European Music Award for "Best Portuguese Act" and played all over Europe including at the world famous Glastonbury Festival and the Roskilde Festival. Not much is known about the elusive Karetus other than where they are from and that they are putting together some rocking tunes. Originally a fairly laid back and Techno-esque track, Karetus really give it a proper work out starting off with a tribal feeling lead in and then breaking on the soulful vocals from the original. Big beats and buzzed out guitar drop straight in and its business time just like that. Driving bass and plenty of edits bring this remix close to Tear Out territory with a healthy dose of acid coming through after the second quick break. Killer synths provide a nice change-up just before the main breakdown. Check out some more stuff from these guys on their MySpace and Soundcloud pages.

Buraka Som Sistema - Restless (Karetus Remix) [Free Download] by karetus

Karetus on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/karetus

Karetus on MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/karetus

Exclusive Interview - Karton

That's right everyone, today for your intellectual and reading enjoyment, we have an Exclusive interview from the ones like Karton! Australian natives Karton are turning heads and ears far and wide with their cutting edge sound and exceptional musicality. Taking EDM beyond kick drum heavy tunas aimed at the dancefloor they recently released their first full length album. "For All Seasons" is receiving much acclaim for it's melodic rhythms and varied style. Featuring vocals from striking artists like Sharrad, Nick Craven, Jeff Hann and Cris Clucas. One after the other anthems like "We Bleed" are executed to perfection allowing the lyrics to lead when appropriate and for the synths to take control in response. "Play Our Game" switches things up and takes us to the tougher more Tear Out side of things without overdoing it while others like "Breathe for Me" touch on the Trancier side of things. A complete package all around, "For All Seasons" is available now on Beatport and your favorite digital retailer. We were lucky enough to catch up with Karton and they were kind enough to answer the Kick It Twelve for us.

The Kick It Twelve - Karton Edition

1. – At what age did you first find yourself gravitating towards electronic music and who were some of the artists outside of Electronic music that influenced that?
I came to it pretty late, I think I was about 18, before that I was pretty much exclusively listening to Hip Hop, then a friend turned me onto Vegas by The Crystal Method which really opened my eyes up to electronic music. Listening to a lot of hip hop growing up showed me that you don’t need a big studio and a band to make music. I remember reading an interview with RZA about how he produces and that really put the idea in my head that it was something I could do myself.

2. – What was your very first Album? How about CD?
Hmm, I can even remember. I’m sure it was something pretty horrible.

3. – How did you first get involved with the Electronic music culture and what was the first event that you attended?
The first thing I went to was a warehouse party in Sydney in about 98, it was in a really run down old warehouse and all the DJ’s were playing happy hardcore. That kind of showed me early on the side of the scene that I wasn’t interested in.

4. – Where was your favorite gig that you have had to date?
Hmm, that’s tough. We played in Perth on NYD a few years ago, that was a lot of fun.

5. - Who have you been most proud to play alongside?
Playing before London Electricity in Sydney was pretty special. He runs Hospital Records which in terms of consistency has to be my favorite label of all time.

6. - Where would you most like to play that you have not yet?
Getting to play in the US would be awesome. Also playing at Fabric in London is something we have always wanted to do.

7. - What is your favorite tune you have released?
Hmm, from the album, it would have to be ‘And Then There Were Two’. My favorite remix of ours would have to be the remix we did of Andrey Mute – Landmine on XSSR Music or our remix of Liz Melody – Skeptical on Sound of Habib.

8. - Who is your favorite EDM artist? How about outside of EDM?
If it could only be one it would probably be Hybrid, outside of EDM it would have to be Crowded House.

9. - Who are some artists you would like to collaborate with in the future?
There are a lot of Australian hip hop artists that I’d like to work with and we are lucky to have lined some of them up for the second album. Also working with a band like Delphic or The Wombats would be something that I think would be interesting.

10. - What is your preferred software for producing? Hardware?
All software these days, it’s just easier to do everything inside the box, it gives you the greatest amount of control and is easy to get down lots of ideas quickly.

11. - What life lessons has the music industry taught you?
I suppose it’s not to take anything too personally, which can be hard sometimes given the time and effort that gets put into creating tunes in the studio. The other thing which ties into this is that it never hurts to take advice from those who have been around and have learnt the lessons.

12. – What does the future hold for Karton?
At the moment we are working hard on the second album, hopefully if all goes well it will be out middle of 2010.

Lupo - Surprise Me (Karton RMX) by Karton

Play Our Game by Karton

Free Karton DJ Mix - http://www.karton.com/au/aug2010mix/KartonAug2010BlogMix192.mp3

Kartons Website - http://www.karton.com.au/news/

Free Tune - Pendulum Ft. The Freestylers - Fasten Your Seatbelt - WesBeanz' Buckle Up Remix

Today we've got a Mid-tempo rework coming at you from one of our consistent contributors, Wes Beanz. Slowing things down but still injecting plenty of energy, he turns out a nasty rendition of the Pendulum Ft. The Freestylers massive classic "Fasten Your Seatbelt". Although it's down around 110 BPM's Wes' version is still sure to get everybody moving and some hands in the air. Busta Rhymes vocal bits are dropped over loads of new pieces and riffs making this almost more of a complete remix than just an edit or reworking. Keeping the bass grimey but with a new feel it pairs well with the synths and guitars and the edit heavy drum section about two minutes in. Big electric riffs and vox stabs pump up the main build up and the party favorite "it goes a little something like this" brings it all back in. Really proper stuff from the Canadian native. Check out more stuff from Wes Beanz on his Soundcloud page and if for some crazy reason you don't have the original, the link is below along with a vid.



Pendulum + Freestylers - Fasten your seatbelt (WesBeanz' buckle up remix) by WesBeanz

Pendulum Fasten Your Seatbelt Original - https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/14490/Hold%20Your%20Colour

Wes Beanz on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/wesbeanz