This is a wild Baltimore Club mix promoting Schwarz and Mark Brown’s new dance party, Shakeoff. The event was conceived to give a new generation of fast, jarring East Coast club music its own outlet. Narwhalz will be emceeing the party’s launch (and by the looks, he also designed the flyer) with guest producer DJ Rip Knoxx. If you’re in B-More, make sure you drop in.
Dubbel Dutch’s first EP for Mixpak, Hymn, drops on November 15th. If you haven’t heard the tracks already, get familiar with this minimix by the man himself:
Want to find out what Melé’s first record was or his most played track in iTunes? Head over to the Fabric blog, who are hosting a quick Q&A with the Mixpak signee and fellow Visions tour companion, Brenmar. Catch Melé, Brenmar and Dillon Francis at Fabric on Friday 18th November.
Poirier, the latest artist to announce an EP for Mixpak, has just dropped this new mix for Aritzia, featuring his usual tight blend of global bass sounds, from Miss Doctor to Spoek Mathambo, Dubbel Dutch to Switch. If you do have jet lag, this is sure to keep you awake.
The story goes that the folks over at Akwaaba Music hooked up with Ghanaian artist Xpensive Nframa back in 2007, but have since heard nothing from him. With no-one to forward proceeds from the music, they are giving the record away for free, complete with a remix package that reads (and sounds) like a tropical dreamteam: Douster, Chief Boima, Maga-Bo and Sabo. Not Xpensive at all.
This Friday & Saturday sees the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival take over 7 venues, with guest appearances from Mixpak boss Dre Skull and signees Dubbel Dutch and Schlachthofbronx amongst the ranks. Get advance tickets and more information here.
‘G Like Me’, Sinden’s collaboration with southern rap outfit, G-Side, will be dropping next week on Mad Decent. Mixpak’s own Melé features on the release with this spaced-out bass-filled remix:
UKG meets 90s R’n'B is often a dream combination – you only have to hear the 702 and Brandy & Monica garage remixes to confirm that. 1Xtra’s DJ Q goes straight in for the Brandy classic, ‘Best Friend’, for this one (so far there’s no details of a release, but here’s to hoping it makes a white label soon). Make sure you sit on a backwards chair for the full effect.
