Our man Douster delivered a fresh new house mix for France’s Radio Nova, with Mike Q, Bambounou and Sinden amongst the tracklist.
Douster Mix for Radio Nova
January 24th, 2012The year in Mixpak
December 30th, 2011
This year has been Mixpak’s best year so far, seeing the release of the Dre Skull produced Vybz Kartel full length, Kingston Story, alongside a big line up of EPs and singles from Andy Petr, Dubbel Dutch, Schlachthofbronx, Lil Scrappy, Koyote and Melé.
Thank you to everyone who supported us by buying a record, wearing a tee or coming to Mixpak Extended Play in 2011. Next year is set to be even bigger, with releases from Popcaan, Poirier, Douster, Dre Skull, the launch of our compilation series and a heap more to be announced in January. Stay tuned and happy new year!
Mixpak Interview Series: Douster
December 16th, 2011
It’s hard to believe that French producer Douster only bounced onto the scene around two years ago with his fresh take on tropical rhythms from all over the world. His influences and taste for the globalized beat run as wide as the labels he’s released on, from Akwaaba to ZZK. After a small hiatus, he has now reappeared on the scene only to announce the launch of his new label, Bebup, with good friend Benjamin Collet and the release of a brand new (free) EP, Boom Shaka Laka, on Mad Decent’s new Jeffree’s imprint. Before he flew off to South America for a two-month long tour, we spoke on the phone about his new label, his upcoming tracks for Mixpak and his love of Hip Hop.
So you’ve been away for a while, what have you been doing?
I wasn’t doing nothing, I’ve been making a lot of music! I had a big break with the Lion King thing so I got a lot of bookings for that tropical kind of stuff and the truth is I wasn’t really producing much tropical stuff so it didn’t really make sense and I didn’t really want to stay in that vein, so I did a lot of personal projects, like with rapper friends from Chile, friends from Seattle and here in Lyon, so I’ve doing music but not releasing it. Now I have a lot of tracks that I don’t know what to do with!
Douster – Boom Shaka Laka
December 5th, 2011
Many a star has produced a Boom Shaka Laka tune, from Apache Indian to Junior Reid, but now Mixpak family member Douster offers up a BSL club track for 2011, as part of his new EP dropping on Mad Decent on the 22nd of December. In the words of the producer himself: ‘On that Bubblin/Freestyle/Carnival tip, those are meant to be played LOUD!’.
Aunty Adoley Remixes
November 9th, 2011
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.
Douster Remixes Mad Rad
September 1st, 2011
This is definitely a departure from Douster’s normal material, a remix package of Seattle band Mad Rad. As Douster says himself: ‘it’s 4 tracks going from speed merengue to acid house, melting our the two universes in a weird atmosphere.’ Download the full set here.
Kid Sister & Douster
January 19th, 2011
Kid Sister‘s new madness of a mixtape, Kiss Kiss Kiss, really sees the young sibling back on top form. One of the tracks featured is ‘Daydreaming’, remixed by Mixpak amigo Douster, and it’s free for the download. Get jacking.
Kid Sister – Daydreaming (Douster Remix)
Warrior One Mix
October 21st, 2010
As if Warrior One didn’t already have enough on their plate, like celebrating the roaring success of their latest single ‘Lord of Bashy’, they’ve dropped us a special mix, featuring a bunch of scorching unreleased tracks and remixes. You know when you’re listening to a mix on the tube, and it goes so hard that every time it switches from track to track you start shaking your head, and looking like you’re crazy? This is one of those: it bangs!
Toby ioi – Make You Feel (Warrior One special)
Seiji – Weedkiller
Professor Green – Monster (T.E.E.D dub)
Warrior One ft. Serocee – bullring riddim
Teny Ten – Swagnificent (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Manare – Blitzkrieg Riddim
Warrior One ft. Rubi Dan – Lord of Bashy (Douster remix)
R1 Ryders – Hydraulic
Warrior One – Together Forever
Incredible Bongo Band – Apache (Warrior One remix)
Dreadzone – Yeah Man (Warrior One remix)
Lee Mortimer – Fi Come Dance (Warrior One remix)
Rack’n'Ruin – Territory (Jungle RNR)
Kano – Get Wild (Redlight remix)
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