February 21st, 2011

SEIJI 3

The third installment of the SEIJI series is here! The West London producer has thankfully fulfilled his promise of a release every 3 months and SEIJI 3 is a bouncing double A side, with ‘More of You’ and ‘Sticks’ (below). ‘More of You’ has an infectious vocal loop, sliced perfectly over a hybrid of beats that even has a hint of b-more to it. Listen to the funky house track on the flipside below and go grab the record here, out today. (And watch this space for some more Mixpak/Seiji goodness coming soon).

February 18th, 2011

Ugly Moombahton

Remember back when Nadastrom dropped us their Mixpak FM podcast with that smashing version of Bubba Sparxxx’s ‘Ugly’? Well DJ Dice has done just the same, creating a blazing moombah version of the hip hop classic. Unfortunately the DLs have run out now, but maybe if you ask him kindly, he’ll re-up it.

February 18th, 2011

This Week In Twitter

A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.


Andy PetrAndy Petr: http://andypetr.muxtape.com/ will be my official website from now on. check back soon for updates


schlachthofbrnxschlachthofbrnx: ep is out! http://maddecent.com/blog/schlachthofbronx-nasty-bass-ep-out-now


NADASTROMNADASTROM: here it is… our first single in over a year is available exclusively on iTunes today!! #ALLNIGHT http://bit.ly/allnight_itunes

Heavy FeetHeavy Feet: Our Skepta remix on Sky Sports/Soccer AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvgstZHlpv4 – listen here in full: http://soundcloud.com/heavyfeet


DexplicitDexplicit: This is the best remix of Pow2011 I think. Energy!!>> http://soundcloud.com/sephirocks/lethal-b-pow-2011-rocks-remix

L VIS 1990L VIS 1990: CASSIUS – SHARK SIMPLE (L-VIS 1990 & THE NEON DREAMS REMIX) OUT NOW!!! http://beatport.com/s/r1nlwt @edbangerrecords

Ill BluIll Blu: Our MELTDOWN EP is out today 3 Big Club Riddims check it out – http://itun.es/iFw4p4 #iTunes

MixpakMixpak: Latest on Mixpak: exclusive from @oilgang : Japanese MCs over UK grime! http://bit.ly/eUb5i1


February 17th, 2011

Mixpak Interview Series: Murlo

I first heard of Brighton’s Murlo when I went trawling through forums looking for good bashment refixes. His refix of Busy’s ‘Wooeii Gal Wooeii’ sparked off an interest in his other productions including Summer Tusk (a hot rework of Sticky and Natalie Storm’s ‘Look Pon Me’). You may also recognize him from his recently released mix for Palm Out Sounds which has garnered a lot of attention, or his refix of Tek Buddy Gal featured here on the Mixpak blog.

How did you get started?

Well I started DJing at parties and fundraisers when I went down from the East Midlands to study in Brighton, around 4 years ago. That went down well so I started a club night called Angry Dance Party  which finished last year, quickly realising that i’m not so good at the promoting side of things, so I took to remixing and producing some of my own stuff.

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February 16th, 2011

Leftside Vs The World

It’s not really like we needed any more genre names to deal with, but Leftside’s self-coined ‘Teggae Reggae’ is a breath of fresh air to say the least. In the last few weeks, he has released 3 huge tunes that don’t seem to fit into the usual dancehall template. We’d already seen an inkling of it in last year’s ‘Phat Punani’, but now he’s really put the accelerator on.

For some reason, they’re labelling the biggest tune of the three, ‘Jump Up Around’, as the ‘Euromix’. It might be the first time any music labelled with ‘euro’ has actually been good. His new production style is a surefire way to show the world that dancehall is constantly crosspollinating, constantly exciting, and constantly keeping you moving.


Leftside & Shaggy – Jump Up Around


Leftside – Dance (People)


Leftside & Syon – Ghetto Gyal Wine