For the next couple of days, we’re giving away ‘Go Go Wine’, the first single from the from the long-awaited Dre Skull-produced Vybz Kartel album, Kingston Story, coming soon on Mixpak. Go grab it for free before Sunday!
Archive for April, 2011
Go Go Wine – Free Download
April 29th, 2011This Week In Twitter
April 29th, 2011A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
iamthekartel: FREE DOWNLOAD – “Go Go Wine” http://www.facebook.com/iamthekartel
Carl Warrior One: Check my @urban_nerds exclusive mix here: http://tinyurl.com/warrioronemix including new Warrior One treats!!!
Andy Petr: ATTENTION!!! APD004 IS NOW PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD – http://themusebox.net/sendstudionx/link.php?M=302415&N=1083&L=475584&F=H
Mad Decent: Preview & Pre-order Blow Your Head Vol.2 @davenada Presents Moombahton out May 31st! http://fb.me/Pv6fjfb4
Doc Daneeka: check my skream remix here; http://soundcloud.com/docdaneeka/skream-where-you-should-be
Mixpak: Introducing @Andy_Petr: http://bit.ly/hq404N
Funkstepz On The Remix
April 28th, 2011
Rinse FM and Hyperdub’s Funkystepz have been cracking out yet more funky bashment remixes to tear down the dance. After the killer remix of Rihanna’s Rude Boy last year, now comes a new run of Vybz Kartel refixes and an excellent rework of one of last year’s biggest riddims: Jim Screechie. Their ‘Tek Buddy’ refix (someone could make a compilation of these by now) has a similar intro to the Pepper Riddim, but then drops into a straight up military funky beat. Get ready to do the the funky air piano! Be sure to watch out for them on the Boiler Room’s Hyperdub takeover next week.
Vybz Kartel – Tek Buddy (Funkystepz Remix)
Vybz Kartel – Go Go Club (Funkystepz Remix)
Jim Screechie Riddim – Equinoxxx Music (Funkystepz Remix)
OPT005 – Circle Traps
April 27th, 2011
This week’s release from Subeena’s OPIT Records comes from London’s Circle Traps (aka Will Ward along with Jack and Duncan from Portico Quartet). The four-track EP builds on their instrumental prowess, weaving sax, drums, bass, flute, guitar and keys into samplers, and floating across genres and influences as far flung as jungle and jazz. Be sure to check the beautiful 2-step of ‘Fjord’ and Subeena’s housey remix of ‘Bo Symbol’. Steve Reich eat your heart out. Get it here.
Mahjongg
April 27th, 2011This is a taste of some of the interesting music coming out of Chicago right now. “Grooverider Free” is off Mahjongg’s very good third record The Long Shadow Of The Paper Tiger. Their sound is hard to pin down and can wax from dissonant-disco towards hyper mobile break-beats or Kraftwerk-like arpeggiator tunnels and then back to something groovy and melodic.
Introducing Andy Petr
April 26th, 2011
Mixpak is excited to announce our latest signing, Andy Petr, who will debut his first official release with the ‘Rapper Turned Singer EP’ in May. The prolific Milwaukee-based 19-year old producer also plans to deliver an onslaught of free EPs that include original material as well as the heavy reworkings of some of his favorite rap songs. The first free EP is entitled APD004 and you can download it here.
Well beyond his years, Andy Petr affirms his knowledge of electronic music, interlacing bits and pieces of IDM, Chicago house, Acid house, Juke, hip hop and more. Far from the core London, Paris, and New York electronic scenes, Petr cranks out track after track, exploring intricacies of production and ultimately finding a sound all his own.
Listen to a highlight from the his free, ADP004 EP:
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Andy Petr – Drinking Milk From His Hand
Shaggy & Mavado
April 26th, 2011Man of the dancehall moment, Mavado, teams up with Shaggy for the brand new official video for their gallis tune ‘Girls Dem Love We’. Watch out for a cameo from Chipmunk, and Shaggy promising that in the middle of the night he will ‘Oh Carolina’…doesn’t every girl want to wake up to that?
Energy Bashment
April 25th, 2011
The Heatwave deliver yet another brilliantly hyperactive mix, appropriately titled ‘Energy Bashment’, bouncing from UK to JA, from the nineties to now, soca to funky via the latest and greatest dancehall riddims. It’s 60 minutes, 49 songs, a whole heap of exclusive refixes and one big Mixpak release. ENERGY.
