Boomshots’ Rob Kenner interviewed Mixpak artist Popcaan for Complex Magazine, delving into his relationship with Kartel, the Gaza/Gully war, Clarks, raving and more.
Head here to read the full interview and watch out for more Popcaan/Mixpak coming soon.
Dubbeldutch interview from Tim and Barry tv on Vimeo.
Don’t Watch That TV did a quick interview with Dubbel Dutch after his set last month, talking about his interest in Jersey club (and Jersey Shore), his releases, the scene in Texas and how he got involved with Mixpak.
This weekend Dre Skull had a featured mix on Australia’s Triple J radio, alongside other exclusive mixes from Drop The Lime, All The Lights and Diplo. The mix features some forthcoming Mixpak productions from Dubbel Dutch and Bert on Beats, not to mention a ton of white labels and remixes.
Melé served up an exclusive mix for the Red Bull Studios:
This month Liverpudlian Krissy Peers a.k.a Melé takes to the ones and twos to put together a mix of heavy weight electro featuring tracks by Instra: Mental, house classics by Livin Joy, Robin S and some of his own dubplates.
Krissy’s production skills are as versatile as his DJ sets, with tunes like Starlight Express (Mixpak) that have all the hall marks of a pounding techno bad boy to the sizzurp snare of Lego (Mixpak). In June 2011 Melé jumped in the Red Bull Studios with Toddla T as part of Red Bull Mixtape collaborating on an 808 inspired joint. As well as working in the lab with Toddla, Krissy has also remixed for ice cream tattooed rapper Gucci Mane, Mumdance, Greenmoney and Contakt.
Dre Skull’s Mixpak showcase mix got featured on this week’s Mixtape Mondays from online dancehall magazine, Large Up. Go read their take and listen to the mix here.
NY clothing dons Mishka review Vybz Kartel’s Kingston Story LP, released on Mixpak back in June.
Kingston Story contains all the writing abilities of Vybz Kartel and all the composing talent of Dre Skull to create excellent crossover material. I definitely have newfound respect for Vybz Kartel’s music after listening to this, and I’m really looking forward to more Dre Skull full length work like this one.
The year is 2011 and the vibe on dance floors across the world is that anything goes. Sounds are being chopped up and spliced together as the traditional DJ rulebook sinks beneath the weight of a new, highly eclectic philosophy. Mixpak epitomises this perfectly. Its back catalogue is brimming with electro, dutch house, UK funky, ghetto tech, hip hop and dancehall and provides ammunition for strobe lit big rooms and sweat drenched basements alike.
Mixmag has started a new weekly Scene Selection feature and they’ve chosen Mixpak for the debut. Check out their coverage of us which features an exclusive interview with label boss Dre Skull on what makes Mixpak unique and then check his ‘Mixpak For Mixmag’ mix featuring 100% Mixpak music, including exclusive new music from some of our upcoming releases.
Scene Selection: Dre Skull’s ‘Mixpak For Mixmag’ Mix by Mixmag
Dre Skull talks to Turntable Lab about Vybz, his favourite JA producers, what he was like at school, his top tunes and even places to eat. Go check out the full interview over at their site.
