French magazine Tsugi just did a label spotlight on Mixpak and included a short interview with label-boss Dre Skull. Setting it off is a nice snap from Dre Skull’s recent trip to Atlanta to record with Lil Scrappy for an upcoming Mixpak release.
Mixpak In Tsugi Magazine
January 28th, 2010VIDEO: Ms. Thing & Psycho Tanbad – Bonify
January 13th, 2010Ms. Thing and Psycho Tanbad jumped on Dre Skull’s Smoke Machine Riddim (the riddim underlying Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love”), and they shot a proper video to boot. “Bonify” is screening on Hype TV in Jamaica and making a strong push in Trinidad and Barbados. Grab the mp3s below!
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Ms. Thing & Psycho Tanbad – Bonify (320)
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Buraka Som Sistema FabricLive 49
November 5th, 2009
Details have been released on the upcoming Buraka Som Sistema FabricLive compilation and we’re excited that Mixpak’s first release “Gone Too Far” (MIX001) has been slotted as the first track on the mix. Drops on December 7th 2009.
Full tracklist below »
DOWNLOAD: Dre Skull’s XLR8R Podcast
October 22nd, 2009
Dre Skull helms the most recent XLR8R podcast previewing a bunch of unreleased Mixpak material. Check it out.
A-Trak Supports “I Want You (Dre Skull Remix)”
October 8th, 2009
As a young label, we don’t have the PR muscle to break every record as hard as we’d like, but we’re keen to believe that quality releases will breakthrough…even if it takes some time. In that vein, we’re proud to relay that Fool’s Gold boss and DJ extraordinaire A-Trak has picked Dre Skull’s “I Want You (Dre Skull Remix)” as an honorable mention on his October Top 10 list. We’re more than pleased to grab that eleventh spot! Check out his full Top 10 for some other great cuts.
Limited pressings of “I Want You” are still available.
VIDEO: Vybz Kartel – Yuh Love
October 3rd, 2009
Mixpak Records is proud to present the official video for the Vybz Kartel single “Yuh Love.” Shot on location in Jamaica, starring Vybz Kartel, and directed by Terminal 4 Media.
Support this release by purchasing the single or our limited edition Kartel t-shirt.
VIDEO: Dre Skull – I Want You
September 29th, 2009The talented Pomp&Clout follow up their excellent work on the glitched out, grainy VCR tape “Jeffer” video with the beautifully trippy Dre Skull synth pop track “I Want You.” What starts off as a laid back karaoke-style cruise down the Vegas strip (if Las Vegas collided with Tron in space) turns into a ravey, visually gorgeous acid trip complete with gigantic casette tapes and sunglasses flying through the air.
The “I Want You” single with remixes from Bobmo, Bok Bok, AC Slater, Alex Gopher and Dre Skull can now be purchased on iTunes, and if you haven’t checked out the white vinyl Bok Bok VIP remix of “I Want You”, it just came back in stock at Boomkat. Huzzah!
Yuh Love on Grindin!
August 21st, 2009
Grindin Chart – August
01. Acid Girls – Light Works (Harvard Bass Remix)
02. The XX – Basic Space
03. Joy Orbison – Wet Look
04. Pill – Trap Goin Ham
05. Shakira – She Wolf
06. Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Club Mix)
07. Dre Skull & Vybz Kartel – Yuh Love
08. Erol Alkan & Boyz Noize – Wavves
09. Momma’s Boy – Give It Up
10. SMD – Bad Blood
11. Chuckie – Aftershock (Chuckie and Silvo Ecomo Remix)
12. Mumdance & Brodinski – Eurostarr (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
13. HEALTH – We Are Water
14. Marcus Price and Carli – Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed (Kingdom Remix)
15. Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes)
Dre Skull & Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love” electro pop-dancehall summer anthem hits #7 in the Grindin Chart this month! That makes Mixpak three for three with previous showings for “Gone Too Far” and “I Want You.” Today’s also the last day to enter the draw for a free Vybz Kartel t-shirt, but even if you don’t win, you can always get your pre-order game up to speed right over here. “Yuh Love” has also been getting huge support from XLR8R, Brodinski, Tiga, Discobelle, Mad Decent and…. Tiesto?!! and is showing no signs of slowing down. Grab it on iTunes now!
