Recent Mixpak signee Poirier has just dropped this blend, taking Gappy Rank’s dancehall hit ‘Stinkin’ Rich’ and Modeselektor’s electronic smasher from earlier this year, ‘Blue Clouds’. It’s up for the free download, grab it while you can.
Poirier x Gappy Ranks x Modeselektor
November 21st, 2011Dj Earl – I Be Goin On Em
November 21st, 2011
Chi-town Juke veteran, Dj Earl has just dropped a fresh footwork track. “I Be Goin’ On ‘Em” has a deep house and soul feel and is available for free download at Earl’s Soundcloud.
We Juke The Tracks Out
November 17th, 2011Wills Glasspiegel has made this short video for NPR on Juke & Footwork. Shot in Chicago and featuring some of the producers making the best juke sounds out there talking about their craft – RP Boo, Traxman, DJ Earl – it gives a quick insight into how the sounds get created, how the dances get danced, and how kraftwerk gets footworked.
[Via Dutty Artz]
Schlachthofbronx – The Kazoo (Emynd Remix)
November 16th, 2011
Emynd has just dropped this hot B-more remix of ‘The Kazoo’, released by Mixpak soca ravers Schlachthofbronx on Man Recordings earlier this year. It’s free for the download, grab it while you can.
Warrior One Mix for Chew The Fat
November 16th, 2011
Warrior One delivers a promo-mix for Chew The Fat’s 14th birthday, with big tracks from WO himself, Brenmar, Checan, Africa Hi-Tech, a Murlo remix and more.
Dubbel Dutch – Hymn EP out today on Mixpak
November 15th, 2011
Dubbel Dutch’s first EP for Mixpak, Hymn, is out today!
The appropriately titled intro, “Open Up,” exposes a world of chaos where feral Midi demon dogs are unavoidable and an eerie timbale melody hums in the distance. Then comes “Darq”: a sonic no-manʼs land where only the echoing shrieks of those foolish enough to enter can escape its sub-bass, sounding as if, heaven forbid, Goth Kids fell head over heels in love with Miami Bass. The next obstacle on the gauntlet, “Heartbruk,” is a riddim so infested with duppies that any sane Dancehall artist would leave it the fuck alone, yet it would make the perfect soundtrack for a movie based on an Anthony Winkler novel. The journey ends, luckily, with the title track, maybe the most uplifting moment in this producerʼs career, which gives hope of survival by means of triumphant brass and Coupe Decale snares.
Buy here: iTunes / Juno / TTL Digital
Main Attrakionz – Swaggin Hard
November 14th, 2011Main Attrakionz are an Oakland-based rap duo who have been starting to garner a lot of atention lately with an inexhaustible stream of free mixtapes. “Swaggin Hard” is a cut from one of those tapes called Chandelier which was released in May. The duo’s mix of melodic hip-hop production and occasional triplet-time flow makes them sound a little like a new, swagged out Bone Thugs.
Mike Q – The Ha Dub Rewerk’d
November 14th, 2011
Jersey’s Mike Q, who made us a huge Mixpak FM just a few weeks ago, is set to release an EP on Fade to Mind on November 22nd. The 7-track offering re-reminds us of the importance of the ‘Ha Dance’for the Ballroom and Jersey club genre, and features some of the most important figures in the scene – Vjuan Allure, DJ Sliink and Angel X.
